thaibeachlovers

Changing the government would, IMO, be as useful as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic as it sank. Britain, IMO, needs more than tinkering around the edges and ignoring the real problems.

I doubt any government of any shade could have avoided what is happening. The problems of Britain are deep and have been ongoing since WW2. I also doubt that any government of any shade can fix Britain without reforms that would be unacceptable to a government that wants to be re elected.

Given that you are on ignore, I never saw that to have a look.

You actually know they were rednecks, or are you just making that up?

At least that is good news.

That was large on the radio yesterday. Other than the two cops shot dead another had a bullet graze, and a police cadet managed to escape unhurt.

or an island with a bamboo shack and little else. Seriously? Never been to north east Phangan or west coast of Lanta Yai? Nice life style and I doubt a bamboo shack to be seen.

OK. For bars, night life, city life, malls etc Pattaya was better ( I can't say if in last couple decades it's as good as, as last visit was after tsunami ), better beaches on Lanta, Railay and even Phangan. I knew Phuket well last century as went to Patong to find a temporary GF to go to Phi Phi with. Back in the 90s Phi Phi really was paradise, but it got ruined by too many tourists, so that was no longer an option. After that I went to Pattaya to find the beach GF and went direct to whichever beach I chose, whether east or west coast. I'd occasionally stay in Phuket town a night while catching a bus back to Bkk, and I did stay overnight to visit Fantasea Show ( very average beach there ). One of the main reasons for not going to Patong was the taxi mafia, and no equivalent of Pattaya's 10 baht baht bus service. They didn't even have a coastal bus service, and had to go all the way into Phuket old town to go a different beach for a look. I once walked from Patong to Karon, but never again. In the end though, Phuket just didn't have what it takes to make me want to stay there, to make the effort. Pattaya was a short bus ride from Bkk, and had everything, so why bother with an overnight bus trip to see the same things?

I never was so unfortunate as to ride in an Imp, but I owned a Hillman Hunter for many years. So rusty that in the end it probably had more filler than steel. Nevertheless it was reliable and lovely to drive. I was sad to see my old faithful go to the scrapper, but couldn't get parts anymore from wreckers.

I think everyone knows that, but TAT is never going to admit it. I used to get the magazines put out by local tourist agencies ( Pattaya, Phuket, Samui etc ) and they were all full of ads and articles about bars and massage places with claims of getting happy with the girls.

LOL. Pay thousands of $ ( flights, insurance, hotels, taxis etc ) to eat Thai food when every city in western countries has Thai restaurants, pay thousands of $ to get pummeled, pay thousands of $ to sit on sand as if sand isn't closer to where they live, the last category I can agree with. Tourists may do the above while in LOS, but do they really want to go to Thailand because of the first 3? I was occasionally approached in Bkk by a group of young female uni students doing a survey on why tourists visited, and I would say something about beaches and temples, but I never said the real reason I visited LOS.

Something I don't understand is how they can pay smugglers thousands of $ if they are so poor they can't afford to live in their own country? Someone is paying, but I doubt it's those walking across Mexico to enter the US by other than legal channels. Perhaps someone can explain it for me?

?????????????????????? If people doing border runs to stay in Thailand get a legal stamp to do so, how is that not legit? Not a very good example to use when talking about what is happening in the US IMO. None of those people crossing the border were doing so to get a stamp in their passport.

Isn't the real point the guy that was exchanged for her? From all accounts a very dangerous guy for the US, and now even more reason to hurt the US. Every American that dies because of him is now on Biden, IMO.

I wonder if the audience was "stacked", though I don't personally care if Musk gets booed.

Did he call for the termination of the entire constitution, or just the part about elections? I read it as the latter. Obviously Trump haters claim it's the entire constitution, as it makes him look bad.

LOL, what could possibly go wrong with that in Nigeria? 5555555555555555555555

I'd swap for one in LOS in a heartbeat.

He may have been there after the glory days of Nana mid 90s as the outside area wasn't created till they banned smoking inside, but I'm sure he can tell a story or three about Nana that will never be published. Hollywood Royale was THE gogo back then ( sadly gone forever ) and I saw some sights in it that may never be seen again. Happy days back then. The other go to gogo was G Spot- an apt name for it- naked on stage, naked on the seats- a young guy's wet dream come to life. purachai, may he rot in hell, put a stop to all that.

They started the outside area after smoking was banned inside public buildings, but I don't smoke and preferred inside reading the provided Bkk Post, so never had an opportunity to chat with someone out there. That hotel was brilliant, but when it went trendy and expensive I started staying at Honey Hotel near Asoke, on the rare times I stayed in Bkk. Honey hotel was a real Vietnam war era hotel, and I quite liked it, but not being a Soi Cowboy fan I had a trek to get to Nana. IMO it was a tragedy when they demolished the Honey hotel. It should have been preserved as a museum of better times in Bkk.

I'm happy I paid to see it. It wasn't great, but it certainly was enjoyable. I had to re watch the original to see how it corresponded, and lots of similarities, but they only added to the movie. There were a few bits that we were supposed to understand, but I had to watch the original to do so, so a minor fault.

It was the best movie I watched this year, but that's not because it was brilliant ( it wasn't ) it's just that movies tend to be rubbish since covid. So, it's just better than the other rubbish out there.

It's actually a serious problem, so why am I laughing?

I've made many flight of long duration and never worn such, but I regularly got up and walked around the cabin to keep the blood moving in my legs. I always booked aisle seat to be able to do so. Up to you.

What fasting and prep for a leg problem? If anyone thinks they have a DVT don't rub it as a bit of the clot may break off. Seek medical opinion ASP.