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Incel or Imbecile - the difference is slight.

Mad F@%$^r Carlson is a Russian asset.

I noted a poster for Songkran festivities in Songkhla Town April 15-16th - one to avoid or not, depending on your preference. Not seen any details for Hat Yai yet, but they usually do something similar in a closed off area around Odean with live music, OTOP stalls, street food and an area for water fights.

Hat Yai mask wearing has dropped to about 2 thirds out and about, whilst most people still do in shops, banks, malls etc. However, you can see from someone's eyes when they smile.

When will they extend from Chumphon to Hat Yai and the border with Malaysia. The line from Singapore to the Thai border was completed several years ago; all dual track and electrified.

I've not really noticed a difference in Hat Yai, Southerners tend to be more straight forward, and more gruff than other parts of Thailand, but that's always been the case, they're just not that smiley down here. But I've always found them friendly, they smile if you smile. I'm in a mixed, Buddhist and Muslim community, I find them both equally friendly.

No, if even number the soi is south side, odd number north side!

Maybe just Lost his job Deep in debt Family problems

Not yet! If Langkawi is their template then an airport would be in their plan. .

I thought Ko Adang lay within the Tarutao National Marine Park, they've already trashed Ko Lipe, the way they're heading the above statement will be past tense soon enough.

We booked a 3 bed villa through AirBnB last time, but that no longer seems available, before that we used to stay at the Nishaville Resort.

Article just said "looking confused and intoxicated" , it may well be alcohol, but could also be methamphetamine.

Solely a bar then no I don't think so, but certainly the pizza restaurant near where we stayed styles itself a bar and restaurant and the bar stayed open after the kitchen closed. But there's no 'bar scene' if that's what you mean.

One would suspect the "he had no pre-existing condition" information came from family members, if the hospital subsequently identifies something I doubt they'd be phoning the newspaper to give them an update.

I think common sense dictates that that statement carries an implicit caveat:- "The man who had no pre-existing condition (that he knew of) is recovering in Hat Yai Hospital"

Be that as it may, it doesn't answer the question why tourists need to be westerners to count? .

What's so important about having 'western tourists'? Plenty of Malaysians, Indonesians and Singaporeans come to visit the south.

In the era of Lazada & Shopee then Santisuk is well past its sellby date, I've not been there in years and can think of no reason why I might ever need go there again. Kimyong is different, it's somewhere the wife goes to find particular pastes and spices, especially before going home to visit family in Prachuap. Kimyong it seems sells many ingredients that are hard to find, or particularly treasured. I avoid the place, nothing that I need there, and I find it somewhat claustrophobic. .

The 'All Agro' An truly awful car. There was a joke about the definition of a Brummie - someone born within the sound of the Longbridge alarm clocks The failure to modernise, then the stupidity of nationalising (simply propping up a failing industry), then finally the unions protecting outdated work practices were the final nail in the coffin.

If you're registered with Wise in Thailand the debit card is not available.

You need to go back to studying the history of Islam in the Malay Peninsular. Islam did not become the majority religion through invasion and conquest rather, as with Christianity in Europe, it was through conversion. In the case of the Kingdom of Pattani the conversion of Raja Intera around 1470 precipitated the conversion of most of his subjects. Islam became the dominate religion in the region in the same way Hinduism and Buddhism superseded older animist beliefs, via trade and cultural exchange. Precisely the reason why old Sanskrit words like Bumiputra persist in the Malayu language. Demonstrating it was a gradual process of assimilation rather than sudden conquest. .

I signed up to Wise from Thailand sending money from an account in Singapore, doesn't need to be money from a Thai account. Just needs to be from an account in your name. .

Yes, Wise acts as it's own partner bank.

Wise is P2P - money in one country is matched with money at a partner bank in the corresponding country. Wise use Kasikorn, Bangkok Bank and Dee Money as partners in Thailand. So transferring money from the UK to Thailand the money never leaves the UK, the sum is simply matched with one of their partners who need GBP, the partner bank makes the payment in Thailand with the money they want transferred to the UK, Wise make the payments the partner banks wants made in the UK. I works in exactly the same way for transfers to any other country. P2P bypasses the need to make international transfers with SWIFT or IBAN. .

Indeed, my overall experience with Lazada is positive, most deliveries are on time and what's in the box is what I ordered. So I can live with a few local retailers using sleight of hand and in reality being forwarding agents for China. I just pay greater attention to the retailers reviews.