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Purdey

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  1. I don't keep pets in the house but one cat wanders in, let's me hold it and scratch it behind the ears. Enough for me
  2. Thank goodness he couldn't get his hands on guns.
  3. I didn't get the feeling he hates Trump. Criticism isn't hate.
  4. First, teach them to read and write.
  5. I find it more convenient to pay fines through the ATM rather than wait. I have seen one person told he can't renew his license without paying outstanding fines.
  6. That's not what I wrote.
  7. Very sharp photo. It seems CCTV photos are never this clear.
  8. People repeating what the popular media wrote seems to be what he is pointing at.
  9. Doomed! Doomed I tell ye!
  10. Many middle-class Thais have been saving money in banks that offer almost no interest, and it looks like their savings will decline as inflation surpasses interest rates (depending on ow much the government wants interest to go down). Without pensions here (except government employees), how are people supposed to save for retirement? Encouraging more debt through low interest loans will do more to hurt than help. If they want to lower lending rates, the least they can do is offer some kind of saving scheme with better, and low risk, returns for ordinary people.
  11. Just join ASEAN Now and there are many people here willing to tell sordid tales about Pattaya.
  12. Always thought that it was polite for an outgoing president to not make decisions that the incoming president should decide on.
  13. There may be a clue in Chinese language signs at building sites I suppose.
  14. I remember when Red Horse was first sold. Thais said it was "dirty" because it gave them headaches the next morning. The brewmaster at Thai Bev told me they didn't realize it was 7% and knocked it back like Singha Light.
  15. I am interested in how narcotics suppression works. Do you just try to kill or capture the people who make and distribute drugs (in every increasing numbers), or do you find out why people take drugs in the first place? We know truck drivers take them to stay awake on long shifts that don't allow them rest. No different from the allied soldiers in World War Two who were issued benzies to stay awake longer. It would end with restriction on how many hours you are allowed to drive. Poor people take drugs because their lives are so dead-end that they have no hope. Perhaps the government could do some research into the reasons people take drugs and attack the problem at source.

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