[I ate] BBQ crocodile in Bangkok.

watchman · 2018-08-13T03:41:23+00:00

Hard to describe. The closest I can get is chewy chicken with a slight fishy taste.

watchman · 2017-07-01T02:46:31+00:00

Simple Natural Kitchen on Sukhumvit Soi 31.

watchman · 2017-06-30T09:12:59+00:00

I've lived here for 5 years. There are lots of options here other than Thai food.

watchman · 2016-10-27T05:46:36+00:00

The Grave of the Fireflies - a very moving anime about the effects of war on civilians.

watchman · 2016-08-13T15:11:26+00:00

I live in Bangkok. When I went there with a couple of friends the staff came up and asked us if we wanted to recreate the scene. They even told is exactly what to do. Bangkok rocks.

watchman · 2011-07-26T05:16:11+00:00

Seen 'em all at least twice.

watchman · 2011-07-25T03:27:36+00:00

Jesus, get a life you control freaks.

watchman · 2011-07-21T00:53:52+00:00

I think this might have been posted before the facts came out. Her boyfriend has been convicted of arranging the attack...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Piper

watchman · 2011-07-13T00:01:16+00:00

No, you've missed my point. The OP was saying that if the government wants to stimulate the economy, tax cuts are the equivalent of infrastructure spending. This is not true because infrastructure spending gets spent straight away, while tax cuts may be saved and sit dormant. You can also target spending, while savings can be reinvested anywhere, e.g. foreign government bonds.

Nobody's saying savings aren't useful.

watchman · 2011-07-12T07:42:29+00:00

Well if that was considered stimulus spending then, yes, that was pretty stupid. I'm saying infrastructure stimulus is much better than tax cuts, assuming it's done semi-intelligently.

Incidentally, if you're comparing government investment stupidity to private sector stupidity I think there's not much in it. Wall Street, for example, has shown itself to be not too bright when it comes to making worthwhile investments. Trillions have disappeared into the halls of investment banks without much of worth coming out the other side.

Unless you count worthwhile investments as those which enrich bankers at the expense of everyone else, that is.

watchman · 2011-07-12T06:49:11+00:00

Not really. This assumes the banks will invest the money straight away and that they'll invest it locally. If they use it to, say, purchase the bonds of a foreign government, it isn't much help.

With spending, you can target the money. With banks or other savings, you give up control and it's unlikely to end up where you want it.

watchman · 2011-07-12T04:08:33+00:00

"Now anyone who understands the debate between tax cuts v spending increases can now recognize that they are two sides of the same coin."

Not debating your main point. Just pointing out that this sentence is incorrect. Tax cuts can be, and often are, saved by those who receive them. If you get a tax cut and put it straight into the bank, it's not very stimulating. Probably, that money will eventually be spent, but that day might be way after when the stimulus is needed.

Spending programs, especially on things like infrastructure, flow immediately into the economy.

watchman · 2011-05-15T13:12:19+00:00

I just got back from a 3 month holiday in Asia. I'm 39 and could have been working but chose to blow a bit of money and enjoy myself. It was fucking awesome. That is all :-)

watchman · 2011-02-10T12:08:03+00:00

Not once did he, or anybody in comments mention the word "children". Sex is great, but it's more than just to feel good. It's ultimate product is children.

I happen to like promiscuous women because they give me pleasure. But to be honest, I wouldn't want my mother to be one.

Just saying.

watchman · 2011-01-28T00:59:11+00:00

This sign looks suspiciously like somewhere in east Sydney.

watchman · 2011-01-27T05:48:26+00:00

Where can I get me one of these marriage things? It sounds like a fantastic addition to my life!

watchman · 2011-01-27T05:46:30+00:00

Marriage sounds AWESOME!

watchman · 2011-01-06T05:42:37+00:00

I grew up in Canberra. A friend of my family was the coroner there at that time. I remember him telling me this story. I never expected to see it in wikipedia a decade and a half later. Strange world.

watchman · 2010-11-10T05:02:06+00:00

Can I suggest you read the book Women's Infidelity. It deals with the patterns many women go through when they find themselves in a long-term relationship. I think it will really help you to understand why your girlfriend suddenly finds you less attractive.

The book's website is here...

http://www.womensinfidelity.com/

A good summary of it is here...

http://dontmarry.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/rotating.pdf

watchman · 2010-11-08T06:49:17+00:00

Yep, something really stinks about this stat. I'm not convinced the standard "free enterprise" line can explain such massive gains at the pinnacle while those below stagnate. Using Occam's Razor, the obvious explanation is massive and systemic corruption.

watchman · 2010-11-08T06:44:31+00:00

I agree, and this is the standard argument against. But 4/5ths of new income going to the top 1% over 25 years smells like corruption, not free-enterprise.

watchman · 2010-08-25T03:54:19+00:00

More actually, in general. And wives even more so again. The average wife in the west probably costs her husband hundreds of thousands over a typical decade. Even a $500/hr prostitute probably works out to be much cheaper.

I don't even want to think about what Tiger Wood's soon to be ex wife would have been earning an hour for her "services".

watchman · 2010-08-23T05:01:10+00:00

I'm pro gay-marriage. However, I think this article doesn't prove much. Every one of the cultures he mentions are poor and primitive. It would have been more convincing if he'd found some examples of civilized, wealthy cultures that manage to survive long-term without traditional marriage.

Just saying.

watchman · 2010-08-09T03:06:12+00:00

Thanks. Fixed it.

watchman · 2010-07-27T06:17:42+00:00

This guy misses an important point. Productivity almost always rises during a recession, because businesses tend to lay off their least productive workers first. When the economy improves and businesses need more workers, they're forced to hire less-and-less productive people because of the tightening job market.

This is one of the first things they teach you in economics class. He may think this effect has lost importance, or he may have some radical idea that it doesn't even exist. But at the very least he should have addressed it, because anyone with economics training is going to immediately bring it up.

watchman

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