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Geez, what did your last slave die of?

Fear not, the Masterfoods brand is hot. Certainly hot enough for me, and I consume wasabi regularly. I bought two jars of the Masterfoods on Lazada recently. I'm not sure how Colman's can describe their version as hot, I'd call it vinegary. Weak as.

Every country that has decriminalized drug use has seen a significant fall in crime rates and overdoses. The distinction between legalized drugs and decriminalized drug use means possession and use of small quantities is not a crime under decriminalization, whereas trading larger quantities is. The two terms are often confused. If anything is nuts, it is countries who provide subsidized medical care to smokers and alcoholics.

There will always be vulgar rich people who do not comprehend what they flaunt is obscene. They confuse the trappings of wealth with class. Lady Docker's gold-plated Daimler and the shoes of Imelda Marcos spring to mind.

No, because it's actually " The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." About 40 years ago, I paid USD 250 for a pair of Florsheim shoes in Dallas, Texas. Adjusted for inflation, they would be about USD 820 today. The salesman said they would last me a lifetime, and he was right. They are still with me, in very good condition. Sadly, the bean counters had ruined the brand about ten years later via cost-cutting on materials and outsourcing. A microcosm of what happened to American manufacturing. I get the feeling I am crazy when I respond on most ASEAN threads. I comfort myself with the thought I am not alone.

Yeah, snipers invariably try to pass off their barbs as a joke when they get called out. They remind me of the Flanders and Swann line " Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not."

I fail to see how viewing Putin as anything but a thief, poisoner and war criminal can be regarded as being balanced. Perhaps you have forgotten your most ignorant post, when you stated the war in Ukraine would end immediately if the West stopped supplying weapons to Ukraine. I am not sure if you are a Russian troll, or just morally vacuous. I'll save myself time by putting you on ignore. Goodbye.

Dear me, don't bruise yourself jumping to conclusions. I've traveled the world, mostly on the company dime. Achieved in sport and my chosen profession. Enjoyed the company of many women. Now create videos for YouTube for a fairly sizeable audience. To me, people who smoke and drink are as dumb as a can of soup. Gave up smoking in 1983, enjoy a drink once a week. It's called self-discipline. Your own life must be pretty boring if the best you can do is snipe from the sidelines.

One of the great flaws of social media is gullible people can be taken in by various "experts" simply on the basis of the supposed prestige of the interlocutor. The Romans knew about it over 2000 years ago, they described it as argument ad verecundiam. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram may have opened up new ways of talking to each other, it doesn't mean our critical abilities have improved since Rome ruled the world.

I'm 79. In quite reasonable health, but then I haven't killed my lungs with smoking, or my liver and brain cells with alcohol. 66 is a fair bit below the average life expectancy of 81 for UK males. Perhaps your attitude will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

A smoker is about 5 times more likely to develop COPD than someone who has never smoked. The guy has emphysema as well, 15-20% of smokers will develop emphysema. I don't know whether he is a smoker, although I would say a professional footballer should have healthy lungs during their playing days.

I am not sure Zelensky's statement about joining NATO is a red herring. He probably knows Ukraine joining NATO would be Putin's worst nightmare. I do find it interesting Zelensky is quite prominent in visiting the front lines, or pretty close to them, which is a big morale boost for the Ukrainian troops. In contrast, Putin sticks to Moscow, where he can hold carefully stage-managed rallies and meetings. I guess he knows if he went anywhere near the battlefield, he'd be at risk of getting shot by his own soldiers.

It strikes me Ukraine is fighting with one hand tied behind its back, it is stipulated the weapons supplied by the West cannot be used to attack targets within Russia itself. Although the Ukrainians are causing mayhem on Russian supply lines. Zelensky has stated there will be no negotiation while Putin remains in power. He's more a man of his word than Putin is, which means if the Russians want to get back to normal, Putin will have to be ousted. IMO it is quite reasonable to describe Russia as a failed state.

You are not Putin, so your comment is irrelevant. His history demonstrates quite convincingly the balance of probabilities is tilted very much towards him continuing his aggression. It took the Russians months using the god of war, artillery, to gain Donetsk and Luhansk. The early thrust at Kyiv descended into chaos. 8 months later, the Ukrainians are taking back swathes of territory in weeks or even days. Putin has been forced to order mobilisation because the troops in battle are exhausted, and have no morale left. Russian army logistics are in tatters. If that's not losing the war badly, I don't know what is.

Kidney function is measured by a number of tests of blood and urine. It is actually far cheaper to get these tests done by a pathology laboratory, although I did find urine cytology could only be done at a hospital. As Sheryl says, it depends on what the suspected ailment is.

NATO was actually quite moribund prior to the Ukraine invasion, Putin succeeded in unifying it to the point of having Sweden and Finland applying to join. AFAIK NATO is a defensive organisation only, but Putin would never accept that point of view.

Dealerships make more money out of servicing than a new car sale, and charge considerably more than independent mechanics. I have my vehicle serviced on the basis of kilometres driven, once a year is quite enough, although I usually rack up enough km's to make a time basis redundant.

I would put the first sentence of your post up as the most egregious nonsense I have seen in a long time. You think Putin would stop and play nice? I suggest you check out what happened when Chamberlain got "peace in our time" with Hitler. Putin is no different.

Putin has stated repeatedly the fall of the Soviet Union was the worst thing that has happened to Russia, and that he wants to create the SU all over again. That's not a buffer zone, that's subjugating other nations. Russia was doing quite well before Putin's brain fart. He was probably close to the richest man in the world, thanks to Russian exports of oil and gas to an energy-hungry Europe. That is all gone now. Like all kleptomaniacs, there cannot be enough money and land for Putin.

One plausible solution is to place a reward of 1 billion US dollars on Putin's head. All it takes is one Russian general to lead a column of tanks to the Kremlin. That level of reward would stimulate quite a lot of thought among the military. Putin is getting rid of quite a few oligarchs, for all the generals know they could be next.

He has no thoughts for his own nation either. Sending young untrained conscripts to be cannon fodder shows how desperate Putin has become to ensure his own survival. What has he got to show for 8 months of war? A ruined economy, a pariah nation, a discredited army. The nations who bought military equipment from Russia are watching it get slaughtered in battle. Although Putin may give the order to use a nuke, it still has to be executed by the military. I suspect those responsible for actual use will be thinking hard about their survival too.

Charoen Prathet Road and Lamphun road at Nong Hoi are flooded.

Are you familiar with the term "Dorothy Dixer"? That's how significant Question Time in most parliaments has become. When you say there's very little debate or communication between the two sides, what proof do you have? My impression is one of constant wheeling and dealing to pass legislation.

Trump won't shut up and fade away. Not even if he gets locked up. There is a simple reason for that, his contributions from the mouth-breathers and knuckle-draggers would dry up if he did. Nobody knows whether Trump is the billionaire he claims to be, or flat broke. He certainly needs money to pay the platoons of lawyers defending him on several criminal and civil fronts.

Many Western countries are wasting a pool of skilled people because of age discrimination. I'm not saying I could work full time; however, I'd be quite happy to put in a couple of days a week in the scientific field I always enjoyed. I can accept jobs such as airline pilots and police are stressful, and have a use-by date. I don't accept the same for teaching, any stress is created by the bureaucratic BS they have to endure.