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They don't have to actually close the straits, they just need to one tanker with a drone or missile and shipping insurance will become prohibitively expensive.

The Sinovac Vaccine was produced the old-fashioned way! Of course, it is about as effective as a saline shot....

The only positive that I was expecting from Trump 2.0 was his reluctance to get into wars. Unfortunately, it looks like he will not be able to resist the temptation to play with his high-tech toys!

Chuwit rises from the grave! I just love Thai politics.

Why is there a picture of me in this thread! lol

Banks are usually reluctant to repossess small rural properties. If someone can talk to the bank, they will usually set up some reasonable payment schedule. One of my wife's uncles (through her ex-husband) died leaving an mortgaged house to his daughter. My wife called them up and negotiated a repayment schedule for the daughter. She finally made the final payment just a month ago.

I certainly haven't noticed any improvement! But I usually don't drive in the areas mentioned.

I would guess that this was cargo carried aboard a ship that broke up and sank a few decades ago. The 'nearby coral' dating doesn't really sound convincing.

I wonder if Joe Rogan ever thought that he would become the official channel for government announcements?

฿2,000? Just sit outside any provincial government school at opening or closing time and you will see dozens of teenage students and their friends coming and going on motorbikes without wearing helmets. I suspect that none of those kids could come up with ฿2,000 on the spot. How are they going to enforce this? I guarantee that they are not going to impound the bikes and make the parents come in to pay!

I suspect that the key words here are "silence U.S. citizens and companies". This is all about protecting Facebook and Google's right to collect advertising revenue and do targeted marketing. By phrasing it as a "freedom of speech" law, they can disguise their true intent.

Easy - before I had a cat I had to set mousetraps every night and they were frequently full in the morning! After cat - no rats at all.

I have no animals in my house... my cats deal with them before I even see them!

He's still healthier than that panther he killed.

Now that Cannabis is legalized in Thailand, do Thai customs no longer check baggage for it? Or do they check for it and then just tip off the police at the destination?

I'm sure that her contribution was "Don't you know who my father is?".

12 people sitting in my office - only 2 phones went off!

A fellow I knew seemed like a normal guy, but from things that he and his Thai wife said probably committed insurance fraud and maybe bigamy! It seems that he took out a life insurance policy and then left his wife and children back in Farangland and moved to Thailand. His wife then claimed that he had died while overseas and was able to claim the insurance after a few years while he married a Thai woman, had a child and started a new life here. He was on about 10 years overstay when he had a heart attack and died.

There are whole neighborhoods in Dubai where the most common job description is businessperson/politician/gangster.

I wonder if she saw the Red Bull killer boy there? I understand that he's a big F1 fan.

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I think you mean: 10% of the complex will be crowded and busy, 90% will be practically empty! 😉

Although I carefully examined those pictures I still haven't seen her feet!

I predict a growing number of socially conservative but economically liberal Pro-Islamic political parties will arise in both the UK and throughout Europe. With the power to throw their votes to the left or right on different issues they will tend to have a disproportionate power in shaping the future of Europe.

I was betting on Marco Rubio being the first one out, but it looks like I was wrong. I will still bet that Rubio will end up doing a full 'John Bolton' with a tell-all book and numerous anti-Trump Youtube appearances!