Gillyflower

In the OP.......Putin says "didn't even know he (Trump) had political ambitions".   I thought it was well known that Trump has had these ambitions from at least 2008.

I wish you would read and understand articles properly.  He was arrested for these crimes on an International Arrest.....That means he committed these crimes elsewhere.  Not in Thailand.  At the moment all the Thai authorities have against him is Overstay.  The only thing they can do is to send him back to wherever they are supposed to.

There is no mention of women, so why would you assume that he is 'bi'?

It's obvious that he gave a tug on the tail.  Stupid blighter.

1 hour ago, morrobay said:

I would guess 90 percent members are white. And what race are you? 

Well I would say he is European, but not a Brit.  

PLUS it says Gerald and HIS husband.  Some of you try reading the article, before commenting.  If they were drugged (with a roofie), they wouldn't necessarily know what was going on.

Every so often, stories like this come to light in Europe too.  There have been a few in the last year.

Well, before English is toppled over by Thai, I need Lokie to give me an English lesson.  It gave me a laugh anyway.

Well there is one good thing about it all.  We won't be having the eternal discussion on how good or bad English is being taught here.  It just will not matter anymore.  Mind you perhaps it will be replaced by how well (or not) Thai is taught.

I'd never heard of the song, so took a break to go to utube.  Barely lasted over the minute.  What a ghastly song!!!  It is out of date, but even so!!!!

2 hours ago, jlwilliamsjr18 said:

I'm struggling with these 2 aspects of his suicide.... cut his own throat and tied to a concrete pile.  

Don't forget the backpack!!!

This is the first time I've ever had a bit of a laugh on TV.

Whilst I agree with practically everything written above, I would like to say to DSJPC that he is extremely rude.  I would assume that PattayaLover isn't a native English speaker.  If that is the case, his English is quite good and better than some of the native speakers on here.

Laughing Gravy...Where do you want her extradited?

A few days ago I was coming back from Rimping by the iron bridge in CM.  I passed a Thai lady, who had beside her a large shopping bag.  I stood and watched her for a while.  The bag was packed with small plastic bags full of something which she emptied into the Ping and then the plastic bag after.  I counted ten bags that were sailing down and her bag was still quite full.

Following on from what Suradit has written.  A Dutch friend tells me that this is the first time she has not been able to get a double entry visa from the Embassy in London.  I thought they were wiped out a good few years ago.  I couldn't get a 60 day visa from Paris this time until I furnished them with a document from my guest house saying I had a reservation with them.

Sorry I know the above is off topic.

On the other hand a friend easily gets a METV (from Paris) by showing he is retired with the required income.

It says in the above article that she was a great aunt of Paris.

My GH where I have been staying for 12 years, has raised the monthly rental by 1000 baht.

I thought this 6 weeks business had been around for quite a while.  My niece has told me many times that her and her husband can only be out of Oz for that length of time,otherwise they have to start the paperwork all over again.

The 2 year residence is a bit of a bore.  Sometimes I think I would like to go back to live in Australia, but am deterred by this.  A good part of my French pension is NOT paid out of France so it is not envisageable.  Just for interest, because a partof my pension is special, I cannot be out of France for more than 30 days.  It is the same in Belgium.  Perhaps there are many more than the three mentioned that have these rules and regulations.

Well as long as they don't say, as so many people on TV write.....would of....could of.....should of.  It is would HAVE, should HAVE etc.  There is an Admin who could take notice of that.

I voted for Fillon in the first round.  I have no idea of his policies, I didn't watch any of the TV debates.  But I like Fillon and I vote Right.  Just as I can't stand LePen or his daughter, so I wouldn't vote for them.  

Following up on Paulbj2..........There are two things that the French do extremely well.........go on strike at the drop of a hat and WHINGE.  No matter what, they WHINGE and they WHINGE and they WHINGE.

But it is the same everywhere.  Every year in The French Alps, there are notices telling people not to ski off the flagged slopes, slopes shut to the public,  or warnings of avalanches.  How many times do we hear of deaths caused by people not heeding these warnings.

5 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

Publicity stunt! Who keeps millions of euro jewelry at a hotel?

She wasn't in a hotel, she was in a private residence.  N ow the story is that there were 5 men in leather jackets and they spoke to her in English with a strong East European accent.  I know she is of Armenian origin but would she know different European accents.

In the photos above, if she is wearing Givenchy, then I shall no longer buy anything from him.  She just been to one of his showings.

15 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Riviera is over used in Thailand.

In Pattaya there is the Riviera Resort Pattaya, The Riviera Wangamat, The Riviera Jomtien. But unlike the French Riviera, neither Pattaya or Hua Hin will have a casino.

Nor do they have Albert, Charlene and the twins, not to forget Caroline and Steff.  The Cote d'Azur (Riviera is English) is absolutely stunningly  beautiful.  Hua Hin and Pattaya are nothing in comparison.

Thanks Bild and Planemad        I meant to add in my post that I remember them telling me that the team  changed names fairly often.  I just had a look at Wikipedia and I see that is so.

I shared a bedsit with a girl who manned the bar at a RAF Officer's Club in Bayswater - I think it was the Gremlin - and when she went on holidays she got me to take over so she wouldn't lose the job.  When I think about it, I knew quite a lot of them.  Obviously I mean the team of the moment.  There were a lot of parties, but they were reasonably sober boys.  I THINK.

I have just skimmed through some of the latest posts.  What the hell does the FIFA (isn't that football?) have to do with the RAF Aerobatic Team??????  THIS is WAY off topic.  I'm quite annoyed.

Brings back delightful memories.  I used to know a couple of the chaps from the team in the 60's.  They had only just taken the name 'Red Arrows'.  Used to be the Black ? (Devils I think).  Saw them a few times at Farnborough.  Wish I could be in HH.  I'm getting quite melancholic  (at 8 am), thinking about the fun times I had living in London.  

I have seen many times the Patrouille de France.  Pretty good too.  I think most of these acrobatic teams are tops.