Fat is a type of crazy

47 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I never said that so stop making it up. I don't hate all the people, though I never could stand Split Enz.

They were fun in the early days.

Maybe. Late last night. Sweet dreams. Then Neil Finn came and they got a bit more commercial but were still pretty good. Crowded House were not my cup of tea.

A sign of hope. 90000 people, predominately Pakistani and Indian, got together for a cricket match at the MCG in Melbourne last night for the World Cup. Not into cricket but a close game. Muslims and hindus in a small space.  No problems just 90000 having a good time. Diwali celebrations through Melbourne too.

46 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I'd love to know where you think that you saw that "decision" (that I didn't make).

I did have apparent decision but then there were two apparents in two sentences. Good to see you can apparently see it's not a good situation 

It doesn't take much to show the character of a man. Boy Ralf you take stuff seriously. Not face to face of course. 

31 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

As I thought, you have no links.

 

You are silly. They are there on google and youtube. I do not do your bidding.

2 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Got a link to vids of this zoo ?

Google 'gorilla enclosure pata zoo video' and you shall find them

You might then like to google gorilla enclosure melbourne zoo video and compare.

37 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Ok, then.

You are making out my only reply is no.

But modern technology allows us to see the conditions and we can get first hand accounts from others. I haven't paid to go to a zoo for some years and I would not pay to see this one.

Your apparent conclusion that that makes my argument invalid indicates poor logic and reasoning. I noted that a major concern is that the gorilla is alone. Is seeing it going to make a second one magically appear. Compare videos of this zoo and western zoo gorilla enclosures and one may draw conclusions. 

Your decision that a gorilla held alone in these conditions is acceptable is not a decision with which I concur.

18 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What makes you say that it is in "poor conditions", have you seen it first hand?

No but there's youtube and you can see the videos and compare them to videos of western zoos where there are clearly better conditions and the  gorillas are not alone. The latter being an important aspect of the issue at hand. 

20 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

I don't think they know the answer, but are not content to just sit where they are. The question is, where do they go to find themselves?

Actually I think the answer may be gym. No talk. No this and that. You lift the weights or not. You find yourself through testing yourself. If no gym for a week the mind can wander and think too much. So along with other suggestions gym could be where one can find oneself or at least can help one to stop looking for something that might not be a thing.

Depends on your personality type. Dropping out and staying in bed all day for a while helps some. Being under the wing of others in a monastery or medical care helps others. Getting back on the horse and seeing friends and family and helping others could be good. Having fun and spending money on yourself might help too. Doing things that you can be proud of may assist. 

What is the problem? Where are you hitting a barrier that causes you discomfort or distress or makes you feel lost? Stop doing those things if possible. The solution has to be linked with reality i.e. if you leave work that may make you happy for now but more sad in the future. 

If Asean Now is a form of news, the impression of what it will be like to live in Thailand has been influenced by it, and sometimes damaged by it. Sometimes when you get a slew of crime and corruption stories ... or flood, heat, and pollution stories ... or farang treated badly because of this and that stories .. it can turn you off.  But also stories about life show that it can work and be fun and has lots of potential up sides too.

I do see that there are nasty bad things, that I hope get resolved in the world, but nothing that is likely to require a new or different course of action for my situation. 

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3 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Splkt Enz are Kiwis

Everything in that post is Kiwi. Thai Beach Lover is a kiwi. 

1 hour ago, onebaht said:

Did you hear they think they found Santa Claus today? Or at least St. Nicolas.

 

He was buried under a church in Turkey, I think he was orthadox christian.

 

In yoga, they don't actually stretch muscles in opposite directions. The trick is to bend your body in opposite directions like a spiral and build strength in those positions. I'll add a pic.

 

Can anyone explain why Santa Claus is buried deep under the ground with a grave that's full of spiral fibonacci sequences and infinite negitive charges.

 

Or why he is sitting in a yoga position with hands doing opposite spirals + a negitive charge below and positive charge on top (which is the exact same thing that happened in the womb photo I posted.

 

Also, this is interesting. Tell me one Thai language that doesn't follow the fibonacci spiral yin and yang.

Fractals may fit into your theory too at some point

1 hour ago, Tropposurfer said:

Oh dearie me ???? ... warning Will Robinson

This does not compute

9 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Won't go to racing or footy- a wise woman.

Something to do once to get a feel of Australia and Australians. Like seeing Split Enz or the Chills back in the day or going to see the boiling mud in New Zealand. 

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

I have A Brit pal in Cambodia.

He was in PP until the COVID shut-downs drove him out.

He's been living in Kampot since then, seems happy enough.

The peppers nice in Kampot. I haven't heard much else good about it. Crappy beaches in that area. 

1 minute ago, Sparktrader said:

Gai trains horses now

a very Australian joke .. Fun Fact my ex Thai wife lives one minute from the Caulfield race course and saw all the happy and some sad drunks leaving the Caulfield Cup  ..  can't get her to go though ..she still hasn't been to the footy 

1 hour ago, internationalism said:

there not suppose to be "fine" for losing key card. 

It was not deliberate action, not her fault.

There might be replacement costs. But not making profit for the business. They have already made money by renting room.

Probably it would be wiser not to report lost card and just walk out from hotel, without saying anything.

Once I have lost hotel key card and fearing penalty charges I just walked out. I won't be able to come back there for sometimes, probably a year or two. In that hotel there was a laminated price list for every item in the room, in case of replacement. Key card was not listed there.  

 

Presumably people lose card when outside of room. So what happens to your stuff. 

11 hours ago, Seppius said:

The whole world is f*****.

 

Even the Mullahs in Iran can't get a grip back on their own country,

I assume the point is that that is a good thing. The upside of social media is they can't hide what's going on and stop people communicating.

The downside can be that many small and bigger incidents are now on youtube and can exaggerate how bad things are in places like the UK - especially if social media targets a consumer as liking videos that confirm their worst concerns but not showing you the videos that show the good things going on in society. 

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7 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

I agree. The west peaked in 1986. All downhill since pc stuff etc.

 

West has no culture anymore. Thailand does.

 

The west sold its soul. 

West has culture - especially Europe. Australia doesn't have a lot but compared to the past probably has more - cultures of the world in one place. If you like temples plenty in Australia.  Not sure what you mean be selling your soul - what culture has been lost. Maybe a bit of Australian larrikinism and humour and a kind of innocence  - which is a loss but there were a lot of yobbos and bogans back then too.

The PC stuff is for universities and media - do you see it much in your actual life in Sydney. I am guessing not much. Bit here and there.