simon43

Wasn't the idea of vapes to encourage cigarette smokers to reduce the danger (from the chemicals in cigarettes) to their health by switching to nicotine-only vapes? If so, that plan has spectacularly backfired in the UK, where many young people (probably non-smokers previously) have taken up vaping and are now addicted to nicotine...

Do they have to be 4 different people? Or can my (female) lawyer also be my favourite hooker?

A small (and old) bag that I wear across my shoulder (to avoid theft), and usually also under my jacket (to avoid visibility). I take this bag with me every time I leave my home. It has passport, bank cards, vaccination book, SIM cards (for eg Thailand, Laos and Myanmar - since I have to swap over when I travel), passport photos (for visas), some medication pills.

Some police force regions have responded positively to Freedom of Information requests about foreign nationals who have commited sexual offences. Here for example, is data from West Yorkshire Police: https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/freedom-of-information/february-2025-foi-2355119-25-sexual-crimes-committed-non-uk-nationals Look at that list and you spot something immediately! The highest % of such crimes were committed.... by Muslims (if one assumes the offender's religion is the majority religion of that country). Pakistan has a staggering number of offenders.

In the UK, I used to have a (legal) collection of concealed weapons - walking stick guns, umbrella guns, shooting stick guns, pen pistols etc. when I went to gun auctions, only those especially licenced to buy these weapons could bid... "How much am I bid for this wonderful Victorian walking stick gun? 100 pounds anyone?.... er..... 50 pounds..... er come on what about 20 pounds..........." "5 quid" I shout out! "Sold to the miserly gentleman at the back for 5 quid!!" Next we have another disguised weapon..." etc etc My concealed weapon collection didn't cost much money lol

Yawn..... just another wind-up

Especially if you are Chinese...

What's wrong with a beach in Pattaya? Sounds like you're making assumptions. Perhaps he was an artist, a nature-lover, an author etc.. not a whore-chaser...

See my previous reply!

Mine do. No claim, no increase...

I'm surprised that the locals haven't given him a good kicking..... He sounds mentally disturbed. My mad ex #2 had a solution to anyone (apart from myself) who thought her mad. She carried a piece of paper in her handbag, which she woud show to other foreigners. On it was written in large letters "I am not mad".... (It didn't fool them lol)

Indeed. We all have to die somewhere. A sunny beach in Thailand is better than some other options...

Remember that the first solar panels were highly inefficient - only about 1-2% of the solar radiation was converted into electrical energy. So give it time, and hopefully this new technology will become more efficient :)

In fact, it doesn't seem to be a major issue with air pollutants - it's the cooler climate. Already my lungs are beginning to 'suffer' since returning to the UK 4 weeks ago. You might see me back in south-east Asia soon! Yes, tragic about my UK kids (and their mother). Unfortunately that is their choice. It's one reason why I help young students in the orphanages etc in Myanmar, growing up without parents. Most people want to be part of a family :)

I walked out of Boots this morning - there were a group of young teens, about 14 years old - all smoking joints in broad daylight....

I suspect their mother told them porkies as to why I left the UK to live in Thailand (the truth being chronic lung disease exacerbated by the UK climate, and their mother wasn't willing to leave the UK [understandable]). But I'll never know for sure and that's 23 years ago now...

Yes, that's basically it! Rather than using a microphone with the transceiver, you send the data 'sounds' from a computer program to the transceiver, (since the latter doesn't care what kind of sounds you send, voice or audio tones etc). The receiving equipment passes the audio tones to a laptop program which converts those tones into 'pixels' to make up the image. The software is all free, the transceiver is not, and the ham radio licence is usually not expensive, but if you do this, avoid Luang Prabang at all costs, because the local 'pigs' (best name for them..) consider licenced radio hams to be spies and will arrest and deport you lol!!

Being selfish doesn't have to make you nasty. For yonks I was unselfish, thinking of my partners first. Well, my unselfishness was exploited, since all three partners (not at the same time!) were only interested in my money and not me. So I changed about 12 years ago, got rid of the final greedy partner, and started thinking about me and those that I cherish (not family). I spent my hard-earned cash on ME and not on my family, (who by then had all abandoned me 'cos I wasn't handing out money to them anymore). I felt happier, less stressed inside. That's how I lead my life now. I have more money in the bank, there is no stress at all because I don't have to think of what others think of me or if they have enough of my money etc. My money (and I'm no millionaire!), is spent mostly on my educational charity in Myanmar, where a little bit of money (or resources purchased with that money) can make a huge difference :) I still send birthday and xmas cards to my family in the UK. These are ignored by them lol. My grown-up kids have blocked my email address lol. They even blacklist my name/email address on the online birthdy card apps!! So who is nasty? Me or them?

Yes, most radio amateurs verbally 'chat', but actually, I have very rarely spoken with any other radio ham, since getting my ham licence some 45 years ago! I find most of their conversations to be rather boring... Instead I usually dabble in SSTV - sending and receiving photos or images, such as photos of Lao temples when operating from Laos, or images of Thai food when operating from Thailand. (Others send female nude images, but I find that rather tasteless). Yes, I can easily contact others on the other side of the world by email or WhatsApp. But for me, it's a technical challenge of designing and building a simple antenna from a few metres of wire, that can propagate my image to the other side of the world with just a few watts of energy. Here's one of the SSTV images that I send from Laos :)

Ham radio, lots of fun! I've been arrested twice by the Lao police for legally enjoying my hobby Permanently scarred when a collapsing antenna almost 'cookie-cuttered' my hand Suffered 2 rotator cuff injuries (lifting heavy antennas) Fell out a tree in Laos as I'm putting up antennas etc etc As I said, so much fun... NOT!

Walking around in the UK, (where I am currently, but maybe not for long..), I seem to smell the same amount of cannabis smoke as I did in Thailand and Laos :)

Jeez, Ian died more than a quarter of a century ago! Did you not know?

Or until HMRC checks your UK bank accounts (as they can do now), and uses ever-advancing AI apps to identify suspicious money transfers etc...

Sometimes, it's the small animals that excite. I found a caecilian as I was walking down a road in Laos. Unfortunately one section was rather flat, since a motorcyclist had run over it.... but still a very interesting (for me) sighting. 10 points for the first person to explain what a caecilian is (without Googling it).

Are you female, white-skinned, young and slim and pretty, and with qualifications in KG Education? If not, forget the 60,000 baht, unless you have a BEd and PGCE or equivalent (and in-class experience). I'm old (pensioner), ugly, male, but white-skinned, with no BEd nor PGCE and got paid about 80,000 baht equivalent for teaching in Myanmar - so maybe you need to rethink your country options.