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14 hours ago, Lowryderen said:

Well.. The exact same thing can be said about cannabis. So why not remove that as well?

Frequent cannabis use may give you a ‘dicky’ heart:

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/12/12/young-cannabis-users-stroke-heart-attack-risk.aspx?cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art2HL&cid=20191212Z3&et_cid=DM408107&et_rid=767827456

To me, at the start of the first version of the video, the first car (the so-called ‘tortoise’), is in the middle of his lane, and indeed seems to be going at a similar speed to the car passing on the left. The replay is of course in ‘slo mo’.

But then he seems to be slowing down as he moves over to his left. I can’t see his indicator going, but maybe he is about to take a turning to his left, which is out of sight to the camera, or maybe he is about to stop at a road side hot food stall.

The idiot in the pick up behind is going way too fast for those particular road conditions, and maybe, just maybe, he slammed on his brakes because he suddenly realised he was about to miss the turning on his right. As he swerves, he seems to be speeding up, not to avoid the Yaris, but to enter the turning on his right!

At the bottom of the picture, there’s a black and white pole, with what looks like a black lamp at the top. Is it one of those flashing amber lights, perhaps warning of a ‘blind’ turning coming up. If so, maybe that is what the first car is about to turn into, which is why he is slowing.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Warawoot said it was tough being a good Samaritan these days.

So the phrase “good Samaritan” is well known and used in Thai?

1 hour ago, Denim said:

When did this trend to call MPs lawmakers begin ?

 

I don't recall it being used as much in the past .

“The 2016 vote to leave the European Union has deeply divided the country and sparked vicious scenes both inside and outside the House of Commons where lawmakers are routinely confronted by angry protesters as they enter the parliamentary estate.”

Same, same with the expression “parliamentary estate”. Throws up an image of a rundown council estate with rubbish strewn everywhere and abandoned burnt out cars whilst menace and intimidation stalk the streets.

Looks like he is trying to generate some positive publicity:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7630043/Elon-Musk-donates-1million-YouTubers-campaign-plant-20-million-trees.html

Looks like Vernon is the least of his problems! ????

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7594727/Pablo-Escobars-brother-sues-Elon-Musk-77m-claims-stole-idea-flamethrower.html

Next, it’ll be one of El Chapo’s brothers suing Musk by claiming he ‘stole’ his idea for a ‘novelty’ submarine!

Quote from OP:  “It said that people aged 55 and over were more likely to get arrested for having sex in a car than any other age group – and that includes “where else can we go?” teenagers.“

Judging by the photo and the above quote, it’s seems to be two old bangers banging away in some old banger.

10 minutes ago, dddave said:

“ ...The guy in this case certainly knew he was part of a big scam.  He was helicoptered to big events, one at the Royal Cliff in Pattaya and thoroughly played the role of CEO, making speeches with specific financial claims.  He was paid very well.  His claims of being innocent & naive to what he was doing are laughable.”

He was paid $15,000.
 

This is the link to an earlier ThaiVisa article on this story, together with readers’ comments:

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I don't think it will happen.

There'll be another extension/delay.

I agree with you.

This is an article in today’s Guardian.

“What’s at stake is not winning some stupid blame game,” Tusk wrote in a tweet directed at the prime minister. “At stake is the future of Europe and the UK as well as the security and interests of our people. You don’t want a deal, you don’t want an extension, you don’t want to revoke. Quo vadis? [Where are you going?]”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/08/eu-may-offer-to-extend-deadline-for-brexit-deal-to-summer

“He’s lied his way through life, he’s lied his way through politics, he’s a huckster with a degree of charm to which I am immune. As well as being mendacious he’s incompetent.” 

Conservative former minister Chris Patten in May interview with Bloomberg

‘I think he honestly believes it is churlish of us not to regard him as an exception, one who should be free of the network of obligation which binds everyone else.” 

Johnson’s Eton housemaster, Martin Hammond, in 1982 school report

The European politicians are not stupid. They have the full measure of Johnson. Brexit, apparently, is headline news everyday in Germany. It’s in everyone’s interest to get a deal. That’s why it’s likely there will be an extension until next June at the very least.

You can be sure they read British newspapers every day so they would have read Andrew Rawnsley’s article on Johnson in the Observer: 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/06/boris-johnson-is-still-gambling-on-winning-brexit-blame-game

Although what will happen to Sterling, while Johnson and Dominic Cummings play their stupid games is anyone’s guess!

I am in the second year of an O-A visa (multi entry long stay) issued by RTE in London.

The first year ran from 29th August 2018 until 28th August 2019. 

I returned to the U.K. 6th August 2019 and returned to Thailand on 21st August 2019. The IO at Bangkok Airport gave me another 12 months until 20th August 2020.

I would still have to report every 90 days at my local Immigration Office in Hua Hin.

As I understand it, during the second year, it is no longer multi entry. If I wanted to return to the U.K. during these 12 months I would have to go to Immigration and fill in a form for permission to leave and return and pay their fee.

My plan was, having paid for the visa last year, to get the full two years out of it. At the end of the second year I would return to the U.K. Then at the end of my stay there, I would apply for a tourist visa from RTE in London.

On arriving in Thailand, and after the appropriate elapse of time, I would apply for an extension of stay by reason of retirement. I already have 800,000 untouched in my account for that purpose.

However under this new directive, am I now required, over the next 12 months,  to show insurance cover every time I attend for my 90 day reporting?

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

8 Penguin chocolate bars are 90 P in Tesco and a Pound in ASDA .

I bought a double 400 gram pack of Custard creams for a 50 P , 18 Baht yesterday

Yes but your complaint was about chocolatey things being expensive like mars bars and twix. Remember? I know it was 40 pages ago ???? but you said:

Not quite what she was hoping to see if she was baking a cake and heard him appear in the kitchen!

Lovely family ... but ... but ... but ... none of them is wearing a crash helmet ????

1 hour ago, Nyezhov said:

Linn Wood lives for libel cases and he only takes the best. Musk will settle before trial.

This is his twitter page which includes reference to both Unsworth and Musk: https://mobile.twitter.com/llinwood?lang=en

This is his profile:

https://profiles.superlawyers.com/georgia/atlanta/lawyer/l-lin-wood/16b0ae3a-ba59-48e7-af51-4c6e7f71ea36.html