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No.

Yes.

I agree. I've never suggested one should. My wife and I know what we have as it's all in joint accounts. She, nor I, discuss our financials with anyone.

My wife will take care if things. All money in joint account, just as it always has been. One good thing about living in Thailand, assuming one will die first, is the fact everything is in wife's name. Saves all the legal stuff when one dies.

Yes, I have been discussing the topic with others who have the ability for open discussions. Those who do not need to ignore bits they don't like. It works really well and is interesting that way.

That's one of your favourites when you don't have a counter. As predictable as the monsoon showers, yet still funny.

If you are 6 foot 1 and 68kgs, be careful. You are undernourished, under weight and prone to your own health issues.

No need for me to "watch out". 23 years now. Still part of the extended family. Still " giving and taking".

Alzheimers is a form of dementia.

I suspect it was what started it. Unfortunately there are those who cannot stand people having differing opinions to themselves You'd know all about that.

No. Just you not being able to see past your beliefs and bias. The comment you quoted is well balanced. Whenever one takes a stance and decides to advertise such, one must also expect to upset people. That's the way it is. I give full support to the LGBT communities. However, I keep my thoughts to myself when amongst strangers and would not fly any flags, wear t-shirts or armbands showing my support.

There is NO free care in Thailand. I work in the care/support industry in England and I can tell you, the Government and local authorities work tirelessly to ensure anyone that needs care gets it. The home I am currently affiliated to gets over a million pounds a year. There are 29 residents. The issues they have are those individuals in UK who feel the work is below them so won't do it and those that, usually backed by members of the public and the unions, want big pay rises, which of course would raise costs or cause a cut in some care. In Thailand, all those that constantly bang on about " dont live near the family" "dont live within xxx miles of one's wife/husband/girlfriends/boyfriend's family", this is the time that decision comes back to bite you on the ar%e. I have no fear or worry that, should I need it, I will get all the care I need from my wife and her family. Apart from medication, most of the care will be free. I will, of course, offer to compensate them for their time. Whether they accept will be a different matter. That's what families do, or at least, should do. Those times that cousin borrowed the bike, when wife offers to feed some of the family, give Mum and Dad a few baht, house Mum because she's on her own, pay a few baht to help the sister's kids at school...............they all get mentally noted and get paid back in the end. Give and take. Happy days.

There were many reports in the media prior to the match. Overall, showing a balanced view.

Do you think the Spanish media would put England first in a headline had they won? Doubtful. Media are always likely to put their team first in a headline, regardless of result.

There are likely many white people in modern day slavery. There are still black people in modern day slavery be treated unfairly by other black people. There are women in modern day slavery being exploited by women, men ,black and white. There are many people who are/were/have been in slavery. Exploited by people of different religions, sees, races, cultures. Hence my point. Slavery is wrong. Fortunately many people are/ have done something about it. Mainly white people, it seems.

I'm not up to date with "boys" football. What age group would that be, under 16?

England. Not UK.

You don't seem to understand my point. The slave trade was/is wrong. Regardless. Blame needs to be shared amongst all those involved. No single race should need to not be proud of themselves whilst others can. Your quoted text touches on that point.

No, you didn't. The text you linked to swayed towards that view.

So, because they weren't all at it, it doesn't matter. Interesting.

Read the thread if you want to understand why I asked the question. Answer it too.

You are the one to mention whites and exploiting other races. I was wondering what you thought about blacks exploiting thier own race. It's a fair question.

What about the blacks that were running the slave trade from Africa?

It still only uses information programmed into it by humans.

That's funny. I hope they give you a refund.