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Purdey

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  1. There are illegal drugs, human trafficking, trade in endangered species, human organs, antiquities, and stolen goods and an underground lottery for example. The underground train doesn't count.
  2. I don't think it is easy for Thai women. Having said that, I took my better half to Peru a few years ago and as we had to change planes in the USA, and stay in the airport, she needed a visa. Apparently, the US airports are easy to walk out of even if you are a transit passenger. She had a copy of our marriage certificate, and I wrote a letter for her to show the interviewer at the embassy that while she is a housewife I guaranteed her insurance and any costs. She also had an onward air ticket to show (and return to Thailand). It was all very quick. Let her take along all the documents that others here have suggested and tell her there is no need to be nervous. The staff are very friendly.
  3. Probably fatal beatings by the headmaster.
  4. Sondhi is a man inflamed with jealousy. He tried to bid for a satellite concession years ago and lost to Thaksin. He just bears a grudge that Thaksin proved more successful and hasn't stopped to think if his actions are best for the country.
  5. Just read that Trump says Harris is mentally impaired. Must feel really bad to have lost the last debate to a mentally impaired woman.
  6. Goes to show that moving chairs around doesn't lead to an improvement.
  7. It just makes me wonder how many billions he has that he can live on the pitiful amount he gets as his army pension.
  8. I don't often hear of battery fires starting in ICE cars but no doubt someone will point out there are incidents.
  9. The people polluting the earth, water and sky are the real eco vandals.
  10. Like other journalists before him, he received documents from an inside source. Remember Woodward and Bernstein? The video of the helicopter shooting unarmed civilians and the pilot's response when he learned he had shot up some kids? They shouldn't have been there. No shame at all. Oh, and no assets i.e. spies were killed due to the release of the documents.
  11. Very little sympathy for those who didn't save anything because they though the pension would be enough.
  12. They had 2011 as a lesson learned. They didn't learn.
  13. I remember watching the educational video in English when renewing my licence many years ago and thinking the Thai traffic laws are almost exactly the same as those in the West. It was a long time ago but was a big surprise. Nowadays I watch the Thai language video and see all the people in the room looking at their phones throughout.
  14. An old, hugely obese man like this might have been visiting European hospitals where healthcare is a step or two better than Thailand. He might have been sorting out his foreign income with the new global tax regime in mind. I just can't (don't want to) imagine him in a thong on the French Riviera. Anything but that.
  15. Nice to see intellectual debate about the politics in a country other than the U.S. and the U.K. for a change.
  16. People never define what they mean by traditional values. Could mean anything. What these religious people forget is the original values of Jesus would now be called hard-line Communist before Marx even wrote about it. - gave away free bread and fish to all - said rich people will not go to heaven (camel, eye of needle etc.) - physically assaulted money lenders (bankers) for charging interest
  17. I don't suppose a murderer will ever admit to his murders unless on his deathbed and fearing hell.
  18. If Trump doesn't want people to vote for him via mail then why argue?
  19. So, why do they want cheaper drugs?
  20. Obviously the price is higher within the EU.
  21. They probably can't get anyone to produce for the domestic market due to the small size of the Danish market. Sourcing for low cost medicine from abroad doesn't mean the quality will decline as they would usually have a domestic FDA type of organization to approve medicines after checking them.
  22. Thanks. It appears that since December 2020, Thailand had manipulated its currency. However, they were supposed to manipulate it to be weaker so I guess you are right - unsuccessful manipulation.
  23. I haven't seen evidence that the BOT is manipulating the Baht. What it's not doing is bowing down to government orders.
  24. Crime is down 17%. https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/trump-claimed-cities-like-aurora-are-seeing-the-highest-level-of-criminality-heres-what-the-data-shows
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