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There are still rednecks, the "poorly educated" and gullible who will buy this rubbish.........so he does appeal to certain sector of US citizens. Sad, so very sad.

and why is a turkey involved? I don't think trump is involved in this particular "celebration".....Lol

Thanks Jai Dee and I will investigate that wine at Wine Connection here in Patong, because it's many years since I've actually been to Hua Hin.

I've had more than my fair share of Aussie wine over the years, and a couple of decades ago, or so, an American wine critic called Robert Parker sampled some of the Australian wines with high alcohol content and thought they were brilliant, and gave them great write-ups, and then the high alcohol wines became de rigueur (unfortunately) and along with their tannins can cause headaches. I've had a few 15% ABV Aussie Reds, and they can be a bit harsh on the brain cells, especially as they sometimes can be so delicious/tempting, that one puts away more than one should!!! The everyday drinking Aussie Reds with slightly lower alcohol come from south-east Australia from the Riverland area and this is the main area for the cask wine and cheap drinking plonk, although they can produce some fairly good wines, and "19 Crimes" comes from this area I believe. Many wines mentioned on here already are actually "fruit wines" and that's because they are mixed with fruit juice or fruit, and have to be labelled like this, although Montclair seem to get away with missing this off of their casks and bottles. A basic rule of thumb would suggest that anything below 450 baht a bottle is suspect with regards to fruit wine and someone mentioned a Rhône wine at a good price, which began with the letter "B", however unfortunately that wine is also mixed with fruit juice. If you are drinking wine for the alcohol buzz, then the quality of it matters not, so fruit wine/cask wine/2 L bottles/cooking wine will do, however if one wants to really savour and search the wine for the taste of "blackcurrants, blackberries, black fruits, plums and so on" then one has to pay for the privilege, and that's why I've started moving up the table as regards price on red wine, because I'm getting older and need to spend a bit more on myself.

Sorry to ask again, but what is the name of the shop?? I believe that Bluport is the name of the shopping mall.

Well the interviewer asked what was necessary to end the war and the Israeli spokesperson told them. Hatred or not, the solution is there for all to see, plain and simple, and if Hamas do not agree to surrendering, then they will reap the catastrophic results of the war they started and the death and misery that they have brought upon the Palestinians. That is the way forward irrespective of the degree of hatred between the two nations, that being the case, I sincerely hope that Hamas are wiped out completely and if the poor Palestinians suffer whilst this is being undertaken, then they should look to Hamas to blame, not a country which was attacked by the terrorists. I have said what I believe is a solution.

That is getting too close for comfort but the Scots have a word for trump......"Cockwomble"

It has to stop asap There was an Israeli/government/military spokesman last night on BBC World News, and he was asked about the carnage, and a possible ceasefire or an end to it all, and I liked his reply: – "the war can stop now, after all it was not started by Israel, all Hamas has to do is to surrender and give up their weapons, and it will all be over". Simple really and I fully support his viewpoint.

Thanks again and where can I buy it here in Thailand??

This is so true and both sad and amusing.....................

Hi again SM........message shortly on the way.

That's a good recommendation LC and one which I will seek out as I do like the Primitivo grape and when combined with the sunshine and heat in southern Italy/Sicily, then it should be very much to my liking I suspect. Many thanks.

I have been drinking and collecting wine for over 50 years now, and it has been a hobby of mine for that time, hence the reason I have toured many vineyards in France, a few in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes at the invitation of the vineyard owners. I did contribute to a very large thread here when it was Thai Visa and that went on for many pages, but unfortunately they banned the mention of wine?? Anyway going on what others have said, IMO the "19 Crimes" is a fair bottle amongst the cheaper ones although it's not that cheap these days, and although the Chilean wines are a bit cheaper, and I've tried many of them, I really can't get to grips with their "averageness". Nowadays I buy my wine from importers and get it delivered to my door and my favourite at the moment is an Appassimento from southern Italy, as well as one from Wine Pro, because they are full-bodied, well-made and a huge cut above the average everyday offering. I won't touch any wine with fruit juice in it, or even fruit additives of any description because they give me a headache, so I have resorted to asking restaurants here, which only have the "Mont Clair" type wine, if I can take my own bottle of wine along, and they allow me to, with a 200 baht corkage charge – – fine by me. PS. I regularly consumed almost a bottle of red wine every night up until just recently, now I have cut back to about half a bottle followed by a glass of Portuguese Port! I have also taken to buying the more expensive wines as I reason that at the age of 76, I deserve to drink good wine!

Use Helium gas which is used to blow up balloons. Check in the internet how to do it.......it is my "departing this mortal coil" solution; not messy and painless. Good luck with whatever you decide.

And this is from "Faux News"................enough said!

I needed cheering up today because I went to see old friend of mine who is seriously ill in hospital, only to encounter his two daughters who had flown in from overseas ostensibly to comfort him, but in reality to discover what their inheritances might be, and in the process giving his wife of 25 years so much stress and a really bad time, and so sad to see her under this much pressure. When I got home very late from this, I needed cheering up so I re-watched an old favourite of mine called, "The Greatest Showman" and yet again I was absolutely blown away by the choreography in this movie, not to mention the moving songs and the plot (loose as it may be), and it brought tears of happiness to my eyes, because it is an uplifting movie, and yet again, I fell in love with Zendaya!!

I downloaded and watched a movie called, "The Promise" and I think it was a recommendation from someone else on this thread, but whatever, I enjoyed it. I had no idea about the Armenian genocide by the Turks, so after the movie I did a bit of research and it was truly shocking what happened, yet Turkey refuses to accept responsibility for it. I won't go into more detail because if someone wants to watch it, they will get an idea of my shock and horror at what actually happened. Later on I watched a movie called, "The Autopsy of Jane Doe", mainly because I couldn't remember much about it, but not disappointed, so worth a watch if you haven't seen it before....stars Brian Cox.

Thank you so very much LosLobo........and I thought it was excellent too!!

I have no time at all for Charles or for the other Royal duffers, however I did respect HM the Queen, because she epitomised all that was good and staunch in the British character, especially when it was needed. As for the others – – not worth the paper they're printed on.

Okay, here's a test for you avid movie watchers, because I remember watching this particular movie two or three times in the past, but have lost track of it, and what's worse, I can't remember the name of it!! But if I give you a few clues maybe you can come up with the name............ the movie actually takes place in the cabin of a professor/teacher who is about to leave and go, so there are things being moved out of the cabin whilst the dialogue is going on. The main thing about the dialogue is that this professor claims he has lived forever (reincarnated?) and recalls instances throughout history that actually stump the other folks/professors in the cabin, and he is able to describe some of the instances in great detail. Not only that, his knowledge of the past events is seemingly unchallengeable. At the end of the movie he is at the entrance to his cabin when one of the older professors is about to leave and they have an exchange whereby the guy who claims he has lived forever is able to recall something which touches this older professor and he remembers this particular instance (son perhaps?) but the older guy dies or has a heart attack? It is extremely well acted and very plausible and would love to know the name of it so that I can watch it again and put it in my movie collection. Has anyone any ideas of the name of this particular movie – – another clue would be that it didn't receive "worldwide recognition" and the actors although very good were not the superstars that folks now fawn over. Thank you in advance.

Back down the rabbit hole you go............... Ivermectin is not shown to be effective against Covid-19 in clinical trials according to the findings of a joint University of Oxford and Mahidol University study. The study that was published on the peer-reviewed eLife medical journal found that high doses of the drug ivermectin, controversially recommended by some high-profile political and media figures during the pandemic, is ineffective at treating the virus. Conducted at the Center for Tropical Diseases in Bangkok, the study is part of the ongoing PLATCOV trial the study hoped to assess the antiviral effectiveness of medicines in treating early symptomatic Covid-19 infections. The findings support claims that the drug has little antiviral activity against the virus.

And that doesn't surprise me in the least, because Prince Philip was a racist and Charles is as dumb as a bag of rocks, and his main aim in life was to become a tampon so that he could be very close to Camilla when he was doing the business, yet still married to Princess Diana......... In 1993, the British press published the full transcript of a private conversation between then-Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles in which the two had an intimate and sexual exchange. The conversation was notable for a number of reasons, not least of which because it involved the heir to the throne saying that he would like to “live inside [her] trousers” and joking that he would like to be reincarnated as a tampon, hence the name of the scandal. Charles and his now-wife and queen consort Camilla were both married to other people at the time. The transcript not only confirmed Princess Diana’s claims that Charles had been cheating on her but threw gasoline on Charles and Diana’s already contentious separation.

I watched this (In The Land Of Saints & Sinners) last night and thought it was good, and like your wife, I am a bit of a Liam Neeson fan, so it ticked every box for me. I have to admit there were times when I was struggling to understand what was being said, but in the main all good. Thanks for the recommendation.

It's not far from me!!!

"We're on the road to nowhere.............". Wasn't that by "Talking Heads?".