NanLaew

Not yet it isn't. Just like it took the best part of a century for our familiar old epithets and nicknames to become unpolitically correct, who knows when the poor, disenfranchised, itinerant Russkie(y) exiles and emigres will need to be re-labeled because someone, probably non-Slavic, is upset on their behalf.

Good tune. My petty whine is about the new age traveler with their wheelie carry-on suitcase that are no longer towed behind but held at arms-length to the side and ever so slightly ahead as they sweep, double-wide, through crowded airport lobbies.

Ahh, yes, patience, otherwise known to Thai's as, shut up farang, and obey, or leave. Well, well, well, here's three members who think it is all about me, me, me.

I provided two links with regard to questions, including facts, about Google's bias. I believe the lack of links to support this claim as offered by @radiochaser was your core complaint? Just because you chose to ignore the links or not read them doesn't make them BS. I pointed out that the forum's request for "Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source" that you have re-posted in support of "mandatory" links appears on the Word News forum ONLY and not in THIS forum. It certainly doesn't appear in the Forum Rules. If you have a spare moment, you can always trawl the 41 Forum Rules and 8 Standards of Conduct for the word "must" as well.

Since it only appears to be you that seeks 'mandatory' links, here's a couple relating to research on Google's political bias among other things. It's not conspiracy theory stuff or fake news. https://ahrefs.com/blog/is-google-biased/ https://www.authoritas.com/blog/are-google-search-results-biased/ BTW, this here is the Thailand News forum and @radiochaser hasn't posted anything in the World News forum to which the additional need for a "valid link to an approved credible source" specifically applies. In the 41 Forum Rules and 8 Standards of Conduct, the word 'mandatory' doesn't appear.

Certainly doesn't know how to dress for a significant appointment at the Interior Ministry either. It's not like he's doing a walk-in 90-day report in Jomtien is it?

<self moderated> More at ten...

It's a fact of life and a rite of passage that the western male owns the TV remote control, so how did you let this happen?

Have you mentioned this to Chuwit?

Mandatory?

Here endeth the first lesson.

In bed you say? I must remember to try that.

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Prices for many things in the UK, Japan and Botswana are "significantly higher now than they were 9 months ago." Your airfare when you "came back" included. Sheesh...

Or you may have forgotten to brush your teeth.

I'm not a misogynist but the OP will always pay for it one way or another anyway, so what the difference etc etc...

The OP sounds like a greenhorn so in case your post confuses, here's a picture of a keeper.

Totally agree. She should remove the bikini.

...soon to be a blockbuster movie starring Keanu Reeves.

Are you a committed environmentalist or just a casual tree hugger?

But what else can they whine about? (rhetorical)

Yes, but how many countries will give you visa-free entry on your British passport compared to a Thai passport issued anywhere?

And issued there & then. I think you may be conflating cost and convenience with value.

I recall when these win first hit the Pattaya streets and pegged out their unofficial 'taxi ranks'. Woe betide anyone who they perceived was parked too close to their pitch. Lolling about on plastic chairs, whistling and clapping at anyone walking within sight and shouting abuse when waved away. Looks like the vermin persists.

After I have thoroughly researched the product I want online, including the manufacturer's website, I visit retail outlets to see if they have it, check the price and get the 'hands on' experience. Then I have look on lazada. Sometimes the genuine article is cheaper, some times not. If a vendor has a copy/paste description, or if it has errors and typos or if the pictures shown are inconsistent or show varying but similar products, they don't get my trade. I seldom order if the item is from 'overseas'. For example: I was in the market for a Haier 14kg top loading washing machine. The Haier website showed the two models; one white and the newer metallic black model which on research was more expensive. I hit four of the 'usual' stores and the one with the lowest price on the white one didn't have it in stock. Another one wouldn't allow me to order for collection because it wasn't available (despite having them on display and in stock at the branch in question). Another had only the display model left and wouldn't sell it. I checked lazada (I don't do shopee: the family advises the quality is lower on comparable items on lazada) and the prices were mostly upwards of retail. Just before I was headed to DoHome (best price metallic black and in stock), I dropped by makro and they had both the cheaper white and the newer metallic black one. The price for the white one was almost 1000 baht lower than all other stores. They showed me the metallic black one which was over 2000 baht higher than all other stores (closer to lazada prices). I said I was after the cheapest and they "revised" the black metallic price down to match the white one. So I saved myself 1540 baht on the newer, more expensive model. Now, back to doing the laundry.