jjajh Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 I am sure you are up to date on the situation in Thailand. The UN is reporting about 7500 foreigners in the country are either dead, missing or injured, not to mention the poor Thai people who are in the same predicament. We have friends and fellow forum members there and our prayers go out to them to keep them safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryyannon Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 No echos of this yet on GoogleNews, Jeff....can you link us to your sources? I do hope our people - among other people - are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 I am sure you are up to date on the situation in Thailand. The UN is reporting about 7500 foreigners in the country are either dead, missing or injured, not to mention the poor Thai people who are in the same predicament. We have friends and fellow forum members there and our prayers go out to them to keep them safe. Woah, dead? Who died? It was a bloodless coup. Are we talking about the same thing, or are you only just finding out about the Tsunami? I just spoke to my brother in Bangkok, and he said that there are no known deaths related to the coup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scott Earle Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Woah, dead? Who died? It was a bloodless coup. Are we talking about the same thing, or are you only just finding out about the Tsunami? I just spoke to my brother in Bangkok, and he said that there are no known deaths related to the coup. I am that brother, and I live in Bangkok. The last days have been surreal, what with soldiers being on every junction of a main road, and on the expressways. There are tanks at most government buildings. However, I have yet to hear of a single death or even an injury related directly to the coup. There was a report of a riot in a prison in Nonthaburi, when the guards would not turn on the news to allow inmates to find out what was happening - they took a couple of guards hostage and were shot for the privilege. Pretty tenuous really, but technically related. I think nobody was really surprised when the tanks rolled in - the political situation here has been bad for almost a year, and has been getting steadily worse. So when the military finally did something about it, the people basically let them, and watched. Everyone I know has been going "look! Soldiers! Fun!". People buy them snacks and drinks (it gets hot here in the day!), and when I was leaving work today there was a group of about 10 people laughing and joking with the three soldiers outside our office block. They were sharing snacks, and nobody seemed bothered by the semiautomatic weapons they were carrying. So, my impression of the coup? As bloodless as it gets. I hope this helps put some people's mind at ease a little - it frightened me when I read the initial reports of tanks rolling in the streets of the capital, too. Best wishes to all, Scott (in Bangkok) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 I am that brother, and I live in Bangkok. Nice first post, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 (edited) ...... Edited September 21, 2006 by TTK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Bodies everywhere.......lying in the street........lifeless.......not moving.......but most if not all of those are just farangs staggering home from the bars....the biggest danger is seafood that might be off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faber Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 hope all our friends from thai is ok...our prays for them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwai02 Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Maybe there will be chaos in the villages, but definitely not in the city. People there so wanted to kick ex-PM's butt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elwopo Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 the biggest danger is seafood that might be off... Then, by all means, avoid the dreaded "bearded clam"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahchard Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 what are you on??? I want some... lol... unless you are talking about the recent bombing in southern thailand? but then there was nowhere near 7500 ppl missing in that incident... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJGladeRaider Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Then, by all means, avoid the dreaded "bearded clam"! "Bearded?" Are we talking about Thai clams? I'll defer to TTK on this oone, but . . . Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 @ Scott Earle welcome to RWG and yes that was a nice first post, stick around a while and help us try and keep that brother of yours in check. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linder Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 Thank you for the good news. My family will continue praying for your safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Earle Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 @ Scott Earle welcome to RWG and yes that was a nice first post, stick around a while and help us try and keep that brother of yours in check. Ken Thank you very much for the welcome! I have been registered for some time, having found an interest in replica watches around the same time as JJ did. I am just usually the quiet type, but when I was told that someone had said lots of people had been killed in the recent Thai coup, I had to say something. Actually, not 15 minutes after I wrote my reply, a friend of mine came to visit and asked if we could go to look at the tanks! So we got a taxi, and went to the government buildings, where sure enough there are about 6 tanks parked, with attendant soldiers. I took some pictures of the tanks, and of my friend standing in front of them - and then a soldier with an M16 came up and stood behind her, while I was taking the photos! There were a couple of hundred other people also doing the same thing, and the soldiers were posing for all their photos. It's all very friendly. As for keeping JJ in check, don't bother - I gave up years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r11co Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Actually, not 15 minutes after I wrote my reply, a friend of mine came to visit and asked if we could go to look at the tanks! So we got a taxi, and went to the government buildings, where sure enough there are about 6 tanks parked, with attendant soldiers. I took some pictures of the tanks, and of my friend standing in front of them - and then a soldier with an M16 came up and stood behind her, while I was taking the photos! There were a couple of hundred other people also doing the same thing, and the soldiers were posing for all their photos. It's all very friendly. Absolutely brilliant! Almost like a Monty Python sketch. Anyhoo, welcome and thanks for coming out of the trenches to give us that report! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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