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Not sure I understand the THEORY of this, let alone the likely corrupt & incompetent putting-into-practice ...

So you have a 'monkey cheek', of whatever size. Even the largest will fill within, let's say, 4 hours in & after a downpour. And then what happens?

57 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

I know this may be less true for more Westernized Thais, but from what I've seen out in the country, birthday celebrations seem to be mostly reserved for very young children and for girlfriends during honeymoon stage of the relationship. Birthday celebrations for men don't seem to be that common. Before anyone jumps all over me, just saying celebrating birthdays doesn't seem to be as widespread a tradition as in the west. OP needs to discuss his expectations with his girlfriend.

 

Yes, no birthdays in my Thai peasant family. Some of them - the older ones - don't even KNOW when their birthday was, let alone remember to celebrate it. The emperor was far away in the old days & there were many rice paddies, so no officialdom to register births. My oldest SIL & oldest BIL are officially twins, but actually 3 years apart. Their parents just didn't get around to registering the 1st birth till the 2nd arrived ...

So the only birthdays celebrated, now, are the children's & mine & b/f's ie kids + source of money.

37 minutes ago, legend49 said:

WE hope its good news for Kingsgate. This issue has killed any prospect of foreign companies ever mining here. I contract with 2 Russian mining companies and Thailand is blacklisted.

Yes, sad really. Thai people get the government they deserve & the government gets the outcomes it deserves.

17 minutes ago, ocddave said:

So he's either a complete idiot, or he thinks everyone else is, I'm going with the former.

I don't think it's an either ... or ... . More of an and ... and ... .

1 hour ago, david555 said:

congratulating the English for “giving us all a great lesson in democracy”

 

Are you kidding …?Seeing the result of your blocked democracy and Dominic. Raab  talking to put the H.O.C. out of power ...Henry VIII is back …,compete loonies …."lesson in democracy" .

 

Anyway just do whatever you like on that Island in the North Sea it is yours ...????

 

 

People believe according to their emotions. They see only what they want to see.

And that applies to everyone on every side of every argument. Rational thinking & openmindedness are rare human qualities.

12 minutes ago, Aforek said:

... it's true that French are big moaners, that's what we say when we speak of ourselves 

Yes, and in many ways an intensely conservative country. Which is why they have to have revolutions from time to time to overthrow a static but no longer tolerable present.

My point related to Singaporeans' putative expectations, not to the actual state of either post-modern democratic Thailand or authoritarian postage-stamp Singapore..

30 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

it's gonna be a hell of a year

Yes, certainly exciting. Somewhere between fun & depression.

1 hour ago, from the home of CC said:

Then you would of thought they would of known of the dangers and precautions, with the singaporeans getting all that info from their government. But here you had 'teachers' that didn't prepare themselves or their students of the possible dangers, sounds like someone dropped the ball considering how many people travel to Thailand and don't get sick (with common sense preparations)... 

Perhaps they thought Thailand would be clean, tidy & well-run like Singapore!

The usual reaction (too late) rather than proactive.

The Singaporeans would NOT have been impressed - they have excellent programs for mosquito control & elimination.

Negotiating skills: How to give your opponent what he/she wants, at least in appearance [remembering that he/she might mostly be after symbolism], whilst getting the substance that you want.

eg YOU can be Deputy Prime Minister and have a lovely office and a you-bute chauffeured car, but I'll make all the decisions, right?

The incompetence on display during the "election" process has been astonishing. Can't even rig the rules to produce a clearly 'favourable' outcome. Corruption breeds incompetence. Incompetence needs corruption.

Still, nothing that a month at Singapore's School of Higher Management couldn't fix. Economical inputs, efficient machinery, effective outputs. That's what endurance requires.

"Give it time!"

How much more would you suggest? always noting that Thailand/Siam was - according to its official ideology - never colonized ...

You can increase the size of the text when you're in Calendar by going to View & then Zoom.

Haven't tried youtube. Hoping for advice here first. Cheers

I have a MacBkAir bought late 2015. Mojave OS. All up to date. For the last 3 or 4 weeks I have been unable to search for anything in my Calendar. Just comes up 'No results'. Probably caused by me (not very technically minded) pressing a wrong button somewhere along the way.

Have tried various fixes, including following the Calendar suggestions that come up when you click on Calendar problems. To no avail.

Grateful for suggestions on how to fix (keep it simple please).

58 minutes ago, stevenl said:

That's the end for him.

Um, I think he thought it might get him more votes from the Conservatives voting public ... humanizing effect.

Probably won't work, but - when you're desperate as well as disparate - worth a try.

And so the 'debate' goes: Some people see nothing good (perhaps because their own circumstances are - for reasons good or bad - not good); some see nothing bad (perhaps because they're doing just fine); and some - very few, it seems - manage to cope with complexity. (Yawn)

Tsk tsk, ASEAN leaders being rude to each other in public! Whatever is the world coming to?

37 minutes ago, kevvy said:

Just heard that the Aus Prime Minister is the second highest paid Prime Minister in the world

 

Is that at current exchange rates or PPP?