Andrew65

Just when I don't think that things can get any better/worse, my compatriots 'up-their-game'!😊

In Thailand table salt tends to have iodine added to it I have noticed that some savoury things taste sweet in Thailand. As far as 'spicy' food goes, I find that if it's very spicy any flavour that the food has is overwhelmed by hotness.

It proves that some people are so desperate to stay in Thailand that they will do absolutely anything to achieve it.

From experience, if you wear sandals or flip-flops and do a lot of walking in Bangkok, you end up with black feet.

I gave up smoking cigarettes 3 years ago (smoked for 44 years), after returning to the UK in 2018 from 20 years living in Thailand. What was my biggest motivation to give up? The cost. I can't afford £400 a month for cigarettes, plain & simple.

I've tried it in the past and quite liked it. However, as you say, it's not a nce smell, very 'sour' and 'pungent'.

Iran's similar to Saudi Arabia? The big deal is that Iran is calling for the destruction of Israel, but Saudi isn't. Saddam was an arch-enemy of Israel, so he had to go.

And then you're left with a power-vacuum. Look at Iraq after Saddam was deposed, or Libya after Gadaffi?

Mr Reagan was showing exactly the same cognitive decline as Joe at exactly the same time in his presidency, at the end of his first term. During the Trump V Hillary campaign someone suggested that there should be an upper age limit to run. Maybe 65?

Iran is 3 times bigger, and has 3 times the population of Iraq. War with Iran? Good luck with that!

In the UK they can't show someone who appears to be under 25 in an advert for alcohol. "Alcohol ads must not be directed at people under 18 or contain anything that is likely to appeal to them by reflecting youth culture. Any individuals that feature in alcohol ads must be 25 years of age or over, and look it."

Taking yer bird to Pattaya indicates a "Lack of judgement" Many years ago in Phnom Penh my tuk tuk driver advised me not to wear my 2 baht gold necklace. (Evetually sold back to where I bought it from).

Many single packets of ciggies were incinerated in a series of 20 separate burnings!?

In the UK they can show someone who appears to be under 25 in an advert for alcohol.

Probably does the same kind of thing where he comes from.

Where I lived in Bangkok Thais were regularly peeing in the Khlong, along a busy street. You knew where they did so because the bars alongside the Khlong were rusty from being pee'd on.

Too sweet to be curry?

I worked with very many Indians overseas for many years, always very laid-back & friendly people, never had a problem with any of them.

Looks like Sergeant Somchai is smiling or laughing

Depends what kind of country it is. American-style policing would probably work well in Latin America, Honduras, Brazil etc, but probably not in many European countries.

Maybe I just struck-lucky with my quick in & out? (About 7 years ago).

It might well be handled in a similar way in the UK, trying not to 'escalate'. Also, it looks like/seems obvious that he's not carrying any knives or firearms etc. I do actually understand why policing in the US has to be as it is though.

I once did a visa extension in about 15 minutes at Jomtien, brilliant. Chaeng Wattana in BKK however, you could be there for up to 2 hours some days.

We only have 'Gammon's' in Britain!? Not sure if that term is in use abroad?!

The UK has around 10 million foreign-born people living there. Does that mean that it has also been 'colonised'? I doubt that Thailand has anything like that number of falang (white people) living there? If there are many foreigners living in Thailand I suspect that most of them would be from neighbouring countries?