Lacessit

I've gotten into the habit of a wai. I only wai if a Thai wais me first.

I tap a card in Australia, for 99% of transactions. In Thailand, I use mostly cash, occasional card. I refuse to have anything to do with phones, mainly because IMO there is going to be a massive hack of the system one day. The other thing I notice with phones is how slow the transactions are at a checkout, compared to paying cash or tapping a card. I don't tip in Australia. I tip here with cash, I don't when they want a card.

I don't care, as long as they do not ask me for money.

I have a life. It very occasionally gets interrupted by jerks.

Combining any drugs which have synergy can lead to serious side effects. I use a small dose of kratom twice a week for back pain. About six hours relief. AFAICT there are no deleterious effects.

Isn't it nice you can make remarks anonymously, so you can't be sued for defamation?

You have made far more than 673 posts. Your genius does not extend to reading what's in front of you.

Deal. You get the <deleted> out of Australia, stop making us a nuclear target, and stop asking us to buy your expensive sh!t so we can help you with the wars you regularly get embroiled in.

As an Australian, I understand if Trump returns to the White House in November, no alliance or agreement with America will be worth p!ssing on.

As a kid, I used to go to the local tip and scavenge metals - aluminium, brass, lead. Copper was the most valuable. Bring them home, sort them into wheat bags. Scrap metal dealers paid good money. I bought my first bicycle and first set of golf clubs with the proceeds. Nowadays, what I did is impossible. The OH&S people would haul me away in handcuffs.

I did genuinely confuse Transam with another poster, whose name I can't remember. He used to post large icons of himself singing to a guitar. IIRC he was in the same area as Trans. I can assure you I am not that subtle, as some posters will attest to.

Maybe it's all the sad icons you posted, when you were stalking me.

Given the misfortunes you have suffered in Thailand, if I can inject some humour into your day, I am only too happy to do so.

???? Don't you mean the tax of 10% on the interest earned by your savings would be miniscule?

There are always some gems among the pig flop. GG reminds me of a dotty uncle at our family gatherings, who in his meandering sometimes came out with something worth listening to.

Trump lost the popular vote to Hilary Clinton. He lost the same vote to Biden by 7 million votes. He lost the mid-terms. He lost two defamation cases to the tune of $88 million, one fraud case with a penalty of $360 odd million. He might as well have loser tattooed on his forehead. He still has 91 criminal indictments to answer to. He has alienated the female vote by boasting about Roe vs Wade, disrespected the military, and p!ssed off the unions with a laughably fake rally. He has used campaign funds to pay lawyers, his war chest is half that of Biden's. The big donors have pulled their donations, all he can do is grift small donors. I am curious - what hallucinogen are you taking, that makes you think he is marching towards the White House?

There's a fairly merciless dissection of the arguments Trump's lawyers will probably advance on appeal. Meidas Touch on YouTube, Michael Popok. Perhaps the most striking part of the opinion piece is the assertion Judge Engoron did everything possible in his verdict to negate any grounds for appeal. Another problem Trump has is sending in lawyers who have no experience with the NY legal system. It's like having a grade cricketer opening in a Test match, with Mitchell Johnson bowling.

Simon Cowell in the various "got Talent" shows, Kyle Sandilands and Alan Jones in Australia. No doubt one or two in every country. Oh dear, I nearly forgot "The Apprentice" Plenty of money to be made being a boor, if one is clever about it.

Technically, you are correct. Trump has not been convicted of any crimes - yet. However, being fined $88 million by two juries of his peers in succession for defamation, and $360 million by a judge for fraud, is just the tip of the iceberg. You need to pay attention. If Trump were innocent, he would want all his criminal trials expedited. It's delay, delay, delay, the strategy of his lawyers is obvious to anyone with a few brain cells. Trump knows if he does not win in November, he is going to jail. As Bill Barr said, he's toast. Hence the political election interference BS, which only deranged Trumpers believe. Part of the kool-aid they swallow daily.

Pit bulls are genetically selected and bred to be aggressive. The weaker ones get weeded out in the pits where they fight, hence the name PIT bull. It should come as no surprise they occasionally attack an owner, family friend or complete stranger. It's what they are bred for, and trained to do. IMO anyone who owns a pit bull, owns a lethal weapon. They should get the same penalties under the law as anyone wielding a gun.

My father worked for 40 years in a job he hated, to provide for his family. He was also cheated out of a substantial inheritance by an elder brother, whom he never spoke to again. The most valuable lessons he taught me were to avoid debt like the plague, and don't try to impress people with your possessions. If I wanted something, I had to earn it myself. My observations of his gambling on horses convinced me it was not something I could succeed at. He feared doctors like death itself, a fear that eventually killed him when he ignored symptoms. I feel sorry for him, he never got to do what he said he would have enjoyed. Perhaps that influenced me to find a career I did enjoy. As a role model, I could have had a lot worse, as evidenced by some of the posts on this thread.

When you say " some other hydrocarbon" it's a bit like a report that a body was discovered in the forest by a tramp in a state of advanced decomposition. One has to feel sorry for the tramp. A syntax error. You are probably correct about pickups, although Tesla's Cybertruck is a dismal failure.

Apparently there are quite clear IQ distinctions between imbeciles, idiots, and morons. i don't know where the French cretin fits in.

Who is the President?

Trump started up Truth Social to put his side of the story, after FB and Twitter banned him for various reasons. Musk bought Twitter, rebranded it as X, welcomed Trump back. Truth Social and X are both losing money hand over fist. Musk's investment in X is valued at one-third of what he paid. Google, FB and YouTube are all profitable. What does that tell you, or is it another conspiracy to you?