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It should be banned, if only for Dick van Dyke's awful imitation of the Cockney accent.

Spelled brain wrong.

The new Sukhumvit road, through Jomtien, Ban Amphur, Bang Saray, Sattahip, and beyond, is now an 8-10 lane urban motorway. I live in Bang Saray and journey times are massively reduced either north or south, which is great (for me). However, IMO, it's absolutely unsuitable for cycling (nor for slow moving sa-ling, kids on scooters, etc.) - and no allowance was made for those vehicles when the new road was planned. Also, pedestrian crossings/bridges are few and far between, so I often see pedestrians chancing their luck across the 4/5 lanes in 80-120 kph traffic. Can you imagine pedestrians being permitted to walk in the roadway on an UK motorway or German Autobahn! I'm afraid that we will read of a lot more deaths on this new road.

At last some good news for Australians. Meanwhile, we Brits have to struggle to find Thai ladies brave enough to endure our manhoods.

If I walk into KFC and order a meal in most places the price will include free refills of coke/lemon tea/etc. If I order a KFC meal on Grab, and my win rider pours himself a coke/lemon tea while he waits for my order, then fills a second cup to bring home for me, what harm has been done? I just hope he got a new straw.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thailand-translators-and-interpreters/list-of-translators-and-interpreters-in-thailand

Yes. This is "news" from 2020. I believe that the hotel received a lot of negative publicity for their over-reaction and (IIRC) has since changed name. Having said that, the guy who posted the bad review was (IMO) quite a dick. He brought a bottle of gin(?) from the 7/11 and expected to drink it in the hotel restaurant (not in his room) - then he was upset when the management challenged him and asked for a corkage fee.

Yes. The instructions are easy to follow.

If you took up gardening to help your recovery, you might send pictures of pint glasses filled with tomatoes or flowers, to show your change of habit.

Seems ok for the price. I had to adjust the belt as it was moving to the left - probably due to my awkward gait, as I have hip and knee problems. An easy fix.

Yes, from the same store.

I just took delivery of the same machine and it works fine. Plug in and switch on - display lights up. Hold the remote close to the display and hold down the power button. It beeps several times then stops beeping - took at least 10 seconds of holding down the button. The belt started at speed 1.0 without me pressing any other button. Use the + button to increase speed. Hope this helps

It's a pity that I can only give one upvote to this post.

My wife and her daughter each have 10-year UK visitor visas. No TB tests required.

I hope no protesters throw tomato soup over it.

... and nobody was suspicious when he turned up for work in a new Ferrari.

Farangs

It's all perfectly lawful and above-board. HM the King (no one else) reduced his sentence from 8 years to 12 months. Therefore he was entitled to parole after 6 months, regardless of his physical condition. And, he is over 70 years of age, therefore (Like all over 70's) too old to need an ankle monitor. Good luck to any members here who would like to question the decision of His Majesty Maha Vajiralongkorn. My tongue is firmly in my cheek.

I must admit that I have fallen into that trap more than once. However, in a lift (elevator) in the OP scenario, one can avoid the pain by getting out at the next floor.

The OP is not talking about getting into a conversation with Thais - just acknowledging a greeting. Also, IME Scots are very friendly and sociable people. I feel sure that if a foreigner of any nationality said "Hi" or "Hello" (even "Herro") they would greeted with a reciprocal smile, or a nod at least (not talking about the infamous 'Glasgow smile').

Geordie, for sure ... 😉

Is it just me, or are those sporrans a bit longer than those of the white soldiers'?

If they're there to save fallen women, ask them to save one for me.

Darjeeling is an area of India famous for its tea. Assam is another (of many). So the tea from those regions is called Darjeeling tea or Assam tea. When ordering a cup of tea, one may be asked to select from a variety of teas. One could say "Darjeeling is not my preference", i.e. not my preferred cup of tea. The expression (in British parlance) is applied to many situations where there is a choice. For example: I prefer olive skinned girls, white girls are not my cup of tea.