Grandpa Cool

"Instant karma's gonna get you Gonna knock you right in the face Better get yourself together darlin' Join the human race " John Lennon

Buds have a sweet, aromatic fragrance. Personally I like the smell. 🤗

And how many alcohol outlets are there in Thailand? How many deaths, injuries and chronic illnesses are caused by or contributed to by alcohol consumption? Focusing on cannabis as a cause of social problems is avoiding the real issues.

Mr Ran ran away!

They will be enjoying a prolonged stay in the Koh Samui Detention Centre. Lucky for them they'll be enjoying the company of more of their compatriots as Thai Police and Immigration Dept officials focus on the huge influx of Israelis on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan.

An expat friend of mine recently holidayed on Koh Phangan. He complained about the "Israeli takeover" of the island. He said life on the island is more of an Israeli culture than Thai. It must be said that Israelis have forged a poor reputation for themselves. For some reason many Israelis display arrogant and disrespectful behavior, eg. I was in an ice-cream parlor at Fisherman's Beach recently. An Israeli group were sitting at a table. A couple of the guys had stretched their legs into the walkway for customer access blocking the possibility of either getting into or out of the shop. I said "excuse me" to alert them to my attempt to get into the shop. In return I received looks of disdain and they reluctantly moved their feet, grumbling and muttering in their own language. Nice impression!

Greed.

Up until the pandemic I flew to Bangkok from the Gold Coast (Queensland, Australia) many times on budget airlines (Air Asia and Flyscoot) for as low as Aust$160 one way and not more than Aust$220.

It seems that a lot of foreigners don't realise that we are guests in this country. It's not a good idea to get involved in disputes with locals. After all we are obliged to respect the locals and their culture. As for the opinionated chaps who think that they are too smart to end up in a Thai prison you never know when that may inadvertently happen to you. I'm looking forward to your woeful stories!🤣🤣🤣

A year? 10 to 15 years might discourage their compatriots from doing the same. They are predators. Indian women suffer from lifelong repercussions and stigma from being raped. Lengthy jail sentences are now the norm for convicted rapists in India. Chauvinistic entitled males with very poor social skills choose to abuse women because they lack self control, awareness and empathy. For the uninitiated, "empathy" means being able to put yourself in someone else's situation. Simply put, rape is an act of violence and terror. So, how about imagining the humiliation and degradation you would feel if you were violently sexually abused. And by the way, victim blaming is an integral part of the abusive mentality.

You're wrong with your assertion. In "civilized" countries there is an instituted system of revenue raising which goes towards road maintenance and upgrading. So instead of improving the standard of living and road safety, saving lives, lessening danger on the roads the short term "fix" by way of a bribe is actually contributing to poor roads, poor infrastructure, more accidents and more misery.

I'm not a US citizen but I did follow the election campaign and results. Apparently there is a huge division in the society there. It's very immature to gloat about what can only be described as a very narrow win. I don'tike the way American society is headed. There's something very very wrong when 3 people can have the same amount of money as the bottom 160 million!.... that's half of the population! Apparently the Republicans are about to give tax breaks to the wealthiest people. I fail to see how this will make America great again or improve the lives of the bulk of the people.

It's strange how we admire the super rich and powerful. I have to say that I too admire entrepreneurship but I don't like the accumulation of vast wealth to the detriment of others. There's something very wrong in this world when do few people control and accumulate such vast wealth. 3 individuals in the USA have more than 50% of the population combined. We live in a world where half the population lack education, proper housing, basic health care and even basics like running water. Unequal distribution of wealth is a major cause of the suffering of humanity. What is the remedy? Heavily tax the wealthy and super rich worldwide and invest that money where it is needed worldwide : education, housing , healthcare, water reticulation, pollution control, etc. But we won't do this! Instead we let the few who know how to accumulate vast wealth run everything, including politics. And blindly we give them accolades like this article. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

There's a lot of long and convoluted replies to this topic. But, to me it all boils down to the circles in which you move....and it goes both ways. It has now become a cultural norm.

You are a marketing genius!

I flew Air India Singapore/Mumbai return twice last year. The food and entertainment were good. Everything ran to schedule. No dramas. Nothing remarkable happened. I've flown with many different airlines over the years and Air India was average. In fact, none of the airlines I've flown on sticks out in my mind (I always fly economy) except I was upgraded once on a Qantas flight from Heathrow to Dubai. It was exceptional!

Perhaps he has some mental decline.

This is the backyard!

B.S.,🤣🤣🤣

I wonder how much alcohol he drank?

B.S. A completely orchestrated campaign.

Accident? Lessons? There's no more lessons to be learned by the young Ozzie chap! And the Yankee will find himself in a whole new classroom with a completely new set of rules!

Bob, that's a seriously sick attitude that you are harbouring. It reeks of sexism and misogyny. You display a total lack of compassion, kindness and empathy and make light of a serious violent crime.

Bob, that's a seriously sick attitude that you are harbouring. It reeks of sexism and misogyny.....a total lack of compassion, kindness and empathy.

Bob, that's a seriously sick attitude that you are harbouring. It reeks of sexism and misogyny.....a total lack of compassion, kindness and empathy.