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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Friday 16 June 2006 :-
Noisy adverts annoy skytrain commuters : BTS claims most people like them
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The skytrain operator says commuters like it. But passengers don't agree.
Tired of listening to TV commercials disturbing their ride, a group of BTS commuters yesterday kicked off a sign-up campaign against the "annoying and intrusive" broadcasts in the carriages.
Chomrom Khonkliad Siangdang (the Say-No-To-Noise club) and Chomrom Khonrak Khwam-ngiab (the Say-Yes-To-Quietness club) issued a joint press release expressing their disapproval of the Bangkok Mass Transit System's installation of television sets blaring commercials on its skytrains.
In the statement issued on the internet, they said the commercials annoyed commuters, who preferred reading to watching advertisements. Travellers were forced to listen to the noisy ads, which was stressful.They called on the skytrain operator to turn off the ads, end the noise pollution and stop trying to take advantage of passengers.
The BTS website, http://www.bts.co.th, says the service offers "both residents and visitors a comfortable ride through central Bangkok _ lifting commuters above the chronic congestion, noise and pollution of the streets below".
Noise protester Thip Sukvivat said Japan banned the use of mobile phones on its subways and skytrains because the cacophony created by phone conversations annoyed other commuters.
Thailand should similarly impose a ban on TV commercials on the skytrain, said Ms Thip, who expressed her view via the internet.
Colin Piprell, director of Artasia Press Co, had a similar view.
"I find it annoying and an intrusion on my privacy," he wrote on the internet.
"I've paid taxes in Thailand for 22 years, plus I pay my fare when I use the BTS, which is otherwise a fine system and a credit to Bangkok.
"It is not fair that I should be subject to noisy advertisements when I travel on the system," Mr Piprell said.
Most commuters wanted the BTS operator to improve the train service rather than add unwanted noise.
Surasri Arsairat, 33, said commuters paid their fare to use the BTS, not to listen to noisy ads on the trains.
Peeyawan Sirikasemsap, 30, said the operator should focus on improving its service and making travel easier, particularly during major events. Airing commercials on trains was just boring.
However, Patcharee Poramesyothin, a saleswoman, said she had no problems with the TV ads. She watched the commercials to kill time.
However, the BTS operator insisted most respondents of its two opinion surveys wanted TV commercials and news on the trains.
Anat Abhabirama, adviser to the BTS, said the firm had done two opinion polls of commuters. Most respondents had no beef with the ads.
He agreed some commuters may find the TV ads annoying and said the skytrain operator would find a solution to the problem. He denied any knowledge of the sign-up campaign against the noisy ads.
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Posted on: 11:48 pm on June 15, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Friday 16 June 2006 :-
15 carparks planned in Bangkok
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Park-and-ride blocks will soon be built at 15 locations in outer Bangkok to encourage motorists to use public transport more, a deputy director of the Energy Policy & Planning Office said yesterday.
The locations are deemed appropriate as connecting points between suburban areas and road networks in the inner city in four directions around the capital: Rangsit in the north, Samut Prakan in the south, Thon Buri in the west and Bang Yai area in the northwest, Weeraphol Jirapraditkul said.
He said the park-and-ride car parks at Mor Chit terminal and Bang Sue area had proved effective in terms of traffic solutions and popular in terms of public use.
The 15 prospective locations are:
A site between Kalapraphruek and Ratchaphruek; near The Mall Bang Khae; a site near the western outer ring road and Boromratchonnanee Road; near the planned Bang Phai BTS station; near Future Park Rangsit; near Thoopataymee Stadium; near Bitec in Bang Na; near Samut Prakan provincial hall; a site between Route 9 and Rama II Road; underneath Ram-Indra-Art Narong expressway near Yothin Phatthana Road; a space in the 11th Infantry Regiment (Royal Guards) compound; near the Agricultural Museum in Kasetsart University; underneath the Asoke-Srinakarin expressway (facing Srinakarin Road) ; at Ramkhamhaeng Road and Route 9; and a block near Route 9.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 12:05 am on June 16, 2006
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IBFarang
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Useless news updates annoy BTF posters: No one claims any one likes them
– Well I guess they have to work somewhere during the day?
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 12:22 am on June 16, 2006
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DrLove
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Do you think PussyLover is actually a Katoey and uses a disguise to push his 'equal' network?
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 12:38 am on June 16, 2006
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IBFarang
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Now that’d be interesting – A Katoey with a nick of PussyLover?
Who's confused?
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 12:57 am on June 16, 2006
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Oz
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Maybe just a Cat lover or maybe just simple a cat?
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:49 am on June 16, 2006
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Quote: from IBFarang on 1:58 pm on June 16, 2006
Now that’d be interesting – A Katoey with a nick of PussyLover?
Naw, I think like most guys that like to bang guys, or get their cock sucked by them, PL69 is one of those confused types who thinks of them as girls, and won't ever consider himself gay - and the KNN is his way of showing solidarity.
Yeah, riiiiight!
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 2:25 am on June 16, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Tuesday 20 June 2006 :-
BTS station lifts 'not available to all disabled'
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A foundation assisting disabled people yesterday lashed out at the BTS skytrain operator for failing to provide lift service for all types of disabled people.
According to Wichian Hasatadol, deputy chairman of the Thai Disabled Development Foundation, the lift service provided at skytrain stations for disabled commuters is now made available only to people in wheelchairs.
The operator, Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc, doesn't seem to realise that there are other types of disabled as well, said Mr Wichian.
Those disabled people who are not in wheelchairs, as well as the elderly, also need to use the lift as it is too physically demanding for them to climb up high stairs to the train platform, he said.
"The BTS cannot claim the service is costly because it did not pay for the installation of those lifts. And it could earn enough income to cover the cost," he added.
According to Mr Wichian, the government had spent 140 million baht to have the lifts installed at 11 of the 23 skytrain stations, but the system operator has not yet fully provided the service.
A skytrain official argued his company is providing the lift service to all disabled people. However, they must ask staff to open the lift door.
The lifts have to be kept shut for security reason since they are located in areas where anyone could gain access to, said the official.
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Posted on: 1:17 am on June 20, 2006
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Mel Gibson
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pussylover,,, I thought you already had your own "copy and paste" section,, must you fill all the others as well?
BK perhaps it is time to not only limit the number of posts per day but to also limit the length of said posts?
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 3:14 am on June 20, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Wednesday 21 June 2006 :-
Skytrain commuters want peace quiet
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TV sets have been installed in some Skytrain carriages to show advertisements, much to the dismay of many passengers.
If Bangkok isn't already noisy enough, now there is TV inside the Skytrain
People fed up with noise pollution in Bangkok have turned their wrath on the operators of the Skytrain over loud television sets installed in train carriages.
They recently formed a group and issued their first statement yesterday calling on the mass transit operator to stop bombarding them with unwanted noise.
"It's tiring and we don't like the noise. We have to put up with visual pollution and now noise pollution," said Panchalie Sathirasas, a well-known potter who represents the newly-formed People Who Love Quiet Club.
Television monitors have been installed by BTS on six of its trains to show advertisements with the volume turned up. The test run, said a BTS public relations official, began earlier this month.
But Panchalie, who formed the group with 90 others, including academics, writers, office workers and media people, said it was time to oppose the new audio-visual ads inside the carriages.
It was bad enough that commuters had to listen to blaring television sets on the platforms while waiting for a train.
"It's loud outside [on the platform] but it used to be quiet inside [the carriage].
"We put up with it. But they're taking too much advantage of us now.
"It's also tasteless and perhaps illegal," she said.
The group's statement issued to The Nation said their peace of mind had been disturbed by this latest attempt to force advertising on commuters.
"When we go to work in the morning, our heads are still clear but we're forced to listen to these televisions.
"When we return home we are tired and need rest. Instead we have to put up with this irritating noise again which causes headaches and a bad mood," the group said.
"Please spare our ears... We have enough with other noise intrusion."
Other countries, Panchalie said, do not allow the volume to be turned on.
"We will wait for their response. But we shall continue [the protest] and the numbers will grow," she vowed, saying two weeks should be enough time for the BTS management to do something.
Panchalie said the group had contacted Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin but had received no reply from him.
The Skytrain management has made no response to the complaint, saying only that the matter was a "sensitive" issue.
"I'll inform you later," Kannikar Tor-trakul, a BTS public relations officer, said about the Skytrain management meeting to discuss the matter.
For now, it seems, the television are there to stay.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:59 pm on June 20, 2006
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