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19 minutes ago, Justfine said:
Second rate.
I believe you fit the classic Thaivisa definition of a troll.
'One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument' - Urban Dictionary. Lets be honest, the forum would be more boring than it is if we didn't have trolls/didn't troll ourselves sometimes. I am sure most of it is harmless fun and we can all move on from it - we are all adults.
However having said that, I do believe the very definition of a troll, is someone who put extraordinarily little thought or effort into a reply, such as your second rate comment, on some of the best wines in the world. That was just surly, nasty, unnecessary, ignorant, and indicative of somebody who had absolutely nothing to add, nor anything to say, and possesses a remarkable lack of knowledge.
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10 minutes ago, Justfine said:
It's the internet and you're talking to an imaginary judge.
I worked for one of the world's leading wineries for 2 years.
You would wet yourself if you knew what you have missed out on.
Believe me, this is not being done on your behalf, as I am certain you would be unfamiliar with most of these wines. But, for the entertainment of the other forum members who enjoy great wine, here are just a few of the recent wine events I have had the great fortune of attending. Does not measure up to your two years at Frogs Leap I am sure.
Again your honor (your imaginary judge) I rest my case.
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If driving, especially on a motorbike, treat the activity as an act of war, in a sense that you may be mowed down or killed at any moment. Maintain eyes in the back of your head. Watch everyone. Expect craziness, insanity, lack of reason, and a complete lack of courtesy and respect on the roads, at all times. Expect cars and trucks to be coming at you in the wrong lane. Expect people to overtake you with the slimmest of margins. Expect trucks to be driving very slowly in the fast lane of a highway.
If riding a motorbike, only do so if you have many years of experience. Especially on the southern islands, where huge numbers of foreigners leave Thailand in a wooden box. Wear the best helmet you can afford. And drive like a grandmother. This applies to ex-pats too. Bring along an international drivers license, or better yet, a Thai motorcycle license. This helps you to avoid being fleeced by the local police franchisee.
The police only show up after the accident takes place. There is nothing in the way of traffic safety on the roads, or on the highways. Those traffic stops are all about weapons, drugs and handouts. Nothing to do with safety. I suppose there is no money in traffic safety. However, if they levied real fines for speeding over 120kph, for reckless driving, making severely quick lane changes, etc, there would be some money to be made, and the highways would be safer.
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2 minutes ago, Justfine said:
"How on earth do you know about the depth of my wine knowledge"
You talked up an average French wine.
Here we go again. The person who professes to have this deep understanding of red wines, calls Chateauneuf average french wine. I do not need to explain this. I will call upon some of the greatest experts on wine, on the planet. Maybe you know more that they do? Or perhaps you unwillingness to spend real money on great wine has prevented you from ever tasting a great CDP?
You probably consider wine writers to be snooty. But here is what Parker says in general, about CDP-
The best Châteauneuf-du-Papes are among the most natural expressions of grapes, place and vintage. Châteauneuf-du-Pape vineyards are farmed organically or biodynamically, and the region's abundant sunshine and frequent wind (called le mistral) practically preclude the need for treating the fields with herbicides or pesticides. The wines themselves are equally pure, their flavors rarely masked by aging in new oak. But the greatest appeal of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, beyond its food-friendly qualities, expansiveness, generosity of flavors and sumptuous texture, is the almost addictive attraction of its combined intellectual and hedonistic elements. That's what attracts me the most and undoubtedly accounts for Châteauneuf-du-Pape's rapidly growing popularity.
https://www.foodandwine.com/articles/a-crush-on-chateauneuf-du-pape
And Livingstone Learmonths description of a 2001 Rayas-
mild red, not full to the top of rim. Red berry jam aroma, very clear and clean, with a lightly nutty twist - quite direct at this early stage, with a lurkng southern ripeness, inset and withdrawn as yet. Cautious attack, supple, rich red fruit with quiet tannic presence. Light, almost Burgundian alongside the usual Châteauneufs. Elegant, rounded texture, feathery richness, very fine and rounded all the way through, notably on the finish. More to it by 2009, there is some jasmin/rose later on. More grassy, pebbly after 3 hours. I still cannot find the old stuffing that used to be present, even discreetly. 2021-24 Feb 2005
Your honor, I deeply apologize for the opposing counsels lack of study on the issues here. This is all I have to say on the matter. Nothing is really being contributed in opposition, so I rest my case your honor.
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9 minutes ago, Justfine said:
Chat Du Pape can be bought for 30 bucks.
Again, shows how little you know about good wine, or the Southern Rhone region in general. Like saying I found a chardonnay for five bucks. Why should I spent $40 on one? They are all the same. How does one even respond to this kind of blather?
A great CDP is one of the most transcendental wine experiences one can have. And your statement about having more good reds than I have had hot meals, is what some of us would refer to as a false narrative, wishful thinking, and self imposed delusion. Your statement about CDP confirms that. All that needs to be said. I rest my case, your honor.
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5 minutes ago, Justfine said:
I see you like paying for pretentious food.
Doubt you know what good wine is either.
Some of the statements you make reveal the staggering degree of ignorance you struggle with, daily. How on earth do you know about the depth of my wine knowledge, what my personal collection looks like, or what experiences I have had with wine? You would be the last person on the planet I would defend my wine credentials to. I did not say I ate at La Roca. I was simply presenting some information about the restaurant. The fact that eating great food, at some of the world's top restaurants offends you, says all we need to know about you. Get over your envy of others. Not a good quality. It tends to poison the soul and blacken the heart.
In the future, I suggest you carefully weigh your statements, when pronouncing judgment on complete strangers, of whom you know absolutely nothing.
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The Thai Supreme Court has very little credibility. Any court falling within the influence of Little P. has little to no credibility. Independence? Yeah right. So, this warrant would mean little. Especially since there is so little moral conviction behind it. It is nothing but a show. They do not want him back. Never did. Never will. He would make too much trouble if he was here. As destructive as some of his acts have been, he remains the only PM in the countries history, to do real work and pass real policy that benefited the masses. Little P. is not even 1% the man, that Thaksin is. And I do not like Thaksin. But the current leader is like a little rancid peanut in comparison.
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14 minutes ago, Srikcir said:
Webfact stated- "I have a hard time accepting that any leader might do the kind of damage to his own auto industry that would happen if he were to bring in such a tariff on Canadian auto manufacturers,"
You'd think that Trudeau by now understands that the only damage Trump fears is to his own ego, his supremacy in everything. He has no loyalty to anyone and that includes the American people outside his cult.
"I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it's true!" - Trump
Any blow-back Trump gets from the news media and detractors for any of his Canadian tariffs will be deflected to blaming the Democrats and Obama. Trump doesn't do responsibility for failure.
I think the first quote assumes that Trump is sane and rational. I do not believe he is either.
The psychiatrist who briefed Congress on Trump’s mental state: this is “an emergency” - Vox
I have been saying for some time that cheeto may be the most dangerous man in the world. This shrink, who is an expert on pathology that leads to violence, seems to agree.
His trip to Asia brought a lot of ceremonial deference and customs of flattery that kept him doing better for a while. But that indicated a greater danger to us — that someone [was] that susceptible to fawning pointed to instability that would make him more volatile when he returned. And that’s exactly what happened.
When he returned and faced the progress of the special counsel’s investigation, he became more paranoid, returning to conspiracy theories that he had let go of for a while. He seemed to further lose his grip on reality by denying his own voice on the Access Hollywood tapes.
Also, the sheer frequency of his tweets seemed to reflect the frantic state of mind he was entering, and his retweeting some violent anti-Muslim videos showed a concerning attraction to violence. And then there were the belligerent nuclear threats this week.
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22 minutes ago, Justfine said:
Nice post. There are so many wannabe and pretender restaurants in Bangkok, mostly at the high end. There is a kind of rent-a-crowd of fickle, no-nothing-about-food hi-so in this city. Fortunately, there is also a glut of affordable, tasty Thai food. And Forget about good, affordable wine. Wine is over-priced because of taxes, then it is poorly stored and served and handled by folks that wouldn't know a chardonnay from a glass of vinegar.
Same in any city. The best food is fresh and simple. Get some fine wagyu and oysters you don't have to do much to it. Pair it with a Coonawarra red. Only a bad chef can stuff it up.
I completely disagree. You may like fresh and simple food. And there is nothing wrong with that. But, it simply represents one style of food preparation.
There are countless cities that take their food and their customers very seriously, have the talent both in the kitchen, and in the staff, to back it up, and bring alot to the table. Not the same in any city. That is utter nonsense. You just cannot compare Bangkok, to the great cities of the world, or even to a city like Seattle, Kansas City, Dallas, Miami, Auckland or even a city like Ontario, when it comes to wine service. Those cities have staff that are infinitely more knowledgable than in Bangkok, when it comes to wine service. Unless you are eating at the Four Seasons, The Peninsula, The Shanrgi La, The Banyan Tree, and a few other top hotels in Bangkok, and perhaps a handful of restaurants, more than likely you will not find a really good sommelier who knows the wine well, and has the wine list to back up a claim to good wine service. And even if you do find that, I good Chatuauneuf du Pape, like a 2001 or a 2005 Domaine du Clos du Caillou Reserve, would set you back 75,000 baht. In the states I can find that wine for $350, or $600 in a good restaurant.
In other cities, the sommeliers are constantly mixing with others in their profession, tasting great wines daily, attending great tastings, and are afforded a level of access someone in Bangkok simply would not have, due to the stunningly high duties here, and the backward, ignorant, despotic, churlish, nonsensical, fearful, antiquated, protectionist, non-visionary wine policy this inept government has here.
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7 minutes ago, carmine said:
If you consider Thailand to be clean then clearly its been a while since you lasted visited. The garbage you saw as you left last time is probably steal festering in the same place!!
Wrong. I live here. Though I do live in an exceptionally clean area. I agree there is more that can be done. They need to install 30,000 trash receptacles nationwide. It sometimes takes me 10 minutes to find a bin to put something in Bangkok. And Samui needs to arrest the mayor, so they can divert the money to the waste management plant, that is being sucked into his many, many personal accounts. And in Issan, they need to establish a trash collection program for most villages. But, most Thai people are quite clean. And many houses I see are well kept.
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Second place went to “El Celler de Can Roca” in Girona, Spain, which is famous for its desserts, wines and beverages. This restaurant took the top spot twice in 2013 and 2015.
One of my closest friends has done very well in commercial real estate development. He ate at Can Roca recently. It took him four months of so, to get a booking for a set lunch. He said the food was very good, but he was blown away by the wine pairings. He said even though many of the selections were not great wines, the pairings were so perfect, it kind of blew his mind. And he is a big wine guy.
Here is some info I found on the pricing:
The 2016 "Menú Degustació de Clàssics" at el Celler was €180. For those having the different glasses of wine to match the food you'd have to add €55. This option consists of 17 small appetizers and 7 main dishes.
The 2016 "Menú Degustació Festival" was €195, plus €90 for the wines. This one includes 17 appetizers and 14 main dishes.
I'm not sure if they have changed any of this for 2017, but you get the idea.
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16 hours ago, observer90210 said:
The food is no doubt up to the standards, but one just cannot accept the top level restaurants in Bangkok to play it jet set and start selling their food at similar prices as abroad.
Considering the labour costs and rents are much lower in Thailand then abroad, I feel that I am being taken for a ride with the overcharged price tags in Bangkok Michelin standard, restaurants.
No matter what could be the argument, a restaurant owner on the french riviera say on the glitterati Côte d'Azur or Monaco, will not have the same taxes and expenses as the restaurant owner in Bangkok.
Especially when you take into account both wine service, and wine prices. I was recently with a group of friends, and we wanted to order a bottle of wine, at of one of those high end restaurants in the EmQuartier complex. It was Bella Rocca Restaurant. I asked about a 2011 Chianti they had on the list. I was told they were out of stock. I asked about a Barbaresco, at 2,600 baht. Again, out of stock. How about this Nebbiolo? Do you have the 2010, as stated on the list? No, we only have the 2015. OK, what is that wine like? Is it drinking well now? I do not know. Is there anyone here that is familiar with this wine list? No. Sorry sir. Wait a minute. You have 100 bottles on this list, ranging from 1200 baht to 10,000 baht per bottle, and NOBODY who works here knows anything about the wine? Are you serious? We all just looked at each other, and got up and walked out. We realized the restaurant was a pretender. And more than likely the food was marginal at best. It was all dressed up to look like a very nice Italian restaurant. But, it appeared to be only window dressing. High end tourists have little patience for that lack of quality and lack of service.
But again, the lack of vision, combined with a naive, surly, silly, churlish, and ignorant sense of nationalism, bites the country in the butt. And again, who is the loser? The Thai people.
The entire country is suffering from declining Western tourism. And that will not change. It is a permanent declining trend.
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48 minutes ago, xylophone said:There follows a very interesting article from the NZ Herald newspaper...………please read it.
"The greatness of a country can be measured by the manner in which it provides for the most vulnerable among its people, especially the children born into poverty.
When it comes to those who request asylum of a country — safety from persecution — there exists a special obligation recognised under international law, to treat such claimants and their families with particular discretion.
Instead of following international norms and the better parts of its own history, US President Trump has ordered the detention of refugee asylum seekers arriving at its Mexican border, criminally charging them for illegal entry, and separating them from their children. Since May 2500 children have been removed from parents.
The legitimacy of asylum claims can be open to question. However, these immigrants subject to family separation are not economic migrants, nor, unlike in Europe, are they a threat of returned ISIS fighters.
They're not coming directly from Mexico, which has seen a net negative migration since 2014. Rather, these families are coming from Central America, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, where they're trying to escape social disorder and drug-related gang violence.
The governments of those countries bear ultimate responsibility for the chaos, but the United States has also made a significant contribution.The over-zealous anti-communism of Kissinger along with Ronald Reagan permitted the atrocities of the 1980s and the conversion of drug thug "Contras" into saintly "freedom fighters" in the spirit of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
Those "friends" have forced ordinary citizens to flee their home countries, and — along with their children, — trek 1000 miles of Mexico in the hope of safety in "the promised land", Reagan's "City On A Hill."
Trump, sensing a coming firestorm of disapproval, seeks to reassure his flock by claiming falsely that he is the victim of policies created by Democrats.
In fact, he could end this disgrace with a few strokes of his shark's teeth signature.
Meantime, he is enabled by his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, who unashamedly chooses the biblical verse Romans:13, 1-7 to defend obedience to authority and thus rationalise the inhumanity of the policy with a Pauline doctrine often used in the past to defend slavery.
The actual architect of this evil is Trump's senior political adviser, Stephen Miller.
Miller, who also authored the first Muslim ban, wrote the "Zero Tolerance" policy that authorises Sessions' agents to arrest and detain asylum seekers for their illegal entry, contrary to international law.The parents' detention leaves the children "unaccompanied aliens" and subject to removal to foster care or wherever. It's designed to deter asylum seekers.
As if insufficient ironies exist herein, Stephen Miller is the grandson of Jews who fled persecution in Tsarist Russia to come to the US in the early 20th century. Those forbears would be turning over in their graves at this travesty of justice coming from their descendant's hand.
The moral imperative posed by the barbarism of Trump's family separation policy is clear cut. Some major religious groups are meeting it by their condemnation.
The US Council of Catholic Bishops has strongly urged reversal of the policy as has the Reform Jewish Confederation. Even some evangelicals like Trump supporter Franklin Graham, have spoken out against it. Significantly silent have been those right-wing groups, Catholic and protestant, calling themselves Right-to-Life or Family Research Council, or Focus On Family.
These latter groups, staunchly anti-abortion and anti-gay rights have appropriated the words "family values" to lend credence to their causes. Those words ring hollow in the present crisis".
Great article. These are men who would quote anything, do anything, harm anyone, steal from anyone, oppress anyone, or attempt to disgrace anyone who got in the way of their objectives. There is not one nanogram of integrity in the entire administration, and barely a shred of humanity remaining, in the entire house and senate. American politics has descended to a new low, that it may never recover from.
Captain Chaos has not only re-populated the swamp with his own brand of whores, such as Mnuchin, Ross, Sanders, Kelly, Navarro, Pruitt, Haley, And Pence, but he has reinvented the way American politics operates, and hijacked the Republican party in the process. A party that used to have ideals, and some grace and willingness to work with others, across the aisle.
There is no doubt in my mind, that Trump has no limits on where he would go. His thirst for power, plus an utter lack of morality, ethics, compassion, trustworthiness, and dependability, combined with a ruthless hatred of man, especially those that are not rich and white, intolerance, racism, bigotry, misogyny, and lack of judgment, make him the most dangerous man in the world, at this point in time. I have little doubt about the extent of where this man would be willing to take the nation. And it is NOT moving forward. Does Himmler come to mind? If given a chance?
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2 hours ago, jackh said:To be perfectly clear, these laws were passed by Clinton. No liberals objected to them. Obama did not care in 8 years to change them and instead passed them onto Trump. Trump had nothing to do but actually enforce the law.
Now Trump has actually tried to temporary stop them via executive order. But still he is the bad guy. Trump haters will always hate, no matter what great things Trump does for this country. So be it. Real Americans could care less about all the liberal haters.
Liberal meltdown is a disgrace to America and they won't be satisfied until the US becomes a socialist country.
Guess what....ain't NEVER going to happen.
Real Americans? Is that some sort of secret language for white men? Color hating folks, who think the past was unbelievably great? When American prospects were HUUUGGGE? Careful with jingoistic nonsense language please. Especially when you have not devoted five minutes of your own intellect, to the consideration of what they mean. Explain your version of real American to me. I am an American, but I guess I am fake, since:
1. I do object to kids being locked up in cages, away from their folks.
2. I think American industry invites, and wants illegal immigrants to work for them (surprise, surprise).
3. I think it is ridiculous to talk about illegal immigration if you are incapable or unwilling to discuss reform of the legal immigration system, which is dysfunctional and completely broken. Nobody touches that one.
4. I think protecting public lands and having respect, rather than disdain for nature, is a GOOD thing.
5. I think that a woman should have the right to decide what to do with her body, and be able to choose abortion, when she is unwilling to care for the child (the last thing in the world this planet needs is another child).
6. I believe that long held alliances and treaties deserve respect. Same applies to foreign leaders. And I believe showing animosity toward close allies, while coddling dictators is just bad policy, or the ample demonstration of no policy.
7. The state department needs to be bolstered and protected, not decimated. Those 40 plus ambassadorships, that remain vacant need to be filled quickly.
8. I believe the last thing we need right now is more division and hatred.
9. Free trade is a positive thing for the US economy. Trade wars are infantile, unnecessary, and could result in a significant slowing down of the American and world economy, which would be the end of the Trump era.
10. The NFL is completely within it's right to demonstrate in whatever way it sees fit. Alot of white men in the US have a very hard time accepting the problem between law enforcement and people of color. It is real. And I am sympathetic, even though I have law enforcement people in my family. I am hopeful that every last player, black or white, stays in the locker room, the entire time the national anthem is played this entire season. That would sure send a message to brain dead, jingoistic, false patriot men like Trump and the NFL owners. Prior to WWII, standing for the national anthem was not even required. It was something dreamed up by the War Department, to create a sense of patriotism. Not standing now is not a sign of disrespect for the flag, the military or the nation. It is a prerogative. Claiming otherwise is nationalism. And it is fake, it is not patriotism. If anything, it is the opposite of patriotism. Have you ever fought for your country? Do not confuse the two, as Trump has. It is remarkable how the people who claim disrespect for the military the loudest, are often the cowards who were too afraid to serve, when they were called upon, by their nation. Trump got five deferments to serve. That makes him a coward, and disqualifies him morally, from engaging in this discussion. Many military men feel differently than this clown:
"I can tell you, speaking for three generations of my family, it is PRECISELY for men like Kaepernick, and his right to peacefully protest injustice, that we were willing to serve," saidMichael Sands, a Green Beret who is the son of a World War II veteran and father of an Army officer who served in Afghanistan. "Want to respect the American flag? Then respect the ideals for which it stands. Bullying language and calling peaceful protesters 'sons of bitches' who should be fired aren't among them."
"If you think he's disrespecting veterans or America, he's not. He is peacefully protesting, making people feel uncomfortable, and bringing press to an issue we should have already been aware of."
Where is the outrage about the Iraq War? Where is our Chilcot [the UK investigation into the war]?"
"If these people truly gave a s--- about us veterans they would've kicked down the doors on the Capitol and demanded a real inquiry into the deaths at the [Department of Veterans Affairs] and the insane number of veterans committing suicide."
http://www.businessinsider.com/veterans-colin-kaepernick-2016-9
Navy veteran Jeff Dyche said on Twitter: "If you think I joined the #USNavy so NFL football players can kneel in protest of racial injustice, you would be correct. #TakeTheKnee."
Jeffrey Correa, an Air Force veteran, said: "I'm a #veteran and I'm proud to have fought for your right to #TakeTheKnee. A flag and an anthem are meaningless without values behind them."
David Chasteen, a soldier, said, "Served in combat multiple times. I never did anything as brave as #takeaknee Nor as likely to fulfill the promise of 'justice for all.'"
http://www.newsweek.com/military-veteran-kneeling-nfl-national-anthem-670341
I admit. I do not buy into his nonsense. Not on any level. Not for a nanosecond. I am a New Yorker. I knew who he was 35 years ago. Once a fraudulent criminal, always a criminal.
So, I guess I am not a real American?
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15 hours ago, oobar said:
Listen to Crossy. He knows. The most expensive route, but the best, as he says, is probably high voltage to your house, with transformer and meter ahead of your panel. PEA will give you a cost for everything, including poles, lines and transformer. We have three-phase, with a 50KV transformer. One phase supplies our small workshop, another the first floor of our house, the third powering the second floor. This was almost five years ago, so I'm not immediately sure, but I think the transformer was around 60-70K. You'll pay for the poles -- ours were 9.5k each -- but you don't own them. They help expand the grid for others. The 1.2 km from the main road was only a bumpy dirt road, fronted by properties owned by a mix of people, but I am unaware of any issues regarding putting up poles. The PEA seemed to stick them into the ground wherever they felt they were needed.
Thanks. How far apart are the poles? Sounds like alot of 9,500 baht poles would be required for 1.2km. Plus the transformer (at least 50KV?) at today's prices. And if I wanted to have enough juice for a second or third small home on the property later (a couple of friends may end up joining us there), we are looking at some heavy duty wire too. Am I looking at somewhere between 500,000 and a million baht for the electric alone?
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15 hours ago, jackdd said:
https://itunes.apple.com/th/app/counter-service-pay/id1187794445
Seems to be available for iPhone, but with a rating of 1.4 ...
As somebody mentioned already on page one, with True Money you can also pay these bills if it's not working with the online banking of your bank. But afaik you need to have a Thai ID number to sign up for True Money and the app is only available in Thai
Only available for a thai based apple account. Bizarre.
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13 hours ago, Searat7 said:
I use every plastic bag received from supermarket for trash bag in my condo. If I switched to reusable cloth bags for shopping I would still have to buy small plastic trash bags. What is the difference ?
Every single thing you do makes a difference. Convincing yourself otherwise is the personal denial of responsibility. If it does not start with us, where does it start?
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14 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:
Where I come from the tapwater is better quality than in the bottles. No need for dispensers.
Thailand is a filthy sewer so of course they need to filter the water.
Strange perspective. I consider Thailand to be quite clean. Most Thais I know shower two or three times a day. Their clothes are usually spotless. Many mop their floors daily. I see them constantly sweeping, dusting, and washing their cars. In the west, I see floors that have not seen a mop in weeks. It is all relative. I see some smaller towns here that really go out of their way to clean, and keep their homes looking quite nice.
When I spent time in India, a case could be made for the filth. Everywhere you looked, there was thick film of dust, and grime. Not the case here. Alot of the stores and markets are immaculate.
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More than likely the brain dead, unstable, hell bent, tariff crusading Trump, will continue raising taxes on his base (by imposing tariffs) and all of the US, and completely lose the support of his donors in the process, who are big business types, and will not tolerate such infantile nonsense. A trade war is likely. The problem with Captain Chaos, is he has no ability to discern when he pushes too far. His pathology of hatred prevents that. He literally does not have a clue. And he is being advised by morons like Navarro, who completely overestimate the power, influence, and importance of America, in the world order today, and just assume by bullying the world around, their objectives can be met. All of this reminds me alot of the level of ignorance and hubris Cheney demonstrated, prior to the invasion of Iraq.
America has never been less relevant, since WWII. And it is becoming less relevant by the day, due to this incompetent leader.
Tiny D. Moving America backwards in time. Making sure America never becomes great again. The art of I cannot make a deal to save my life.
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1 hour ago, BangkokReady said:
Interesting. Is that because it makes it look like you are poor by reusing a bag, or is it just going against the crowd that is the issue?
I think many Thais can be classified as being very conservative, and living inside rather small boxes of convention. She has wised up. She is fine with it now. I think she is actually proud of making the effort, especially when one in 20 Thai people say "wow, that is really cool" or something like that. Nothing to do with looking poor. I think that is a rather outdated concept.
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56 minutes ago, Poottrong said:
She probably quite rationally finds the whole exercise pointless and embarrassing.
Pointless huh? The old our participation is not really going to make a difference, so why even try philosophy. Lazy, slothful, indifferent, and irresponsible at best. Or just plain old republican we own the earth.
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1 hour ago, phantomfiddler said:
Not wishing to sound pedantic or smart, Mike, but I think the words are "Mai sai toong, na kap", not "toom". I heartily agree with everything you do, and emulate ?
OK, thanks for that. The former always works, but I will try to improve my Thai!
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The poll results indicated that citizens are more concerned about the sluggish economy and its impacts on their livelihoods. They are comparatively less worried about politics and the power struggle between the generals and pro-democracy groups. The priorities are just the reverse for the junta, which has reason to be deeply concerned about its political survival, even as economic progress is being muted.
Little P. and his top generals and ministers are not particularly concerned with the economy, as their economy is gangbusters. With the millions being collected at that level, they have no idea how the average man or woman is doing. Ivory Tower thievery is taking place at a massive level.
Little P. Not making Thailand great again. And moving the nation backwards at an astonishing and alarming pace.
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What a bizarre title for the article. I have a dear friend, who worked for one of the largest HIV foundations in Thailand for over ten years. She actually ran the foundation. She told me, per capita, that there were more sex workers in the US, than in Thailand. I know. You are going to say no way. I said the same thing to her. And she said that the entire industry is so hidden, and so far underground, that few know of it's existence. But, because America may be one of the most sexually repressed, and puritanical (totally fake) nations on earth, it is all about avoiding the authorities, who want to make sex as illegal, illicit, naughty, nasty, and prohibited as possible.
She said if you consider all escorts, sugar daddy girls, massage shops, porn actors, nude photography, etc, the numbers were higher than Thailand. Here it is open, and in your face. Not in America. It is all hidden. I believe it. The industry there is enormous.
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Trump backs down, orders end to family separations at U.S. border
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Total BS by someone who refused to do some research on the subject, and has not read up on the immigration issue on any level. The talking points coming out of the very white house are nonsense, as usual, and contains no factual information. Only a daily fake narrative. The only people who are currently allowed to immigrate to the US (since 9/11) are people of wealth, and substance. Someone from Thailand cannot even get a tourist visa to the US, unless they are married to an American, are lucky enough to be among a tiny allotment of student visas, or have over 20 million baht cash, in the bank here. Otherwise, not happening. I know this for a fact. If you are from Europe, or the first world, no problem. If you are unlucky enough to be from the third world, you are totally unwanted in the US.
As far as the rest of the debate goes, if you have $1,000,000 US, to invest in a business, or real estate, you can get a visa. In terms of the people coming over illegally, there is presently no means with which they could apply legally, as you suggest.
Even a top talent, is limited to a minuscule quote system, that has not been revised for decades. The frustrating part of this discussion is that most vocal participants are human parrots, and few are willing to educate themselves about legal immigration, and the total unwillingness of the very white house, congress and the senate, to even debate this issue. Not illegal immigration. Everyone loves to talk about that simple minded issue. The real issue at stake here is legal immigration, and the need to fix a broken and dysfunctional system.
Be a criminal. What nonsense. What quaker based, puritanical, fake BS.