thaibeachlovers

On that I agree 100%. Plenty of the armchair warriors egging on a full scale European war, but in no way being prepared to go and join in the victory parade of Ukraine in Red Square. Couple of years ago there was a post from a western guy that had volunteered to join the Ukraine army. I often wonder how he is getting on, or if he is even alive, as I read this sub forum.

LOL. The US is involved up to the neck in two major conflicts and it seems that in both Biden is ignored. Oh dear. Perhaps they see him as a dead duck in November.

While I agree with you, if one has eyes to see beyond the propaganda, the west is well on the way to ruin even without a China/ Russia buddy buddy relationship. What gender do you choose to be, and is the sky falling?

Not exactly a new thing. The article is from 2022. The site won't let me quote the relevant headline, but it's right at the start https://www.dw.com/en/oil-us-russia-whose-side-saudi-arabia-really-on/a-63416006

It is indeed a high quality hotel. I had many a lunch time meal there during my time in Singapore, but before a coffee cost $16- cost the same as any hotel in the city area. They had a very nice aviary in the coffee shop and a spiffy doorman to open the door for me.

Perhaps you should take note of your own post that you so kindly gave to me

Is anyone able to translate that into understandable English? I'm not up with Biden speak.

I'm pretty sure that I know what the average Ukrainian man is thinking as they hope to not be sent to the front, but I have zero idea of what will be in the minds of the western leaders as they survey the likely end of their proxy war on terms not of their choosing. Do they feel any guilt for all the young men that died because of them, are they concerned for the ordinary Ukrainian shivering in the dark of winter, will they ever accept that it was a bad idea, or is it all someone else's fault? When it is all over, agreements signed, who is going to pay to reconstruct Ukraine? One suspects certain US corporations will be lining up, but will the taxpayers of western countries be willing? I can't see Russia or China fronting up with a concrete mixer, unless someone else pays for it.

Sigh indeed. There is no mention of "cut and paste" in that rule. You seem to post with obscure references and expect us to know what you are referring to. Perhaps if you do as I do and post the rule when referring to one there will be no confusion. You had no problem posting it in response to my question, so you could have done so in your original comment.

Wrong. Love IS insanity. The fine line is between love and hate. I should know. I was insane to love my wife and hate gave me a reason to live.

It's a bit simpler than that. Most bullying is by people that don't work with patients. Nurse managers are nurses that don't want to be nurses, and in my experience are often not very nice people. The people that like nursing and don't try to become managers are not usually bullies. There are exceptions of course. My last charge nurse in NZ was the loveliest person one could imagine. Sadly she got bullied out of her job by higher management.

I never got the point of tourists flying to their destination once in LOS. For me the journey by train or bus was part of the holiday experience, not something to be avoided. What was so great about sitting on a pile of sand that one has to pay large to sit in a metal tube for a while and not see anything as it passes by just to get there a few hours sooner? I was once quite boggled on the airport train after arriving in Bkk. A young western tourist got on and never once took his face out of his computer to look out of the window. One had to wonder why he bothered paying large to go to LOS if he had no interest in it?

Assuming your life is as you portray it on here you are one of the lucky ones. You have enough money to live as you want to. Try living on a pension in NZ and I guarantee you won't be happy.

You are wrong. The military and nursing are full of management level bullies. Why else is it so hard to get new nurses now? I'd never recommend nursing for anyone. My school had institutional bullying. That's all gone now, but too late for me.

It does with countries that have reciprocal pension agreements. Thailand is not one of them.

LOL. The attraction of places like Chang is that there isn't much to do. Bliss. Perhaps being able to relax is a learned skill that some never learn. Being able to amuse oneself is so much better than having to be entertained by others.

If people are honest with themselves, is anyone actually "happy"? The only time I was ever "happy" was in Antarctica, and not all the time even there- other people are always a problem. It's the only time in my life I felt useful. Leaving it was the biggest downer of my life. Too many bullies in school, the military and nursing to be "happy". The best I can say is that parts of my life were OK, like when I was on holiday in LOS,but knowing that it ends in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 day is a drag. If there was a time I was "content" it was the last year I ever lived in LOS, after I left the monstress from hell ( my wife ) and before I returned to real life in NZ. I did very little, so very little happened to become a problem. I think I should have been a hermit. Too late now with all the problems of old age decrepitude. Perhaps my ideal job would have been a lighthouse keeper. If there were any lighthouse keepers any more that might have been a great job for me. I'd have enjoyed being the sole occupant of a small island in a large ocean tending the light that keeps people safe. I once upon a time applied to work on Campbell Island but the existing maintenance man changed his mind about leaving so that came to naught. I think that there is no such thing as a "plan" in life. It's just too chaotic to be sure that it'll work out. I always started a new job with great hopes, but it wasn't too long before the bullying started.

Not so. The Pattaya orphanage has loads of foreign volunteers working for them. If it's the family or the wife's yard there is no need to get a permit.

I almost read the OP and then I looked at who had posted it. Saved me some time.

LOL. Think about where the topic was posted. It could have been designed to elicit humerous responses from the posters on this subforum. There is actually a subforum for a serious discussion about such.

Perhaps he has a lot of money to pay pros. I worked with at least 1500 women in my decades of nursing, so I might claim to have "been with" 1500 women, though I didn't actually become friends with more than a few.

There is nothing baffling about it. The last 2 candidates the Dems put up are so horrible to normal people that they'd rather have Trump as POTUS. If the Dems want to defeat Trump they should put up a decent candidate that normal people don't have to hold their nose for when they vote.

Far as that goes Trump is a very big disappointment to me on his support for that country.

Not on the same paddock, but I see no reason not to grow trees along the fence lines. I wonder if anyone has thought to make money out of all the Kiwifruit shelter belts?

Correct. As the plantations are apparently not managed they will burn, and so much for sequestering CO2. Did Labour get anything right? I doubt it.