Baht Simpson

Yes, this and Spirits (Having Flown).

Fabulous song and album.

The amazing Colin Blunstone with a love song about the sheer joy of returning home to his beloved. Absolutely epic.

Just check your State Pension is shown on your Govt. Gateway account. They will then collect tax by adjusting your code. You will only have to file a self-assessment if you have non-pension income above the allowable thresholds.

I guess that's deafening karoake until 4am out here in the sticks. Lovely.

I agree. There are some phabulous (sic) German and Belgian beers. Weihenstephaner really seem to be getting the hang of it now. ???? I like all their beers. Asahi and Kirin are o.k. Can't beat Fullers ESB or their Porter. Lots of good beers and plenty of rough ones about.

Where do you drink for God's sake? ????

I had a RH years ago and wasn't impressed. Apparently it isn't the same as what you get in The Philippines. Mind you, my records show that the one I had was 6..9ABV so maybe they changed the formula. I don't drink to get pissed.

Mate, the video was literally 1 to 1. And the katoey won on points, The guy was feeble.

Import beers are the way to go. Belgian, German, Japanese, English if you can find. Drink a bit less and pay a bit more.

Standard Thai beers are poor but there are some interesting craft beers now, Full Moon, Chatri and Chalawan for example.

Of teeth?

It wasn't like that back in my day.

It seems from the eyewitness statement that the foreign gentleman threw water at them. This has miraculously changed in the article to "a water-throwing incident occurred". Looks like he started the confrontation or at least escalated it. Best walk away.

Huozhe Xich Lo Tasogare Seibei

I was on a songthaew at the height of Covid and the woman opposite me pulled down her mask, sneezed loudly into the air and put it back up. Lol

Bet you're no oil painting yourself.

No, I mean us. I want everyone here to assess what you are. At least have the courage of your convictions.

The problem is not woke culture, guns etc., they're just a symptom of the problem. The actual problem, a shadowing malevolence, is the ever-increasing use and blithe acceptance of aggression, violence and excessive competitiveness that pervades society from top to bottom. You see it in everything: sport, movies, business, politics and increasingly in everyday life occurrences. The constant need to appear better than your neighbour, to win, to be number one. Seeing people who disagree with your views, not as rivals to be debated but enemies to be destroyed. Internet social media has just exacerbated this problem even further. It has made it easier to attach yourself to a tribe, whether it be a political or cultural affiliation, as a way of legitimising your specific views. You don't need to convince yourself through careful consideration and constantly re-examine your thoughts, you just need someone to agree with you, and the more people who agree with you the more you think you're right. Moreover, you can become a peoples champion and make a tidy living through aggressive opposition. It's frightening that striving for consensus in local and world affairs appears to have all but disappeared. The trend is to see every challenge as a threat, whether it be immigrants, the Trans debate, human rights, territorial integrity etc. and to deal with the issues with aggressive rhetoric and divisive, sometimes violent action. To take these steps is to be seen to be winning and more importantly, to be denigrating your opponent. For instance, banning guns would be a good start to solving the problem of senseless violence but unless it is coupled with a recognition of the glorification of anger, aggression and intolerance it will only ever be a plaster on a wound. Might is sometimes effective but it's not always just. If we don't address the root cause of the problems and just stick a plaster on the wounds we will never resolve them. I do wonder, where is this all heading? The answer that moves into the space available is rather terrifying.

In answer to your question, if I was going to respond and/or criticize, then always. otherwise I would appear foolish. If you had bothered to read the article you would see that many of the facts listed are linked to government statistics to support those facts, which is how I like it. I'm not trying to score points, I just find it irksome when people just swipe away a response without reading it. I'm pretty sure that if Philip Morris had provided fact checks I would have read them.

Why don't you spell it out for us?

What were the charges?

Comments sections are the rat-holes of the internet. It's Breitbart but I guess I will hold my nose and read it.

Good job you grew up straight then or you'd be cursing them. ????

Circumcision is certainly disfigurement, as part of the penis is severed. But the point I was making is that no consent is obtained from a minor to do this which is something that you seem to be opposed to for other procedures. Moreover there are mostly no medical grounds for this, it's done for religious purposes.