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I once asked my B.F., he answered "it's the birthday of Father Christmas".

and leave the tip daily not at the end of your visit. You have no way of knowing the right staff member will get it AND they know another tip coming tomorrow might try a little harder for you. Leave under the pillow. At Malaysia hotel years ago, I got flowers every day (presumably liberated from a leaving guest's last day --- but the thought counts).

Papasan? You mean mamasan? No such person as papasan ----- nothing to do with father or mother.

Nothing that a big hug and a big cock won't cure, Sis. Well, a big cock at least. 😉 I agree with you about Elaine and Dylan. I was moved by all five of the finalists, plus some others. I was actually surprised that I ended up liking a few of the social media and "influencers" types. Since I basically view Tik Tok as crap. Some of it was the Mom thing. Granted, dancing with your kids on a counter is superficial. But I grew to like a few of those types who were Moms. Who I would normally just dismiss if all I saw was some insipid video they did. Alix Earle was an interesting example of authenticity. She would top my list of "stars" I started out viewing as plastic social media types. But by the last few episodes she was tearing up. You may disagree, but it seemed real to me. She was probably the best dancer, but not the most moving person. So what was interesting to me is that by the end of the season I actually got the feeling there was a heart beating in there somewhere. Some of the other influencers, like Charli D'Amelio who won several seasons back, just seemed plastic through and through to me. But you are absolutely correct that they are all performers, and the show is all about performance. And our Boy Wonder from Down Under sure did that well.

is not matter of believing, rather than remembering what happened to Malaysian aircraft over Ukraine

Very true. But you surely cannot seriously believe that any airline - or even privately owned plane - would ever consider a take-off or landing near a conflict zone? Cabin briefing: "Ladies and Gentlemen, now that you know about seat belts and emergency exits, let me just remind you that you may see the occasional rocket passing by the windows. No need to worry. This aircraft is fully insured!" FYI the nearest functional airport is Ubon Ratchanthani - 100 kms away. No aircraft is going to approach or depart from that airport anywhere near the disputed border area. On the Camobdian side there is one airport relatively close but it does not have a commercial licence.

Who is doing one of Shakespeare's works in the thread ? LMAO.......... Oh Othello I knew ye well.

I have no idea what his reply meant. The profiles were translated so maybe bromance or no penetration were a bad translation of what the GP meant,

exactly because skirmish is miniscule and senseless , nobody outside needs to join, few angry sounding ' fuck you ' or the like from somebody in charge would fast calm hot heads on both sides . I'm surprised Xi did not do his part yet. As for downing the plane, I'm not sure you know that planes are not always all the time high up there. Hard to believe but from time to time they are taking off or landing making the more vulnerable. Ask some VietCong veteran

Dear @vinapu, you have an overactive imagination. Do you seriously expect any airline to fly anywhere near to that skirmish? And do you seriously believe either party has the rocket power to down a plane - as happened with the MH flight over the Ukraine? And do you further believe that even if one of their nationals is killed, that will mobilise that country to join this little skirmish between two relatively insignificant countries? Not in the slightest, is my view.

The web has many indices. Factual figures illustrate that over the 60 years from 1965 and today £100 then is now the equivalent of £2,474.45. That accounts for average inflation at 5.34% per annum. Considering that actual inflation in 1975 was 25% and the average actual total for the 1970s more than 13% per annum, my earlier figures were an underestimate. We are too used to the low inflation following the 2008 financial crisis and it tends to skew our perception. £1 in 1965 is worth just over 4 pence today. My starting salary was £19.90 per week. The equivalent now would be roughly £500 per week - and that's pretty much about average in my line of work. https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1965?amount=100

until one of their own people will be killed by the stray bullet or rocket or , even worse their plane will be brought down by the same. Then watch

Nice idea, but I regret my view is it will never happen. Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, other ASEAN countries and bigger players like China, Japan and South Korea have not the slightest interest in stopping what is a minute border skirmish between two nations who have had decades to sort it out themselves. All these nations have far more to concern themselves with.

It has been so for decades since the days of its President Joao Havelange in the mid-1970s. From being a worldwide event to be celebrated by the ordinary man in the street who loved the game, the arrival of money - vast sums of it - corrupted both FIFA and the World Cup. He resigned as President in 1998. A Swiss Prosecutor's Report (the HQ of FIFA is based in Switzerland) found that during his time at FIFA Hevelange and his son-in-law had syphoned off 41 million Swiss francs in bribes related to the awarding of World Cup marketing rights. By Havelange's time, big sporting corporations and others appealing to a mass market had realised the marketing potential of the World Cup. It then became a monster fund raising outfit where it had to turn down more sponsors that it could ultimately be seen to accept. That money and the profits from the World Cups were supposed to go to the development of soccer around the world. Some did, but a lot went to individual's pockets. Sepp Blatter was elected President after Havelange but only because he had courted the African and Asian delegates on the Executive Committee, non-entities as far as the European and South American delegates were concerned. He promised more exposure for their Federations. And at least he fulfilled that promise. The 2002 World Cup went to Asia for the first time with matches in Japan and Korea. He steered it to South Africa, again the first time on that continent, in 2010. By then, though, power and cash had long gone to his head. When he was twice re-elected, it was all but known he had bought off the opposition. One had been Michel Platini, a distinguished and highlly respected former footballer who headed UEFA. It was widely assumed he would win. Then he withdrew his candidacy. Later it was discovered Blatter had paid him US$1 million - "for services rendered"! Both claimed it was for genuine advice. Then tor the first time ever in 2010 he announced the next two World Cups at the same time. 2018 would go to Russia and 2022 to Qatar. The soccer world was aghast. Less about Russia and far more about Qatar. Qatar was not a footballing nation. It had hardly any stadia (and about 8 are required for World Cups). Worse, the World Cup had always been held in the west's summer months when most western countries have a long break. The heat in Qatar would, according to Blatter and the Qatari authorities, be minimised by special cooliing systems spraying water on to the fans. It was of course nonsense, and the dates ultimately had to be moved to November. Qatar ended up having import immigrant labour to build eight special stadia. The country promised they would be fully utilised after the Cup. Another broken promise. Most remain unused, just sitting gathering desert dust and are effectively white elephants. But Blatter's corruption really came to the fore with a company named ISL. Since around 1990 FIFA had engaged ISL to manage its highly lucrative corporate sponsorship deals and the sale of worldwide TV rights. Inevitably it is a long murky story, the essence of which is that ISL was managed by none other then Blatter's nephew. Worse, he had little marketing knowledge. In 2001 ISL filed for bankruptcy. A later Swiss investigation found that ISL had paid out hundreds of millions of Euros in bribes and was left with €150 million in debt. FIFA then took it over and put - surprise, surprise - Sepp Blater in charge. It doesn't end there! At the end of May 2015, seven FIFA officials were arrested outside a hotel in Zurich and US authorities charged a further 39 football officials with bribery. Swiss officials also stated they had opened investigations into the award of the World Cups to Russia and Qatar. The Swiss Attorney General's Office stated executives were being questioned on suspicion of "criminal mismanagement" and money laundering. FIFA's North American regional body known as CONCACAF was discovered not to have paid taxes for several years. Its former Sevrtary General Chuck Blazer was then found to be an FBI informant who had worn a wire in discussions with other Executive Committee members. FIFA then was a den of thieves. Under Infantino, it seems to be as bad, if not worse. https://yle.fi/a/3-8540226

You know what they say: scratch a cynic and find a romantic underneath

Remember, ALL is good in the world cause we have Trump as President Dictator. Trump, our savior and man of Peace !

So true Vinapu. We hardly ever hear about the ongoing massacres of the people in Myanmar by the army anymore.

Trump is always on board with ANYTHING he sees as a "money grab"..... I guess he and Constantino have some scheme worked out ? I enjoy rimming, but that thirsty bald bitch had his tongue WAY up Trumps anus.

I am somewhat of a cynic, and therefore NOT easily moved. And each and every person booked for that show is a "performer" of some sort, so they know how to work a camera and a crowd. Several of this seasons cast were influencers or reality show vets so "selling it" is their gig, but if its being done solely for the likes, to me it shows as inauthentic. The only person I was somewhat moved by was Elaine, partly for her lesbianic relationship with Lisa Ann Walters, and partly for her longevity in the biz...I also LOVED her in Dynasty....This show in particular is part dancing, part ACTING, and all of them showed acting skill in selling their stories and exaggerating their emotions. Also Dylan came in second for me in humbleness. I enjoyed watching his dorky insecurity blossom into "leading man" confidence.... He hasnt been in the biz long enough to be jaded, YET.

but pressure from immediate neighbours and biggest trading partners may do the trick as those skirmishes are destabilizing region and there's enough trouble with Myanmar already

I need one but yes , my guest are treated with fresh towel so you are right, at least on certain days like Monday to Thursday and Friday to Sunday I need more

And that is never going to happen. A tiny border skirmish that has been going on since the 1950s? I can just see the reaction of Iceland's people after its PM declares, "We have to get involved to stop this"!

while I agree with you and in reality I prefer straight guys as I have an impression they try harder, there may be others who actually may see difference for many reasons and may opt for either one. the same is with top/ bottom , kisser / not kisser , twink / hunk divide and list goes on and on.

not long ago there was faded old sign still hanging there , good 10 years after that bar closed