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    Freedom of Ownership by Owning Boathouse

    By Anonymous, Created on: 13/01/2007, Last updated on: 11/10/2015

    » Excellent idea my dear Rooster. I once heard of a farang on Koh Samui who built a detachable house - so when the Bangkok big-shots, who owned the land, decided to do that traditonal Thai scam of telling the farang to move off their land, hoping to get...

    • MalibuDan commented : spent 5 Million Bhats on my new home and provided all the businesses and people with work. The Smart money will not buy here. I will invest my 5 million in the States and get a return of 50,000 Bhats a month for life. And my investment is secure and I don't lose my money. Just try to sell a used house here. Good Luck!!! Money is not an issue for me, I spend what I want! But I will not buy into Thailand until I have ownership.....

    • thornyside commented : spent 5 Million Bhats on my new home and provided all the businesses and people with work. The Smart money will not buy here. I will invest my 5 million in the States and get a return of 50,000 Bhats a month for life. And my investment is secure and I don't lose my money. Just try to sell a used house here. Good Luck!!! Money is not an issue for me, I spend what I want! But I will not buy into Thailand until I have ownership.....[/quote:2yzkriwm] That is exactly why a [b:2yzkriwm][size=150:2yzkriwm]houseboat[/size:2yzkriwm][/b:2yzkriwm] is perfect! Have any problem, you just move somewhere else!

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    cool kids and their motorbikes, new trend !?!

    By pachangamac042, Created on: 28/11/2008, Last updated on: 12/02/2009

    » There is a brand new trend in the village I stay up here near Chaiyaphum. Young people strip their motorbikes of everything “you don’t really need” like; lights, protections, exhaust pipes, silencers, mirrors and so on and then go on the streets an “do the monkey” on their bikes, specially...

    • villager commented : Yeah Doc , i agree to a certain limit , but i truly think for acts of sheer lunacy Thailand is far and away well on top of the heap, and any country in Europe is far far safer , just two of many acts of madness, the police who are on traffic duty at our nearby school do not bat an eyelid when 3 ten year old kids on an Honda 125 rip round the blind right bend which is the school entrance on the WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD!!,this is an everyday occurrence i might add, then there is Songkran , oh yeah Songkran!!, were gangs of drunken morons stand roadside to throw the leavings of a buffalo wallow and stinging balsamic powder directly into the face of an oncoming motorcyclist or a drivers windscreen whilst the police look on and laugh.2 years ago i took a friend of mine to SURIN hospital DURING SONGKRAN for a check up , the accident and emergency room looked like a slaughter house , i found out later that they had run out of blood for transfusions!.

    • 20 replies, 20,555 views

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    Traffic safety the big New Year’s concern

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 29/12/2010

    » This year, concern over traffic safety has been heightened by a horrendous fatal accident on the Don Muang elevated tollway.

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    Online outrage

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 30/12/2010

    » Although it is not yet clear exactly what happened on the Don Muang tollway Monday night, tens of thousands of angry people in the local online community have things figured out.

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    Smartphone navigation

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/04/2011

    » Smartphones are emerging as essential navigation aids while driving and may even drive the car by themselves one day (Google Driverless Car).

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    Future of auto industry

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 01/07/2011

    » From one-tonne pickup to eco-cars, Japanese investors lead the pack as Thailand aims to be a top 10 producer.

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    Floods hit auto & electronics exports

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/10/2011

    » Auto supply chain stops with roads and transport flooded. High-tech equipment in electronics factories damaged.

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    Floods: Losses to Thailand's economy?

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 04/11/2011

    » Ongoing threats with damage still preventable far greater than damage already done in this survey of flood economic impact by economists at TMB Bank.

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    Floods: Foreign investment in Thailand

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/12/2011

    » Before the floods Thailand regained its position among the top 20 foreign investment destinations. Dealing with investor flood concerns, now key to the future.

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