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Do you think that is a good idea? I do not. NZ apparently has a lot of troops overseas as observers, which IMO is acceptable, but I don't agree to western nations picking sides around the world or that contributing to the military industrial complex is a good deal for the tax payer. I absolutely think we need defense forces, but they should stay at home and not be teaching other nations how to kill people. Defense forces are essential in natural catastrophes, if nothing else.

Reminds me of the time I went to work on a ward and had handover with 2 nurses from different countries. They both spoke English, but not as each understood it. I had to explain what each had said to the other. I worked with many Filipina nurses and while they spoke excellent English I was somewhat bemused that they referred to fruit in the plural as fruits, rather than fruit. I suppose English has a lot of strange things that are not apparent to native speakers.

Not entirely nothing. I gained a lack of respect for teachers that don't teach, knowledge that bullies ( both adult and child ) win, and that a piece of paper saying a student graduated means next to nothing, except the holder of said piece of paper has a good memory.

This thread is a very good example of westerners that are are so arrogant they think they know better than the population of a country they are not part of. I'll bet that while they will moan on this forum about how bad the Thai education system is they will never approach the education officials to promote their solution of oh so superior western education that graduates kids that can barely read.

I hope that you are filling the need for that education by taking it on yourself to provide her the education she needs. Education doesn't need to be confined to school time. My own teachers were so universally rubbish that I learned nothing from them, but I was able to educate myself post school years.

Strange question. What difference would that make? The results of western education are apparent in society, and they have nothing to be proud of when it comes to state schools. The answer to your question is that as a white male I would never work as a teacher, because the entire apparatus of state power will smash any male that has a whiff of suspicion. It's not just myself with that opinion as apparently male teachers are rarely found in schools these days. Just as while I worked in a children's ward in the 1980s, nothing would make me do so now. It's a minefield of PC for males, and we in NZ have a very good example of lies destroying a male and seeing him in jail. Unfortunately, he died not long before having his conviction overturned.

In your opinion, not mine.

Nonsense is something that makes no sense. Do your posts make sense, or not? Not liking them does not make them nonsense. I prefer to say that everything is BS till proven otherwise. The only time I use the word "nonsense" is on this forum, but I really mean it's BS.

Of course there is. Tell her before getting serious that you will pay the bills but they must earn their own money. The users will be gone in a jiffy.

I tried twice and was used both times. If there was a way to know that she was actually a good woman I might again, but both seemed right for at least one year. People change, PERIOD. I'd never marry or live with someone just to not live alone.

First big mistake. Never give them an allowance. Pay the bills but not for her to do nothing but spend your money. You did not buy it, and you do not own any part of it. It is hers to do with as she wishes. Paying for it is not the same as owning it. Second big mistake- living close enough to the family for them to be able to visit. Only asking for trouble. Best to live in a one room condo with no room for the bludgers to stay. I sense that you think she should be grateful to you for her good life. Big mistake. If someone does not have to work to get something they will never be grateful. Unless living on a marriage extension, MOVE, GO, ESCAPE- no forwarding address, change the phone number, new e mail address. Take the dogs- they don't care where they live.

One of the very few mainstream bands that I never liked a single song from. The ones on the charts I hated. When I say I liked one song from the Spice Girls, and one song from Alice Cooper and one song from Freddy Mercury and one song from the Doors, one can see that I am capable of liking even the most unlikable bands at least once, but not Chicago. I even liked Stairway to Heaven, and I loathed Led Zeppelin with a passion.

Which has ZERO to do with the topic. Since when did men have to be "honourable" to be sexy?

LOL. Most old people are not trying to be POTUS. Does that make no difference to your opinion? They are older than I and I would not consider myself to be capable of leading the free world. Comes a time when one is just too old to do a job and POTUS is definitely one of them. IMO retirement age should be the cut off for standing for any political position.

I just checked with google images and it apparently is the US embassy. Must have cost a few bob to buy the land, and there is a lot of it. I wasn't aware that the old embassy had been sold. IMO the building fits right in with the move to make London one of the ugliest cities on the planet.

That was obvious and IMO it's very doubtful that the charges were genuine. One suspects they were invented to get him to Sweden where the US would have stepped in to extradite him to the US where they doubtless want to lock him up for his remaining lifetime as a warning to any journalist that would have the gall to expose US war crimes.

Deflect, deflect deflect. If the government hasn't got anything positive to say about itself, come up with a deflection.

Indeed he is, but still considered as a viable candidate for POTUS. Xi and Putin ( and many other leaders ) must be wondering just how politics in the US became so barking, that it is a head to head between 2 geriatrics, one of which has 90 + court cases pending and the other talks to dead people and falls over.

On that basis it would be virtually impossible to find a judge that could take the case. Is there a single person the US that does not have strong views one way or other about Trump?

How on earth are tensions in the M E going to ease with your hero stoking the fire by sending lots and lots of bombs to kill women and children?

Talking about bycott of israeli products? What do you think?

So blame the press for doing so. If they ignored him would the US be less fatigued?

You can blame US politics for that. That IMO toxic snake pit would put any young, intelligent, sensible person off wanting to be in it.

IMO no intelligent person of any age would want to be POTUS with the toxic press looking for anything to get clicks on their websites. Even less so if they have a family they love. The way the US press has gone after Trump's young son and his wife is despicable IMO.

Biden has significant developments? Do tell? Could it be when he walked up steps without falling over, or managed to make a speech without a teleprompter? Is an 11 car motorcade "mundane"? I'd have thought not.