stephenterry
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My whole food plant based diet means that oils and processed packaged foods are likewise excluded. But vitamin B12 is required.
I cook a spicy veggie soup, followed by a veggie salad and completed with fruit and various nuts in a six hour window, and apart from green tea that's it for the day.
No dairy, no meat eaten, and it's no business of mine what people think of me.
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1 hour ago, Ironmike said:
He's already served 4 hours of his 8 year sentence his deals are well into motion this country is so currupt it's a laugh next with be redbull boy oh what about the 2 innocent boys that got set up for the Koh Toa murders of that British woman let's give them a pardon as well after all everyone knows who really murdered her don't we
Exactly nearly correct. Has anyone any update on the two 'boys' from Koh Tao?
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No comment. Not my business.
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Absolutely no comment while there are global wars plaguing our planet. My story rearrangement below.
Russian author Leo Tolstoy's short story“How Much Land Does a Man Need?”(1886) focuses on Putin, a rich man who becomes fixated on the idea that his life would be perfect if only he owned more land. His obsession eventually consumes him; in his lust for land, he loses everything that actually matters in his life.
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Today, after my one year visa renewal documentation had been collated and completed by Thai Visa Assist - it took one week - I was number 3 in the queue. Had it been like last year I would have been escorted to the photo booth the following day or two and my passport returned updated within minutes.
But this year I was told by TVA that the one week prior was necessary as a NEW head Concho was in place, which had slowed down the process. (Yeah, we all know about that).
Just before 8.30 I presented my passport and documentation to the information desk to await a sign-off. Looking around, the inside was full of people seeking the same - some from the previous day's application that hadn't been processed. So I was back down the queue.
Half an hour passed, and then information desk returned my documentation to sit down and await a further inspection for God knows what, and for my photo to be taken Another 15m and all was completed, except I had to wait for my passport to be signed off and returned by a Big Cheese who wasn't in the office right then.
I got out at 9.20, after my TVA helper said she would take my passport to my address after she finished work. Outside, there were a good hundred people queuing for visas.
If it ain't broken don't fix it, came to mind.
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Gekko Garden for great food portions and relatively cheap beer. Other side of town, near Chiang Mai gate 1 Way bar plus two next to it also cheap beer, lively, and the girls are pretty. As for Loi Kroh bars the prices are just unreasonable - beware. Only Number one bar gets my occasional draught beer visit.
I live outside the town in a quiet Moo Bahn, and only visit a few times a month. Now Covid is ignored, the roads are busy , but the 108 to Hang Dong is generally reasonable outside rush hours in and out of town.
Can't say I dislike it.
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2pm to 5pm is an inconvenience if trying to buy at a supermarket, while many bars, restaurants and family shops are open, presumably paying off the police when required.
As for tourists I would expect their hotels serve alcohol if required, at all times.
If scrapped, winners are bars, restaurants, supermarkets and family shops, losers would be police and maybe hotels.
So who has the biggest clout to retain or dismiss this law?
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17 hours ago, Chopinbkk said:
In my opinion, Putin and his warmongering mates are pond life, not human.
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11 hours ago, snowgard said:
No way!!! In a lot of countries your right to free speech served a lot of people long prison term and death!!!
Then you wouldn't exercise your right. Currently, Thais have that freedom.
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Every person has a right to free speech, and all the better if it's on an international social media platform. Whether it would make the Thai government change their stance on Russia's determination to destroy Ukraine, including every man, woman and child if need be, I doubt they will ever take their heads outside their pants.
As for Putin and his war mongering mates, they need to be exterminated once and for all.
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There's always a hope that Ukraine will seize many Iranian drones from surrendering Russion troops, and use them to destroy the Kremlin when Putin and his mates are there. A just reward for a terrorist clan.
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1 hour ago, sambum said:
Ha ha! You seem to do an awfully good job about talking about nothing!
Many years of practice, mate. But there is a clue in my responses.
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16 hours ago, sambum said:
However, you do at least talk about it - you don't think it's pointless because you can't do anything about it!
And I also think this lot would be better off employed by Bertram Mills!
Not a lot to talk about since our moderator has censored right wing responses, which is probably a sensible approach.
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6 minutes ago, sambum said:
But you can still have an opinion about something knowing that it has little chance of directly altering anything - nobody is suggesting you join a rally, but by voicing an opinion, you let people know which side of the fence you sit on!
Is that so. If there's something I could resolve there's no need to worry, and if there's something I cannot resolve there's no need to worry.
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1 minute ago, sambum said:
So if something doesn't affect you, you don't have an opinion on it?
And surely, a change in leadership/government in the country you are (presumably) living in could affect you - in numerous ways?
As I said before, referring to the prime minister, there's probably nothing I could do about it. I'm too old to join rallies nowadays.
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38 minutes ago, sambum said:
But we still can have an opinion - which is partly what this forum is all for.
I prefer to have an opinion on what would affect me, but each to their own, I guess.
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As far as foreigners are concerned, we have no input into whoever is prime minister or any other minister. Pointless, IMO.
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The Leo strong brew No 8 is only 5.1%, but tastes much better than the 5%.
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I've been around too long to accept any of their explanations regarding who is NOT benefitting from this business. They will probably pay off the authorities, the police, and the victims families, and when the heat simmers down, begin again. And the customers will return like lemmings.
Greed being the winner.
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13 hours ago, BangkokReady said:
Markets seem to be the only real worry there. Even though they are outsidc is just as culpableye, people go form person to person nattering. If they do this without a mask, it's going to increase spread. Many outbreaks/super spreaders came from markets.big
Many outbreaks/super spreaders came from humans yapping wherever they might be.
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39 minutes ago, swm59nj said:So much debate on the Covid vaccine and boosters.
Either you get it or don’t get it. It’s your decision and your health. If you want to take the risk and get seriously ill. Don’t be whining how you should have gotten the vaccine.One thing I do notice. Most of the people that don’t want to get the vaccine. Their main reasons are if they have to pay for it. And their 18th century medical opinions.
My main reason after suffering the alpha or beta variant when there was no vaxxes available is that I have reached natural immunity following delta, and providing I keep my immune system healthy, I couldn't give a fig about the new variants as I'm no risk to anyone else on the planet.
Scaremongering, that's what it is now.
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I think the owner should be put down.
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1 hour ago, Neeranam said:
The Thai Constitution is for Thai citizens. This is not discrimination.
Of course foreigners have different entry requirements.
Exactly my point.
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33 minutes ago, stephenterry said:
Exactly. A forever Racist country - at least the government is doing its best to continue to segregate Thais and foreigners into different Covid buckets. And extort insurance cover.
A democratic country shouldn't discriminate. So why are Thailand discriminating? Answer above.
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Pubs and bars in parts of Thailand a step closer to 4am closing
in Thailand News
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It would make more sense for the pubs etc to open at 11am and NOT close any sales outlets at 2p.m to 5p.m. As for 4a.m. closure, IMO, it would not be my cup of tea, especially if loud music was still being played.