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It is rather entertaining watching the treasury scratching around down the back of the sofa looking for a bit of cash, isn't it?

Different countries have different approaches to overcrowding at tourist hotspots. Greece, appointments to view and entry charges to the Acropolis. Thailand "Sorry, Wat Arun and Grand Palace closed today, but I take you to very good tailor, OK?"

Enjoy it while you can. There are no pockets in a shroud. I've never really understood the zeal for accumulating massive wealth amongst the very elderly - not just in Thailand. I mean, what good is it ever going to do them?

Thank you for that meaningful contribution to the discussion - entirely unconnected I am sure with a recent "clash" ( on the subject of Trumpion shenanigans if I recall) on "AN". Nothing quite like waiting poised, the irony still vaguely lukewarm, until an opportunity to strike!

I came off my bike in a heavy storm a couple of weeks ago at about 10pm. A large tree branch came down across the road and I hit it. I was not going very fast at all - it was as black as the earl of hells waistcoat; but I was thrown across the road. Lying there stunned and battered, feeling like I had gone 3 rounds with Mike Tyson. Two cars pulled up, one each side of the site, and sat their watching me from about 30 metres away. I was able to drag myself into the gutter. They sat there watching for 20 minutes or so until a "rescue pick up" arrived and took me to hospital. No one got out of either car - mind you it was still raining quite hard! By contrast, the "rescue crew" were excellent. They took me to hospital, contacted my daughter and even recovered the damaged bike.

I recently extended my visa waiver entry by 30 days. Daughter came with me but the I.O. said she didn't need to, copy of birth certificate was sufficient. She also told me that when that extension expires I can apply for a second (60) day extension on the same basis. I was surprised, but she was adamant that was the case!

If I was in the UK, I would receive an uprated Pension , Pension Credit, Housing Benefit, Winter Fuel Allowance, free NHS treatment ( which in my case would be quite expensive), a Bus Pass and probably other benefits and allowances. It should easily double, and more, what I cost the state!

I think the concept of taking minutes at government meetings rather went into abeyance during the Prayer/Prawit/Suthip meetings in May 2024! Never really to be revived...

It was an Airbus 330...

Are you seriously suggesting that with Trump in the White House, a Republican majority in Congress and the current Supreme Court there would be any check on him? Trump could win the Presidency through the Electoral College (albeit whilst losing the popular vote). A Republican majority in Congress is possible, (again without a majority of the popular vote) due to the remarkable amount of gerrymandering inherent in the system, along with some determined voter prevention, and the Supreme Court is a done deal. He only needs the first two years, before the 2026 mid term elections to cement a permanent Republican majority. This could be the last proper election America has.

With the added advantage that if, like many of us of a certain age, you have hair growing out of your ears, it will be a startling blonde colour!

Well I suppose the offer of a hefty 50% discount would clinch the deal. If the fine is recorded as paid, job done. As for traceable bank transfers, he probably simply never expected anyone to bother tracing them. Imagine it, traffic officer issues fine from pad, "close friend" receives pad, receives money, issues receipt. If there is no independent accounting or cross referencing of tickets issued and receipts issued (and "close friend" is no doubt responsible for reconciling the two) then job is a good 'un! Probably a defamation case pending...

Quick pocket guide - Bannon is the aging rocker who badly needs to wash his hair, Bolton is the one who looks like the fire chief from Trumpton. Alternatively, Bolton is the one who makes rather more sense!

You will be able to tell us come November!

What if he held a MAGA protest at the courthouse. And no one came...

Brilliant!

I dislike Yaxley-Lennon/ Tommy Robinson, and virtually all he stands for. My distrust is compounded by his use of a pseudonim in his political campaigning. But he is entitled to his views, and to move around freely. One must ask why it was necessary to pepper spray and handcuff him - surely not because he was engaged in acts of disorder, pepper spray and handcuffs are not appropriate because he is an irritating little turd! And then having arrested and arraigned him, Plod screws up the paperwork. The very active bias in the way the Met enforces the law in this area is actually quite dangerous for maintaining freedom of speech and freedom for political campaigning. It is only alleviated by the apparent incompetence of the senior police commanders!

I've long suspected that the white parts of zebra crossings (crosswalks) were specifically there to make pedestrians a better target at night!

Evangelists - absolutely classic, brilliant phrase coined!

So all the effort Mr Trump and the MAGA media machine are putting in is working then...

Well yes, of course, it is a Murdoch product!

Well I will admit that I am not a habitue of bars where it is customary to humiliate the dancers by throwing low denomination bank notes for them to scramble to pick up, (I am no plaster saint but I don't stoop to humiliating girls like that); but let us remind ourselves of exactly what you said ( in full and unedited) in your post. No mention of Japanese or Koreans, but a very specific reference to an "anti westerners mood!

I don't suppose we will ever really know the truth behind the allegations of corruption, and the exact details of the conflict between "Big Jok" and his peers. I also am aware that photographs can and are chosen to "add weight" to stories; but the OP photograph, somewhat dishevelled and with that slightly manic grin, doesn't really convince that he is on top of the situation. I suspect that, for the right reasons or the wrong reasons ( probably a mixture of both) he is toast. As Julius Caesar is reported to have favoured: "well fed sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights. Yon Cassius (Surachate Hakparn)has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous." The guys at the top are well fed sleek-headed men!

Nothing ridiculous - you talked of the "fun", you made no mention whatsoever of Japanese or Koreans!

"How dare you"!