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I used to attribute all my aches and pains etc to drinking alcohol. So last year I went T total for 5 weeks. Back in the UK on holiday right now and not had a drink for 6 weeks. Results ? Very disappointing. Still feel exactly the same as before. So I have concluded I don't have a drinking problem. Instead something much worse. Apparently it is called old age and there is no cure. Since the weather is cooler here I have done a lot of walking. Up to 11 miles a day. Leg muscles are now rock hard and maybe my BP has gone down ( will check when return to Thailand ) but still feel like crap when I get out of bed in the morning. Conclusion. I will return to the bottle when I get home.

A great loss to Thailand. I hope he will still be a prominent member of MF and can see his fortune rise again in the future .

They can play this at my funeral as my obituary

Absolutely. Ask any Thai if any of their deceased relatives ever ate Phat Graprao. The answers will shock you !! Eat it and one day you will die like them.

As long as no money passes through a Thai bank you will probably be beneath the radar. I've been selling online for avout 12 years without any issues.

Yup. History is full of smokers. Pol Pot was another one , hence his moniker During WW2 the allied generals were all at it. That's why they were called the Joint Chiefs of Staff. History is fascinating.

It's the among others I'm worried about.????

Yup. Reefer madness. Hitler and Stalin were heavy smokers too. Not many people know that.

Help for Hookers International successfully lobbied for this. Borat was their representitive .

Out of love for my girlfriend and respect for her parents and culture I would agree to the requested dowry. However, I would explain that as a recently converted Hindu I would hope they would respect me and the Hindu marriage custom and also provide me with an appropriate dowry as I would be caring for their daughter for the rest of her life. In order not to offend I would only ask for 1 million baht, a fair amount for a foreign husband with a good education. Others might ask more but I am not greedy and would be satisfied with this amount.

Birds of a feather flock together ?

Lost in translation ? You can't fill Thaksins boots ?

Only if MFP still exist for the next election. The probable scenario is that just before the next election MFP will be attacked with a slew of legal accusations and get banned leaving them no time to form a new party and jump ship. They would be very naive not to make a strong contingency plan for this.

Lucky plucky Yuki Yunagi.

Yes. I actually kept my bank accounts in the UK so that although I sell and ship from Thailand the money from sales goes to those accounts. There used to be a lot more foreign sellers in Thailand doing this but covid cleared a lot of them out. I don't know how your son can get around this problem. Etsy does have a user forum and you could ask there. Might work. None of the big online platforms are perfect. They command the bulk of the traffic but are constantly tightening up the rules to close up any legal loose ends and reduce their own liabilities. What was once easy ( selling online ) has become more difficult as the amounts of money involved have increased massively. Good luck with it.

Ebay and Amazon are very cut throat with too much competition. Google Etsy and have a look. I have an online shop there. Free to set up . You only pay 20 cents every time you list an item in your shop plus a small commission on sales. Technically Etsy have rules about what can be sold ( supposed to be things you have had a hand in making yourself ) but people drive rough shod over these at least until they get a warning. Etsy also has a lot of traffic. Views in the millions.

There are already online platforms for this. He could try selling on a site like Etsy first just to test the demand before trying to develop his own website. Selling online is all about ' traffic ' , ie , how many prospective buyers you can get to look at what you are trying to sell. No traffic = no sales. It is difficult to compete with the established platforms unless you have a very niche thing that is in demand to sell.

Very difficult to get a perfect result since in removing the stain the whole area cleaned will end up appearing lighter than the surround. However , weathering a month or two can improve this appearance. Youtube has a lot of suggested solutions but none seem perfect. The pick of the bunch seems to be this one but ......no guarantees.

I'm 65 right now. Back in the UK sorting my state pension and enjoying the chance to take long walks without melting or getting heat stroke. Doing the Isle of Wight coastal path in sections. Longest walk so far has been 19 kilometers. Legs were good for more but it was too hot to continue.

Can't beat a good laud. If I don't laud now and then life seems incomplete. If I can laud a new hub now and then I feel totally rejuvenated.

Sorry to hear no improvements in your fortunes. If you are sleeping rough do you have a small one man tent and sleeping bag ? I watched a YouTube video about homelessness. One of those interviewed had been sleeping rough for 20 years and was now used to it. He spent a little money on wild camping equipment and had walked the entire coastline of the UK twice ! He said he had really enjoy the beauty of it all and managed to pick up a few odd jobs along the way to keep him going. He should have written a book about it. He found the silver lining to his cloud. Free as a bird beholding to no one and tied to nowhere.

A woman is shot dead and a very sad forum member posts a laughing amoji ? Scary to think people like this are out there blending in with the normally adjusted.

I appreciate people love their grandchildren and enjoyed their holidays but I wish they would refrain from bringing out their photo albums of both in the belief I can enjoy them as much as they do. I can't. I can never feel the way they do about them so please treasure them for themselves and I promise not to show them pictures or videos of our soi dog puppies or vegetable garden.

No need. Putin will annex it for free next year. Still, better that they are all concentrated in one place than scattered around the provinces. Few foreigners at all where I live so locals still very friendly.

Plus if he performs his duties poorly ( quite likely ) he can't be carpeted.