daveAustin

Op already said melatonin doesn’t work for them. There was a thread from a few months back on this subject. Samui Grower particularly switched on. Regards oils, they say CBD oil alone doesn’t cut it…. should be CBN/THC cross: oil, gummies or otherwise.

The warships are more a precautionary deterrent for other troublemaking parties in the region wanting to widen the conflict.

Good. This new government is an abomination and needs a serious reality check! Populist policies like these have the worst of Thaksin written over them.

Mine too. If they were really keen on moving on farangs (can’t blame them when observing the drunken antics in certain places), all they’ll need to do is double the marriage/retirement amounts, expensive compulsory health insurance for O visa types, and put a stop to the agent loophole. Some will take it, but there’d be a glut of expats applying for teaching jobs, while the monied ones will squander funds on the Elite visa and the rest will go home or jump ship.

Forgot about Good Will Hunting (Matt Damon’s best IMO) and American History X. Also liked Norton in 25th Hour… Barry Pepper and Seymour Hoffman also great in it.

So not a real moviegoer then? Guessing you’re like really ancient ????. If you can’t appreciate/understand Interstellar or Alien or Terminator etc , then I don’t want to see your list. These topics are as common as the ‘what d’you dislike most about Thailand’, ‘how much do you live on’ etc, and a top 3 always turns into top 10, but I’ll indulge… Heat Interstellar Somewhere in Time Almost Famous, Shawshank, Glengarry Glen Ross, Training Day, Hangover, Edge of Tomorrow, Enter the Dragon, In Bruges, Goodfellas, Empire Strikes Back, LOTR Trilogy, Predator, Terminator, TRON Legacy, Star Trek 2009, The Keep, London, Heartbreak Ridge, McVicar, and Once Were Warriors also up there.

Steps forward, just don’t allow facial hair. All the bobbies prowling the streets in UK with their ‘trendy’ unkempt beards look ridiculous and unprofessional. Was reading recently that one copper that was told to smarten his up sued the force for thousands!

Nice dig. How about Brits, or any other nationality, that didn’t used to chuckle? This whole thing just smacks of government/banking overreach and the continued lack of freedom in the world. Since the 70s, I cannot recall a <deleted>tier time to be alive than post-2020, whether it be wokism, cancel culture, curtailment of opinion, the extreme left, extreme right, warring d.heads, exponential increases in expenditure etc etc. I pity the younger generations for the utter sh1tshow ‘we’ have created.

I was thinking the same, but are they going to be looking at transfers from 2024 or wealth here in general?

Thai being neutral? Well of course they are; wouldn't want to get their hands dirty for either side, but not that they could anything so don't blame them. But neutrality is weak and pathetic. If everyone else were neutral in WWII, it'd have been game over for all. Having said that, there is evil on both sides here.

System is abused here, no doubt, by even mentioning a truth. But we could do with a bit of this in the West... i.e. people making false claims through the media of historical sexual abuse on innocent parties, who are deemed automatically guilty and subsequently have their name and reputation dragged through the mud with no affect to reputations of false accusers.

Auf Wiedersehen Pet Game of Thrones Lost

Nice prose. I gave it a ‘like’. ????TV needs fun posts like this. The Thai powers that be have always just wanted foreign money and not the foreigner. And they are only making it tougher with this new tax thing etc. It does suck that Apple Pay is not a thing here… seamless, lightning fast and works just about everywhere in UK. On property, they don’t don’t want you owning land… pricing out ordinary Thais is not the reason. Just buy nice condos, pick up clothes elsewhere, keep your wealth out of the country, and carry a bit of shrapnel for 7-11—you’re missing out on fine counter girls and exceptional aircon, dude!. ????

No, it’s disgusting. But Israel’s overwhelming flippant response with inevitable innocent casualties is also not ok. Dunno what the guy’s issue is but you can’t go around doing all that because you’re upset. All it’ll do is have the donkeys in charge here wanting to ‘clean’ the place up, which’ll make it that much tougher for everyone else. It will also give grounds for the silly reefer madness crowd to re-ban weed.

Low season and still half a million tourists? I smell a rat, but then again TAT always talk tat.

That’s because the real pretty/androgynous ones blend in and look like legit women so you are likely unaware. And, yes, I’ve noticed some stunners… you’re unlikely going to see them trawling Beach Road. ????

Crying shame for ordinary Lao folk. Trust the Chinese to ruin another country, obviously with the help of corrupt (now rich) Lao officials!

Just drag that dodgy new sub around the coast and up the Chao Phraya river… sure to instil fear into any budding terrorist.

Reverse for me… any anxiety lifts when I board that plane for here. Op, easier said than done, but observing one’s thoughts (as if the one doing the listening is higher than the one doing the babbling, and not judging them) to quieten the mind can be really powerful. The human mind has become an utter egocentric monster always trying to take one away from the present and you cannot stop it thinking, but merely watching what you are thinking can take the power away from sour thoughts. Have a read of Eckhart Tolle’s Power of Now. Basics like hydration, exercise, diet, sleep and decent nose breathing are a given.

Had similar experiences in various places around the world and I’ll get on with anyone. The travelling in big groups thing. Don't see the issue with the op though. Under these circumstances, Thai immigration should just offer easy extensions, while there is certainly enough accommodation in the capital to house 10k people at this time.

lol and they will die with too much of it. I hear Venus is nice this time of year.

No he hasn’t the backbone. He’ll express mild concern, don that usual sickly smile and buy the thing anyway.

Many tourists use them—how would they know any different, plus options are few? Most will also stay out after midnight. Strange comment all round, although I agree with the last part, in particular regards Phuket. Tuk-tuk drivers around Patong area are mouthbreathers. It would be nice if this new smiling donkey PM did something tangible by publicly removing that scum from society and then tackling the soi dogs.

Is it? A group of big kids come into a playground and push the little kid around. No power, little support, rudimentary weapons—while one is an acquired nuclear power backed by the most powerful nations. Don’t agree with any of it and killing civilians is bad, but they’ve essentially had their country stolen. The US and co should butt out.

One of the saddest, most backward posts I've read on this site. Stroll on. I agree, though, we could lose a few more. You first.