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and to this forum, LOL. No one I know talks about it, ever, and never have. Like Britman, they keep such private.

We've heard that a few times, but the date at which they run out of ammunition etc seems to get pushed back each time.

You need to qualify why the Ukraine war threatens any NATO country before I agree with you. Far as I know, NATO was not set up to police the world, and that certainly wasn't true during the Vietnam war, when even Britain didn't get involved, nor during the Afghan war, which directly involved Russia.

That describes every teacher I had during my school years. Didn't stop me learning after I left school.

That was all that was available when I went to school. Given the level of education that today's pupils achieve ( apparently some can't even read or write properly when they leave school ) times have not changed much in teaching.

I was taught by a few that had done degrees, but they were rubbish compared to the ones that had teachers training college qualifications. It was obvious which ones were better teachers, and which were only there for the money.

That little rant didn't exactly improve the image of university graduates, . I thought university taught you to develop comprehension skills, but you apparently missed where I was going to do a TEFL, and because you chose to have a rant rather than ask me why I feel I could be a teacher, I never told you that I'm a qualified instructor, which uses the same skills as scott mentioned Also, all my teachers were qualified teachers, some of which had degrees, and none of which instilled a love of learning, none of which taught me much, and some of which taught by fear of caning. None took a personal interest in any students, and none tried to assist pupils struggling to understand the subject. So don't give me the old "teachers care" thing. Back when I was thinking about it, the degree didn't have to be in education- it just had to be a degree in anything, so relevance to teaching beats me. Also, I didn't drop out of school, and I finished secondary education at 18 years old I also qualified in 3 different careers, all of which required study and written work, and my longest career involved teaching my juniors. BTW, back when I would have gone to uni, it wasn't a place for subjects like media studies etc LOL, and the one person I knew that went to uni ( most didn't back then ) described in detail the lifestyle, including the "chunder games", so I had no actual desire to waste 3 years of my life in debauchery and drunkeness. Had I wanted to be a teacher back then I wouldn't have gone to uni anyway, as it was a teacher's training college course to go teaching.

Depends on the construction. If house is built with wood it has to be lined on inside with something. In NZ drywall is called Gib board, and I think every house I ever went in was constructed with wood and lined with Gib board.

I was waiting for some brave soul to post the obvious on this thread to agree with. I often wonder when reading threads like this how many Thais are living in houses that were built by farangs that were "removed" from the scene after it was completed. I probably made every mistake it's possible to make in LOS, but I never built a house for my now divorced ex wife.

Some people have no life outside mummy's basement.

You don't know me, or how I am. I never complained about LOS in my early decades there as it seemed like paradise to me. It only went bad after 2000 IMO, though Thaksin started the rot.

Thanks for the update. The bullock cart seems rather tame compared to the stories I heard about military hang out bars in Philippines. In some bars, young naked girls would sometimes return from the dance floor to customers' laps without bothering to redon their bikinis. While they were legal age, as late as mid 90s that was not unusual in some Nana gogos. Some girls never had a bikini to put on. If they went out of the bar they wore a dressing gown. However, from the first hand stories I heard about bars on the Malay border, that was the norm. Interesting days back then. I read a book about Patpong in early days that described how a jealous dancer poured petrol on another girl's head that she accused of "stealing" her customer and setting it on fire, not that I can vouch for it's accuracy.

I'm not saying they don't work. My Omron is over 10 years old and still works fine. How long do the cheap ones last?

Never did drugs like that. Live an interesting life and don't need artificial stimulation.

Quite often did 48 hours on internet, and think once or twice longer, but a long time ago. I worked 3 days a week, so could start on internet in evening of last working day and just kept going till couldn't any more. Had to sleep last day of 4 days off though. I think most I can do now is about 36 hours. Didn't need drugs or coffee etc- just interested in what I was doing.

I remember him mainly for China Beach. RIP.

Like I said, you must be one of those rich guys. Try saving anything on an NZ pension..................LOL. If I hadn't got savings I'd be destitute, and I don't earn anything for years now.

Call me over the top cynical then. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/election-2020/427216/labour-promised-big-on-housing-has-it-delivered The Labour Party promised to reduce homelessness, boost state housing stock and build thousands of homes during its first term. .......................... But with a record high waitlist for social housing and the creation of just under 600 of its promised 100,000 KiwiBuild houses ..

That's only true if they don't put a road tax on them. No way they can keep excluding them from paying to use the roads as at present. NZ can expect to see road tax on EVs soon, I hope.

You called 70 million people losers- that's not nice and they have every right to like someone you don't. I'm sure you are better than that, from your posts on other threads but you seem to have a problem when it comes to Trump. BTW, they may not like him, but hate Washington so much they support him over the professional politicians. I can understand why that is.

I will, thanks.

You are truly blessed. You are also probably unusual as IMO few will ever be able to have all that you have. I had a quarter acre once upon a time, and I loved my garden very much, as well as my house, but I had taken a serpent into my life and she took it all from me. If I believed in a personal God that supposedly loved me I'd have wondered why God had punished me so, but I don't believe in a personal God.

It's not the people. It's the ideas. Not so. Becoming poor has brought me into contact with people I had no idea existed, so despicable are they. If they have an idea, it's about their next can or smoke.

Not as crooked as ones in London. I had all my dentistry done in Thailand as waaaaaay cheaper than the UK.

I might have got what you said wrong, but the reason they say to put it at the side is to stop occluding the tube by having your arm on it. The old mercury BP devices had to be at heart level, but I doubt it matters with a compressed air device.