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Yearly Archives: 2018

The sky’s the limit?

Tokyo (AP) - Electric drones booked through smartphones pick people up from office rooftops, shortening travel time by hours, reducing the need for parking...

New Japanese BMW – or was that a German Toyota

The new Toyota Supra is one of the products of a 2012 deal between Toyota and BMW to develop a pair of sports car...

Save the Sucker campaign

Dear Hillary, How many of the people who write to you are genuine? Many of them are amusing, but rather unbelievable. Just how dumb can...

Sad old duffers?

Dear Hillary, Generally speaking I think it is the older guys rather than the youngsters that need the warnings about Thai girls. Most youngsters do...

Autotrivia Quiz

Last week I noted that Duesenberg, Mercedes and Ducati all had something in common. I asked, what was it? It was desmodromic valve actuation,...

Look out for the wealth hazards

Dear Hillary, There are so many things for a tourist to do in Pattaya, why does any older chap just frequent the bars (of which...

Thai businessman convicted of selling fake bomb detectors

Bangkok (AP) — A court has convicted a local businessman of fraud for selling fake bomb detectors to the government, five years after a...

Pattaya Sports Club

Lao drug kingpin with celebrity links gets 2nd life sentence

Bangkok (AP) — A court in Thailand has given a second life sentence to a drug kingpin from Laos whose social connections to various...

Latest Stories

When Expat fixed incomes meet a moving target

The quiet financial squeeze on retired foreigners in Thailand Retirement is supposed to be the most predictable chapter of life. Income is fixed. Habits are...

Testosterone – Andropause

The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is NO — no man must become a...

Nach dem Countdown fragen Touristen, ob Pattaya ein Strandparadies oder eine Müllhalde ist

PATTAYA, Thailand – Kaum waren die letzten Feuerwerkslichter am Himmel verblasst, zeigte sich am Pattaya Beach ein ganz anderes Bild zum Jahresbeginn. Als Touristen...

Rauchwolken über Zentral-Pattaya nach Brand nahe Beach Road

PATTAYA, Thailand – Am Neujahrstag ist am Nachmittag hinter einem Hotel in der Soi 12 an der Beach Road ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Dichte Rauchschwaden...

Russischer Motorradfahrer stirbt an tödlicher Jomtien-Kurve

PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein russischer Motorradfahrer ist am Neujahrsmorgen tödlich verunglückt, sein Freund wurde verletzt, nachdem ihr Motorrad an der berüchtigten „tödlichen Kurve“ auf...