youreavinalaff

I think you need to read the OP again. You appear to have misunderstood.

We had that issue with my wife's son, my stepson. I had to move away to Bangkok suburbs for work. Wife wanted her son to come with us. I promised to put him through school there and give him opportunities. I promised we'd be back to Isaan in 5 years where I would continue to put him through school. The child's paternal grandparents disagreed. The father was not particularly interested what happened. The boy stayed with grandparents. He is now delinquent and often in trouble with the local constabulary. My wife has washed her hands of him as he only contacted when in need of money. It's a shame. Our daughter, only 3 years younger had the stable upbringing with us. Was taught to work hard to achieve. She is now in UK studying and working to be a nurse. What could have been for the boy? We'll never know but certainly he'd be in a better situation than he is now.

It's the OP's grandson.

Please explain.

I'm sure Trump would find it difficult and a total waste of time to give even a small, tiny, miniscule F$## about Khan.

Must be a quiet day at school. If you got more involved when you have no teaching, instead of writing drivel on your computer, you might get on better. By the way, your hourly rates are wrong and immigrants don't get houses. It seems you are not the one who should be answering your alter ego's questions.

Interesting comment. Would you care to elaborate and give examples of people you know working online? Thanks.

Yey. Much obliged.

Good to see we have a far right troll to go with the resident leftie. Gives the whole feel of things a finer balance. 😆😆😆

Conversation. It's what people do on forums. I used the words "possibly" and "could" for a reason. You are trying too hard at your favourite hobby and failing because of that.

In the by-election. The subject of my comment.

It was deemed so on this forum, by the usual suspects, when the Conservatives lost a by-election. When I said "Labour could be in trouble" I was referring to the by-election. The subject of my comment.

Only after charges have been laid.

Do you really need to wonder? Do you not understand the law?

There's a possibility of a by-election in the not too distant future, if MP Amesbury is convicted. I believe his majority was over 14000. That by-election will be a good insight as to how people are thinking. If the electorate are working people or pensioners, very likely, maybe with a splattering of farmers, business owners and people classed as non working people because they have a few quid in the bank, Labour could be in trouble.

Cutting and pasting your own posts. 🤣🤣🤣 With an IQ allegedly as high as yours, I'd have thought you'd be able to think of something else to write.

Many parts of your posts aren't in plain text. They are faintly highlighted. A sure sign of cut and paste. With an allegedly high IQ, I'd have thought you'd have known that.

Where are you cutting and pasting from?

I have. I guess you are in denial. A slip up that is now uneditable. so you move on to derogatory comments. Rinse and repeat.

I've identified it. That's why I commented about it.

There's no need to challenge a contradiction. It speaks for itself.

You twist so far you end up contradicting yourself to get out of a hole. Quelle surprise.

Do you live permanently in Thailand? If "Yes", you can help. Generally, the immersion method is considered the best way to learn any language. To be in an environment where that language is being continuously used. Make an arrangement whereby the young lad spends time with you. Weekends maybe. Maybe time during school holidays. Be sure to have your wife/partner involved. Don't allow her to translate when the boy doesn't understand. Be patient. Start with every day phrases. "Time to get up", "What would you like for breakfast?", "Shall we go out?". "Where would you like to go?" I spoke English to our daughter from birth. My wife spoke Thai to her. In the village she would hear Khmer and at school Khmer and Isaan Laos. She is now quad lingual. Generally there is no limit to how many languages a young brain can pick up so don't listen if family say things like "no, he'll get confused". He won't. The classroom is not the best place to "learn" a language. It's OK for "studying" grammar and maybe spelling but the "learn" aspect must be done by doing. You wouldn't expect kids to read a book about swimming and jump in a pool and be proficient at 4 strokes, would you? During my time teaching I've seen many students who struggled to speak English get the opportunity to travel to a native English speaking country. From 6 weeks up to 6 months. Upon return to Thailand the transformation was amazing. Give it a go. If the lad is keen, he will learn.

No invective at all. Just raw truth.

The link was regards to job losses and a letter sent by major business leaders in hodpitality to the treasury. I believe the article linked their concerns to a rise in employers NI but not mythical tax rises, as you suggested. Hence, your subsequent comment being the usual bo%#@ks that comes from you.