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Could an idiot please step up and post that it always gets hotter at this time of year?
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1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:Link please!!!!!
Off you go, have fun:
https://onlyfans.com/989157618/dafdarktrailer
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If he had been wearing a seatbelt we would still have been watching a video of him.
The difference being that we would have been seeing a demonstration of how seatbelts save your life.
But they're too ******* clever for that aren't they?
Not like us silly westerners.......only good for smirking at when we buckle up.
"Som nam na".
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22 hours ago, Ralf001 said:
Wow ok 24yrs ago.
Sounds like piss poor planning from those whinging about it now !
The National Insurance act of 1946 stipulated that pensions would not be paid to UK citizens abroad unless they were in one of the "Dominions" of the UK
In 1948 the first pension increase was awarded.......but not to those living abroad.
It has been the same since then except where reciprocal arrangements have been made with particular countries.
Any UK citizen who has not taken the frozen pension into account when planning their future specifically in Thailand (no reciprocality in place) is indeed guilty as you have charged.
It was never going to be a good idea for anyone to rely solely (or even primarily for many) on a UK pension to live in Thailand.
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In the photo the agreement appears to be getting signed/stamped by a colonel of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.
Well done "The Thaiger".
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1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:
Yes I agree if there is one available, but I know personally of someone whose case was taken away much farther up the plane. These overhead lockers are for peoples carry on cases, not selfish peoples extra luggage. Are people not encouraged to put things under their seats?
People pay to bring extra cabin baggage on board.
Very much looking forward to reading AN newsletter the day after someone sees you unloading their gear from the overhead locker.
My choices would be to find space elsewhere or get an attendant to find it for me.
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9 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:If they are not open for business they can't really blame him, can they. Which is why they would ignore the overstay.
They certainly can, given that the advice given so often here is to get the extension a week to 10 days before VE permissions expire.
The fault lies entirely with the person who has not bothered to plan properly.
However that is not to say that the IO will make life uncomfortable for the individual concerned.
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A friend of mine owns a basement flat a few minutes walk from where she died.
Forget abut "Upmarket Westminster", the area is Bayswater, this is a "Bayswater Murder", that is how Londoners would refer to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayswater
I worked "just down the road", 200yds East of Marble Arch, for 7 years in 80's/90's.
In those days telephone boxes were full of business cards advertising "services" in Bayswater (as described in the link below).
Move on to 2015:
"Bayswater, or at least parts of it were historically a red light district, and every now and again there are reports of brothels being busted, mainly of the type involving captive immigrant sex slaves held as their 'debts' are unpaid. This isn't likely to be apparent to tourists as it isn't the 'streetwalking' kind of prostitution - there is more of that in Paddington, albeit not what it was even a few years back.
Do an internet search and plenty of escort agencies based in the Bayswater area are shown"
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/england/bayswater-section-of-london
It's no different now, except more internet contacts and many more LBs on offer.
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20 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:Rules are for peasants
But you, by your own admission, complied with the rule that compelled you to leave the country every 90 days:
"I refused to ever do 90 day reporting, I would just leave the country....."
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5 hours ago, BE88 said:
Not contagious? A friend of mine died at the age of 50 in perfect health from legionnaire's disease in New Delhi
A contagious disease is one that transmitted from one human to another.
Legionnaires is not a contagious disease:
"Legionellosis is not contagious, meaning it is not spread from person-to-person. Disease transmission primarily occurs through inhaling Legionella-contaminated, aerosolized water. While rare, exposure is also possible from breathing in (i.e., aspirating) Legionella contaminated soil or while drinking water."
https://www.osha.gov/legionnaires-disease/medical-information
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15 hours ago, biervoormij said:
I can find that the Yasothon rocket festival will be taking place between the 10th and 12th of May but I would like to go to some of the smaller locations. Does anyone know where to find some information on the festivals in other provinces?
Last year I showed up in Yasothon a week early for the festival due to the election. The hotel had this flyer so I got to attend some of the village festivals in the week I had to kill. I seemed to enjoy the village festivals as much as the big one in Yasothon city. If there are flyers like this in your area or banners like the picture I would be grateful if you are willing to share them.
Thanks in advance to any help you can provide.
The annular rocket festival, shown in the video in the post preceding this one, is in Kutwa, Kuchinari amphoe, Kalasin province.
It is held a week after the Yasothon festival so it will be 17th-19th May.
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4 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:
I don't think I'de like to be the operator of the excavators under the lee of the leaning building.....
The fact of there being very few collapsed buildings (and very few deaths) indicates that the Taiwanese, unlike the Turks, have built them to withstand earthquakes very well.
That building is probably doing exactly what it as supposed to do in an earthquake.
I suspect that it sits on a massively strong foundation, which was designed to move instead of breaking, and that the building itself is very well secured to that foundation and also built to withstand a large angle of tilt without collapsing.
I googled "Buildings taiwan earthquake" and as well as the headline photo in this article I got these two examples:
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33 minutes ago, KannikaP said:
No Skippy, it's 'Couldn't' give whatever, in English anyway.
It would also be possible to just add a question mark, thus:
"I could give a ****?"
or
"Like I could give a ****?"
I believe those are popular ways to express lack of concern.
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Great photo choice for the article.
That's the Indonesian KRI Nanggala......lost with all hands off Bali in 2021.
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23 hours ago, rabas said:
Two immediate family members including my wife got sick about a week ago with a respiratory illness mostly localized to the throat. Symptoms include troublesome persistent coughing, a moderate sore throat, and little nasal involvement. I'm told there is a lot going around up country in parts of Buriram where we have relatives.
I have little input from elsewhere. Has anyone heard of something like this? Is something going around? Any thoughts on if it is viral or bacterial? I'm all too aware of Thailand's air pollution issues but symptoms, locale, and timing seem the rule that out.
Many thanks.
I (in an adjacent province) picked that up 2-3 weeks ago.....took about 10 days before recovery commenced.
Self diagnosed as Bronchitis.
Ok now.
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I do not believe for one moment that the scientists were "spooked".
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3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:Normally they do not write it like this is consent was not given. Even if it sounds very bad, some parents actually give their consent just because the need of money.
However, the American is a sick individual that should be locked up and thrown out of Thailand never to return.
Far too many crazy foreigners in Thailand at the moment.
It's nothing to do with parental consent.
Age of consent in Thailand (the age of the person engaging in the sexual activity) is 15. They are the person who gives the consent.
However the law provides for the individual to withdraw their consent after the activity, parents often pressuring them to do so.
That is what gets people in trouble.
This is advice for teenagers who may think that because they are over 15 they are not liable to prosecution even though both consenting partners are over 15:
"In Thailand sexual encounters with a minor under the age of 18 may be classed as a compoundable offence, even if this was with a person over 15 and with their explicit consent.
To clarify (I hope!), what this means is that a young person having sex with another person aged 15, 16, or 17 may be prosecuted for this “compoundable offence” if one participant (normally the girl), or their parent, were to file charges against the other side when they later decided they regretted what they had done. In effect, this makes the unfettered Thai age of consent to sex to be 18 years of age."
https://www.lannaist.ac.th/keeping-our-teenage-children-safe/
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2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:
I watch from time to time a YouTube channel where a guy brings cars which are 20 or 30 years old up to a standard as if they were new. Many of these cars have more than 200,000km on the clock. Obviously, he replaces parts, but most of the car parts are still the originals.
I wonder how many EV will still be usable after 20 years. Probably near to zero.
So too many moving parts is maybe not the main issue.
Recycle, re-manufacture, replace.
You poor old sods really do not get it do you?
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2 hours ago, bob smith said:I've started to notice a pattern emerging.
I usually go out to eat and drink quite a lot in various places around Thailand.
Whenever I go somewhere new for the first time they are always all smiles, greeting me and lavishing me with their service.
However, I have noticed that once I return to the same establishment and they recognize my face the servers arent nearly as friendly.
Now if i get chatting with them and I have had a few I will sometimes let my guard down and start speaking with them in Thai.
This is when things become critical.
They either warm to this, or as is in the case of the woman the other day - they get offended by it.
I am a pretty well dressed guy and I usually dine alone.
So naturally the girls/waitresses want to get to know me a bit more.
sometimes they even sit at my table. they ask questions like ‘how long you stay here?’ ‘you have thai girlfriend?’..
sometimes I give them a cover story, depending on how I gauge the atmosphere in the place (are they scammy, etc)
but other times I let my guard down and tell all.
I have definitely noticed a pattern emerging:
The places were I play the dumb farang on holiday welcome me with open arms every time,
the places that know the real me start to become more aloof and even (i think) dislike me after my 4 or 5th visit.
The truth is, I am a wealthy farang who has done good here,
I think many of them don’t like that and are envious of me.
or is it just a classic case of familiarity breeding contempt?
do I just need to find a new place to eat?
This has happened on multiple occasions in different parts of the country.
I decided to start this a while back as kind of a social experiment.
What I found was the dumb farang fresh off the boat gets more respect and better service than the average Thai speaking expat does.
Make of that what you will.
bob.
When you speak in Thai they gain an insight into your character that they would not get if you only spoke English......because they do not speak English so well and are unable to read you very well.
Because you speak Thai you reveal yourself to them in the same way that you reveal yourself on AseanNow.
I find you to be a typically tiresome, alcoholic bore.
It seems that many people, perhaps the majority, who respond to you on AN think you to be a complete ****...............why should Thai people think otherwise?
Do you get it?........people treat you as they find you.
That's all the "attention" you'll be getting from me today........carry on.
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14 hours ago, Gandtee said:
Why I wonder do some people like to desecrate their bodies with tattoos? I can understand why some servicemen might want to have a tattoo showing their allegiance. But when I see males and females bodies plastered with what to me look like senseless scribble, I wonder what the attraction is. To me seeing a girl with tattoos is a complete turn off and a repellent. If the males want to give the impression of hard men by having tattoos, there must be something lacking in their psyche. But then we can do what we like with our own bodies.
I don't need to "wonder" why you don't understand other peoples motivations.
That's all your post is .........another dreary old **** complaining that some other people don't see the world as he does, and peeved because they want to live differently to him.
Ten a penny on AN.
I know why you are like that......you are a miserable old ****.
That's all I need to know.
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1 hour ago, rexpotter said:
Nice novel, but where was the bad?
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7 hours ago, hotchilli said:
A very grey area... the law as determined by the police of the day
The law as determined by your status.
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"Several social media platforms have posted images of the Russian, taken from the shop’s CCTV system."
Any of them show the crime in commission?
I would also very much like to have seen what was/wasn't being worn under those tables in the background:
Open season now on foreigners......plenty of unscrupulous, greedy Thais willing to attempt to capitalise on that.
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52 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:Head to court AFTER the visa were revoked? Interesting indeed!
There must be a flip side of the coin; complete nutters or the copper got out of hands and started to brandish his gun around. I had nasty experiences driving a van between Saraburi and Korat up a hill. The engine was not a V8 7'000cm3 and hence not racing material. I overtook a truck and all of a sudden a sedan pulled up and kept honking. I managed to get back onto the left lane, the sedan car passed me and shot two bullets in the air. I kept the car registration which named a police officer living in Ekamai.
I opted a Thai-style reaction; had a letter written in Thai referring to the incident and closed by saying, that if it would ever happen again, I would shoot him dead on site. It might have scared him as not everybody can find out a vehicle owner's details and address.
Anyway, lets wait and see - most likely the boys will have to cramp a "Wai" in front of the assembled media, pay a fine and then get thrown out to rid Thailand of such farang elements!"There must be a flip side of the coin; complete nutters or the copper got out of hands and started to brandish his gun around"
In between "complete nutters" and "copper got out of hands" one might insert "cop attempted to extort a bribe to let them go and they told him to **** off".
That would give the story an interesting "spin".
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During our Extremely HOT Season: Have you been suffering from, the Curse of Knowledge?
in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
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"Perhaps I am a minority but I enjoy Gamma's posts and think he would be interesting to talk to over coffee."
You would not talk to him.
You would be treated to a monologue.
You would learn something from the experience........and you would be far from being the first person to undertake to avoid him in future.