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And I had to keep watching, if only to see how excessively underwhelming the next bunch were. I wonder how this makes them more efficient fighting folk.

'new to me' exists as a concept in Thai?

All four look related to me

Ditto, I would suggest that most of us have family in both nations. At the time of Australia's colonisation, NZ was an outlier, full of whalers and what could euphemistically be called traders and pirates. The Bay of Islands in the north was known as the whorehouse of the South Pacific. Unfortunately, not anymore.

For your edification, the vast number of early Western settlers of Australia, were prisoners of mother England or 'Poms', as Australia was a prison colony for Das Englander. Along with the prison staff and various government types, modern Australia was born. This accounts for Australians' general disregard for concepts such as 'Class Structure' and reverence of authority, two of their more appealing characteristics.

Vientiane had a thriving wet market right in town. The one night the place burned to the ground, what firefighting efforts could be mustered, a couple of donated '70s ex Japanese trucks, could not get near the place for all the vendors trying to rescue stock and their vehicles. The Chinese owner had construction grade exclusion fences up, around the entire perimeter by 7 am the next morning. The vendors had been given notice to move ahead of new construction, but were reticent. The fire arrived some months before the deadline to move. Or it was purely accidental.

Saying this in NZ would get me lynched, by overly strong, emotional and illogical women, who consider the existence of others irrelevant. but you said it first. I guess I'm guilty of misogyny for parroting it.

Difficulty getting citizenship implies that it can be gained. I would think that the Hidden Kingdom just outright bans it.

Not on aeroplanes, not if I can help it

Disclaimer: I am not opposed to any of the groupings of females noted below, doing whatever it is they wish to. I support them. What I am questioning is the logic, the thought processes and perhaps the hypocrisy, that may or may not be present. Reading an article I came across, this - "Fertility Associates treated 300 women using donor sperm last year: 156 were single (compared with 86 in 2012), 88 were in lesbian relationships and 56 were in heterosexual relationships." http://www.listener.co.nz/lifestyle/health/desperately-seeking-sperm/ So, more than half were single and Lesbians outnumbered Hetero. If we assume that the single women were not all physically handicapped or so ugly men wouldn't go near them, then the conclusion to make is that they are choosing to have kids without fathers. Poor kids, what a selfish way to go, the mothers must be suffering from a 'Princess' complex where they are too good for men - what yer think? I still find the thought of Lesbians using sperm to have kids anomalous. They've chosen to, or are fundamentally unable to, take part in heterosexual life and yet they want the fruits, the progeny, what happens to the kids if the are boys? This is mystifying. Have at it

Is there any other kind?

You can't make this up But after the interruption of the planned demonstration by soldiers from the Second Calvary Division of the First Army Region, Royal Thai Police commissioner Pol Gen Somyot Phumphanmuang came out to defend the demonstration saying it was merely a misunderstanding caused by misinformation. The commissioner said the Royal Thai Police and the Special Branch Bureau have been allocated budget from the government to procure wiretapping devices for use. He said an Israeli supplier has approached the Royal Thai Police and scheduled today to demonstrate its devices. However he said as the Army has learned of the Israeli approach, it then asked the firm to explain whether these electronic devices have been granted import permission legitimately or not. He said the soldiers then invited the Israeli technicians and staff to their office for clarification and to display import documents. He said the Israeli firm has insisted all its devices have been imported for demonstration legally. Pol Gen Somyot said an Army colonel had phoned him saying he suspected some devices might be illegally smuggled into the country and sought his permission to interrupt the demonstration. The commissioner recalled he immediately rang the First Army Region commander and the commander of the Second Calvary Division and also explained to the Israeli technicians of the Army’s request and the firm agreed to cooperate. Pol Gen Somyot added it happened because of misunderstanding and he would ask the firm to return again for demonstration. ___________________ http://englishnews.t...l-branch-bureau vis Thai Visa

They must be stepping up security, I had no trouble getting my wife into NZ. But then, I used a leather suitcase.

Whilst I have a certain admiration for people who make their own decisions about their kids' future, I see real social problems, being created by people who want to live 'off the grid' but then avail themselves of 'the grid' at the drop of the hat when they need it. This is not just an argument about whether to not there is an entitlement to society's benefits, but whether or not they are skilled enough to interface with 'the grid' or whether or not they do harm to 'the grid'. I saw a family on the TV the other day where the teenage kids were teaching themselves to read, from texts on their phones, they could not read a basic web page with things like 'home' on it. Can you imagine a teenager taking an injured sibling to hospital to save it's life? would they know how to recognise a hospital? would they know what a hospital was? could they read the road signs to get there? Then there's the vaccination issue, pockets of measles are still threatening thousands of thousands of infants and kids because 'off the grid' folk know better. It'd be different if the 'off the grid' folk could be put behind a wall, and left to their mediaeval life, but unfortunately, they all end up wanting mobile phones etc.

This is very good, more please

". I'm often supprised how many farang have no pride in themselves, their country of birth or their Kings and Queens ... " That's because we know that English Royalty are just people, who are not gods, not special, except by accident of birth. Their only attraction is that they usually have vast wealth. When you find the occasional poor Royal, no one is that interested.

Well it's retrograde, if people copy and paste and attribute, it's more Kudos for the paper. Sure there are some that will copy and not attribute, but that's a small number and goes with the territory. It comes from the find of thinking that won't allow people to drink coffee at their desks, that sort of thing, pinheads.

I wonder if Newton was ever peer reviewed

Fierce Creatures 1997 - the follow up to A Fish Called Wanda - John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Ronnie Corbett et al. Funnier than it was the first time around. Worth a watch. Inherent Vice 2014 - I really liked this, a very Hippy, 60's, slow moving, Detective Noire - Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin (very good), Owen Wilson, well worth a watch. Mortdecai 2015 - Panned by critics apparently, I liked it, if they make a sequel I'll watch it, it takes a moment to get used to Johnny Depp doing a "Dr. Bombay" from the Bewitched TV series, but I laughed several times and his manservant is beaut, well worth a watch. Sharky's Machine 1981 - remember when Rachel Ward was the sexiest thing on the planet? Well here she is in a movie, tastes have changed I feel. Burt Reynolds - well I guess he's not the actor people reckon he is/was, pretty dismal performance, mooning about the place. Enough shoot outs and fighting to be worth a watch if you're bored and wanna see Rachel again.

Its Bangkokpost, they have protection, if I view the source I can copy the content...

Here y'go Investigators on Tuesday discovered a second remote jungle gravesite believed to contain the remains of trafficked migrants as police arrested the chief of the village near the first set of mass graves discovered Friday. Yali Khrem, headman for Taloh's Moo 8 village in the Songkhla town of Padang Besar turned himself in to police today, bringing to five the number of local politicians and foreign nationals arrested over the discovery of more than two dozen bodies Friday in the hidden Sadao district trafficker camp. Arsan Intanu, a member of tambon Padang Besar municipal council, Ro-ae Sonyale and Ali Lamoh, both assistant village chiefs in Padang Besar and a Myanmar national identified as Soe Naing Anwar were arrested Monday. Pol Lt Gen Prawut Thawornsiri, spokesman for the Royal Thai Police Office said police have initially pressed charges of human trafficking, illegal detention, and kidnapping for ransom against the suspects. Three others are still at large: Prasit Lemleh, deputy chief of Padang Besar municipality, Chaoren Thongdaeng and Pakapol Benlatae. The latest arrest came as investigators scoured the jungle-covered Khao Kaew mountain for other camps and migrant-detention sites. A second camp was uncovered just a kilometre from Friday's discovery. Pol Lt Gen Prawut said it was found last night 25 kilometres west of Padang Besar. "We also found five graves, but cannot yet confirm whether any bodies are in them. Authorities will look into this," he added. Rights groups have long accused the Thai authorities of turning a blind eye to -- and even being complicit in -- human trafficking. This week's arrest lend credence to those allegations. Pol Lt Gen Prawut said five officials from Padang Besar have been arrested on human trafficking charges since the first camp was discovered. He said authorities are checking if the two local officials still on the run have fled the country. Local police also have been hit by the scandal. A separate police statement issued Tuesday said 15 law-enforcement officers in southern Thailand have been transferred from their positions, including a senior officer in Padang Besar and another in Satun province.

They had to do a DNA test? that would have caused pause, in her majesty's morning...

The Glorious People's Republic has no facility for residence, or anything like it. They have someone with status, looking at the possibility, but no progress in the last 5 years and none expected. MLG got residence in Middle Earth after 2 months and just over $1k.

Maybe they shot 'em all already. Lot of Sheriffs in China?