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I have a young Indian friend here who is a university student. He spent his summer back home in India interning at the Supreme Court in relation to this issue. I'll have to send him a note.

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I went to Korat many years ago. Used it as a base for day trips to Phnom Rung and Phimai. It's a big-ish regional center.

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my parents' house had this problem. They tried the heat treatment but it didn't work. Ended up having to get the house tented and poison pumped in. That solved their problem. Cost about $2000 for their small house.

A Chromebook is a laptop form factor, but instead of running Windows or MacOS it runs ChromeOS. Most of what you do is in the Chrome web browser but you can also install Android apps and use those. I use mine mostly for basic web surfing, email and some YouTube viewing. There is a wide range of prices and hardware specs. My current Chromebook is from Asus but it was more of a high end choice. As noted HP, Acer, Lenovo, and Samsung are all in the Chromebook game.

Depending what you need to do, you might consider a Chromebook. I am using one at this very moment. For things like web surfing and email it's plenty. The brand you linked to I have never heard of. The processor is also fairly low power. But if you aren't doing anything too intensive it might be fine.

Maybe not "offable" in the traditional sense, but you never know. I am a total sucker for tall building observation decks. On my last visit I chose an Airbnb at Ashton Chula partly for the high floor pool deck views which did not disappoint.

Perhaps he was distracted by his stage performance beforehand

Exactly, that's more of what I had in mind. I haven't seen any reports recently of gays being dragged out of their bedrooms though

I would imagine you have to be more careful in those types of ultra-religious places though

even most independent hotels I stay in now have online booking available as well. I just booked a place in Ubon Ratchatani by the Lao border that offered easy online booking. Granted it's a more upscale place so maybe they have to do it for their clientele. But unless you're staying in a very rustic place you should find online booking. There are lots of little chains in Thailand that are not the big internationals as well.

They talk about mental health, but they don't actually do anything about it, because that's the difficult part

I think that's my biggest question as well

Certainly slang and colloquialism will be more difficult in pretty much any language. But I think it depends a bit on what your ultimate goal is. If you want a perfect translation that is one thing. But if you just need enough to get the gist that's another. For example, I enjoy the Thais on Twitter who review massage places. They're obviously writing for a Thai audience in Thai. If I plug their text into Google Translate it is definitely far from perfect, but it's good enough to get an idea of what's going on.

they touted that it also works well with Japanese in conversation mode when the Pixel 6 phones launched a couple of years ago. But Thai translation has always lagged for whatever reason. I presume it's just a difficult language and probably less popular than some other languages. I'm hoping that the rise of AI will make a big leap in this area. I guess there are some new AI products coming out already that have on-the-fly translation which are exciting a lot of people.

Gogo bars in general? Montreal has a few. Certainly not with dozens of boys on the boytisserie and various shows. But more traditional strippers. These sorts of places have been dying off for a while now though given the advent of online sites like chaturbate and the boys scrolling at the top of this page.

Certainly Google translate is not great for Thai. But I can typically figure out the gist well enough to communicate. Typically it's the Thai person who will initiate the interaction so they must also find it usable enough. And the camera feature for translating written menus and signs works fairly well.

It's difficult to know just how "dark" this was. I'm sure the BBC isn't above some sensationalism to get eyeballs on their product. Certainly if anyone was drugged that is a crime. Given how long ago this allegedly occurred it's unlikely anyone would be able to prove anything now. I also think that desperate people end up in situations that others would likely not find themselves in. But the fact that they apparently received envelopes full of thousands of dollars makes it much more difficult to see them as victims. I'd also guess that 99% of the people on this website who are paying for affection and physical interaction with attractive young men (including me) will have a different point of view on this subject than many other people will.

Google translate seems to work OK enough. I don't think I'd want to carry around yet another device. I can't stand that guy so I will have a hard time watching this video. 🙂

the latest update according to Thai Enquirer is 2 dead (a Chinese national and a Myanmar national) and 5 wounded The suspect is a student at a private school in Phaya Thai.

isn't this a story as old as the modeling industry?

certainly not even really theater anymore. Everyone just walks through beeping beeping beeping and the "security" people just salute. I wonder if that will briefly change

we'll all be fighting over them for sure. Although I just discovered that Kuwait Airways has canceled their route from Washington so that puts a bit of a wrench in my current plans. I'm waiting to hear how they plan to accommodate me...

I stayed at the Sukhothai a couple of times on my first few trips to Bangkok. Impeccable service and very comfortable. But the location was a little awkward to me for getting around on foot. MRT not too far though which helps. I agree that Le Meridien has a very good breakfast and decent rooms. The spread at the Crowne Plaza always impressed me as well although I haven't been there in a while. I would imagine that the W hotel probably has a pretty big breakfast. The photos online look good. No one seems to talk about the W much though. Location is basically on the corner of Sathorn and Narathiwas - around the corner from Chong Nonsi BTS. I've read some praise for the breaksfast at The Standard hotel at the MahaNakhon tower. Of course given their rates it should be!