John Drake

You're a little too sensitive about these things. To put you at ease, I was referring to the committee. I don't make personal attacks. Or at least I try to avoid them.

Pathetic.

Depends on the state. In Texas, for example, they cannot.

No. The committee just wants to order them from China instead.

I just want my social security check and retirement annuity. Other than that, I don't care what they do.

And you pay them for those privileges.

Buddha with a six-shooter

And you think the price of chicken is high now???

This means Ukraine will need to remove the mines from their ports and waters. Just what the Russians wanted. Let's see if they find a reason to break the agreement and get a military advantage out of it.

Doesn't sound like much of a "landmark deal." More of an "interim agreement."

Generally, I've come to accept things. Otherwise, enjoy the weather, pace of life, ease of seeing a physician, and not being bothered by all the busy-ness of back in the US. Just don't care about most of the troubles. Except three things: 1) insurance 2) waiting in line at the bank 3) when 7, Tops, and Lotus run out of Farmhouse raisin bread (where the hell has it gone to lately, btw?)

Retirement extensions are already in the country. As for the 300 baht, nobody would have noticed at all. It's a trifle, totally insignificant.

They are going to get that insurance money. They've been determined to do so for years. They'll either get it from the entering tourists or make it mandatory for the retirement extensions.

And then make up all the lost revenue through charges and "insurance" for retirement extensions.

Russia had the advantage of being right next to Ukraine. Over 100 miles of ocean separates China from Taiwan. No matter how "overwhelming" that means a lot of ships, landing craft, and troop ships that will be sitting ducks. Western weapons it seems to me have already revealed Russian weapons, on whose designs and manufacture China still largely depends, are junk. Why would the much vaunted hypersonics in China be any better than the Russians, who supposedly were in the lead and whose hypersonic missiles turned out to have a 40 percent failure rate and poor targetting? Again, I don't have any special knowledge in this area other than what I read. But it looks like 30 and 40 year old American Himars are making a shambles out of Russia's vaunted military machine. Won't the same weapons knocking the stuffing out of the Russians have even more of a deadly effect on some Chinese armada that will be zeroed in on from the moment it leaves port?

I've always wondered about this. I have a Non-B as my underlying visa and after many years on a work extension changed it to a retirement extension. So you're saying it is possible to change a Non-B retirement back to work, yes? But the problem is the work permit? What is the difficulty with the work permit?

He cites 13 specific examples from the UK. The rest are from Southeast Asia. No mention of North, Central, or South America or Africa. It's a hysteria laden piece (three exclamations marks at one point), argued in the passive voice.

A month or so ago, I was coming down the stairs at home and thought I smelled a gas leak coming from the kitchen. Leaped down the last flight and ran to the kitchen to find . . . wife preparing durian. Almost broke a leg, but the durian does taste great.

As a Thai citizen, you should contact your political representative in parliament.

Tell it to the author of this article.

This is probably the worst piece yet.

Must have homes built for it. Today, in the US, matchbox houses and MacMansions are constructed for a/c. A power outage and people panic. When I was growing up, houses had high ceilings and there usually was an attic fan available. On a low humidity day, hang some sheets over the window screens and the attic fan cooled things down pretty quickly. In the UK, however, I doubt if anything is built for heat (I don't remember seeing screens on doors or windows there), not even for a day or two. The sun will bake the roof and walls, and if you don't get a downturn in the nightly temps, you'll be broiled. Won't take much to severely damage/kill some people who are completely unused to it.

Wherever that is the case, that's a problem, then. Hope the people there at least have fans. That means a quick heat up the next morning too. Back in my home, which I haven't seen in 10 years, the temperatures have been ranging with highs between 105 F and 111 F for two weeks. At 11 pm last night it was 96 F. Many decades ago, I remember a June night where the temperature read 101 F at midnight. Walking out the front door was like stepping into a blast furnace. Hope the nights at least get cooler wherever that 27 C was. That's about what we get here in Bangkok every night now. Someone not acclimated to it is going to suffer.

This will pop up to 101 F for a few hours at most. The key is avoiding nights where the temps don't give you a chance to recover and stay in the low to mid 80s F. From what I see on the UK weather charts nighttime lows will be in the 60s.

Yes, that is what I have, too. It's a "locked" Bangkok Bank account. I can only access it in person. I must appear at a branch to remove any excess over 800,000 and place in my other regular Bangkok Bank account