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I smoke to forget. Can't remember what so it must be working.

Latest updates on advances of Ukraine in Kursk and the slow Russian advance further south towards the important Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk , the citizens of which place have been advised to evacuate. The Russians in this sector have actually been reinforced to push home the attack. This means that so far , mostly young conscripts are being sent north to try and blunt the Ukarainians advance. Good maps showing the ground situation north and south :

Latest update on the Ukrainian offensive. This guy although pro Ukrainian does also list Ukraines losses and likely lines of advance of the Russians ifurther to the south

Since I don't work I go out midweek and avoid the crowds. More relaxed and better service. Weekends stay home relaxing or pottering around.

I missed that. Can you point out my Jingoism where I predicted a quick end to the war ? You mean like PUtin did with his 2 week campaign that was forbiden to call war. He is well far of his prediction isn't he His stated aim on his thrust at Kiev was to clear out the Nazis and instal a government that would resume looking eas not west. This was watched by people around the world and even Russians watched it at home on their television. It did not ' vanish ' , much of it was destroyed the rest managed to extricate themselves. Why not. His novels were inspired by real life. But no happy ending for Mussolini or Hitler eh . Did you ever hear about the Nuremburg war crimes trials or The International Military Tribunal for the Far East. A whole lot of bad men died deserved deaths dangling at the end of ropes. I'm afraid your arguments are like someone trying to play poker with a busted flush. They just cannot stand any kind of objective scrutiny whatsover.

Well, I think I could do as much without breaking a sweat. All in a days work.

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Tragic. In rural areas there are always many such ponds for irrigation and livestock. My sympathies to the parents. An awful loss.

Two years is not the same as his announced two weeks therefore his original plan failed. Worth remembering also that his original objective was to drive an armoured column into Kiev and forcibly instal a puppet government. At that time he apparently thought he would be welcomed with open arms. Therein lies one of his problems. He has silenced all of his domestic opposition either by imprisonment or mysterious deaths so that like all dictators he is now surrounded by a lot of toadies and yes men who agree with all his utterances and hide any truth from him that they think might threaten their own position and safety. Putin will increasingly be looking for scapegoats as the war drags on and eventually his close circle will feel threatened enough to move first and remove him ,most likely by assassination. He will ultimately reap what he has sown.

Pak boong fy Deng. Vegetarian dish. Lots of Fibre and can be a bit hot if they overdo the chilli.

So in some you don't and you are pretending ? That's a relief. I thought I had missed the second coming.

I think everyone can agree on that but a much fairer solution would be for Putin to stop what he started since even he will have to admit , his two week operation has failed. This war is continuing now to save Putins face , that is all. But he cannot stop and admit he is wrong. No point blaming Zelensky or the Ukrainians for defending themselves. I cannot think of any country that would not defend itself if attacked.

Well , the Urainian supply line has the advantage that so far it has no bridges or rivers in its rear. The fact that Ukraine is blowing all the major river bridges in the Russians rear would suggest that those rivers will be where the Ukrainians will stop and dig in , behind a natural defensive line. Also , when you think about it , a 25 kilometer advance into Russia is not that far. I do that distance regularly to our nearest Tesco , although I do it on a good road without having a drone drop things on my car. But it does put the distance in perspective. A 20 minute drive. Ukraine will probably try to hold this land as a bargaining chip in future negotiations since they don't have many other chips. Unlikely that the Russians will be easily able to encircle the Ukrainians on account of said rivers. I am somewhat curios though about your posts. They give the distinct impression that you would like Russia to win this conflict and gain everything it has set out to take by force. I find this a curious position ?

No choice except to retreat of face being surrounded and cut off by the Ukrainian advance. Obviously there will be a limit to just how far Ukrainian troops can continue moving forward given that they don't have enough troops to go all the way to Kursk but since Russias response so far has been ineffectual they can continue to gobble up land which Russia will have to fight very hard if it ever wants to retake it.

At last. A thread that makes me feel good about having one foot in the grave already.

Good summary of the situation today and where things might develop in the coming week.

He wanted to look in the trunk

Yup. Lost a Rolex found a Seiko.

To be fair,, she was trying to wind him up.

Try politicians. Not a lot of difference.

Sorry. It's the Tha Chin river, My bad. Been a long time since I went. Its been done. Used to be sampans along the canal at Prathoo Nam a long long time ago where ladies plied their trade in the oldest profession. No roads back then when Bangkok got its moniker ' Venice of the East ' I have a Thai friend who as a child was a novice monk at Wat Po. The abbot once took them to visit a monastry at Lam Look Ka ( now on the outskirts of Bangkok. ) The journey was done only on canals and it took them all day to get there with many changes of boat. Now a one hours journey by car ( traffic notwithstanding ).

Who would have thought eh ?

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Even as a smoker I think that statement is stretching things a bit. The best thing would be seeing the People Party gain power , regardless of their drug policy.

They were already toast when they got into bed with the army. That gave them the pox. Look what happened to the democrat party when they did the same. This news just means no penicilin for theit illness. The soon to be defunct People Party now hold the peoples hopes and aspirations.