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4 hours ago, Bannoi said:

Trump & Vance are looking more like Laurel & Hardy every day.

But nowhere near as funny.

4 hours ago, LiamB80 said:

Zelensky wants his unaccounted for slush fund to continue. He can wage his war whatever way he wants going forward but without the help of America. He’s ungrateful for our help to begin with. Trump is doing exactly what i voted for him to do. 

And you have the proof that President Zelenskyy has an unaccounted slush fund?

Well if you do have the proof, then post it and prove it. Otherwise it is just another unsubstantiated allegation from an anonymous keyboard user and totally meaningless.

7 hours ago, LiamB80 said:

The days of writing a blank check are over. Hundreds of billions of US taxpayers money with no accountability and losing on the battlefield as well.

Thank you Starmer and Europe for taking this endless money pit off our hands. Trump is right, Zelensky doesn’t want peace. 

I believe that Zelenskyy does want peace. Just NOT on Trump or Russia's terms whicj involves the complete surrender of the Ukraine.

That is interesting to know.

When I die my state pension dies with me but my wife is entitled to 50% of my military pension and 50% of my company pension.

However she has never lived in the UK, nor has she worked there and she does not have a National Insurance number.

I/We have been assuming that she will receive the full 50% of each and pay no UK oncome tax.

Could I be incorrect in my thinking?

13 hours ago, blaze master said:

Ford is a clown. 

He is so much of a clown that he has been re-elected for a third time.

What have you achieved so far in your life?

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

At least there is currently talk about peace rather than, up to now, talk about an endless supply of weapons to keep the war going.

But peace between whom, brokered by whom and on what terms.

If both sides that are at war are NOT included in the peace talks, how can there be any peace talks, or peace for that matter?

Talk is cheap, peace always comes with a price tag to one side or the other.

On 3/1/2025 at 5:20 AM, flyingtlger said:

Yes, part of the problem is the size and structural designs but I believe most of the problem are caused by the operators. The buses should be fitted with governors or regulators so they can't exceed a certain speed.

There are double decker buses all over the world but you don't hear of horrific accidents such as in Thailand.......

Try typing "how many double decker bus crashes in the world" into a search engine and see how many results you get.

It is called searching internet news for results. There are dozens of them.

On 2/28/2025 at 1:42 PM, Purdey said:

A Pitbull enters your land, go indoors or be prepared to use a machete.

A cat enters your land, feed it.

We have a cat like that.

It liked it so much that the scrawny kitten adopted us and is now a sociable cat, but only on its own terms. It loves me in the morning because I feed it, after which I am ignored until it is hungry again. It likes my wife and other people, is ignored by my neighbours dogs, and detests their 2 cats who are always trying to steal its food, unless I am on guard duty.

On 2/28/2025 at 12:15 PM, Sydebolle said:

Maybe it is time to add "bulldog" and "pitbull" onto the list of animals which you do NOT KEEP DOMESTICATED.

I hope the owner is taken to the cleaners for all medical and cosmetic surgery treatment of this poor girl. 

Nobody keeps lions, leopards or panthers domesticated either ........ 

Actually there are some really stupid people in Thailand who do keep a lion as a pet. I don't think that I would sant to take one of them for walkies though.

On 2/28/2025 at 5:44 AM, thesetat said:

 

This amazes me. These 2 elders arguing over who is responsible when the child is half dead in the hospital. The neighbor Jjt is not responsible for the owners dogs actions. Not locking the gate as well as securing the dog to its cage should have been the owners priority. Now they play the blame game and from the OP seem to show no remorse for the girl other than a cursory sorry given. When will Thais learn how to train and keep a dog and be responsible?

It is not only the Thai people, but many are irresponsible people in many other countries as well. Mostly in the UK the dogs are euthanised very quickly. However as can be seen in he OP, euthanising dogs (even pit bulls and their variants) is not an easy task.

IMHO pit bulls and their all variants serve no useful purpose and were bred solely to fight and kill and again IMHO every single one should be humanely destroyed worldwide. They are not pets, but killing machines. Ignore the owners that protest and say that their animal would never do that, simply because they have no idea if the dog will turn and attempt to kill, and if it does, it will be far too late and virtually impossible to stop it.

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Perhaps then Ukraine can carry on without the US support, if, as you say, they make the decisions.

 

He who pays the piper chooses the tune.

But Trump and the USA do NOT pay for even half of the support.

So why does Trump, who is lying as usual demand that HE and the USA plus Russia will decide that the war, which it is, in the Ukraine will end when HE decides, without the participation of the Ukraine?

1 hour ago, RayC said:

 

😂 Haven't heard that in years. Thanks for posting. One of my dear old Dad's favourites.

I enjoy the music of the 1920s to the 1990s but after that I have a problem understanding the words and music.

43 minutes ago, RayC said:

 

So that's it? Unemployment is the sole criterion to judge a nation's economic health?

 

Thank you for labelling me, "embarrassing stupid"; I am reassured about my sanity. I would hate to be considered 'clever' by you.

 

Now just wait there quietly like a good chap. The nice men in white coats will be along to collect you shortly.

Perhaps the A side of this applies to him, though IMO the B side fits as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xRCbdFrSSc

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Presumably you supported Biden/ Harris, so your opinion is just biased nonsense, IMO. If it's good enough for them to do the rubbish they did, how can anyone complain about Trump unless they also complained about them?

However your posts supporting Trump were completely unbiased.

Also like me, you have no voice or vote in the USA, and like my opinions, they are completely irrelevant.

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

Could have been suicide by poisoning of some sort,  maybe pills or similar. 

And it appears they wanted the dog to go out with them ,  so the dog was done first,  then Gene Hackman and the wife together ?   

or was it a robbery made to look like suicide ?  we all know Mexico can be a dangerous place with cartels etc..

Many people also know the difference between New Mexico, which is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States, and Mexico which is a country outside of the USA.

You seem to be jumping to conclusions once again. If the Santa Fe police deputies don't know yet, and they are actually at the scene, why are you making assumptions based on nothing? Why not let the police do their job which is what they are paid for, and then accept their conclusion based on evidence, rather than your guesswork?

On 2/26/2025 at 2:24 PM, fredwiggy said:

They have  quite a few different types of bananas here, which I like, as the US usually only has the one. Some I buy here are really creamy and sweet, the medium to large size. The small finger bananas are okay but not as good as the others.  One thing abut here is that fruit is usually pretty inexpensive, besides the Durian. I always loved fruit but eat it more here than I did back in Texas, although all fruits were available there. I always have oatmeal unless I find decent whole grain cereals here, which isn't easy where I live. When I visit home I bring back a few boxes but they don't last long. Cereal with fruit is a good start for the day, as is Yogurt.

This morning I ate half  a small melon along with some strawberries that my wife cut up and put in the fridge, along with a yoghurt. I weighed myself as usual and I have lost anoyjer 600g. That will be 2,4kg I have lost this month.

1 hour ago, steve187 said:

maybe not paid for but taken delivery of.

as shown by the figures, unless Thailand ups their game on the vehicles that are required by todays market they will go the same route as the British car industry, don't forget that ice vehicles are being phased out

ICE vehicles are not really being phased out so don't write them off yet.

2 hours ago, steve187 said:

although lots of Thai's driving around in million + cars both ev and ice

However those cars have  already been bought and paid for, and the thread is about the future of the Thailand motor industry

6 hours ago, motdaeng said:

thaksin seems like the donald trump of thailand … arrogant and full of himself, making empty promises and lying daily … yet both are  convicted criminal too ... 

Yet Thaksin was deposed in an illegal military coup and convicted by a court overseen by the military. If the coup was illegal, then any convictions made during the period and indeed under any military coup government must also be illegal.

BTW there is no comparison between Trump and Thaksin, despite your attempt to make it so.