Odysseus123

5 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Life moves pretty fast, or so I'm told.

How does the saying go?

"When one is young the days go fast but the years go slowly..

When one is old the days go slowly but the years fly past.."

Good ol' Russ,he's doing okay.

15 hours ago, Mr Dome said:

I have a feeling this story hasn't  reached "peak bizarre" yet.

 

He must be the first intruder to actually bring cash to an illegal entry. ????

Well..we will just have to wait and see.....

48 minutes ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

Wrong about Sophistry as defined. Was challenging Absolutist Views. Straight Question. No Deceit.

1 hour ago, LarrySR said:

Fox continues it's relentless attacks on Dr. Faucci in their pandemic misinformation campaign. 

Yes....sadly one has to conclude that Rupert Murdoch is probably the most powerful man on the planet.

It is not the first time that media barons have wielded excessive power..one thinks of Hearst,Northcliffe,Beaverbrook et al in their day but not right across the entire media board on such a grand scale.

Of Alfred Harmsworth,Lord Northcliffe it has been said,"presenting stories as entertainment and by blurring the difference between news and views, Northcliffe titillated, if he did not debouch, the public mind; he polluted, if he did not poison, the wells of knowledge.^[36]

^{Piers Brendon,Wikipedia.}

Sound familiar?

Just now, Odysseus123 said:

Whilst the thread is mainly concentrating (quite rightly) on the exceedingly toxic 'Fox News'..may I put in a plug for it's Antipodean Murdoch stablemate 'Sky News' that plays the same role in Australia along with it's talkback radio affiliates?Australia is very badly served by its loopy right wing media.

20 hours ago, HighPriority said:

Keep your chin up and stay away from the unwashed hoards Ode ????????

Thanks mate!

To be honest I really don't go anywhere nowadays anyway, but it certainly effects my wife's business and those of her friends.

Apparently October 11th is "Liberation Day" but I will believe it when I see it????

7 hours ago, GarryP said:

Definitely can.

My goodness-that is what he was trying to swim across..

On foreign shores..

My Thai wife:Pfizer x 2

Myself:Astra Zeneca x 1-next jab due in November.

5 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Well, men will always be horn dogs, that ain;t gonna change.

Ha ha-love the term.

I can just imagine this scene..

The IO eyeing the aging Expat up and down,noting the wife covered in gold,the Fortuner,the four Isaan kids....

and saying "You have missed your 90 day report..you aintn't nothin' but a horndog!"

I guess that the men will always follow the availability of the women/sexual partners and Thailand has always done rather well with that strategy.Whether it remains the same post-Covid is anyone's guess but I assume that after a slow start all the escapees from their home countries will be rarin' to go.

What happens to them after that only time (and ThaiVisa) will tell...????

1 hour ago, sotonowl said:

Bit like triggers broom

I would imagine so....

They say that Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood would carry acorns about with him and toss them into handy hedgerows as he was concerned at the loss of the oak forests due to over usage.

I think the 'Victory' used 3,600 trees...

A forest of English oaks..????

https://www.google.com/search?q=hms+victory+photo+gallery&rlz=1C1JZAP_enAU902AU902&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=4OWuoL3oJILWLM%2CR4kiSxgyPjJCw