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Big Joke's wife is the daughter of the late Bancha Panitchapong, Hat Yai businessman (real estate and transport), her inheritance is over Baht 1 billion - he doesn't need to work. He started his signature campaign last week in Songkhla. https://www.hatyaifocus.com/news-detail/26571/ .

Hogwarts?

Lobster thermidor is a French classic, not that I'm a huge fan of lobster.

Lord Jim's at the Mandarin Oriental does an excellent buffet lunch

I gave up on 3rd party AV software with Windows 10, the built in Windows Security software works fine.

The western route, main highway, crossing at Sadao/Bukit Kayu Hitam is considered outside the conflict zone. Crossing at either Sadao or Padang Besar would be the easiest. Getting to and crossing at Betong would probably be the more interesting. .

There's a missing decimal place, should be 4.6 million Malaysians visited Thailand, the total population of Malaysia is only 35 million.

Dzafran Azmir, 28, told Reuters: "Suddenly the aircraft starts tilting up and there was shaking so I started bracing for what was happening, and very suddenly there was a very dramatic drop so everyone seated and not wearing seatbelt was launched immediately into the ceiling. Some people hit their heads on the baggage cabins overhead and dented it, they hit the places where lights and masks are and broke straight through it." https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/21/singapore-airlines-flight-777-300er-london-bangkok-turbulence .

The group least likely to afford or have access to any smart device suitable for a digital wallet. Though no doubt there will be 'helpful' individuals that will assist and take a percentage. .

Waaaaay earlier than that: the earliest evidence of wine production comes from jars at the Neolithic site of Jiahu in China, where residue analysis has identified a fermented concoction of rice, honey and fruit that site dates to 7000BC.

Alcohol, for good or ill, has a social history going back thousands of years, and in the modern world it's a multi-billion dollar business heavily integrated with food and hospitality. Basically alcohol is too ingrained with most cultures and there's too much money involved for it to be banned or overly restricted. Attempts at prohibition don't last long. .

August 50% daily chance of rain https://weatherspark.com/

Certainly little evidence of RI (Real Intelligence)

A Tuk-Tuk destruction derby would be excellent entertainment

From how far in the future?

Beyond the fact that someone was found dead in a similar geographical location there is absolutely no relation to the original story. Ditto the other two cases absolutely zero connection.

Yes it does, both Windows and Android

Mammalian biology is indeed quite specific, you need a male and a female to create offspring.

Expat? Twenty months, just a long term tourist with excess baggage. .

Religion plays a significant part in that. Beliefs that include reincarnation are more tolerant, as it allows for some ambiguity. Whereas the Abrahamic religions don't, 'god created man and woman' has no room for ambiguity.

Not easy to reconcile those two statements - but each to their own

Weather and Climate https://weatherandclimate.com/thailand/prachuap-khiri-khan/hua-hin another good one for climate data is Weather Spark https://weatherspark.com/y/113017/Average-Weather-in-Hua-Hin-Thailand-Year-Round

They started burying the electric cables in Hat Yai over 4 years ago and they're still working on it. Most of the centre of town has been completed, but there's still a lot to do and they don't seem to including the sois just the main roads. As pointed out, this is the electric cables only, once the poles come down they seem to simply daisy chain the fibre and cable TV cables to the front of the buildings. Bangkok will take decades.

Good lord man, after 17 years on TV/AN you're as aware of the resident cheapy Charlies as I am, I'm not about to name and shame; though most are fairly shameless. As for 'Fred', whether real or a figment of Bob's imagination, good on him - why not spread a little happiness? .