vinapu

agree, makes sense although not for me , at least since I become lesbian

I remember that moment surprisingly well and to answer your question , I think I was amused . I was before I went to school so I was probably 6 how it went ? Santa in our building visited our apartment as last. Instead of distributing goodies to me and my sister and flying empty handed back to North Pole he decided to sit down and have a chat with my parents. After we unwrapped our gifts I went to the room he was chatting to say my thanks again and noticed voice is very familiar and characteristic and said loudly " This is not Santa, this is Missis Valeria !" , our next door neighbour - it's why she finished her task in our unit.

how they manage to survive till 2 a.m. without a taking guy home earlier already with all that opportunities is beyond me

he still prefers to sleep for free on your balcony with crow as a bonus alarm clock

One of solution is to use somebody who is already there as intermediary who will hand money over and will get reimbursed or be given money in advance as those things are easier in our countries. Of course degree of trust is required.

Lee Oswald came to her recue I guess

I'd say first bad for Germans themselves as saviour tuned total destructor in mere 12 years of 1000 Years Reich

good news is that all this gerrymandering did not produce intended results. That is what happens when people are really pissed off it seems

and then USA has audacity to complain about other countries trying to influence elections somewhere , if not outright in the USA itself

+1

government is working overtime to make entering Thailand easier and easier . What's next? proof of sufficient funds in cash, say 1000 baht per day of intended stay, to make things easy in 20 baht notes only ?

You are not stupid. You just want to help somebody who you feel deserved it. Whether you saw him 3 times or 333 , it's irrelevant. Don't overthink it , just send what you feel like. Your good karma will follow . In beginning of Covid, upon learning boy I met only once but was very impressed with, got stuck in his native Cambodia and took very low job , just to stay afloat, with help of forum friend I sent him some money. Boy barely remembered me if at all and yet, 2 years later when we met by chance in soi 4 he recognized me then, thanking me several times. Rest i.e. subsequent multiple offs is just a history

confirmed

Technically you are right but that the way of thinking of people used to "first past the post " kind of elections you are used to. In countries with proportional representation , quite often there's no winner in that sense , winner is one who eventually get the top job. I was referring to that statement by Peter : "PS: I doubt if the Iranians hold much faith in free and fair elections. They will have noted that such a process elected Trump and Netanyahu! " Hindenburg giving him ( Adolf, not Peter ) Reichkanzler's job was acting by the book, as we learned later , bad book but still book.

this is what diasporas , safe in their countries of residence usually hope for . Somebody invades , regime changes and they hope locals will greet them with flowers which may, or , quite often, may not be a case.