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1 hour ago, bust said:

I suppose now you're going to tell me Independence Day wasn't entirely truthful 😃

 

At least it ain’t based on a real event 

4 hours ago, Old Hippie said:

The_Numbers was a regular late night conversation, sadly he passed away at age 42 about 2 years ago or so

Sad News about The Numbers, had some fun afternoons out with him and Suadum in Patpong many years ago

9 hours ago, bust said:

What is it with Hollywood's obsession with movies based around war?

Hollywoods obsession is with rewriting history on movies loosely based around warr

U-571 No the Americans did not intercept the Enigma Machine scepter in Hollywood, it was the Brits but whitewashed out of history

Saving Private Ryan Only America landed on D Day no mention of the Brits, Canuck’s or Aussies, The Mulberry Harbours and DD Tanks used in the D Day landings were both British inventions except in Hollywood when they were yank.

The Last Samurai, as if the Japanese Imperial Guard would be saved by a random American

Battle of the Bulge, Red Tails, Braveheart, The Patriot, Pearl Harbour and so on and so on, the list is endless.

And to make matters worse, many Americans believe the Hollywood remake of History as fact.

15 hours ago, Old Hippie said:

Others died, some too soon, others not soon enough

5555 That line tickled me.

10 hours ago, YimSiam said:

in retrospect I'd love those days back, 98 to around 05, good times

98 when the GBP was 91.7 THB those were the days, don’t get half of that now.

10 hours ago, YimSiam said:

A few of the Slow Horses/Slough House books, Mick Herron.  Not exactly Le Carre level read but not bad at all, funny throughout, and for a guy like me who's stalling out in the middle ranks of a big bureaucracy, right on the nose.  

Is the Main Character David  Brent?

 OK the Bomb on Hiroshima killed approx 140,000 in one pop, but what about

• France        350,000 Civilian Victims
• India.        2,000,000 Civilian Victims
• Korea.         400,000 Civilian Victims
• China.      16,000,000 Civilian Victims
• etc

In the overall scheme of things Japan got off pretty lightly compared to civilian deaths inflicted by the axis nations, you don’t hear the French crying over all the WWII movies set in France 

Data

Interesting take by the residents of Hiroshima saying the film didn’t go far enough and show the consequences of the A Bomb.

I will never understand the Japanese 

Instead of spending a fortune on furniture the homeless can’t sleep on, why not spend the money on the homeless problem instead.

Australia, the same as the UK, has a shortage of social and affordable housing is chronic underinvestment by governments of all levels and political persuasion over decades. Social and affordable housing is also not a very good "vote winner"

Well how about caring less about winning votes and caring more the the people you are elected to serve

Fuck me, a result after Nine years, and I thought my two year battle with my ex was long winded 

Top Result well done👍

1 hour ago, buffalo_bill said:

Donald is now started selling bibles,

Donny’s Commandments 

It collapsed like a deck of cards

There are 42 nudist beaches in the UK, why anyone would want to get their kit off on a UK summers day is beyond me

And talking of Musicals did you know that Phil Collins was the original Artful Dodger is the West End production of Oliver, not just rehearsed for the part but actually starred in the role.

The reason this fact remains largely unknown is due to him being famous for more than just one song 

7 minutes ago, bust said:

Not true

Polio survivor.

and how does this affect me

Was the original vocalist for Phantom Of The Opera for Andrew Lloyd Webber and was cast in the role and spent 5 months in rehearsal until replaced by Michael Crawford

Iif only in Rehearsal not the original vocalist, anyway I don’t watch or listen to musicals

Produced a number of songs for various artists.

Name one hit single that he has produced I have heard of

Appeared on numerous albums for various artists

Name one hit album he has appeared on I have heard of

Involved in the horse racing industry as an owner

Many People own racehorses, anyway means nothing to me as I don’t watch horse racing

Involved in charity work in Cambodia promoting landmine awareness

One of many, not exactly famous for such like Princess Di was now was he

 

6 minutes ago, bust said:

Just out of curiosity, how well did you know him 🙄

Well enough to know he was no more than a one hit wonder in my walk of life

15 hours ago, bust said:

was much more than a one-hit wonder,

Such as?

I’ll be damned if I can remember anything else he has done in music, or life in general for that matter.

There is the other side of the story coming out such as hy does the video only playing from a few moments in, what happened before.

Allegedly, this is hearsay so don’t quote me on this, the cop pulled them over and demanded a cash fine  (does happen A LOT) Brothers refuse, Cop pulls the gun on the Brothers waving it about  screaming at them, one of Brothers uses his MMA experience to disarm the cop, they empty the gun and chamber of bullets and offer the gun back to cop.

They are still dickheads mind, but I’ll be interesting to see if/when full video is released.

4 hours ago, Stickman said:

You really get the impression the Thais are fed up with misbehaving foreigners

Isn’t that true, look at the outrage on Phuket just last week, the Swiss owner of an Elephant sanctuary kicked a woman sat on the steps of his property at the beach.

Candle lit vigils, singing of the anthem, placard Wielding  protesters and his visa was revoked so he and his Thai wife have to leave Thailand 

As well as the USA the UK will have elections this year, the Party Broadcasts have already started 

Quote from the guys Father

“Who would have ever expected this? Just a couple of kids on a tourist trip.”

Kids? They are 36 and 34, maybe you as their father treating them as kids cause them to act like kids.