Fat is a type of crazy

Nice to walk on wide long beach except one day when there was a fair bit of rubbish. Can't swim it seems. Side streets with massage shops and bars and other stuff but not noisy where I was. Excellent night market near by. Cafes where you can look at the beach. Girlfriend liked that when she was there. Lots of convenience stores nearby. Ladies selling fruit. Maybe stock standard in Thailand but nice for me. Place I stayed had big pools. Gym poor but passable. Room had a nice sea outlook and was a minute or two from beach. Cost not bad. A nice seaside place. Baht bus 15 minutes to Pattaya. A little bit of pollution on a couple of days so maybe in the pollution season less appealing. Off topic but there it is.

They may be nervous? Maybe you make them nervous and they laugh to fill the silence. No language doesn't help. Maybe they think it is akin to flirting. Or maybe you are funnier than you think. Or maybe they are much younger than you. Can't see older thai ladies being like that on a first date. Not being all silly like that. Fact is after a couple of dates they'll probably be more normal.

Where'd you end up and can you recommend it. I liked Jomtiem after a while.

Hi Owl Can't you get your french friend to take over for a while until things sort themselves out? In the past that worked well.

Exactly. I am taking that all the way to my retirement age. But am converting a bit for work for 5 weeks before next trip. Cold and boring here to be honest. May as well work a bit.

You admit you made a mistake being a cheap charlie on your last trip in Jomtiem. That discussion's been had. 7 weeks in a cell like room. Walking the streets. Follow your own advice and live it up a bit. You've got the money apparently. I loved it there and Koh Chang. Back now - work for 5 weeks - and back to Thailand. This time might take leave till I retire. Consider finishing up at the hospital and it might cheer you up rather than these depressing aging threads you seem to like

Her recent stuff has been better I think. She's learning not to get bogged down and smart enough to improve. I liked Hillary too. Never understood the hate.

She's had serious high level jobs, strong political experience, including what must be invaluable experience as Vice President - if you look at other candidates and other presidents hard to see she falls far short. Remember they don't have to be everything in one person but need to have the sense to go to the right people for advice. In some ways they simply have to be competent and act as a figurehead in tough times.

Impressed with her so far. Keep it up Kamala. Seems enthusiastic, normal, eloquent.

Most protesters are simply seeing a lot of Palestinians die and feel they want to speak up about it. Remember when you were young and you saw stuff and thought it was bad and wanted to do something about it? They may get it wrong sometimes but for most of them want people to be able to live their lives and are not pro Hamas nor anti Israel as such but want the conflict to end. There have been similar protests for decades. Don't worry about it. It's not the end of the world and will likely not affect you at all.

Here's a few. Surprised you hadn't been made aware on Fox news. Or not. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/politics/officials-who-criticized-donald-trump/index.html https://apnews.com/article/former-trump-officials-criticize-2024-e202861911ab37cadfcf058b5b163fb9 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/former-trump-officials-are-among-the-most-vocal-opponents-of-returning-him-to-the-white-house

The movie Crumb is well worth a look. He and his dysfunctional family are pretty interesting. In terms of Fritz the Cat the movies were not too his liking.

Democrats as Marxist. What a joke. Both parties are to the right as compared to the main parties in Australia. Except maybe on the border and the odd new social policy. Some one like Bernie Sanders - who can seem a bit radically left in the US - is often espousing policies that are normal and centrist compared to other countries. Take it easy. If either party win capitalism wins - protesters will keep protesting either way.

In terms of opinions of associated parties pretty much every smart person in the room with Trump during his presidency said he was a tool.

Spent two months in Thailand and lost excess pounds. Something to do with the heat and less comfort food I think.

To be fair haven't seen his recent or post nomination stuff. But older interviews and speeches seemed fairly on target and clever and even interesting. But maybe his move to the right has made him seem callous and less appealing.

Vance is a good speaker. Good story. Rust belt state. Smart. Big negative is his embracing of MAGA stuff to get where he is. But he will likely pivot to be seen as more moderate. I think he is a good weapon compared to so many Republicans who have no style or substance.

If Judge Jeanine says so it must be true. Tee hee.

I concur that the worker can be worse off and the rich do benefit - Republican and Democrat. Fair to want action. Not convinced either side will really stop the low cost labour. On crime specifically it showed how Fox and Trump succeeded in a few months to make migrant crime a big electoral issue when the evidence of it was low and a few high profile examples being pretty much wrong. But it achieved the aims and the audience is left none the wiser.

Interesting John Oliver episode where they do a fairly deep dive on the 'migrant crime' wave as advertised by Trump and Fox News. Should really watch it if you believe there is a huge migrant crime wave.

Same old same old though. Raise questions as though she has some huge insight into what went on really that's being hidden by dark forces or the main stream media. But she has nothing.

Listen to a Trump speech if you can stop yourself from nodding off. Where his mind goes. Ask yourself if he is really smart on the things he should be smart about on world affairs, economics, actual things that matter in formulating policy . Street smart in some ways. OK maybe not dumb and ignorant if compared to the average punter but compared to other Presidents - for sure in my opinion.

Harris isn't my pick - superficial things like her nasally whiny voice are not assets. But she's fairly smart. Trump is dumb and ignorant. So there's that.

Never has been yet beat Trump after he had 4 years to prove himself.

Trump sells dodgy tacky bibles.