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That pretty much sums it up. Also, Thais are generally animistic Buddhists and Filipinas are Catholic.

That pretty much sums it up.

For me, buckling up as soon as I sit is ingrained habit. Like wearing a motorcycle helmet (and shoes, and jean (at least), and gloves). My body, my choice. I see value in their use. Everyone else? It's up to them. The laws requiring these items are essentially money-making schemes for the BIB.

฿฿฿ Cha-Ching! ฿฿฿

I love when Thai government officials insinuate that all foreigners are disease ridden and dirty. Institutionalized xenophobia at its best.

Up here in Northern Thailand we have the Mae Moh Power Plant which is fueled by a lignite coal mine occupying an area of 135 square kilometers near the plant. Now, the world leaders are falling over each other jacking up the price of energy and blaming the Russian SMO in Ukraine. OK. I understand when EU leaders sanction Russia by cutting off their own supply of coal, gas, and oil from Russia. They are "punishing Russia" and it will totally blow-back on average EU commoners. Well, let them eat cake and wear more sweaters. But here in Thailand? This country is pretty well energy independent. So the question becomes - why is the Prayut government raising the price of energy. By the way, i can't wait to see PTT's income statement and profit column for 2022.

The world government 'elites' seem to have now embraced totalitarianism. It's not 'just Thailand.' As such, there are now efforts to outlaw protests as well as speech that doesn't conform to official narratives. It's not a good sign.

Corporal punishment was alive and well in both the British and US schools I attended back in the 50s and 60s. Rite of passage. "The Paddle." You'd get a lick or so and then laugh it off with your friends. Do I endorse it? No. Especially when I hear about teachers smashing kids in the head and face and otherwise criminally assaulting them. Status: Teacher "High"; Student "Low" - so if the teacher feels 'disrespected' or is just moody it seems to be an excuse to physically abuse their students. These teacher lack self-control and probably should not be in a classroom.

I can't blame workers. They go back to work, the government closes down the country again, and they are all out of work again. "Oh look. Monkeypox!!! Polio!!! Sub-variant B4.3.2.55!!! Virus_X!!! Masks on. Non-essential business need to close along with the borders." This is a never ending story now that it has been rolled out once. The control freaks in power will never allow this opportunity to control the commoners to end. Wise workers seek jobs that are not effected by the whims of governments and 'experts.'

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My - how things changed. ❤️

These are seedling planted last month. Slow slow slow. I can't sex them yet. Then a couple of leggy plants given to me by a local (females) Then a couple of fuller plants I bought a week or so ago behind Tesco in CM - (females).

How should you prune your young cannabis plants?

Excellent suggestion as I'm a Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow fan.

They all look like typical sois in virtually every city in Thailand.

Just wait until September 2027.

I've just started on The Chronicles of Narnia series.

The kid will return to Thailand in September 2027 and thumb his nose at the Thai public while patting his proponents in high places on the back. That will be a big celebration of how the obscenely wealthy can p**s on the legal system which they are all above.

Give the government another month or two to kill the goose laying the golden eggs. It's coming.

If you are on a budget, go to a Thai government hospital. If it's something they can not handle. Well - she is a tourist so I'd suggest returning home for long-term care.

That's about the last thing in the world I'm worried about. Let's talk Dengue. Now there is something I worry about, but not to the point of dwelling on it.

We are finding it hard to retain staff. Many resign and dont give notice. Perhaps you should reflect on how you treat your staff? Just reflecting on years as an employed person and the reasons why I quit? Give your management style a serious review. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Just saying.

So in the UK 'democracy' the public has no say in who becomes the PM. Nice! Any country where the public doesn't choose its leaders is not a 'democracy.'

How many people "Got" that?

Why are there so many haters on this site? ???? Would that make you a "Hater's" hater? Why are there so many "haters" here that keep complaining about those who criticize Thailand's "democratic" model and various flaws while praising their own systems warts and all? Now, I don't consider people who criticize the status-quo to be "Haters." The word, "Hater", itself is a hate-filled pejorative meant to demean the object of it's own criticism. Example: I don't like your criticism therefore I consider you to be a "Hater." and the fact that I've called you a "Hater", defacto, makes you a Hater. Personally, I don't see things that way. Where you see a "Hater", I see another human with a viewpoint which is possibly (probably) different than mine. But nowadays with these current generations, if you criticize a person or a topic of discussion, or a counter-narrative - than those who disagree just scream: "Hater!!!" at the top of their lungs. And now that that opinion has been labelled as "Hatred" and it's authors as "Haters!" their viewpoints have been summarily dismissed and rejected. When it gets really silly is when we just decide that we hate all "Haters" including ourselves. That's sad but I see it. A lot. Now I don't hate myself, but I've lived long enough to watch generations after my own generation embrace self-hatred and self-loathing. I find that self-hatred and self-loathing to be a curious thing. Sort of self-flagellating in an unhealthy sort of way. My guess is that before 2030 some idiots who hate mes, you, them, they, ours, yours, zi, zer, snap-crackle-and-pop, and anyone different then themselves will set off a nuclear holocaust that ends the existence of everyone who doesn't have a pre-assigned living quarters in a very deep bunker. And I also consider that hilarious as it's the stuff that was the fodder for thematic fiction written by guys like Kurt Vonnegut. And it's about to become reality imho because too many people find a reason to "hate." "My hatred is a virtuous hatred," these folk will say. "My hatred supports the current - thing; the current narrative; the current authorized hatred!. My hatred supports the Party's hatred. Therefore my hatred is actually - Love." Lordy, lordy - there be the shades of Orwellian fiction, 'eh? But? Vonnegut was always more my 'type' of fiction. Pitch-black humor with no punches held back. "Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time." Amen that!