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15 hours ago, Danderman123 said:It's likely that the Houthis can't identify their targets, they see a blip on the radar.
Probably so.
Their coastal monitoring sites and capabilities have no doubt been blasted to smithereens.
Now they will take refuge in their bunkers and caves, bolt holes and bung holes from where they can continue the never-ending conflict in and around Isael.
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15 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:Their contribution to the World is the bum gun.
...and a lot of people worldwide are mighty grateful for that.
Incidentally, what have the Swiss ever invented?... the cuckoo clock?
I'll take the bum gun any day of the week.
What about the Australians?
Their list of inventions would be a short one, I'm sure.
Sub-Saharan Africa?
The Thais with their bum guns and tuk tuks don't look so bad after all.
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1 hour ago, TeacherJane said:Vulpini is merely a subclade and taxon, nested within the dog family or Canidae, that includes the true foxes or genus Vulpes. It makes no sense, that anyone has killed a vulpini
Thanks, now I know.
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1 hour ago, TeacherJane said:So one of the deceased animals is stated to be a vulpini. But what's a vulpini?
It's a mythological animal often reported seen - especially on full-moon nights - but no hard evidence of their existence has been produced so far 😁
Seriously Teach... just google it.
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You have too much time on your hands, Chris.
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3 hours ago, DaddyWarbucks said:One person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.
It's just a matter of semantics since both sides are guilty of deliberately killing non-combatants in this conflict.
The massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations worldwide show clearly who the overwhelming majority of people consider to be the real terrorists.
Hear! Hear!
You really hit a raw nerve with that one.
Bravo!
The responses - mostly from the usual suspects - are verging on the ludicrous.
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On 12/25/2023 at 10:09 PM, CMHomeboy78 said:I agree with you entirely.
This is a situation that I can comment on because I lived it when I first came to Thailand in my early 30's.
The country and people have gone through a lot of changes since that time in the late 1970's, but some things have remained largely as they were. The commercial sex scene is one of them.
Like so many others, I was like a kid cut loose in a candy store when I first arrived.
As a free-lance graphic artist I could live and work almost anywhere and I chose Thailand with alacrity... and not only for the easy sex.
My nature is instinctively monogamous so I would select a willing girl and we would set up house together. The tree-lined klongs that still existed on the outskirts of Bangkok provided some really idyllic settings and small traditional houses were renting for about $30. per month.
Several of these mee-uh chows had been "on the game" before I met them - either immediately or at some time earlier. What they all seemed to have in common was a fun-loving temperment, ever ready to by tee-oh and have a good time.
As I was in the prime of my life and not some pot bellied old plug-ugly, they loved showing me off to friends and family.
All great fun for me and probably the high-point of my life as far as pure sensual pleasure and a carefree existence is concerned.
The flip side to that was the discovery - usually very early on - that each and every one of them had a mercenary nature, a mean streak, and the total lack of anything like a moral compass.
Also, "Breaking up is hard to do" takes on a whole new level of meaning among those girls here in Thailand. I feel lucky to have escaped with my life and limbs intact after some of the violent affrays that resulted from our partings.
That's my experience; no doubt others will have more positive personal accounts to relate.
I subsequently moved to Chiang Mai and happily became acquainted with a better class of people, married, settled down in my mid 30's and went on to raise two daughters who my wife brought up in a traditional manner while preparing them for careers in the modern world.
They have both been very successful, I'm glad to say.
All's well that ends well.
Exceptionally good post.
It's in stark contrast to the clueless drivel that dominates this thread.
Your own experiences are shared - to one extent or another - by most of us who were here before the economic boom and mass-tourism of the 1980's that changed Thailand out of recognition.
One point you didn't make about marrying and settling down here is the importance of learning Thai.
Living in a country and not speaking the language and being functionally literate is like being deaf, dumb, and blind once you leave the tourist ghettos. You just don't know what's going on around you.
Some people seem to be born with an aptitude for learning languages... I wasn't, but I overcame it to learn Thai because I didn't want my wife and children to see me as an illiterate who couldn't speak the language. I would have been a lasting embarrassment to them all.
That's a piece of advice that should be seriously considered by anyono planning to make Thailand - or any foreign country - their new home.
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3 hours ago, DrPhibes said:Where upon after that statement, she was sent to prison for tax evasion. Look it up ;-)
That's true.
However, Leona went to jail because she had the audacity to tell the truth about those who pay taxes and those who get a free ride.
That quote (to her housekeeper) came out in open court and sealed her fate.
That conclusion is often questioned, but how many other high-profile tax cases involving zillionaires result in prison sentences?
If they do, it is usually a matter of months in some posh Club Fed.
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As in the USA there will be loop-holes, bolt-holes, and bung-holes for the wealthy and well-connected to go into.
Leona Helmsley nailed it a long time ago when she said "Only the little people pay taxes."
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On 12/6/2023 at 7:54 PM, DaddyWarbucks said:To imply that the Vietnam War was a "win" for the US in any sense of the word is downright ludicrous.
"You win some, you lose some" might have been a fair assessment of the US Military in the past, but since 1945 it has been all losses in every major conflict they've been involved in.
Spot-on.
Regurgitating a rancid word-salad that every MIC/Zionist shill knows by heart won't alter the simple fact that since WWII - and especially since the Vietnam War - US foreign policy has been an ongoing disaster.
America's military fiascos need to be protested against by everyone who is appalled by the senseless slaughter of non-combatants that they inevitably result in.
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Just another tourism booster from the usual suspects.
Hopefully it will be scotched before it becomes a ghastly reality.
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31 minutes ago, wpcoe said:So, if we rent to a foreigner, we are considered to be "harboring" them?
No, only if you don't report within 24 hours.
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What will her main duties be?
Thailand and Sweden seem to be polar opposites in every conceivable sense of the term.
Sex tourism is the only obvious nexus.
Swedish "men" coming and Thai "brides" going.
Anyway, best of luck Anna.
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H.L. Mencken nailed it down a long time ago:
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
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16 hours ago, Airalee said:I thought I saw a ghost when I saw your avatar and screen name.
Welcome back!
TIT... you can check-out any time you want, but you can never leave.
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I see one coming from Kazakhstan already... he must have heard the good news.
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34 minutes ago, JayClay said:Could you please explain which visa I could get for 1900bt a year at immigration?
I'm single and under 50.
Retirement visa.
Marriage visa.
Get old soon or get a Thai wife.
Problems with immigration sorted.
Other problems just beginning.
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3 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:A bit over-dramatic don't you think?
Have you noticed how quiet the military have been whilst the current scenario plays out.
Thaksin should have stayed away if he has any lingering political ambitions. I doubt that even his egomania would let him think that Srettha would step aside to allow him to take the helm.
Don't kid yourself, Srettha is just another sock-puppet of the Shinawatra Clan.
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In another thread on Thaksin it was said that if he was in a prison cell too long there was a good chance of him being "epsteined".
I'd say it would be more likely in a hospital.
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In recent candid photos he looks ghastly.
Definitely has health issues.
Maybe that prompted his return.
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3 hours ago, tonbridgebrit said:If you're black, and you are American, yes, you are a victim of racism and abuse.
But are you going to be better off if you go to North Korea ?Ask Dennis Rodman.
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13 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:Back to the early 2000s. Sometimes Thailand feels like a movie trilogy...
...or an example of Karl Marx's perceptive observation that "History repeats itself first as tragedy then as farce."
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28 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
All Russians know that after living under so many years of Communism in one form or another.
How's about a Clockwork Orange themed restaurant in the heart of Moscow?
That would be a sure winner.
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Thailand scraps visa requirements for Kazakhstan tourists
in Thailand News
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I see one coming already.
He must have heard the good news.