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I bought a small boneless ham from them last Christmas, good quality.

It is possible to bring in some foods to Australia, as long as they are declared and inspected. I have brought in coffee from Vietnam, ginger and dried mango from Thailand, jalapeno mustard from Texas. No problem.

Customs and Quarantine officials would have handed out the fine, Immigration had nothing to do with it. I've never had a problem coming or going, always polite and professional. Unless your attitude triggered a response. I've always followed the policy of if in doubt, declare it. Bringing in a meat-containing item without at least declaring it goes beyond stupid, and the fine is certainly not OTT when the potential damage to the Australian livestock industry is taken into account.

There seems to be quite a lot of discussion of something that is not real, although I suppose one could say the same about religion. "Emotional intelligence (otherwise known as emotional quotient or EQ) is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict." "A high IQ will however help increase the chance of a happy marriage" You have some factual data to support that statement, or is it quite an assumption of your own?

You are quite welcome to put me on your ignore list. As if I care. The silliness really is in EV owners pretending their vehicles are risk-free, and environmentally virtuous. The only thing EV's really have going for them is their much cheaper running costs compared to an ICE. I suggest you Google Occam's Razor, then apply it to the Felicity Ace sinking.

Depends on what boundaries are set at the beginning. How my GF distributes the support I give her monthly is her business. I have made it clear getting into debt for any reason would be the end of the relationship. None of her family ask me for money. I give out modest cash gifts at Christmas to family members.

I still remember the Yellow Pages ad when a guy with a British/Welsh accent is trying to find spare parts for his Goggomobil.

Batteries are stored energy. Release that energy incorrectly, result fire and explosion. There's a ship called the Felicity Ace sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic after a fire broke out in its shipment of EV and non-EV luxury cars. My money would be on an EV as the cause.

IQ is a vastly overrated measure of intelligence, and takes no account of EI ( emotional intelligence ) I've associated with people possessing high IQ levels that were also utterly miserable. How is it Western-educated men with presumably better than average IQ either get mulcted of their life savings by a "dumb" Issan girl, or alternatively are quite happy to settle down with a Thai woman far below them in scholastic abilities? My Thai GF cannot read a map, left school early. When it comes to street-smart, there's daylight between myself and her. She has saved my bacon several times here.

I only started using edible pot about a month ago, for osteoarthritis. Once a week, 25 mg intake. Nullifies pain for up to 24 hours. I understand it's very useful for cancer patients as well. It sends me into a very relaxed state, where time seems to stand still. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about, IMO alcohol does far more damage in society. Apologies, off topic.

I married when I was conned into believing I would get plentiful sex after the event. Bait and switch. After the marriage ended, I vowed (1) to never marry again (2) to seek out women who enjoyed sex. The ones who did not, did not get a second shot. The thing I liked most in Thailand was that P4P cut to the chase, without a burden of expectation on either side.

" I want lovers to take care of each other. But I don't like sex." Yeah, I married a woman like that.

The Honda S500 sports car did.

C.S. Lewis also wrote the Perelandra trilogy, an adult fairy story. The last of the trilogy " That Hideous Strength" IMO is the best.

Half of it was planted, easy to mow. The other half is like Topsy, just grew. Very fine and dense, I have to take it slow with the mower. Can't kill it with an axe, does not seem to need water. This grass is on a golf course in Chiang Rai, called Khan Mara. It looks like it never needs mowing, and I've never seen a sprinkler on the fairways.

Photos before and after, as promised. I mow at 5 pm, in the shade. This, plus washing the car, guarantees rain.

One thing I will give my GF, she cleans everything. Every day. Including floor dirt I can't even see, with or without glasses. It's when she is cleaning she moves things. I swear she does not use all the detergent in the washing machine, she eats half of it. Time to mow the lawn, I'll send a photo after it is done. Growing fast with all the rain.

There's something wrong with not enjoying the company of women ( or men, if that's preferred ) It's statistically quite obvious denying sex with women leads to a percentage of pedophilia among priests. I forget who it was said the only thing prison cures is heterosexuality.

An alternative hypothesis is you used to duck your head automatically before, now you don't because you have to think about it. My GF shifts things. I am accustomed to knowing where everything is, so when she puts something a foot away from where I left it, I have to recalibrate. Drives me nuts.

IMO you are way smarter than the person you are responding to.

Forty kg. I recommend a visit to SpecSavers, Mr. Magoo.

Please show me just one of the women in that pic that would tip the scales at less than 70 kg. A couple look like they are approaching 90. Heaven forbid any of those heifers should give me a massage, 40 kg of my GF is enough. You are most welcome to all of them.

Are you sure you are not sliding into Mrs Owl's high heels after imbibing the red wine and Lhao Kaow?

Coincidentally, that was when I had my first surgery. I have had a couple since; however, the urologist did not seemed to be concerned about the recurrences.

For some reason best known to her, my GF claims the long avocados are tastier. Personally, I can't taste the difference. If you are getting heartburn from too many of them, it may be because you are making your gall bladder work harder in producing bile to digest the healthy unsaturated fats. I have found small can be better in a number of entities.