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Apologies Rob, I didn’t read the BBC link you provided. I prefer to obtain my information from research papers rather than journalists. Either way you agree then that it is possible for Ms Roberts to have been influential in the proceedings between her and Prince Andrew. If you have read my posts you will notice I have not once stated that I believe Prince Andrew is innocent, but there are a few on here that fervently believe he is guilty. So, guilty as you believe, of what? Her lawyers have filed a lawsuit specifying that she was forced to have intercourse with Prince Andrew and the charges include ‘rape in the first degree’. I hope someone (all) the jurors look closely at that picture of them together and compare it with that of true rape victims and see how ridiculous the claim is. This action devalues the word, the same as the current media and generations have devalued the word racist. I trust they all see through the appeal to pity the lawyers have used when they refer to her as a child. I know that her lawyers will know that the youngest female to give birth was 5 years 7 months old, and using the word child is incorrect in this case as a child is defined biologically as a human between birth and puberty. If she wins this case then look out anyone with a few cents in their pockets for some money grabber with an ambulance chasing lawyer to come knocking at your door.

Whilst I agree with a great deal of your post , will you also consider that manipulation in relationships is not purely a 100% male trait. In fact playing the victim is one of the signs of manipulation and a standard get out for not taking responsibility for one's actions. A study by Andrew J Durbin on Sex and Gender Differences in Tactics of Influence, full paper here https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.1991.68.2.635?journalCode=prxa found that half of the manipulative methods reported were used equally by both sexes in a study of 292 men and 231 women. Ale

Let me explain my position which simply places lawyers (especially ambulance chasers) below that of royalty; in fact pretty well at the bottom of any barrel. Nothing like using an appeal to pity in an argument to strengthen your case. This ‘child’ you refer to, 17 year old ‘child’ that apparently passed for 21, knew exactly what territory she was in and never entered a complaint against Prince Andrew at the time. My ex-wife was a school teacher and taught hundreds of post and pre-pubescent young children (girls) and will testify how manipulative and aware of their sexual power they are even at that age. Then they have another 5-7 years to master the art. Once your ‘child’ as you refer to her has been around a few luxuries they are just trading sexual favours. It’s a sad day when a label can be applied to anyone years after an incident when the real victims never get a say. In many other countries this wouldn’t even have raised an eyebrow. US, home to litigation, drink some coffee and then complain it’s too hot. The US where presumably there’s not enough legal work for Lawyers presently so they have to create extra by extending the statute of limitations. It would be interesting to know what terms her lawyers are on or are they involved because of their altruistic values? Why not go back 200 years and look at all the other injustices that took place in history and create even more lucrative work? I look back at when I was younger and there are probably a few women that could claim I abused them, but of course I’m not royalty and I don’t have a pot of money or assets in the US. This is nothing more than a money grab, she obviously didn’t get paid enough originally. Prince Andrew’s reputation is harmed regardless and many Brits are anti-royal. I have no side in this other than what I would consider to be fairness so I sincerely hope he gives her and her lawyers the run round and doesn’t pay a cent. Hopefully Prince Andrew is either withdrawing his US assets or placing them in trust so they can’t be touched.

The case against Anne Sacoolas wasn’t a private law suit. She was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, a criminal charge for which she (with the backing of the US government) refuses to answer. If the case in the US against Prince Andrew takes place and Ms Giuffre wins, firstly good luck trying to enforce the judgment ( https://www.penningtonslaw.com/news-publications/latest-news/2019/transatlantic-litigation-enforcing-us-judgments-in-england-and-wales ) and further more he should ignore any settlement proposed. Anne Sacoolas should be placed on an extradition list of as many countries as the UK have a treaty with which I believe is around 116, or 115 if you discount the US.

Whilst governments have been making the decisions and advising telling us how to go about our business and lives for the last 20 months, has the pain been shared out equitably. My view is there are 3 types of individual involved. The first category are, surprise ,surprise, politicians. This group also includes anyone working for the government including police, army, etc. Then included in this group are the large corporations: oil companies, insurance companies, supermarket chains and anyone else the government deem to be essential. This group have had their salaries dividends, pensions and bonuses paid and have been largely (finacially) unaffected by the pandemic. The next group are the employed. Choose whatever career / job you wish from a long list and some of this group have had various financial assistance. In some countries eg the UK I understand that was up to 80% for sitting at home. Now some have also been made redundant and have no income whatsoever. This group are missing some or all of their income which is obviously a blow. Finally there are the millions of small businesses that are not being paid as per group 1 but have lost their income like group 2 . But unlike group 2 when you operate a business you have overheads and they do not stop and have not stopped . In a nutshell they are losing money. They are then forced to meet those overheads at the same time as being forced to not operate. Equitable ? We ( Thai wife and Brit) have been running an Export/Import business here for 9 years and had recently bought land and built a 400 Sq M shop and 6 bed house. We're committed, losing money and to answer your question no help either from the UK or Thai governments. Having made that final statement please refer back to my opening paras.

I stand corrected, it wasn't the policeman but someone eating. I was a few yards further back and the policeman was the next person to approach her and pin her down.

I had just walked down the travelator from the supermarket upstairs when I witnessed this. The Thais don't need an alarm, just 3 or 4 of them screaming at about 130dB, then 3 or 4 other shop owners took chase and a policeman in the eating area took her down. If this had been the UK it would have taken the police hours to turn up and then another 2 hours to take a statement all to no avail. The police take a lot of flak here, but being heavy in numbers floating around does pay dividends in incidents such as this.

I would be interested if anyone can correct me on the t's and c's of insurance contracts in los. I was a manager for one of the largest insurance (assurance) companies in the UK and claims don't work as suggested by some. One of the classic conspiracy theories with regard to 9/11 was that Silverstein had the WT centre flattened so he could walk away with a nice fat cheque courtesy of his insurers. Unfortunately that theory fails on the basis that insurance companies will only re-instate your loss , put you back to a place you were before the 'incident'. They will want to see ( as in the case of the WTC) a replacement and will only fund such, usually by stage payments. I'll welcome any correction on this, he received $4.6 Billion in insurance but the re-build is up towards $20 Billion. I doubt very much that insurance companies ( maybe international) will just send a cheque to the owners of Nashaa.

Just had another thought. Try the Eric Clapton solution. George ( Harrison) isn't here any longer to give his side of the story but a quick phone call to Eric should render you some good advice. I believe he started with a number one worldwide song that he wrote for Patty. I'm not suggesting you rip off Eric's song but I'll try to help and tell you it's in the key of 'G' and only has 5 chords. So pretty basic really. I don't know if this will effect the outcome, but Patty was blonde and presumably your 'LOVE' will have dark hair, so bear that in mind with the lyrics.

I had recently taken a break from Aseannow forum as since the Brexit debate concluded, all that was left was Covid. So I had a few days watching the puddles dry on my Moo Bahn. My interest has finally been revived with this post. What the op should do is imagine he has finally hooked up with his 'LOVE' and fast forward 5 years when she starts to limit conjugal activity, spends money on ridiculous unnecessary items and nags for him to fix all the things she's broken. Then the novelty will wear off.

You obviously don't support the same footy team as me.

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd, mainly the lead guitar solo rather than the words. And twice the impact with the light show.

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Had anyone tried having a baby in Thailand as a foreigner? I've tried many times , possibly hundreds, since arriving here 12 years ago. Not been successful though so apologies but I cant help. Maybe it was that op I had 30 years ago that's causing the problem, the operation that also stopped me playing professional footy and a career as a concert pianist. Or maybe I should try as a non foreigner.

Just on the remote possibly this is genuine, and secondly because I'm as bored as the original op, I will make a suggestion: Op, take a break from Thai women for a year. Travel or return to the west and seek out a loving relationship with a Brit or even better a US partner. See how that works out, then sit back and reflect on your view of Thai women. I've heard that western women aren't glued their phones all day, are 100% faithful, hardworking, never moan or criticise and have no desire to date you just based on your level of income or how many gifts you buy them. To be fair, very few of them I met had sick buffalos though.

I cant decipher the yellow print on pink background , so I'm going to assume I can eat as of September 1st. If my comprehension is correct it means you can't visit a 7-11 or mom and pop store or supermarket unless you have had 2 doses ! Whoops , just read it's a developing story, so I can expect this to be withdrawn 31st August.

I have all my old passports back in the UK (sad hoarder of all paperwork), but I'm only guessing at the end of the 80's would have been the time ours ran out and then the style changed in 1993 which I assume ended the use of marriage passports.

I believe the reasoning behind the decision to move Thailand to the UK Red list is due to the slow vaccine program. Surely if someone has had the 2 jabs (other criteria acceptable) then it shouldn't matter what other percentage of the population of a country has not had jabs. If this is such a critical measure then shouldn't a country that has 100% vaccination of its population be the only ones not on the red list?

1986 , Rio de Janeiro, wonderful place. Yes I recall having to have Yellow Fever jabs for that too and feeling horribly sick for the few days after. As an aside my wife and I at the time use to travel on a UK married passport, 1 passport with her added as spouse. That caused a lot of head scratching at immigration in Rio.

First time to Hong Kong with Cathay and landing at Kai Tak; what an experience. Xmas 1989 and everything open, bustling City and 18 degrees C. Perfect. Then on the way home 23:00 flight leaving for the UK on the 31st December. Pilot asked us which of the 8 (or 9 cant quite remember) New Years would would like to 'see in'. For quite a few of us, celebrations for the first 5 until everyone was sound asleep.

Someone in marketing should tell the IT department to add it on to their website. Before that they ned to discuss their ambitions with the the two governments which I suspect will be like me discussing my ambitions with my (Thai ) cat....ie.pointless in many cases.

Never tried it personally but thank you for the idea. Was that synthetic 5w30 she used ? Either way I presume you left happy at the end though? And back to the original post, maybe the shop assistant employed a system whereby she sprayed her hands every 10 customers or every 30 minutes. You would incorrectly assume s/he was singling you out.

Whilst many here are dissatisfied with the government being led by a military junta, it pails into insignificance to the power mad government led by Jacinda Ardern in NZ. She’s out performing most tyrannical governments in the world presently by making a good job of slowly diluting the constitutional rights of the population.

The government (not only here in Los) have created temporary laws that restrict our activities. Laws that if broken we are told will have serious consequences. It is not impossible for them to create another 'temporary' law that allows for rent (and interest on bank loans) to be put on hold during the time that the law permits people to trade. As an example my wife is shelling out 100k per month on rents and interest, money she is losing. The building owners and banks would not be losing money only receiving less income. I'd actually settle for 50%.

If I was your age and healthy....I'd save myself the money, time, hoop jumping and inconvenience. Other than the boredom here in LoS, just stay home, social distance , keep the mask on and sit it out for a few more months. I've had 1 jab already, but I wasn't concerned before getting the vaccine. I simply didn't want to die of worry. So I was careful who I met and where I went. There's nothing to say you wouldn't be subjecting yourself to a higher risk by travelling at present. Save your money and spend it on a good relaxing holiday when the dust settles. Only my opinion and view.