Fat is a type of crazy

I like Chantaburi and Ubon as practical towns with charm here and there. Chaing Rai in 1985 seemed nice. Phuket town has some nice areas with mix of lovingly tarted up older buildings but still a fair few almost derelict buildings. Walked through this big old fifties hotel the other day that is no longer a hotel. Big foyer, broken down lifts and totally run down, with 10 residents hanging in there. Seemed a bit of that amongst the nice restored hotels and restaurants.

Creepy and mean spirited for a guy to take the time to say that this lady, who is pretty but that’s beside the point, should be happy to get attention from anyone let alone an ape. Not funny. If you can’t see that then I’ll leave it there.

You do sometimes have a way of making a fun topic a bit creepy. I sometimes wonder if we could see the ASEAN Now posters it might double the creepy factor. Maybe you are appalling to look at yourself posting pictures of teens in braces and pontificating on the likes of this nice looking lady.

My tip is write your post. Complete with a couple of 60’s songs or whatever. But before pressing submit delete the last two thirds. The topic is in the first third but then you feel it necessary to go here and go there etc. I had a 25 year old fridge and when I replaced it I was shocked how much the electric bill went down. Message is not everything is getting more disposable and crappy . Some things like televisions and computers and cars get better and better. Faster. Cheaper. More efficient. Cup half full.

Writers all on strike. No fun with Maher, Kimmel, Colbert etc for a while. I actually saw a few minutes of the lead up to Comers comments last week or so on Fox. They had a countdown clock and everything. Shocker.

Suggest one in one hundred actually meet the definition. Certainly not me. Work for the government as a public servant. Lone wolves more likely to be the Thai girls waiting for a lost sheep from ASEAN Now to separate itself from the flock and there’s dinner.

A key point would be were they fat or obese throughout their life or a bit overweight towards the end which is probably somewhat natural. If they were obese from youth continuously over decades there would have to be a significant less chance of making it to 90 unless big changes made. On salt it is a bit off topic as not causing obesity but it seems to me many eat huge quantities way above that they can get rid of from dealing with normal heat. Need serious exercise to get rid of that.

I don’t know. Playing the loveable fool might have left him a bit melancholy. Many of the best comedians seem to struggle. Robert De Niro seems to have fun. Still active taking on political fools and getting some love action.

I think seriously skinny and fat people may be prone to certain issues but surely you would agree that most people with a big heavy body are less likely to be happy than those who are slim or a little bit fat. Some big guys can bench press impressively and throw a decent punch so they have some power sometimes but not sure that is linked to happiness or health.

My Aunty took the plunge and loves it. Left her Sydney house and followed her artistic dreams through China and has lived for 10 years in Lisbon as a professional artist. Lifestyle seems relaxed and fun. Culture to burn of course. You can live your dream rather than waxing lyrical to burnt out types on this forum. Nice to have mainly warm weather with some cooler or cold thrown in. You get sick of anything and I imagine you’d be sick of Thailand truth be told so cant go wrong I think.

Last night I was at the market in Phuket town and had some fatty fried pork which hit the spot but I do see a lot eating deep fried salty meals and snacks and other meals deep in black soy and fish sauces. That is ok in moderation but I think not as a regular thing and isn’t the same as what your talking about I think.

There’s fitness which is best. But second best is moving a fair bit and being active. Worst of course is being mostly immobile fingering your mobile phone all day and eating salty fatty stuff. Which a fair few seem to do.

Trump appears all over the place and doesn’t get that big an audience. Fox News stop televising his speeches as he mainly pulls out the greatest hits which are probably a yawn feast for most of his fans too. The appeal I imagine with this one was CNN versus Trump, the audience hoping there would be a ton of fireworks, but despite her doing her best instead it was a bit same same.

I think you said you feel in love at the moment. That will exaggerate the ups and downs. You’ve got your own expectations and now hers to deal with.

Point is it is normal for a party to dole out benefits to who they think are the most important voting bloc. Some give tax cuts if they think that voting bloc best represents their base and for those voters it is like a cash benefit. Other parties might focus on the poor and give them better access to health or 10000 baht. So pretty normal. Australia had it's budget last night and they increased certain benefits for unemployed. I didn't get a cracker, which means going backwards with the same tax, and wages going up less than inflation. So I get your cynicism but for every poorer person that spends it on drink there may be two others who use it to give themselves a more dignified life, if even for a short time, or spend it on bettering themselves. Nothing undemocratic as far as I can see and potentially a smart policy.

I take your point but you weren't in the courtroom to hear the evidence, to build a picture of the character of Ms Caroll, to hear her words and the words of those who confirmed that she made such claims at the time or a relatively short period afterwards, the potential similarities with claims of many other women, and of course Trump did himself no favours with the total arrogance of his interview for the case. Keep in mind too the bigger part of the finding is actually for defaming her.

As discussed in a different thread the 10,000 goes to those eligible not to those who vote for them. It's fairly common. In my state in Australia I got $250 to save on energy bills from the state government. In your bank account. Tax reductions are the same thing anyway - more money in your pocket either way.

Often seems those who went in the Defence Forces and couldn't hack it for whatever reason have a point to prove. Add being in a country where you can seemingly easily buy such high powered weapons and it is a recipe for disaster.

But my understanding is everyone gets the 10000 if they meet eligibility. Not those who voted for them. So it is a normal policy of income redistribution except for the digital aspect of it. My state government in Australia had a promise of $250 to help with electricity. Similar type of thing.

Exciting. Staying with a fair dinkum hill tribe at 20 with my girlfriend. Riding around Koh Samui like an idiot with no insurance on Koh Samui and having fun there. Everything in Thailand can seem a bit exciting after long periods working through a cold winter especially my first visit after covid.

I have noted this before but it is definitely a mixed bag. As I am on holiday if in Thailand I tend to stay larger places and they nearly all charge a higher rate if I want to book direct or additional nights. They refer me to a booking site if I want a better deal. If dealing with the owner in a smaller place could be different.

For what it’s worth my experience has been good. Nearly always heaps cheaper and normally free cancellation option. If cancel money back fast. You may need to persevere and see what they need but from my experience they’ll likely fix it eventually.

You wouldn't ... over time though in the mornings they'd be lots of new posts by a particular New Zealander apparently catching up on the last ten hours or whatever and you notice other posters posting at particular times here and there. Poms less likely to post their night time. Not foolproof though... I notice these things .. not sure why To get on topic I think the poster has too much life in him at 48 and is going stir crazy in the heat and tediousness of his locale. I would spend a couple of days at my ex wifes and though they were nice people I had had enough. Language part of the problem but seemed like a stultifying atmosphere. Maybe my fault and your fault but it is what it is and best to get away from the woman and get back to work and maybe see the kid once a month or something.

If I log in at 7am my time for a look for something to do as I start work I see the other Australians and New Zealanders adding their 2 cents while all you guys are fast asleep. Some of the english posters have their times too.

Could be. But she is probably a normal person who won't do that and will have to cop what happens. If she's been terrible to him odds on she's not liked by the local community. Sometimes it's easy to see those around us as an amorphous threat rather than being normal people who are careful not to break the law and are not willing to go out on a limb for some local woman. Sometimes it's more fun to FIGHT.