jts-khorat

You do realize that he is part of the billionaire group, and of similar mind as them? The cognitive dissonance is mind-boggling.

It is quite often that Thais have the attention span of a fly, especially if the problemas are not directly their own, or you start coming around with numbers and facts. I do not even mean this derogatory or desparaging, it is just a simple fact of life here. I would simply remind her calmly, what you told her previously. If she is a scammer, she will start a fight, if she is just "confused" and inattentive she will back down. In the end you need to know how much to invest in Thailand -- namely exactly what you can walk away from at any time of your choosing (and this is not just good advice about relationships, but having a business here in general).

I sincerely do hope death was not more than once or twice the reason for your bad dream... 😆

How could this post have gotten a downvote? Somebody knows better than the natives? What is wrong with the "German meal" in the picture: Mystery ham (instead of real cooked one showing lumps of meat), a laughable mini-Schnitzel with bad crust (not welling and the meat obviously not hammered), nasty mashed potatoes (not creamy), lumpy home fries with some mystery green which has been cooked with them (instead of the potatoes being evenly thick slices, so they brown properly without some being just cooked), a mini meatball (you can see it even in the photo that it is of too hard consistence) and a red sausage (instead of a white Bratwurst), all mixed in some mystery red oily liquid on the bottom of the plate. I have written in parenthesis, what I as a German would think about the individual components on this plate. That they would never be eaten in such an ensemble in germany is, I hope, self-explanatory. It is not often that I have seen such an abhorrend mockery of a restaurant dish, it seems an intentionally disgusting assortment of food.

Even cheaper, drive a sea mine on a pickup truck to the beach, let it into the water and go with the current. Repeat a thousand times. This is really low-tech asymmetric warfare, and extremely effective -- you do not even need a ship to hit one of those mines, only the insurance premiums going through the roof! This is a kind of warfare you can do nothing against with jets in the air or a aircraft carrier around, this needs boots on the ground to control. Welcome Americans to your next Afghanistan (or something even more costly)... you seemingly voted for it.

Let me tell you as a native German... this is NOT a German breakfast. Disgusting! The only warm thing in a German breakfast might be boiled eggs. Sliced bread and butter, more likely marmelade or honey than cold ham or salami to put on it. Croissants or other similar pastries. Definitely a can of coffee. Nobody in Germany would ever eat such a thing as in the photo, but of course, tourists don't know.

You mean Germany, the economic superpower and second-biggest weapons exporter on the planet? Let's hope that Iran is not similarly boxed in, as learning Farsi for doing business is not an easy language...

Only minutes after I wrote this, Trump's most-beloved friends in Russia have this to say: "The enrichment of nuclear material — and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue," Dmitry Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, said in a Sunday X post. "A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads," Medvedev said. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russian-leader-claims-multiple-countries-prepped-provide-iran-nuclear-weapons-following-us-strikes Oops!

It would be not a very surprising occurance to me, if Iran and Russia would start exchanging more than drone technology. The material needed to build a nuke is not more than a shipping container full, and the regime in Tehran knows now for certain that it is a question of literal survival to get a nuke as fast as possible and at any price. War as the only "diplomatic" tool is a very short-sighted and limited tool and both the Iran and the USA have put themselves into the same primitive corner.

It actually only has two...

This is, if more than one bomb can be put exactly in the hole the first bomb opened. More critical: the bomb needs to actually work as advertised. It would not be the first time, that an aggressive regime like the US believed in their own propaganda a bit too much. Wars are really expensive. If the tariffs will not already crack the US economy, this one surely will.

Where is the confused emoji?! Bring it back!!

As Sheryl has already said, this is not really a very large stone. I had one of slightly larger size, it was broken up by lithotripsy and I had to stay stationary at the hospital for two days to pass the first broken up fragments and to see in a follow-up that the break-up was successful. Actually the most painful action in the whole process was the pulling of the catheter. The whole procedure was done in Germany though.

Very definitely ringworm, as the first poster stated, a fungal infection. My daughter, who swims often, has the same one, likely from infected water in the pool. It is essentially harmless, but can spread if unattended. It is actually the same or of the same family as athlete's foot, so if you have an infection between your toes, I would cure it with the same method: antifungal creme (you can get these over the counter), and if the skin is very rough or even already broken up, a zinc creme to prevent secondary bacterial infections. It can take a number of days, maybe two weeks, for symptoms to recede, so apply daily until you see an effect.

It even says right beside the post, where I am located at. But nice try, bringing now Arabs into the discussion. You Americans are really obsessed.

... just waiting, until Americans are prohibited large parts of Asia. Might put some on this forum into a bit of a pickle.

You really are juxtaposing jaded male trust fund babies picking up easy women on the beach with a hard-working family man passionate in his cultural roots? I would say the lower picture shows a reprehensible degradation of morals, which led directly to the unfortunate situation the USA is in right now. 😁

Indeed I find it very telling, that the Americans as a whole are now that uneducated, that they are seemingly not even able to implement fascism proper. It is all just words, and chaos, with partisan camps jeering for the burning down of the other. For those who were too stupid to get the idea themselves: instead of slogans, a proper civil war would be surely really, really, really helpful to put some strength behind your arguments. "Discuss". 😆

Actually, if I could pick, I would choose all of the above, just three times more of it. It is amazing, how blind and easily led the average American is. I find it delightful to see, how the American public is split right in the middle, moving towards destroying their own economy, and in the process, loosing all undue political might around the globe, especially in Europe. The faster the USA now self-destructs, the better. And I say that in the surety, that a really large number of Americans themselves will cheer the flames on, depending on which side the fire breaks out first.

Right. 🤪

Does nobody see that the sales woman at the counter is completely ignoring the man, first as he tries to order a water (in Thai), then as he tries to pay for it? She even walks away and shows him her back as he pulls out the money. It is then that he empties the bottle into the pot, obviously quite triggered by this.

If you re-read my post, I am not beating up on the Americans for the deaths in WW2 -- but for all the deaths that followed in their many, many undeclared wars all over the planet. It seems, that specifically the USA has not learned the lesson of WW2, literally killing millions since then (the majority civilians). Now they are preaching to the world as if they are morality and wisdom incarnated, while they have a president implementing the Nazi playbook action for action just as I write this. Just today the news that Trump wants to suspend the habeas corpus; we just need to wait what will be their version of the "invasion of Poland": Greenland, Panama, Canada, Gaza... and finally, at the moment, the USA is "just" trying to deport people -- as did Nazi Germany in the beginning, even though neither the UK nor the USA wanted the Jews -- but this is already a slippery slope: will their version of concentration camps be in Guantanamo Cuba, Cecot El Salvador or a more exotic place like Lybia? I believe the world has learned their lessons, but no American has the right to say a single word: right now, they are literally the bad guys.

I am being an ass? Maybe. But you, a citizen of the most bloodthirsty country on the planet within the last 80 years, with dozens of conflicts and wars in this time, should at least be precise -- so what are you? I think we should also reflect on this day, how far the actions of the USA are from the spirit of this special occasion. Im am literally sick hearing holier-than-you Americans preach to us about the horros of war and collateral civilian deaths, while at the same time bombing and incarcerating people as their daily mood dictates. I believe, if Germans should hang their head in shame about historical things, you Americans are standing right beside us on this pillory of shame -- but you seem to not even be aware of it.

The USA is not known to follow international law and declare their wars, not since 1945. They are standing above all laws and rules, has nobody told you? This is why the USA can simultaneously have a president invoking war time emergency powers to deport invaders and strike other nations pre-emptively with economic sanctions (tariffs), while at the same time not being in a state of war. It is grotesque, to use a nice word. Maybe Americans should reflect on that, instead of being moral apostles on a high horse.

Quite the confusing table you posted there, following your comment. Really, Germany caused millions of civilian deaths in China ??! Also quite missing, where are the millions of people the USA killed; are they not worth even a mention??