webfact Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Cha-Am fatal shooting: It started with catapults, went on to knives and ended with a shotgun Picture: 77kaoded Police were called to a dirt road in Cha-Am near in the Bo Khaem Canal - Huay Sai Tai area after two men were shot. Phon, 44, was given CPR but was dead from a gunshot wound to the chest. Suwat, 17, was shot in the ribs and taken to hospital in Cha- Am then transferred to Petchaburi. An 80 cm sword, a scythe and three catapults were recovered along with a Thai made shotgun. Picture: 77kaoded Satheuan, the mother of the shooter said that the two men arrived to make trouble with her sons. They had a long running feud. They started aiming at each other with stones from catapults. Then the other men got knives. So her son got a gun and shot them. Nopparat then fled into the woods. Cha-Am police are looking for him, reported 77kaoded. Source: 77kaoded -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-06-25 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Grumpy one Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 Don't bring a sling shot or knife to a gun fight 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoFaster Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Never bring a catapult to a gun fight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 That cop on the left did a shocking job at pointing at the body, he put no "heart" into it. I give his pointing skill a 3/10 at best. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paiman Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 I do keep a low profile when confronted with aggressive behavior because of this reason. Often you don,t know who you are dealing with and his state of mind. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JeffersLos Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 34 minutes ago, webfact said: They started aiming at each other with stones from catapults. Then the other men got knives. So her son got a gun and shot them. Well, that didn't go as planned. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunKenAP Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 Terrible, however, the writer needs to understand the difference between a catapult and a slingshot. 7 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhinhh Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Now that the Wild West is history we experiance the Wild East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 4 hours ago, GoFaster said: Never bring a catapult to a gun fight I was thinking of a catapult being like a siege machine to hurl objects over walls. Like when we would use them to launch pumpkins in the US after Halloween. Of course tbey would be catapulted 50 to 75 yards before exploding upon hitting the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 4 hours ago, bbi1 said: That cop on the left did a shocking job at pointing at the body, he put no "heart" into it. I give his pointing skill a 3/10 at best. he doesn't even look interested .... his finger is bending towards his boots, is he telling his colleague his shoes are too small 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 5 hours ago, webfact said: catapults When did slingshots become "catapults"? Oh, I see it's a UK term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, hhinhh said: Wild West is history The Wild West may have been history, but it's on the way to repeating itself. Who ah!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cereal Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 5 hours ago, Paiman said: I do keep a low profile when confronted with aggressive behavior because of this reason. Often you don,t know who you are dealing with and his state of mind. If you're dealing with a Thai male you're dealing with a small stupid man with a gigantic problem trying to juggle the cognizant dissonance between his massive inferiority complex and his even greater superiority complex. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 5 hours ago, KhunKenAP said: Terrible, however, the writer needs to understand the difference between a catapult and a slingshot. In Thailand, "slingshot" translates to หนังสติ๊ก (catapult) and visa-versa. (หนังสติ๊ก translates to "catapult" or "sling".) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 6 hours ago, webfact said: They started aiming at each other with stones from catapults. Then the other men got knives. So her son got a gun and shot them Glad no tanks were involved ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GroveHillWanderer Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 5 hours ago, KhunKenAP said: Terrible, however, the writer needs to understand the difference between a catapult and a slingshot. Depends where you come from. In the UK, the item shown is called a catapult. A slingshot would be something more like this: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jane Dough Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, AgMech Cowboy said: When did slingshots become "catapults"? Oh, I see it's a UK term. We called them catapults as a kid. The other things were called trebuchets. Just call it having a wider vocabulary. ???? Rooster 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Jane Dough said: We called them catapults as a kid. The other things were called trebuchets. Just call it having a wider vocabulary. ???? Rooster sorry Jane, they are sling shots, a catapult is larger and usually used in roman warfare with large rocks. a sling shot is hand held ... ???? but then again , i've never heard of a Trebuchet ... never ever . Edited June 25, 2020 by steven100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Farma Posted June 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 25, 2020 And as a kid we called them Shanghai. I dare say there are other names for them depending on country. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 7 hours ago, KhunKenAP said: Terrible, however, the writer needs to understand the difference between a catapult and a slingshot. Slingshot, USA. Catapult UK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovl46 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Was anyone else hoping to see a homemade medieval catapult?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyphodb Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Jane Dough said: We called them catapults as a kid. The other things were called trebuchets. Just call it having a wider vocabulary. ???? Rooster You've got that wrong Rooster, a trebuchet is more like a massive slingshot on a frame powered by a large counterweight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneyw Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 What happened to "hand bags at 10 paces?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Is this still about the blm <deleted>.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 2 hours ago, hotchilli said: Glad no tanks were involved ! No submarines either 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 9 hours ago, webfact said: Cha-Am fatal shooting: It started with catapults, went on to knives and ended with a shotgun 3 hours ago, hotchilli said: They started aiming at each other with stones from catapults. Then the other men got knives. So her son got a gun and shot them Sounds pretty Fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMhee Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) Just to round out the many and varied terms from around the world re Thai catapaults; I'm rather taken aback that no one's mentioned "Gings". Edited June 25, 2020 by UncleMhee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logosone Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 A slingshot? Sounds like somebody went on the Spotlight Thailand website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiSePuede419 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 This is a catapult. This is a slingshot. This has been another edition of Learn to Speak Proper English for Englishmen. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 58 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said: This is a catapult. This is a slingshot. This has been another edition of Learn to Speak Proper English for Englishmen. ???? haha, when i was a kid... noun: catapult; plural noun: catapults British a forked stick with an elastic band fastened to the two prongs, used by children for shooting small stones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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