Moonlover

No surprises there then.

No it could not. To suffer devastation on this scale, the country or region needs to be close to the epicentre of the quake. There are no tectonic fault lines running through Thailand that could cause such a quake. 'Thailand sits on the Eurasian tectonic plate, which is flanked by the Indo-Australian and Pacific plates. While the country is located in a region that is relatively safe from earthquakes'. http://www.cicc.chula.ac.th/eng/2012-04-26-04-23-32/111-likelihood-of-earthquakes-in-thailand.html

Thank you @This Guy. Someone who speaks a bit of common sense at last.

So what's the problem @thesetat?

Apologies. I should have said Palestine (consisting of Gaza and the West Bank, formally known by some as Judea) is recognized as a state by 147 members of the UN. Full membership is, of course blocked by the US veto.

Yes, Judea is its biblical name, but no one refers to it by that name now. It's now recognized by the UN as part of Palestine.

You're confusing Islam with an indigenous population of Arabs who were there long before Mohammed came along. Islam is just a convenient excuse.

Yes I'm aware of that and the fact that they lived, peacefully alongside the indigenous Arabs for thousands of years up until the creation of Israel. The same Israel that then went on the rampage and stole Arab lands and ejected them from their homeland. And they continue to do so in the West Bank.

And I've no doubt that it has been said before that the German people voted for Hitler and there was only one known attempt to remove him.

'The Palestinian people are Arabs who live—and have lived throughout history—in a certain geographical region in the Middle East. Generally, Palestine is used to refer to the geographic region spanning from the Mediterranean Sea in the east to the Jordan River in the west'. It is the Israelis/Jews who are the infiltrators. https://www.pcrf.net/information-you-should-know/who-are-the-palestinians.html#:~:text=The Palestinian people are Arabs,Jordan River in the west.

I don't think Hamas has ever enjoyed popular support. They have ruled Gaza with an iron fist backed up with AK47s.

Fixed overheads are always a critical factor in running any business, but restaurants have the additional burden of having to stock up on perishable supplies, whether the customers come or not. If there are no customers that's money down the drain that can never be recovered. The over simplistic 'Lowering prices' is in IMO a 'no brain' response.

What 'law' are you referring to? I haven't read anywhere that says that we must file a return if we do not owe any tax. Thais certainly don't and we are governed by the same rules. I also have 'peace of mind'. I know that I do not owe TRD any money and can prove it should I be called on to do so. So I'll not bother to waste my time or theirs.

At least they are not toting AK47s and yelling "Allah Akba'.

Headline reader only I assume.

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Is the sky falling again? I hadn't noticed. 😉

I have just read a BBC report on the devastating 'wildfires' taking place in South Korea. And here's a quote from the SK government. 'The government also promised to strengthen enforcement against illegal burning -one of the main causes of wildfires'. If the news media and government officials take that view, then so will I. I prefer their interpretation rather than one individual's pedanticness.

For years I was wondering why my transfers were slow, sometimes the next day, whilst many others were reporting instant transfers. I finally cracked it. I had been using 'funds for long term stay' as my reason and, apparently that is what was causing the delay. Once I switched to 'personal expenses' 99% of my transfers have been instantaneous. Apparently 'funds for property purchase' will also slow down a transfer, although I've never tried it.

My wife had a broken tooth just recently. After asking around the village, she settled on the dentist in the local, small town hospital who simply yanked it out. It's the village economy class solution I'm told. I don't think she's too fussed about getting a replacement fitted. It's upper right and out of view. And as @JimGant said it isn't going to affect her dining ability. She's 62 years now and amazingly this was the first dental procedure she's ever had. Not even a filling! Not a bad run.

Oh I can certainly imagine just how useful these would be. But as I mentioned in my post, I'm 79 now, I don't think I'll at the front of the queue should they ever hit the high street stores, IF they ever do!

At 79 years I'm not even going to think about whether my smartphone will become obsolete. But I certainly wouldn't want to be without it nowadays. From banking to shopping lists, E books to logic games, translator to news portaI, find it oh so useful. Just about the only thing I don't do with my smartphone is make phone calls!

A fire that is out of control is a wildfire, even if it was started on purpose. Ask any Californian fire fighter.

Yes, exactly so. We're in Sakon Nakhon where we very rarely see the AQ level above 'moderate' and usually it's even lower. But today we're seeing 'very unhealthy' at 214 and there isn't even any burning going in this region. However a glance at the satellite map reveals all. Just look at Laos! And we've a steady air from that direction for a few days now, so our bad air is undoubtedly imported.

It's an acquired taste @Cameroni. I thought the same when I first went to live in Cyprus, But I soon did acquire the taste and loved it from there on in. If you can't find a suitable outlet where you live @Jaymatheson, why not make your own. Both the coffee and the the little coffee pot are both available on Lazada and you can make it just as you like it.