Will B Good

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand, August 2 (UNHCR) - 17-year-old Saifullah* cries every time he recalls how he got here. "I still cry when I remember the difficulties on the boat," said the young Rohingya about his 16-day ordeal on the high seas with 178 other men in January. "We were 10 days without food, four days without water. The engine broke down. I thought I might never see land again." 16 days to travel 21 miles....what the hell were they playing at?

Jeez that all sounds very wokey to me.

Drink-driver who killed baby boy and aunt in 141mph horror crash jailed - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/a1-crash-darryl-anderson-jailed-county-durham-b2576483.html 17 years...sweet.

We don't like SNITCHES on AN.

What an excellent idea......what else might they legalise (and tax).........ganja, sex, meth, casinos, gambling, expats......

As an avid England fan....my money is on Spain.

It"s a hell of long way from war torn Syria and the Thai economy is not greatly different from its neighbours?

Full body MRI scams....sorry scans.....are an excellent money making vehicle....having said that you might discover a tumour or the like in its early stages. Any indication of a problem will be used to solicit large sums of money from you.

I'm confused....how long have the leftie liberals been running the country now?.....Or do you mean the Tories?

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.