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Gambling businesses don't make their money from the casual gambler. They all make the majority of their profits from people who can't control themselves.

They are parasites who create no wealth and extract it in the most painful way.

50 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

i don't smoke but enjoy gummies, a longer less intense buzz imo

I'm a complete novice.

Are they legal? Where to buy? Cost ?What dose for a beginner? Anything to look out for? Do they help with pain the way people report smoking? Anything else I should know?

Many thanks.

As a Brit it is exasperating to see Trump. 

The left just don't get why so many are very disappointed with what's happened to their country. The left produced Trump's popularity.

A massive reform was needed. The trouble is Trump is so obviously the wrong man. A danger to the world. Probably insane. 

Yet the left still don't get why so many will accept 5 insane days of trump for each sane one.

On 1/28/2025 at 12:34 AM, Sandboxer said:

Age 29, broke, freshly divorced, angry, nearly homeless, drunk with a gun in my mouth for a few seconds before I realized I didn't have the nuts to do it. Pretty much went up like bitcoin from there. Made my first million 8 yrs later (50% luck, 50% clever idea) and retired to SEA.

 

What I realize now is that had I actually pulled the trigger, the world would not have been any worse or better off than it is now.  No one except for a very few people in the world is really special.

But that clever idea of yours brought value to other people's lives. So you did matter.  Same goes for the kindness you shared along the way..Your taxes paid for operations on children.

23 hours ago, Hummin said:

 

 

I would ask the members here, what would you do to make 2025 better than 2024? 

 

 

This is a great new topic. I think deserves it's own thread.

Yes, take her advice.

I did hundreds of hours of online research and everything she says is spot on.

19 hours ago, still kicking said:

Payment Details

Take off 

supplement

rent assistant

energy assistant  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Age Pension

+ $1047.10

Pension Supplement

+ $83.20

Rent Assistance

+ $211.20

Energy Supplement

+ $14.10

Gross payment amount

+ $1355.60

Deduction for repayment of an advance payment

- $115.40

 

Includes a deduction

Net payment amount

+ $1240.20

Oops. My above post was ment for you. Bit confused by your list.

50 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

Just to clarify, you are 77 years of age, have no saving and no assets, and live hand to mouth every fortnight.  Is this correct?  If so, how do you afford the return airfares over to Thailand, twice a year?

Just curious to compare Australia with the UK. My mother is in the equivalent situation as you. Government pays her rent, local taxes and she ends up with 1900 AUD a month.

Utilities cost her 400 AUD

She is left with 1500AUD a month for food, her car and discretionary spending.

With Lidl, Primark etc very easy to live on that.

How does her 1500 compare to you? And in the UK people talk nonsense about heat or eat. She has plenty. Is there the same whining there?

5 hours ago, still kicking said:

As I said I am 77 now and might need a wheelchair in the future ask any handicapped person how they get treated in Thailand.

Ah, that's a fair point. 

36 minutes ago, still kicking said:

You think about it if I move to LOS again I will loose most of my pension I will have the hassle of renewing visas, 90 day reports and so on I don't need that here neither my wife who got Australian citizenship. Another thing is I don't like Thai food so it would cost me a fortune on western food . I don't have to deposit money for visas, going anywhere in LOS I get double priced, But as you said it is up to you.

Are you saying that if those problems were not there you'd choose Thailand?

Attractive girls did no exercise when I was first in Asia 30 years ago. They also ate often and a lot.

30 years ago their food was real, now it's as ultra processed as western food.

3.5 billion years of evolution and this is the result.

One school of thought is that a life full of pleasures will never produce contentment. Man needs meaning.

What do the righteous posters of AN have to say?

Me, I prioritise meaning but fall back into the pleasures all too often.

12 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I'd rather DIY than start hiring anyone below an 8.

Married an 8-9 who kept her looks for 10 years, now at 15 years on she's down to a 5 but I still love her.

I was a 5 when we met and am still a 5 .........

What have you done to BM2? He knows all women are monkey branching mercenaries not capable of or deserving love. 

Untie him now and stop using his account. 😂

42 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I still remember a homely woman I had sex with here, what is referred to as a charity bonk. She would have been at best a 5. Her saving grace was lovely breasts, perfect size and shape. For me, anyway.

 

Much to my surprise, she was one of the best lays I have ever had.

 

It was mostly her attitude, she so obviously enjoyed getting laid.

 

 

How many times was this "one of the best lays" worth banging though? I bet not many.

1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

The gripes with 10s can be corrected. Bad performance in bed? She can be taught.

 

Lack of integrity?  She can learn that lies have consequences.

 

You can't make good wine from bad grapes, so if she's a truly rotten human being, fine, but some 10s are not, they are capable of learning.

 

It's a risk of course.

You talk as if men have a a selection of 10's to choose from.  Lol

1 hour ago, FruitPudding said:

I never paid my (ex) wife anything; to hell with that, lol!

 

However, I am a bachelor these days, so I do have a very sanook gik/maid who happens to live nearby and comes over to stay the night once a week and then she does a couple of hours of cleaning, tidying, and ironing the next morning.

 

As Neil Young said, "A Man Needs a Maid"

 

And in Thailand it's cost effective; you've got to take advantage of it.

 

And she's happy - cos it's a part time job for her - when her falang boyfriend isn't here.

 

How much do you pay each visit?

Sat next to a NGO worker on a AirAsia flight once. I was surprised and happy she was on the flight. She told me all her colleagues flew business class on full priced airlines.

Want to give to charity? Find an individual you trust whose doing something good and give to them. Simon43 being a good example.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I was happy being socially impaired, and then I went and got married. HUUUUUUUGE mistake. Much better being socially impaired, psychologically and financially.

 

Marriage is not the answer. IMO it's the doorway to hell.

Not being sarcastic, but didn't you marry a prostitute? If so, your sentence should read,

"marriage to a prostitute is not the answer. It's the doorway to hell."

Most would agree with that.