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She is indeed smart, but I am even smarter: she earns more, considerably more, than what my pensions bring in!! Also, she is smart enough (feminist enough??) to know that you/she must never display wealth (gaudy necklaces, Gucci handbags, cars etcetc) to other Thai people, whether friends or family.

My wife and I subscribe to this philosophy: "I take care you; you take care me". Seems to work ok.

Precisely the point I made 5 hours ago. See above. (You're welcome.)

Perhaps Starmer should fire the head of the UK's Office for National Statisics that produced these figures?

But with Leicester City having been relegated from the Premier League, there are now fewer telly eyes to take in the "message of truth." AI informs us that the sturdy citizens of Leicester tend to become agitated after attending certain sporting events: In 2022, Leicester experienced significant unrest between the Hindu and Muslim communities, marked by rioting and violence, largely fueled by pre-existing tensions and social media misinformation. The clashes were sparked by incidents following a cricket match and were characterized by ethnic violence and community polarization.https://duckduckgo.com/assets/icons/favicons/wikipedia.2x.png Wikipedia

Every human being should, at birth, be branded on the forehead with the words of the one and only Eternal Truth: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH. In their own individual language, of course.

I am a Canadian and won't waste time exposing your ignorance of things Canadian.

Well, to be fair, that's true of most professors in most universities in the West!! Except not on Thai subjects of course, but on subjects often as equally arcane and irrelevant to the daily concerns of the average voter.

Disgraceful. But a triumph for all the anti-semites who helped elect this travesty of a government.

Thing is, the older we farang expats get the more likely we will have to depend in our old age on services provided by all these unqualified, clueless, educational vagrants.

Mr Burton??? Any connection to Richard Burton's English teacher?

Trump (and his country) is laughing all the way to the bank....

After finishing the long drag through Ballard, what a refreshing change to start on Dexter: Original Sin. Ballard constantly covered you with looong silences as one female stares with eyes of deepest understanding into the eyes of another female who has been "let down" by some male or other. Dexter on the other hand, immediately plunges you into a world where people act with passion, for godsakes; whether that passion is malign or positive, at least you get the feeling that the actors are alive, and even those who are soon to become corpses give the whole enterprise a go!! It was risky to attempt a prequel, but for me the risk was well worth taking.

I could apply these exact words to the Ballard series. Ten episodes where 6 would have been more than sufficient. Round about 2020, Michael Connolly initiated the slow death of Bosch by introducing this young female police officer in what at first was a passable novel. Alas, Connolly was selling out to the wokest of the woke. Disappointing conclusion to what was an excellent career as a writer. All the woke boxes on gender, diversity, equity and inclusivity are ticked in this slooooowww series. There were so many scenes that were excruciatingly long and did nothing to move the narrative on.

I suppose the Cotswolds (or indeed anywhere in the UK that she dumps her suitcases in) will guarantee her a quiet life because nobody in the UK knows who the fk she is!! On the other hand, villagers in places like Pedo-on-the-Wold will give her a frosty glance when they see her hair-style.