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Stocky

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  1. Why does mask wearing get some folks panties in such a wad, what does it matter to you? West and East have different cultural outlooks, the West, especially the USA, give priority to the rights of the individual, in the East the rights of the individual are less important than the good of the family and the local community. Singapore for example would not function if everyone was allowed to do exactly what they wanted in the American way, it would be a total hellscape. Mask wearing was readily adopted in Asia because people were willing to give up personal freedom for the benefit of the community. It's nothing to do with cowardice, that's purely your perception as, I'm guessing, an American. (Whether you accept masks were a benefit is a separate discussion.)
  2. No, the bomber Salman Abedi died when he blew himself up, it's his brother Hashem Abedi, who's serving life imprisonment with a minimum term of 55 years, that attacked 3 prison officers at HMP Frankland.
  3. What has 'woke' to do with it? He's got White Knight syndrome, not uncommon, been around forever. (Assuming he's not simply trolling)
  4. The hateful vicious little turd will be back inside before you know it
  5. The average MAGA couldn't spell it or find it on a map
  6. Yes, but e-books rather than the tradition printed sort, a Kindle replaced buying physical books about 15 years ago, living in Hat Yai the choice of English language books is limited, e-books rekindled my love of reading.
  7. FFS! Fishing contributes 0.12% of the UK's GDP, the agreement is only an extension of the one previously agreed to by Boris Johnson. In contrast the benefit of removing the checks and reducing the paperwork on food exports to the EU is of significantly greater value, particularly to UK farmers.
  8. I don't much remember my father, he died when I was eight.
  9. Far from it, she knows precisely what's she's doing, I think it's you that are probably confused.
  10. Take the cake, looks like she's eaten the whole bakery! And the baker.
  11. You're reading far too much into trendy adverts that are over-trying in the 'inclusivity' department.
  12. Those kids are Malaysian-Chinese, the one far right might be Malay Muslim. The kids come up to get their cars and bikes pimped, it's cheaper to get the customisations done in Thailand than it is in Malaysia. If they're looking for a leg-over there's not much point straying past Sadao/Dannok
  13. I wish they'd do the same with the local kids racing their motorbikes at the weekends, our road is on one of the race circuits, there are several loops they change each week to avoid the cops. All have modified exhausts and racing starts around from about 2am.
  14. Indeed, this years submission, 2 sets of documents each over 1cm thick. The only parts they really need are the letter from the bank plus statement and the document from the amphur showing we're still married, that and the application form, everything else is pretty much superfluous.
  15. Newmont's Peñasquito Mine in Mexico is the worlds biggest silver mine, it's a gold, silver, lead zinc deposit and produced 30 million oz of silver annually. Industrias Peñoles is the world's biggest silver producer, it's mines in Mexico produce a combined total of 80 million oz of silver annually along with 750,000oz of gold, 62,000 tonnes of lead, 200,000 tonnes of zinc, and 17,000 tons of copper. Fresnillo Plc in Mexico produce 56 million oz silver and 630,000oz gold annually. Overall Mexico is the world's largest silver producer with a total of approximately 6,300 tonnes per annum equivalent to about 200 million oz. Glencore is indeed a significant mining company and a major producer of copper and cobalt, and it produces about 20 million oz of silver annually as a by-product of it's global copper production of 1 million tonnes annually. Copper mining is a significant supplier of silver, but most silver is a product of gold, lead and zinc mining.
  16. I would argue that Hitler's ill-judged decision to tear up the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and invade Russia on 22nd June 1941, nearly six months prior to the 7th December Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and the USA declaring war on Germany on 11th December 1941, was when the outcome of WW2 was decided. The US's entry into the war undoubtedly shortened it's length, but Hitler's decision to start an Eastern Front was the point he lost the war.
  17. At least I'm not the only person that recognises Israeli doesn't necessarily mean Jewish. The figure is actually about 75% of Israelis are Jewish, the other 25% are Muslims, Christians and none of the above. So it's worth remembering that criticism of the state of Israel or Israelis isn't antisemitism by default.
  18. No it's not. Silver is associated with lead, zinc and gold. Whilst most certainly it's a by-product in gold mining, it's more often the case the primary economic metal in silver-lead-zinc deposits. Yes it is associated with copper, but it's not the most common occurrence.
  19. Because it's a forum, and I can't fathom why someone would want to eat baked beans!
  20. Fried rice! not exotic enough, all these top 20 things are garbage and purely click bait
  21. Silver isn't particularly rare, there's a lot of silver still in the ground.
  22. With tempeh is better, has the texture that tofu lacks
  23. No Sambal Goreng is correct, as is Nasi Goreng but they're not the same thing. Sambal Goreng is usually made with tofu, green beans and chillies all fried in a sambal chilli sauce.
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