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He only managed to liberate 490 Baht. Perhaps he's a coin collector?
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I forecast that every year it will rain, every year there will be floods, and every year nothing will be done to mitigate the flooding except shoddy remedial work that is 70% graft anyway.
To whom in the government do I send my invoice for flood assessment services?
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As the "house" appears to have been a small shanty constructed from tree branches liberated from the adjacent jungle and a roof of purloined corrugated iron and advertising signage , I think we can comprehensively exclude insurance fraud from the list of motives.
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1 minute ago, mikebell said:
I suspect it was Thais who came up with this. I bought one with a '100% Cotton' label; it melted under a hot iron.
The age-old Thai dilemma. Was it the shirt or the label that was fake?
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Artificial meat, driverless cars, E-cigarettes, cyber sex, facebook friends, genderless non-binary self identification, a female James Bond - what's next, a female 007 with an actual cervix who identifies as a man?
Somebody might think that the human race is struggling with reality, and the only ones who knew about it were the Wacowski brothers (of The Matrix fame), but then they became the transgender Wakowski sisters and burst my bubble.
But it's really been going all downhill since they invented the polyester shirt and instant coffee.
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That looks nearly as scary as being approached by a 6'2" ladyboy on Pattaya Beach Road at 3am.
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Regarding information believed, who can reliably say that they are definitely not suffering from cognitive dissonance. Further, is claiming not to be cognitively dissonant the most obvious display of the condition itself or not? I'll leave that for those who consider themselves cognitively non-dissonant to ponder in a cognitively dissonant manner, or not, as the case may be.
The mania and hysteria (using the classic and literal meaning of the words) surrounding Sars-cov-2 seems to have rendered observable reality largely irrelevant, and replaced that observable reality with what appears to be two indefensible ideological positions - that is, indefensible as viewed by those with the opposing ideology.
I find philosophy in its various forms more satisfying than any ideology as it forces one to dig deep into the pathology of an idea and those promoting or opposing the idea. Philosophical conversation usually leads to a "truth", where as defending an ideological position relies on having the loudest voice or the biggest mob behind you.
My personal philosophical position is that mankind is inherently evil, and any individual should be trusted about as much as I would trust a rabid mongrel until they prove themselves to my sole satisfaction not to be so. I'm not suggesting anybody should share my philosophy, in the same way that I should not be expected to adopt anybody's ideology or philosophical viewpoint without examining its pathology.
The list of people I would trust my life with consists of me alone. Anybody who claims to value my life more than me or wants to exert power over me because of their Ideology is blatantly evil.
For that reason alone, and irrespective of your thoughts or ideological position on Sars-cov-2 and information/misinformation surrounding it, both the tyranny and compassion currently being exerted in all its forms by individuals, journalists, scientists, politicians (and your neighbor) should be examined with the same skepticism you would afford a rabid mongrel.
I'm now off to consider the question: Is tyranny imposed in the name of compassion a preferred option to simple evil tyranny? Oedipus, Pavlov, Orwell, Rand, Socrates, Huxley, Bradbury, Locke et al immediately come to mind.
Philosophically speaking, that's my afternoon shagged.
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It appears justice has already been served.
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Drumroll.........................and the're gonna call it DurianCoin.
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Kicked a ladyboy in the nuts after she went for my wallet in the classic "hug" scenario. Luckily it was in a deserted side soi and she was working alone.
It reminded me of my rugby days - I was the team kicker and could occasionally slide the ball over the crossmember at 40 yards. The sound of my boot hitting the old skool leather ball sounded much like my adidas sneakers smashing her nuts.
You just know when you hit the sweet-spot.
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This is a first world problem of immense magnitude.
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As always, Rooster is pretty much on point as regards standing your ground in the face of daily absurdities. Although I would add perhaps one other method of attack (or defense, depending on your perspective), and that is humor. Most Thais appreciate a good laugh, sometimes even at their own expense - though be sure you know enough Thai to get you out of trouble rather than dig the hole deeper.
I was once stopped by an elderly BIB for taking an apparently "unfree" turn at the red light, not wearing a helmet (because some lowlife stole it while parked earlier), and for daring to look like a tourist. The BIB was disgruntled that I had a license, but had me on the red-light and the no helmet. He told the GF that he wanted to check under the seat for bombs - it was when a few were being let off in Bangers. I understood what he said and as I raised the seat, I told the GF in elementary Thai, to tell him that " I didn't know I was supposed to have a bomb".
Not sure if it was me telling her to tell him in his own language that did the trick, or just the joke in itself. Anyway, he burst out laughing and told her to tell me to <deleted> off as he nabbed two obvious tourists (fellows from the Indian sub-continent) paddling a 600cc sportsbike around the same corner with no helmets and definitely no license. He even held up the traffic to let me merge.
It was a good day.
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After observing world wide politics and bureaucracy for 60 years, it is my opinion that every single person that seeks or seizes power and authority is the last person you want to have that authority. Inevitably every world leader is a hybrid of the school bully and the teacher's pet. We didn't trust them as adolescents, why would we trust them now?
I pity anybody who thinks government exists for the benefit of society in general, or cares one iota for any specific individual.
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I have recorded below the comprehensive list of accurate forecasts ever made by TAT:
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It appears there is now a three way competition between Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand for the prestigious title of:
"The largest, and best appointed outdoor prison."
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3 minutes ago, jacko45k said:
The bill has not come in yet.........
Agreed.
But to quote Hunter S, Thompson, "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming Wow, what a Ride!"
I've also threatened my uncharitable offspring that I further intend to arrive at the grave having spent my last 200B on a packet of smokes and a Johnnie Walker (hold the ice), they will have to pay for the funeral, and that it is my fervent hope that three credit card bills arrive after my death, thoroughly maxed out and overdue. ????
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It always amazes me how Thai officialdom know intrinsically that corrupt money tends to take the path of least resistance, and yet fail to recognize that water does the same.
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26 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:
Next up entire police force arrests itself ????
They do arrest each other from time to time. Usually it's a territorial dispute and some coppers open a gambling den outside their duly allotted franchise area and dilute the customer base of the legitimate franchisee. Quite rightly, the legitimate franchisee holders bust the interlopers.
The Mia Noi's get angry because the sugar daddies are transferred to desk duty in another area pending an "investigation". Rumour has it that they can only return to
operating their franchiseduty after the official auditor has done an assessment of notional losses, attributed appropriate penalties on top of the losses, a bus ticket is purchased and soaked in water (for the smacking of the wrists) and fat brown envelopes are exchanged. -
99B now for L&M. I can afford the extra 8B or whatever.
Meanwhile if I was back home I'd be paying about 700B for the same. A saving of 600B per day is 219,000B per annum. My first divorce cost me less than that.
I've considered smoking more but concluded it would interfere too much with my drinking.
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Velcro (gloves).
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15 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:
i wouldn't pay too much attention to this type of rhetorical journalism or what passes for news....brought to you by the usual sources.
Fortunately, there is an abundance of alternative sources available, if you know where to look.
I actually thought this was a satirical article?
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Apparently Basil Fawlty is alive and well, and running a restaurant in Thailand.
I just had a great idea - start a Thai TV series about a hotel managed by a sociopathic introverted extrovert with a tendency to cock things up horribly, but then I realised that as this is SOP in many LOS hotels, probably not a money maker.
On a side-note, I'd love to see Fawlty Towers dubbed over in Thai, now that would be freaking hysterical.
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Go to Google settings - the 3 dots at the top right of the browser. Go to "On Startup". Select "Open the New Tab Page".
This means Google will start with a clean tab.
Clear your browsing history while you're there.
Edit: You may also want to turn off "Show Bookmarks Bar" in Appearance. If you want to remove the 9 shortcuts at the bottom of the browser I think the only way to get rid of them is delete them manually.
Edit 2: Just discovered you can remove the shortcuts on the "customize Chrome" button at the bottom right of a clean tab.