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Sad for the pigs for sure. For the believers meh. I believe in the myth of democracy, in spite of this misguided belief I find that I am usually about as happy as I make up my mind to be.

In the USA there are long lines for lottery sales at "Lucky Retailers" thinking their chances of winning are better if they buy their ticket where others have won before. Of course Lucky Retailers continue to be lucky it they sell lots of tickets. Even though they either choose their own numbers or let the lottery's machine pick their numbers. The chance of winning big bucks seems to reveal superstitions.

There are most certainly types whose appearance and behavior warrant putting distance between you and them. "either don't take any notice or engage in conversation" Engage in conversation; maybe ok at the Drones Club Bertie. Have you been reading "The Fine Art of Small Talk" or maybe "How to Win Friends and Influence People"? Maybe you can ask them if they think the Elgin Marbles should be returned. There's a conversation starter to engage them with.

He paid attention in middle school health class.

The question has arisen as to whether Dave Chappelle is funny. I submit the following, make up our own minds.

"I guess haters are just going to hate." Exactly. This young lady checks a lot of the boxes that trigger some folks. They are obvious and I won't state. Doesn't take any imagination to see why some are hateful to her.

So 79% of who? So "four of five Americans who’ve been following the Hunter Biden laptop scandal" respond in this way. Proves what? . Point is, it depends on who you ask. I hope the info will come out. It seems like Hunter is no boy scout, but what is the extent of any scandal? Remains to be seen.

No shade on Brittany, it's a mistake many make. But Westerners and it seems especially Americans don't seem to get the message about how careful you have to be carrying drugs across foreign borders. What's legal in my country may be a major offense in another nation. I even take care with making sure i have documentation if needed for my Rx and OTC medications; I don't use any recreational drugs (well caffeine in coffee) so I don't have that concern. Glad she was released, I know there will be carping over this or that aspect of her release, but to me it's a good thing.

I agree, in general, Schwab is very customer oriented and helpful and I would recomend you check into them as well. Schwab has a variety of account types and I would check on minimums needed to open Schwab account (if this is an issue) as this has changed over the years. I believe i opened my domestic US account with less than $25k and I see on Schwab website that the "Global Account" has no minimums.

Or just have her monitor the weather channel. Thai people usually can't believe how cold it is in UK.

Mean SOG (stands for "son of a gun" wink, wink). Says he killed the cat in front of its owner, mean as heck.

Lots of hotel Sunday breakfast buffets offer alcoholic refreshments. It's what separates us from the animals.

Wait, what? So what he worries about, about what other people worry about, shouldn't worrying about what he worries about what other people worry about be none of your business as well?

Don't worry Roger101, a lot of us highly respected elders wear cargo shorts for the reasons mentioned, carrying stuff. Some of these fashion icons are shocked to find out another man doesn't moisturize. I don't care what other men wear, don't see why anyone would.

Due to the interest of one board member: if you want to visit, here is a google maps for you. And always keep in mind what the Terminator said to the landlord/super when he knocked on his door.

No, I won't be sending you a link. Geez.

Exactly, it is an obscure church in an obscure town. That is the point. The t-shirt was out of place in Thailand and referred to something that was incongruous to hipster fashion. Had it said "Notre Dame, Paris" it would have been less incongruous as it is world famous. Humor is subjective, you didn't find it funny, I understand.

The thing about St. Margaret's Bell Gardens is that it is an obscure church in an unknown town. If the t-shirt had said for example, "Notre Dame, Paris" it would not be as incongruous to the hipster ensemble.

I wasn't being rude, I just wondered what was confusing. It was a straight forward question with nothing but curiosity behind it. I am not trying to turn this into a 15 round bout, I thought the poster was an English speaker so some cultural conventions are shared. I believe the UK, USA, Canada, NZ, all the European countries have a similar convention. For instance "Notre Dame, Paris" is in the category. You don't have to know anything about St. Margarets in Bell Gardens, it is a question of categories, What type of thing is St. Margarets in Bell Gardens? If I read something that referred to "St Peter's, Macclesfield" I would understand the type of thing it was and why it was incongruous to hipster fashion without even knowing if "St Peter's, Macclesfield" existed or not. What if the t-shirt had said "St Peter's, Macclesfield" would that have been confusing? Again, I am just curious about it.

So you found it confusing as well?

The Rosa Parks of masks? Wow, heroically fighting oppression? Same advice to you. Grow up.

The phrase that comes to mind is "Grow up".

And with the number of generals in Thailand a colonel is probably the equivalent of a lieutenant in any other nation's army.

It is a Christian church and religious elementary school in the city of Bell Gardens, California. Just called St. Margaret's to refer to both or one, the church runs the school. What was confusing about it?

When COVID was very prevalent in the US I looked at the "off mainstream" Hermann Cain Awards reddit. Primary info, not interpreted, it showed FB posts of vaccine skeptics who said all the same things we always hear. Then they would stop abruptly or change to a play-by-play of COVID hospitalization and often death with posts taken over by family and friends. One of the things that the MSM never showed was the horrors of death by COVID. What is clear from Hermann Cain Award posts is that if you got bad COVID you didn't "go gentle into that good night". Something I learned is that a lot of people in the US think that when you die you get "angels wings" which I think is theologically unsound. Also, when you die you become a saint, people whose posts revealed that they were mean as a snake, after death were described as wonderful, kind, gentle people. Looks very much like COVID infections are not as dangerous now as with previous strains so the choice is very different now. For whatever reason the risk of infection is apparently much less now. I have multiple risk factors so I have had 5 shots, the last one was the bivalent which I got in the US. I would guess that most people have made up their mind by now. Up to you.