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Tom Yum ingredients - to eat or not to eat?
Do not eat them! The restaurant relies on their being left behind so they can be put in the next batch of soup they make. -
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Does “Not in the Mood” Even Exist in Asia?
I gave her 20,000bht a few months back, a deposit so she could buy a new car. -
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Joe Biden Ranked 'Worst President' in Modern History, Poll Reveals
The problem with these polls is that you just don't know what questions they asked and you don't know how biased the entire proposition was, so it really means nothing for a lot of people. Trump was one of the worst and it's very likely he's going to be one of the worst again, so he'll probably end up 44th worst and 46th worst than history. Buchanan was terrible, Harrison was terrible, Hoover was very questionable there were certainly quite a few poor Presidents in history, Bush Jr. should top the list also. -
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The best cheap eats in Phuket.
I have removed a number of off topic posts that were starting to deflect into personal bickering. Please debate the topic ‘The best cheap eats in Phuket.’ -
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People who support Cashless Society
Thus huge panic by some about cash-less is amusing... they seem to dream of this totalitarian dystopian future. You've all been using cashless for decades - right since 60's and 70's with wide-spread use in the 80-'s when pretty much every family was using a credit card... Then since the 80's and 90's with debit cards particularly with the onset of Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale (EFTPOS) systems. So... society has been 'cashless' for a while now... Did anyone pay for their car, house, or other expensive items in Cash over the past 20-30 years ????..... It seems now a lot of boomers are complaining because they don't like the Thai QR systems and this is more a 'generational complaint' than anything else. I'm a fan of cash, I'm also a fan of convenience, so I like digital payments. I use a credit card for most of our purchases because I get flights from them, but in truth, I object to the devaluation of currently caused by the 3% charges applied by the credit card companies where after 23 cycles (at 3% per transaction) the value of the currency has halved - so arguments from that perspective are valid. At least the PromptPay systems here do not have charges and are thus inherently 'better' than Visa and MasterCard. Cash, of course is better still - but its also a lot less convenient for many of us - and then we get into the boomer complaints about someone being slow with a QR code. But... if you are someone who is truly as paranoid as the Op - you're going to have to go off the grid completely - because each time you use an ATM there is a record, take your phone with you its traceable, fly anywhere your location is known. OR... perhaps the op should have told everyone to watch 1984 again. Or... how about looking at Crypto and the decentralisation there... isn't that taking us in the opposite direction towards freedoms ? But, how free do you want to be... ..... Paranoid Jim maybe concerned that the government can find out if he goes for his 'handsy massage'..... should he also take similar that the governments track spending as a measure against terrorism ?... of course tax comes in to it... .. a double edged sword and a multifaceted debate which I don't think can come down to something as simple as the 'government want to track us' (as everyday people).- 1
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Thai woman faced attempted lynching after attacking boy with knife
Sounds like Texas in the old days ! -
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