NanLaew

I can't argue with this Me neither. But isn't there a bit of virtue signalling in this sentiment as expressed?

Whose void has more importance here; the adopter or the adoptee? I'm 66 and play basketball with my 16 year-old lad and his mates. My mate, also 66 and retired just last month, took one of his apprentices from his work for a local nature ramble round the backwoods and rivers of east Lancashire. My mate, a globetrotting master mechanic and serially single in his life (including a mutually hedonistic 8 years in Pattaya in the '80's where we first met), took a shine to this lad at work as he was keen to learn, good at his job and great timekeeper despite having a really, really bad home life. During their 10 mile hike, they talked about families, life and relationships with my mate basically saying it's up to you what you make of it. He had a wee reunion with the apprentices and junior mechanics from work last weekend, a great night out with a fair few beers. The following morning, my mate got the following message from his favored apprentice. You don't need to be biological father and son.

My sister, who along with her former husband, were avowed 'never have children'' in their younger days, had her first child when she turned 42 and the second about three years later. They are now making sure their mum's 'twilight years' are as comfortable and fulfilling as possible after she suffered a debilitating series of strokes just before covid. They are also the primary contact between myself and my sister with our frequent WhatsApp chats and video calls. My sister acknowledged several years ago that this children-free lifestyle for the first fourteen years of the relationship with her former husband was, along with some pretty hideous things he perpetrated on our family and her friends, was another facet of his deeply disturbing, long-term controlling influence on her and her life. They divorced and separated before the oldest was school age.

Regardless of this particular 'political activist' regularly dobbing in viable opposition candidates to the EC, CC and other regulatory groups of questionable political bias, one would think that any clever and well-educated leader of any opposition would have eviscerated any and all linkages to anything vaguely suspicious. Especially after how his predecessor was similarly and successfully jilted at the altar at the last rodeo.

More ludicrous than the time when the Constitutional Court ran then Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej out of town on a rail because some people didn't like his participation on early morning television cookery shows?

Not that blind obviously.

That's it! I'm off to Sweden as soon as my eyes stop bleeding. Thanks OP!

Top marks for persistence. Bottom of the class for lessons learned. (See you again soon)

If only I was a betting man, eh?

If you need to ask...

That's about right. Coming back from Saturday night dances in Rothienorman, there was no way my Vauxhall VX490 could keep up with Billy Patterson's Triumph Dolomite Sprint. ...but I had loadsa room for the girls and for that, the bench seat and column shift worked loads better than a bucket and a stick.

Your reckoning is off. You are arguing from ignorance. You can't take a position on something you nothing about. I am ignorant of the bliss of flying gliders - hence I make no ignorant opinions about it. If you have never experienced something, it's best to stick to asking questions. Dear @DualSportBiker, You quite honestly have absolutely no idea of what another person's experience or knowledge is of anything. Especially someone you don't even know. One doesn't need to stand in front of a speeding car (or fall off a sport bike) or ingest some totally unknown substance to experience the fact that there's a very real possibility that it won't end well.

Is this the same freight train that came in 1932, 1933, 1939, 1947, 1951, 1957, 1958, 1971, 1976, 1991, 2006 and 2014? Having 'caught' the last four, I can honsetly say that I can hardly wait. As some Thai's like to remind us, “The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.” However, with regard to Thai politics, I think its more like, "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."

Where's the bwah-ha-ha-ha emoji when you really need it? PS: I'm commenting on the pariah bit, not losing his ar5e in the election. With the possible exception of Plaek Phibunsongkhram, there's not a single coup leader and former Prime Minister who has ever become a pariah. Ever. Most moved on to work in goverment, politics and business with a few being elevated to the Privy Council.

Hi PJ I reckon I do.

Being an atheist doesn't mean one is prevented from doing a "dance around a fire." You can do it at any time that suits especially during the current burning season here.

Hyundai sedans were a bit of a bust here but their minivans and people carriers have always been great value for money. A client of mine had one converted into his 'golfing wagon' and it was really stunning with the captains chairs and minibar. Their new Staria looks way better than Toyoyta's boxy offerings.

Why? Has she got a younger sister? (asking for a friend)

Depends on what business you're planning on setting up in Laos, no?

Maybe you missed some of the EARLIER military-led coups where tanks and soldiers WERE relocated to strategic locations? However, I'll give a slight nod to your highlighting my dynastic inaccuracies. Because you say so? Right.

I went to Korea.

When I was 18, I never considered doing any inhalants or pharmaceuticals. If I hadn't reached escape velocity after six large bottles of Newcastle Brown, I switched to shots.

First, the OP needs one of these.

So, you subscribe to the alternative "yabaa-crazed ladyboy, on failing to find a wallet, angrily stabbed the guy and ran away" theory? You don't get 'high' on these chemicals. You get royally f***ed up. There have been plenty tabloid stories of otherwise nice and normal people doing pretty awful and 'out of character' things when bent out of shape on the alcohol/meth/ice cocktail. Plenty more to come as well.

It wasn't mentioned , but it stands to reason that someone who stabs or cuts himself has serious mental issues. If you don't have personal experience with or knowledge of mental health and aren't familiar with recreational drugs, then like myself, you are totally unqualified to suggest that this guy has 'serious mental issues'. For example, I was unaware that a combination of alcohol and marijuana would result in my parking a BMW I didn't own behind the old Marine Plaza and, clad only in a large bath towel, going upstairs at the Marine Disco in time for the 'lucky number' draw.