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but still entertaining for the onlooker. Uninformed criticism of another country's cuisine can be very funny (and if they're judging by the "menu turistico" or equivalent, uninformed is what it will be.) Still, it may not tell us anything about the food, but it clearly exposes the critic's prejudices or lack of knowledge.

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I'd worry about accusations of defacing the currency, since it bears a certain portrait.

I thought that cannabis for leisure use had been banned? You're quoting a post over 2 years old...

Yes, it's the Tonson Night Market in Mahachai. This is not the famous Mahachai Market on the train tracks. I was amused to discover a tourist website which doesn't even mention the train, but suggests you can get there by boat: "Head to the nearest Chao Phraya River pier. Take a boat heading towards 'Nonthaburi' or 'Wat Rajsingkorn' and disembark at 'Mahachai' pier. From there, walk straight for about 10 minutes, following the signs towards Mahachai Market." DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! 😆 (for those who don't know, Nonthaburi and Wat Rajsingkorn are at opposite ends of the Chao Phraya Express and it goes nowhere near Mahachai.)

That's the one. Inductive logic and all that. "Rational science" (is there another kind?) is based on evidence, for example when a personally-experienced BMW ride falsifies a "no BMWs on offer" hypothesis.

Don't overlook that Bangkok institution, the Bamboo Bar at the Mandarin Oriental. Jazz for him, cocktails for you.

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3242 square metres. That matches Google Earth's estimate for the area of the entire soi, except for the gated-off part at the far end (reputed to be where the owners live). The big question is, is it in @Olddaddy's price range?

I think I'm glad that I can't.

In the words of Sir Henry Rawlinson (he of Rawlinson End, not the Assyriologist of the same name), "If I had all the money I’d spent on drink... I’d spend it on drink". Substitute other goods and services as appropriate.

I think you're both right. @Travelingguy is talking about light aircraft, not airliners, and crashes, not necessarily fatalities. The detailed statistics are no doubt different but I don't think that's the issue. The point is that takeoff is a dangerous phase of flight because everything mechanical is under maximum stress, so undetected problems may make themselves known, and when they do you have neither height nor speed in reserve to deal with them.

"Twink" is said to be derived from the Hostess Twinkie, a kind of cake which is of little nutritional value but "golden-colored, sweet and full of cream".

The boy? yes. The artist? no idea.

Sounds like a friend of a friend of mine (no, not apocryphal, we really did meet once) who had some kind of issue with bodily contact. He would off a boy and then just draw him.

Not all boys are boys. We've had questions here before now from members who didn't understand tomboy clubs 🍆🍑

That looks unlikely. I suspect your sources are defining their terms differently. So I asked duck.ai (GPT-4o): "is the current covid death rate significantly different between Thailand and UK?" It replied: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Search As of mid-June 2025, the COVID-19 death rates in Thailand and the UK show notable differences: Thailand Total Confirmed Deaths: Approximately 34,715 deaths from around 4,799,180 confirmed cases. Death Rate: This results in a death rate of about 0.72% (34,715 deaths / 4,799,180 cases). United Kingdom Recent COVID-19 Deaths: In the week ending June 13, 2025, there were 69 deaths attributed to COVID-19, which accounted for 0.6% of total deaths that week. Total Deaths Registered: The total number of deaths registered in the UK for that week was 10,902, with COVID-19 being the underlying cause for 45 deaths (0.4% of total deaths). Comparison Overall Death Rate: The overall death rate in Thailand (0.72%) is higher than the recent COVID-19 death rate in the UK, which is significantly lower when considering the total population and the recent weekly statistics. Contextual Factors: The differences in death rates can be attributed to various factors, including healthcare systems, vaccination rates, public health responses, and demographic differences. In summary, Thailand currently has a higher COVID-19 death rate compared to the UK, reflecting the ongoing impact of the pandemic in different regions. Search Results COVID-19 pandemic death rates by countryWikipedia Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, pro...Office for National Statistics

Well, you are quoting from the Daily Mail.

I think you have that backwards...

Does he know what they all mean?

Could it be something really obvious, like the eSIM has run out of minutes, or you've reached its expiry date?

No. HTH.

All the above is equally true if you replace "QR code" with "clickable link".

So can clicking on a link. QR codes aren't magic, just another way of delivering the same data.

Before doing something controversial, I find it's worth asking: What is my objective? Can it be achieved? Will this action achieve it? ... and, subsequently, did it?