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Vintage Car Time Trials at Honister in the Lake District this weekend and you can’t get enough of watching these classic cars🤩 These cars were built when roads were not as forgiving as our modern paving.These are the vehicles to take up tracks like this! 🔥 📸 – at Motul, Yucatán
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The prestigious #TatlerBestAsiaPacific2026 awards took over Shanghai's stunning Yan Garden, gathering 600+ celebrities, business leaders, and hospitality icons to celebrate the region's ultimate Best 100 Hotels, Restaurants, and Bars alongside the top Best-in-Class winners.
I've still not yet tried any "Dubai chocolate" products, regardless how low they drop the price I'm still not ever going to be tempted with this, however that's probably more to do with the fact I've not had a Pepsi or CocaCola in over 25 years.
A period of damp darkness has come over Bangkok, 10.45 AM and almost every car on the road has its headlights on.
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Netted 670,000 THB this year from sponsors and donors! All admin was covered by members and sponsors - plus some! Thank you for making our event a success and this money will go towards clean water drinking systems for schools and our other projects.
If everyone rushed out to buy a 3-day emergency supply tomorrow, the system would immediately fracture, most live in a "just-in-time" world and which business has physical space or idle labor sitting around to handle a massive, sudden doubling of volume.
Disaster Prevention Department urges public to prepare 72-hour emergency bags
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) on 2 November urged the public to prepare emergency bags containing essential supplies to help them survive for 72 hours in the event of disasters or other emergencies, stressing the message: “Be aware, but don’t panic.”
DDPM Director-General Nirat Phongsitthithavorn said the recommendation follows calls in several countries for people to stock up on food, medical supplies and other essentials amid concerns over the Middle East conflict. Although Thailand is not among the countries advised to prepare for such a situation, having an emergency bag is a basic precaution that DDPM has long encouraged.
The 72-hour period is an internationally recognised preparedness standard, covering the critical first three days after a disaster, when people may need to survive on their own while government assistance is being mobilised. Potential emergencies include floods, landslides, earthquakes, disease outbreaks, fires, civil unrest and acts of sabotage. (Pics from the Disaster Prevention Department.)
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Multitasking witnessed at the gas station this morning, guy using the pissoir whilst also brushing his teeth.
25 years since I attended a Trafalgar Night Dinner at The British Club, noting from the pictures a change is that there are ladies in attendance now.
Today was my first visit to Mega Bangna since 2019 and just as I was headed back to my car I recognized a restaurant name that @jimjuum posted about a few weeks back.
Pretty unbeatable value for Fish'n Chips + drink @ ฿189 @longjohnsilvers
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One of our members’ epic custom tuktuk @CrownePlaza Lumphini - if you’ll like a photo!
I've only ever put 73 litres in my tank, but as its stated capacity is 80 litres and given today's price that's ฿3,400 saved for a bit of a blow and quick suck. Fortunately fuel flaps require door locks to be open, but that won't deter a desperate person.
The Bangkok Shuffle!
Alongside a McLaren this morning lovely burble from the engine, no one inside just parked on the street, then I see a 911 GT3 being reversed onto the street, also left with its engine running while todays choice was being brought out.
Used to be they siphoned the fuel out of the tank, so we sold locking fuel caps, then they stole wheels, we then sold them locking wheel nuts, what next?
Car part theft is a pandemic nobody talks about.
Luckily, they can’t just take an EV battery.
But your engine is an easy target.
Across the UK, criminals are stealing valuable car parts from vehicles parked on people’s driveways while their owners sleep.
Catalytic converters have always been a target, but now it seems they are taking entire engines.
In the latest major attack, SIX brand-new Citroën vans, have been stripped of their engines, gearboxes, ECUs and electronic control units in just 45 minutes.
This is tens of thousands of pounds in stolen components, plus an enormous repair bill.
And here’s what should concern every vehicle owner in Britain.
If criminals can dismantle SIX vehicles on a dealership forecourt in less than an hour, what chance does the average motorist have of their engine being stolen?
This is organised, calculated crime on an industrial scale.
And ultimately, who pays for it?
The dealerships, the insurers and eventually ordinary motorists through higher premiums, replacement parts and repair bills.
Vehicle theft is bad enough.
Now criminals are apparently treating entire vehicles like mobile spare-parts warehouses.
Something is seriously wrong when this can happen in broad daylight.
