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Not a covid mortality, this old friend of mine died years ago and I have copied his Obituary below.  I've tried to follow in his footsteps but find myself being called everything from a conspiracy theorist to a heretical unorthodox disbeliever of the true faith of Idiocracy.  RIP my friend, I think of you often.

Common Sense - An Obituary

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

• Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
• Why the early bird gets the worm;
• Life isn't always fair; and
• Maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.

Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;

• I Know My Rights
• I Want It Now
• Someone Else Is To Blame
• I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

2 hours ago, wombat said:

SNAFU

Imagine if they lined up under the McD golden arches and had a small band playing the cello and violin. 

I'd pay money for a photo of that!!

Global debt is about 350% of global GDP.

Since the start of the "pandemic" virtually every economy has increased their money supply  through fiscal easement (printing money) north of 30% and still going fast.  The US M2 is up 37% in 18 months.

International productivity has declined, interest rates are on the rise as Feds try to control inflation, but too little too late.

Rampant inflation is on the way - this is what happens when the world follows the Zimbabwe economic recipe.

17 hours ago, tandor said:

...why single out Thailand...happens everywhere there is food...all about food hygiene and handling.

Gosh, possibly because the news item is about a maggot infested Thai duck (probably with Chinese ancestry, Peking comes to mind) served in a Thai restaurant in (of all places), Thailand.

And this is a Thailand based forum. 

Good luck finding Bamboo Worms in Paris, London, or New York.

Aya Aye, trouble at 'Mill.

Who remembers back in the day before the current state of modern witchcraftery science when if you had an uncle with mumps, or a cousin with chicken-pox, your Mum would drag you around to their place so you could get infected and develop immunity.

Ok, they dodged the measles and TB, but that was the way of the world.  Mind you, we were allowed to hurt ourselves on school play equipment and learn from mistakes made back then. I think I had scabs permanently on my knees from age 5 thru 16.

My biggest lesson was never ride a bike with a dodgy cotter pin holding on the pedal, but happily lend it to your mates.

14 minutes ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

The nightlife's not going away. It's already coming back. Many Pattaya bars and agogos have become "restaurants". One of the Nana bars I frequented long ago, an obvious girly bar, is now a sports bar. The ladies are still available for the taking, it's just not out on display like it was before.

 

Typical Thailand. A slight image readjustment. Same as when a new school director comes in, and slaps on some new paint here and there, maybe a new front gate. Yet what happens in the classrooms is totally the same. Same same but different.

Just curious - which gogo bars have become gogo/restaurants and which ones are or have been open?

3 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

Nope.

Can you expand on the situation you found yourself in, how you wound up in hospital and the conditions/rules etc?   I'm sure many of us would appreciate more information.

3 minutes ago, DefaultName said:

Unfortunately, the final decision is not the mayor's to make.

 

I won't be doing the official checks at the checkpoints they've set up, I'm just out of hospital (not hospitel) and apparently could test positive for a few weeks.  NOT being dragged back, wasn't a nice place to spend time in.

Didn't they give you some sort of get out of jail free card?  

You know, like when you get nicked for not wearing a helmet and pay the official fine, they give you a receipt that exonerates you from guilt for the same offence for seven days.

Twelve years at Chonburi and always only been one set.

They might ask for a repeat copy if say the entry stamp is on the same page as the last extension stamp, but not always.

100% up on 2020 implies 2020 was down 100% on 2019.

Muppets.