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    Diary of a farang in Isaan

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    Mr ALFHUY...

     

    I presume that your nom de Visa refers to that lovely Belgian town on the Meuse...I spent a wonderful summer exploring the Meuse and the Moselle..

     

    It was the presence of German cavalry in Huy in August 1914 which alerted General Lanrezac of the French 5th Army to a potential catastrophe on his left flank and so prepared him for precipitous retreat-a retreat against all odds-which 4 years later secured for us the victory.

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    Is Clonazepam Available Over The Counter In Thailand?

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    40 minutes ago, Mister Fixit said:

     

    Xanax is just the brand name for clonazepam,

    Xanax is a brand name of the generic benzo ALPRAZOLAM

     

    Whereas the generic Benzodiazepne CLONAZEPAM is marketed as Rivotril and Paxam in Australia along with other brand names in Canada and the US.

     

    Please do not confuse the two as they have markedly different potency and half lives-and,as always,consult your doctor.

    books written well over 100 years ago

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    1 minute ago, Denim said:

    Talking of Daniel Defoe , his book : Journal of a Plague Year , is not only an excellent read it is very topical considering our current situation.

    Agreed-and Camus too.

     

    I had a fun time a few months ago reading Alexandre Dumas' 'The Three Musketeers'..beautifully written with such verve and panache!

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    books written well over 100 years ago

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    One must remember that most of the major "blockbusters" of the 19th century..Thackeray,Trollope,Dickens etc were written for weekly or monthly serialization in magazines..spinning the yarn along benefited everyone...

    The great Polish novel 'With Fire and Sword (3 volumes) by Henryk Sienkiewicz was published the same way.

     

    By the way 'The Voyage of the Beagle' is still a great read..Darwin was not forced to  hang around his computer all day waiting for some response from Reddit..comparing it to 'BuckyBeavor and the Autobots.'

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    Interest in moving out of Thailand takes Internet by storm

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    13 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

    In that, maybe not totally representative sample, not a single one would ever return to Thailand.

    Your numbers seem to reflect my experience in OZ perhaps with the caveat that some go back for holidays but always seem to return.

     

    They DO seem to be entranced by the change of the seasons tho' ,admittedly ,I live in a temperate part of the country.

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    Diary of a farang in Isaan

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    26 minutes ago, FarFlungFalang said:

    The Great Dunny Paper Shortage of 2020 I remember it well.

    Yeah man..it was heavy man..all the millennials suddenly decided to vacate the internet for 57 seconds and take a dump whilst their Gen Xer parents commenced to dial for the Prozac man...

    A true crisis in which Western civilization disappeared down the boghole..

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    Diary of a farang in Isaan

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    6 hours ago, bluesofa said:

    Well if Owl wasn't so irresponsible to get a holiday we wouldn't be discussing this now. Pretty good side-track of mine though....

    The wonders of social media...we went from Rumak's stirring "Give me liberty or give me death!" to 'Coronation Street' in only a couple of posts.

     

    I refrain from commenting on Jason and Kylie and hope that Old Badger emerges from his burrow soon...

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    Diary of a farang in Isaan

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    1 hour ago, rumak said:

    Saint Rumak ......... I like the sound of that

    All I can say my friend is that if the mods have to sacrifice you along with the much persecuted St Owl of Under-carp I shall at least salute your passing with an emoji..

    Will this one do?

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    "Play the man Master Owl for today we post such a post that has never before been published in Thailand."

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    The year long Phony War is over - unless you’re a pandemic denier

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    8 minutes ago, canthai55 said:
    11 hours ago, DJBenz said:

     

    The right to freedom of expression is enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

    And so it is...

    Has this provision been used to test the ability of private media platforms to monitor and censor inappropriate content on their sites as established by their rules to which we all agree to abide by?Has the law been changed thereby?

     

    There is not a single poster on this site that does not agree to the conditions established by the owners of the site and nowhere does it mention untrammeled/unrestricted freedom of expression.

     

    Personally I think that the forum does a pretty good job in walking a bit of a tightrope and long may it continue to exist...

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    Diary of a farang in Isaan

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    30 minutes ago, rumak said:

     

    are they blocked same as Pornhub ?      is that what you mean by "at hand" ?

    I didn't know that Pornhub does Foxe's 'Booke of Martyrs' these days however you are becoming quite inventive in your sundry posts so I can certainly see a place for it as hagiography.

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    Diary of a farang in Isaan

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    4 hours ago, rumak said:

    Best to all you vacationers.  Life still goes on through all the attempts to control us.  Please write to me at   cell 13 , Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagere      

    and censored   censored   censored    .     ah, good old auto delete .

    But..help is at hand-have you tried the Samaritans?

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    Diary of a farang in Isaan

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    3 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

    Ody I paint with a roller which I find much more efficient when it comes to broadness.I ask myself why did god create Australians?To make the Irish look intelligent.

    Wow...Aussies and Irish too...????????

     

    All I can say is that you have hidden your light rather well under that bushel..

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