daveAustin

Thai defence minister demands US offset details for F-16 jets lol

Stay home, Chinese people, it’s too expensive here. Much better to stay put. 😋

Can’t have anything encroaching on the tobacco industry now can we! If it were a health issue, then cigarettes would also be banned.

They should take heed because many feel the same. Duty free here used to be okay but is now borderline extortionate. They are just glitzy shops with high prices, and the arrivals are/were a waste of time. This is why they are closing, because people don’t fall for it. If you want good prices, get duty free when leaving your home countries. For Brits, pre-booking Heathrow has great prices and all sealed.

Too right! Doctors and medical facilities are very good in Thailand. What a cheek. Tell you what, Takki, if you’re that crook, why don’t you just FO to the knacker’s yard!

This whole incitement to hatred and the Left’s penchant for bandying that hollow word of the decade around has got to stop. Is it hate to point out facts? If others react on those facts, then the police should deal with it. The guy is not really a racist; he wouldn’t have black friends or have Muslims at his wedding etc. He could soften his delivery but is just telling it how it is. Much like Farage though, a certain group is immediately triggered by their presence. Don’t know why he doesn’t just up sticks and move to a better place and leave Britain to sink into leftist heaven.

Steven does that. Occasionally he has something to say. Considering the amount of time I've spent in the jungle over the years and the number of snakes I've seen, surprised I haven't been bitten.

Dunno why they're wound up. Not negative at all; if anything making the characters look like donkeys. Thais do have this thing of not being able to laugh at themselves. Don Muang does still look like that, immigration lines are rammed like that, there are tuk-tuks and taxis just like that, there are hotels just like that. Stuff like this happens on my turf and doesn't display the glitz of London etc... who cares! The complaining make them look uptight and silly.

Don’t blame them Wonderful, logical language. Just a shame they can’t keep the volume down on school microphones while expressing it. 😋 Also don’t mind Thais being a bit nationalistic in protecting their country and culture. It’s a shame some of our countries in the West aren’t doing the same. Of course people nowadays will see looking after one’s own first as being racist and xenophobic. Whatever. Nowt as queer as folk.

^^^ Yes, a lot of people still do that. Some people are just fidgets. There are also the lie-downers (spare seats available), but the staff allow them to carry on. They are chancing it.

They're pretty much all bent anyway (just to what extent and how clever are they at hiding it), but any excuse to get rid of the smiling donkey is ok with me.

That's how those guys roll unfortunately. They think they are being smart, balanced and 'correct' and be damned anyone else that has an opinion. It is narrow-minded and immature. The show should be respecting EVERYONE as well as a country such as France's rich culture and history. If you go all one sided (whichever way) and was over that, it just smacks agenda and pisses all over people. Organisers should be brought to book, but they won't be because they will scweam and scweam and scweam til they're sick!

Utter tripe. Poorest opening ceremony ever. Artistic expression doesn't really count when it is contrived. Washing over French culture and history for the sake of... blah blah. Was surprised they even included the awful tower at the end. You know, that iconic, quintessential French monument designed by some nice straight white fella. Pfft.

A smurf in a hazmat suit, eh? 😋

Each to their own but the only time I wear is on a flight, mainly to stop drying out so much.

What demographic are you aiming at? Professional--pharmacists, air hostesses, businesswomen--or the 'other' professional? Big difference. How's your Thai?

Believe she will only really represent a part of populace and bugger the rest. Careful what you wish for. Whatever. Up to America.

Also, sometimes it is just easier and find it puts Thais at ease... unless they know you they can be somewhat guarded when speaking English in case they slip up, don't know something and embarrass themselves. It is a big deal for them. Oftentimes, I also don't like how English tastes on my tongue. 😋

While checking in online doesn't make much difference if you have luggage (and many folks will already have assigned their seats), doing so also enables one to have the boarding pass on their phone. Worked well recently when the printed one didn't scan well (dodgy printer), so fell back on digital. When boarding, the girl said 'that was lucky'. Although would have still got on, would've been a pain.

Hearty and wholesome. Tell them we didn't conker the world on a packet of F'kin peanuts. 🙂 The British roast and proper English breakfast are to be savoured. The joke on British food is just that. Making a big comeback in the old country; as your op, look at the menus and local wine lists in a proper restaurant! Hamburgers? Salads? 🤣 Perhaps aside from the Italians, Spanish and Japanese, look at any one country's cuisine, bear bones, and it can be taken apart. French food is generally under-salted, overpriced, arty farty tripe and you'll need to eat again in 30 minutes.

Not fluent at all, but not bad. Depends where one is; if in highly touristed area or on a plane, would go with the flow but wouldn't purposely hide it. Was recently on a flight and stewardess didn't get request in English, so was just easier in Thai and it was appreciated. Any negative reaction from speaking Thai is typically from the bar girl fraternity because you might 'know too mutt'. 🙄

Personally find all of you lot (boomers usually) insufferable no matter where you hail from... a rather entitled bunch that talk a lot but with little input to the world. I'm a Brit and while I kind of get what you mean (anyone lording it up can F right off!), but there is a propensity in the world to hate on the British, esp the English, because it is the thing to do and for merely speaking sans accent. Much of it may be warranted, but there is also an envy factor in there. Read some history, dude, and realise that without some of these guys' input you would still be killing one another and rolling around in the dirt etc.

lol. I like your posts, but always baulk at blokes remarking on beauties when they couldn't hope to bag anywhere near anything like this. 'Oh, I've had better on Soi 6'; 'I wouldn't poke her with yours' etc. Not my cup of tea, but this pic doesn't do her justice, she is a dish. Regards airlines not giving the right seat, that would piss me off too, having forked out proper money. Not quite the same, but imagine being stationed next to a numpty in cattle class having already paid a premium! I feel her pain.

Reckon any of the charoen shops would do that with ease. Piece of piss.

Sort of retired early 30s. Although did stuff online and still work in the 'real world' on occasion, consider myself very lucky in being able to travel and enjoy life to the max at that kind of age. Might be missing the gist of the op a bit, but doesn't matter at what point one is at, just live in the moment for FS. We all get sick and will be dead anyway. It is inevitable. Don't sweat the small stuff, etc...