Fat is a type of crazy

29 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Very happy to be back here, I left Melbourne when it was 13 C, not counting windchill.

 

Hoping to survive a plague carrier seated next to me, who coughed continuously from Melbourne to Singapore. The Singapore - Bangkok leg had a howling infant a few seats away. The joys of air travel.

People will be jealous given the hellish heatscape that is Bangkok and Thailand. I am enjoying the cool Melbourne weather. But when I go to Thailand in coming weeks I have 14 kg carry on rather than normally half of that which means 2 decent sized bags so saves me having to pick up bags later. 

 For Australians, I like the Bankwest Platinum card travel insurance, as it has no requirements i.e. no prepurchase of travel or whatever, is covered by a good company being Covermore, no annual fee, no charge for overseas purchases. 

When bringing my thai partner to Australia I used to use Covermore which normally had decent prices. A friend had a good experience with them when sick overseas too. 

1 minute ago, Dolf said:

60/40

40 from Trump

Kennedy is a greeny

If his name wasn't Kennedy he wouldn't be discussed one bit

45 minutes ago, Dolf said:

If Kennedy draws 60% from the left Trump wins. The polls are now pretty even but normally biased by 5 points towards Blue. So Trump is on target for a win.

60 per cent - not likely - a couple of per cent of Democrats tops - surely the same crazies who like Trump like Kennedy 

5 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

considering here merely said "hello".... allegedly.

It was hello and thank you - and we all know that in 99.9 per cent of cases it would get no reaction or a favourable reaction. So it either didn't happen or he met a psycho or there is a different reason but it clearly is not an indication of the way thai's normally behave.  

Let us assume it happened and you are a long term customer who tips well. It might have been that something else tipped her over the edge. I could imagine if a customer was loud or obnoxious or seemed drunk slurring their words or was poorly dressed or flirted with the staff inappropriately she may have had enough and she was looking for an opportunity to get rid of them. Doubt these would apply to you though. 

1 hour ago, eggzthaioz said:

Don't understand  why tourists would get a visa at all if they're here visiting. Such a rigmarole to get a plain old tourist visa why bother?

30 days and extend another 30 if they're travelling for an extended holiday.

 

In my case because going between 60 and 90 days. But for others I imagine it can seem better and easier to get it done at the start, as some of the stories of going to immigration offices with long queues and maybe some unexpected request, do not inspire you to take the punt when there. 

Just now, Dolf said:

Spoke up? Just words which do no good. This is the problem with the west. The media and wokes are obsessed with language instead of solutions.

 

Thousands dead in Ukraine and Gaza. Thousands crossing the southern border. 

 

Yet the media focuses on a few words. 

More than one thing can be important at the same time. The topic of discussion was Trump and his comments. 

40 minutes ago, Dolf said:

In a position of power only an idiot would accuse other world leaders of murder without evidence.

 

 

You are using the extreme comparative argument. I like World Leaders to take a stand in important matters like freedom to vote, freedom to protest and freedom of the press, in such a country as Russia. Freedom to live like we have. The reason for his death is highly likely not to be due to natural causes. It is not about standing on a box and saying - He Did It - but acknowledging such an events importance and significance beyond the sad death of one man. Many world leaders spoke up. Trump has no opinion and seems often to support what happens in Russia. If that's of no significance to you or even a good thing then it makes it easier for me to understand why you might support him. 

10 minutes ago, Kiwifarang said:

They are probably waiting for MoFA to announce the new fees before they push the button to allow people to apply.

As a Kiwi do you have to pay much higher fees now or was that a mistake or something. Seemed bizarre. Australian fee $60 for two months the same of course. 

Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Trump was asked a question and he answered 

Point is he can say an awful lot without saying he definitively 100 per cent knows how he died and who killed him. Put yourself in a position of power and ask yourself if you would be so cavalier and say the same. 

Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   So you also think that Putin probably was responsible for the death, but you cannot say for sure . 

Keep saying the same thing. Who cares. If you don't get it that's fine. 

37 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

    What is your opinion about the murder ?

Would you say that Putin is without doubt responsible and completely guilty of the crime, or would you say that he probably was responsible ?

Nick you are stuffing around with an important issue in my opinion. Clearly it is extremely likely it was a government sanctioned death. Nothing is 100 per cent of course.  Look at the facts - clearly fine the day before, body not released in a  timely manner, previous attack etc. I consider it Trump's responsibility to be definitive in his condemnation of the circumstances and secrecy of his death rather than playing the - who knows how he died - game. 

I waited till this morning and found I couldn't apply too. See what happens. 

8 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

I know you have next to no understanding of economics, Sparky, which is why you boasted of a 5000 baht trading score as if it was Soros shorting cable, but consider:

 

The US economy is booming, especially for folks who are well educated and have marketable skills. Sadly, that rules out the vast majority of trumpflakes, whom the modern world is leaving behind. Darwinism never stops, and it's selecting out trumpers.

 

UE is at 3.6% vs the 6.8% trump left in his wake. The trump Recession ended and growth is the best since the late 1990s. More jobs in Biden's first 3 years than ever (trump is the first POTUS since Herbert Hoover to leave office with fewer Americans working than when he entered), 800,000 new manufacturing jobs, chip plants now under construction, infrastructure being repaired and rebuilt. Only trump is standing in the way of immigration reform, as he needs an election issue.

 

Yes, I've noted all of those things before, but they hardly add up to "worst ever", except to the irrational or those who lost the Birth Lottery.

... and there lies the problem. Some working class swing voters who don't really like Trump might remember that lovely time they got Covid cheques and didn't have to work. They may now have ok  jobs but they see the cost of everything going higher and wealthier people racing away from them in terms of wealth.

Tell them Trump stuffed up covid treatments, and that the covid cheques were not sustainable and they caused inflation, and that Biden has turned things around and in case they forgot, that Trump was a tedious menace, and they may simply recall those cheques. Hopefully Biden can send an effective message to counter this.  

2 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

I've used them in the past. Never again. I only book rooms at a hotel where I am not charged until 24 hours before I stay. Sometimes that can be a slightly higher price, but usually not. I've stayed in countless hotels over the years and am careful when booking, but Hotelsdotcom very cleverly hid that full payment was instant when the booking was made.

 

One reason to make last minute payment is that if you check back on the site between booking and staying you might find it's now cheaper. I've done that with a hotel I'm using in May - twice!

You've reminded me of an annoying thing with Agoda - they often have a pay now or pay later option - but the pay later has an additional 5 per cent fee that they don't make clear - so better to pay at first. Can still cancel if conditions allow and get money back fairly fast. I concur it's good to keep your eye on the price from time to time as some sites but not others will pay you back the difference. 

9 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

What's wrong with finding the hotel's phone number and ringing them direct, as I do.

As others have mentioned it will often be more expensive than going by a site such as Agoda. Sometimes significantly so. Agoda tends to be cheaper but is cheaper still if you search through a comparison site first e.g. Tripadvisor.

Booking.com was always a lot more expensive but now they seem to often give 10 per cent off for members so a bit better - the prices aren't necessarily better if you go by Tripadvisor. 

Hotels.com used to be good but are now always expensive. If you can be bothered you can get them to price match, e.g. a hotels website price assuming same conditions, and they will do so with the bonus that for each ten nights booked you get a night for free. A problem is that often there are small differences in conditions that make a price match difficult.

I concur the issue didn't have a lot of relevance to the case but it certainly hasn't helped her reputation. The whole bit about having cash at home to repay her boyfriend sounded dodgy as hell. Cash from where? Couldn't say it seems. 

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