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I admit I did not read the article, my best guess is that these folks live in a trailer.

What happened ? why no divine intervention? The Lord works in mysterious ways.

With water being an excellent conductor of electricity to ground, I wonder too, how many people die via accidental electrocution in Thailand every year.

I have to agree, seeing the tomato find its mark would be satisfying. The down side is she would get an out-pouring of sympathy.

Yes as with most electronics, ten years later they are less expensive and more user friendly.

Some one help me out. Why is this NEWS. I thought America was past this juncture. Peoples sexual preference is in no way relevant to job performance. http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=5560

That is one to eight Baht per day,I think. Not per hour.

Consider this recipe: one parking space, peak season, one French family, one Tuk-Tuk driver, throw in a dash of noon day tropical sun. You have a volatile mix if there ever was one. Great recipe for fisticuffs.

Is the fact these people are French family relevant? This is not a trick question. Maybe the suggestion is that the French, are more likely than others to be involved in this type of altercation?

I should have been more descriptive, transfer tax at the time of sale is what I wanted to know. We went to the land office today and were told it is 5%. I am unclear if that is based on purchase price of assessed value. I suspect it to be whatever the generates the most revenue for the government.

When I was working I had to remain current in CPR. That meant annual retraining and certification. One thing that I recall clearly is the statistic that CPR is effective less that 2 percent of the time.

I have GPS on the new car we bought, it seems to work fine although it is a distraction. Plus it is partially in English and partially in Thai.

Do any members have personal experience with buying property in Thailand? specifically what the taxation percentage is, also is there is difference if it is unimproved i.e.: no house

It just goes to show . . . . that Religion's primary function is censorship of free expression.

I just got coverage the first of this month. I will have to wait and see how well it actually works.

It seems as if every week the TAT comes up with different stats.

Whatever happened, I don't think he is enjoying his first Christmas in prison. Which is fine with me.

It could work, if consumers are willing to take a month off. I tend to agree however, drinkers will not unite. After all, hair of the dog means not stopping.

The best way to deal with a mobil that has been fully immersed is . . . . . . buy a new phone

I went to school in Bangkok a few years back it did'nt stick. It is a struggle with the tone changes for me. My kids help alot, they seem to enjoy correcting me.

If all drinkers, will join me in boycotting beer, wine and spirits for a month, I think this tax will be repealed. Lets stop tyrannical taxation in Thailand. WHO IS WITH ME?

I smoked for 20 years. I quit almost 24 years ago. Most people know it is detrimental to their health, but many struggle with the addiction unable to stop.

. This year I plan to run 2 marathons. I may kill myself to try but it is what I am going to do. I used to run middle distance 5 and 10 K. because of knee problems and back problems I have stopped running.I still do 25 to 30 minutes,5 days a week of cardio vascular on various machines but the weight stays on. You are lucky that you can run, I really miss it.

This may turn out to be moot, it appears as if Polanski may get credit for the 42 days under phsyciatric observation. This might be face saving for the California Judicial. However I don't think if the 42 days goes as time served for his guilty plee, it still does not address his flight from the original bail to avoid potential sentencing 30 plus years ago.

I consciously avoided visiting Phuket for two and a half years after the Tsunami, I think it changed for the worse after it was rebuilt. Patong seems very seedy now versus pre-tsunami, which is not the way I remember my first of many visits starting in 1998 PHUKET, Thailand – Buddhist monks chanted on white-sand beaches in Thailand and thousands prayed at mosques in Indonesia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Asian tsunami that left 230,000 people dead. The devastating Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami struck a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean rim. Its towering waves wiped out entire coastal communities, devastated families and crashed over tourist-filled beaches the morning after Christmas. Survivors waded through a horror show of corpse-filled waters. In Thailand, hundreds of residents and foreigners returned to the beaches on the island of Phuket to recall one of the worst natural disasters of modern times. A moment of silence was observed on Phuket's Patong Beach, a popular strip of hotels and restaurants, to mark the moment the tsunami struck. Buddhist monks in bright orange robes chanted prayers. Onlookers wept and embraced. Giorgio Capriccioli, an Italian who lives on Phuket, carried a bouquet of white flowers into the ocean. He waded knee-deep in water that five years ago was clogged with corpses and cast the flowers adrift to honor the memory of two friends. His wife owns several beach-front shops but decided not to go to work the morning the tsunami struck. "My wife would be dead if it weren't for the fact that she were pregnant and didn't go to work that day," he said at a ceremony that also attracted suntanned tourists in skimpy swimsuits, as well as Thai villagers. The ceremonies on Phuket were to culminate in the evening with candle-lighting ceremonies and the release of hundreds of light-filled lanterns into the sky. Thousands of survivors in Indonesia's Aceh province, which was hardest-hit, held prayer services at mosques and beside the mass graves where tens of thousands were buried. Indonesia's loss of about 167,000 accounted for more than half the total death toll. The tsunami was sparked by a 9.2-magnitude underwater earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra — the mightiest earthquake in 40 years. In Aceh, on the island of Sumatra, the quake toppled homes and buildings and sent panicked communities rushing into the streets. About 20 minutes later, a wall of water up to six stories high surged in from the sea. Traveling at jetliner speed, the wave carried with it toppled trees, crumpled cars and refrigerators. It sent people scrambling up the sides of buildings and in search of higher ground. More than $13 billion in aid money poured in from around the world, nearly half for Aceh, where bridges, homes and full city blocks of cement buildings had collapsed. In some communities of the devout Muslim province only the mosque was left standing. A huge reconstruction effort has rebuilt Aceh, providing more than 140,000 new homes, 2,227 miles (3,585 kilometers) of roads, 1,500 schools and 1,047 hospitals. "After five years ... the people of Aceh have risen and have a new life," Indonesia's Vice President Boediono told a crowd gathered near Ulee Lheue port in Aceh. Like many Indonesians he uses only a single name "Their struggle to rise from tsunami tragedy has inspired the people in this country, and around the region," said Boediono. Traffic across Sri Lanka came to a standstill Saturday as people around the country observed two minutes of silence for the 35,000 people who died there. Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake presided over a ceremony in northwestern Kurunegala that was broadcast on live television. ___ Associated Press writers Jocelyn Gecker in Bangkok, Fakhrurradzie Gade in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and Bharatha Mallawarachi in Colombo, Sri Lanka contributed to this report. Related Searches: