George Aylesham

6 hours ago, Baron Samedi said:

Discriminating against foreigners + rigging the free market economy.

If the do that, I will boycott the country and leave for another SE asian country.

I'm getting tired of that dual price BS.

Fxck'em.

I wonder whether internet agencies such as Booking com or Agoda will be prepared to go along with this?

Where can we get the second booster shot in Chiang Mai?

17 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Jesus in a fit of righteous  anger drove the money changers out of the temple

I always think of this picture when I see an ATM in a monastery. Although the peaceloving Buddha wouldn't bring out a whip, he would certainly have orally chastised them.

6 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

He is not the angry white man that scares me. He does not paint himself orange. This guy I would like to buy a few beers for.

Me too

6 hours ago, ozimoron said:

This guy is the antithesis of an angry white man. The video should be required watching in schools as a prelude to critical thinking.

 

Just like him, I get angered by the bigots who coin terms like "woke" to attack people like this guy who are enlightened.

too - he's angry for all the right reasons. and I'm proudly woke.

Perhaps Pence, as a Republican politician, should have a quick glance at the figures on what the US voter actually wants - and its not stricter aborton laws.

16 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

If I get a boat to Thailand and enter Thailand illegally and stay in Thailand without a visa and ask Thailand to grant me permeant residency as well as food, money and accommodation and a work visa  .

   I trust that you would fully support me in my quest for a better life ?

But Thailand, with an aging population, is crying out for more immigrants - one of the reasons why Thailand has just agreed with Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia to ease the entry rules. ( and of course Britain has similar problems - just ask any fruit farmer or NHS hospital manager.)

8 hours ago, actonion said:

The only airline in the region to offer  premium economy ? The  region being Asia , what about Eva AIr  they do premium economy 

Just now, George Aylesham said:

But I love the geckos - they gobble up all the mozzies trying to give me Malaria, Dengue, Zika et al.

And ANA - they are superb.

8 hours ago, Excel said:

but without the geckos ????

But I love the geckos - they gobble up all the mozzies trying to give me Malaria, Dengue, Zika et al.

5 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Don't know about Thailand, but in the UK many trash bins were removed due to religion of peace terrorism issues ! 

The moment the terrorism issue arose the French replaced their waste bins with transparent plastic(!) ones.

3 minutes ago, Harveyboy said:

time and place for everything...and its not at our Queens special day ..

these louts have no respect vermin 

Yes, But HM wasn't even there.

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

It is very disheartening. Nothing is being done about the killings. The dems are cowed by the progressives, and the Republicans lack any sort of moral compass, and are owned by the NRA, and the orange one, and are stuck in an 18th century mindset. We deserve our guns! We need our guns! You can't take away our guns! Nothing wrong with having a few guns in the house. But, there is something very, very wrong, when an insane 18 year old can easily buy assault rifles and 350 rounds of ammunition and walk right into a school and take out more people than have been mass murdered in many nations combined for decades, in one day. And there is something infinitely more wrong with America when nobody has to guts to do anything about it. 

 

The US is a very sick, demented, twisted, confused, and morally bankrupt culture. It is a nation in rapid decline. It is not even a pale shadow of what it used to be. I am infinitely disappointed in my country. They could do so much better. 

 

According to the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit that tracks shootings in the US, there have been 214 mass shootings in 2022 alone.

 

The United States has far more lax firearm laws and policies compared to other countries — the federal right to own a firearm is even baked into the United States' constitution via the Second Amendment. 

 

https://www.insider.com/number-of-mass-shootingsin-america-this-year-2022-5

Anyone for holidays in the USA - don't forget to pack your bulletproof vest.

Happens in Europe too - remember the collapse of part of the new terminal building 2E at Charles De Gaulle Airport in 2004, killing two passengers? And there was no bad weather - simply poor design/engineering.

A little bit when other residents don't return the caddies back to reception after use. If that's the full extent of my discontent, I reckon I'm pretty lucky and happy in my condo.

"Some of us have and will always be in love with the country no matter what!"

Certainly me, first came to BKK in1974 and happily living in Chiang Mai since 2015.

3 hours ago, BostonRob2 said:

Super!

 

Rooster

Shows my age - I can remember seeing Perrin's boss saying that.

A Brit friend of mine has successfully furnished his entire new home with good quality furniture from Ban Tawan over the past three weeks.

4 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

My sentiments exactly.

Well said.

Rooster, I loved your list of rebukes qualifying the British PM. One of the best came from the ex-PM of Finland "only in brexit la la land Boris Johnson is seen as Putin's leading opposition"