thaibeachlovers

While the 50s were brilliant for western countries ( the rest of the world not so much ), western populations are aging. However, western countries should be able to use technology to overcome many of the associated problems, though it will probably require an influx of people from poor countries to do the jobs no one else wants to do, and that can cause problems too. Given that many western and some Asian women eg Sth Korean and Japanese, have realised ( quite understandably IMO ) that having lots of, or any babies is not what they want to do, the situation isn't going to change.

Suppress too many people for too long and the result is usually unpleasant or unwanted for the suppressors. Eg French revolution, American revolution, Russian revolution, the current protests in Iran, and now apparently in China. One can only hope it's as unpleasant for Xi and his cronies as those in the past.

Seems too obvious for me to bother giving specifics other than the proliferation of American style ( and branded ) fast food outlets. Does Britain have no equivalent of maccers or BK?

LOL. What could go wrong with giving your phone number to every Tom Dick or Harry? Ever heard of hacking? What if the other person doesn't have a banking app? If people want to do that, OK, but why force everyone to do so? Is that a free society? Is that democracy? What happened to freedom of choice? Are bank profits and government control so important that we all have to become slaves of the system? Make no mistake, if we don't control our money , we don't control our lives.

You refer to a tiny minority of the people on the planet, and superexponential growth is killing the environment we need to live in. IMO you ignore the effect of greed, which IMO is the motivation for the uber rich that have far more than they need, but want even more, and will never give it up willingly.

I'm all for expanding the prison population and removing parole. A small element of society causes most of the crime, and I would like as many of them as possible removed from society for as long as possible. However, I think prisoners should be safe from harm, whatever that takes.

Again, the alcoholic beer ban is only for the stadiums. It's available elsewhere. Unless Al Jazeera is promoting a lie. I have to wonder if footy fans are all alcoholics, given the uproar it has caused. Can they not survive a couple of hours without being boozed up?

When I can actually remember stuff I'm not too dull a tack myself, but I "dislike" ( being polite ) the modern age so much, I not only want to live in a different age, but in a different existence, such as those one can only see in movies. If "ying" is good and "yang" is bad, there has been far too much yang for my liking, not just now, but for my entire life, since I was able to understand such, and the yang is winning.

They are there to direct the passengers to their seat. Do you think they are trained psychologists that can evaluate a person passing by in about 30 seconds?

Why should I? Accept what I said already or not, but why would I make it up? Up to you. Did I not say that I asked to move? I had to give a reason. He was by himself rest of flight so not flight attendant's problem. What would you expect them to do? I'm not, and the vast majority of people flying are not, so hitting someone in the face is only something that you would do. Then you would be in handcuffs the rest of the flight.

I'm sure that you are aware that boosters can kill if heart is dodgy. I used cialis for about 6 years with no problem, and then I thought I was going to die on my last time, so never used again. My wife also thought I was in a serious condition, as she freaked out, so I looked bad as well as felt bad. I didn't try anything else as it was far too scary to do so.

One would really have to trust the wife/ family to give her/ them that big an investment.

Simplest solution, Piece of plastic sheet duct taped to stop water splashing on the unit. The unit should be above the level of the shower head. Does that unit have a button to check a cut out? I can't see one. I wouldn't feel safe using one without. As said above, I'd be concerned to see if the unit is actually earthed. Just because the cable has an earth wire, it doesn't mean that it's connected at either end to earth.

I have dual passports too. I'd leave the country using that country passport and enter the different country using that country passport. I'd give the airline the passport details of current country, but is that a new thing? I don't recall being asked that when I booked. I'm pretty sure the airline only care that a person is able to enter destination country, so they don't have the hassle of taking them back if rejected. Why would they care what passport one travels on? They probably only care that she has a valid passport to enter on and has enough time left on passport ie 6 months. BTW, I'm pretty sure that your wife should exit Britain on a British passport if she used that to enter on. As always, the only people that really know the answer will be the airline.

Canny politicians can pull the wool over voters eyes for a while. Tony Blair certainly did so in his second election.

I thought we were having a discussion about something that hadn't happened yet? Anything goes.

I've mentioned it before on this forum, but imagine being able to travel without leaving home? No need to fly to Thailand to see the temples any more- just pop on the virtual reality headset and it's like being there. Perhaps the boffins of the future can also give the happy ending experience without the chance of contracting some nasty.

Fair enough, but after we all go cashless and can't go back what is to stop banks imposing a transaction fee? Even a few cents for each would result in massive profits for the banks. With that much money to be extorted, I fear it's inevitable.

One of my neighbours has no computer, never had a computer, doesn't want a computer and is a happier chap than I for it. He doesn't even go to the library for e mails ( probably doesn't know what an e mail is ). After every problem I experience with my computer experience I tell him how much I envy him. To be honest, if I could go back to 2001 I'd never buy that first computer that gave me access to the great and extremely addictive internet, and consider myself better off for it.

Agreed, but it's always my philosophy when putting anything on here, to consider if I want a spotty geek to read it. If I care enough to not want said spotty geek reading it I don't put it on line. I don't use anything like tok tick, facethingy or such like, so my exposure is limited to things that are of no use to anyone ( or machine ) looking to exploit me, eg for targeted advertising. Do people that use cards to pay for such as clothes, shoes, groceries then get assaulted by internet advertising? I did notice long ago, that after I posted about travel on a certain site, pop up ads on that site then appeared about the country I mentioned. Happily such ads are no longer a problem for me.

Indeed. It's quite often mentioned on news and such that young people are sending "intimate" photos of their body parts to each other and end up being blackmailed. Back in the day when I spent a lot of time on the internet I came across a site that dealt exclusively on revenge porn, on which boys rejected by the ex girlfriend posted intimate photos of the ex girlfriend. Things must have changed a lot since my young days when a request to photograph my girlfriend naked would have resulted in a well deserved slapping.

LOL. I often see a sign in shops stating that there will be a credit card charge.

Alas, the last time I used pharmaceutical boosting it almost killed me, so had to give it up. Pity, as it had worked to give me a sex life after my prostatectomy for a number of years.

Well said, but the indoctrinated sheeple will willingly submit to big banking because "it's more convenient" than cash. I often see old people using cards in supermarket and not shielding the pin number when they use it. Just asking for muggers to steal their cards. Anyway, now that pay wave removes the need to even use a pin just steal the card and go shopping.

I accept that eventually I may be forced, kicking and screaming, to use a spyphone to pay for things, but hopefully I won't be around to see when it all goes wrong. IMO instead of stealing money, the young thugs will be forcing the law abiding to give up their phones and pins or such like. It'll be great for bank profits, but not so much for us.