thaibeachlovers

Blaming Brexit for the NHS staff shortage is, IMO, deflecting from the real reason the NHS had to use imported labour in the first place, which is that the NHS pay is not sufficient to get British people to become nurses and doctors. When I first started working for the NHS they had loads of agency nurses because agencies paid better. The government stopped agency nurses working in NHS hospitals and recruited from Africa because that meant they could continue to pay rubbish wages.

Oh, ( if that is true ), the irony.

Given the alternative leads to WW3, IMO, I'm ok with that.

Use them for artificial reefs. That way they would finally do some good for the planet.

I'm concerned about the method of waving a card at a reader and it deducts money from our account without need for a pin number or anything, so at my age if I had one of those, and I had heart attack and had to go to hospital in ambulance, there would be loads of opportunity for someone to go through my pockets and take my card, and spend my money. I refused the bank's offer to give me one of those cards. Am I wrong?

Sadly young people love the idea.

Right. Computer shop I used to use went digital payment only. I won't be going back there.

No, but the bank I use now doesn't have tellers and only one machine, so when shop owners come to put the takings into the account, it can be a long wait if they have a lot of coins. A price I'll gladly pay to keep real money in circulation.

How do you know that 1 1/2 million lives were saved? How many died OF covid as compared to those that died WITH covid? If I misunderstand and you are being sarcastic I apologise. I am very sarcastic about the entire lockdown philosophy. IMO Sweden got it right. I said it at the time and I still believe that. The recent US election was interesting as loads of politicians and their supporters on stages close together and often no mask in sight.

Once.

You just posted another political post. Have you read the pinned post about political posts on the Pub? It's at the start of the sub forum.

I agree. Cash is so simple. I never had to wait for people using cash- only those using electronic. I'll be PO if they manage to bring in cashless before I pass over, as I'd be forced to buy one of those horrid not so smart phones and learn how to use it.

I was never once required to show my bank book. They are really trying to make it harder, IMO.

That's new since I was getting extensions up there. They always were keen on making it as difficult as possible, which was why I used an agent.

The "cashless society". An authoritarian government's wet dream. After all, what could possibly go wrong with that?

Also, faced with either taking the money or being killed, it's probably the easy choice.

Floating cities are not a new concept, but when the population is expanding so fast ( only 12 years to add a billion people ) floating cities will IMO be inevitable at some time in the future. The one in the OP looks more like a refuge for rich people to get away from the inconvenient masses than a serious solution to accommodating people.

Perhaps I missed it, but did I ask a question in the post you quoted? I didn't intend to.

The only ways western countries are better, IMO, is perhaps not such blatant corruption ( it goes on but is less obvious ), less chance of dying in a traffic accident, and a tradesman is generally qualified to do the job ( except for the cowboys I have had the misfortune to employ- which is why I learned to DIY ). Can't think of anything else. So, if I were to write a list of everything better in Thailand, and in western countries the western countries would have 3 things and the Thai list might have a hundred or more.

What would they do with the impounded yachts? I'd prefer they impose a 1000% super tax on super yacht berthing fees.

What on earth are you going on about? Not supposed to discuss politics on this sub forum.

I heard something interesting on radio. Apparently the staff got free meals which was costing the company millions per year. Musk has stopped that. Perhaps he's not as dumb as I thought. If he can make the company work with 70% less staff, it will be proof they were un necessary.

Are you claiming that more of anything means the price increases?

Excellent post.

Not yet. If it were, IMO they wouldn't be trying so hard to destroy him.