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2500 baht for a short time? I feel really old. On my first trip to Thailand the rate was 300 baht, maybe 400 for a gem. Brazil rates are much lower.

MOVE FORWARD!

McCarthy supports Santos...

Since I live in California, my vote (or not) counts for little. The state will vote blue.

Does Happy Water go well with a happy ending?

Young rice queens may exist...why not?...but they don't often have the money to travel and hire like us old farts.

Biden himself should have accepted early on that he was going to be a one term president. So I fault him first. I understand the reality of the situation, I'm just saying I can't support it. The poor American people. Or are they getting what they deserve? I think I know the answer.

I wouldn't spend a minute watching a show about Clarence and Ginni.

The Democrats have left us with few choices. They should have been encouraging candidates to come forward for the last 2 years.

"Central Escalator (HK island) - remembering reading so much about this sauna before heading to HK the first time. It was supposed to be the place where the young rice queens of HK would hang out. However, got pretty disappointed when I visited. It's quite small and it was almost all elder guys, both Westerns and locals. " Rice queens are not young Asians. The older ones wanting Asians are. So to speak.

LA Times columnist Johan Goldberg sums up his column: In short, we are on track to have a presidential contest between a whiny, disgraced, septuagenarian, characterologically unfit former president and an octogenarian incumbent who a majority of Americans believe is not mentally sharp enough for the job. Each has an incentive to run against the other because their best shot at winning is having the other as an opponent. As someone who thinks it would be truly dangerous to put Trump back in power, I think it’s truly irresponsible to run Biden against him. There’s still time to avert a no-win scenario, but that would require party leaders to lead. If these two old men end up being the nominees, the party hacks will insist it’s a “binary choice,” as if that excuses their role in putting us in such a calamitous predicament in the first place. It’s not supposed to be like this. Full column: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-09/political-parties-democrats-republicans-president-nominations-voting-biden-trump

Right now I cannot support a Biden/Harris ticket in 2024. Sure, Trump is not a good candidate either. So I wonder how our country has ended up with two old men running for President. Biden is too old and will be even older if elected. Harris did not make a good administrator in her San Francisco and Sacramento posts. She babbles and is already a failed contestant for President. Electing Biden is ultimately electing her President The Democrats have to know this, so why have we no real alternative? It's shameful.

53 Celsius equates to 127 Fahrenheit! Too hot for anyone! 123 is the hottest I have experienced.

We always tip the towel boy at 117. At 202 they are less helpful.

I've safely walked the Centro district many times. It's a fascinating area.

Glad to hear that @Tomcal is having a great trip.

I'll take the next train!

Who is advocating subway sex?

The Guardian today reports on how bad pollution in Thailand gets. The worst periods are during the cool season, which, of course, is when I prefer to visit! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/27/air-pollution-chokes-thailand-as-campaigners-call-for-stricter-laws-chiang-mai

In Brazil, bringing the visa on the old passport worked just fine for me. Not sure about Thailand.

Why can't a judge have a sex life that's public? Is there something wrong about sex?

These re not federal charges, so Biden cannot pardon Trump for them.

Ozempic is a very expensive drug. If you buy it cheap over the counter it would likely be counterfeit.

I appreciate the different opinions here. It's clear that I am in the minority. But, practically speaking, no one would expect that Trump would get anything more than a fine if convicted. It is a nonviolent offense and he has no record of convictions. Filing a civil suit over the same allegations would also result in a fine, maybe even greater than in criminal court, so I just don't get adding the excitement of criminal court just to excite his base. I won't cry if he is indicted, just to be clear.

Donald Trump says that he will be arrested on Tuesday, March 21st for the hush money paid to Stormy Daniels. He is already trying to make a circus out of it. My opinion is that the case isn't worth it. Why give Trump this platform and notoriety when you know that he won't be punished significantly for the crime? Personally, I'd be happy if we never heard from him again. Maybe that's a good plea agreement- charges dropped if you disappear!