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Thank you. No I am not confused. Unlike many posters I try to do some research and look at both sides. What Hamas did, NOT the Palestinians, did was very bad. What the IDF is doing is far worse. They are committing genocide. If you don't believe me then start reading/watching the international news channels. I am not bothered what posters say or think on an insignificant English language website in Thailand, but more at what innocent people are suffering in Gaza. Look at how many people world wide feel something similar to the way that I feel, and there are hundreds of thousands of them in many countries across the world, governments included. They are condemning Israel every day.

O goody. More confused emojis for my collection.

Thank you very much. The way I am collecting them I will soon have enough to print out at make some Xmas decorations.

I didn't think I was clever enough to confuse other, younger and smarter posters.

So far on this post I have collected 5 confused emojis and a response from a poster who seems to believe that the Israeli/Palestinian "war" only started this year, and not at least a couple of hundred years ago.

Well thought out post. You obviously failed sarcasm 101. So all those supplies are to last 2.2 MILLION Palestinians for a whole day, And if nothing is delivered the next day, then what do the 2.2 MILLION Palestinians live on?

Wow, 109 trucks, 1,880 tons and ONLY 2.2 MILLION Palestinians. I am sure that the Palestinians will live like Kings and Queens in their palaces for months on that issue. I hope that they are so grateful that the will stop the murderous war for ever and surrender the entire Palestinian people to their wonderful, compassionate and friendly IDF new best friends.

In your opinion who should he share it with? And if he gave ALL of it away and every one of the 65,000,000 Thais got an equal share, he would be broke and every Thai would be 18 baht and 46 satang better off.

People on both sides.

Been through a holocaust? Was she beaten, starved, forced to work 16 hours a day, had all her hair cut off? She should visit any real holocaust museum in Germany to see what the results of a holocaust are really like. If there was little food or water the blame the people who stopped food, water, electricity, medical supplied to over 2 MILLION Palestinians, 1.9 MILLION have no homes, little food and water for themselves, nowhere safe to go to or stay, and then ask WHO is responsible for that situation. where injured men, women, children and babies are dying in overcrowded hospitals where there are NO medicines, power and water at all. Compare that with her life in Israel. Please spare me your BS about who started killing who, and face the reality of millions of people who had little to start with and have nothing now. It is boring, repetitive and meaningless.

It must be hard for them. Their OWN Israeli government has stopped food, water, fuel and medical supplies to EVERYONE in Gaza. It is harder still for the 1.9 MILLION Palestinian refugees who have nowhere safe to go to, to sleep, every hospital is overcrowded and men, women, children and even babies are apparently dying every day due to lack of medical supplies, food, water, electricity etc They are constantly bombed, shelled and attacked by the IDF. Why do the hostages expect better treatment than the Palestinians, who never had much to begin with. If the hostages are also bombed, shelled and shot at, they should ask themselves who is doing it, and WHY.

Thank you for posting the topic and the link. The UN teams and some news teams on the ground can only report and can do very little. Sadly the majority of countries do little but talk, whine and cry. Only one country, South Africa, has Stood up and actually done something about it. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67844551 Predictably, Israel has strongly rejected the allegation, calling it "baseless". "Israel rejects with disgust the blood libel spread by South Africa", the foreign ministry said. Meanwhile for every day of inaction, hundred of men, women, children die unnecessarily, and hundreds more are injured. What does the world do about the murderous Israeli regime. They talk a lot and do SFA. In the UN security council they say that they can do nothing because Russia has a veto. Russia, another "peaceful" country. The simple answer is to remove the veto from Russia. If they don't accept it, then kick them off the UNSC and give their position to an African country such as South Africa. Russia will be no great loss.

There was a song in the 1960s by the Who which aptly describes Thailand at the present. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=my+generation+lyrics&sca_esv=594529445&sxsrf=AM9HkKmOGHIuL11db_eL33229cs4YA2X2g%3A1703912537916&ei=WaSPZYW9N4SaseMPy9-XiAU&oq=my+generation&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp This is my generation This is my generation, baby Why don't you all f-fade away (talkin' 'bout my generation) Don't try to dig what we all s-s-s-say (talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to 'cause a big s-s-sensation (talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (talkin' 'bout my generation) My generation This is my generation, baby Why don't you all f-fade away (talkin' 'bout my generation) And don't try to d-dig what we all s-s-say (talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm not trying to 'cause a b-big s-s-sensation (talkin' 'bout my generation) I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation (talkin' 'bout my generation) This is my generation This is my generation, baby My my my generation People try to put us d-down (talkin' 'bout my generation) Just because we g-g-get around (talkin' 'bout my generation) Things they do look awful c-c-cold (talkin' 'bout my generation) Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (talkin' 'bout my generation) This, in my opinion, is the most relevant line. Why don't you all f-fade away Talking about the current generation of "leadership". Young people of all generations, mine was the 1960s, want change. The problem is that most of them have different ideas about what changes they want, and sadly there are very few among them who know how to make the changes.

And you know this how, exactly? Do you have access to the NACC file, ore are you just blathering as usual?

Thank you for triggering a memory. I can remember in the 1950s back in the UK that there was a small savings scheme called The National Savings Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Savings_Movement Children at school could save small sums of money and cash the stamps in later. They also paid a small interest as well. There also used to be the POSB which was the Post Office Savings Bank but it looks as though that has gone seriously (and expensively) up market now in the UK. https://www.gocompare.com/savings/post-office/ Either or both of those would be great in Thailand, depending on the minimum deposit. It was possible to make regular deposits from your salary direct to your POSB account. They could be issued through the schools and teach children (and adults) a form of money management. Also you could only withdraw to the amount you had saved and never overdraw. Nor could it be used for a loan.

My mate used to bring it over from Germany on his annual trip with his Thai wife but he missed it during the Covid years and brought me some sharp German mustard this year. Sorry. To me it is like drinking rum and raisin ice cream.

Thank you. I actually quit about 3 1/2 years ago when I realised that I was drinking or or 4 bottles of Hong Thong a week, and that I could easily drink a 750 ml bottle of Hong Thong in a night with ice and soda, At 79 I now take only one drink per year on New Years Eve to celebrate another year of life. I found it reasonably easy to stop drinking as I simply cut out alcohol, though many people find it very hard to do so, and they have my deepest sympathy. Fortunately my wife and son supported me all the way.

The best thing for ALL the government and the PM to do is to practice what the PM preaches. Openly, transparently, and 24/7/365. The chances of that happening is less than me winning the first prize in the Thai lottery, and I haven't bought a ticket for months.

I am looking forward to my New Year Stroh 80 proof rum and coke with ice. It will be my first one since last New Year and my last one until next New Year No, I will not be driving either.

So is Former legally elected Prime Minister and far more truthful.

quote "If it expands to 7 countries ( where did that come from anyway ) that's on Israel." That came from the Guardian report which was the first post on page 1 of this thread.

What they may be short on and their enemies will be long on is most probably people. Plus since those 2 wars their Arab opponents will also have learnt their lessons from it as well. All those large stocks of stored equipment in reserve - hundreds of tanks, several thousand armoured personnel carriers, hundreds of artillery pieces will not be of much use against Iran or Yemen and to use up their person power will shut down a lot of their industries. I have no doubt that Russia, China will also be beefing up the weapon stocks in countries who are, or could be against Israel. Iran can shut the Gulf to all vessels which would screw up the oil revenues of all the Gulf states and also screw up all the countries reliant on the Gulf oil states. Yemen could play havoc with the Red Sea shipping routes as indeed they are now. Even the US military cannot be everywhere all of the time to protect everybody. If you take them from Asia, the Chinese can always take the advantages offered by their absence. This takes me back to the elastic band again.

Thank you for the information. My wellies stop at the knee and I think (and hope) that if a snake does get around to biting me the fangs will get caught in my jeans first, following that the wellies, following that the socks before it actually get to me. At 79, with a knackered left knee and a buggered up back, I move slowly enough for any snake to sneak away from the noise and vibration of the brush cutter.

I got that from the Guardian report on page 1 of the thread. quote Israel is engaged in a “multi-front war”, its defence minister has said, hinting at military operations across the Middle East as the war in Gaza showed new signs of a dangerous regional escalation. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Yoav Gallant said Israel was “coming under attack from seven theatres: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria [an Israeli term for the West Bank], Iraq, Yemen and Iran”. I may have read more into that than there really is but my take is with Netanyahu's war minded cabinet I wouldn't rule it out. IMHO the IDF is running on past memories of the 1967 war and is relying almost entirely on the USA for funds, weapons, ammunition and logistical support. If that is stopped then, again IMHO, they will have to rely on their not spoken about, nuclear weapons and that, I think would certainly spike of a regional war which may trigger a larger conflict.

I use nylon cords on my brush cutter which hopefully will slice a snake into shreds, I also wear jeans, rubber welly boots, with a steel toecap and soleplate, and football socks for lower body protection. The guys that cut the scrub sometimes use the steel blade and that will chop snakes into mush