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I'm interested to know how they intend to defend these floating structures in times of war (considering the UK now has a toy navy), and will China supply them with the spare parts?

Who knows. But I was given this tip years ago by an ageing Pattaya expat of considerable experience. When a working girl or Ladyboy accosts you in the street, politely say in Thai or English "sorry, I go to eat food now". The important social/cultural aspect of eating in their culture comes to the surface and they usually jokingly respond with something like "I go also". Either way, you escape unscathed. You didn't reject them out of hand - instead you made them aware of the (virtually) religious need to eat. There's a reason that asking "have you eaten yet today" is an informal form of greeting in Thailand.

I've followed him (and JBP) for about a decade. He is a very grounded individual and you won't catch him out on a lie. Unfortunately, he is a realist that tells it how it is - this doesn't go down well with circa 50% of the general public who favor feelings over facts. He is seen as a traitor to his former liberal cohorts because he quite simply interprets the world based on what is observable. That's a giant red flag in this age of cognitive dissonance. He stood still in the middle while the wokery pushed way out to the left, so now he is by definition, far-right. Go figure.

Note to self: Whilst carrying a supermarket bag and being assaulted by a Ladyboy, resist the temptation to maintain possession of said bag. Drop the bag and deliver a right cross. Or at least learn how to deliver a left jab.

He thought he was driving in the left slow lane and wondering why the hell every other MF on the road was driving in the wrong direction. Don't ask me how I know.

Probably an occasion to reflect on the much maligned "Rivers of Blood" speech from Enoch Powell. Quoting one of his costituents, "If I had the money to go, I wouldn't stay in this country... I have three children, all of them been through grammar school and two of them married now, with family. I shan't be satisfied till I have seen them all settled overseas." The man finished by saying to Powell: "In this country in 15 or 20 years' time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man". Powell went on "Here is a decent, ordinary fellow Englishman, who in broad daylight in my own town says to me, his Member of Parliament, that the country will not be worth living in for his children. I simply do not have the right to shrug my shoulders and think about something else. What he is saying, thousands and hundreds of thousands are saying and thinking—not throughout Great Britain, perhaps, but in the areas that are already undergoing the total transformation to which there is no parallel in a thousand years of English history. Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. We must be mad, literally mad, as a nation to be permitting the annual inflow of some 50,000 dependents, who are for the most part the material of the future growth of the immigrant descended population. It is like watching a nation busily engaged in heaping up its own funeral pyre. So insane are we that we actually permit unmarried persons to immigrate for the purpose of founding a family with spouses and fiancées whom they have never seen." And that was at 50k immigrants a year. What is it now - a million?

The alleged scientist is unnamed and not directly quoted. I wonder why? And one left-wing rag quoting another left-wing rag (AFP) from unnamed sources doesn't add any credence. Until the scientist puts his hand up, this goes in the drawer marked "probably partially true in that he was denied entry, but with other revealing facts still to be uncovered". You don't need to guess which way The Guardian leans when every article has the following footnote in their appeal to raise subscriber numbers out of the toilet. This is the moment for truth Donald Trump has full command of the US government and the backing of immensely powerful tech barons. Both Trump and others around him have threatened retribution against the media – and his cabinet includes people who have questioned established science – including the reality of the climate emergency. In short, this is a critical global moment for fact-checked journalism. Our rigorous, fact-based independent journalism will hold those in power to account and interrogate the human impact of the decisions made in the White House.

It's been done before.

Not wearing a seatbelt, driving at night with no lights, and not using indicators, are all fuel-efficient practices that also make your battery last longer.

A chick with a dick (or depending on your perspective, a bloke with titts) sitting on his (probably) rented scooter - not a hill I'd be prepared to die on.

She managed to upset the French AND the Germans. Kudos

A report in a British newspaper claims the missing girl was using the toilet below deck when the fire broke out.

Bitcoin mining in Thailand is legal. Probably need to register as a business, pay tax, and abide by business regulations. The crime is nicking electricity.

I agree. But look at the world from their perspective. Every day for them is now a combined Groundhog and April Fool's Day.

My uncle was a surveyor. On a construction of that magnitude, he'd be suitably impressed with the 150mm tolerance to dodge the railing and the camera pole on both lateral and vertical planes.

I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect this Nigerian chap may be the victim of racial profiling.

If I had a choice of volunteering information to the tax man, or slamming my personal appendage in a car door, I'm choosing the latter.

I'm going to a foreign country to open a restaurant. I mean, I can't speak or read the language, have never owned or managed a business before in my country. In fact I've always been an employee and never had to worry about budgets, cashflow forecasts, working capital, tax regulations, local authority regulations, business licences, property leases, lazy and light-fingered employees, inventory management, unreliable suppliers, accounts payable, quality control etc.. Actually, beyond bacon and eggs standard, cooking is somewhat of a mystery to me. It should be a breeze. Signed by 129,423 former foreign Pattaya restaurant and bar owners.

Question for the OP. Has your German bank told you to specifically gat a Thai TIN, or have they asked you to certify if you are a tax resident in Thailand, and if so, what is your Thai TIN? In my experience, most of these bank letters give you an option to attest that you do not have a foreign TIN.

I'd be more worried about the damage done to the engine on the cold starts between (presumably) very extended periods of time. While sitting for a long time, oil can weep excessively out of critical wear points and that next cold start is a killer. If not using it much, better to start the engine once a week and run it until operating temp is achieved. Oil doesn't break down from "sitting" in the same way it breaks down from being used in a running engine. The oil companies would have you believe unused or lightly used oil does get old and should be replaced. I believe some now even have a use-by date on the labelling. Simply a marketing ploy. I wouldn't be changing oil after a mere 14 months and 500klm. By the same token, if the recommended change is at 10K or 12 months, and I'm at 9K and 14 months, I'm waiting to hit 10K before it gets changed. In your case I would be starting it up once a week. Back in the day when I had too many motorbikes and cars to use frequently, it was my Saturday morning job to crank or kick-over every engine for 30 seconds (spark plugs removed for the winter), check the battery trickle chargers, bounce the forks on the bikes, depress every brake lever or pedal, and roll them forward or backwards a foot or two. EDIT: However, if a warranty situation is in play, as others have said, follow the manufacturers guidelines.

There's an unwritten rule in Pattaya - when you change the live-in girlfriend, change the locks as well.

She's probably lucky it was just the two of them.

Putin won't agree to a ceasefire without knowing the terms/demands for an eventual treaty. Strategically, he'd be a fool to do so. A ceasefire would allow Ukraine to build up their weapons stockpiles, reinforce their supply chains, and rest and relocate their troops. A ceasefire offers no benefit to Russia, other than a reduced death toll. Who would agree to back off so the enemy can become stronger, with not even a vague idea of what the eventual deal would look like?

Seeing two blokes on a scooter on Patters 3rd road carrying an unboxed 65" Samsung TV at 3am is not an unusual experience.

So, their policy is to max out at no more than 18% white male management, and short pay them at that. An excellent business strategy that explains why William Hartnell and Jon Pertwee et al are now spinning in their graves.