Marpa47

I second that emotion.

Somewhere it was noted that the famous ancient forum in Rome had _many_ exits and could allow for the entire (many thousands of), number of patrons to exit within minutes. Building such a venue would no doubt be prohibitively expensive in the capitalistic setting, notwithstanding the generous funding and tax abatements provided by an overly fond municipality that is usually forthcoming.. it would or at least might save lives however.

Thank you for making a statement in well balanced good taste. And thank you for the beautiful photos of King Rama IX and Queen Elizabeth II over the years.

Yes. Teflon Don Part II

Yes. Still cringe at the recollection of a beautiful young family, (still safe I hope), pulling out from a parking lot onto a busy highway — dad, mom, two kids — all seated in a row, as pretty a picture as you could imagine, on the family scooter, all with no helmets…

You spent a lot of text on the topic of PIF’s and well done. Here is hoping that your message gets through to the powers that be.

Loving the new format with pictures. Seeing Rooster with family was a treat. Also the impact of the bridge collapse story really sunk in when seeing that actual photo of the damaged structure. Thank you very much for adding these photos in. As always enjoying your posts immensely. Please keep ‘em commin’!

Yeah, I’m just sayin. Seeing as to how some laws are not enforced as strictly or are in flux (and not knowing _how_ or _if_ any current law may be even in existence or in what form the law is, or how strictly upper management _wants_ the laws to be enforced), then things could go either way — more restriction or more easing of already tenuous restrictions. And, with the enthusiastic pressure on the part of the many very vocal proponents of said smoking of said joints, then things could get very… smoky, in many many venues. So, this is hypothetical. But it is a hypotheses that may very well happen, given the impetus from various sectors both in public and governmental as well as private that seem to salivate at the prospect.

Say one is on board a train bound from Thailand to Malaysia, or in a restaurant prior to boarding a plane to Singapore and someone near you is smoking weed. Now, I’ve been given to understand that someone smoking a regular cigarette in a room full of people will result in a blood test for nicotine of the same amount for _everone_ in that room as for the smoker. Does this also apply to smoking maryjane? That would be a real bummer for the innocents who may later get caught up in a test while trying to cross the border wouldn’t it? And just one reason for keeping the smoking of this substance restricted to the privacy of one’s digs.