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I would rather eat any US or other parmesan-style product (even containing cellulose and other filler) than contribute to the outright animal cruelty that Italian cows are subjected to while producing this milk. You only have to Google "parmesan grano padano cruelty" to educate yourselves. I stopped buying blocks of the stuff a while back. I even used to eat it sliced on its own, not just on food. Please think about it. The terrible treatment of these cows cannot even be compared to the sad way in which most milk is mass-produced around the world (yes, we shut our eyes to a lot, but some things are too inhumane to ignore). ?
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10 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:
Do you have the link to the official Home Office comment?
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Did you read the OP?
The HO is reported in the first link as saying the change was: "to follow recommendations set out by the International Civil Aviation Organisation", and also as saying: "This will ensure that people travelling abroad will be compliant with border entry requirements around the world." nothing about preparation for a no-deal Brexit which almost all agree is still agree is very unlikely. The fact that the The Independent ascribes the emotive word 'bizarre' to the first statement does not in fact mean it is bizarre, it just shows the Indy's intent to hang this on Brexit in some way.
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7 minutes ago, pontious said:
I think people reporting they did not get extra time says it all. Does it not.
We're discussing the reasoning behind it. More coffee? ?
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1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:
There can be little doubt that this change is a result of Brexit and the likelihood of a "no deal" Brexit.
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8 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:There can be little doubt that this change is a result of Brexit and the likelihood of a "no deal" Brexit.
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Good of you to boldly state what The Indy can only surmise at the moment. And also call the Home Office a bunch of liars when they say it's a far wider scope operation than overkill preparation for an extremely unlikely 'no deal' exit.
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2 minutes ago, melvinmelvin said:
Man,
Beaujolais Nouveau is a gimmick, not intended to be anything else I think.
Yep used to just be an excuse for a 'Brazilian' lunch hour (as my colleagues used to call mine if I actually rolled back to the office - ah, the old days... ).
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12 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:
Dear God, this newspaper has even managed to invent a way to blame Brexit for this, and printed it before even checking whether it's true. This is a rag, like most of them (Grauniad being the worst though; the one decent thing Insane Musk has said recently, IMO).
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11 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:
When you say Barolo, good stuff, I must say Ripasso and Amarone, even better stuff, but often somewhat costly.
Malbec, yes.
Some pretty costly French wines have been mentioned the last couple of days.
Spaetlese was mentioned, yes please I'll have another glass if I may.
Have been a few times to Punta Arenas in southern Chile.
The hotel wine list was loooooong, no chance of drinking my way through, most days managed 2 bottles,
so many brilliant wines that I have never seen in Europe.
Even Italians fight over which is king of the reds. Depends where they were born. ?
Probably 30 years ago I put a personal embargo on French wines. Prices are IMO designed to attract wine snobs as much as people who really do believe they can taste 5000 Baht worth in each glass. And Nouveau Beaujolais had always (9 years out of 10) been an appallingly disappointing gimmick.
I had an insanely good local red in Malta 30 years ago, in The Arches restaurant. I smuggled a few home in my luggage, but never saw it anywhere else. Even online. That's the stuff that makes drinking wine fun.
I had a couple of private Malbec tastings in an Argentinian restaurant in Dubai 4-5 years ago. So many styles, and all grapes so different depending on the wildly varying altitude, but all Malbec. A whole subject by itself.
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2 hours ago, Just Weird said:
Legally. You seem to be suggesting otherwise.
Correct. My parents owned a pet and garden shop at that time and an item on the list from the wholesaler was lion cubs. I think I remember the price was £100 each. My dad advertised lion cubs in his shop window at £300 a pop, just as a gimmick (this was South East London, and there were no Yardie dons around then to drive around with one chained in their Range Rover arab-style). It got decent footfall from people asking to see them! Seriously though, lead time I think was a month or two. ?
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9 hours ago, SammyT said:
Nor do westerners, so I'm struggling to see your point. I see what you described happen in western society far more than I do here. You've got a bee in your bonnet about Thais, we get it.
You're completely wrong. It's sad that you ignore the daily reports of Thai women lying carved up in their homes or shot dead in cars because the old man found they were playing around. Yes sure, happens every day in Blackpool, right? You're in denial about widespread Thai male immaturity because you want to attack me, sad.
PS - you did say you're probably in the minority ?
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Generically I find a South African Chenin Blanc always tastes delicious, I can drink it like lemonade with say a well-salted chicken sandwich on white bread. ?
But the finest wine to my taste must be either an Argentinian Malbec Reserve (red) or a Gavi di Gavi (white). I don't pay over 1200 Baht for a bottle so that's why I don't include Barolo as my favourite red. And I don't have the palate to believe a 10000 Baht bottle is better than a 1500 Baht one anyway. ?
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As I thought. Storm in a teacup. If it was Thais fighting it would probably have ended up with bystanders being called in, gunshots, and possibly a severed limb or two.
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http://www.181.fm is quite good. An American slant I think though, a lot of country stations.
If you buy an Internet radio it will (should) already have thousands of stations ready, from Peru to Japan, including all the BBC stations, even a couple of UK student radio stations (mine does)! That was how I found 181.fm in the first place.
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21 hours ago, Enoon said:
I'd be scared to click 'surprise me'. I'd imagine someone might creep up behind me and....
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English Chinese first probably. Then a carvery. Then a London pie & mash shop (not first because I have to go into town for it).?
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1 hour ago, PatOngo said:
3 gold watches you don't usually wear! cool, can I borrow them?
I don't lend watches or books, but how about the wife? ?
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On 9/10/2018 at 11:51 AM, SammyT said:
Nail. Head. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I see way more westerners behaving like <deleted> in Thailand than I ever do Thais. Can we just burn Walking Street down and start again?
What you see doesn't mean that's what happens. Even Thai women complain about it. And cut up a young Thai male driver by accident and watch him wind down his window and drive alongside you making threats, even on a two way street. You've got a bee in your bonnet about drunken expats, we get it. But Thais don't have to be drunk or on an illegal high to go ape.
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Quite a few 'jealous guy' posts here from people who never had a job that allowed them to buy big ticket items. I have 3 gold watches sitting in my safe here, and while they don't make me a better person, they give me pleasure to own. I don't usually wear them, preferring a low key IWC or Panerai. In your face, gentlemen.
PS: I am kind to children, dogs, maids and street workers. ????
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Quite a few 'jealous guy' posts here from people who never had a job that allowed them to buy big ticket items. I have 3 gold watches sitting in my safe here, and while they don't make me a better person, they give me pleasure to own. I don't usually wear them, preferring a low key IWC or Panerai. In your face, gentlemen.
PS: I am kind to children, dogs, maids and street workers. ????
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I have been told that Thai women only touch men if they are interested in them. Not sure if true but in my experience seems likely.
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MG garage in Hua Hin never informed me of curfew on red plates (but several late night police roadblocks said nothing), and never informed me of need to record in car logbook if traveling outside of province with red plate. Also failed to provide me with white plate for 12 months after purchase despite my regular pressure, during which time I was liable for a large fine if police wanted to whack me. Nice car though.
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Better to eat sawdust. Parmesan and Grana Padano are being produced with milk from emaciated, sometimes lame cows kept permanently indoors.
#notonmypasta
Google parmesan and grana padano cruelty, this is not a small thing. Very little production of these cheeses is humane.
I asked two high class Italian restaurants in Hua Hin if they know whether their pasta cheese is cruelty free and they had no idea about the producers' methods.
Producers have to to follow rules, but the rules make no mention of animal welfare.
So eat fabulous Italian food, but say no to cheese on pasta.
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21 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:
"It's not illegal to call somebody a pedo,"
It is in Thailand.
I thought most people understood it is illegal if untrue and damaging. Anywhere in the world. Its called slander if verbal and libel if written. Vern should get his payday, why not?
21 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:"It's not illegal to call somebody a pedo,"
It is in Thailand. .
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On 8/31/2018 at 8:41 AM, AlQaholic said:
I've changed to hard liquor, more bang for the buck...
Me too. Sangsom and splits now. I used to buy a couple of wine boxes a month. Now none in my house. I drink Chang usually anyway.
Parmesan Cheese? I don't think so.
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That sounds intriguing! ???