blazes

Aw, shucks, isn't that great....Zelynski made it back safe and sound. He's got to be the smartest politician around: he's extracted, so far, 100 Billion dollars from the US taxpayer. Nice one. Great news for democracy....

Carlson is the ONLY anchor on the MSM who asks difficult questions, who does not sing from the same hymn-sheet as all the other bleating sheep toeing the party line. Watching American news tv, you might as well be in the old Soviet Union. It's actually quite alarming to hear all that unified bleating.

Yaaaawwnnnnnnn????????????

No, I think he should change his name to Mike Litoris..

For me, one of the best reasons for being in Thailand is that one never has to bother with such things as Christmas shopping (and high-end stores). Is there anything more stressful at this time of year in a cold climate than wandering round the shops wondering what to buy for so-and-so, who will have forgotten your present by Boxing Day? And any temp over 15 C will do for me....

It already is....

Lesbian, is she? Or worse? Wot's da secret?

Can anyone confirm that the French town of Condom is twinned with the English town of Maidenhead?

Roi Et has flights???? Imagine that. Which airline is brave enough to provide this one daily flight?

I got my 30-day extension yesterday, Dec 8, with 7 days remaining on the 45 exempt. What surprised me was the fact that the IO did not in the slightest check my passport number against the number I had filled in on the TM7. I even had to point out that the TM30 was stapled into my passport! She spent most of the time I was at her desk talking to my (Thai) wife and pointing out that I could instead have applied for a 60-day visa (with extension) or for a visa based on marriage (with "only" 400k in the bank in my wife's name). In other words, she appeared more interested in selling a more expensive way of staying longer term than 45+30 in the country. Weird. (Expensive? well, the extension does cost 1900 baht!)

No, you can hear the klaxon all over Hua Hin on the Khao Takiab side, which is where this train was approaching that crossing from (excuse poor English).

Makes sense.

Ah, so a gay accountant into weight-lifting. The plot thickens....

Dipso sad tale. Cost of my Aussie red wine (same bottle, same shop) from November 15 to Dec 6: Nov 15: 26.76 Nov 25 26.83 Nov 28 27.03 Dec 1 27.77 Dec 3 27.96 Dec 6 28.21 Canadian dollar Baht 699 each transaction

As long as Southgate's little sheep don't take that ridiculous knee, they will do ok.....

Sounds like the confession of a man about to meet his Maker....or merely clearing the ground for his Legacy.

I'm sure you are not amused by that, but you may be amused by the fact that the Biden WH was claiming that the cost of living increase on SS was the biggest in several years. Within minutes the WH had withdrawn this announcement from the WH website when someone realised that this nice increase demonstrated as a fact how much inflation had increased under Biden & co.!!

These figures are as of December 1st. The only currency that counts is the US dollar. All other currencies are measured against it. The dollar index (DXY) has been extremely strong this past year. It has ranged from 94 to 114. It was as high as 114 as recently as September. While the pound was hit by Trussonomics and sank to 1.05, it has now strengthened thanks to dollar weakening. When the dollar was strong, the euro was at par (and less than par). And so on. Nothing much to do with Thailand or Russia.

If you click any of visa requirements it takes you to the homepage of the Penang site. Thanks, Joe. Yes, as I noted, if you click on sections 11 and 12 of the above link, it takes you to a page that (as far as I can see) has no English availability.

Can anyone see whether the requirements for the visa the OP wants are the same in Penang? https://penang.thaiembassy.org/th/publicservice/114679-visa-application-form?page=5d75e28715e39c242c00625c&menu=5d75e28715e39c242c006211 I've tried this link below (but in "requirements" [sections 11 and 12] everything is in Thai language. https://penang.thaiembassy.org/th/publicservice/114490-visa-requirements-ii

Vancouver languishes in this "survey" simply because it is one of the most expensive cities in the whole world to buy or rent accommodation. Otherwise, it should be in the top 3 for sheer beauty and convenience. If it's "unfriendly", you've just met a person who is super-worried about how he is going to pay next month's mortgage or rent.....

Nice coincidence: I was reading the above quote just as my wife came in from the market with a load of fruit and veg. She brought home a pomelo. I asked her how much. 90 baht for the whole thing. According to her the size of the pomelo would make 3 packs at Tesco Lotus (where I last week paid 89 bt for one pack!)

TBH, I'd get the hell out of there....

what an amazing expenditure of emotional energy!!

Speculation (what you are accusing me of!) I will repeat, to satisfy your desire to know how conspiratorial your speculation is, that you should follow all the questions and answers in the inquiry that took place this last week in Ottawa. You can find a précis in places like the Globe and Mail and the National Post. (Btw, this whole thread follows upon, is dependent upon, this parliamentary inquiry.)