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18 hours ago, than said:

Pray for the hostages

Ah yes, pray. Always effective! I'm pretty sure the Hamas terrorists said their prayers to seek blessing and success before killing babies, raping women and taking hostages.

57 minutes ago, ChrisKC said:

Don't put animals down like that- they don't do those things, or hate, and they are not religious. 

I totally agree........animalmagic ????

15 hours ago, bignok said:

Will you miss me?

Depends what I'm driving!

9 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

I remember them buying up baby forumla too. That was unusual. 

Stems from one of their big local suppliers in 2008 using melamine in it which resulted in kidney damage, but the kids were really easy to wipe down????.

They used to clear the shelves in HK until a limit was imposed on how much any person can buy.  Illegal export was criminalised and the penalties were higher than for some dangerous drug offences.

7 minutes ago, paul1804 said:

Hamas is also the enemy of the Palestinians, just most of them are either too scared, to stupid or maybe brainwashed to acknowledge this fact. Hamas know Israel will retaliate plus some and that wont be good for all, especially the Palestinians of which many just want to get on with life! Probably instigated & assisted by Tehran with other eastern Europe influence! Putin would love to give the allies another headache to take the heat off Russia so he can win the war! 

What a sad sorry disgusting bunch we have become as homosapien's.

Hamas is A Sunni fundamentalist Islamic organisation and it would be unlikely that they operate at the direction of Iran as that country is Shia and supports Hezbollah, a Shia fundamentalist Islamic organisation.

Islam's Sunni-Shia Divide, Explained | HISTORY

13 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I wasn't there no .

I once bought a flight from Philippines to Hong Kong in about 1990 , I went out for a drink the night before , got slaughtered , missed the flight and didn't ever end up going to Hong Kong 

I did something similar.  I got slaughtered at a work party in Hong Kong and woke up in the Philippines!

7 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

The British should have installed a desalination plant on HK.

HK could have been sustained, easily, for perpetuity, according to the original agreement.

There was no need to leave.

 

Maybe they were just too worried about potable water and vegetables from the Mainland.

 

If only the British had had a bit of backbone, in 1997,  we would still be there, today.

 

What a mistake to leave.

 

 

The British did build a desalination plant at a place called Lok On Pai near Tuen Mun.  The growth of population and attendant demands for water and vegetables could not have been met locally.

How much backbone would be needed to feed and water a population of 6 million while trying to stop the Red Army from waltzing over the border?  It was militarily and logistically impossible.  The British military presence in HK in modern years was smaller than the presence that could not stop the Japanese in December 1941.

Apart from certain rooftops you appear to know very little about the place.

13 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Are you smart enough to understand the meaning of CEDED IN PERPETUITY? 

 

 

Think about it. 

 

 

 

A bit condescending and based on incorrect information.  Kowloon peninsula was ceded to the British in 1842.  The area of the Kowloon peninsula north of Boundary Street now known as the New Territories was given to Britain on a 99 year lease commencing 1898 and expiring on 30 June 1997.  The subsequent talks between Maggie Thatcher and Deng Xiao Ping in the eighties resulted in the Joint Declaration stating that China would resume sovereignty over Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories on the 1st July 1997.  Hong Kong and Kowloon were at that time so intertwined with the New Territories that it was impossible to separate them.

Was I there - Yes

Did I take part in the handover - Yes

Rooftop - Yes, and many other weird places over the years.

13 hours ago, DudleySquat said:

There has been much talk here about Gordon Ramsay opening restaurants in Thailand. We watch almost all of his TV shows. We do learn about the art of cooking and I use things I have seen him do in my cooking. With that said, Mr. Ramsay has a liking for fish sauce in some of his cooking.  

 

I can't stand the smell. 

 

A few years ago I walked by the kitchen while my then-wife was preparing something that didn't require fish sauce. Yet, it smelled as if she had spilled some in the utensil drawer.  It didn't require a cleanup to get rid of the smell. It required three antibiotics. 

 

Why would anyone eagerly pour something that smells like a vaginal infection on their food?  Yes, it is a disgusting comparison, but it is right on the money, isn't it? 

 

If it is so good, is it so good for you? 

 

That's a valid question, too.  Rotting fish guts cannot possibly be good for you. Is it? 

Have you heard of Hakarl (rotting shark) a delicacy in Iceland and Greenland.  Or perhaps Surstromming (canned fermented sea herring) a delicacy in Sweden that is the entire fish, rotting guts and all.

With regard to knowledge of the smell of vaginal infections I must bow to your superior knowledge and experience.

22 hours ago, realfunster said:

It happens. A mate of mine was sexually abused by his Doctor in his teens. He didn't report it or confide in anyone until his early 30's.

There was then an additional wait of several more years before the police felt they had sufficient complainants/evidence to launch a criminal investigation.

He would have been around 40 years old by the time the Doctor was convicted, jailed and struck-off. 

 

In general, I am still trying to figure out how I feel about the increasing trend of serious charges/accusations being made via the media. I suppose this is the classic investigative media expose which may well empower additional complainants to report their own issues but at what point do the hacks sit back and think they might have a moral obligation to hand over to the police rather than generating copy, to what extent does this kind of publicity impair any future judicial hearing and is it fair on the accused to be publicly exposed in this way outside the normal judicial process ? 

At what point did you think 'hack' and 'moral obligation' belonged in the same sentence?

11 hours ago, retarius said:

Surely not a beauty like her being corrupt? Money surely is the root of all evil.

The love of money is the root of all evil. Blame the people not the object.

16 hours ago, topswijaya said:

Dear all,

 

Some condominium have a common/ study room.

Is it safe to leave a laptop for a while in a condominium common ( study ) room? The reasons are, for example, going to toilet, or you forget to take your laptop with you.

Will someone steal it? How about CCTV?

Thanks

Only if you leave your bulging wallet on top of it so they steal that instead.

But I'd like to thank you for the question, which I referred to my wife. I've learnt a lot of new Thai swear words!

3 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

So much jealousy after fleeing from you homeland to seek refuge in a foreign land possibly using a "wify visa" .

So much projection? To go off topic just to criticise someone based on supposition 

7 minutes ago, GarryP said:

I totally misinterpretted the headline and assumed one of the Super Troupers had said something stupid.

Also guilty of that mistake.

On 8/17/2023 at 7:57 PM, JonnyF said:

Let's wait for the trial and hope the courts are not politically biased. Nobody wants to see the US sink further towards the developing world's system of justice where political enemies are eliminated at the hands of corrupt judges.

You mean like the Supreme Court?

On 8/17/2023 at 7:57 PM, JonnyF said:

Let's wait for the trial and hope the courts are not politically biased. Nobody wants to see the US sink further towards the developing world's system of justice where political enemies are eliminated at the hands of corrupt judges.

You mean like the Supreme Court?