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I agree with these important polls, but this is tearing me apart 1/3 off me thinks Biden won, 1/3 of me thinks Trump won, and a 1/3 of me thinks the incredibly evil Netanyahu won. Go figure.

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Excuse me what difference does it make whether he contributed to 'domestic duties', it is totally irrelevant. Why even mention it? It is damned feminism.

You see it every time a Mercedes crashes into someone or someone crashes into a Mercedes.....and very time the Mercedes driver is an A$$.

Maybe will do better with this than the hub of the internet, hub of AI, hub of coding, hub of XXXXXX fill in the blanks.

There is really nothing as important to know as whether God exists. Blaise Pascal's wager explains the reason. It always seem to me that the wager is a useful idea that can be more widely applied eg to climate change....the 'scientists' seem to have been coerced into becoming the champions for the green lobbying industry and perhaps this has caused many people to deny the man-made climate change theory. But what are the consequences of the 'scientists' being wrong? Well we all in conveniences a bit! But what are the consequences of the 'deniers' being wrong? Extinction. Same with god's existence, I don't believe that any god exists...but what if I'm wrong? Eternal damnation. Thus, the question of God's existence fascinates me.

MG are doing quite OK as well. The Chinese haters call them 'cheap Chinese rubbish', but they have a circa 16% market sale, like NETA. The Chinese ran away with the EV market in 2023, it seems. Hey, maybe EV buyers are not EV connoisseurs, and preferring cheaper prices are buying the wrong brands :)

There is a video circulating of Elon Musk writing off BYD some years back. Maybe he underestimated the competition? I have only started seeing Tesla's on the road in this past year, so maybe they entered the market late.

Astonishing market share. But there is something odd about the numbers...less than 10,000 EVs sold make a 25% market share, implying total sales for December were about 40,000, annualising at 480,000. I thought that the vehicle market is close to 1 Million units in Thailand? December sales are atypical of the year, about half of an average month. BYD are doing well, I see them all over the roads now, and I do like the Atto model. I'm not looking to buy any EV though, if I were to buy anything I would buy a Toyota hybrid model....I wonder how their numbers stack up against these EV brand sales?

I don't think TSA locks keep thieving hands out. Better to travel with cheapo luggage because the thieves look for the expensive suitcases to Ron.

$7200 for a Chanel handbag and a pair of sunglasses.....you have been robbed love, but by LVMH, not by the Russians.

There is almost zero price competition in Thailand, so I'll believe price cuts when I actually see them on the supermarket or wine store shelves. I feel that most retailers and wholesalers will take the opportunity to increase profits rather than give the drinkers a break. And always remember here in Thailand anyone who cuts their prices to attract more customers gets his shop burned down or worse and the police will be unable to trace the perp. So as I said 'seein' is believin'.

I haven't had a cold in over 20 years, maybe longer, in the US, Japan or Thailand. I don't remember the year I started taking zinc every day, but that stopped colds dead in their tracks. It down help against COVID though.

Time for this fellow to retire I think. One wonders what sort of person would choose a Prawit to be his leader in political affairs. Thailand's answer to Joe Biden, I suppose.

Read a bit of philosophy and the you will find the so-called 'problem of evil' has been pondered on by philosophers for hundreds, nay thousands, of years. If you wish to avoid complex writing, read people like Bertrand Russell, he does short essays covering topics like this available on the net.

I moved here when I was 54. I took private lessons three times a week, as I had done in other countries I had lived in successfully. Here I wasn't looking for business language skills but just enough to carry a conversation. I learned to read well but failed dismally at understanding others and speaking., The teacher was excellent and well prepared, but I could not make myself understood with my Bangkok Thai, outside speaking with the teacher, nor could I understand the language they use in rural Isaan. I packed it in as a bad job after being a dedicated student for 6 months. Like you I can get by, with a few words here and there....I know loads of nouns, many adjectives but not that many verbs to pout it all together. As an aside, I met an Aussie who had been here years, when I first came. I asked him about his language skills and he said, I quote "Yeah, I can order a beer, order food, and get myself laid.....I don't need any more than that."

Looks like a Lamborghini or something.

I already said I would buy one if you look back, but you are too idle. I did not initiate this discussion about climate change, I have simply been responding to comments challenging me about my comments. Now I could be sarky and ask you what is the point of your comment? Is it about buying a BYD? NO. Is it about being rude to me? Yes.

On the contrary, my huge penis is a drawback for some of the smaller Thai girls.

I think you are right. In any event I have paid taxes on all of my income and savings. My annual IRS filing will show income is all taxed. My only concern is savings. If I might have to document that and that might be an issues with some of my non-retirement savings.

Whatever you think of me, this is the way of democratic societies are in the modern era. Greed obsessed and obsessed with their own self importance......a bit like climate activists actually, liking those private jet trips to annual Cop Meetings that achieve nothing, while they destroy the atmosphere. I am pleased to not be a virtue signalling hypocrite like you, and to have the guts to say what I really am, instead of professing to be concerned about the climate but making minimal changes to your lifestyles. At least, I have the guts to admit what my view actually is and to stand against the credulous crowd. Those awful people in the west who shout loudest about about climate change, but make almost zero changes to their lifestyles which are not sustainable, make me sick. They sounds like what Jesus said about Pharisees, and that's what people like you are are, modern day Pharisees, judgemental hypocrites. Why are western countries with such concern about the environment the biggest per capita emitters of carbon? And this is after they have outsourced their heavy polluting industries, like steel making, to the third world. If we to look at where to steel and the like is actually consumed by consumers, the situation would be even more dire. Even the big polluter, China, has much lower per capita emissions than the western world. Democracies as I might have said, will fail in their endeavour to shift the costs and inconveniences of climate change to the third world poorer, and to make those nations pay for the damage that the western nations have already done. Frankly IMHO citizens in third world countries are as entitled to refrigeration and aircon as much as you or Americans are. There is huge problem with the whole strategy for reducing the impacts of climate change. The problem is that people, even if they believe the problem is man made, do not think the issue is urgent enough for them to make significant changes to their lifestyles. Sure we may change our house light bulbs with LED ones that are cheaper to run....even selfish old me has done that. But are we able to drastically cut our lifestyle? Start walking to the shops or using public transport instead of driving? The clear answer to that, and I'm sorry is no. And when you base your whole strategy on something that will not happen, it will fail miserably. Now I believe I am being virtuous by rejecting all this crapola. I'm saying what other people are not prepared to say. If people actually listened to what I am saying and said to themselves we have to design our strategy around people like him, to convince and motivate, him to cut back on his energy use. Frankly, unless people in rich countries tighten their belts considerably, use a fraction of the energy they use now, which means driving a only 1000 miles a year in their virtue signalling EV car; stay hot in summer and freezing cold in winter; stop using planes for your holidays and use public local transport to travel to your chosen holiday spot; and shell out trillions of dollars in reparations for our past sins. If not our planet has not a chance of surviving if the climate scientists are correct (I doubt they are as they entire campaign has been alarmist doom porn). The current strategy is tell tell rich nations that they can have their cake and eat it, all they have to do is to invest in 'green energy and renewables' and they will be able to keep their lifestyle. But it isn't true. In my opinion, the one that you despise me even having, this has turned into a boondoggle where in which companies make products at are inferior to to past energy intensive ones, like washing machines, vacuum cleaners, clothes dryers and the like, or renewable energy generation which is simply inferior to fossil fuels or nuclear power and which are insufficient for our energy needs. Ask yourself why do all these companies making these products get vast subsidies from taxpayers via their governments. This is what the climate movement is about....the virtue signallers are naive and dimwitted. The latest Cop was packed with 'industry lobbyists' seeking extra handouts for their clients. Their staff are working overtime modelling how much the new faux 'agreement' will earn for their clients in the green industry. The climate change movement has been hi-0jacked and I want no part of it. The earth, will or will not fry, and the scientists will, or will not be proved right or wrong, by the end of this century. Personally I want no part of it at all, and all anyone has is a belief based on what they believe based on biased news sources in the simpleton media. My advice to you, is to ask yourself some questions before being judgemental towards older folk.

Linguistic imperialism. You expect Thais to learn English, but you live here are won't learn basic Thai. I suppose you imagine colonialism brought great benefits to the colonised power don't you? Don't give me the tourist crap.

To be honest, I'd be happy to file a tax return each year. We could chop down millions more trees to make it all happen. Seriously, all countries who have foreigners living there for more that 180 days make you file a tax return. I have lived in a few countries, mostly western and advanced economies, and always had to file a form. I never had to pay income taxes on any money transferred from abroad though.

I agree it is sublime, but I personally would rather listen to Karajan's version on DG of Beethoven's 9th.

TIT, nothing is rubbish here until proven to be rubbish.