Bday Prang

you let him drive at 14 years old?

Do you think it is normal of even beneficial to separate siblings?

So its your way or the highway eh? can't see this ending well, especially as he does not have to endure "your way" for much longer

Poorest excuse for not learning Thai that I have heard for a long time, Good job their mother taught them Thai , and now they share a common bond that you can never be a part of. they can also bad mouth you without you knowing, and don't for a second think that they don;t Anyway the kid in question sounds like a typical Thai kid, a mummys boy who will never be able to cut the apron strings that bind him to his mother, and very likely that he's playing the pair of you Speaking english might improve his chances of a job but its not guaranteed, a lot of jobs require some intelligence, of which language is not an indicator, plenty of retards in the uk and every one of them can speak english

Carlsberg did completely disappear at one time but it seems to have returned in a few places I'd forgotten about Federbrau not a bad beer in my opinion

I can't understand why anybody uses the confused emoji, ever. It reminds me of those who vote "don't know" in opinion polls.The researchers should disregard them and simply move on until they find the next person with enough about them to express a yes or no opinion. Those who "don't know" obviously haven't a clue about the subject matter in hand anyway

I'm with you on that nothing special about Beer Lao in my opinion either, no different to any other mass produced beer, as far I am concerned, although admittedly I'm no connoisseur and don't really drink for the taste, I will admit however that even I find "Archer" and "cheers" almost undrinkable I definitely prefer chang to Leo, and whilst I have no real issues with Singha I haven't actually drunk it for years nobody I know drinks it either I remember the 6.4% chang in the brown bottles, some of which were embossed with the word Carlsberg just above the chang label. ( what happened to carlsberg it sort of disappeared) It was a bit touch and go, sometimes foul and sometimes not too bad but a headache was nearly always guaranteed for me. I much prefer the newer brew in the green bottles, which I think was around the time the alcohol content was reduced and would rather drink that, than the very very similar but overpriced Heineken Does anybody remember the brew called "black tiger" ( no relation to the modern day "Tiger" as far as I am aware, ) and not unlike the dark Beer Lao. it was around about 25 years ago at the same time as "Black cat" whiskey but has long since disappeared. A pity as I used to quite like it

More than just life's failures, it is also a way of attempting to mitigate the fatal stabbing of peoples parents, and an alleged case of self castration etc etc

25 + years ago Regency was around 400 bt a bottle It never seemed to get anymore expensive despite beer slowly increasing in price year after year no Idea what it costs these days I would imagine 500 bt + ? Regency for some reason, seems to enjoy some sort of special status as i regularly see adverts for it on TV in the late evening and whilst they may not actually mention the word "Brandy" it is patently obvious they are not promoting soda water

I fail to see how they can actually keep a straight face , whilst contemplating the re-banning of cannabis "for the good of the country and the welfare of youth" when at the same time planning the further promotion of alcohol including the 40% ABV "fire water" spirits Suddenly their concerns for road safety, the well being of the vulnerable, and the concerns for the effects on the culture, not to mention the fear of offending Buddhist sensitivities and the medical consequences seem to have disappeared, like a puff of smoke And as for the anti cannabis stalwarts on here expressing their delight at the possibility, I find the hypocrisy astonishing

I'm not sure how true it is. but I have heard several times that the importation of wine is ultimately controlled by just one or two well connected families, who have sufficient influence to manipulate the import duties , from which they are presumably able to benefit. Not that long ago, 5 years or so, there was a significant rise in the price of wine, a 5 litre box costing around 1000 baht morphed into a 3 litre box costing the same price.

Could not have put it any better myself, good post I often intend to indulge of an evening but don't get round to it, sometimes there are just not enough hours in a day. Hardly indicative of a physical addiction, in my not so humble opinion

Personally, I can painlessly transition from extended periods, often 6 months or more of daily use to similar periods of total abstinence, depending on my personal circumstances, without any ill effects whatsoever. and have been doing so for over 40 years. In my experience addiction has never been a "thing" and its only relatively recently that I first heard the word, "addiction" mentioned in connection to cannabis Purely psychological in my opinion, and It strikes me that many of the people claiming to be addicted are only doing so since somebody put the idea in their heads, (these upmarket and very expensive private addiction clinics have a lot to answer for in that respect) A self fulfilling prophecy , Its become almost fashionable, to follow celebrities into rehab, and somewhat indicative of a culture of "victimhood" and "counselling" which has been emerging generally for some time and has invaded many aspects of life. Making some people very rich in the process. Some people these days don't actually feel "offended" or "traumatised" until somebody else tells them they should

As always in Thailand its "who you know", and not "what you think you know" even nowadays. There is the occasional exception, but strangely I have always found the adage particularly relevant when dealing with any of people who wear beige uniforms

Neither of them sound like the sharpest pencils in the box, for 500,000 baht they could probably have avoided his initial incarceration and made everything disappear, a lot less if they had negotiated in the beginning I don't really care what happens to a Kazakhstan thief

I personally know somebody who got a driving licence thrown in when he bought a new toyota pick up a few years ago. The Toyota manager had a friend at the DLT

Oh the hypocrisy

I wonder how they actually conduct these tests, presumably they must round up a few of the local nut jobs and force feed them cannabis , (a bit like they make puppies smoke 40 ciggies a day) until they go nuts. Although I can't see that method being thought of as very ethical by the "medical community" especially as even though when they are reasonably sure of the results, they would still have to continue finding more and more of the unfortunate souls to test in order to achieve the desired level of accuracy More likely the research is based on anecdotal evidence from a variety of questionable sources, ie the criminal justice system " I only did it because i was stoned its not my fault " or the social security system " I cant work cos I got anxiety due to smokin weed, where do I claim" I wouldn't read too much into anything written on that the website you linked to, its a private company who probably does very well out of the subject of cannabis psychosis

That's the spirit think positively, and there is no need to be a member of the european union to trade with it, china and india seem to manage ok presumably they are busy, successfully making up the billions worth of trade that for some "unsurmountable" brexit related reason , we are no longer able to involve ourselves in?

Even in the hypothetical scenario, of the UK.as a direct result of brexit, forming some sort of bilateral agreement with Thailand which resulted in easier visa restrictions and an abundance of their favorite english beer at supermarket prices the petulant sulking "remoaners" would still find a downside. so as to avoid what is very similar to the Thai concept of losing face. These people absolutely amaze me, continually looking for bad news regarding brexit, and , with a perverse joy, never missing an opportunity to squeeze it in to any conversation Conversely any good or positive news is ignored wherever possible, but if that is not an option they will do their level best to put a negative spin on it They are acting in exactly the same way, as a sad, pencll dlcked, impotent, jilted loser would act, when receiving some news about his ex girlfriend, who recently dumped him, for his better endowed and virile best mate. There is probably a medical term for the disease which causes such behaviour, I wouldn't know, but either way its not very beneficial for anybody when the mainstream media all appear to suffer from the condition, The, continual almost daily promotion of a sullen resentful view on life, within the vulnerable "mainstream media believing" members of the population, will do nothing for the rest of us or for national moral, which is not exactly at an all time high following their recently very successful 3 year terror campaign Even more worrying is the fact that many government officials and civil servants directly responsible for implementing the various brexit protocols and dealing with any problems that may arise etc are also suffering from the same disorder. They would rather see the entire country bankrupt than suffer the perceived indignation of success. Some of them should be on trial for treason and hanged if found guilty

Construction is doing really well, has been since before covid, and with most of the invading east european cowboys back where they belong, that means a lot more job opportunities for British people. better wages for workers, more of the wages earned from those jobs staying, and being spent in the country, more opportunities for school leavers strong incentive for our world leading construction companies to train their own workforces and invest in the development of effective training schemes for future needs Not forgetting less unemployment All good for UK And all because of Brexit There are plenty of positives from brexit , of course they are rarely mentioned by the mainstream media, and cannot be seen by those who do not wish to see them or, refuse to believe in there existence less unemployment

yet another brexit positive !

no acting required

another positive consequence of brexit????

It is never really removed, They might not mention it on criminal records checks for job / visa applications etc but its always there for the police themselves, makes sense really