Stocky

My life isn't that small, I've never considered contributing to a forum as some sort of competition.

They're just a bunch of snivelling cowards, terrified to speak out of turn for fear of losing their place at the trough, or having Musk's X-troopers set lose on them and their family.

And Musk waltzes around in jeans and a T-shirt - you're having a laugh (Musk also gets billions of dollars)

I thought it was TV series

Apologise for what? It was a shake down, the new American mafia. The pretence of Free World Leader is shattered it's a protection racket.

As with much in life it's a matter of context. Personally no, Thais wear all sort of T shirts with slogans that are variously nonsensical, laughable or possibly offensive. If it was in a white guy in a pub in the UK it would be a different matter, that you could see as someone seeking to cause offence and confrontation.

I saw the article in Hat Yai Focus early in the week, they've put some signs up warning people. https://www.hatyaifocus.com/news-detail/27862/

Why does it matter?

Is that the best you have to offer? Prior to politics he worked for Rothschild as an investment banker, but I don't think he's worked as a waiter, girly or otherwise.

AN is a curmudgeon magnet I too find the average Thai to be friendly, I like Thais and Thailand, if I didn't I wouldn't be here.

Splendid wheeze

Is that the bruise Macron gave him with the alpha male handshake malarkey? The old man really should be more careful trying to out muscle a man near half his age.

Looks like a squalid tip!

I wouldn't put Hat Yai up there with "prostitution capitals of this kingdom", it's all rather discrete compared with Bangkok, Phuket or Pattaya. Sure, depending on the hotel, and whether the bell boy considers you're a likely customer, you might be offered special room service. Otherwise most transactions occur via the massage parlour and karaoke lounges. If Police Colonel Nattapong Koet-iem was really interested in tackling the issue he'd crack down on the Karaoke Lounges, which act as a fronts for prostitution, instead he's basically going after entrepreneurial competitors. As for bombings in Hat Yai, they are a very rare occurrence, I've been here over twenty years and there have only been 5 incidents in Hat Yai during that time and nothing since 2014. We have plenty of security in Hat Yai which is handled by the army not the police.

On the positive side at least someone's talking about resolving the southern conflict. There's been a general apathy within the Thai government, content that the conflict is restricted to the southern states and far away from Bangkok. Fingers crossed something comes of this new initiative and partnership with Anwar Ibrahim.

I'm taking my 14 year old granddaughter to the UK in April and will do a trip to London. I asked her to list the things she wanted to do there and top of the list was the Natural History Museum followed by the National Gallery.

Across an active spreading plate margin, no not many, but Iceland sits on that same plate margin, it's the reason the island exists, and their roads get cut off and need rerouting after major events.

Not only seismically active, but volcanically active too, it's a spreading plate margin; the distance between London and New York increases by some 2-5cm per year.

Smart move by Jude Bellingham, he's going to be footing the bill one way or the other, might as well be clear from the start.

Some folk are only happy when they're moaning.

A quarter century! Well played sir.

Frank '2 Bob' Spencer Surprised one of them didn't do a whoopsi on your back seat

Indeed, one hopes they follow the Singapore and Malaysian format. Completed online up to 3 days prior to travel or can be completed in the arrivals hall if necessary.

Old two Bob really is Frank Spencer in Thailand