thaibeachlovers

On 4/6/2025 at 2:44 AM, NoDisplayName said:

 

Barbarella did it better, a year before Armstrong.

 

I loved that movie. Saw it twice. Sadly it is very dated now. I watched it again on DVD a while back and wished I hadn't.

On 4/6/2025 at 2:33 AM, JonnyF said:

 

Jeez. Did you really think that "being rich doesn't make you good" means "if you are rich you must be bad".

 

Maybe time for your next username. 

I wonder which poster s/he used to be? There's a lot to choose from.

On 4/5/2025 at 8:15 PM, BLMFem said:

But not you, no Sir! You see right through this giant pr stunt from your perch high up, looking down on all the pathetic sheeple, not sounding like a bitter old fart at all.

No Sir, not at all!

If I get a personally insulting post from you, it makes me happy, as it exposes you for what you are.

Job done.

On 4/5/2025 at 7:41 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

The evidence is overwhelming. The real crime is that they are carried out with impunity under the cover of the US veto in the UN.

It's time for the rest of the world to man up and remove the UN from the US and remove the veto from the (NO) security council.

On 4/6/2025 at 12:30 AM, Srikcir said:

Canadians give Trump the "elbow." Blair gives Trump the "knees."

Trump demands that every country that trades with the US must have parity in trade value or that the US import value exceeds export value. A balance that is difficult if not impossible to achieve for many nations.

Where does it say that the US has to allow other countries to rip it off? The free lunch is over, put on the big boy pants and deal with it, instead of whining incessantly that Trump isn't fair. I wish all western governments cared more about their own citizens than the dregs of humanity washing up on their shores.

On 4/6/2025 at 2:39 AM, DonniePeverley said:

The US exports very little to the UK anyways. 10% is nothing, it's within the normal parameters of price changes.

 

Leave well alone. Also just remove ourselves from Europe. And become a sponge for everyone - the USA, EUROPE, ASIA. 

 

The Singapore on the Thames. 

The Singapore on the Thames. 

Thou jest assuredly. Singapore is a well run city, unlike London. The Singapore airport is excellent, unlike that pile of excrement, Heathrow.

On 4/5/2025 at 11:54 PM, tonbridgebrit said:

I reckon it's a good idea to not retaliate massively against the Americans.  There's no way Britain will be better off doing a trade war against America. Britain's actually lucky to have just 10% tariffs placed on goods entering America. Harsher tariffs are being put onto other countries.

By the way, look at the attacks from posters against Blair, on the grounds that Blair attacked Iraq. These attackers are usually the people who hate Muslims and Islam the most.  What's your real reason for throwing a stone at Tony Blair ? I think I know. It's because you reckon that it was during Blair's time, that Britain allowed in a load of coloureds and other foreigners into Britain. The truth ? Foreigners were entering into Britain before Blair's time, and they was entering after Blair's time.   🙂

Blair took Britain into a war based on lies, by a very bad US president. I don't remember him ever apologising for that.

16 hours ago, Screaming said:

Wow, very well written whomever wrote this. No other President besides Trump, possibly not even the great President Reagan, could have had the guts to impose these tariffs. If Trump is successful, he will go down in history as one of the greatest Presidents that the U.S. had ever had.

The problem is that far from working with Trump to better their own country, the liberals hate Trump so much they'll destroy the US if that's what it takes to get Trump.

PS, seems that the word liberals has come to refer to the loony leftists, rather than what it used to mean.

14 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

All you offer is a boring catchphrase.

 

You've got nothing. 

Ain't that the truth.

6 hours ago, kwonitoy said:

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-us-tariffs-north-south-dakota-farmers-1.7502342

 

 

 

 

Potash from Saskatchewan powers the North American farm sector, farming has always been a very low margin affair and any added input costs will bankrupt lots of farmers, on both sides of the border

In the article a air seeder made in Canada will go from 1,000,000 dollars to 1,250,000 dollars overnight, because of one man

If no American company makes farm equipment don't blame Trump for that- blame the greedy scum that destroyed US industry to make bigger profits.

Seems that a long peace without any major crisis made people too complacent. Time's up, reality is along to give the sheeple a boot where it hurts. It may be happening now, but it was inevitable that it was going to happen eventually.

On 4/5/2025 at 5:47 PM, newbee2022 said:

As I know that your pension funds are connected to the stock market Americans should be concerned very much with rising unemployment, inflation and decreasing economy.

And then think about this scenario: 

After 4 years Trump will start somewhere a "little war". Maybe at the border to Mexico? In this case he will have the right to delay elections infinitely. Do you know what that means? 

It means that you have a vivid imagination.

21 hours ago, rabas said:

 

Since S300 - S400 systems are no longer useful even against Ukraine tech¹⁾, Putin is firing these billion $ systems on masse at Ukraine civilians and children on the ground.  Desperate sick dude.

 

1) https://breakingdefense.com/2023/09/what-an-s-400-kill-and-a-spec-ops-raid-reveal-about-ukraines-ability-to-hit-russia/

 

I have been saying that if Zelensky sends drones to destroy infrastructure in Russia they will not like the reply.

So whine away, by all means but as long as Zelensky keeps making futile attacks on Russia Putin will keep sending an unpleasant reply.

On 4/5/2025 at 9:41 PM, MicroB said:

For all of Russia's powers that you are a fanboi of,

You have zero proof that I am a Putin supporter, but never mind the truth when you think you can score some sort of silly win over me. You come across as just another moaning ninny with nonsense insults.

I'd love to get into an historical debate with you, but it'll just get deleted for being off topic.

1 hour ago, connda said:

I should probably start an AseanNow poll.  I'd really like to know how many AN members have actually seriously planned for major health care needs, especially their own eventually demise and the care they will need during the process of their body breaking down and dying.  That would be an interesting poll. Knowing Westerner's aversion to death and dying in general, I'd bet most just ignore it.

I had insurance till I couldn't afford both insurance and visa money in the bank, which is when I made the only choice possible and returned to home country.

Of course, being a nurse I knew all about dying, and not something I wanted to do in a Thai government hospital. My wife had to sleep under her mother's bed to care for her while in hospital. Nurses don't do patient care.

44 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

A foot like that doesn't happen overnight, so it shouldn't have ever got to this stage. This is gross negligence by his caregivers.  Whoever they are, they should be ashamed of themselves.

Perhaps he didn't have any caregivers, and his son was too busy to notice till too late. You don't know what was going on in the home.

30 minutes ago, crazykopite said:

Why quit a well paid job there are many competent Thais both male and female who would be more than happy to take care of him for a very reasonable salary and what about his wife is she incapable of helping !

If his wife is the same age I pretty much guarantee she won't be able to be a caretaker.

24 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

How could you ever know that?   Which airline has agreed to take him as a passenger?

I reckon that the check in staff would take one look and deny him travel as an ordinary patient. They don't want passengers dying during the flight.

36 minutes ago, robz said:

 

Terrible, right, that amputation has to happen immediately.

Every hospital (especially public ones) is obligated to provide assistance in life-threatening emergencies – even without immediate payment.

 

I just saw that photo and I'm shocked that it was allowed to get to that stage. If he doesn't get it amputated it's probably going to kill him anyway.

13 minutes ago, 1happykamper said:

The foot infection is unfortunate. But things don't spiral out of control with some basic care. Which I'm guessing the dad never did. His 77 years is a pretty good innings for someone that didn't take care of themselves. 

 

Time for the son to come to Thailand for £1k and say goodbye to dad 🙏

I worked on an orthopaedic ward, and we had diabetic patients getting bits of their legs amputated, so forget about "basic care" saving the leg. They'd start at the toes, then part of the foot, then the lower calf, upper calf, above the knee and so on. If I ever get to that stage I'm telling them to go above the knee straight off. My mother lost her leg to diabetes. It didn't save her for very long though.

21 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

The guy looks like death already.  Why even medevac him?  Get him back and he dies?  Can't they treat those ailments here?

Of course they can. The son imagines that if he goes back to the UK he'll magically get better.

Life doesn't come with any guarantees, and sometimes one has to accept that things will not get better.

I suppose I have a different viewpoint having dealt with dying people for decades, but someone needs to give him the facts of life. His father chose to move to Thailand, so it's his choice to die there too, else he'd have had enough money put aside to be evacuated, or have a proper insurance policy.

3 hours ago, pegman said:

Same pattern as 1987. No one should be surprised if there is another Black Monday to start the week. If anybody wasn't around that was a 20% slide

event. 

 

One of my colleagues in 87 had been boasting about how much she was gaining in wealth due to her shares. After the crash she was crying. Didn't affect me in any way as I don't gamble on the stock market. I don't remember anything being different after the crash though. No one lost a job, no one lost money ( except those that had shares ). Not like the 2008 one where the evil bankers gave me zero interest on my savings. I had to put off moving to Thailand for nearly 2 years because the pound crashed.

1 minute ago, KannikaP said:

That sounds like a great experience, not many have had the chance to get.

Yes, I was very lucky. Of course, of those that did go, some should never have imagined they had what it took in the early days. The bases now are more like hotels than bases on the edges of civilization, so it doesn't matter so much.

Back when I went all the water was melted from ice, and showers were rationed. In summer with more people it was one shower every 5 days, if we were lucky, and of course no happy endings for a year.

Now they desalinate water from the sea, and there are loads of females down there.

I loved almost everything about my time, but we were unfortunate with our leaders, which caused problems. Apart from that it was great.

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

So which places in Antarctica have you been?

Did you see any Penguins?

I was at Scott Base, though we had a couple at South Pole ( US ) station. I also had a break in the dry valleys at Lake Vanda and did a lot of walking. One trip was to Lake Vida walking over the Clark glacier. We all had a dip in the lake, though the first in had to literally break the ice.

Most of my trips were up to the Scott and Shackleton huts, though we did get a trip to the far east at Cape Crozier. That is where a large Emperor penguin colony is. Cherry Garrard wrote about his trip in winter to see them in the book The Worst Journey in the World. We actually found the remains of the stone shelter they built. We were too early for Emperors, but I helped with the count of Adelies at Cape Royds. So yes, I have been up close and personal with Adelie penguins. Also with Skuas that like to feed on penguin chicks, and seals, which lay on the ice in front of the base to have their pups. Scott Base was too far from the sea to have penguins there.

To go further afield involved flying over great distances, and as such we were not allowed as we all had jobs to do,

Certainly the most interesting year of my life.

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Read the op. It's not about a Tesla, it's about Tesla products. 

Isn't a Tesla car a Tesla product?

1 hour ago, simple1 said:

 

A few of your posts had generalised commentary tuned to racist memes e.g.

 

Just because the west allows any Harry, Dick or terrorist in that fronts up on a leaky boat does not change the fact that every country has a right to determine whom it allows into, or stays in it. While the prospects for them doesn't look good, perhaps a certain organisation can arm them as an opposition to the taliban.

Sorry, but your point eludes me. Your reasoning that I'm a racist is too convoluted for me to understand it.

BTW, the illegals that front up on the leaky boats are likely running away from conflict in their own part of the world, so unlikely to be keen to be mercenaries. Also they'd need to speak English,

Furthermore, given their religion, who's side do you think they'd be on in a conflict with the taliban?

43 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Blair always sides with US Presidents. 

 

Just as he did with his illegal war that destabilised the middle east based on wmd lies.

 

He's a war criminal. 

Yes, but even a war criminal can get it right sometimes.