a-447

I didn't know that.

You need to fill out a digital forum in order to enter Malaysia. Last year I wasn't aware of this and was stopped at immigration and had to go online and fill it out on the spot. I travelled with Malaysia Airlines and they didn't ask me if I had filled it out when I went to check in. This trip I filled it out a couple of days before departure and Immigration was a breeze - I basically walked straight through without having to deal with immigration officials. Japan has a similar digital system which you complete before arrival. It gives you a qr code and it really speeds things up. Those poor souls who don't get the qr code have to waste time filling in Immigration forms. Cathay Pacific uses face recognition at Narita. You put in a few details and then walk through Immigration and Customs.

"Neither of us has seen results on a polygraph" 😂😂😂😂😂 Oh, and btw, are you sure that's a horse?? 😂😂😂😂😂

"a-447 has had ample opportunity to provide links to sources which would factually support his opinion" I'm not posting my opinion - I'm telling you what actually happened. "That being said, the Wikipedia article indicates that the farmers whose land was purchased to built Narita obtained their land in the late 1940s, during the period of US administration--not hundreds of years ago" Oh, dear! Again, you can't see the woods for the trees. I've already explained the feudal background to the working of the land in Japan. In your ignorance you are happy to ignore the importance of the farming tradition - a tradition that goes back to feudal times. " a BBC interview with the hapless farmer" You ask for evidence so where is yours that the farmer is "hapless"? "had already said that I didn't believe the farmer when he stated he didn't regret his decision not to sell" You ask for evidence so where is your evidence that leads you to that belief? His temporary relief from the lack of noise from the aircraft is not evidence of some kind of eternal on- going regret. If you think it is, where is your evidence? "that link didn't provide any evidence to the contrary" It was straight from the horse's mouth! He knows how he feels, but you are saying to him :" No, you don't! I know how you feel, not you!" Such arrogance. Keep digging! 😂😂😂😂

Found it!

We go back a long way.

That non-response tells us all we need to know about you, Bucky. You come across as yet another unsophisticated, uneducated and un-questioning member of the cult.

Yep, Trump is Putin's useful idiot.

The problem with the tiktok "first person accounts" is that they are simply opinions from people who are nobodys. You could get these types of opinions from someone you sit next to on the bus. You need to post videos from experts in their fields, supported by evidence. As for Liberals saying silly stuff, why haven't you called out Trump for his stupid comments, such as calling Zelenski a dictator but not Putin, saying that Ukraine should never have started the war but not calling out Putin for invading Ukraine, telling Covid victims to drink bleach, telling them it would just magically disappear, falsely claiming immigrants were eating cats and dogs, claiming that he would date his daughter if he were not his father, saying Zelenski's poll figure was only 4%....... And there's this statement he made when describing his new book : “So it’s a book of pictures, largely, with statements, but a book of pictures.” You totally lack credibility if you don't call him out. "Why be one-sided?" you ask. Why, indeed!

Great suggestion, Mac. It makes it a lot easier to find what we are looking for.

Wouldn't Russian intelligence know who was in the hotel - humanitarian workers of various nationalities? Afterall, they knew who was in the theatre and the 'scout camp' that you mentioned.

I hope they pay a lot of attention to English pronunciation. Some Asians speak perfectly grammatical English but shorten the vowels, making it hard for me to understand.

So if Trump is helping Russia by cutting off US satellite data, why is Russia targeting Americans in Ukraine? I don't get it.

According to the news article, "One smashed into a hotel where Ukrainian, British and US volunteersfrom a humanitarian organisation had just checked into."

Do the guys in the j/o contest wear masks, like they did in Tawan? That spoils it for me.

Gay relationships are not allowed any time in Islam, so I'm hoping Ramadan won't make a difference. Fingers crossed!

Bucky,are you OK with Russia targeting a hotel, shops and residential buildings?

Trump's chaotic treatment of America's closest allies and friends, as compared to his smooth and orderly treatment of Its traditional enemy, Russia, has merely served to force those allies into each others arms and to seek new friends. As the general consensus is that America can no longer be trusted in economic, political and military spheres - certainly the sentiment here in Australia - new alliances and trade agreements with other countries will be formed and these will exclude the U.S., which will become isolated in the world. America's only friends will be those authoritarian regimes with which it recently voted in the United Nations - Russia, Iran and North Korea. (How is this lunacy even possible??) Who knows? They could abandon the US dollar in favour of the Euro and form closer ties with BRICS countries. China should benefit from Trump's incompetence, I imagine. America relies on its allies to supply all types of consumer goods and raw materials - it is not self-sufficient and probably never will be. Reciprocal tariffs from dozens of its former allies will cripple the US economy. They, too, will suffer but there is strength in numbers. Even if Trump changes his mind, chances are they will say :"Sorry, we've mover on now and don't need you any more." Is this the America you voted for, Bucky?

Why not consult with the mobile phone guys upstairs in MBK? If it's possible to join Line with an American number they would know. And if it isn't, they could probably find a way around it.

I totally agree. There are lots of Asians who can not tolerate alcohol. I've seen a number of guys over the years who were virtually forced to drink shots on stage and were clearly uncomfortable doing it, with or without monetary compensation. Some seemed on the verge of vomiting. My regular in Pattaya used to work in Eros. He's not a drinker and said he hated it when customers wanted him to drink shots or participate in drinking games. The bar put pressure on him to accede to the customers' wishes. This is only for the enjoyment of the customers! Tbh, I've never heard of drinks being spiked in gay bars in Thailand, but come to think of it, it wouldn't be difficult to do. Disgusting.

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." JFK Was he a friend of yours, by any chance? 😂

I've only smoked it a couple of times and although I loved its effect, I don't indulge. But does that mean buying cannabis in Thailand is a waste of time if you want to get high? What effect will just 2% have? Have many of those marijuana shops now closed?

Complaining about font size is a first world problem. "proves that the farmer's behavior is not something uniquely Japanese" I never said it was. "You continue to ignore that the only two parties which supported the farmer have either disappeared completely in one case, and have only minimal representation in the National Diet in the other case." What has their disappearance got to do with anything? The fact that the farmer is still there after these parties disappeared should tell you something! It's totally irrelevant. Your argument is that the farmer was only supported by 2 political movements and nobody else. If that were true, common sense would surely suggest that the government would not have given into him. The Japanese people were on the side of the farmer, as was portrayed at the time in the media. The government caved in to public pressure. (Have you ever heard of that happening before? I guess not). You don't know that because you weren't there.

I went to GB every night on my trip last year. There was smoking throughout the bar and some of the boys were sitting in the bar smoking during the rotation. Maybe they have changed the rules now, but confining smokers to the back of the bar is a waste of time. The bar still stinks. If you are a smoker, you won't notice it. They have seating outside the bar so the bar should send smokers there. I don't smoke at home, but I do in Thailand. Then I can sit in the smoking area and get up close and friendly with the boys during the ladyboy acts or when the guys are on rotation. Any remaining cigarettes get thrown in the bin at the airport.

"just because you explain your position" I'm not explaining my own position. I'm explaining the farmer's position. "I have shown examples of dozens of people who similarly turned down generous offers.." So what? How on earth is that relevant? Please explain. "... and paid the consequence" What consequence has he paid? He won the fight to keep his farm. That's all that mattered to his family. And for the last 50 years they have quietly gotten on with their lives. "this was the only farmer (all of the rest were also Japanese) who rejected the offers" Watch the video again. He said that 5 other farms remain within the airport precinct. And are you sure they were all Japanese? Nobody from say, the Cook Islands or from one of the where-the-fuck-a Stan countries, perhaps? 😂 And I will repeat my question, as you forgot to reply. Why did the government move the original location of the airport if it wasn't for the refusal of the farmers to sell their land? "...the lone farmer's behavior was, in all appearances, quite "un-Japanese" (anti-social and pig-headed)." See my previous comment. Do try to keep up, Unicorn. "It is you who claimed the "whole country" was behind him" See my previous comments. Do try to keep up, Unicorn. "only a fringe political group supported him." See my previous comments. Do try to keep up, Unicorn. "most other Japanese people apparently disagree with you" See my previous comments. Do try to keep up, Unicorn. And I've just seen one of my own previous comments : "I've has enough of talking to a brick wall, so I'll let you carry on arguing with the BBC." But I haven't had this much fun since my incident with the turkey baster! 😂😂