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"Only way not to see loads of them daily would be to never leave your home." Maybe where you live this is true. I don't see them in the Bangkok suburb where I live and work. I understand it's more like a veranda or a porch than a sidecar LOL. I guess they are common in some areas.

And the food carts sidecar is for passengers? I don't mean to be argumentative but that is the issue right? Helmets for sidecar passengers?

Saw that. I seldom see a motorcycle with a sidecar. Are they very common?

Yawn.

Some cannot consider a collared shirt with short sleeves as they don't want to deny the world the sight of their lovely tattoos.

Hey I have an idea: Try that here.

I'm sure you could go on but it has already been pointless so good that you stopped.

"Then there are the tattoos" I think a dull-witted old guy thinks a tattoo will make him look "hip and dangerous". Maybe give him that "bad boy" vibe that chicks dig so much. To me old guys with tattoos look like twits (or is it tw?ts?). Re: vocabulary has AN been acquired by "The Lady's Home Journal"?

You don't think they look hip and cool? I would also include old guys with turned around ball caps and with earrings. Sad attempts to be "cool"/

If you google "at what grade level is judicious a vocabulary word?" you will get results varying from 8th to 11th grade, so middle school to high school. If you Google "is judicious in their approach a stock phrase?" you get: "While "judicious in their approach" is not a stock phrase with a fixed, idiomatic meaning, it is a readily understandable and widely used way to describe a sensible and well-considered method. " So not surprising that a English speaker that (at least) completed high school would know and use this word and phrase. To be in awe of the word is a bit unusual I think.

Sure there is, they wanna f with Trump.

I have one that bugs me. I take a taxi to work 5 days a week. The inability of a significant percentage of taxi drivers to find my condo is a mystery to me. It is located 1 km off Ramkhamheang Rd., take one main soi and make 1 left turn and you are there. The security guard calls me a taxi and sometimes 2 taxis cancel because they can't find the place. Sometimes I can see the taxi stopping in the middle of the soi and apparently giving up and turning around unable to continue another 200 meters. Grab charges a 20 baht flat fee on a 60 baht fare and often no Grab taxis are available in my area when needed so I rarely use Grab. The taxi drivers always show up with a little scrap of paper with directions on it from the dispatcher. The drivers are unable to find the condo on a regular basis, I would say on the order of one out of ten. What I can't figure out is why the dispatcher considers this acceptable and doesn't try to improve the directions given. Only needs go "east on Ramkhamheang, left on soi xx0, after 600 meters left on soi 1x. Continue 400 meters Condo on the left." Alternatively, my condo is on Google maps, only need to enter the name of the condo to get directions. I don't get it.

Some of us know before and so are still alive not having engaged in ridiculously reckless behavior.

It wasn't for the RIP part I'm guessing. The plastic straw bit was mean-spirited.

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In your home country when you meet someone for the first time what do you say? Something like: "Do you think that a priori synthetic judgements are possible?' Or do you make small talk? What you quoted is normal small talk.

Yes, I agree, but since you say "I could survive without it" I don't think you are in the category of super rich that is being thought of for exclusion. Taking someone who is super rich and fairly well-liked by the public, does Warren Buffet "deserve it"? He probably does, he paid in right? The max SSA benefit is $4018 per month at full retirement age. Would that make any difference at all to Warren Buffet's quality of life? If cutting off the very rich allows SSA to continue for you, are you for this change? People are not looking to make changes just to screw with people, they are looking for ways to keep SSA viable.

I can understand the mortgage interest deduction, noting that it is a deduction, not a credit. But I can't understand why the mortgage interest deduction is applicable to multiple homes. Again seems like reverse Robin Hood, giving more to the rich for no reason.

Are you the reincarnation of Rod Serling?

"All was going fine until the waitress said: "One" (after I ordered the carafe of iced tea). So, you tell me, IS IT ME???" I don't understand. What was she telling you?

Careful readers will notice this is an article about the UK.

Also eat blueberries, and don't forget essential oils.

"Strange Enough The 'Common Flu' Has Disappeared Off The Face Of The Earth (?)" Not true, I had it earlier this year and blood test they did at Kasemrad ruled out COVID and ID'd which flu variant it was. So maybe I am old-fashioned, but I still think that saying things that are not true is lying.

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