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1. opinion | 19 May 2013
Forget the encyclopaedia, ask the wife
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» I was slightly saddened, but hardly surprised, to read recently that after 244 years Encyclopaedia Britannica will no longer publish its printed edition, although it is still available online. I suppose it was inevi...
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2. opinion | 12 May 2013
'Thailand's Mr Bean' makes new friends
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» A Thai reader recently asked me the meaning of the expression ''not the full shilling''. He was referring to remarks by Scottish snooker star Stephen Maguire about Thailand's Dechawat Poomjaeng, w...
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3. opinion | 05 May 2013
The house is gone, but memories linger
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» Last week curiosity got the better of me while in the vicinity of Samitivej Hospital, and I dropped by the little soi off Sukhumvit 49 where I lived for more than two decades until 2006.
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4. opinion | 28 Apr 2013
Still searching for the sound of silence
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» Last Wednesday was International Noise Awareness Day, although if you live in Bangkok you could be forgiven for being blissfully unaware of this momentous occasion. It's hardly a revelation, but it's desperat...
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5. opinion | 21 Apr 2013
Those barking rascals are wagging their tails again
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» It is good to see North Korea is maintaining its flair for stirring rhetoric. Last week it likened the US to a "boiled pumpkin", which has a certain whimsical appeal. Long-time observers will appreciate that whoever...
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6. opinion | 14 Apr 2013
A dip in Hua Hin, 44 years ago today
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» It is not often I can remember where I was four days ago, let alone 44 years, but a sorry-looking diary confirms that on April 14, 1969, I was in the Thai resort town of Hua Hin. The place was jammed with Songkran holid...
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7. opinion | 07 Apr 2013
Edith, the lady with the electric toothbrush
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» During the recent debate concerning the use of a pen name or nom de plume among writers to the ''PostBag'', the name Edith Clampton surfaced on a couple of occasions. One reader asked where she was and if...
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8. opinion | 31 Mar 2013
Flying comma' sails through another skirmish
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» Just over four years ago the headline in ''PostScript'' read ''A catastrophe for the apostrophe''. It was admittedly bit of a slow news week, but it was an issue of some concern to those ...
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9. opinion | 24 Mar 2013
Django is a name to be reckoned with
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By Roger Crutchley, Newspaper section: News
» During my early days in Thailand, while wandering around in rural areas, I was regularly subjected to the cry of "Django!" from the kids. This was usually followed by lots of giggling as they scampered away through the p...
