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Yeah but they weren't in the same class as Elvis. He was a little bit before my time so it took me a while to truly appreciate him. But he wasn't just a great singer, he was the first overtly sexual singer. A force of nature. Even 20 years later, women were still throwing their panties up on stage. That didn't happen with Tony Bennet or even Old Blue Eyes. The Beatles were similar. They had an almost inexplicable libidinal energy when they first started. I read somewhere that the seats would be sopping wet after they gave a concert. Taylor Swift is totally different, bland, carefully curated, a triumph of marketing. Her main democraphic is millenials, almost evenly split between men and women. I don't think anybody has an orgasm while watching Taylor Swift.

He wasn't female

I have never used a zapper but the Japanese mosquito mat heaters are pretty effective.

I agree. It's not only that I've stopped listening to music for the most part, it's as if I can't understand popular music anymore. I spent a week trying to understand why Taylor Swift is so popular, but for the life of me I can't figure it out. I really do enjoy peace and quiet though. And sleep music.

We all know about the grift of the Clintons and Obama now. There wouldn't be such a backlash against the Democrats among the members of its own party if they weren't aware of how corrupt the leadership is. The only problem is that the Republicans are even worse. And Kennedy, as sincere sounding as he may be, is probably a nutcase.

Conservatives and Democrats have the same objective -- to create an elitist state -- they only differ in who they want to run it.

You also didn't need proof of a 90-day report for a retirement extension

Actually, wine prices have been falling in Europe, due to the decrease in wine drinking because of studies claiming that no amount of alcohol is safe to drink. I remember reading a while back that the average price paid by Germans for table wine was $1.89. Well, we can only dream about that here.

It has absolutely nothing to do with impeding economic progress. Letting rich foreigners make rich Thais even richer will not raise the standard of living for the average Thai. Look at property markets in places like London and New York, which have become all but inaccessible to native residents due to the influx of foriegn money. Bangkok was once a city where rich, poor, and middle-class mixed in the same areas. But not anymore. Just recently the vendors were banished from Lang Suan after Thaksin's daughter Paetongtarn bought a condo there. Coincidence? Look at some of the newer developments like Lang Suan Scope, where a 1 bedroom, 87 sq mtr condo sells for 47 million. The old neighborhoods off Sarasin that allowed the poor to live in the center of the city were seized in order to build monstrosities that 99.9 percent of Thais can't afford. Now you have a city that's so sterile that the BMA has to put fancy tiles on the sidewalks in Yaowart so tourists can recognize it as Chinatown. If Thailand wants to grow its economy, it should focus on creating a stable politicial situation and sustainable job creation not rank speculation so the rich can sell off the country to Chinese and Russian money launderers.

The Thai smile is by its nature fake. Even Thais laugh about it. And most Thais that I've encountered don't have close friends, because sooner or later they'll ask you to lend them noney. So keep people distant, smile whenever someone asks you to do something you don't want to do and refuse to answer, and develop some hobbies that will take up your free time. Painting is good. Or fishing. Or writing a blog about being a farang in Thailand.

Lisa had to leave Thailand to achieve success. They never mention that. It's pathetic how the government tries to horn in on Lisa's popularity.

In other words, just because you're corrupt and a liar doesn't mean you're not qualified for the Senate. On the contrary!

This is the group that's supposed to ensure the integrity of the Parliament

The justification for the censorship was that in a pandemic malicious misinformation spewed over and over again from a variety of sources has a real-world effect on everyone. It endangers even the people who don't believe it. Whether that justification is valid can be debated but there never was any real global censorship. All of the anti-vaccines quacks -- Peter McCullough, Pierre Kory, Robert Malone, Jay Bhattacharya, etc. -- had numerous platforms through which they could disseminate their views. And many of them got rich doing so. All during the pandemic I never had any trouble accessing what these people were saying and I'm sure you didn't either which is why you're making these claims. If there was real censorship you wouldn't even know what their views were. The truth is that the most malign anti-vaxxers don't care about the science. They quote spurious studies or offer unverifiable anedotes. They have no real evidence. I've seen the most outlandish claims -- vaccine "shedding", that the vaccines caused 17 million deaths, that they were responsible for an ungodly number of side effects ranging from infertility to turbo cancer. This in turn has led to large numbers believing that the vaccines were a bioweapon, that they were engineered under the direction of Bill Gates to depopulate the world, that they contain nanochips to control human behavior, or even that viruses don't exist and the entire pandemic was a scam (just like the moon landing) It should be obvious the dangers inherent in such thinking.

Check out Marion's Kitchen or Palin's Kitchen on YouTube. Lots of great receipes, Thai and foreign.

Maybe it's time to invest in Thai shares. The only problem is whether Srettha is even going to last until the end of the year.

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What she actually said was that their hotel does not list on Agoda because of problems in the past. She said they only use booking.com. She showed me the reservation and, indeed, it did come from booking.com although I had made it through Agoda. And when I checked the listing on booking.com later, breakfast was not included. So i can only assume that the hotel made the listing on booking.com, which then listed it on Agoda. Agoda is strange in many respects though. For example, prices will differ depending on how you access the site. For example, in the past, I've seen different prices listed if I go directly to the site or access it through a third party like google maps. And of course it's well known that prices change depending on your location. I have also seen hotels that are listed as sold out but I could find a booking if I went through a third party site. Given the various permutations, I wouldn't be surprised if they're making mistakes.

I booked a hotel on Agoda that clearly stated that breakfast was included. When I got to the hotel, they told me no breakfast . I showed them the Agoda confirmation and they told me that they never use Agoda due to problems in the past and always use Booking.com. In fact, I had made the booking over Agoda but the hotel had received the booking from Booking.com. I told them it was basically the same company but they insisted that Agoda always makes mistakes. As it turned out, the breakfast was terrible so I didn't really care but I still had to wonder who was at fault.

Acolyte is now the lowest rated Star Wars show of all time. Apparently, viewers didn't like that coven of lesbian witches. https://m.imdb.com/news/ni64650844/?ref_=tt_nwr_1

I took a look at Trigger Warning but couldn't finish it. I'm a fan of Jessica Alba but I don't get this new trend of middle-aged actresses pretending to be action stars. The movie was just boring.

Not at all. It will just create more speculation at inflated prices.

It's always a bad idea to position your housing market Have they? I see units for rent at these places all the time for ridiculous prices, a 35 sq meter unit at the Riveria, for example, going for 20,000. Other places are even more. I wonder what percentage of units are actually rented out. In Bangkok, I live next to Life One Wireless, where 35 sq meter units go for for 25,000 and up. According to Hipflat, out of the total of 501 units, 410 are for rent. I believe it too looking at the windows at night.

He's the founder of Sansiri one of biggest real estate developers in Thailand and he was one of the biggest shareholders before transferring the shares to his daughter when he ran for PM. I guess they must have a lot of excess condos on their hands.

2000 baht fine no matter how many you miss. 200 baht if you didn't extend your visa with them. They will file a TM 30 for you for an extra 500 baht.