soalbundy

Yes, it's enough to make one give up smoking.

I quite agree with you regarding the carrying of guns but the prolific stabbings in the UK doesn't make me think that the UK is safer than Thailand; I've been here nearly 19 years and have never felt threatened.

Sometimes I think that the only decent beings in human society are their cats and dogs.

Obviously a socially responsible and caring man,....... he's wearing a mask.

His Buddha nature fell into a glass of Chang.

Hardly massive, I worked out that if I bring in 76,000 every month then with all the deductions I would have to pay 13,750 per year, works out to 1,145 per month, that isn't going to break the bank, it's important to stay in the 5% bracket.

It narrows down the continent, if they had been white they would be called farang.

Precisely. The West, especially America is saddled with so much debt that the interest paid takes a large part of the GDP, on the other hand Thailand has a low debt to GDP at the moment, they could afford it to pump the economy to tie them over until times improve; The danger is if times don't improve for a long time (likely) they will need even more debt to continue the cycle, however if they don't encourage consumption they will have a stagnating economy, like the rest of the world they are between a rock and a hard place. The West has already run out of economic ammunition to fight the coming world synchronized recession, Thailand is in a better situation in this regard and should act before things get too bad and hope the world has an economic miracle. Nothing wrong with sensible debt ie. debt that will eventually generate income like spending on infrastructure, education, investing in home grown manufacturing etc. Helicopter money as the West has done is short lived, just kicking the can down the road.

I agree, they should follow the example set by the West who have magnificent economies.

50% unemployment in China and they need Thai workers?? Sounds dodgy to me.

Nomen est omen. 10 years is a long time to keep this secret, neither of the girls thought about reporting this, especially when they were older? and why did his wife put up with the ghastly situation?

The Abbot will have to walk now.

So it was all a 'misunderstanding'.

I don't suppose he was drunk by any chance? I like the fact that he stumbled over some wire mesh because they were improving the pavement surface.......the pavements last victim.

Adrenaline junkie

Neanderthals weren't stupid, they survived and thrived in the worst cold weather that nature could throw at them. They occupied areas from England to Israel, they had their own culture and it appears they were capable of abstract thought. Their brains were slightly larger than ours but with a slightly different arrangement (seen from the internal imprint on skulls). All non Africans have 3 to 4% Neanderthal genes as interbreeding with homo sapiens seems to have been a regular occurrence. They had a form of aspirin made from bark which is effective, they also developed a glue from pitch which involved a complicated chemical process. If you are English then your genetic make up is more similar to that of a German than a Welsh person and your language is Indo-Germanic.

Maga mentality much? Put a towel around you neck, it will stop it getting too red. Taking money from the Chinese while in office could add to his 91 court cases.

It was that last salty drink that did it, should have stuck to whiskey.

Well it's too much to grift this time. The amount was required to shut his big mouth, his mouth is so dangerous that the jury members are in danger from the MAGA mob. I do so hope that his fraud trial is going to result in a 400 million dollar fine, this disgusting freak should be financially wiped out.

I would certainly trust the daughters account considering how her testimony was obtained, the fathers reaction was an understandable emotional reaction. The man should have been in detention until lab results were obtained, alone the collection of evidence must have been traumatic for the child. I sincerely hope that the father won't be prosecuted, he showed great restraint in not killing the perpetrator.

That will hurt these barbarians more than anything else though.

So why the guns? possibly as protection while selling drugs, no doubt such questions have been raised by the BIB and the conclusions could lead to decades behind bars, Don Corleone would be shaking his head at such idiots.

That's a lousy pick line.

He seemed such a nice boy.

A diplomatic undertone of criticism disguised as praise for the current government here I think.