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the 2 Brexit myths - bent bananas and Bangers - that is the only thing Brexiteers ever refer to - hardly a reason to leave the biggest free trade area in the world - but it does sum up the mentality of so many Brexiteers.
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"When it gets better" - Don't make me laugh! It started before 2016 - it was forecast and referred to as "project fear" - only a fool thinks that Brussels told us what to do.
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Brexit - it puts the UK out of trade and 4 to 10% economically worse. The rest of the world is suffering from inflation ,energy crisis etc etc but the UK threw the baby out with the bat water.
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Crossing border into Malaysia with my Motorbike
kwilco replied to banglay's topic in Motorcycles in Thailand
I crossed a few years back in my pickup and it was so quick and easy, I thought I must have got something wrong. I crossed at a beautiful crossing the Wang Prachan border post. I obviously had my passport d/l, insurance, Vehicle documents, the Thai temp export forms etc etc. (you don't need the purple book car passport - that's for entering Laos) To get to the crossing you drive through a national park and depending on Time of day/moth/year it is relatively quiet. We basically were rushed through the border and ended up the other side somewhat bewildered. bought insurance once through the border but my vehicle needed number plates in western script but the office that provided them was closed as it was after 4.30 pm. So we then drove to Padang Pesar where we got fully documented and the number plate stuck on. Then fully documented we set off for Penang. Stopping over=night on the way. one thing that won't affect you on a motorbike is the tinted window rule. I don't have tinted windows but there is a limit on how much tint you can have in Malaysia and they actually measure it on some vehicles - so those with tints make sure they aren't too back. fuel was about half the price of Thailand. -
The title is about impounding Russian yachts - is that political? Russia has fire a rocket into Poland this is NATO territory and the situation with Russia is getting worse - the Russian oligarchs need to be shown they cannot carry on whilst Russia is escalating the war. Russia now accuses Poland of trying to escalate the war - whilst they are being admonished by G19.
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Well Russia has just fired 2 rockets into the EU - thus attacking NATO - I wonder what Thailand - Prayut - thinks of this? It's getting to a point where both India AND China at the G19 (Russia was absent) are getting increasingly unsure about Russia - the country is becoming an international pariah - Thailand needs to do something about this. They picked the wrong side in WW2 and what will they do in WW3? They can start by impounding these super-yachts. and thn expel all Russian citizens (including their MAFIA)
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The evidence is so thin it is really to be ignored. Anecdotal evidence I'm afraid is just a joke - "I have a friend who...." The truth is that the only way that cannabis can be verified is by proper scientific process - e.g. double blind peer reviewed papers and not just one either, There has been some serious evidence that it might have effects on fits/tremors etc - but there simply isn' enough research done. You may have noticed that almost every quack medicine has the same sort of claims - they always claim to relieve pain - the reason for this is that pain is almost completely subjective - it is impossible to measure in any factual way and is also subject to psychological issues and even placebo effects. However the fact that in most of the world cannabis has been illegal for years means that there has in fact been very little research done and that that has is very shallow. There is a massive problem with cannabis and medication and that is that so many people WANT it to be some kind of miracle cure that it is now subject to every quack, hypochondriac and con-man to jump in and claim its efficacy. so-called papers are released that when looked at tun out to be nothing more than wishful thinking r cherrypicking and anecdotal evidence - but the Thai healthcare system which allows both TCM and McDonalds into their premises is a soft target for this kind of poppy-cock.
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I'm a boomer and know you are wrong. What has happened in Thailand is thy couldn't organise a p-up in a brewery. or a high in a hash house. Like most laws in Thailand they are implemented by dictum and totally un-thought out. There is also a lot of confusion between quackery and any social harm. The social damage caused by cannabis compared to alcohol is insignificant but the medical benefits or cannabis are so insignificant as to be worthless yet the government went down the medical path - how daft can you get????
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CC and Engine Power / Torque (Jaimaai's latest dumb question)
kwilco replied to JaiMaai's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
CC as little to do with power. It is the engine's ability to change fuel into ergs that is important. This is usually it's ability to efficiently burn gasoline by mixing it with oxygen. There are characteristics in engines that are considered desirable such as the range of torque. There is also the power to weight ration to consider. European and Japanese cars have always tended to have smaller capacity than US engines yet they perform the US vehicles in almost every way. In the last decade r so almost all car markets have reduced the engine size. I remember a friend of mine thinking about buying a Fiesta in Thailand - the options included a 1.5 litre model and a 1 litre - the old boys kept advising my friend to buy the larger engines - however the smaller engined vehicle has higher horsepower and less weight and better fuel consumption.....coupled with good reiability the choice is a no-brainer.- in many countries they are also in a cheaper tax band -
In the G7, only UK is in recession.... why? Because only UK has BREXIT!
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Thais abroad warned not to buy fresh fruit to bring home
kwilco replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
You've never been to Oz, have you? -
Firstly you clearly don't understand alcohol usage or marijuana use either. Most people who drink alcohol have no idea how it dominates their life and how aggressive it makes tem. You use the classic cliche "social" - this is a state induced by alcohol that reduces inhibitions ( and reactions) it makes people think they are social. It also makes them think they are OK to drive and more likely to argue with people. Cannabis usually makes people very passive, relaxed and sleepy. As for incoherence, just try to speak with a life time drinker - the amount of brain damage shows. e.g. in the compulsion to "natter".
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The issue raised by the OP is discounts and access for disabled - I've never entered a national park with a disabled person so I can't say what the on the ground situation is. However - disabled access as a policy is a rare thing. But mismanagement of the National parks is something that has been going on for decades so I wouldn't hold out much hope. Until about 7 years ago, I was able to "negotiate" my fees on entering national parks, but a few years back they reinforced the 2-tier pricing system and park employees were almost uniformly unable to let you in at "Thai rates". The ridiculous entry fees are in fact just the tip of the iceberg - the National Parks are considered a political backwater by the Thai authorities who even in this day and age have no real understanding of conservation and wildlife issues. "disgruntled" foreigners are in fact one of the few things foreigners can do in this situation - international shaming of the DNP is a valid tool. However it isn't just dual pricing, that is a symptom only, it is the whole raft conservation policies or lack of them that needs exposing