thaiophilus
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It's normal for Lopburi.
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6 hours ago, unicorn said:
Looks as though a number of statues have been put in since I was last there...
https://lifetraveledinstilettos.com/11-unique-and-quirky-statues-you-can-only-see-in-prague/
It was there when I visited in 2009. But I believe this well-polished statue has been moved from its castle location:
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2 hours ago, iendo said:
I don't think there was such a thing as film either in 1881. 😂
You might be surprised. "The Horse in Motion" dates from 1878. OK, it's only 11 frames long and needed 11 cameras to shoot it. The first film shot on a single camera was made in 1888 and lasted 2.11 seconds.
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On 4/9/2024 at 11:32 PM, colmx said:
There is also a Harbor Mall in Pattaya , it is on Pattaya Klang (Central Road) past Big C Extra and next to Foodland
That one seems to be called just "Harbor Pattaya" or "HarborLand". Its own signage says "Harbor" in English and "TukCom" in Thai (same logo as the TukCom we all know on Pattaya Tai) and it appears to be about family fun as much as shopping.
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8 hours ago, Olddaddy said:
I will be there from 21st
Im not sure where Harbour mall is?
It appears to be in Laem Chabang, something like a 15 mile taxi ride to Pattaya Tai.
Wikipedia:
Laem Chabang is a port city municipality [...] in Chonburi Province, Thailand [...] As of 2019 it had a population of 88,271. The city has grown up around the port, but also serves as a major stop on the coastal highway linking Pattaya and Bangkok via Sukhumvit Road (Hwy 3). The city is also known for hosting a Japanese retirement community with specialty stores geared towards them.
TripAdvisor's "Top Things to Do in Laem Chabang" all seem to be excursions to other places. 😄
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1 hour ago, Keithambrose said:
Plenty of former soviet union countries, I think? Ta
Uzbekistan?
Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the world's only doubly landlocked countries. That's why I mentioned them 🙂.
Of the other former Soviet states, Russia has a huge northern coastline, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are on the Baltic, Georgia and Ukraine are on the Black Sea. As for the singly landlocked states, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan border Iran, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan border China, Belarus borders Lithuania, Moldova borders Romania (and there are other borders with coastal states too.)
E&OE.
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More likely Uzbekistan or Liechtenstein 😁.
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15 hours ago, Moses said:
"Russian" means ethnicity, not nationality.
FWIW The Oxford English Dictionary says:NOUN- a. A member of an East Slavonic-speaking people living primarily in Russia and neighbouring countries; a native or inhabitant of Russia, or (more widely) its former empire or the former Soviet Union; a person of Russian nationality.
ADJECTIVE1.a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Russia, or (more widely) its former empire or the former Soviet Union; inhabiting or native to Russia, its former empire or the former Soviet Union. -
18 hours ago, Boy69 said:
Nonsense. 800,0000 baht deposit in the bank not monthly income.
What he said: 800,000 baht or monthly income.
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1 hour ago, Marc in Calif said:
The UN has a penchant for using acronyms and other initialisms.
Internally, they refer to this particular project ASTWICHCCNIWCOASEAN.
... except in France, where they reverse the order ...
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19 hours ago, Marc in Calif said:
Is anyone really surprised at this disclosure?
I'm mildly surprised ... that the Thai mafia have allowed a foreign mafia to take over their territory so easily. In a patronage-based society where networking is everything, I'd expect the incumbents to have a huge advantage.
- Marc in Calif and vinapu
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1 hour ago, macaroni21 said:
"The signboard had been removed"... Now THAT'S worrying.
The only way to reconcile that with assurances about reopening next month would be if it reopens under a new name and new owner.
Or a new (or previous) location?
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36 minutes ago, unicorn said:
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a forest as, "Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban use."
https://www.fao.org/3/I8661EN/i8661en.pdf
Since 8 acres is 3.24 hectares, that would seem to qualify assuming the trees are at least 5 meters high, with a canopy cover of more than 10%.
Judge for yourself. I think it's here but I could be wrong.
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20 minutes ago, Riobard said:
Au contraire. Neither is a qualifier that could be described or modifiable as either singular or plural.
Indeed they are both adverbs, but I think you'll find he's counting the number of V's, not assigning a grammatical gender.
Back on topic, that's the first time I've seen 8 acres of southeast Asian trees described as a "forest".
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On 3/12/2024 at 1:44 AM, vinapu said:
Use ' all we need is one bar and one boy inside we like " principle and fun is never ending
Sure, but for me better still is one bar with many boys, interacting with each other and the customers (and not their phones!) Statistically you have a better opportunity to find that "one boy" and the atmosphere is so much better while you're waiting for him to appear.
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15 hours ago, AsianExplorer said:
and what show or game is this mentioned here?
Nobody seems to have answered this part 😋
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Yes.
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On 2/23/2024 at 5:26 PM, Marc in Calif said:
Once again, there is NO wire ABOVE trains in the New York subway system.
I haven't suggested otherwise. I was replying to @Keithambrose's question "Without touching the overhead wire? " which referred to @Thomas_88's statement "if you're close to an overhead line, you can be electrocuted, even when you don't touch the overhead lines." which is true.
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On 2/22/2024 at 9:31 AM, Keithambrose said:
Without touching the overhead wire?
Yes, if you get close enough to trigger a flashover. Also, it's not just the wire, some of the metalwork on top of the train may also be at the supply voltage, and depending on the system you could be dealing with anything up to 25 kilovolts.
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I may do a side trip
in Gay Thailand
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Speeling.