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not if it's any good- The Old man and the hills - controlled his assassins ( hashasins) with cannabis giving them periods in paradise as a reward

No. i was not being ironic. Gold has many qualities but not sufficient to make it especially valuable. If it had real value it would not go up and down. The value of gold is not linked to its utility functions. As for 'wonderful colour ' 'brilliant lustre' It entirely meaningless and subjective. Jade is more valuable to some people. The gold 'standard ' is nonsense.

I understand that belief in Bitcoin is an act of faith but isn't gold just the same? Sure it's rarer than tin but it only has value because people have faith in it.? Effectively it has no real, intrinsic value.

Are you suggesting he suffers from entitlement and privilege because he dared to speak and is the wrong colour to be a victim of life or of circumstances?. Or is victimhood a unique attribute of people of colour?

'Hire purchase' as it used to called in Britain is now called 'buy now pay later' and is a feature of life in the UK and Europe . ITS HOW WE BUY OUR HOUSES IN BRITAIN. So I don't know if you are trying to be dismissive or superior but it sounds like it. Do you buy items such as cars and property with cash? It really sounds like you're having a go at her, but why? Because she isn't rich like you?

why not?

"Police took pictures and promised to investigate as Sariya did all the necessary pointing for the media." Some people might regard this comment as unprofessional and supercillious. A young woman was the victim of a crime, a distressing crime. Yet the editorial staff think it's funny. It's a cheap laugh at somebody else's distress. Does the victim of the crime know the staff on ASEAN now are taking the p*** out of her? Do the proprietors of The Nation or the senior staff of ASEAN now know about this kind of abuse.

ajarn...yes! As for wise I didn't know about the pension issue but retirement visas are for people of 50+ but pensions in UK don't start till 67. But I take your point and see there is a section dedicated to it.

LOL Fortunately I have more than one relative but few of them use cheques but anywsy I can't think the police would want to get involved. Perhaps they would send me a telegram

Oh. I thought you were suggesting someone had cut and pasted a block of text? That's what you asked for ,the link. But if you can't find a link or there is none or you don't really want to find it.You are not making a point! Anyway, just in case you have a genuine or sincere desire to find a link then now you know

I wasn't being ironic. it was a genuine question to which I believe there are genuine answers

Wealthy and educated compared to previous generations. Not just families but the nation No I do not mean white western societies. Specifically in any continent including Africa where education leads to wealth the birth rate goes down. IDLE?! I did not say idle! They are well educated, hardworking and jobs are easy to find. I suggested the only real challenge had been covid-19. An existential challenge. Life was so much more difficult for my generation between 8 to 18. I don't resent the ease of life of the current generation. But the difference in wealth, opportunity, travel, free time is STAGGERING compared to my generation. It's the lack of discipline generated by hardship that is their problem. The current generation have 'play dates' but we went out to play. to explore our neighborhood and by extension, the world and ourselves.

Local police? I'm from London no such thing as local police and no such service. If there was an emergency at home friends or family would contact me. The police would never phone anyway for reasons of impersonation and security.

yeah I know tap and go but i never thought of it as contactless. I thought the card had to contact a device..

Good question- where is any enforcement? Police? City hall?

I've never lived in a condo block where one person owned all the units- don't even know of one.

Your spam protection system should block numbers not in your address book/ contacts.

Are they in Thai?

Korean rice spirit! Nice touch

This same class and colour of people are effectively banned from malls too. Apartheid is alive and well in LOS it seems. Vending and hawking is part of the true Asian spirit of entrepreneurialism. THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING IT.

You assume having children is desirable and that quantity of children is an indication of wealth. But it isn't in wealthy educated societies. I see the current growing generation- I'm looking at 8 to 18 years old as the most secure, wealthy, best dressed, plump easy life generation ever, in the UK. Covid was a rare blast of reality for then. The first challenge they had ever experienced.

There are forums for Teachers looking for work in Thailand but it's not this one. Dave's *** Cafe used to be big, TEFL dot com but not here. As for pensioners it never occurred to me. The only people I know who visit here regularly are well paid, often expats but I guess pensioners might use this forum but the subject of pensions is not that frequent. What do you think the most common subject is?

If it is a quote it should be possible to Google it I think. In 1997 I did my MA and all essays had to be submitted on disc to enable the lecturers to do an Alta Vista Word searches for unatributed cut and pastes masquerading as original writing. By pasting whole blocks of text into Google it's very easy to find quotes.

I see. Contact less? I use my UK card in UK but not my Thai card here. They've only just stopped asking for signatures. So if the OP has a bank card just use it buy currency anywhere. Even from ATM machine at airport or he could buy traveller's cheques

Rory, son of satirist, actor and political commentator, Roy makes a good villain but he's also very funny in the comedy series Count Arthur Strong. Some episodes are the best comedy on TV.