Comments on: I’ve Got a Red in the Bed

By: Hoo Don

Hoo Don — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:35:48 +0000

Ben the big day is closing in and I’ve just read Talen’s blog on which he argues that Thaksin will be given some of his wealth back, I tend to agree with that. Let’s hope so or otherwise Thailand just might spin out of control.

By: Ben Shingleton

Ben Shingleton — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:52:47 +0000

I admire your political stance in this one Hoo Don, much like my own thesedays Lets hope they can all have a sing song and get along eh….
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By: Hoo Don

Hoo Don — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:55:36 +0000

Pete the key moment in the Red Storm Rising will be this month with the outcome of Thaksin’s seized assets court case. Knowing Thailand there will be no outcome this month and the case will drag on. It’s a difficult one but the elite can hardly give him his money back to fund a fight against themselves.

Chiang Mai dead….Many are predicting a good tourist year for Thailand but with the strength of the Thai baht those educated enough may decide to trip somewhere cheaper. It’s very possible I may hit Chiang Mai myself sometime this year, Wilai is talking about us going and so I can only guess it will be when the flowers are at the height of bloom or should that be blooming heights.

Silent Witness, classic British TV….The Economist article, I’m sure many will bolt their front door halfway through reading it. Look forward to your next post.

By: frogblogger

frogblogger — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:58:34 +0000

You guessed right, I’m only in the UK by ‘proxy’, haven’t set up a tv since I got back, and although Blighty might be a “broken society” according to a Feb 4th article in the Economist and the follow-up comments, at least it still has some great tv (Silent Witness etc). Via a proxy is the only way I can watch it on broadband from France…

My spies in Chiang Mai tell me it’s as dead as ever, and the mood of doom and gloom is spreading, not a very Thai attitude. If that’s so, perhaps you’re right and there is a very real threat of conflict. It’s just that we’ve been hearing about it for so long, it feels like ‘cry wolf’ syndrome after a while.

http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15452867
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By: Hoo Don

Hoo Don — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:05:57 +0000

Hello Pete nice to see you back on the juice and with a great story as always. I remember your series of posts from Chiang Mai in which you had a female interpreter for one of them….. ‘ Kids high on sang som ‘bigging it up’, brandishing wooden swords ‘… in Wilai’s village nowadays they brandish the kind of things Sheffield is famous for and I’m not talking the Full Monty.

Did you post your comment on a laptop with one foot in the Channel because my Statcounter registered your comment as coming from the UK and I know that’s the last place you’d ever be. Cheers and best wishes to the three of you.