Baht Simpson

In the U.K. in the sixties people would buy stuff on credit or 'tick' as it was called colloquially, from the 'tallyman' Either that or they would pawn stuff or borrow from a registered money lender. With the advent of hire purchase and credit cards this practice died out. These days it's buy now and realize you can't pay later.

There are several reasons why a beer could taste bad: Past best before date Damaged container Skunked i.e. a bottle exposed to u.v. light Beer contamination during bottling process to name but a few. With craft beers it could just be a batch change or re-formulation giving a different mouthfeel. But with more commerciaiised beers the taste should be pretty consistent. If it smells bad I wouldn't risk tasting it.

People see them as art and a projection of their qualities and what gives them pleasure. However, they aren't the art or the artist themselves, just a canvas; portable graffiti. Having said that, it's their choice and it's essentially harmless. In Japan you won't be let in an onsen with a tattoo as they're associated with the Yakuza and crime.

Agree. He was great in The Limey, as were Peter Fonda and Barry Newman.

You see lots of grey Thais. Not many of them are ginger. 🙂 Usually people with jet black hair will go grey, often retaining their black eyebrows

Well it's been charming having such an intelligent, eloquent conversation with you. I particularly enjoyed your "get a life sad boy" comment. 🙂

And he leaves with another insult. Lol

You conveniently left out the line after, saying that you're not the only one. If you're not a bigot it's probably best not to say that you are. You also said you're not bothered by it.

It would be from both sides. Idiotic. That was the point of my original post which was pointing out an insult. That's why I say, tribalistic. It's you who called yourself a bigot.

This the problem with all this tribal political nonsense. It's too easy to put everyone in the same boat and blame whole groups of people for the nonsense of some. So lazy.

Sadly that's probably true.

Well, that bit's true.

I think Netanyahu is a fan. Imagine there's no Palestinians.

You've not answered the question. What has is got to do with LGBT+ people? I couldn't care less about your views on the left or the Israel debate, just why you felt the need to insult people who have nothing to do with this demonstration. They're all the same is not an answer.

"Rainbow creatures"? What on earth are you on about? You do realise this wasn't a Pride march, or are you just content to blame the gays for everything?

Imagine "her horror" as the daughter "recoiled" at the assistant asking her politely if she needed assistance. 🙂 All this weaponizing of outrage. I see Rowling is now involved calling for a ban on M&S, an esteemed British shop over precious little. If she was that worried about the assistant just ask for someone else. But then it wouldn't have created a stir, which was clearly the intent.

Mine's 7km each way. I quite enjoy it. Bit of an adventure.

I shall continue to use a tuk-tuk to go to Immigration. 🙂

3.33am? Don't Pattaya bars ever close? Are we to assume he just happened to come across her in a bar or did he go there to taunt her? A fascinating glimpse of life. Lol.

If you're over 60, 7,000 to 8,000 is fine.

And a tad more interest. Not much these days with the low rates but it's a good night out. And no photocopying multiple pages of your passbook.

No internet? Oh well, looks like it's back to the top shelf of the newsagent again. 😀

Yes, stores do this as a matter of course. As you're wandering around looking for the coffee you'll see something and go " Actually I need some of that." There's lots of tricks they have to get you to buy.

The Japanese also concluded that alternate 3 minutes slow then fast walking helps. Also I saw somewhere that 8,000 steps for the over 60s is sufficient. Consistency is more effective than length. (She cried. lol)