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Reminds me of when politicians fly into war zones, disrupting the landing of planes full of peace-keeping troops and humaritarian aid; all for their own personal glorification.

Thai drivers are simply the best in the world. That's a fact. If you feel differently you're simply wrong. Facts don't care about your feelings.

Sorry, it wasn't Brazil. That trial involved genetically engineered mosquitoes. It was actually New Jersey, USA 😂 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0108504

Typical Thai response...reactive not proactive. Brazil once trialled a new initiative in one of its major cities. Police patrolled the city, ordering people to cut down vegetation and remove breeding grounds like plant pots full of water. This worked very quickly because mosquitoes are territorial so don't stray further than a few 'blocks'. Unfortunately, the trial finished and people went back to their own habits so the mosquitoes returned just as quickly.

I agree wholeheartedly. The original gay pride flag signified the inclusion of everyone i.e. all the colours of the rainbow. The (progressive or racial) pride flag, like the one shown in the picture, is far from inclusive. It is in fact the opposite...exclusive. It includes transgender, non-binary, intersex, black-skinned, and brown-skinned people but excludes cisgender, straight, male-identifying, female-identifying and white-skinned people and, ironically, gay, bisexual and lesbian people. We call this progress 🤔

Looks like both checkpoints that the Bangkok visa run companies use are open every day. Just reduced hours 8am-4pm.

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They came to a battle of wits unarmed

Are the papers publishing details of visa status now? Looks like he's well over 50 so could be on a retirement visa or maybe he's been let out to play for a night by his Thai wife. Mr Sven, 52, Swedish national, 60 day visa exemption, was seen pissing in the street in Phuket.

Can't have them taking Thai jobs, can we. The biggest 'grey business' in Thailand is happening at the airports and now they've found another excuse to force people to use it. The new Thailand. The land of self-entitlement to first-world standards and the gluttony of third-world corruption.

...because... 🤔

Interesting graphic from the Nation

Nobody can argue that GB News is largely a right-leaning channel but I'd rather have them than not. Since Sky News UK was sold to Comcast, and joined the monolith of left-leaning channels, they're the only one left. Sad to hear that the Headliners show is going. It was mostly staffed by old school, lefty comedians and was an interesting new concept. At least we still have Free Speech Nation. 😊

Bit of a north / south divide. 🤔

A cool million at least for the lady who found it. A man who forgets about 12 million surely has some serious coin and wouldn't miss it. Personally, I would have held onto the money, for safekeeping, until the owner turned up to claim it. Better that than a hefty donation to the Policemans' Ball.

High ranking member of Fatah and the PLO. The only difference between them and Hamas, in Gaza, is that Hamas slaughtered them first.

Teething troubles. People complain when renewables don't produce enough power and, as here, complain when they produce too much power. What's needed is for the grid to be modernised and more storage options to be available.

I'm a former smoker, although not a born again non-smoker, so know what it's like to step off a long flight with the knowledge that you have run the gauntlet before finally being allowed that nicotine injection. I agree but only if allowed to vape in there. Otherwise, it would only further highlight the hypocritical goverment policies that prioritise profit over public health.

We can only hope but the message in the OP suggests it's for all transactions. I was at my local branch a couple of weeks ago to update passport and mobile number. They guided me (basically watched me do it) through the installation of the app and everything OK. I did mention something like 'sacan naa' but they didn't seem to understand so I left it for dead. No notifications about it in the app and nothing online about it that I can find. If true, the app becomes nothing more than a tool to check your balance. 🤔

Still need a pound coin for shopping trollies in supermarkets in the UK. Lots of cash machines near the entrances which are beggars' prime locations. Plus, still a few places with coin-op parking meters.

Someone should have reminded the judge of the Armenian Genocide. 🤔

Natives are anti-English separatists. Slowly being colonised by anti-white racists, misandrists and islamophiles. 🤪

I've just returned from a 6 month visit. Last time I was there was 2018. I was actually surprised how cheap supermarket food still is especially if you buy supermarket brands and look for offers and multibuys. ASDA prices not too bad if you focus on rollback. Towards the end started shopping at Iceland and Farmfoods which are very cheap for bulk-buying. Kingsmill / Hovis bread, £1 6 Cans of Heinz Lentil Soup, £6 or less Back Bacon 300g, £1.50 8 Lincolnshire Sausages, £1.79 4 Breaded Cod Fillets £3.75 You can really tell what I pigged out on over there 😂 Takeaway food (pizza, parmo, kebabs) increased by at least 50% but high quality, for what it is, and very large portions. Chinese still pretty cheap and decent chips. Decent beer still be had for £1 a can but a standard bottle of spirits has seen a big increase (£12 is tax) but heavily discounted over xmas / NY period e.g. 1L Baileys £10. Beer in pubs up about £1 a pint. Peroni everywhere now instead of Stella. Carvery during off-peak times £9. Yup, definitely a noticeable increase in the suburbs. Didn't visit the town centre myself. Parents advised against it as it was full of East European aggressive beggars. They seem to prefer to harass old people. Big Boots store is closing soon which was one of the first shops to ever open in the town centre. People switching to online and 'out of town' shopping centres. The writing's been on the wall for a long time. I thought this was a joke until I saw it myself. Police are starting to raid these places now, comparing footfall from CCTV to claimed revenue. I looked into this for a flat I'm thinking of buying. Only SERCO in my area but horror stories from landlords all over the internet. Seems like a good deal on the face of it. No management fees, 5-7 year lease, guaranteed rent every month, free repairs etc. In reality, stupid rules about replacing doors and windows every few years and they hand you back a shell of a house at the end of the contract; AVOID!!!

A Thai hotel successfully sued a foreigner for posting a fake negative review on the internet so this one should be a 'slam dunk' with much compensation forthcoming.

Spot on 😊 Also, the last interglacial maximum occured about 10,000 years ago which indicates that the Earth should be entering a cooling phase. According to the theory of Milankovich Cycles, and empirical observation, the axial tilt of the Earth is decreasing and the perigee (furthest distance from the Sun) of the Earth's orbit is increasing; both should lead to cooling.