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retarius

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  1. Blame anything to absolve the government for poor performance. Gimmick a day Srettha meeting scousers and getting his ugly mug in the news instead of solving the economic problem.
  2. It really is time for the US, the EU and G7 to collectively make a statement that Thailand is not a democracy if MF are dissolved, and for them to treat Thailand accordingly. Having said that seeing the vile and genocidal situation and murder going on in Gaza and the deafening silence of the corrupt west while they still sell the Israelis arms, I cannot see them condemning Thailand for anything anti-democratic.
  3. I don't think it is you. I live in a rural area with a small town close by. There are few farangs here and the farang community has gotten quite a bit smaller over the time I have been here. When I came here 15 years ago, everybody smiled, girls used to flirt on the tills or behind the counters and any lady who had some English seemed anxious to speak and practice it. In the supermarket there were a lot of farangs who all nodded or said hello. Now is totally different, no one smiles, no one speaks much simply the least they can get away with, and none of the younger girls flirt (there is the occasional manageress that flirts with me) but not the girls on the tills. As I am typing this, it strikes me that I haven't met any new (new to me, that is) Thais in years. The strange thing is that this cold-shouldering didn't seem to happen gradually, it seems to have happened rather suddenly. But my other observation is that when we pull up to have the tank filled the pump attendants don't strike up conversations with my wife either, so I'm not sure if it is aimed at farangs. The other odd thing is that when I go to the doctor's office or the bank, I get priority service, in and out very quickly ignoring the queueing system and all the Thai patients sitting there. To be honest, I dislike this as I am sure it creates unwanted hostility in the people waiting, seeing a faring get priority service like a hi-so.
  4. I think the ugliest vehicle I have ever seem, who on earth are the designers? I noticed in the video the truck is struggling up the unpaved hill. Why doesn't Musk organise a Cybertruck vs F150 Diesel in a pulling contest?
  5. I use a company called MCIG. I don't know whether it is any good because I have never made a claim. It is cheap and I have been to the US, Japan with them. Just type MCIG into your web browser, you can apply on line. Have your passport and CC ready.
  6. Isn't the top spot being #1 not being in the top 50. The headlines are really crap on AN.
  7. Britain extradites its citizens, so having UK citizenship will not help the lady.
  8. I'm sure someone has pointed this out, but there is no such thing as 'British English'. The English is what is spoken in Britain. Everything else derived from that n needs a qualifier to explain that it is not pure English American English, Canadian English etc People in Spain don't say they speak Spanish Spanish do they?
  9. You used to need a special account (which has no debit card) AND a regular savings account at the same institution. But that was 2015 and may have changed now. You have to do transactions and withdrawals in person.....so your wife or g/f cannot make withdrawals if you die. I keep a very low balance in this account so that my wife will not be in a position of try to get the cash out.
  10. Very silly. Flood insurance in the US is a boon for mega rich. It is subsidised by the Federal Government because private insurers will not accept properties in flood plains. A hidden untaxed BS subsidy for mega rich.
  11. Usual US accusations and smears. Where is the evidence? Show us the evidence like you did with Putin's election interference....which reminds me why isn't Hillary or any of those folks who begged this up, in jail?
  12. You don't say? But will people and businesses obey the new laws? I think not. As long as it costs money to dispose of hazardous waste Thais will fly tip it.
  13. Yup, nerve gas persursors from the US and El Al, yes it figures.
  14. All these Putin dunnit's are stupid. Why would Putin potentially sabotage his own election right before it when Navalny would have been silenced at any time before or later? The election interference was disproved long ago but Hillary never went to jail. The Skripal's is also nonsense....right before the World Cup in Russia and all the western leaders pulled out? Only a fool would do that and Putin isn't a fool. And now the Skripal's a well and truly silenced, the UK daren't let them out as they will spill the beans to the UK press. Maybe, Starmer will free them and blame it on the Tories.
  15. It is about time we had some common sense and some push back on the nuttiness from Washington. People have always been picked on and name called and it helps you in life as you get a tougher skin and learn to roll with the punctures. Looking back to my schooldays, it was kids with angry pustular acne that got the most abuse. We didn't have gays to abuse in those days, or at least I didn't know any? Yes people got called h@m@, but they weren't homosexual.....it was a general term of abuse. My advice to those living in such states that don't want wokeism a ) grow a thicker skin or b) move if you are a snowflake.
  16. Rubbish. These kids have morals, people who support genocide have no morals worth talking about. Anecdotes are not evidence.
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