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Sadly, the Rotten.com site fell into disrepair decades ago but it was fun while it lasted. It was mostly stills back then, of people with dreadful wounds or mangled corpses, unpleasant medical afflictions and some who'd had terrible accidents. I remember one had the heading 'Whoopsie at the train station' - the top half of some unfortunate's head was still above the platform in front of the train, at the end of a long stretch of blood where it had just been dragged along. The rest of the body was below the platform. Somewhere. Somehow. My favorite MTV series wasn't Jackass, which I found rather tame and only occasionally gruesome and funny. The best was MTV Scarred, where mountain bikers, skateboarders and all kinds of precarious sportspeople were being filmed when they had really bad, bad, excruciating accidents. After the footage they showed their stunted limbs and heads with multiple screws and rods and whatnot and their X-rays. That show was a real cringer. A few years ago a Zoom meeting at work was bombed by some weirdo or other. Before I could tell the host how to dump it the screen filled with various images of women apparently having sex with dogs and people having their heads blown off in shotgun executions. All in a repetitive loop and with a Jihadi sound track. It really traumatized some colleagues. I loved Rotten.com and MTV Scarred, but that Zoom bomber leaves me with no desire to see this 'death' channel from the OP.

Poor/er quarter. Shanty town. With added descriptors and qualifications as/if needed. Slum is a loaded negative word that denies the inhabitants' dignity.

My how things change 555 Back in an earlier life we calculated: 75Kgs M + 3Kgs Handbaggage (Yes 3, and it was enforced.) 63Kgs F +3Kgs Handluggage - women and girls usually were allowed a handbag as well. 43Kgs C +3Kgs 10Kgs Infant up to 2 years of age (officially no hand luggage but obviously kiddy needs accepted)

That really is 'between a rock and a hard place' in every sense of the proverb.

As someone directly involved in the accident you are unable to determine fault. This is why insurance companies say NEVER admit liability. That's for police/courts/insurance to sort. You are factually incapable of determining that and more than likely under shock, even in minor accidents.

No, they just think seatbelts are an unnecessary nuisance that should be silenced. Even now after years I still have problems getting Thai friends to belt up.

What many don't realize is that seatbelts' second most important task is to keep a car's occupants INSIDE the car in a smash up. Survival rates of those ejected in a crash are essentially zero. It's why it pays to wear a belt especially in a bus as well - those windows are big enough to get thrown through when broken, even if structural damage and speed is not too excessive such as during a rollover or side-on impact. The idea that you can stop yourself from hitting the dashboard with your arms is like saying you can jump out of a third story building and land safely on your hands. You can't. Disabling safety devices and alarms is about as stupid as humans get.

Those who did were frequently crippled and became a burden for their nearest and dearest as well as society for the rest of their usually shortened lives.

Yeah, they're all on the menu instead ...

NO! Really?!

That is precisely what we're all here to learn and this tax fiasco is just another lesson in the course book. Keep smiling 555

Do they not even read AN? Do they exist in a news free world? What is wrong with these people? They just walk straight into the net, one bunch after another, one day after another. Weird. It's obviously coordinated and I bet the back room boys'll soon be served up with this many leads to follow. These dudes can be grateful they got caught before Singapore. Jesus. They must be real thick.

Including the grass smugglers of Koh Samui .... what is wrong with these people? They just walk straight into the net, one bunch after another, one day after another. Weird.

Abused either way. Sickening. And heart breaking.

At least the Swiss violence has some sort of creativity about it. The Brits're usually just drunken yobs (of all ages) scrapping on Walking Street or getting their heads kicked in by the bouncers. No real class or originality at all.

Heard about it recently didn't realize it was out. Definitely not to be missed by me anyway. Seen a making of recently I think.

When I think what happened in UK 'care' homes for children over decades I'd rather not consider those poor little kids' fates in a Thai institution.

Protected profession.

Maybe. Or perhaps influential parents were involved? Just as likely.

That's true, but then again I used to smoke fags in the school bogs at age 11. My point though was ref the bullying. That the victim was moved and relocated not the perp. Staggering.

Am I alone in having difficulty getting my mind around this?

One of these days one of these slabs is gonna collapse onto a busload of people. And even that won't change anything.

Really?

Certainly they're in for some interesting experiences to yarn about with the grandkids ...

Buy on bad news, sell on good ...