webfact 79,075 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 10 million baht worth of Siamese rosewood seized in Nong KhaiBANGKOK, 14 May 2013 (NNT) – Over 10 million baht worth of Siamese rosewood has been seized in Nong Khai Province while being smuggled out to a neighboring country.Around 80 logs of Siamese rosewood were confiscated yesterday by Nong Khai officials as they were being smuggled out of the country by boat. Officers believed that the wood would have fetched at least 10 million baht if they had gotten out of the country. The wood was seized at the bank of the Mekong River.According to an officer, the smugglers brought the wood into the area around midnight on Tuesday. However, the buyers and the smugglers could not agree on the price, causing the delay in delivery. The officers found the stash of rosewood before it was delivered.-- NNT 2013-05-14 Link to post Share on other sites
lee b 2,880 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Someones lost a lot of money on non agreement of price then Link to post Share on other sites
fxe1200 1,684 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 The officer knew, that the smugglers and the buyers could not agree on a price. Interesting! How does he know? Did the smugglers added the share of the Military on top of the "regular" price? Did the buyer finally came to the conclusion, that with all the bribes he has to pay until the wood is in China, it is not worthwhile any more to smuggle rosewood? Riddles, riddles, riddles.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RBOP 1,101 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My floor is rosewood. I think the wood its from Burma. Beautiful wood. Link to post Share on other sites
longstebe 1,219 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 This beats 5 cartons of ciggies. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to post Share on other sites
shrimpythailand 39 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 hmm... so who gets the wood now? let's see - impounded at a police station somewhere for a while till the story dies down and then... gone...to the next highest bidder... 5 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Lickey 195 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 What is this word "gotten" ???????????? Link to post Share on other sites
NeverSure 26,764 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 What is this word "gotten" ???????????? It's the past participle of get. A verb. Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Mamma 273 Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Like Brazil and the Amazon, going bit by bit until it's...going ...going.....GONE! Link to post Share on other sites
billd766 26,207 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 What is this word "gotten" ???????????? http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/gotten Definition of gotten past participle of get. As past participles of get, got and gotten both date back to Middle English. The form gotten is not used in British English but is very common in North American English, though even there it is often regarded as non-standard. In North American English, got and gotten are not identical in use. Gotten usually implies the process of obtaining something, as in he had gotten us tickets for the show, while got implies the state of possession or ownership, as in I haven’t got any money. Link to post Share on other sites
CTO 293 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Australians use "gotten" as well, or at least where I come from, as is "Learnt" which isn't often recognised Link to post Share on other sites
FACTOR 155 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Wow, talk about ADD --- from smuggled rosewood to British indignation at a part of their own language... . What next? Link to post Share on other sites
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