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10 hours ago, Boarn said:

Not true, the thrill was the price and what people would do for basically nothing, they won't anymore.

So to summarise,  your gripe is that because the standard of living has risen for much of the population, your "thrill" at being able to exploit people less fortunate than yourself for your personal gratification has been diminished.

Good grief!

You are going out on a limb here Mr. Globulin. I'll laugh but it's one thing to provoke your audience and another to openly antagonize them. The old adage about not biting the hand that feeds you, springs to mind.
Looking at the hour this was posted, forgive me for asking but was this done under the 'affluence of incohol' ? ???? Perhaps you should take more water with it, as my father used to say.

 If you google 'gamma globulin' it brings up other searches, one of which is 'what is the function of gamma globulin?'  I rather like that one.  Troll? Humourist?  Provocateur?   I shall ponder that as I cut lettuce this morning.

Enjoy your day, I must work for mine.
 

I had to wait until I reached pensionable age (65).  Matters got delayed by a cancer diagnosis but I eventually made it out here 2 years later.

I am fortunate in that my pensions are all final salary schemes and I was not forced to purchase an annuity.  If that had been the case then I am not sure whether I would continued to press ahead.   

I worked on the basis of using my pensions to live on and my savings as a reserve for medical emergencies. 

The biggest gamble for me has been cutting myself off from free health care (NHS). My previous history of cancer makes worthwhile insurance very difficult to obtain.

Everyone's circumstances will be slightly different. You alone can decide how much weight you put on the present and the future and what is important to you. 

https://expatvac.consular.go.th/

You will need to register first. The vaccinations are free of charge.

Initially, 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were set aside by the Government for this purpose from the 1.5 million doses donated by the USA.

As registrations started at the beginning of August and many of us have now received both doses I have no idea whether any of this allocation remains unused.

As far as I am aware there is no Moderna available yet. The initial order of 5 million doses is due in the last quarter of the year.  1.1 million doses have been earmarked for the Thai Red Cross and the remainder is due to be distributed to private hospitals.  

1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:

Are you saying that you are still with your wife as well as the new lady?

Sort of. ????

3 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Strange. I put him on ignore very quickly. Utter rubbish.

Yet here you are reading them. ????

Each to their own.

Mr GammaGlobulin, you really can't help yourself but please don't change.

Reel 'em in, land 'em and then release 'em.

Love your choice of breakfast, by the way. Perhaps, more Brian Blessed than Falstaff, completely over the top. Wonderful stuff!

New day, new policy.

Don't worry if you don't like it, there will be another one tomorrow. 

As the great Groucho Marx said "these are my principals, if you don't like them - I have others". 

I had a beer with my meal at a restaurant in the middle of Pak Chong last night. At another table sat a policeman. There wasn't a flicker of interest when the staff asked me whether I wanted a beer nor one when it was brought to me. 

 If the restaurant was ignoring the rules then the officer was ignoring enforcing them.

It won't make a huge difference but you are being overcharged for the Harnal. Here, in Pak Chong, I pay THB 1050 per box of 30 tablets. 

Yesterday you were getting all amorous about a rock climber, today it's a rower. 

Are you a bit fickle with your affections or are you just an adrenaline  junkie? 

We deserve to know! ????????

I don't really understand how your post can make some sort of bizarre comparison between the difficulties of rock climbing with the ease of posting on social media, but - - - 

 if we are going to travel down that road then I'd like to introduce you to Hong Kong's Airin T, political activist and urban explorer. Al jazeera ran an article on her about 4 years ago, I think. She doesn't only risk her life clambering up skyscrapers, she risks it taking on the Chinese authorities.

Now there is someone that I have enormous respect for.   

Who is this Miss Too Much you refer to? 

It is possible I fell in love with her. ???? I can't remember a lady called Too Much but the memory gets fogged by beer sometimes. ????

No side effects for me at all but my sister tells me that my niece in Australia suffered hallucinations after her first shot - she obviously got the good stuff. ????

I await the second shot with interest. ????

9 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

As I was saying.

Time to rest your case.

27 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Old enough to recall him?

I think so, but at my age the memory plays tricks. ????

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