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True but the ancients didn't identify in the alphabet ways we do. That is very modern.

I'm saying there is no good choice but to help Ukraine defeat Russia ASAP.. Not to be ruled by a monster's threats.

I'm sure you could enjoy all the museums, year round festivals music/theater/opera seasons in one day.

I am not Thai. This is an expat forum. The position or lack thereof of the government of Thailand has nothing to do with expats.

It's still a world class arts and culture center.

This is in the Pattaya forum. This not the space for people who are obsessed with bashing Pattaya. I get it. You've got a bug up your <deleted> about hating Pattaya. Message received. No need to further hijack this topic.

San Francisco started like Pattaya. Mark Weins is very ambitious and wouldn't take the risk of associating himself with Pattaya regardless.

We? Who's we?

The arts and culture mecca of Thailand is Bangkok. Convenient to Pattaya.

I find your POV weird. You can't negotiate with Putin period.

I call B.S. There are many excellent International restaurant options in Pattaya. The pandemic did take some hits but it did everywhere. Your lame attempt to paint Pattaya as a city where good Italian restaurants serve ketchup sauce beggars belief. You lost credibility. You can get ketchup sauce pasta all over Thailand at cheap dives catering to Thais. Yes of course if you want a concentration of the best expensive fine dining options in Thailand then the place to go is Bsngkok. Convenient to Pattaya.

Ketchup sauce on pasta? Where do you get your restaurant recommendations?

False equivalence.

So you're saying what? Surrender?

I agree that Putin is all in, there is no way out for him but his demise. The 64 trillion dollar question is how many people he takes with him.

Nuclear winter

Haters gonna hate. This isn't a Chiang Mai topic.

Cisgender gay Boomer here. I really don't understand those very high numbers. They sound incredible. I am very skeptical of them. Bill Maher who is often obnoxious but also often right talks about the power of being trendy in youth. I bet in 20 years that the Z LGBTQ numbers will be much lower. The way its going gay bars will need to rebrand as just bars.

There are more than you think and many are working remotely. I agree some will turn to overstays, working illegally, scams, etc. and some that shouldn't be going home will be forced to. A lot depends on how the war lasts and what Russia looks like after the war, and in that I wouldn't be optimistic.

Um. No.

It's true-ish. Is Paul T. Goldman Real or Fake? Is It Based on a True Story? (thecinemaholic.com)

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Covert mobilization continues.

I expect the rubble to be down at least 25 percent this year. It's being artificially propped up right now and that isn't sustainable. The energy they sell is deeply discounted.

OK. Here's what I had heard and I'm not suggesting that it's necessarily true but it is interesting. The story goes a hotel in Pattaya was telling distressed Russian guests that they could go to immigration and request a "safety" extension. I assume that if the hotel did that they were confusing this with Covid extensions which have stopped. As far as I know there is no war based safety extension.