Will B Good

The Australian asylum scheme has cost taxpayers around £5.2 billion since 2013 The Australian Government has sent 3,127 people people to these detention centres since 2013, according to the Refugee Council of Australia. This has come at a cost to Australian taxpayer of AUS$9.5billion, which is over £5.2billion, and works out to £1.6million per detainee. For the same price, the Australian government could have sent each detainee to London’s Eton College for 33 years. Excellent value for money.

He needs to go 2 million next time.

That could be it. I have once, and only once, described my wife's life to some of my relatives.....all had tears in their eyes.

Oh! You mean the Rwanda scheme, the half built HS2, Brexit checks, banning on shore wind-farms.....that kind of thing?

Plenty of people walking around, but with a few exceptions, Stumble Inn, Hilary 2(?) the Sports Bar on soi 11 it does look pretty desperate. However, I'm usually asleep by 9pm so maybe it kicks off after that.

Agree,,,,the only rider I would add is that my wife is as far being hi-so as you can get. How she survived her childhood upbringing to become a 'normal' adult is beyond me.

The streets in BKK seem packed with tourists, but, and it might depend on the time of day, very few bars, shops, restaurants seem busy???

Thais sick of travel scams....oh the irony.

Ha! Odd that she bought the land the three bed house all out of her own money and has never asked me for a satang other than a contribution to our daily living costs....????

Thanks will give that a go. The cortisol effect is very strong though....waking up from a deep sleep or a light nap my nose goes crazy.....constantly runs and non-stop sneezing.....without my medication that is.

Has anyone nailed down the best way to provide some outdoor cool air? Some of the open air bars in BKK seem to be investing in lots of mobile, evaporative units....Hatari? We have a small patio and I was wondering if a wall mounted, internal units would be any good (when mounted outside)? Do people just go for these mist type cooling devices? Are they healthy?

WOW! I'm off to smoke a flip flop

Had the same thing.....started in 2001 whilst eating a chilli con carne after a Sting concert in Germany (totally irrelevant). It was hell for six months until I started taking loratadine tablets, one a day AND Beconaise spray, one puff in each nostril once a day. For me, I had to take both, miss one or the other and it all kicked off again. Turns out i am allergic to myself.....cortisol was the root cause.

Damn

Mmmmm....just ordered a submarine to see of my account is still active.....order went through no problem.

....and then you will only be considered a local by the few locals who are actually local and know you in that specific locality.

Start a thread.....How many different ways can the same question be asked?

A golden opportunity to point goes begging......this new generation of BIB are hopeless.

He has to go, sadly. He must do whatever is necessary to prevent Mr Trump returning to the Presidency along with the almost unlimited power the SCOTUS has bestowed upon him.

If it is coming from or via Lazada they could end with something like this for 36 billion...........

When I opened the door i saw it was the juristic goons at my gate. He looked down, smiled and said "No thanks. I roll my own"

Never...anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.

+ Cheap, women are sexiest on Earth, Bangkok is hopping - Lunatic visitors and other expats, no one can drive safely, IO's, heat and humidity.

Interesting thought......I actually used the wife's Thai ID????

That place must make a fortune....always busy.