Monthly Archives: July 2008

Did I just fart?

July 15, 2008 – 12:50 pm

President Bush had the balls to assure the nation that the banks are ‘basically sound’ as congressmen swiftly bailed out the two largest mortgage guarantors. The stock market tanked in response to his statement. “I don’t think the government ought to be involved in bailing out companies.” I do recall his saying that every American […]

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Preah Vehear Temple Border History

July 15, 2008 – 12:39 pm

In times of internal turmoil politicians tend to reincarnate external threats to obfuscate their failings and the problems or on-weng over the boundaries of Prasat Preah Vihear have served well the powers that be in Thailand and Cambodia, however few of the masses are aware of the history behind the ruins atop the Dangrek mountain […]

By Peter | Posted in cambodia, Thailand, War | Comments (0)

Thai Gold Hits 15,000 baht.

July 15, 2008 – 11:45 am

“Buy me gold, show me you love me.” My old girlfriend was desperate for 2 baht. It was 1999. Gold cost 5500/baht or 15.16 grams. The dollar was 42 to the Thai baht. The math says one baht = $130US. “Gold special to Thai. Word Siam mean gold in Sanskrit and Buddha have gold skin.” […]

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Thai Invasion of Preah Vihar

July 15, 2008 – 10:42 am

Like many farangs living in Pattaya I’ve had to travel to the Cambodia on visa run. The frontiers are roughly demarcated, although both Thais and Cambodians have admitted to me that the borders aren’t what they used to be before the Khmer Rouge took power in 1975. Drivers have pointed out streams several miles from […]

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Thai LNG Scam

July 15, 2008 – 10:08 am

In bad times the bad get worse and scammers are preying on motorists interested in modifying their vehicles to gas by selling them fake certificates for engine change at 1000 baht a pop to avoid lengthy trips to find a certified engineer. The scam is especially popular in Ban Nok or ‘the hicks’. Many car […]

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