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You'd have to ask the Thai government for an answer on that, but where I live ( not in LOS ) people have always pretty much ignored the social distancing when it was inconvenient, as in supermarkets.
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Perhaps it's because the smell doesn't affect Thais. When they built a new accommodation block near where I lived in Lamphun, the outfalls for all the grey water went into a big open drain that flowed past our house, and eventually into the river.
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When did U fall out of love ?
thaibeachlovers replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
While I have often been infatuated, I have been in love, deeply, but it was never reciprocated by the object of my love. The two women that professed to love me forever were just lying <deleted>. If I could go back knowing what I know now, I wouldn't love any woman. -
Countries as good as Thailand for single men
thaibeachlovers replied to Lolothai's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I made the mistake of going there. Never again. -
I'm pretty sure that Russia exports a lot of food- wheat etc. Can't see them starving. https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/RUS/Year/LTST/TradeFlow/Export/Partner/by-country/Product/16-24_FoodProd In 2019, the top partner countries to which Russian Federation Exports Food Products include Kazakhstan, Belarus, China, Ukraine and Turkey.
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Ah, so it's all the "fascists" fault for ruining those perfect "democratic" countries, LOL. Nothing to do with awful, incompetent politicians then? No prizes for guessing which particular "fascist" is being referenced in a western country.
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That may be true in Thailand, but in western countries inflation is only beginning, and housing costs skyrocketing ( there was a small decrease in house prices last week here, but not expected to last ). NZ hasn't built enough houses for decades, unlike Thailand. The Russians have lived a far harder life not so long ago than westerners could imagine, so they can do so again, if they have to. I don't underestimate anything. I've been saying for ages that our over reliance on technology is going to lead to tears, and I may yet see that come to pass in the near future. Unfortunately, despite avoiding technology as much as possible ( don't own one of those so called smart phones, use cash instead of paywave etc ) I'll suffer just as much as any tech obsessed when it all falls down. More than the Russian economy is wrecked. Printing money during covid mandates is going to bite western countries badly IMO. IMO the Russian people are far from turning on Putin, and as the west increases the pressure are likely to support him more, IMO. When threatened by outside forces, tribes usually put aside differences to survive. IMO making ordinary Russians suffer is going to have the opposite effect to what the west wants.
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It's starting to look like the Cold War all over again, with increased spending on the military, which is unfortunate given many countries are probably broke from covid mandates. The arms manufacturers are probably laughing all the way to the bank. So much for giving peace a chance- John Lennon must be spinning in his grave.
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When did U fall out of love ?
thaibeachlovers replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Only if the baggage didn't live with us and I didn't have to sleep with her. -
Countries as good as Thailand for single men
thaibeachlovers replied to Lolothai's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I'll bet it wasn't better than in Hollywood Royale, Nana Plaza in 1996 though. That place was amazing, and I'm sad that it's gone. -
Countries as good as Thailand for single men
thaibeachlovers replied to Lolothai's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
For myself the very distance of Thailand from anything I ever knew before was why I like it. I didn't travel to far off lands to feel as if I was in some poorer version of the place I wanted to leave. Having said that, had I got the address of the Filipina I met in Cyprus, I'd have willingly moved to the Philippines. Just one more missed opportunity in a lifetime of missed opportunities. -
The difference between now and 1939 is nukes. They change everything. You are right about sanctions, but IMO the west is no longer powerful, because we stopped being strong and ruthless sometime ago, so sanctions are probably all we have now. Now it's all about social media and gender and wokeness, and IMO we are on the same decline as Rome was before a strong people crushed it. Can you even imagine the western youth of today fighting in a conventional war? 55555. In 1939, the people had just come out of a crippling depression and were hard, now we are a soft and obese people that can't even wind our car windows up ourselves. The longer this war continues, the harder it's going to be to recover. We are IMO already ruined financially by covid, and this may finish us. Al Jazeera reported a 17% increase in world food prices 2 days ago, and it's not going to be going down again any time soon, Inflation is going to be the real problem for us IMO, not a conflict in the Ukraine, though the war may make it worse.
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Given it's an opinion forum, that's OK by me. Sure beats the stuff coming out of some posters.
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You can dream. If Putin was by some chance assassinated, do you think his successor will be any different? The only way to avoid MAD is by not getting to the point of pushing buttons in the first place, though I doubt there is an actual button involved, unless it's the one Hillary gave to someone.