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Repeatedly, president-elect Trump has stated there’ll be a 60% tariff on goods to China and a rate of 10% will apply to the rest of the world, including the UK. Personally I think these are bargaining counters and there’ll be room for some negotiation. What do you think? Will England’s Labour Prime Minister Survive Cutting…
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I’m not the world’s authority on the lifestyle of the Thai and the social culture of Thailand, but I try to present true and factual information which I can share with my readers and followers. No Bullshit, no Clickbait. As well as this website, I have been using the platforms of both Medium and Substack…
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I am grateful to Ally Taylor for his consent to my writing some commentary on his Thailand video, Death by Design. The video is 23 minutes long and shows many aspects of dangerous driving in Thailand. My observations are based on my experience as a senior observer for the Institute of Advanced Motorists in the UK,…
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MattOwensRees writer on Thai culture and lifestyle 4 min read Loy Krathong (Thai: ลอยกระทง) is a Thai festival celebrated annually in Thailand and surrounding Southwestern Tai countries such as Laos, Shan, Mon, Tanintharyi, Kelantan, Kedah, and Xishuangbanna. The name means “floating ritual vessel or lamp” and comes from the tradition of making krathongs, decorated baskets that…
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To use a roundabout correctly, you merge slowly into traffic already there. When you see an opportunity to join the roundabout you can then do so safely. That seems to be happening in the image above. On approach, drivers should be “looking to go but being prepared to stop”. However, most Thai drivers will push…
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We wrote about how dangerous bikers can be on Thailand’s roads, but what do readers think about the problems caused by the U-turn infrastructure? In order for the coach to complete its U-turn, it will have to edge, or push, its way across all the lanes of the carriageway. All vehicles will then have to…
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How dangerous is driving in Thailand? Over the next couple of days I’m going to post some short pieces of examples of bad driving in the country with the highest civilian death rate in the world. Many bloggers comment about it. Few explain WHY it occurs. it’s largely cultural! The largest death toll is with…
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“Tariffs is my favourite word in the dictionary”He has promised to introduce a 10% tariff on all goods and services coming into America as the most important part of making America Great Again. It will be 60% for China. Economists estimate that, for the UK alone, this will result in a 4% drop in trade,…
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Problems Facing Cultural Anthropology in Today’s Woke World The toast at a Pure Mathematics institute in the 60s and 70s was, “To Pure Mathematics. May it never be any use to anyone”. That was tongue in cheek, of course. Pure mathematics is a science, and the comment was just meant to annoy the more worldly mathematicians who…
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I have not posted new content for some time as my WordPress site was hacked. Thanks must go to Lode Engelen for his enormous help in beating the hackers. His own website is http://www.LodeEngelen.be where he posts a great number of high quality photos on Thai social and traditional culture. You can read the text…