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A rather bold statement, and not proven in any way, shape, or form! There will be many people like me who enjoy two or three glasses of wine with a meal at night, and that is their total alcohol intake for the day. There are a few times when I won't drink wine with my evening meal at all, but these are few and far between, and I look forward to sampling a good wine, not for the alcohol content per se, but for the "flavours" inherent in it. I drink tea every day, as do millions of people, and they are not addicts, so not quite sure where you are coming from with your post, and I didn't go back in the annals of posting history to find out exactly what the questions were with regards to, "are you an alcoholic", but I am perfectly happy with my wine/alcohol intake as are many of my friends with theirs.

Hardly surprising BTH, when the contract was awarded to a company controlled by a now deceased Mayor of Patong, then re-awarded just a few years later for more "remedial work", which doesn't seem to have lasted long, and it is not surprising given that it was rumoured at the time that there was a fair amount of "skimming" from that budget. And of course you have the total abortion, and dangerous metal grill drainage system on Nanai Road just at the junction with Soi Banzaan, which was supposed to have stopped the drains from being blocked, but that in itself gets blocked and has to be lifted for the diggers to be able to scoop out the muck/soil/sand. Couldn't organise a p!ss up in a brewery comes to mind.

Wow, what a documentary/movie – – riveting and so well made, and quite emotional at the end, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and recommend it. From what I could see on the IMDb info, it cost about $1 million to make and only just about broke even on worldwide takings to date, which surprises me no end, because it is absolutely excellent.

I must thank whoever recommended the documentary, "Platoon: Brothers in Arms", because I thought it was very good indeed and would never have thought that the "film stars" would have put up with so much hard training, muck and filth in order to get the film to seem realistic. Also downloaded the Russell Crowe version of "Robin Hood" and thought it far superior to the Kevin Costner version.

Anyone know the latest on this...........the thread seems to have come to an abrupt end??

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That's the way I look at it, and will probably do the same if I have to, especially when I become older and more decrepit. The old expression, "mutually beneficial" comes into the equation for me, and one has to realise that this old guy probably doesn't think he's the most handsome man or the sharpest catch, but has thought this through and realises that this is an option he should pursue, and provided he keeps an eye on his pennies, and doesn't mistake her care and attention for the oft mis-used word here, "LOVE", then he should be fine. Good luck to them both.

I was about to reply to that post, and agree with what you have said, and I may add that investigation into the minuscule numbers of people who have died after a vaccination, invariably uncovers other root causes. Maybe there is something that we are overlooking here; that the people who fight against vaccination are not just those who believe the conspiracy theories/computer chip/other nonsense about the vaccines, but are just too scared to get vaccinated because they don't like a little pain! They could explain why a lot of them latch onto the conspiracy theories, because it provides cover for their fear of a little pain!

Agree with your statement to a great extent, especially the part about "fuelling vaccine hesitancy", and not only that I read a few posts back that someone was extolling the virtues of Qanon and similar "news" outlets. So IMO, is the question about someone having an opinion and not "attacking" them, or is it about someone who believes in such utter nonsense as, "Pizzagate", paedophile rings and satanic events/worship, and letting them bring such rubbish to the forum? Some may argue that it is a right for them to have that belief/opinion, but where does that end and common sense come into play, because people who believe rubbish like that surely have to be branded as absolute nutters.

Add a new set of gnashers to the list!!!

What a lot of "old cobblers", and if there is a truth everyone in the world must recognise, it is the fact that you have written a load of rubbish with this statement. Quote: What does the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation support? Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. They are a nonprofit org fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world.

Well in that short time he managed to change the shape they played and that paid off. As for OGS, well he had to command the respect of the players in order to get them to work for him, and my opinion has been that he wasn't able to do that.........and two failed spells as a manger at different clubs, didn't help.

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Have also seen those various types of flour in TOPS, much of it from Australia.

Well, Bangla was looking quite healthy last night, with most of the bars open and probably close to being as crowded as it was in a low off season in the past. Viewing the flow of people traffic from my vantage point, the words of a song by Joe Jackson came to mind....... "pretty girls out walking with gorillas in my street", and that may have been a bit of an exaggeration, and it's probably always been like that, but with the scene very quiet over the last almost 2 years, last night brought it home again! The ex-Suzie Wong girls were crowded round the end of Soi Sea Dragon and a few more bars in Sea Dragon were open, including Hangover Bar which attracted about 10 or more students who seemed to be having a good time, and I have to say that some of the girls were very pretty indeed. Bar Funk was packed, as was the music bar, New York, although I'm not sure why that should be, because the band there are good but nowhere near as good as those in Red Hot for example. On that note (pun intended) I didn't bother to go and sing a few songs in Red Hot because I didn't feel in the mood, and not only that, a friend of mine seemed to take a turn for the worse and really wasn't feeling well at all, so I stayed alongside of him for the duration of the evening to make sure he was okay. All of the bars that had been closed previously due to a Covid scare, were now open, so some semblance of normality has returned, although dead on 11 PM, the police, on their motorbikes (about five of them) made a sweep up Bangla to ensure that the bars were closing/closed, and everyone seemed to comply, although I'm led to believe that some drinking goes on behind closed shutters (reminds me of another song, "no one knows what goes on behind closed doors"). I went down the little Soi in where once stood my favourite Italian restaurant, Salute, but it was all closed up and looked so sad and a little dilapidated. Whereas the fondue restaurant (Swiss?) just inside the entrance to the Soi has reopened and had a few customers in it, and looked very clean and new, and just a little further down there was a "Backpackers Inn" bar which seemed very large and I think it was where previously an Indian restaurant stood, and just along from that what used to be, "The Island Bar and Restaurant" is still closed and for sale, and has been for quite a number of years, and certainly looked a lot worse for wear. Not an eventful night out, but one which took me out of my apartment and allowed me to catch up with a few friends, so it was well worthwhile.

IMO all of them look lovely!!!!

I'm not saying I agree with such things, however there is another aspect to this, in as much as number plates like this and other rarities in whatever field, can be seen as a good investment for the future, as well as status symbols for those who can afford it.

In my opinion it's probably the best thing to do for the man and the club, and probably the right time to after a couple of wins and a draw. On the one hand you could say that as the "stand in" coach his results were great, but let's not forget that he was part of the OGS management team, and that was pretty much a disaster. Also it gives the new manager, whether it be this caretaker one, or another one, free rein to bring in his own staff and not be shackled by any allegiances or decisions of the past – – a clean sweep if you like, and it's what United have needed in that department for a while, and now let's hope that they do it with the players that are surplus to requirements. I wish him all the very best in whatever he decides to do, because he was a top player and a great club man.

Ah, got it now. Duh!

For me........an average movie, and none of the above "cut the mustard" for me.

That's not a bad thing, because a lot of the cheaper Bordeaux here are pretty average, whereas I have never had a bad Rioja here, and anyway the Temperanillo grape, along with Grenache and perhaps Carignan added, can make a lovely wine. At one time in my wine drinking life, Rioja was a major player, and I remember acquiring a case of Frederico Paternina 1964 Gran Reserva, and it was wonderful, and as much as 18 years later, I was offered a fantastic price for the two remaining bottles I had, from a restaurant owner in Adelaide. As I wasn't going back to Australia (I lived in NZ then) it seemed a difficult task to send them over, so I drank them!!

On that note, and on the advice of a friend who recommended that I watch the original movie, "The Third Man" I downloaded and watched it. I did so because he said it was one of the best movies ever made and also because it starred Orson Welles, so I waited with bated breath to see it......and I was very disappointed, but then again I should have expected that; the sets/backdrops were all done in a studio and were pretty amateurish, as were the scenes where three guys were driving in a jeep, and, and........... Thinking about it, I knew there was a reason that I didn't download movies that were made any earlier than the mid/early 60s, because I've encountered this before and have also been disappointed. Lesson learned.

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It seems like we have similar tastes with regards to our Chardonnays, because I too like the bigger, oaky Chardonnays that New Zealand can produce, although they did go over the top in the 80s producing some hugely oaked Chardonnays, in particular the Morton Estate Black Label Chardonnay, which was a bit like drinking wine through oak chips! I also like those that have had a malolactic fermentation, giving the wine a "buttery" flavour, so that, along with some oak is a perfect Chardonnay for me, and you may be interested in the following...... JamesSuckling.com Our top pick from New Zealand was also our No. 1 globally: the Kumeu River Chardonnay Kumeu Maté’s Vineyard 2020. Unfortunately you won't be able to buy any of this because it's been sold out and was selling for about NZ$95 a bottle!!!! However earlier on I was very keen on the Brakjovich Estate wines, and got Michael Brakjovich to present at one of my American Express functions in NZ, and also liaised with him and his family on a few promotions we did, and very nice man he is too. I have never been able to get on with the New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs because I found them too acidic, however there were a couple I tasted from Marlborough which were a sort of cross between a Sauvignon Blanc and a Riesling and were very palatable indeed. PS. For what it's worth, I really don't drink any white wine these days, and the last time I had a little snifter was with a sweet Muscatel from Spain, which I quite liked as an after-dinner tipple

I watched that last night and enjoyed it, despite it seemingly "bombing" upon release, although it has an IMDb rating of around 7.7. The jousting scenes at the end must have taken a lot of work, because they were so realistic. I would much rather watch something like this, which had some glorious settings in it, than the Marvel-type rubbish which seems to be prevalent these days.