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How does weighing passengers and their luggage enhance service efficiency? Sounds like gobbledegook for 'make more money'. e.g. Anyone over 65kgs must pay X-amount per kg. Or does it mean, seat all the fatties at the back, and load the back end trollies with more food than the front ones? It's not like the airlines didn't bring a lot of this on themselves. They discouraged passengers from checked in luggage to save money. Now said passenger are taking everything but the kitchen sink onboard with them.

Mostly... A girl once started work at my former place of employment. She was from one of those islands north of Scotland. maybe the Hebrides. I can't quite remember. It was really difficult to understand her. At least until we got used to her accent and she had toned it down a little.

I was reading a couple of news articles this morning that said Putin is on his last legs, very ill, and that he sent a body double to China. So it might have just been said body double accepting, hoping for a way out of Russia. https://www.newsweek.com/putin-china-trip-sparks-body-double-conspiracy-theory-1835514

He might not want to go back once he is here.

Multi purpose for what? Comprehensive solution to what? Nothing explained about these other purposes. Imagine all government staff being paid their salary into a digital wallet. Only allowed to be spent in certain "government authorised" outlets. At prices controlled by said outlets. Not allowed to spend more than a certain amount each month on alcohol or cigarettes. All in the name of health. Far fetched?

Is it the photo? Or have they spelt POLICE wrong in that last pic? Looks like POLCE

That's one of the scary parts about a cashless system. Another thing that I profess to not really understanding, but perhaps someone can explain is this as I might have the wrong end of the stick: When buying, selling or transferring funds in crypto, there are fees called "gas". These can be quite high. If the government succeed in creating their cashless society based on blockchain technology, would these fees apply to such a system? If so, I doubt the banks would be absorbing them for long.

But what about those tourists from countries other than China and Kazakhstan? and those with visas? Don't they warrant the same protections?

There are many campgrounds in Thailand. Some private and others, usually in national parks. See on Google. You might also be able to ask permission from someone to pitch a tent on their land, " for a small fee." You might be able to do it on some of the smaller, quieter islands. I remember about ten years ago, seeng someone camping on a beach in Koh Kood, but it's busier there nowadays. You might get away with stealth camping, but very doubtful. Thais don't seem to miss a thing. Eyes everywhere. Also, you might be leaving yourself open to crime if in out of the way places. https://www.thainationalparks.com

Bounce on 4th or 5th floor of Emporium at Prom Phong. Loads of kids jumping about on giant trampolines. You can leave them there for an hour while you go and do a bit of window shopping ot have a coffee. Or the aquarium in basement of Siam Paragon. full of sharks and rays. They have penguins and other animals too. Good for adults as well. CentralWorld has an ice skating rink.

I thought electric fences were supposed to be powerful enough to act as a deterrent, but not enough to kill. Sounds like he just went straight from the mains.

I fear it may just do the opposite..

imagine Borat in his mankini walking through there.

People just don't have the money to afford long haul travel as much as they did pre-Covid. Especially as it even more expensive nowadays. Add in a bit of "Been there, seen that , done that", the various troubles going on in the world today, and it is not surprising that people are not travelling to Thailand so much. Or anywhere else for that matter.

A bit more material in those shirts wouldn't go amiss. Or do they purposely order a size smaller as a fashion statement?

He doesn't look that bothered in the above photo. Actually looks like he is enjoying the attention. Will the US Embassy step in I wonder.

Wait till they all go cashless. Then all transactions can be controlled.

Or Even a Mercedes.

Have you tried clearing your browser history and changing the VPN to a different UK server?

I have found Lazada customer services to be very helpful. Prior to us foreigners being allowed to have a Lazada Wallet, if I had any problems, I used to use the "Chat" feature to talk with them, explain the situation, and ask them to refund me with Lazada vouchers. I knew I would be ordering on the site again, so just used them then. Now having the Lazada Wallet, they can either refund to my bank account or to my Wallet.

I won't go through all of your complaints, but if by mega shopping apps, you mean Lazada, you can avoid a lot of the problems by buying from the "Official" or "Flagship" stores on the site. Many major companies have their own stores on Lazada. Also. It is very easy to buy from Amazon. I often buy from both Amazon UK and Amazon US. I haven't yet tried Amazon SG, but that is probably just as easy.

Victim was probably in shock and panicking. Though probably would have been better if possible, to grab his nuts and squeeze for dear life.

I always just take a photocopy of the Blue book for our building, along with a passport photocopy to Immigration.

<deleted> me. Another one. Perhaps you should read the whole thread too! You are fourth one to tell me. Sorry, but I missed the link to the Thaiger story.

I know. Several others have already commented. I didn't see the link.