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I never liked Tricky Dicky back in the late 60s, early 70s but my god, his analysis was spot on here

This is going to upset The Doors fan, Mr mojo risin. He seems to think Pheua Thai supporters will rise upen masse if PT are denied the premiership. But Thaksin will make a deal with Pravit to join forces and form a government in order to come back. Never mind Pravit was part of the coup. Never mind the rumours of corruption under his watch. Everything will be forgiven if granddad can come home. The red shirts? Most will be happy so long as a few populist policies are wheeled out. The educated red shirts will move to Move Forward.

The predictive text function can be a curse as well as a blessing!

Exactly. In Poe's poem the crow 's repetition of 'nevermore' symbolises the hopelessness and impossibility of the return of Poe's long lost love. Brutal. I'm surprised Edgar didn't hang himself after its visit.. Crows are bullies, threatening smaller birds, thieves, stealing their eggs. Gathering in large number with that dreadful gutteral cawing, they are nothing but mindless vandals running through some depressed inner city unit in northern UK. Except the crows are more intelligent. Solitary ravens, on the other hand, have some redeemable qualities, see Gene Clark's song, 'The Silver Raven'.

The Dead's music, at its best, is like Thailand, colourful and joyous, only a touch of grey. Jerry should have fled to Thailand when his health problems became serious. A diet of papaya salad and steamed snake fish soup would have sorted him out. ( sorry about accidental bold print ).

A wonderful tree with flowers so fragrant and so beautiful in their texted colours. I remember years ago Thais saying it wasn't suitable to have in the garden at home as the old Thai name was similar to a word for sadness. Best for temples and graveyards, they said! However Princess Sirindhorn changed the official name so that was alright. I just can't stand the sound of crows though, it's a shame they dominate Lumpini Park in Bangkok

An interesting article on Russian emigres fleeing the war https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-02-13/russians-wartime-exodus-9127629.html

Perhaps he needs a police report before claiming on the insurance.

Russians fighting for Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russians-fighting-bakhmut-legion/32267835.html

Moving literally 500 metres to another daughter's house, do I need to show the original tabien ban, house registration document, plus her Thai I D card to immigration or will photos do? No problem with the former, it's here but her ID card is naturally with her in Chonburi where she works. Secondly, do I have to inform immigration within a time frame? Thanking anyone for useful replies.

Unbearable pressure from the family, I assume . Thaksin appointed her head of SC Assets. 'Come on little sis, big brother needs your help now, remember all I've done for you.'

A Russian war crime, the killing of US aid volunteer, Pete Reed

Maybe she herself doesn't want to end up exiled in Dubai counting the grains of sand.

Thai men are expected at some point to become monks, it's a duty to make merit, say after a parent dies. But when a Westerner ordains, it's like wow! He gave up a comfortable life in the West to follow the precepts. He must be sincere. Here he is, at 25 mins, talking about the incompatibility of Buddhism and factory farming in Thailand.

By all accounts Ajarn Cha was a memorable figure. There's a fascinating book, 'Venerable Father', written by an American, Paul Breiter, who was a monk at Ajarn Cha's temple in Ubon for some years. The book is very down to earth, as Ajarn Cha was. Describing a restless Western novice monk, Ajarn Cha compares him to a man with unknowingly a piece of dog sheet in his pocket. 'He walks over here and sits down. It doesn't smell good so he goes over there. The same thing happens.' We can run away from our circumstances but we can't run away from ourselves.

Absolutely agree about the interminable months of grey skies. To add to the gloom most trees have lost their leaves, very little grows, just the sound of crows cawing in the branches. It's an indoor life five months of the year, not good for the soul imo. The bright flowers and tree blossoms of Thailand all year round lift the spirit immeasurably.

A horse and trap trotted through our village last week. Never seen that in Issan before. Perhaps it came from that farm you visited Owl.

A pessimist critique of Russia's military capabilities.

A woman from Poland was on a popular radio show in the UK. She said some in the West didn't understand that Easter European countries were sovereign nations. They hadn't been forced into joining NATO by American policy makers keen to expand Western influence. They wanted to join, sick of centuries of Russian imperialism.

More mobilization required. https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3668762-russia-needs-to-conduct-further-form-of-mobilisation-to-continue-war-british-intelligence.html

How is it possible for such a short man to be consumed with so much bile, derision and hate? Doesn't he ever wake up and think, ' Enough! Time to enjoy life. Be nice to people.'

It's a perfect album embedded in the memory of so many rock lovers in the early 70s. I remember being worried at the time hearing it being played in Hull's department store 'What! Have Floyd sold out? Floyd are underground man, not for middle aged shoppers buying shirts'. Lol

A Russian offensive is stalling badly. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/02/08/smashed-by-ukrainian-mines-and-artillery-russias-winter-offensive-just-ground-to-a-halt-outside-vuhledar/