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I wouldn't be surprised if there are 250,000 in Pattaya alone

So you can have water thrown at you while you eat? Great concept!

I'm thinking about buying an MG4 EV. In the US there's been competition over various plug type standards, which Tesla appears to have won. I know that Europe has a different standard all EV's must use. What is the situation in Thailand? What plug type does the MG4 use? I'd have a home charger, but have been looking for chargers in areas I frequent. Can I assume I can use any charging station I see, or am I limited to stations compatible with my MG4 plug type?

I hope you're right. Because so far Trump has been pretty effective at convincing the public that Democrats are using "lawfare" to prosecute a political opponent, even though "we are not yet at the point in this campaign for the public to really care".

So when should candidates start to be concerned about what the public thinks about themselves and their policies? A month before the election? A week before the election?

True. But not particularly relevant to my original post which is below. Your graph, going back to the days following the Trump camp's underwhelming performance in the most recent mid terms, supports what I quoted above. That ^ is my point.

Thanks for the historical graph. IMO it backs up the point I made in my original post on this topic.

I don't want to see Trump reelected, so I find his rise in polls alarming and an indication that Democrat strategy to prevent that from happening isn't working. If it doesn't bother you, I guess you are representative of the Democratic establishment. I hope you're right and I'm wrong. In the meantime, what are you using in to guage voter sentiment in place of polling?

Did you read my earlier post? How do recent polls compare with polls in early 2023?

I've been watching. So far the court cases have boosted Trump's position in polling.

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While not a Trump supporter, I do agree with this. Trump lost 3 elections in a row. After foiling his party's chance to take over congress in the last mid term election, Republicans were sick of him. No one was showing up at his rallys. He was down in the Republican primary polls. If Democrats and the media turned their backs on him and ignored him he'd be another Al Gore or John Kerry. But instead they started dragging him into court on questionable cases. He deserved arrest over classified documents, but not Biden. He screamed unequal justice and rejuvenated his campaign. And the more court battles he wins; SCOTUS unanimously overturning the Colorado court, NY appellate court so far partially overturning the NYC court ruling, the more his claims look justified and the more his poll numbers increase. Democrats and the media should have turned their backs on him and let him wither on the vine of inattention.

I know fees can be avoided. My point is that handling cash is more expensive for banks than handling cashless transactions. I can see a day when they are therefore more expensive than cashless transactions and wonder how many would pay extra to continue using cash.

I can envision a time when one must pay for the privilege of using cash. Where does one get cash? At ATM's or branch offices, both of which cost banks money to maintain. There could come a time where there is a 5% fee in order the receive cash from an ATM or branch office. I know someone in the US running a business that generates a lot of cash, and his bank charges "excess cash deposit" fees on business account due to the extra expense of handling large quantities of cash. I wonder how many advocates of cash usage will continue to resist cashless payments if paying via cash costs more.

Same as all of the markets I've mentioned except Thepprasit, which is about 80% Thai. The tourists usually don't have Thai bank accounts so usually don't use the QR/Prompt Pay system which is designed for Thais doing shopping. But that may change soon, as Asian nations are discussing a QR payment system which will work across the region, so Asian tourists will likely use it too in the future