IQ & 'brain drain'

Another Kiwi farang wrote to Bangkokpost's Postbag, quote"

Big projects, brain drain

I get a sense of deja vu when reading about Samak's planned mega-projects. Nearly 30 years ago, New Zealand's then prime minister Sir Robert Muldoon implemented his "Think Big" strategy, in which the government borrowed heavily and pumped the funds into large-scale industrial projects which were predicted to create trickle-down benefits in the form of jobs and revenue.

This never happened. The projects turned out to be white elephants, causing a large fiscal deficit and a recession which prompted many New Zealanders to emigrate to Australia.

When reporters asked Muldoon if he was concerned about the brain drain caused by skilled New Zealanders emigrating to Australia, Muldoon said he wasn't: "I look at it as a positive thing, as it will raise the IQ in both countries."

KIWI FARANG

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How's that an IQ of a prime minister?

Well, presumably he didn't choose to migrate I suppose.

An amusing idea from amazing Thailand

I haven't post here for a while.. 'cause nothing worth mentioning until this one from Bangkokpost's PostBag.

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Another daft idea

As the owner of a minimart in Pattaya, I was amused to be told recently that as of Aug 1, all minimarts must turn around bottles of whisky and beer in their shops, in a vain attempt at discouraging people from drinking.

If this is the best attempt by the Thai government to reduce the number of drinkers, I find it laughable. You will have customers being unable to distinguish brands, and staff will have to be constantly turning bottles around to show customers their selection.

This appears to be another well-thought-out policy that keeps Thailand as the world's laughing stock.

MINIMART OWNER

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How on earth someone came up with such an idea and got it through?

I call this thinking "out of the box"! (May be there isn't any box!)

Or is this a 'half measure' thinking with half the brain?

But as a joke I rate this one 'original' with 5 stars!

Imagine you walk into a liquor store seeing only the back of bottles!

Will they do the same to cigarettes too?

Ideas to cope with high oil price!

A friend sent me these photos.. guess it make sense these days when oil price keep hitting record highs with no end in sight.

Retrofit with wind powered hybrid.. the DIY way.



















Future of budget airline.. may take a little longer to your destination!













Don't need to get rid of your gas guzzling monster!













Eskimo & Santa provides us with an age old solution.. don't we realize?













Don't throw your batteries away.. recharge them.














Don't walk your dog, catch a ride instead.



















When gas run out.. the last resort!














It is not all doom.. each price hike will push the world to respond with innovations. It may take time though. I am an optimist.

Finally, a famous quote from an ex-OPEC chief:
"The stone age wasn't left behind for the lack of stones. The same can happen to oil."
Hope OPEC countries heed his wisdom.