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A cartload of celestial miscreants and two from the land of perfume. Thailands Immigration Bureau never rests.

I have never seen, or heard of, Starbucks coffee given away for free, especially at SeaTac. An 'outbound waiting room? That would be out at the Gates. Any other directions. Sounds like a mission next time I fly through. 30 minutes it is then, I stand corrected.

Taken it upon yourself to declare coffee, ESPRESSO, & nothing else permitted, eh. Not Greek, French Press, Melitta drip or Indonesia Kopi (others call that cowboy coffee). FYI Lots of Starbucks in Thailand do not even sell drip style coffee. Shock, Gasp, Horror! Yes they are supposed to, but as espresso drinks are the main business at many stores, the Thai majority owners have an unstated policy to not brew up their big coffee canister containers, (if the demand is not there). That requires a lot of ground coffee per every brew up. Starbucks keeps brewed coffee no longer than one hour before dumping it and making a fresh pot. That is a lot of wasted coffee if you only sell a cup. That said, at their most expensive stores, like the Nimmaen outlet in Chiang Mai & yes a number of independent coffee houses are now having specialty Melita drip brew ups. It's become something of a fad among upscale Thais, a separate bar where they brew it up in front of you using those porcelain Melita filters. Good presentation and as they use their best coffee, it definitely works. Of course its not Turkish coffee, nor espresso.

There is absolutely no evidence to back up that statement. However that has never stopped FOX or the NYP from spewing it. Tom Sizemore & Anne Heche were also left out of Oscars Memoriam segment. No claims of "political afiliation" were mentioned. I haven't watched the Oscars for donkeys years. Last one I watched, had to be 78, Star Wars, Annie Hall, Close Encounters.

So every farm dog in the UK is a 'working dog". I did not know and impressed. The farms I know of had dogs, one might be, say, a German shorthair for hunting, beyond that no real emphasis on work dogs, just dogs.

600 & 500 Baht for a cup of coffee?! I would suggest you find a different Starbucks and a different Thai coffee shop.

How many decades have they, and you, been living in a dream that never happens?!

No they don't, I would think it very unusual, have you forgotten your Thai heritage! "No they don't, I would think it very unusual, have you forgotten your Thai heritage!" Not forgotten at all. He is dipping deep into that 'Thai heritage' cultural thing. A crime or accident demands an excuse; I did it for my family, brakes failed, micro sleep. This is just a new excuse/deflection. Poor guy he tried to fight it, but he is a Luk Krung after all. His dark sadistic farang nature won out. Or its normal in farang land so chill. Who knows these might work for the Thai public. No need to fault a sadistic psychopath for trying.

Thailand is a non Nanny State. While ignorant westerners celebrate this fact, in truth it is a very lethal world out there. Good luck.

Officially it is illegal, unofficially it is fine, no problem. However if a tourist, or expat is found in possession of one, 'show me the money'. Very Thai

Another reason why Pattaya is a world class, family friendly resort.

If you read the whole article, no way to prove they have been waiting any longer than this last year, more likely a couple months. What they wanted to do during covid, or did do, is moot, no way to prove they did anything, only their word. Why one has doubts. According to the plod themselves, the victim was taken to the spot and dumped, already dead. This was done by an SUV. Cause of death most likely suffocation. All of this, from the initial investigation & autopsy 19 years ago, although released to the public six years back. --Yorkshire Post if interested-. Which brings us back to Why the sitting on thumbs for three years, ten months, if they already knew this, ID'd the victim & could pull records identifying the husband? Lot of late night car door slamming at Kirkby Overblow to police, or just getting bladdered at The Phoenix Inn?

Good News. Thainess has lightened over the last decade. Ten years back, not one, but a group of bouncers would have beat him to within a centimeter of his life, if not over.

No need to whinge about it, you are the same way. You are a part of cancel culture. You said so on this very forum. George Clooney films, because he is a liberal, you cancelled him. No need to pretend you are different. Cancel culture is as American as apple pie, even if you are eating Kiwi fruit now.

So no Ukranian Fever in Thailand. Swissie will be so happy. Not really news though is it.

Balloons and drones. Aliens do not exist.

You have the floor. Where in LOS have you spotted Ukranian Fever? All Ears.

Theya re all up to their necks in it.

Like dogs in Greece & other eastern euro lands until very recently. Lots of central america is like that too BTW. .

Euro forgetfullness is creeping in. How about another date; the Hungarians of 1942-45. Whatever train comes in the station, they will happily jump aboard.

The same reasons dogs were kept in Europe, North America and many other lands say a hundred years back. Not talking about urban pooches and Hi So people & pets of those times. You can still find that in many countries today, in what you would term 'western countries'. You say you are struggling with it, I suspect you haven't considered the above, or have little knowedge of it.

Article from last summer, on the future of covid from a number of research scientists. For the US, estimate were 100K to 100-250 K deaths per year from "endemic covid". Far more than endemic flu. A couple also felt it could just as easily go the other direction, get worse, if a new more deadly variant emerged. It was a sobering read. OTOH this toll would be mainly oldsters, so no need to worry, unless of course, you are an oldster

Please rememeber, they had a year before covid hit to make a visit. They have had a year plus of no ASQ post lockdown to make a visit. Do not get me wrong, I undertsand the Yorkshire Constabulary had a lot of hard work to do. Lot of late night car door slamming in Kirkby Overblow & Sutton-upon-Derwent to police. Yet a sense of urgency seems lacking.

That is it?! Like I said; What The -deleted- were they doing for four years. Sitting aorund talking about how hard they had it as kids. This is a combination 4 yorkshire men & gumby's skit.

All ears. Don't keep it a secret.