Chris.B

2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Well he knows a photo opportunity when he sees one.

 

Has he done his ‘Fight them on the beaches’ pastiche yet?

 

Rest assured, it’s coming.

Bit of a cynical and predictable comment. ☹️ There you are in your armchair critizing someone who is risking his life in the middle of a war zone.

Daily Express

6 hours ago, Chris.B said:

Well done Boris! 

 

Boris in Kiev

 

another video....

Good man is Boris.

Daily Express

4 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Preparing for the first winter without Russian gas

The European Union can manage without Russian gas next winter, but must be united in taking difficult decisions, accepting that in many cases it won’t have enough time for perfect solutions.

https://www.bruegel.org/2022/02/preparing-for-the-first-winter-without-russian-gas/

They were warned by the USA and UK not to become dependant on Russian energy and they choose to ignore those warnings.

Boris Johnson Warns Gas Pipeline From Russia Puts Stability at Risk  

17 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Putin is very very motivated to win or at least have a way to fake a win. He loses he's finished. Ukraine is an existential threat to Putin. A protracted war at least keeps him going. Putin as dictator will do almost anything or even anything to stay in power. He'll find the money.

How? Sell a couple of yachts? ????

2 hours ago, RobU said:

My fiances son is 30, lives in the north east and cannot afford a phone or a TV and neither can many others in the village

Has she told you about the sick buffalo yet? ????????

6 minutes ago, RobU said:

I suspect that many live in rural districts and are not aware of the severity, no mobile phone and no TV.

 

Haha, where do you think they are living, in the Amazon rainforest? Of course they have mobile phones and TVs.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Russians feel they need a strong man leader. Its deeply cultural and arguably related to the fundamentals of such a vast nation.

In that case then, they are all to blame.

3 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

The Russians are fighting an increasingly dirty war.

The Russians are fighting an increasingly dirty desperate war.

8 minutes ago, SooKee said:

Always an interesting topic.  I'll be due for renewal before long and am currently with April International.  My renewal premium has gone up by 8% and will be around $2,400 so I decided to look around.  The premium hike I can stand and it's probably not unreasonable, what bugs me though is that I have to pay using a GBP credit card (I have looked at all, I think, other possible methods, the problem being their account is in USD in a French bank so all the payment systems are expecting a Euro payment) and each time I do that I get stung an extra £50 by the bank, on top of the premium, because of a non-sterling transaction.  April's payment system is garbage IMO with confusing messages and website re-direction that resulted in me being charged twice last year and then messing around chasing a refund.  Their communication sucks as well, or rather the lack of it does, and problems getting replies about anything!

I've had a look at HCI International which has quite a lot lower premium (£1,400 or so vs £2,000 for April) but I just worry that this is a bait premium to get you hooked after which it will sky-rocket, as another poster alluded to in another thread.  This thread puts me off David Shield (or whatever their name is now) and the WR Life I'm reticent about due to their newness.  

AA brokers suggested another policy to me, Globality, their 'You Genio World Plan' with very high coverage rates, a GBP policy and, while it's more expensive than April by £150, that drops to only £100 more for me as I can pay in GBP and take the non-sterling transaction hit.  As ever, one wonders what the increases will be in the future but that's an issue with every company, including April.  The Globality policy though provides far higher coverage and fewer restrictions than April for an only slightly increased price so I might look harder at that.  HCI I'm on the fence about.

What age are you?

On 4/7/2022 at 4:11 AM, gargamon said:

The game has changed. Those still in the game, if they have any brains at all, are offering their wares on Thai Friendly or elsewhere. Why go through the bar nonsense, rowdy drunks, etc. when they can get a few customers a day on the internet?

How do you know so much about it?

5 hours ago, LosLobo said:

 

Full interview from Sky News. The commentator also holds Russia to account for most of it's recent past bad actions. Worthwhile watching full interview.

 

"Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov denies Russia has carried out war crimes in Ukraine but admits there's been 'significant' Russian losses."

 

 

Not interested in listening to his lies.

On 4/5/2022 at 4:17 AM, RandiRona said:

I think France should donate those to Africa or Latam where these are required. I think Thailand got all the supplies they need. 

You speak for the Thai people do you? ????

Wow! Good donation.

29 minutes ago, friendofthai said:

The resistance of the West stems from the Russian inability to use nuclear weapons now. So the West behaves as if Russia did not have nuclear weapons. As If Russia were Iraq or Lybia.
This inability will persist for several more months for this reason:
 

I think everyone here should stop feeding this troll.  Just ignore him. In fact I have just remembered the ignored users list so I shall add him to it on him now.

8 hours ago, friendofthai said:

How many? From ~1500 (from Russian sources) to ~15000(from Ukrainian sources)
And how many soldiers can Vlad mobiliZe? About 30 million soldiers (full mobiliZation).
15000 of 30 million is about 0.05%. This will not stop the true eastern leader.

More likely 30 million nancy boys wetting themselves at the Front.

11 minutes ago, rodknock said:

is it ok to get flu shot with having had 3 covid-19 shots?

I don't think it is a problem.

How does the flu vaccine work with Thais? Is it free over a certain age?

I was told previously foreigners can't get the free vaccine so I pay 590 baht in a private hospital where we live.

Two Russian soldiers have died and 28 are in hospital after being POISONED by pastry delicacies offered to them by civilians near besieged Kharkiv

Daily Mail

10 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Absolutely disgusting:

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/02/ukraine-russia-bucha/

 

And that’s probably just one of many examples of war crimes being committed by Russian troops.

Normal day's work for the Russkies.

PS, 

25 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Yet one more example of Putin’s miscalculations.

 

 

Count Vlad is a sick man, seriously. Apparently he has a tumour on the brain.

Where is he hiding now? Some say he is in a nuclear bunker in Siberia over the Urals with his family.