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Some 'interesting' observations here. My Thai friends gave me gifts. Many. It's absolutely incorrect to suggest that Thai people do not give gifts. It's not, as suggested a 'cultural thing' for Thai people to not give gifts. That is ridiculous. But on the other hand, I very rarely open my gifts. So a variation on the OP's issue. I have gifts more than ten years old that I haven't opened. My reasoning is that I have enough at the moment...

@Chivas It's for British Airways. Stop arguing senselessly when the evidence is before your eyes. Your screenshot is not from the Norse Atlantic Airways website. I don't know why you would try to mislead that it did. if you go to https://flynorse.com/en-GB/book/flights you will find their flight leaves at 1600 hrs from LGW and 1230 hrs from BKK. I found flights from the 26th of October. Cheaper O/W flights in November and December. From £331. Other way, from £298.

Service fee rates for the “GO Travel EXTRA” add-on package (excluding VAT 7%) are as follows: GO Travel EXTRA (ASIA & AUS) 599-baht, 7 GB data roaming and 50 minutes of calls to Thailand, local calls in destination country, and incoming calls for 10 days in Asian countries and Australia 749-baht, 14 GB data roaming and 50 minutes of calls to Thailand, local calls in destination country, and incoming calls for 10 days in Asian countries and Australia GO Travel EXTRA (Worldwide) 1,099-baht, 7 GB data roaming and 50 minutes of calls to Thailand, local calls in destination country, and incoming calls for 15 days in Worldwide 1,499-baht, 14 GB data roaming and 50 minutes of calls to Thailand, local calls in destination country, and incoming calls for 15 days in Worldwide If you have an iPhone, consider using an eSIM for that particular country.

@Bkk Brian I already explained why I think it was meant to be deliberately offensive. There was no need to put Zionist in his post at all. He did it to offend and as per the article, he has form for doing so,

What proof do you have that the vast majority supported it? I don't always comment on the ridiculous statements made on this forum. Does that mean that I agree with them? Let's hope that you don't work in an office, as this is what he thinks of office workers. Again: From Severn Water: “The allegations in the Telegraph are not the whole story nor is this an isolated incident. This relates to the conduct of an individual who posted highly charged content on a range of topics from gender to sexuality to race in an online work platform – having previously been warned this was not the appropriate forum to do so".

@Bkk Brian It's offensive in much the same way as using company property to suggest that everyone in Severn Water supported Putin's invasion.

Now for the parts that were left out. Damon Joshua was dismissed by Severn Trent Water after he described Hamas as “a group of violent and disgusting terrorists” in a post on the company’s staff intranet website on the anniversary of the attack. The post was taken down by managers at the company following internal complaints that “the terminology being used includes very derogatory words” and “is very one-sided”. According to documents seen by The Telegraph, one complainant said: “The post reflects poorly on Severn Trent’s reputation as a diverse and inclusive company.” What he wrote was "“I can say with confidence today that the vast majority of STW’s employees stand in solidarity with our Jewish, Israeli and Zionist colleagues against the evil of Islamist terror.”" Zionist colleagues 😊 That's offensive and meant to be so. But no mention of that here at all. Only the emphasis on different words that likely had little or no basis in his removal. “They didn’t really give an opinion on what I’d wrote. They just said that it was seen as offensive.” Mr Joshua says he made the post following messages to managers asking if they would do anything to commemorate the anniversary of the attacks, to which he says he received no reply. At his disciplinary hearing he was told that the post had caused “significant offence” to three members of staff who complained about it. They also raised concerns that “the wording in the post explicitly suggests support of a particular geopolitical stance”. They told Mr Joshua his claim that the majority of STW staff supported Israel “creates exclusion and assumptions of solidarity”. In other words he made unsubstantiated claims using the companies property. If he posted it on social media, he might have gotten away with it. But posting it on company property.....he's an idiot and now he knows it. But here is another salient fact that is being left out of this propaganda. From Severn Water: “The allegations in the Telegraph are not the whole story nor is this an isolated incident. This relates to the conduct of an individual who posted highly charged content on a range of topics from gender to sexuality to race in an online work platform – having previously been warned this was not the appropriate forum to do so". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/23/i-condemned-the-oct-7-massacre-cost-me-job-severn-water/

@MalcolmB That's not true is it? If you bothered to watch the video, you'll see a foreigner fast approaching, just before it cuts off.

Not much in the way of useful posts here. If you aren't on my 💩 list, ask nicely and I'll send you the ONLY link that you need.

Just copy and paste the Magnet links in. Right click on the horseshoe magnet, choose Copy and then Paste that into qBittorrent. Right-click>Copy (on a magnet link). Click qBittorrent's Add Torrent Link Icon. Then right-click>Paste (it into the dialog box). Click Download.

@johng ass-u-me-ed or ass-u-me-d? 2 and 2 is 22. Perhaps you meant 2 + 2. Better to just write clearly and concisely. No games necessary.

No, @johng The issue is that you gave him the address of pb.org instead of https://thepiratebay.org/index.html in the first instance. That took him to a completely unrelated website. They don't need https://transmissionbt.com/

Are you a leftist if you support the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Benjamin_Netanyahu https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-corruption-trial-divides-israeli-public-2024-12-09/ Or are some criminals exempt?

Up to you 😊

Indeed, they look like something far worse.

Whereas the foreigners see it the other way around. The Asian woman often looks in decent shape and probably fairly okay looking, but she is walking with some ogre.

What is available locally, is often the dregs.

Please stop....the point is 500 baht. If a foreigner is unable to afford the surcharge for a hospital in a particular location, he now knows to go to another that does not charge that fee. 500 baht doesn't make it unaffordable to most expats and tourists and it's you, not the other foreigner posting it here and claiming that it is not affordable.

What you mean is that you are not at all discerning. Up to you. Eat as much crud as you like. It's your body.

Or just throw it away and buy real butter. You have perhaps confused that product with the one sold in Australia.

Yes, it is. But not local to you.

They have Westgold 250g in a local supermarket in Thailand for 80 baht. Special offer of course. Half priced allegedly.

Perhaps you failed to understand anything at all. Let's go back. You told an anecdote about a particular hospital that charges foreigners 500 baht. My advice was to avoid that particular hospital if you cannot afford the 500 baht. Is that too difficult for you? It seems that you are just searching for a way to complain about something. Pattaya City Hospital is not the only choice in town. You aren't forced to go there. But if it's the closest to where you live, then you can choose to pay 500 baht for the convenience or simply go further afield. Not everyone lives on Soi Bua Khao. It's not a Thailand thing. It's you. @BritManToo pays 50 baht. I don't remember paying any premium when I chose to visit a government hospital and I rarely go anywhere early in the morning. So the oft spoken untruth about having to go early in the morning and to wait all day, has not ever applied to any of my visits. Good service and not expensive. Some people are prone to making problems for themselves.

But you paid for that with taxes and such. You didn't in Thailand.