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I believe most people who use the confused emoji are not doing so because they themselves are confused or don't understand. They are using it to express that your post / logic / comment is so outrageously stupid that it is confusing that anyone could hold a view so warped. I use them on your posts a lot.

Thank you. I only saw four legs but definitely you are right with your identification. Weird I have been here 30 years but never seen one of these things.

Fortunas are the worse, bar none. Followed by the coal rolling modified pickups.

Thank you. Definitely looks like that! I couldn't see wings but maybe they weren't developed.

Maybe a juvenile grasshopper or something?

Any ideas? It wasn't massive, probably 6-7 cm in length. But I've never seen anything like this before. It's got four legs! Anyone? WhatsApp Video 2025-04-19 at 21.10.07.mp4

You really gone full out loon now.

Some interesting points, and well put.

I have had US beef several times. It was decent and tasty, but usually hormone treated to artificially stimulate growth. That's not for me, I prefer my meat natural, non hormone treated or antibiotic riddled because they are kept in confined closed pens. I prefer Aussie beef, grass fed and allowed to roam free, not stuffed full of hormones and antibiotics. NZ is good too. Or British beef - Angus or Hereford. Again, not stuffed full of growth hormones or antibiotics. It is leaner but more natural than US beef. Argentinian is good quality but I'm not massively keen on the taste. And I prefer my chicken unchlorinated. Don't you? I know it hurts your nationalist pride but the US has some of the lowest food standards in the western world. Your food products are therefore generally inferior, no matter how tender and juicy they might be when you put them in your mouth. And Japanese beef dumps all over British, Australian and especially US beef. If you have ever had Kobe beef in Japan you would know. And yes, Thai beef is generally tough and not so great, but they do have quality produce too. Pon Yang Kham beef from Sakon Nakhon has been compared to Kobe beef for texture and marbling. I haven't tried it but it looks amazing and I have family there so will try on my next trip. Sorry, the US just has chemical laden crap for most of their food.

And US meat is prime, organic, hormone and anitibiotic free and (in the case of chickens) non chlorinated. Right?

Ok, of course, got it, they should have just negotiated compensation and a flight home. Thanks!

What did you expect them to do, book a flight back to Africa with all the savings they had from the years of salary? Was being a slave well paid?

"Cowards". Come on, grow up. They are childish little emoticons and you people get so worked up over them, it is pathetic.

Yeah, slavery wasn't that bad was it.

Why do Americans call it a trunk, unless it's attached to an elephant?

Commas, full stops. They were invented for a reason.

I also like Jack's Bar on the river. Quite / very basic but right on the water, normal prices, nice views. Sanwiched in between the Shangri-La and Oriental, five minute stumble from Saphin Taksin BTS. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g293916-d2068476-Reviews-or30-Jack_s_Bar-Bangkok.html

+1. Propaganda is a great little spot.

Personal choice but I find the Robin Hood a bit depressing. It's got a lot going for it - it feels like a real pub, just has no atmosphere.

Interesting topic to read some of the stories. I'm in my 30th year here, arrived just before Christmas in 1995. Left the UK aged 21 to accept a job offer in Hong Kong, thinking I would do a year then go back to the UK. After six months they asked me if I could help out at their sister company in Bangkok to cover for someone who was going on leave for three weeks - long story short he didn't come back and they asked me to stay. The thing is I was in love with Hong Kong and had got settled, made some friends, and hated it here - dirty, smelly, dusty, no infrastructure, starting over again not knowing anyone. After some negotiation they persuaded me to stay (ie offered me a load more money) so I thought I'd give it a go. Within a couple of months I was in love with the place and the people and on trips back to HK to visit friends I found it cold and cynical. Here the warmth was incredible, I was so well looked after and the people were fun! In HK none of the guys in the office were friendly (well only one was and I'm still in touch with him), only the girls - here everyone was super welcoming. Also the work here was great - I work in advertising production and post production and the Thai industry back then was wild and creative and different. It still has its moments today, but not the same. 30 years later, still here, still in the same industry, married, kids. Visit the UK once or twice a year to visit family but it is not home any more. On visits back everything is the same, grey, dull, but here there's energy, excitement, a buzz, the city is alive. Asia is where it's at and Thailand is the place for me.

Oh dear, poor little persecuted Nick, white people are hard done by. Diversity is a hugely famous dance troupe in the UK and that is them in the picture and in the musical pantomine Robin Hood. Ashley Banjo - the leader of Diversity - was awarded an MBE for services to dance. They are on TV all the time and are - I'll say it again for you - a hugely famous dance troupe called Diversity. You've really excelled yourself this time.

Yeah, the IDF however always tells the truth.

Wow, so nothing happened, but you've taken that to but something much much bigger could happen, it could be deadly and then someone could evade responsibility. Basically a load of meaningless nonsense.

And to think some cruel people say Trump supporters are ignorant and uneducated loons....

1. How much is it? 2. Why is the red one cold and the white one warm?