JonnyF

I wouldn't overthink it, they certainly don't. I think they do it because everyone else in that environment does it. It's a bit of short term excitement getting it done as well. Quite a few get them on the lower stomach to cover the stretch marks after child birth as well. No great thought goes into it and some of the tattoos are truly awful. I know one really pretty girl in her late 30's who is covered in them (both forearms, full back piece) and she openly said to me that she hates them and wishes she didn't have them. She said she's really embarrassed when her young niece asks what they are and has to try to cover them when she visits family. Personally I don't mind them and rarely give it a second thought but I do think it's a shame sometimes when you see a beautiful girl with perfect, smooth skin and a huge blob of badly done ink, especially when it's a skull or something.

I would disagree. The jail appears to have succeeded. Epstein is gone, a couple of Britons (Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew) have been hung out to dry while all the powerful individuals (Clinton, Gates etc.) who visited Epstein island and travelled on the Lolita Express have discreetly exited stage left. Job's a good 'un.

They've been lying about Hunter for years. Why stop now?

Ridiculous to blame weed when he'd also taken Meth. It's well known that weed has a calming effect. The only thing I want to murder after a smoke is a cheese sandwich.

I don't need to be an expert on amputation to know that Oscar Pistorius only has one leg.

I wouldn't be so sure. It's still a paid job for someone if you didn't do it. You are effectively taking the work of a Thai Arborist. My farm is not a commercial farm, it's a hobby farm. It's basically a house with a very, very large garden and lots of fruit trees in said "garden". And what if the work that I am doing is not work (farming), but simply gardening. I would simply be pruning a tree in my garden, same as the guy with a 4 x 4 metre lawn in his 2 up 2 down house in the Moo Bahn. Ultimately it's Thailand so how this is all interpreted would come down to whether you had irritated the wrong people. Checking people in at a hotel is a totally different ball game.

No proven evidence of gross dereliction of safety. They could have been struck by an underwater object for all we know. The risks were spelled out in the waiver that they signed. The risk of death was mentioned 3 times on the first page. They signed it. Why do you always need a 'victim'? Such a strange mentality. Good to see you can predict the outcome of future trials that will never take place. A handy skill to have. No proven evidence that he killed someone with his recklessness. This wouldn't have anything to do with his links to the Republicans by any chance would it? ???? https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/the-left-says-stockton-rush-deserves-to-die-for-backing-gop/

Well done Thailand. Hope this strengthens the Baht.

Her decision kind of gives the game away ????.

So you are saying that because subs already exist, innovation stops? So presumably you would have stopped innovating aircraft around about this time? They knew the risks, they were intelligent people who signed the waiver. Death was mentioned 3 times on the very first page.

Of course, when trips to the titanic in subs are commercially available to millions of people per year we will need regulations on the industry. But we are talking about the innovation stage here. You own post stated "Safety vs innovation". If you stifle it we will never reach the point that air travel is at today. These guys knew the risks, they basically "took one for the team" so that in the future people will be able to travel safely in a regulated industry.

Why are you quoting estimates that are 3 months old? It's already been established that the UK did better than forecasts predicted (surprise, surprise!!) Facts are, as of today the Eurozone is in recession and the UK isn't. So it would appear that leaving the EU was not the catastrophe it was portrayed to be (surprise, surprise!!) Must be tough being proved wrong.

I think the electorate are well aware that he is incompetent and mentally declining. However, he is not Trump. That's enough for many. That's the pathetic state of US politics. The same reason otherwise seemingly logical people on this forum pretend that there is nothing amiss. No wrongdoings. No mental decline. He only trips over because people keep putting things where he is about to walk etc. ???? A very sad state of affairs for a once great country.

The Thai Labour Department. All work paid or unpaid requires a work permit. Cutting a tree down is work. It's known as being an Arborist.

Let's see how the appeal goes, if there is one. For now, I am sure she is more than capable of reaching a logical decision. No need to get over excited.

I'm sure the judge had all the relevant information at her disposal when she reached her conclusion. No need for hyperbole here.

Well the judge obviously didn't think there was any risk from "trump extremests" as you so eloquently describe them.

Technically not allowed. However, I am sure most of us have mowed the lawn, painted a wall, cut down a tree, cleaned a pool etc. all of which are not technically allowed. Personally I try to keep it as low key as possible when doing stuff on our farm. I wouldn't normally do much near the entrance to the property but I do till the dirt on my motocross track using my tractor, I also cut down any trees impeding the track and generally keep it tidy but the fields are a few hundred metres behind the house. Personally I would avoid contact with customers that could be construed as doing a job. You never know when someone from immigration will turn up, maybe in a private capacity and then see you "working". Sitting and having a chat with them would be fine, but I wouldn't start serving them drinks, checking them in etc.

I think there is probably some taxpayer money involved but it's no different to rescuing someone from a mountain or maybe an elderly lady who has fallen from their mountain bike in a local bike race. I believe a lot of the negativity is from the jealous, bitter types who can't stand that people who have been more successful than them choose to spend their money on non essentials like this.

Maybe you could look at recent economic facts as opposed to reciting 6 year old cliches? Germany in recession. https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/german-business-sentiment-falls-further-june-2023-06-26/ EuroZone in recession. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/08/euro-zone-enters-recession-after-germany-ireland-growth-revision.html UK doing fine, avoiding recession. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/12/business/britain-economy-1q-gdp.html It would appear the "cliff edge" of leaving the EU was a myth. Nothing more than Project Fear. Charlie Bean should stop trying to blame the failings of the BOE on other factors.

The last thing Thailand should be doing is taking advice on LGBTQ++ from the UK and the US. It's massively divisive there, whereas Thailand appears to have a much more sensible approach and far fewer issues. I would suggest these two go back to their respective countries and try to put their own house in order. Leave Thailand to resolve any remain issues here, of which there are not many in comparison.

No surprise here. Many of us have been saying this for a while but were predictably dismissed. Like with Hunter's laptop, the truth is gradually floating to the top, just a matter of time until it surfaces.

There is no trust in the investigation. Many feel it's just a matter of time until the truth comes out, the left are just delaying justice in the hope it happens after Joe's term finishes. A bit like Hunter's laptop, by the time the truth came out the impact had diminished since the elections were over. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Without innovation you wouldn't be able to board a flight to Thailand. Would we have told the Wright brothers not to try to fly in case it ended up costing taxpayer money rescuing them if they crashed? Innovation often comes with risk. Nobody forced these people to get on the sub. It was their own free will. Was it reckless? Yeah probably, same as climbing mountains, same as paragliding, downhill mountain biking, big wave surfing, cave diving, Parkour. Should we regulate those activities as well? Maybe we can just lock everyone in their homes after working hours, let them pay their taxes on their approved devices and be "educated" by highly regulated BBC documentaries since any kind of fun or innovation potentially costs the government money. That would be very "safe", very "regulated".

Best without the aviators. Joe is weally weally scary when he squints those eyes. Assuming he doesn’t fall over of course. The idea that this was some kind of tough guy move is indeed laughable. It was simply another slip of the tongue. A lapse of memory. A senior moment. It’s just bad luck for the US that his mistakes are so costly. It’s sad to see them go out like this. They down bad.