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Will this mean that anyone vocally protesting US policy may be labeled as 'supporting terrorist activities' and can be jailed or deported? Whatever happened to Free Speech? Or will only 'Free WeAgree' Speech be permitted?

A cry in the wilderness... "I am significant!

I find it hard to imagine people even using air conditioners at this time of the year! We normally just leave the windows open. But I guess I've been here too long, as I opted for a couple of electric heaters for the bathrooms!

I've been using Harry's Razor blades for a few years now. Well... not too many of them. I only shave my neck, and do so every other day, but a Harry's blade, with a few licks on a strop, lasts me 2-3 months... without the oil. (stropping removed the oxidation.) Smooth as a baby's bum, with zero razor drag. It's the stropping that makes it work so well and last so long! (As soon as there is any drag, I change cartridges.)

It's not a matter of 'better or worse,' it's a case of who carries what! All of the shopping platforms aim at different target markets; Lazada carries much greater variety of food items than Shopee, which does carry quite a lot when compared with Temu, that carries very little. But Shopee seems to carry better quality electronics than Lazada (just my impression) while Temu's electronics are not something I would bother with. But at the same time, for small household items, craft items, etc., Temu is best and doesn't charge for shipping each individual item bought! All the shopping platforms have both good and dodgy items for sale. It's imperative to carefully read ALL of what is written in the item's description so you don't wind up buying a 'picture' of the item you wanted instead of the item itself. (Don't ask me how I know about this one...) At any given time, I usually await delivery of 1-2 orders every week. It feels a lot like Las Vegas. Sometimes I come out winning. Sometimes I just have to laugh it off.

People actually spend money buying electric shavers that make them look as if they haven't shaved in two days! That just looks unshaven. Makes no sense to me. I stopped shaving the day I got out of the Military. I've worn a beard for over 55 years, and don't give a rat's ass if someone else likes or dislikes it. I keep it trimmed 12mm short and neat... because that's how I like it.

It's just a computer glitch. If you refresh the page a few times, the 'Out of Stock' message disappears and the price shows up. This does NOT seem to be the case for many grocery items from Italy, which have been out of stock in all the supermarkets for the past 6 months!

What is the difference between salt from a pharmacy and salt from a supermarket? NaCl will be NaCl regardless of the vendor. I suspect buying salt from a pharmacy will be drastically more expensive and no different in chemical structure.

I haven't laughed so hard in ages. Thank you.

... yet no more police on the roads where it really matters. Does the government think that people believe them when they say they are 'working to reduce road fatalities?' 'Good Intentions' are not the solution. Proper policing of the roads is.

So busy with this plan and that, tell the people, spread the word, putting up posters, setting up tables for 'safety checks,' having meetings, even handing out helmets... ... everything except putting more mobile police on the roads.

We chose Chiang Mai as our home. We have no need or desire to leave it every year because of repeated occurrences. Problems can be solved. Our solution to the yearly pollution... and its worked well for us for the past 25 years without any feeling that we need to leave... - Two small Hitachi air purifiers, 1000B each for the house keep the numbers in single digits inside. No need for us to hermetically seal the house to achieve that. - N95 masks when we go outside. - PMA To date, living through the smoke for the past 25 years, we just don't find it that big a deal! Sorry. I know that will upset some people.

Once the holiday is over, where do all those cops who were manning the roadblocks go? You never see them on the streets, only at the roadblocks. They must have some tasks to keep them busy, other than stopping bad drivers. We occasionally see a few high-ranking police making a photo-op tour of walking streets, but that's about it. Maybe one or two making rounds of guesthouses to check names and data of the last night's check-in. Where are they and what are they doing the rest of the day? We never see them!

I don't really believe age to be the important factor. I believe it should be physical and mental abilities. I've seen 50yr olds who were 'dottering old men,' stumbling on smooth pavement, and 85yr olds still out there playing, dancing, and living life to the fullest, looking as if they are in their 60s. No... it's not about age. It's about the body and mind.

I've noticed that many people 'start' to be old simply because they reached a certain number of years. "Now that I'm XY years old I'm going to give up all my fun, and spend my days in an easy chair with a beer dreaming about the past." Certainly, physical health plays an increasingly important role in what we can and can not do as we age, but to give up living because we reach a certain age that someone else thought should be the end is foolish! As Richard Bach said so well in his book; "Defend your limitations, and sure enough, you own them!"