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zyphodb

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  1. Put that into percentage lost of national population and it might look a little different. Russia was the biggest loser in WW2 as far as people killed goes on the allied side at least...
  2. Yes, that's what a decade of Tory robbers will do...
  3. My luk sal daughter got her Thai ID card at the age of 8 last year, the school wanted a copy to claim some money for her from the gov. No one seemed to think it odd about her age at the Provincial capital's Tessaban when we took her in for it...
  4. Now leave Bangkok and you'll find a lot of smaller towns and villages where most of the population lives, the power generally goes off whenever there's any kind of rain or wind for anything up to 12 hours or more at a time...
  5. and their head from hurting, and stopping their guts feeling like they're going to fall through their <deleted> as well...
  6. His minions probably didn't know, hence he wasn't told. probably only has "yes" men, to advise him by now...
  7. Check that the engine and frame numbers on the bike match the green book before buying too...
  8. More than that, I'd say. Makes the odd bad apple stick out even more...
  9. I read as much here as I used to back in the cold lands, I can't get to sleep without reading at least a few pages first. The changes are that all I read is now on a kindle, far too convenient not to use compared to paper. A hammock is nearly as good as a wing chair to read in, I find...
  10. But in practice, criminalizing them gives them an added glamour that especially appeals to teenagers, who can use them as a means of rebellion...
  11. I should think there'll be a couple of noodle bikes there by now...
  12. True the world over, they seem to be maturing younger these days, girls anyway, and keeping those looks for longer....
  13. How do you work that out? Thailand's the size of France, with the population of the UK...
  14. I was busily being born in 1962. My earliest real memory is being at a village school fate, where they kept playing the UK winner of that year's Eurovision song contest which was Puppet on a string by Sandy Shore, lots has happened since...
  15. It's the difference between friends and acquaintances, hundreds to thousands of the latter, over the years but probably less than a dozen actual friends...
  16. When you include illegal guns I should think that the number is closer to 1 in 3...
  17. I'd say that he was connected in some way to the higher ups, giving them a good cut maybe, and as such, could get away with disgraceful behavior...
  18. Given the lack of checking more than brown envelopes, quite a few I should imagine...
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