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The victim was a foreigner, no charges.

That must be the place with these signs outside.

First wife (a Latina) liked to say if she caught me scr_wing around she'd cut it off and pickle it. (Actually, she stole that line from her sister). Well, the joke would have been on her: after it was cut off I wouldn't care what happened to it.

Yes, and the corrupt *_!***!s will accuse the outsiders of being the corrupt ones. That's the way it's done. Going after beer nerds, the real menace to society.

When first learning to speak the word they taught me for that part of my body was it was my whale. No, not for its size, but because of the way water spurts out of a whale's head in cartoons. For all the penile references I've heard in the course of my years I haven't heard this one since I was a single-digit age. So there you go . . .

I second that. Used to get it from a lady who told fortunes on the street in Bkk, the stuff was crippling! And anyway Thai stick was not a strain, it was the way it was cured and packaged. Also it wasn't a big deal back then, it was the US anti-drug forces behind the "drug menace" hype in SEA. In Malaysia it still lingers: ask any male traveler with long hair who veers off the backpacker path. Long hair still means hippie and that means drugs, promiscuity, venereal disease, your daughter getting impregnated, and of course communism. It's worse in eastern Malaysia than it is on the peninsula. I don't think they do the ess-aitch-eye-tee stamp in the passport anymore, though. Kind of funny hearing how "old men" are against it: I was in India in the 1970s and did not meet any young Indians who had any interest in it, only the old holy men and dirt-poor peasants did that. In some states it was (still is?) legal, with gov't licensed shops.

Notice that no other countries are siding with Putin, save for a few former USSR pieces. The 'stans are not supporting, they know it could very well be themselves next. Even China abstained on a UN vote. China has its own designs for taking over the world, and Xi would be happy to be rid of Li'l Vlad. The use of cluster bombs and thermobaric weapons (which the press is now calling "vacuum bombs") may certify Vlad as an outright war criminal. I'm expecting a Julius Caesar incident in Moscow soon . . .

Face the assault and run out the door, then push it off your shoulders. Gently use a small stick or a pen. If you want to keep it, but not in a cage, make a perch for it, and figure out how they get the birds to stay on it. I think it involves plucking certain feathers that hinder their ability to fly, if you are willing to do that. I would think there is some Thai superstition about these things (isn't that always so?) so check with the missus on that.

... who is Sayeed Jaffrey's daughter (maybe to Westerners best know as Billyfish in "Man Who Would be King"). Oh yeah, and her mother writes cookbooks. I appreciate the way the virtue signalling in the Prince office is overdone. A few weeks ago they announced Mrs. Maisel will have one more season, and it will be the last. I wonder how far (in time) it's going to go. I think it'll end with her working for television, and becoming a Joan Rivers sort of comedienne. I would guess the writers would be glad to not have to deal with a Lenny Bruce death scene.

The M Prince character, all smiling and slightly condescending, can go into a rage if things go bad enough (it happened last season). That's what I'm watching for (and Maggie Siff). Otherwise all the characters are familiar, not much new in there. I think they're running out of steam. That episode with all the prices listed was an interesting feature.

I keep it in the under $100 range, and don't bother even looking at the higher-priced stuff. I once went the extra mile (cost + distance) in tracking down my favorite strain, Northern Lights, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and it wasn't the NL I knew and loved, so don't take the info on leafly et al to heart. After decades of taking whatever was available ("this is great stuff, man!"), I'm not falling into some connoisseur silliness. The smarter places (like Mr Nice Guy) are getting away from leafly and doing their own websites and ordering systems. There is one chain of dispensaries that come off like high-end jewelers and the prices are laughable -- I guess they are aiming at the eight-figure net worth crowd, only the best for them! I think at places like the ones you mention the price comes down with larger quantities, like $45/eighth may come down to $250 for an ounce. Remember when weed caused paranoia? The remedy for that was legalization.

In Oregon, prior to recreational being legal, it was $200 for the gov't permit plus $200 for the prescription and paperwork (per year, both of them). The turning point was when they expanded the conditions for the permit: for a long time it was only glaucoma and for cancer patients coping with radiation treatments (verify if this is important to you). Then they started including other things, and within a few years there were app. 600,000 medical permits: that's a lot of revenue! Currently in Oregon. Bought this on-line the other day: 1 × Cheetah P_iss: (Back 40) - (1/4oz) $10.50 1 × Alien ET - (1/4oz) $14.00 Cannabis Tax: $4.08 Order Total: $24.50 The day before I went into the same shop, without a pre-order, and bought a quarter oz. for $10, no tax. I haven't figured how this tax is calculated yet. The very cheapest I've seen is $40 per oz. + tax. But at this price expect it may be small buds or old stuff; sometimes it's worth a few bucks more, but these $200+ oz. prices are ridiculous. (BTW, the labs will admit (in whispers) that the strains are never of the same phenotype). I'm concerned that if the law becomes Federal the tax enforcement will become that much stricter and we'll have Elliot Ness IV to worry about. With this cash-only nonsense and the ease with which stolen product can be moved, I am certainly glad I'm not in that business. Don't know if you heard, but John Boehner is in the employ of the cannabis lobby. He has an in-depth understanding of how $$$ works in US Congress https://bulletin.represent.us/boehner-tobacco-lobby-checks/ On the other hand ol' Jeff Sessions wanted to turn the clock back on legalization altogether.

So, when is the police auction? Man, I want some of the strain that you were doing when you wrote this! ????

There is no travel incentive for western tourists for medical weed. Maybe other countries, like Malaysia, Saudi, Gulf states, . . . Recreational weed is legal in some states of the US, the allure was the tax $$$ they can collect on it. There are some states that would not allow it even if Jesus came back and told them to. Colorado was one of the first to legalize rec weed, and sure enough cannabis tourism took form. Same with Oregon. https://www.budandbreakfast.com/ A former US Senate leader (a Republican!) is now in the employ of the cannabis lobby, so something could possibly happen on the federal level.

TAT can dream.... Looks like they're trying to cut into Malaysia's tourism. Lots of tourists from Middle Eastern countries. That country is already predominantly Muslim, accommodating for food, holidays, mosque visits, etc. However, they have a 2-tier legal system: a regular civil law system for all, and special Sharia enforcement for The Faithful. This means a Muslim tourist who is caught with a beer in his hand, or part of his anatomy in someone else's hand, could very well get the rotan (whipping stick).

I watched the clip, sounds like speculation. If it turns out to be something from weed it is not an intentional ingredient: the stuff costs $$$. Could be something like a kitchen worker had a stash in his pocket and his parole officer dropped in to check up on him, and in his haste tossed it into whatever was cooking. If so, I would guess it was in the form of a concentrate. Perhaps sabotage by a competitor?

Yes, I see her point.

Gotta wonder who spilled dem beans....

This would be an easy enough experiment to try yourself -- you needn't depend on what someone else posts. I can tell you that I have opened Truecrypt files and mounted TC partitions I had created on other computers. Pssst... TC does not recognize its files by the file extension name, it does so by looking at the file, or the partition. Give the file any extension you like and TC/VC won't care, though if you call it "guestlist.doc" it will confuse Windows, but no matter to TC/VC. Back when all that silliness with Truecrypt was happening, from which Veracrypt grew out of, I did a bit of experimenting. Veracrypt will be able to open a TC volume, but TC will not be able to open a VC volume. I believe that except for a little tweaking in VC they are the same program. Here again, a little hands-on experimenting will build confidence. There is nothing worse (computer owner-wise) than not being able to have confidence in your backups. I have the impression that TC/VC volumes and partitions created in WIndows will be accessible in Linux on a PC, and vice-versa, though haven't tried myself. Maybe not so on other hw architectures, like Mac or Android, maybe someone can report.

She can't be fully Thai, she has hips.

There is a saying in Brazil that it is the country of tomorrow, and always will be. Sounds like LOS is in strong competition.

Guy on a minibus Bkk->Pattaya (years back) telling me he was a software engineer doing the digital nomad thing, and how life is great: he can sit on the beach drinking screwdrivers while working. Gotta wonder about the quality of the stuff he produces. I didn't tell him that though, as he would certainly have a witty retort. But he was an all-around schmuck. There were these 2 young fellows on the ride and he started giving them advice they didn't ask for about dealing with the ladies, clubs and barfines of Pattaya. The joke was they were obviously a gay couple, but he didn't realize it even while they were not responding to his sage advice. A memorable character.

Sounds like BH is still believing in the BRICS hype of 20 years ago. I always saw it as a joke. Buffett has always touted the long-term strategy, but this looks like a timed investment: my guess is they see some kind of economic healing on the horizon, which means a growth spurt. As always, it's going to be a matter of when to get out. From things heard in recent years I don't know if Buffett is as involved in the fund as he was in days or yore. Argentina? I wouldn't dare. They borrow billions, those is power steal it, the people get pushed deeper into to poverty and those running the gov't plead for the loans to be forgiven. When there is no foreign entity to bilk they'll steal from one pocket and stash it in the other. I was last there around ten years ago when the exchange rate with USD was 4 pesos to $1. Just checked the rates, today it's 104:1.

I don't mean to upset you, but TiT, pride looms large and she has your address. I wouldn't have tipped either and would have tried to get out of leaving a rating. One day I was hanging out in Bkk with another expat. We stopped at an exchange kiosk for him to exchange money. The lad in the booth was chattering away on the phone. My pal asked the lad a question, but he was too busy with his phone to answer. The expat then told him to forget about it, to give him his dollars back. He did. I liked the way the expat handled that one, even though his predilection for controlling conversations and situations sometimes gives me the urge to strangle him. Consider that most of the women who clean hotel rooms and make beds had never even seen that type of bed until they took the job.

Already drank it all? Could have bought a warehouse full of MD 20/20 for less!