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3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I always though Bentleys were like a rich man's roller, with a bit more umphfff.

 

Bentleys are posh Volkswagens. Rollers are posh BMWs.

When they start talking about 'possible' protests and 'almost certainly' this or that might happen, you know they've really got this one nailed..

Did the argument start with "What do you mean 15000 baht an hour?"

13 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

If the price is destined to go down for these CPUs in the next few weeks, then I will wait to buy.

Intel introduce their new ranges in February and the price of older ones fall. Happens most years.

3 hours ago, Muhendis said:

I agree entirely and would also add that the whole idea of using a proxy is totally wrong in terms of the personal and private nature of the vote.

There is no reason why electronic voting should not be incorporated. Using the internet is good enough for banks so it should be plenty good enough for election voting then we could all vote whenever there is a snap election. 

What a great idea. Perhaps they could get Fujitsu to sell them a system at an astronomic price which will work as well as Horizon. What could possibly go wrong???

Presumably with this miracle cure, the government don't have to bother to deal with the PM2.5 problem. Perhaps just suggest that all the fans in Bangkok get turned to face south. Yes, that'll fix it...

Do they really think that water bombing Bangkok will
a) work

and

b) not cause vast damage to property ?

They will be perfectly fine. Right up to the point when they are not. And then you could find your data has been corrupted - only the important stuff, of course...

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He told the media that he confessed to the murder under pressure from locals in the area.

He insisted that no one forced or threatened him to confess to the murder.

These seem to contradict each other,

As he is in hospital, seriously ill (DON'T LAUGH) and we are told he has no visitors, how did this story get out?

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

I was answering the member who suggested a trip to Africa. Read it again. 

And it would be a 7000 mile trip for me to get to San Diego, so no thanks, I'll go to the North Pole to see the penguins instead.

No you won't. There are 0 penguins at the North Pole. There are some in Africa though and even some in the tropics (in the Galapagos islands).

And you won't find any Polar Bears at the South Pole either.

An English county between Cornwall and Somerset and the only county with 2 separate coastlines.

You did say Devon didn't you?

53 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

That type of coffee is only available in Vietnam. It's called kopi luwak.

I tried to import some into Thailand for my DIL in Australia, she works in a coffee shop. Said she could sell as much as I could get, at a big premium.

Could not make it work, too much red tape.

If its 'only available in Vietnam', how come it has an Indonesian name rather than a Viet name?

Clue: It is available in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

On 12/27/2023 at 12:59 PM, arick said:

Are there any owners of hotels or owners of individually I'm having a shocking result that a agoda.

Is charging in the minimum region of 51% up to 100% in my bookings I'm just curious how many other people are doing that booking.com has no problem they have 18% flat rate but every time I get a booking with a agoda.com they are charging 50-to 100 % commission to the owner 

You're reading the wrong things. Agoda charge between 10 and 30 per cent commission - much the same as all the others. If they were to charge the absurd rates you suggest, no hotel would go anywhere near them.

This is like announcing that the Earth is flat, the moon made of green cheese and that Rwanda is safe.

Just because the government (or its representatives) say it is true, it doesn't always follow that it is.

2 hours ago, nauseus said:

The EU is one of the reasons that immigration into the UK has been so high (via Schengen) but the main reason for leaving was to reclaim full sovereignty.

Except the UK never was part of the Schengen area and we never lost our sovereignty.

12 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

How did they end up subduing him?

 

I imagine they would of had to call for "younger  fitter" police to attend ?

 

I often wonder especially in Australia and  more so UK ( no guns) when these police officers over 50yo attend what they can actually do , a bit past the age to do that job !!!

 

I imagine they just 'cow-tip' him. Once on his back he is helpless and can't get up again.

Its that or wave a couple of dozen pies in front of his face to mesmerise him.

7 hours ago, Scott Tracy said:

Where did cranberry sauce come from for an English Christmas dinner?

The US, same for turkeys which are also immigrants.

The roast potatoes come from South America.

My favourite christmas meal is the one you get on the plane while flying somewhere warm on Dec25.

On 12/18/2023 at 2:37 AM, webfact said:

Their findings revealed a clandestine drug trafficking operation resulting in 15 casualties and the modification of fertilizer bags into backpacks, concealing 2,040,000 pills of Type 1 narcotics (methamphetamine).

On 12/18/2023 at 2:47 AM, webfact said:

It led to the confiscation of approximately 1.7 million methamphetamine pills.

Did the other 300000 escape?

That's a very unusual hat he is wearing in the first pic....

The challenge will probably be rebutted on the basis that the extended hours will be great for the economy. The bars sell more drink, the hospitals get more customers and the repair shops are kept busy. It can also generate money for the police in fines/non-fines. 

Case dismissed....

Charabanc au flambé for lunch