Tropposurfer

I had n o idea drinking a well-known fancy cocktail on a beach was unlawful ????

My Christian Anglican upbringing taught me to turn the other cheek to throw stones if without sin, my therapeutic profession also taught me to restrain and compartmentalise my anger rage and vengeful urges ... but when I read of things like this I admit I feel vengeful and wish much pain and suffering to the murderer/s.

Here here!

And the despotism and nepotism hits just keep on coming ...

T@sser

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Throw it away and get a later model. 1995 OMG! I'd imagine crappy fuel compared to a later model, higher pollution rate from old engine, Ancient ABS systems etc etc etc.

'Good guys in bad guys out'

"Youth is the most precious thing in life; It is too bad it has to be wasted on young folks." (George Bernhard Shaw). I live as fully now, or perhaps even more-so than I ever did as a ruby cheeked youth. Learning to be in the moment as fully as possible, to let go of should's, oughts, and musts has been a seminal journey to self for me. To take risks and let myself to see and be seen by others, to laugh every day, to not take self too seriously and to laugh at my self-centredness and take actions to redress this defeatist trait. To slow down so as to be able to taste life's moments more fully. To cry as I am touched by life, to speak kindly to myself within, to live honourably, to bend like bamboo to, to smile at others, to be generous of spirit, to love, to strive to be the best I can in each moment and work each day to accept all that comes in life.

Be seeing you Joe, old mate ????

RIP young woman ???? Education, decriminalising, and de-stigmatising of drug use and especially addiction has proved far more effective than criminalising it. The ongoing problem with this intervention is that it makes society uncomfortable, uncomfortable because to acknowledge that people turn to drugs for reasons that are extremely confronting to society sees it much easier to shame, demonise, and pillar the drug users and at the extreme end of drug use .... the addicted. Risk taking as a young person, peer group pressures, etc make young people do things that increase harm risks. This is a part of the maturation process of humans and always has been. There are exceptions to this maturation process of boundary stretching and risk taking of course, with the continuum of experimentation and risky behaviours ranging from truly mind blowingly dangerous to benign mild risk experimentations behaviourally and chemically e.g a few puffs of a joint and never again. It may have been that this young woman had never used amphetamines before and had no guidance in hydration, or behavioural support/management by more experienced users at the point of her extreme high e.g. dancing frenetically etc without rest or hydration. It could too have been a bad pill amongst a batch of many (this does happen, and is not usually just limited to one pill sold locally or at an event in my experience). Others might have had a bad trip that night too (its highly likely) but had help or experience to know things were going south. She may have had underlying pathology that was exacerbated by the intense psychodelic, entactogenic nature of the amphetamine cocktail. Rather than a simply explained away cardiac arrest from over-exertion and dehydration (common). Open testing booths/stations at raves, outdoor mass concert venues, and other mass party locations has removed dangerous MMDA and other amphetamine cocktails from the scene and saved people suffering bad highs, and possibly dying in some nations. But in LOS they're not allowed as far as I know, and anyone trying to set a pharmacological testing station would be subject to arrest and prosecution. The 'war' on drugs has never worked in any nation that I know of (and I worked at the coal-face in addiction treatment for a quite a long time on three continents). The nations that have removed legislated criminal penalties have reduced the death tolls of drugs such as opioids, and rave drugs like MMDA, MDA to a huge degree and the pool of chronic users has always declined over time, leaving a 'hard core' of addicts but at far reduced numbers than when drugs use was criminalised. Some Euro nations decriminalised a bunch of drugs years ago and in a few short years the masses of opioid injectors littering the streets and parks etc tapered off dramatically (contrary to the loud nay-sayers who said it would increase the really bad opioid problem they had back then by the way). A return to communal care for drug addictions and recreational users alike in Finland saw massive changes in the demographics associated with drug addiction e.g. robbery, B&E, dealer/gang related crime and violence, suicide, murder, overdose, assaults on medical personnel. I'm out of the loop now but as far as I know with the advent of new subgroups of organised criminals in the world making inroads into other nations out of their usual turf has seen an increase in drug trafficking internationally. The proponents of de-criminalising still say that if the criminality of drugs was simply removed then the profits from drug dealing crime would simply die on the vine. Primarily because drugs would be manufactured by licensed people, and overseen by State entities. One related data-proven revolutionary intervention was in Finland. A revolutionary home-care based system for drug induced schizophrenia, and non-drug related schizophrenia years back and the changes associated with the outcomes for those who suffer from this disorder, and society at large were quite remarkable. The moralist/religious overview of drug use (since man first pressed grapes) and the denialism, shaming, and punishment of man's propensity to alter his experience of reality has failed.

I heard Allan Joyce was out of a job at Qantas maybe this chicken run airline could employ Joyce. Now the airliner staff know what its like for the millions of budget flyers who get screwed like a pooch with cancelled flights, lost bags, stranded in Lord knows were without a brass razoo to their name, have engines fail and bits falling of airplanes and have to return to the nearest airport asap to be stranded yet again. Namaste ... to GoF..k Yourself Airlines ????????????

'Crazy as a loon' ...

Try Soi 33 Sukhumvit, right down near the end of the dead end Soi. Some nice large green quiet mid sized condo/apartment buildings there.

I'm with you zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I've heard zip about this. My experience on an Elite retirement visa is that my Elite concierge, if there was any uptick in reporting evidences, would have called me direct asap. I (and a few of my neighbours also have same experience as me) haven't been required to show images or update images, hold video calls, have I.O. visit our houses since my/our initial visa application/s were processed. For me they came about a month after the house was completed and I, "she who must be obeyed", and our belongings arrived. They took, literally, one look at the house, met my darling amour, promptly waied me a lot then left toot-sweet never to return. Perhaps it was the fresh coffee, home made biscuits, and weighty brow envelope under their coffee cups that had some bearing on their behaviour and subsequent marked reappearance (jibe/joke) LOL ???? That was 3 years ago for me and 2 and 5 years for the other two residents I have conversations with. Seems I.O., like they do in many other areas of visa processes, 'chop-and-change' as we say in Oz, at a whim.

Ahhhh ... just 'spit-balling' as the Yanks say but I'd suggest he'd suffer less risk playing in the traffic

Yep no way I'm gunna click on it although ... ... I dream of beer; in cans, bottles, large n small, beaded with icy cold dew, in a tall purpose made beer chalice, glistening in the evening glow of Phuket sunsets so its difficult for me not to click on the ale-porn link ... lol ????????

she's HOT .... ????????

From my experience over 47 years of driving almost everything other than a military tank I would suggest you follow the dealers and model manual recommendation. My 400d (diesel) required keeping RPM a few increments below red line, no speed above 85 KMS for the first 1,000 kms, no heavy acceleration, no engine-breaking (limiter), Premium diesel, after which simply follow the standard service period as per service manual. My e class, as a normally aspirated engine had the same requirements. No low KM (e.g. at 1000 kms) oil change was recommended. I watched the fluid levels of engine and gearbox, and fluid colour of the oil on the dipstick carefully (I always do, with a weekly check) as the cars ran in just to be safe. Saw no appreciable rise in oil discolouration right up to First service period time at 10,000 (filter changed at this service too and at the 20K as per normal procedure) then 20Kms thereafter as is usual for Benz (and most other) diesels.

A World Class Resort no less ! ????

The kid looks like he was just told what his grandpa's last name is ... His name is what!!!!????

Elephants are said to be very smart, have long memories, and appear to have sentience. I imagine pachyderm's would acquiesce to 'serve' humans as a kindness in the understanding of our ignorance and barbarity. Even elephants it would appear seem to have their tolerance and patience limits.

Its all rosy then ... lol ????. Seems that vast swathes of the west coast of Phuket haven't gotten this wonderful new injection as of yet. Tonnes of closed, boarded-up, and abandoned businesses to see. People here still doing it very hard.

I have no firsthand corporate knowledge of Big C's status financially but I'd hazard a guess it is still the aftermath of Covid 19. Which has and will continue to show its devastating impact on Thai and world financials for some time to come.

What a total sociopath! No chance of rehabilitation for such a personality type. Poor unsuspecting folks. RIP. Note to self: Make sure there is healthy looking repeat business at the Thai food outlets we frequent. Holy Moly !