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Thingamabob

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  1. As time has gone by I don't miss England at all. Last visit 5 years ago. Didn't like most of what I saw and left early. The place has changed a lot since I last lived there over 40 years ago, for better or for worse depending on your viewpoint.
  2. I doubt this monkey is any longer in the land of the living.
  3. This is presumably to make sure that any potential visitors find somewhere else to enjoy their holiday.
  4. Correct. The elite are in the business of forever buying property etc abroad. They keep the Baht at the highest rate possible to facilitate this, often defying the trend in international markets. Every so often they get badly caught out, eg 1997/8.
  5. The Thai police will likely get nowhere with this. They are very nervous when dealing with Russians.
  6. The system is that, when you've made enough, you get out to let the next lot in the queue/line take their turn. If you're too greedy, and hang about for too long, you'll get trouble.
  7. '..bagged and readied for its return to nature..' No chance. Pure BS
  8. The Thai police arrested a 56 years old woman who possessed 1 cannabis plant exhibiting, as usual, their astonishing bravery, competence and intelligence.
  9. Been mugged in Manila which was not a good experience. Thailand is safer, cleaner, more interesting and more fun.
  10. Not at all. Simply, in words you may be able to understand, it will take time to fully audit the outcome of the various vaccination programmes. Have a nice day.
  11. The girl "will be back at school by the end of the week". Can't have been that bad then, and I wonder if we are getting the true story. However dog, cat and animal haters generally are having their say.
  12. Impossible to get un-biased info on the vaccines. I've had 2 AZ and 1 Pfizer. No reaction following the jabs apart from feeling a bit knackered but that's hardly abnormal for an old git like myself. There are, however, disturbing reports of some people experiencing fading, and some suffering extreme reactions post-vaccination.
  13. You make a good point. The disillusionment many young Thais today feel when they realize, through the internet, that they've been brought up on BS and lies is very strong.
  14. It was once the case that Thais, and East Asian people generally, were smaller than westerners, but less so these days. A visit to an old Thai house will reveal less headroom in doorways etc.
  15. Not surprising given that you were switching from Marriage to Retirement. Just give her what she asked for.
  16. There are puritanical elements in Thailand who want to kill the nightlife here. Thankfully they appear to be losing, given that many bars and nightclubs are open already.
  17. The laws anywhere are intended to control the poor, not only in Thailand. Just look at the profile of any prison population in any country. Anyway, you got your extension sorted in the end, while skating on thin ice, and well done for that.
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