for US service members.

I wonder if this is part of the abstinence policy Laura Bush has been pushing in Africa?

Aren't we all glad that this has happened now and not during the American War - as it is known in Vietnam - because if this rule had been enacted then there would now be no Pattaya, which as we all know was an R and R creation of the US Forces.

Of course, patronise has a couple of meanings:
1: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of someone or something;
2: assume sponsorship of;
3: treat condescendingly;
4: be a regular customer or client of.

I guess some of us patronise in more than one sense :wav: