friendphil

Those are foolish words. Every nation needs friends, even if you're the richest country in the world. That status can fall away very fast, and with Trump's trade policies (i.e., tariffs) they will fall away fast. Trump only understands, it seems, "I win-you lose" deals, and not a win-win philosophy. This American has no confidence in the Trump administration and I expect the USA to be third-rate, soon,

Oh, how wonderful! A city already replete with too much traffic and exhaust and congestion would be even more so!

Thanks for reminding me of this exercise! I would like to also suggest the areas of herbal medicine and diet, where there is much to address the issue.

Don't you know? It's the new style of government! A convicted felon is about to be sworn in as president of the USA. It's disgusting.

Well, who will have the last word on this one?! There are more views and opinions than there are angles in the compass. I don't like to jump to conclusions, presume, or assume too much, because so much is unknown. From what I can see, however, there didn't appear to be a clear Indication of who had offended whom initially. But it appears to have escalated into reciprocated violence, with both parties trying to inflict injury on each other. As for Phuket, I enjoyed a little time there a few years back. And I find any occurrences of violence in Thailand, or anywhere, regrettable when there is so much potential for good things to be happening.

It seems more like the site needs a new engineer!

Sorry, but in my opinion, that is hardly to be called a silver lining.

I'm not in Pattaya, but in Khon Kaen. My wife very recently had a nerve test on her right arm/hand/fingers and the cost was around 11,000 baht at the Bangkok Hospital here. I don't know if I'd call that a rip-off or not, but it seemed to open the door for more treatments at the University Hospital here.

Sure. (with my apologies for the sarcasm.)

Yeah, sure. If every farmer were (and of course every farmer is not) growing marijuana it would be a very cheap substance to procure and would be about worthless to the government in terms of tax revenues. Cash cow? I can imagine weed at the morning market about 500 baht a kilo.

I think you are confusing "lifeguard" with "live saver". I was once a life guard, however never saved a life, nor was I ever called upon by circumstance to do so. Also, in this case, it would have been foolish to swim out after the victims. Using a jetski might have been plausible, but evidently was not an option.