thaibeachlovers

Up to you.

If that happens we probably really are all doomed, so like the man says, don't worry, be happy. Will the last person left alive please turn off the lights before expiring.

Reported on Al Jazeera today that Putin wants the gas and oil paid for in roubles or he turns off the taps. I'll make a wild guess and say that European countries that depend on Russian energy will pay up. Also on Al Jazeera that Germany can't transition away from Russian energy as it doesn't have the infrastructure to do so and won't till 2024. Seems they didn't consider how being dependent on Russia might not be a good idea.

??????????????? Is he in the front lines? I have no idea how one can be brave if not in the line of fire. Like most leaders he seems to be leading from miles and miles behind the lines, but perhaps you can inform me how many tanks he has destroyed, and how many Russians he's killed if that's wrong.

You have my sympathy, and I doubt I'd have put up with it, but I am immune to children's tears and tantrums. Not many adults can really win over a determined child. The longer it goes on the harder it gets to solve the problem, but good luck- you'll need it.

and yet, some Brits would rather live in LOS than there. Some of us know why. I lived in London 10 years and despite all the "good" reasons you mention, left it as soon as possible to go live in Thailand instead. I could fill an entire page with reasons why I didn't want to live there, despite the NHS and trains ( Thailand has them too and loads cheaper- Virgin is a really rubbish train service IMO ).

They probably enjoy being negative. I love a good moan fest myself, but I hope I can also recognize the good things about a place, though sadly I didn't find a single thing to enjoy in Sri Lanka. I was only there a week, but I spent every day wishing I'd gone to LOS instead.

I started a happy thread a long time ago. I didn't get bashed for it, but it didn't last long as posters were not interested. I have no problem telling people that if they ain't happy, to leave, but I also say they probably won't be happy anywhere- not these days anyway. IMO every country has been ruined by greed and PC.

I understand what you are saying, but all the concern in the world isn't going to change anything re Ukraine. BTW, I and thinking friends of mine have a pessimistic outlook on the future of the human race and nothing to do with the war. Overpopulation, pollution and the rise of greed are far more likely to destroy quality of life for all but the very rich, IMO. Till we elect politicians that do more than make vapid noises about the real problems facing humanity while sucking up to the rich, IMO we are doomed as a species. As seen on Al Jazeera yesterday, more of the Brazilian rain forest has been destroyed this year than last and even the rainy season hasn't slowed it, as usual. A species that <deleted> it's environment will surely suffer the consequences. Do you know what will make a real difference to the future of this planet? Apparently it's having less children, and we can all do that.

I'm just happy that NZ no longer makes it necessary for the failed vaccine passport to have a life, so I don't have to have a "booster" to be able to go to the movies. I wouldn't have had the first 2 if I'd known the passport would be abandoned so soon.

Of course surrender. How is it working out for all the dead and the displaced and those with no homes to return to? It's not as though Ukraine could defeat Russia, even if they do manage to stop the advance in Ukraine itself. If they won this time, do you think that would be the end of it? It's not like Ukraine was never ruled by Russia, is it?

IN YOUR OPINION.

If not in NATO, any, unless they have loads of nukes.

The vast majority of us can't do anything about the war, so why worry about it? The cost of living affects us all personally so is actually important to us.

Likewise where I live in NZ, no one talks about the war. It's in the newspapers, but just not of interest to most, apparently. Of course the politicians are bigging it up as something to take people's minds off the cost of living. Not succeeding though, IMO. Cost of living is the biggest thing at the moment.

I've been there, and better seen as departing it.

I meant how many European leaders would risk nuclear war based on your "understanding" that Putin would be stopped from launching?

I did ask for a reputable site, and I hardly think that qualifies. Reuters or the BBC perhaps.

If anyone believes otherwise they are deluded IMO. Hiring a hooker is what it's all about. Do you have a problem with that?

The final nail has been predicted for decades, LOL. They were finding it hard to get attractive girls to work in Pattaya bars prior to covid, so nothing new there. I even saw fat girls on stage- the horror, the horror. The bar industry may end up more like Hua Hin or Chiang Mai, but IMO the sex industry is still alive and thriving on line. The girls may not work in a Pattaya bar, but likely they will meet the customer at the airport and stay in Pattaya- I doubt any customers want to go stay in her village.

I don't know that he's like Hitler- has he attempted to exterminate a race based on religion? However he is probably a dictator in fact, so he likely behaves like dictators do.

Of course I have not, as they haven't published them, have they? Link to a reputable site if they have please. Russia ruled Ukraine since the Czars didn't they, certainly during USSR? Who can say that it would be worse?

and you know that because ...............................?

You could join the other foreign volunteers if you wanted. Don't need to be Ukrainian. Ukraine will not cease to exist if they lose, just under different masters. Anyway, IMO Putin does not want all of the Ukraine; just the eastern part, and the rest forbidden to join NATO.

I bet you wouldn't have thought he would invade Ukraine like that either ... well, he did. Actually I did, if the Ukraine didn't accept his terms prior.