Everything posted by GanDoonToonPet
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Thailand Cuts Visa-Free Stay to 30 Days to Combat Abuse
It was only implemented as a short-term measure anyway so nobody should be surprised.
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Did Moses really part the Red Sea? Experts reveal a scientific basis for Bible story
Do 'red' and 'reed' sound similar in Hebrew?
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Mysterious Brain Activity After Death May Indicate the Soul’s Departure, Expert Suggests
Yes. You can open the calorimeter afterward and feel the heat with your hands or see it with an infra-red camera. Similarly, you can feel the wind with your hand by putting your hand behind the sensor or hear it by putting your ear behind it. Also, you can see the wind using smoke or opaque gas instead of air. This is a common method when studying fluid dynamics.
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Mysterious Brain Activity After Death May Indicate the Soul’s Departure, Expert Suggests
Yes by using a calorimeter and E = mc^2 By using a pressure gauge or anemometer
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UK Pensions and related information (2024)
I've just reached this stage but have hit a bit of a snag 🤪 This morning I received my response letter, with the shortfall tables, giving a breakdown of how much I need to pay in class 2 and 3 past NICs for each year, for the past 15 years. For some years, I have to pay a mixture of class 2 and 3 due to short periods of unemployment. I've read the site you linked to, and the corresponding one for class 2 NICs, but can't fathom how I inform them of which year or type I want to pay for.
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Sainsbury’s to Cut 3,000 Jobs Amid Rising Costs and Tax Increases
Management restructuring, eliminating loss-making parts of the business and replacing staff with automation / technology are all things that they would have done anyway...very convenient for them that the budget came along. Sainsbury's made almost a billion in profit last year, and are projected to make over a billion this year, so the 140m added costs won't break the bank. They have 1431 stores in the UK so I expect most of those 3000 job cuts (actually they announced 1500 before the budget) will be bread-cutting bakery staff. 🤪
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US - The 1st peer-reviewed nationwide study of vaxxed vs. unvaxxed long-term health outcomes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Journal_of_Vaccine_Theory,_Practice,_and_Research
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Jewish Students Traumatised as Bus Attacked in Antisemitic Incident in London
No description of the attackers? 🤨
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Paying voluntary National Insurance contributions - ridiculous processing time
Do you mean you're eligible for class 2 for past gaps or for future contributions as well. The Gov recently abolished class 2 so must pay class 3 now...currently about 900 GBP per year. 🤔
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The annoyance of the ++ prices
In the vast majority of Bangkok pubs I go to, the advertised / menu price is what you pay. The only place I remember that pulls that crap is the Irish bar at the end of KSR whereas all the British / Irish pubs I go to on Suk don't.
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Quality sofa in Bangkok, maybe built in Bangkok - where to get one?
The missus saw similar sofas available on some 'TikTok Shops' for 10-20k. The construction looked sturdy from the pictures but we didn't buy one in the end. It's one way to go if you want to save a significant amount but better to have a Thai wife / friend contact them re the quality.
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Thailand’s female CEOs soar but the gender equality gap remains
The 'Gender Pay Gap' is the most stupid statistic in the universe. It simply adds up what men earn, adds up what women earn then compares them. It doesn't even take into consideration the of type of job or level of seniority.
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2024)
I was strangely intrigued as I watched S1. It's like a sandwich with all the wrong ingredients that somehow hits your tastebuds in a delicious way. The acting is terrible and the story is hackneyed and predictable but, like the sandwich, it just works. Also, I like the bird with big tits 😀 Thanks for the heads up on S2 as I didn't know it had started yet
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2024)
..and the opposite can be true
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Which actor or actress from the golden age of cinema do you miss the most?
Kenneth Williams & the rest of the 'Carry On' team. We'll never see such a diverse range of interesting characters again 😇
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Army Veteran Least Involved in UK Plymouth Riots still gets 1 years Jail
This is the beginning of the end. Say goodbye to your freedom to criticize the government. Welcome to China v2
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Men dominating 'Women's Sports @ Paris Olympics'
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Musk Calls Humza Yousaf "super racist against white people. I dare that scumbag to sue me"
Any complaints about his comments on Israel-Palestine? www.holyrood.com How about ignoring officials' advice and 'donating' 250k GBP to UNRWA, the day before his wife's parents were evacuated from Gaza? Sky News UK
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Musk Calls Humza Yousaf "super racist against white people. I dare that scumbag to sue me"
Strange how Humza Yousef is constantly bleating about the oppression of muslims (mostly himself) in the UK but not a peep about the horrendous treatment of Christians in Pakistan. Persecution of Christians in Pakistan
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Labour Councillor Ricky Jones Arrested on Suspicion of "encouraging murder" at Protest
He's been charged with 'encouraging violent disorder'...quite a step down from 'encouraging murder' 🤔 Sky News UK
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First Crown Court Sentences Handed Down in UK Riots Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Do you mean Sir David Attenborough and Steven Hawking?
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Criticism Following Robert Jenrick's Remarks on Arresting Individuals Chanting Allahu Akba
Christians arrested, and convicted, for praying silently in their own head but screaming 'Allahu Akbar' is racist...welcome to the multicultural UK in 2024. BTW saying ‘Allahu Akbar’ in quiet prayer is perfectly acceptable but when groups of young Muslim men are screaming it on the streets...it's a warcry.
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Price of beer in Bangkok
Plenty of British / Irish theme pubs on Sukhumvit that do pints of Chang, Tiger, Asahi and the like for 100B a pint during happy hour; great cheap food as well. I suspect that the OP was in one of the shadier establishments but one can still get 24h, 100B draught beers in some of those bars.
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/TV & FilmUK TV Sitcom Quiz: 1960-1980
I just completed this quiz. My Score 100/100 My Time 35 seconds
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Woke Olympics proves the world really has gone (lady)Ga Ga.
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