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The weather is atrocious out there.
Stocky replied to Tuco Ramirez's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Bedsit in Luton watching the Weather Channel more likely. -
I recall someone joking about the DUP's manifesto as being like the Old Testament but with regular bin collections.
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Does our money really build their country?
Stocky replied to Tuco Ramirez's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Don Mueang opened as a Royal Thai Air Force base on March 27, 1914 - so the Thai military were responsible for that. First commercial fight was in 1924, first flight was KLM. Though seeing as Thailand has been run by the military for most of the past 100 years I guess they're responsible for most of it. -
You don't need faith to understand that treating others with respect and kindness is common sense, if you wish to be treated with respect and kindness in return.
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That's just sad "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." – Mae West This isn't a rehearsal as they say, this is it, make best use of it.
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You expect them to work for free!?
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Your consciousness dies when your brain activity stops; dead is dead. But I accept some folk like to believe in an afterlife, some greater purpose than simply the replication and survival of your genes across generations, but I'm happy with the latter.
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French Report Warns of Islamist Infiltration Threatening National Unity
Stocky replied to Social Media's topic in World News
The guy Trump shook hands with in Saudi Arabia recently. Said he was such a handsome man and dropped the sanctions. He's former al-Qaeda, not ISIS. -
Wise transfer lost
Stocky replied to bondjames007's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
No issues with recent transfers from Singapore, to Kasikorn and Siam Commercial. Just checking the transaction receipts I note the last 4 transfers have used Tranglo as the partner bank, didn't notice any difference, all arrived in seconds, largest was THB100k, smallest THB4k. -
Trump ambushes South African president at White House meeting
Stocky replied to bannork's topic in Political Soapbox
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Trump Admin Revokes Harvard’s Right to Enroll International Students
Stocky replied to Social Media's topic in World News
That'll teach them to reject Baron Trump -
Best value car rental for 2 week uk holiday
Stocky replied to kwak250's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
Prices aren't fixed but rise and fall based on demand and what they think they can get away with -
Best value car rental for 2 week uk holiday
Stocky replied to kwak250's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
No direct flights Bangkok - Birmingham, but several 1 stops options. Qatar via Doha Emirates via Dubai Turkish via Istanbul KLM via Amsterdam Lufthansa via Munich or Frankfurt There are no doubt a couple more -
UK Inflation Spikes to 3.5% After April’s Surge in Household Bills
Stocky replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Most of the UK's coal 'reserves' aren't accessible, the closure of the coal mines in the 80s rendered what remained in those mines financially unworkable. The UK has little in the way of open pittable coal, most is narrow seam suitable for underground mining which is expensive. -
Best value car rental for 2 week uk holiday
Stocky replied to kwak250's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
2023 was expensive, I had a 29 day hire for £807 (Peugeot 308) - August/September 2024 was 19 days for £385 (Vauxhall Astra) - September Both with Europcar, though I presume there's a seasonal variation in price that would account for some of the differences between April, August and September. -
Best value car rental for 2 week uk holiday
Stocky replied to kwak250's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
Yes, I flew Qatar to Birmingham. I have a house near Stourbridge, so Birmingham works much better than London. It would have been slightly cheaper to take the Europcar hire from Birmingham airport, but after a long haul flight I wasn't keen on driving at 7:30am. I've found that booking direct is usually the same or cheaper than the aggregator sites, but I do use Rentalcars.com first to get some idea of prices. Note Europcar has a budget option called Keddy worth seeing what price you can get via Keddy by Europcar. The other car hire company I've used that are reliable and not too expensive is Sixt. -
Best value car rental for 2 week uk holiday
Stocky replied to kwak250's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
Last month I had a 18 day car rental from Europcar Birmingham, total for £277.56, that was for a medium size car Ford Focus or similar, I was given a cherry red Jeep Avenger, which was a surprise. This was the basic hire package, so would have been liable for £1,600 for any accident, but I wasn't willing to add another £7,60 a day to reduce the liability. It's cheaper to book and pay in advance, there is free cancellation. -
What animals would you kill or remove from inside your home?
Stocky replied to simon43's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Thankfully we don't see scorpions here, but I very nearly stepped on this one at a field camp in Sumatra a few years back. -
What animals would you kill or remove from inside your home?
Stocky replied to simon43's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I am arachnophobic, my wife kills large spiders -
Accident Russian Dies After Fall from Jomtien Condo
Stocky replied to Georgealbert's topic in Pattaya News
Gan-jaaaaaaaaaaaaaa -
Trump ambushes South African president at White House meeting
Stocky replied to bannork's topic in Political Soapbox
From the Economist article: "The precise daily counts from Gaza are unusual. No such tally emerges from Ukraine. But during this war, as in past ones, Gaza’s authorities, run by Hamas, have issued details of how many Palestinians have been killed. Doubts about such figures are reasonable. Hamas, presumably, has an incentive to inflate civilian losses. When previous conflicts ended, however, estimates from Israel and the UN of the numbers killed have roughly matched those released during the fighting. This war has been far more extensive and lasted longer than any in the past. Many of the institutions that count deaths, such as hospitals, have been destroyed. As of May 5th, the health ministry said that 52,615 people had died in the war. As in previous wars, its tally does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. In January, Israel estimated that about 20,000 of those killed were militants. The ministry uses two lists, one based on information from hospitals, the other from an online survey in which people reported deaths, along with other data, presumably of those who have died but have not been identified, to produce its official total. In a recent study in the Lancet researchers examined these two lists along with a third, which they collated using details from obituaries on social media (only including deaths from traumatic injuries). All three lists included the names and, usually, the age and sex of the dead. Some also had an ID number. Independent investigators have confirmed that those on the ministry’s two lists have almost certainly died."