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Supply chain logistics is an extremely complex process. Doesn't matter if it's oil or baked beans. Literally nobody has a clue how their baked beans got on the supermarket shelf other than the fact that maybe they arrived on a truck. The simplest analogy is imagine you plan a normally two-hour drive on the motorway that may be two and a half hours on a really busy day. Then imagine a ten-car pile-up that blocks the motorway and you're delayed an additional 60 minutes. Now imagine not one 10-car pile-up, but fifteen x ten car pile-ups that encompass both north and south bound traffic for 80 kilometres, plus every offramp on your entire route. Those of us that can't call in their private helicopter to rescue them will be camping out beside the motorway for two days. International supply chains have become accustomed to JIT (just in time) deliveries to preserve cashflow, limit pressure on storage facilities, and have everything from trucks, to ships, to planes, to packaging, to full or empty containers being in the right place at the right time to keep them baked beans (or oil) on the shelf and replaced at the expected rate of depletion. Then imagine that you allow your precious stock of baked beans (say 100 days worth) to be depleted at the usual rate of consumption (plus panic buying) while knowing full well that although you've sourced alternative supplies, the volume is 50% down from normal, the ships haven't left the foreign port yet, and in a competitive market somebody with a bigger cheque book might convince the shipper to redirect your en route beans to an alternate buyer. So even if your beans arrive in 40 days, your stock is now down to 50 days. Rinse and repeat. Never mind the issues of non-production in the Gulf states, restarting production (yeah, just push a button), lack of storage facilities to handle increased demand, tankers in all the wrong places. It's gonna be a right royal Foxtrot-Uniform. The proverbial excrement hasn't hit the fan yet. It's travelling - well actually NOT travelling at about zero knots per hour. A slow boat to China would be preferential. Even if all the ships started moving tomorrow, the oil supply chain will still be in a crisis state for a year or more.

There are several things that don't mix well together. Oil and water, and intoxicated tourists and ladyboys. One is about physics, the other is about chemistry - or is it monetary? You can decide. EDIT: Just re-read the story. Ladyboys giving a rebate and fellow (presumably from the Indian sub-continent) compatriots offering translation services. Truly, a multi-faceted story. A thesis may be necessary.

The worldwide list of honest politicians could be typed in 45-point sans-serif on the back of a small business card, with room to spare. There are only two reasons to seek power; to enrich oneself and to forcibly inflict your will on others. And the importance of either of these reasons are given primary or secondary objectives depending on the politician's particular form of narcissism. Call me a cynic realist.

It's not the weight of the pillion passenger that is the problem. It's the weight differential between the driver and the pillion, and the weight distribution load on the front and rear, especially the rear. Get a skinny pillion that likes to sit as far back as possible on the seat and they become the same as an overweight pillion - i.e a huge MF sail and disproportionate counterweight. It doesn't matter if the driver is overweight as his/her weight isn't way behind the frame pivot point or swingarm. But a 60kg jockey and a 100kg passenger is a difficult bike to ride. Especially your typical Japanese scooter where the chassis/frame is about as bendy and flexible as a rubber band. Even calling it a "frame" is being generous - those things bend and flex sideways horribly even without an overweight passenger. Hats off to the taxi-driver for pointing out the safety issue, and no points to the overweight passenger who believes his/her dignity can deny physics.

Yeah you are spot-on. If they can control the words, they control the narrative. Transvestite became un-PC along with such sayings as "boys will be boys", and "male chauvinist pig". I blame Quentin Crisp. Frankly, I'd rather be called a male chauvinist pig than a misogynist - because nobody knows what the hell a misandrist is. Heads up - a misandrist is a fourth wave male hating femmenazi who can't fix the clogged toilet, (or produce anything that society needs to survive), so calls in a misogynist to remedy the situation - without realising that men made or built everything she eats, uses or consumes. Apologies to the 0.03% of female Oil Riggers out there. You go Girls, both of you. And boys are now considered to be dysfunctional girls. There will be a comeuppance very soon. And women (genuine or imitation) won't know what struck them. It's gonna be fun to watch their delusions get shattered by reality.

There is no such thing as "hate speech". It is a social construct, the same as transgenderism and non-binary(ism). If you choose to be offended by something said by anybody, that is your choice. If you tell me you are a transgender woman and I know you are a bloke with synthetic mammary glands and a pair of integrum testes, I'll call you a bloke. Sans testes and possessing XY chromosomes, you are still a bloke. If you want to wear a dress and stilettos, go for it. Your lifestyle choice doesn't offend me. But if you want me to believe in your delusion and consider my dissent to be hateful, get a life. And the same applies to all those that want to imprison ordinary people for not agreeing with your delusional perspective of reality. I wouldn't advocate burning these "hate speech" muppets at the stake, but.......

Whatever the Islamists do was going to be done anyway. This war started in 1979.

I just pinged it and got: Pinging aseannow.com [104.26.6.243] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 104.26.6.243: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=57 Reply from 104.26.6.243: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57 Reply from 104.26.6.243: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=57 Reply from 104.26.6.243: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=57 Not quite as fast as pornhub, and maybe a little slower than google.

Gosh, those ladyboys were throwing kicks and punches just like men - Oh wait... Also, just noticed the chick with her left knocker hanging out at 1:51 - luckily she's sporting a nip sticker.

I've done four license renewals at Chonburi and on every occasion except for when I sat the original test, the depth of perception machine was non-operational and gathering dust in the corner.

Tourists are not staying away because of dual pricing. They're staying away because the baht is too strong, other destinations (with at least as much to offer) are cheaper by comparison. High domestic inflation of accommodation and food has made matters worse. All economies are having a tough time so the foreign tourist's disposable income has diminished considerably over the last few years and putting food on the table takes precedence over a holiday.

Let's hope the traffic lights all fail simultaneously and traffic can move freely. Beach Road, Second and Third roads would be virtually empty. It's not the volume of traffic that is the problem. It's the total lack of any synchronisation of the lights that bottle-up a kilometre long queue of traffic at an intersection while the converging roads cleared of traffic three minutes previously and not a vehicle in sight for half a kilometre or more in any direction. Then the green light releases you to drive to the next red light - rinse and repeat. Oh for 2020/21 - you could drive from Central Festival to Jomtien in three minutes and only see three other moving cars and a few scooters. I also miss signing in as Winston Churchill or Eric A. Blair (and occasionally Mr. A Hitler) on the register. Often saw Mickey and Donald were also frequent Mall attendees. Hats off to the dude that once signed in as Dostoevsky - especially for spelling it correctly.

OP, whatever or whatever you buy - all condo owners are given a copy of the income/expenditure statement and balance sheet at the AGM. They also receive a copy of the previous year's AGM minutes and agenda. Many also issue a copy of their cashflow statement on a monthly basis. These documents will give you an idea of how well the condo is managed. Take a look at their expenses and of particular importance is the size of the sinking fund, the value of any unpaid annual condo levies, and how much they have in the way of cash reserves. Normally (but not always) the meeting minutes will also highlight any ongoing conflicts or difficulties the Juristic and/or the co-owners are experiencing. Whenever possible try and make the acquaintance of an existing co-owner and see if they can give you any inside information. From experience, most co-owners are more than willing to tell you how well or badly the management is doing. If you can befriend one of the housekeepers, they will really be able to give you the lowdown - they hear and see everything.

Religious assembly was virtually made illegal in 2020. Didn't hear too many any complaints from the secular left back then. So now they are arguing for religious freedom? A classic Orwellian display of cognitive dissonance.

The Teflon Thai Baht - nothing ever seems to stick to it.