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8 hours ago, webfact said:

The exact location for the Carrier Strike Group's West Pacific exercises remains confidential. It is speculated they may occur near the South China Sea,

Quelle surprise!

We had a house burglary once 2 or 3 years ago (no cameras - since installed). Police were pleasant and helpful, particularly after my b/f made a donation to the social club. They had a fair idea who it was - doing the rounds, yet again - and they turned up with him at our house 3 or 4 days later for a reenactment. Salutes all round at the end, and the English-speaking one gave me his phone no. to call if any problems in future.

Can't complain.

Thai culture loves complexity and ambiguity ie lots of wriggle room. So why clarify things?

14 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

I wonder who has killed more gay Palestinians, the Palestinians or the Israelis... 🤔

Not many gay Palestinians in Gaza or West Bank. Mostly in Haifa.

I gather there are more firearms per capita in Thailand than in Usofa ...

2 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

If you weren't having sex with your partner, would they still be in a relationship or would they be just good friends ?

   Isn't having sex the difference between being friends and being in a relationship ?

Not really much point in being in a relationship if you are both celibate . You would be just friends then 

Lots of middle-aged and elderly couples might have a different view, I think. Sexual activity tends to diminish in most - but not all - people with age, so sexless marriages are quite common. But they're still more than friends, a couple who sleep together and enjoy a cuddle on a cold winter's night ...

Just now, Goat said:

How old was this boy?

22

Well at least here they don't need the government to broadcast (as I gather they do in the UK in hot weather) messages for old people reminding them to turn off the heater.

I didn't 'come out' to the world - as opposed to my closest friends (all 'straight') - until I was 62 and had just fallen in love with my Thai Khmer boy to whom I have now been officially 'partnered' for 10 years. Everyone to whom (in Canberra) I announced the glad tidings behaved as though (yawn) they had 'known' since forever. All fine. But they didn't feel the need to talk about it.

When I finally took my boy to Canberra for a few months to meet everyone and to live (we thought permanently), he was overwhelmed by how warm everyone was. And everyone wanted to meet him. Middle-aged beautifully dressed dowagers at evening gatherings would kiss him on both cheeks. If you could have seen through his darkish skin he would have been blushing as well as giggling ...

Stalling action revving up.

5 hours ago, Srikcir said:

The Senate has 250 members of which only 200 will be available for "replacement." Who are the 50 "untouchables?"

My understanding (but I - or anyone else - may be wrong) is that the new Senate will be only 200 seats, not 250.

The basic problem in all of this is that, to change the Constitution, you have to use the provisions of the current Constitution as devised by the fascist puppets. If you want to maintain the façade of law-obeying conformity, you don't have any other way of attempting to move forward. In other words, your feet are stuck in glue before you even begin.

Yes, laughable really. And has that common Thai characteristic: Complicated to the nth degree.

The thing about complexity - as for example in the drafting and interpreting of Thai laws - is that it gives the stringpullers and the lawbreakers wriggle room.

Why isn't this item entitled "US Social Security chief ... " so that people can know which country the item relates to before they decide whether to bother or not?

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

the number of straight and clean people in the RTP could probably be counted on one hand.

Well, here in south Surin I can vouch that there are some junior officers who aren't corrupt, who do their job as best they can, who resist attempts from further up the chain to increase the income from fines,  and who are polite and helpful to deal with. And no doubt there are plenty of corrupt ones too (helped along by the fact they are paid a wage that you can barely live on) but I haven't encountered any ... unlike the Immigration crew.

1 minute ago, CanadaSam said:

 

Yes, are you worried about your expense for imported spam, or ALL the other stuff you buy that is local?

I'm not worried about it at all. I merely note that people rabbit on about how wunnerful it is when the baht drops against their home currency, apparently ignorant that there is - in slightly slower time - a negative effect too.

Good for Netiwit.

Though I probably don't (in general) approve of draft avoiders, in the case of Thailand with its corruption and the fact that conscription is only for the poor, I agree with his action and respect his courage.

Besides, Thailand doesn't NEED conscription. Just pay the young trainee soldiers a decent wage and treat them as young trainee soldiers not officers' servants & bumboys and you would have more volunteers than you could cope with.

13 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

May it continue and may the baht drop another 20%.

Of course that would mean higher prices in Thailand for all imported goods ...

13 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

How would you feel about men walking around bottomless?

Well I'm homosexual so I might have a different point of view ... but I would think men in just their tighty whities would be fine, showing off their assets (such as they are) at their best. Completely naked would be - in at least 9/10 cases - distinctly unattractive.

1 minute ago, BangkokReady said:

 

You think it would be good for a society for all women to walk around topless?

Um, remind me of the grievous harm it would do.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Doesn't bother me, Americans are so prudish!

I agree, but perhaps 'hypocritical' might be a more apt description.