animalmagic

The aboriginal people of america do not seem particularly free or unoppressed.

There is more chance of them becoming self aware!

He's not cured it yet, but he has a plan (some would say it's brilliant), to use bleach and bright lights!

That's not all. My wife and I do not have kids, so we have helped our niece with education wherever possible. We paid for her boarding school, not the best possible as we couldn't afford that, which was not too far from where she lived. Our niece researched much better schools nearby and discovered a very famous one much closer to home. this school offered free tuition to students who passed the entrance exam and were in the Top 10. Our niece studied hard and applied, eventually achieving the fourth highest marks and being offered the free scholarship. She told us afterwards that we no longer had to help with tuition fees.

On my very first to trip to Phuket some 25+ years ago I rented a trail bike. Stupidly I presumed it had a full tank and set off exploring the paradise that Phuket used to be. Needless to say, I ran out of petrol some time later; on the main road heading west back to Patong. Standing stupidly at the side of the road in a time before mobile phones I contemplated the looooong walk to anywhere. A Thai man of indeterminate age on a motorcycle and sidecage rolled up with his son. The old chap stopped to chat with me, he didn't speak English and I didn't speak Thai but we managed to agree that the Thai Miss Universe was stunning. 20 minutes later his son returned with a glass bottle of what I first assumed to be the start of a drinking session. Fortunately, it was poured into the fuel tank and I returned to Patong a little wiser and a lot happier.

Unsure if we are allowed to promote any hotel on here. If you send me a private message I would be glad to tell you.

I cannot speak for any others, but I was very impressed with the professionalism of the staff in mine. The kindness and generosity of the restaurants next door in opening their doors to provide some aircon and seats, whilst also bringing out bottles of water that were freely distributed, was very reassuring. Sadly, disasters are very good in bringing out the best and worst in mankind. I was fortunate to experience the better part but do know of other incidents around town that did not reflect well on some people.

From friends and business contacts in the city there appear to be many with damage and restrictions on lift services. Some news organisations are reporting from desks in a garden.

I feel I must defend the Thais in this, as generalisations do not help. My experience was being buffeted in my 11th floor hotel room before staggering down the corridor and heading down the stairs. At strategic locations there were members of staff pointing out exit routes and exhorting people to be careful. The 4th floor swimming pool had deposited many litres of water on the tiled floor so the staff there had put down rubber mats and warned people as they made their way past. We were ushered into a nearby open parking space and the staff quickly brought out chairs from the ground floor lobby while confirming that the hotel was empty. The staff liaised quickly to get the single storey restaurant nearby to provide bottles of water and open their doors for the old, young and pregnant to escape from the heat. Return was delayed until the fear of aftershocks had abated, and the staff continually engaged with all present to reassure us they would let us know as soon as it was considered safe to return. The Thais were fantastic, and my only issue was the panicking farang who was trying to push me down the stairs and get past; I did consider physical violence but realised I would have to carry his unconscious body out with me. This was not an international chain hotel but locally owned and run; their staff were impressive.

My hotel room in Bangkok moved further in 5 minutes than my car did in 1 hour on Sukhumvit later that evening!

Hello pot, kettle calling!

It would appear that they have got rid of the DEI hires and replaced them with DUI hires!

I note you say 'defences'. So you accept that Ukraine is defending itself against an aggressor, an invader? In fact, later posts report Putins demands that Ukraine should promise not to do this. Although he makes no promises not to build up his attacking/invading forces.

So, you don't like the logic of my arguments and resort to insults? As my years of secondary education were during the 70's, and I never went to University, please advise when and where this leftist education took place.

My source was the Oxford English Dictionary; it has been relied upon for many years BEFORE wiki came into existence. The fact that Mussolini was a socialist is irrelevant to what he created. Does this mean that if an atheist creates a religious work of art, he then becomes a Christian? Or if a straight scientist creates a cure for AIDS he is now gay?