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All Russians believe this, true. The Ukrainians don't, they have a different language, alphabet, and history. During the second world war, the Germans invading Ukraine were greeted as liberators. Kyiv surrendered without firing a shot, While the Ukrainians quickly learned there was no difference between a Russian and a German jackboot, it has enabled the Russians ever since to label them as Nazis. War is theft writ large. Ukraine has 25% of the world's chernozems, the richest agricultural soil on the planet. I hope you understand this.

IMO the Kursk incursion has two purposes, to give Putin a propaganda black eye domestically, and divert Russian troops from the Donbas so Ukraine can push forward there again. I'm pretty sure the Ukrainians will withdraw in good order when it suits them. The symbolism is undeniable, Kursk was the scene of the greatest tank battle in history. Humiliating. I disagree Putin did not intend to take all of Ukraine. If that's the case, what was the 50 km long attack column heading for Kyiv all about? You are correct about the size of the Russian economy. It would be a lot larger if it had not had a succession of incompetent governments since 1917. IMO Putin wants everything he can get his hands on. He's a proven kleptomaniac, ask any oligarch. The ones that are still alive, that is.

On average, I'd say my Thai GF and I would have a spat about once every six months, and it will be done and dusted in one hour. OTOH, my Australian wife could sulk for a month.

Tell me what use the launch codes are to Russia if the Ukrainians can simply drain the fuel out of the rockets. The most recent news is that Ukraine is close to Kursk, which is as embarrassing as it gets. Anyone who has dealt with Putin knows he lies like a pig in sh!t, and no agreement with him is worth the paper it is written on. If he gets the Donbas, he will be back for the rest of Ukraine. Count on it. Quite simply, the Ukrainians are fighting for national survival. So are the Russians, but they don't realize it. Probably the Kremlin inner circle does.

The real cowards are those doing character assassination behind the anonymity of a keyboard.

Don't know what your requirements are, I found the White Rose Hotel clean and comfortable, plenty of restaurants nearby. Two blocks walk away from Walking Street. IIRC 700 baht/night.

Oh dear, the weed has got you making spelling errors.

Perhaps you need to cut down on your weed consumption. Statistically, regular users have a one in three chance of becoming paranoid.

I don't own it, because I don't care if someone is gay, colored, trans, or purple with pink spots. It's what they are as a person that interests me. Or doesn't, as the case may be. I suppose pinning that label on me makes you feel holier-than-thou. Pathetic.

That's your opinion, which we know are like a-holes. Sit in judgment on others much?

IIRC I pointed to the burger and said " Leum Ni Mai?" She then looked at the sales slip still in her hand with my change, and realized it was missing. Rang it up, and generated another sales slip, adjusted my change. Perhaps I was wrong pointing at the burger, I don't know. She did not look confused by my Thai. Or maybe she needed a "Kor tawt krap" as well.

Good one, but no.

I would assume every 7/11 has a built-in figure for wastage. Most retail businesses have it built into planning and pricing. If the wastage figure exceeds what is decreed by the bean-counters at head office in one location, that's when the secret shoppers and auditors move in.

Easiest way to preserve a cloth sofa is to cover it with blankets, and get the cat a scratching post.

Yes, the end is nigh........

More likely this will be his debating technique.........

Not homophobic, it's a question. Someone else opened the door.

I think I prefer the term ignore.

So do you like packing fudge, or having it packed for you?

Do you have a criminal record, that you are using the term so often?

I get it. You like big.

Perhaps you have never been passionate about anything, so you don't care. We all are different. IME people who are passionate about something usually achieve far more than those who are not.

I care when someone calls me a golf cheat, when I have played the game honestly for more than 60 years, winning championships fair and square. That poster is on my ignore list. As far as I am concerned, they can <deleted> themselves with the rough end of a pineapple.

Why not? Tell me why I should take sh!t from anybody. I bet you don't.

What thread would you like me to start, just to satisfy you?