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Vocabulary Review gammon ----Thick pig Loves chips and fried eggs Found in a boozer (as opposed to a bar) or in Wetherspoons. Middle aged bloke who gets pink faced from shouting. Gammon is a description of what they look like when in a heightened state of emotion. Usually an irrational state of anger related to something they've been told to get angry about, not something they actually understand. Or drunk, or both.

21 C again tonight. Friday night is set to drop to 16 C in CM.

Why has this been in a couple Aseanow articles? No offense to these great teams (&fans) but, WT Heck does this have to do with "Thailand‘s vibrant cultural tapestry"

Makes sense. The 'cooked food' they put out at my local upscale market, is product that has been on the shelf for days. They cook it & try selling before it turns rancid. They must do that or worse for the New Years baskets.

On another forum we play ‘wham a geddon’. This year the UKers and Ozites were decimated, early. An unprecedented slaughter. Central airport is my danger zone. The mall has a Japanese syntho pop xmas loop. It is offensive, but their ‘Last Christmas’ is a cover version, so I live. This could be my year.

With the market up, I put in a sell order. Bang it through Wise & over here before the 1st. Just in case there is an expat funds tax. I do not believe there will be one, but with the Market up, an easy decision to err on the side of caution. Thanks Mr. Biden Time for Christmas Bud. Happy Holidays

Thanks for the follow up information on the ongoing corruption of the US Supreme Court by conservative money. Living over here it is easy to forget just how ugly & sordid it has all become. Labeling this 'zombie news' & appealing to delete it?! Cancel Culture rears its ugly head yet again.

She thought she was going to be raped or worse. Wrong room excuse?! Right. Brakes failed ... misunderstading ... wrong room .... Same same but different.

Will be at a nearby hotel for Christmas brunch. As they have Thai & asian dishes, plus a seafood bar, she will be happy. It also gives us a reason to dress up a bit. Looking forward to it.

As per above. Dusitd2 has been sending out Christmas Dinner adverts on facebook, for a couple weeks.

After the obligatory deflections, finally a bit of the truth - a small bit, comes out. When you tie your little donkey cart, to the great Celestial engine, only to have that engine throw a rod. Explaining this is not going to be easy. Better cue up more fake news, evil influencers, naughty movies, as the economic news from the Great Celestial Engine, is getting worse with no end in site.

No idea about other countries but in the US, for sure, golf had class & political elements associated with it. Only recently has that changed. JFK was a very good golfer, the best President golfer period. Far better than Eisenhower (a duffer) who liked to hang out at golf courses & tournaments. The country club set. Golf, for a long time was thought a rich, Republican thing. JFK kept his golf hobby under wraps. the American public for the most part, never knew he golfed. Not good for his image or political base. Funny anecdote. When in office JFK joked to his staff, being POTUS had perks. He now could golf at private clubs in Boston and Massachusetts. These clubs had previously blackballed him. The Kennedy clan may have been mega rich but the power structure (and private club owners & members) of old Boston, and the US, were White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. No Irish allowed, no matter how much money. That is the America I grew up in.

- No idea whats with the journo -- However on second glance, it's the pilot who is the hero. Not all heroes wear cape’s. He could have diverted to Kolkata, Delhi, Madras, or even Yangon. Oh Yeah, What fun . However, he knew they would have to overnight, given refueling, & flight time req’s for pilots. Plus Dhaka must clear enough to open, it could be longer. He made a command decision … ‘Diverting to Bangkok’ We have the Power. We have the fuel. Pull out the aviator shades, Punch on Danger Zone – Que up ‘One Night in Bangkok’. I bet the crew was going nuts at this news! Woohoo! Obviously, he has The Right Stuff. This pilot deserves a medal.

Are you trying to say settlers have a right to be on Maori land? If so why?

Do you still need one to buy a NEW motorcycle, not a used one? Thanks

I seriously doubt this is what TAT is having a masterplan meltdown about. Thailand hitched their donkey cart to the mighty Celestial Engine. Only to have that mighty engine start chugging & wheezing, with serious and potentially long term economic problems. In a bad economy you change your travel plans & those coveted celestial tourists dry up. Thailand is up against it now, however this is last thing TAT or Thailand can publicly admit. Blaming it on naughty influencers or negative press in China seems the only option permitted. Now lets crank up local tourism.

No clue what this journo is yammering on about ... A shocking diversion? The subcontinent gets heavy pollution in the non rains like SEA. As such the pilot diverted to Bangkok. No problems. However Perhaps the journo is trying to discredit Gulf Air, or 787's as these pigs appear for no reason. Then again this is Thaiger, trying to set the bar a little lower would be par for their course.

Nothing good ever comes from those.

Generic Western Christmas main menu items with a seafood bar. ?? heh No menu for this year. From last year; Turkey, Ham, RBeef, a large selection, of main and side dishes; western, thai & asian. Seperate salad, seafood and dessert stations. We go to the brunch not the dinner, I assume the menu is the same for both.

There are a lot of options around town. Centara Riverside 1595 B. A couple hundred less if you prebook. Went the last couple years. Will be there again this year.

Things I learned during the recent Wuhan Flu. 1) A serious mortality rate is ok if it's mostly oldsters. 2) Collective public health measures that inconvenience me in any way are despotic socialism. Some have been shocked, at how easily people throw other people under a bus. Not me I've always known there are a lot of people out there, who are absolute pieces of excrement.

Same. Only once, long time gone. Far from where we live(d), even back then. We did go to the the Khao Soi cafes on Fa Ham - Charoen Rat rd. Nowdays, we do not make special trips for Khaosoi, just have it when we run into it. Likely due to 'oldfartitus'.

Can you cross the pacific in under 7 hours? Flights via Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Japan are longer than 7 hours to west coast. That leaves stopping in Korea before flying trans Pac or via Hawaii. I do not know the leg’s air time for either route. Both could easily be longer than 7 hours, but that would be where to look. And via Anchorage, as Bendejo posted, flying from north asia.

That is what is so freaking brain dead about this. Thailands first response is the heavy handed vindictive approach so dear to the Thai PuYai mentality. Only confirming to her fans and many more potential Chinese tourists, Thailand is an unsafe place to visit. That's a winner.

Thanks I was getting worried about Thailand and needed to be reminded it happens in other countries too. However on second thought, as I live in Thailand, not NYC or Germany, the what aboutery ancedote does nothing.