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Lots of promises as big day approaches
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/04/2023
» With the Great Event, otherwise known as election day, just around the corner, like most countries in the world we will have to brace ourselves for regular helpings of political poppycock including plenty of promises from prospective candidates. Still, it could be fun.
Naval skirmishes among the soapsuds
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/08/2020
» The current debate concerning the purchase of submarines has sparked memories of some important naval battles I experienced as a kid. Well okay, it was in the murky waters of my bath and featured plastic toy submarines, but they were still memorable confrontations.
Climb every mountain … ford every stream
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/03/2016
» About 18 months ago, I stood at the foot of Phu Kradung (Bell Mountain) in Loei province, contemplating whether I was capable of making it to the top.
Another year to remember, or maybe forget
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/12/2014
» Well, we've just about scraped through another 12 months, although at times things did look a bit on the shaky side. At least all the whistle-blowing has abated. Here are a few reminders of events and characters that graced the year 2014, although some you may prefer to forget.
The festival that doesn’t know when to stop
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 20/04/2014
» The Songkran Festival seems to have gone on forever this year. There are definitely an awful lot of city people who slipped away for a “long weekend” about 10 days ago who haven’t been heard of since.
PM ready for soggy socks and sandbags season
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/10/2013
» Those unfortunate enough to be suffering from floods in Thailand must have been heartened by the front page photograph in the Post last week featuring Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Banharn Silpa-archa striding forth with a sense of purpose through the floodwaters in Prachin Buri.
Taxis' long, winding road
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 09/09/2012
» In an attempt to resolve the problem of Bangkok taxi drivers who refuse to take passengers, the authorities have announced there will be 1,000 baht fines for uncooperative cabbies. All the passenger has to do if a driver refuses to go anywhere is to remember the licence plate number, the colours of the taxi and the driver's appearance or take a photo or record a video clip.
Hot and maybe a little bothered
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/05/2012
» It was Oscar Wilde who observed: ''conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative''. He might have had a point, but it means there have been a lot of unimaginative folk in Thailand lately. I can hardly recall a conversation in recent weeks without a reference to the heat. It definitely has been ''a bit on the warm side''.
The festival that never seems to end
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/04/2012
» Songkran appears to have been going on for even longer than usual this year. There's an awful lot of city folks who disappeared a week ago for a ''long weekend'' and haven't been seen since. They probably won't be spotted again until the end of the week, which no doubt will be just in time for another long weekend.