[St George's Day rally in London descends to chaos: Protesters slam Met's 'two-tier policiy]

3 minutes ago, Wobblybob said:

Are you saying retarius has morals. 😂😂😂

 

In no way did my post imply such a thing. I resent the implication. 

[St George's Day rally in London descends to chaos: Protesters slam Met's 'two-tier policiy]

11 minutes ago, Wobblybob said:

It seems to come easy to you! 😕

One man's hate is another's moral highground. 

[PEA advises on cost-effective air conditioners amid Thai heat]

16 minutes ago, connda said:

 

Is that some kind of cock cooler ? Like meeting a really cool chick ?

[PEA advises on cost-effective air conditioners amid Thai heat]

I sometimes ponder to think that when we go to bed and set the air con at 26 for a cool night's sleep , the same temperature in the UK in the daytime is referred to as ' a scorcher. 

[Thai scooter tales - add yours]

24 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

 

Mine as well. She's now an "expert" on Volts and watts. 🙄 

Now she's found a guy in town who will convert hers from 350 to 500 watts. We live near hills.

I'll have to build a fireproof bunker so she can charge it🤔

 

She looked into that to but decided that for the cost might as well get a bigger scooter. She started off with one with 2 batteries ( 250 watt ) but I just got her one with three batteries and 350 watt motor. This giver her a top speed of about 30 kph. Wouldn't want her going faster than that with her lack of skills. Rarely goes further than 1 kilometer. Good enough.

[Thai scooter tales - add yours]

7 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

Ah the local bike.😀

 

At 60 years old not many takers.

 

[Thai scooter tales - add yours]

Wife bought an electric scooter.

Rides it around the village

The end.

[British tourist fined for getting car stuck on Phuket beach]

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

This incident sheds light on the recent trend of locals and foreigners driving on Kamala Beach, raising concerns about the preservation of the area's natural landscape and the safety of beachgoers and property.

 

Oh .....bollards.

 

Lots of bollards

[Former officials to face charges for 2004 Tak Bai massacre]

Pity they will never put on trial and convict those responsible for the red drum murders.  

 

Talk about mans inhumanity to man.

[I now live next door to my wife]

My first wife and I share the same planet , just different parts of it. it's an arrangement that works well and I am a lot happier for it.

[Thailands Sex Industry]

10 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Misinformation,  strong sex industry here before Vietnam War R&R.

 

Yup, they don't call it the oldest profession for nothing.

 

Still, Thailand has made itself the hub of venality so videos like this are just ....well.....

 

[PM unveils plans to build world's tallest building (video)]

2 minutes ago, MangoKorat said:

Will this be built before or after the 'moon mission'?

 

No . After the Bangkok Grand Prix and bullet trains to China but before the moon shot.

[Thailand Witnesses Rare Viewing of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks]

Thanks for the heads up. Doh...missed it.

[What's a reasonable price for a lady drink?]

If you do as the sheep do and go to a bar be prepared to get fleeced.

 

Girlie bars have had their day. 

 

 

[Thailand sweats under intense heat wave; coral bleaching detected]

Stand bye for incoming comment :

 

It's the hot season for heavens sake. Perfectly normal for time of year. Nothing to do with global warming.  Personally  I love this hot weather. The hotter it is the more I like it. Bring on 45 degrees and I will get the wife to stake me out on the lawn . GREAT.

[Phuket hotel boob: Portuguese guest’s topless strut causes chaos]

Obviously has mental health issues which she won't get help with here. Portuguese embassy should assist her family in getting her home for the medical help she needs. The longer this is delayed the worse things will get. Definitely not a problem that will go away or can be repeatedly swept under the carpet 

[Swiss tourist saved from the heat as survey shows 72.6% of Thai people worry about weather]

7 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

In KK, total BS.

 

 

 

Which part is BS. The temperature 40 years ago or the ice on the puddles ?

 

Both are true . I lived in a village ( Prayuen ) 25 k outside KK.  Even now parts of Thailand get hail storms and villages are temporarily covered in icy hail stones.

 

Dito for the temperature. Whilst I was there , never hotter than 35 in the shade.

 

Even when we lived in Nonthaburi 14 years ago, woke up one day IN MARCH and it was 17 degrees when the sun came up. Totally freak weather for that time of year.

 

Again , back in 1984ish I had to wade up Sukhumvit Soi 24 with water halfway up to my knees to get to my apartment at Peter Court

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Move Forward party leads Pheu Thai by a wide margin in new poll]

1 minute ago, eisfeld said:

 

I don't see how that's an example of that. If anything it's the opposite. It explains both in layman's terms as well as math why asking a bit over a thousand people is enough in a poll which is why nearly all polls ask exactly this amount of people. You critized the size of the poll and said the number of people asked is meaningless. It's not. BTW the video you posted is funny, I like the idea. But he really could have used some better examples. He wants to show that while being mathematically correct you can still completely mislead with statistics but his statistics isn't even right. His first example with the chips vs pretzels is good though.

 

Well Tony Pengs vlog starts off with :

 

 

1. The crucial goal/assumption of a poll of being able to select a random sample of voters,
2.  

So right from the get go there is a problem  since to have a truly  ' random sample of voters '  you would have to take that sample from all the voters without any pre screening.  This means you would have to collate all the elligible voters into a computer program and then have the computer randonly select 1000 people to interview , wherever or whoever they might be. But this is not what happens. Those individuals doing the poll will obviously ony talk to people from whom they can expect a coherant answer. They won't look under the motorway for a group of drunks and poll them. And yet , those drunks , if they are adults , will probably be eligable voters. Similarly , the pollsters will not venture into the provinces to interview the computer chosen individuals, they will stay close to base and take their' random sample ' from people close at hand who look like they could answer the questionaire. But this has already introduced screening and bias into the poll so the results will be affected.

 

Thai polls are well known to be inaccurate and this has attracted attention :

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/49635/shy-prayut-voters-or-scared-prayut-voters-election-polls-accuracy-and-bias/

 

The BP has commented on this and about the disparity in results between the Suan Dusit Polls and the Nida polls but forum rules forbit me provideing a link but you can google it using the words Bangkok Post inaccurate polls.

 

Worth noting that none of the pollsters predicted MFPs huge victory because they could not truly select a random sample of voters.

If they could have , then the 1000 people selected would have been able to paint a more accurate picture of the situation in the whole 

country. Statistical fact is that there are more voters living outside Bangkok than in it.

 

[Plant-based meat popularity fuels new ventures in Thailand]

Plant based meat .

 

Can't they just call a spade a spade ' plant based food ' 

 

Why do they have to drag meat into it at all. 

 

If a eating meat is abhorent to some people why try to make fake meat for them ? 

 

 

Actually, I know the answer to that. Big profits

 

 

 

[Move Forward party leads Pheu Thai by a wide margin in new poll]

58 minutes ago, eisfeld said:

 

In order to have statistically significant results with relatively low margin of error you need a little bit over 1000 respondents in a poll regardless of population size. Here a good article that explains it for statistics newbies: https://towardsdatascience.com/statistical-foundations-of-election-poll-c1fade2dce2e

 

Well, the link to Tony Pengs vlog is a perfect illustration of the old saying : There are lies , damn lies and then there are statistics :

 

 

[Move Forward party leads Pheu Thai by a wide margin in new poll]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Always good to have an expert on polling on the thread. If you think this is "meaningless and misleading" why don't you look back to the actual results of the last election. This poll suggests that MFP is increasing their lead after what was already a landslide victory in they were undemocratically denied their right to form government. Why would this be "meaningless and misleading"?

 

I'm glad you like MFP. So do I . But did you read the full article ?

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The poll shows 45.1% of the male and 46.1% of the female respondents say they will not vote for either Move Forward or Pheu Thai, but will vote for the other parties.

 

This is what I find misleading and meaningless since although , as you say , MFP had a great victory at the polls , this poll implies that at the next election it will be ' other parties ' that get almost 50% of the vote ???  What other parties do they mean ?? The parties associated with the conservative military parties ??

 

This poll suggests that if there were an election tomorrow :

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

37.3% of the females and 37% of the males say they will vote for Move Forward.

 

Personnaly , I do not think this poll, conducted on a small amount of people not living in the provinces , reflects the true popularity of MFP.

 

Either way , most people ( even Pita himself ) are of the opinion that the MFP will not be contesting the next election since they are likely to be banned again by those who fear an election victory by a party they deem to be too radical.

 

Question is, if MFP are banned and a third incarnation appears , will it stand a fair chance in the next election when both Phua Thai and the military are running scared and will do their best to see that the status quo remains.

[Swiss tourist saved from the heat as survey shows 72.6% of Thai people worry about weather]

3 hours ago, quake said:

Stay indoors, Air con on,  set at 28, Beer fridge full of Leo

and Youporn on the Tv.

Sorted.

 

Yup air con needed. Fans just don't cut it .

 

 

[Phuket Hospital Appeals for Respectful Conduct from Russian Patients]

Just put the Ruskies on a Vodka drip . That will calm them down.

 

If they get too much blood in their alcohol stream they get a bit cranky.

[Move Forward party leads Pheu Thai by a wide margin in new poll]

The NIDA Poll was conducted between April 9th and 11th among 1,310 people on the topic of Thaksin’s role and Pheu Thai party’s chances in the next election.

 

Wow, they really pushed the boat out for this poll. 1310 peoples canvassed.  Almost double the usual number of people they ask .

 

Both meaningless and misleading.

[Swiss tourist saved from the heat as survey shows 72.6% of Thai people worry about weather]

1 hour ago, Pesche said:

"coping with the growing challenges posed by climate change."

 

THERE IS NO CLIMATE CHANGE!

Stop it!

 

We have El Niño and it is peak of the hot season.

This is NOT the "climate change"!

 

Ask any elderly Thai if the hot season was as hot as this 40 years ago. They will answer no.

 

40 years ago I was living in a village outside Khon Kaen. If the temperature hit 35 that was already thought to be seriously hot . Never saw any day hotter than 35. 

 

Conversely,  in the cool season it was often really cold and in the mornings it was not unusual to see any puddles frozen with an ice crust. You don't see that either these days.