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1 hour ago, webfact said:

U.S. Senate confirms Biden nominee Blinken as secretary of state

I can see the press and social media giving this guy a hard time if he makes some small mistake.

He'll surely end up labelled as 'blinkered Blinken'

24 minutes ago, colinneil said:

What a load of b++++ks, why has a hospital got involved?

Just for publicity, many thousands of children in the same situation, just quietly going about their studies best they can, without all the attention seekers getting in on the act.

If the hospital wants some brownie points for 'Corporate Social Responsibility', then they should let all kids in their catchment area know they will support them to the same level.

That could create a win-win situation for the hospital and the kids - apart from the hospital accounts department. With the expense involved they'd probably end up in ICU - at staff rates of course.

Just now, NanLaew said:

I can hardly wait until the RTN gets their first submarine and can properly patrol the Mekong River.

I want to see the submarine versus the Naga fireballs - who will be the winner of that one?

1 minute ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Definition of Gambling "Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value on an event with an uncertain outcome, with the primary intent of winning money or material goods."

Definition of Lottery "Lottery is the wagering of money or something of value on an event with an uncertain outcome, with the primary intent of winning money or material goods."

I think they already have substantial legalised gambling - just a matter of working out how the government can make money from other forms!

Apparently  you're wrong on 'lottery' - according to the government:

Admittedly a few years ago, when questioned as to how the government ran a lottery when gambling was illegal, the spokesman said that "the lottery was not gambling, but simply a game of chance."

36 minutes ago, webfact said:

Navy chief orders probe into alleged suspicious role of personnel in drug trafficking

I see the two get out words in there - 'alleged' and 'suspicious'

edit: I note 'misunderstanding' hasn't made an appearance so far.

1 minute ago, trainman34014 said:

Just another Giggle from the Goon Show is the way i see it; they produce more comedy each week !

???? Next week: How to nail jelly to the ceiling.

48 minutes ago, webfact said:

a video showed a pickup piled high with vegetables lift off its front wheels

The driver should have used low-fat vegetables.

10 minutes ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Total waste of time if no-one enforces it.  There are so many great idea laws in Thailand and Thailand has one of the largest per capita police forces.  However, somehow none of these laws are enforced.  We hear about massive raids on seniors hosting bridge parties or illegal immigrants selling Som Tum.  These raids consist of 40-50 crack Thai officers, but there never seems to be one around on the road to enforce any of these laws, or in the burning crop fields, or anywhere else useful.

' These raids consist of 40-50 crack Thai officers,'    I think you've misspelt 'crack'.

25 minutes ago, transam said:

Blimey, that will be a nice little earner up my way, they can do the no crash hat, kids riding motorbikes, no lights on bikes and cars too whilst they're at it...

That'll never work, it smacks of multi-tasking. One crackdown at a time.

Thailand: the hub of serial crackdowns, lasting no more than a week each time.

I just hope they don't get around to the 'leaving the house without underwear' crackdown.

30 minutes ago, webfact said:

A poor 89 year old grandmother in Buriram in Thailand's north east has been told to repay ten years of a pension. {snipped}

The money came after the death of Buan Losuwan's son in an explosion while he was on military service.

It's not only that, how come the military didn't manage to cancel the pension when he died?

Looks to me like a case of 'red faces all round' in the Comptroller General's Department.

25 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

A couple of little fires this morning. I didn't think it was cold, but I'm Dagenham* boy, so that has to be taken into consideration. {snipped}

* An area of East London (north of the river) famous for it girl pipers, the Ford Cortina, jokes about the local girls and footballers.

I never realised the Cortina was made in Dagenham. I always thought it was from somewhere up north - well, north of the Watford Gap anyway.

The name Cortina came from an Italian ski resort of the same name. Pity they didn't consider the Greek island of Lesbos.