jayboy

I wouldn't be so harsh.Actually I quite admire his Energizer bunny enthusiasm,The trouble is he is a prime example of the The Dunning-Kruger effect, ie a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them from accurately assessing their own skills.I also confess to sometimes watching his D- About T- vids which quite unintentionally are often screamingly funny.Also I'm no snob but he needs to do something about that accent.

I'm not going to use words like "worse" but some facts need to be pointed out. Firstly, there are still some brilliant members with superlative knowledge.Sheryl and Arkady come to mind but there are others. Secondly, Thai Visa also had a rather mixed reputation (fairly or unfairly) based on its allegedly old grouchy demographic. So there's nothing new there.The standard of discussion however has in my view deteriorated.For example the sophisticated and spirited level of political debate has disappeared almost entirely.The forum remains an excellent source for practical information on all sorts of subjects, maybe less so in immigration matters in the past. Thirdly, any owner who is commercially driven is going quite understandably to want to monetize the forum as best he can.There is nothing wrong with this provided the worst elements of commercialization are avoided - ie giving a platform to shady advertisers.I didn't know George but I got the impression he loved the forum for its own sake and wasn't really driven entirely by profit.His successor in contrast was driven almost entirely by profit (though failing to achieve it) and didn't really value the community side of the forum .Unfortunately he didn't know how to monetize the forum either and generally seemed adrift.Under Thaiger a reasonable balance seems to have been achieved, but still early days.

After a series of less than satisfactory experiences, I am looking for a first class optician in Bangkok with decent English skills who can test sight but also has experience with contact lens requirements as well as glasses..Any suggestions?

No it's Grok actually.A quick way to demolish the more stupid conspiracy theories.These seem to be over represented on the is forum.Not surprising perhaps given its predominant demographic - blue collar, retired, indifferently educated, often right wing.

Another lie. Taking just the first born since it was in the UK = Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor was born on May 6, 2019, at the Portland Hospital in London, with his birth announced by Buckingham Palace and documented in The Gazette.I suppose the nutcases who propagate the lie will argue that the British Establishment was in on the deception as well.

Difficult to take the rumor (or you) seriously given that Harry was born before Diana and Hewitt ever met.

No definitive evidence supports the claim that Prince Harry is the son of James Hewitt. This rumor, which has circulated for years, primarily stems from Hewitt’s affair with Princess Diana in the mid-1980s and some noted physical similarities, like red hair. However, key facts debunk this: Timeline: Harry was born on September 15, 1984. Diana’s affair with Hewitt began around 1986, according to Hewitt’s own statements and Diana’s biographer Andrew Morton. This makes it highly unlikely Hewitt is the father. Paternity: No DNA test has been publicly conducted to dispute King Charles III’s paternity. The royal family has never acknowledged the rumor, and Hewitt himself denied it in a 2002 interview, stating Harry was born before the affair started. Physical Traits: Red hair, often cited as “evidence,” is not exclusive to Hewitt. The Spencer family, Diana’s lineage, also has red-haired members, including her brother Charles Spencer. The rumor persists due to tabloid speculation and public fascination, but it lacks credible substantiation. in other words a lie.

We hear a lot about collapsing trust in politics. Now we're getting a case study in precisely why it collapses. For a year Ministers have been arguing against a national rape gang inquiry, and gaslighting and attacking anyone who calls for one. Then when they are finally forced to change tack they pretend they have been fighting for that inquiry all along, and expect everyone to conveniently ignore everything they were doing and saying for the past year. It's grotesque.

Makes you proud to be British.Here is another example of British grit.

Many decades ago I acquired a jacket from a Bangkok tailor, now out of business. The jacket is great but I haven't worn it for at least 15 years and it needs some extensive work done to it, mainly restitching.I rather like the jacket and would like it to be repaired professionally.Any recommendations? Much more interested in a first class job than low pricing. Thanks in advance.

They don't allow that now.Where does it say they will in the future?

If you say so.

In terms of bringing up a young family, you have your own answer already. Although I will not be popular for saying so the expatriate population there with a very few exceptions is very downmarket.

You invoke a discredited and intellectually threadbare source.By doing so you lose your own right to be taken seriously.

He invented the optical mouse.