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I'd be tempted to clean it myself but there's a good chance the lad actually likes it like that so you'd be wasting your time cleaning it. He wouldn't appreciate it and it would soon revert to the mess it's in now.

Why do people marry people with characters they do not like? I could never marry or live with a woman, or even date a woman, who shouts all the time or one who would try to control me. Shudder the thought.

Both government and private hospitals have their pros and cons. I've used both and will continue to do so depending on my need at any one time. The biggest drawback of private hospitals is that they are, not surprisingly, more expensive than government hospitals. You will pay for everything they do and everything they use on you. They are a profit making business after all. The benefit of private hospitals is that you can often get to see a doctor more quickly that at a government hospital. A lot depends on where you live and the choices of hospitals around you, and of course, what particular medical issues you have. Sometimes one is better or more convenient than the other.

The only time anyone has taken an interest in me was after I moved in next door to a cop. Within a week we had a visit from a pair of them. They took my name and passport details and I never heard from them again.

Did you know that Charles used to be a ginger nut? I didn't, but the palace recently released a photo of him as a toddler and he sure looks ginger to me. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/king-charles-shares-poignant-childhood-26507958

^ In both those audio clips, the speakers speak pretty fast.

Thanks, Skeptic7.

Nice pics, KhunLA. Thanks for sharing.

Just out of interest, did you scroll to the bottom of the page after you clicked on Extension Visa for Retirement? (The bottom of the page is where the calendar is) Or was the calendar blank?

You won't get a date for 13 or 14 April. It's a public holiday for Songkran. I think Monday 17 is also a holiday in lieu of 15 April, which is a Saturday..

Try again. I just clicked on it and there were 4 times available for 18 April. 9:30 am 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm

What is?

I suppose it is named after a water course nearby. Huay (ห้วย) usually means stream, brook or creek. Not far from Huay Kaew Road is a waterfall called Huay Kaew waterfall and also a reservoir/man-made lake called Huay Kaew reservoir. Kaew/Gaew (แก้ว) usually means glass or something similar.

Where are you getting your figures from? I was offered 34,000 in a provincial private university 15 years ago. I turned it down. Even at that time, Rajabhat universities were offering 28,000.

Really? Which ones? And how will "Russian nuclear rhetoric" or Russian nukes in Belarus affect the "freedom of the European countries and a lot of others"? .

1. No, he didn't. He didn't have it on his card but he mentioned it at 1m20s. 2. No, it isn't. It's a different word with different spelling: different vowel, different vowel length and a different tone. The only thing that is the same is the consonant ngo ngoo.

It was a good tip. I would just add that when trying to make that sound for the first time, to slow down your speech so that you can then isolate the ng sound more easily. Then later, change the English words to use different vowels with the ng sound: nga, ngi, ngo, etc.

What's the big deal, exactly?

I doubt very much that the nuclear reactors will be built in Australia. They will be built in the USA or UK and delivered to Australia, IMO. According to a report in the Telegraph two weeks ago, "the reactor plants in their entirety are being provided by the UK.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/03/13/rolls-royce-make-nuclear-reactors-aukus-attack-submarines/

There are variations in pronunciation in all languages so don't let that put you off. Poor knowledge of tones makes communication difficult with Thai, for both you and the person you are talking to. If you cannot say the words correctly, you probably will not understand a Thai speaker when they say the same words correctly because they will sound different to the way you think the words sound. Practise the different tones. They are important. But it's not just tone that is important, syllable length is important in Thai. Thai has long vowels and short vowels. Pronouncing a vowel too long or too short can change the meaning of the word you are trying to say. It is therefore important to practise syllable/vowel tone lengths. They are equally important. There are only 5 tones but if you take into account long and short vowels, you end up with 8 or 9 ways a syllable can be pronounced. Learn and practise those and both your listening and speaking should improve. I wouldn't describe dai and hai as "filler particles". They add meaning. I haven't used Glossika and I couldn't find any examples on YouTube so I can't comment on that. Good luck with your learning.

Nobody needs to travel to Pattaya to buy cannabis in Thailand.

We have a plain backed sparrow that comes often to look at itself in the mirror. Car or motorbike, it doesn't mind. Either will do.

The games in the Middle East started well before WWII. Think of the British and French mandates and the partition of the Ottoman Empire. And of course, there was plenty of politics going on there before that.

"do they grill people who are over 50 years old and frequently visit Thailand on tourist visas? There seems to be little incentive to grill them because such people have the right to stay in Thailand as long as they want using the yearly retirement extensions if they wish so." The incentive is to get those who want to stay in Thailand long term to get the right visa - i.e. those who want to retire in Thailand get a retirement visa. Some people cannot/do not qualify for a retirement visa so they try to game the system by doing border runs and therefore "frequently visit" Thailand, and catch the attention of immigration officers. My opinion is that it depends on a combination of how often someone visits Thailand, how long between visits and where they go between visits. Are they genuine visitors or are they trying to live in Thailand without the correct visa?

Did the Americans actually leave Syria 100%?