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Not sure whether Putin meant to do this, but he has certainly managed to expose the foolishness of German (no, Western) climate catastrophe alarmism. Good luck, Europe, in getting through your winter without fossil fuels.

If this happens on the third floor, imagine what could have happened higher up. I have often stopped at a construction site and gazed, slack-jawed, at the wooden scaffolding and wondered how often people were killed on these death-traps....

Perhaps he forgot to address one of the trans males as "Mr Birthing Person".....

This little sentence stands all by itself in the middle of the story. Why? What poppycock. When are the climate alarmists going to accept that climate has been "changing" for 4 billion years. It was once possible (10,000 years ago) to walk from the east coast of England to what is now Denmark....It was called Doggerland.

Absurd article. On the other hand, the main theme of the article is germane to discussions of Thailand. Who comes after? or what difference will it make if X or Y becomes the nation's leader. But when one looks around and observes some of the dumbos in office all over the shop, you can see that governments worldwide are all cut from the same cloth. [They differ only in the extent of brute force used to enforce law and order.] The point of a government's existence is to exercise power, the longer the better, no matter how. Just look at how the pandemic was "managed". Worldwide. The one consistent theme has been: "do as you're told, not do as we do"; obey the regulations, they are "mandates". You can all fill in the blanks here....

So, looks like Indians and backpackers are the main "tourists" at the moment....

I read frequent references to the Visa Exempt process being raised to 45 days from 30. And many seem to assume that it is already in place. Has this in fact been declared officially?

Not sure about this. Looking into their eyes takes one into Hannibal Lecter territory, while looking at their mouth movements might be ideal for someone used to lip-reading, such as a deafy like me.

We've been married 10 years by now. Without ever saying this openly to each other, we both seem to subscribe to the notion that marriage = "I take care you, you take care me." Westerners are much too wedded to the idea of "love".

No, this mumpty is definitely alone (to all intents and purposes). However, if you're into designer nipples, maybe you're right.....

mine takes paracetamol when ever it rains...

Flowers were a nuisance?? Petal harassment? Something like that??

Well, look at it like this: the new PM could always sack his minister of defence. Problem solved (temporarily). Except that it would be Tweedledum being replaced by Tweedledee.

When you've seen one wat, you've seen 'em all. I come for the weather and the smiles.

Not often I really DO "laugh out loud" on ASEAN....

Been using melatonin since 1998. I believe (with zero proof) that it is "good for you". Only take before bedtime, and don't exceed 5mg. Very cheap in Western countries. I take 10 mg when travelling between two very-separated time zones. Possible negative: it can induce bad dreams.

The likes of Trudeau (only 28% favourable in most polls) and Biden (approval of 38%) show how easy it is to get by in modern "democracies", even when the vast majority of the nation think you are dumb as a stick. So these Thai runners should give themselves a pat on the back for scoring so well.

Two points: the OP mentions that the Immigration Officer at the airport uttered the word "extension"....but your report does not clarify this. Was she offering you an extension there and then on the spot or was she simply making small talk? Also, someone above mentions that Eva Air's Premium Economy is well worth trying (I can confirm that opinion). However, I have discovered that their Premium Economy is only available on Boeing 777-300ER (not on Dreamliner). Thus, flying from YVR - BKK you are given the choice, only, of flying Economy $1200 plus or Business Class $5795.

Hard to see what is the point of this thread. Those of us who rent (the wise ones, incidentally!) are most likely to be renting a condo. Having found our preferred condo via a real estate agent, we then pay a one- or two-month deposit and pay our rent at the beginning of the month at the agent's office or via a bank deposit. Where's the problem here? We never need to meet the landlord, ever. And if we do in fact meet the landlord at the beginning or end of our rental period, it's just a perfectly normal polite conversation and that's it.

Anybody heard the attacker's name? I guess it wasn't Jim Smith of New Jersey?

As a retiree with no stress that I know of in my life, I suggest that this little story omits one important cause of poor sleep: old age! The main stress of old age is the aging process itself.

An Indian summer. How nice.

Solar and wind, as everyone knows, are unreliable, but, worse than that, they totally fk up the environment with their hideous ravaging of countryside and ocean. A plague on them, and bring on as much nuclear as possible asap.

Net zero by 2065? No ploblem. Nice long time in the future.

You should be careful about what you swear by in the business of "trusted" references. You seem to be totally unaware of how fallible Wiki is as a reference (other than for what are undisputed facts, like birth and death and when and what). But Wiki is littered with false opinions. Try this test sometime: if there is some subject you know a lot about, see what Wiki has to say about it when it does not involve undisputed facts. (In earlier days, I often used to caution my students about using Wiki uncritically. What you need when reading Wiki, especially when it involves controversial people or political themes, is sufficient intelligence to sort out what is bias and what is fact. And to be able to do that test satisfactorily you need to be able to thrust to one side your own biased opinion.) See how often an entry on some supposed "far right" (as opposed to "loony left") controversial freak inserts the word "false" into the entry on that person. Here's a typical fictionalized example: why doesn't Wiki say (quite simply): "Trudeau makes the assertion that climate change will bring the world to an end by 2030", rather than (as they would) "Trudeau makes the false assertion that climate change will bring the world to an end by 2030", We don't need that inclusion of "false" to know that everything emanating from that man's mouth is false beyond belief!! Apologies for being long-winded.