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I believe this is on point. I have my savings in a US bank. I'm worried moving it here would trigger FINCEN or AMLO, etc. & it could be confiscated. Maybe even the bank would notify the US taxman in the event of such a large transfer. Anyone have an idea of a working strategy? TIA!

Those tweens can run a lot faster than an octogenarian. Cool hair, though!

THB 50 extra. I just can't afford to get sick!

No bitterness but they crap out after 16, most not worth looking at. Walk the Sukhumvit strip. Check out the farang and then compare to Thai women walking by. I rest my case.

I suggest Pratunam to Asoke on a Friday night! We've got lots of sportin' life here. That's where I'll be on a Friday night!

Thailand, in case you haven't noticed or only been here 15 minutes, is a matriarchal culture. Women rule the roost. As for me, I don't even have a bank account and haven't seen a bill in 33 years. Good wife, good life...

Like Melanoma...

RIP, for instance. Sad situation. So sorry, etc.

Why were ordinary Egyptians throwing rocks and bottles at the Gaza convoy?!? Paid agitators? Don't like the colour of our money?

You mean, like a mugshot! Have to account numbers to chest level?

Jesus, Jack! Have you looked around you? Who runs this town? Burmese. Who keeps you in strawberries? Mexicans. Who picks tobacco in Canada? Guatemalans. Too bad nobody ever gave you a break in life trying to make ends meet & feed your family. Were you ever 18 in a bar? Whose ID did you use? Gotta get rid of you, you crinimal!

You???? (Thought so...)

Okay, what I want to know is where the eff are Thais getting all these guns? Guy who shot the mocy shop neighbour in the head had a registered gun! WTF...

I'm butting in again. If you haven't watched the Australian SBS series Pizza (aka Fat Pizza), you don't get the joke: It's big and it's cheesy! https://archive.org/details/pizza-fat-pizza-seasons-1-to-4. Actually 5 but absolutely worth the 30GB! Dave Portnoy's series, Barstool Pizza Review is awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG_jKLP3IZM&list=PLx00VbyG3uL8dICyMXX1vLhRDsNR3o8gA One Bite is a worthy competitor: https://www.youtube.com/@OneBitePizzaReviews P.S.

Ah, are you talking about the US, Israel, and all other nuclear states?

As with cannabis shops. A lot of folks thought they got a break, finally. One weed purveyor told me they rented a townhouse in Samut Prakan to grow ganja! And now they want 'regulation'. Regulation means Mr Big isn't getting his envelope!

Okay, but are you in the tiny minority. You'll never know until that smugness bites back.

Better than locked-down in shopping malls! Have you seen the new Dior palace. Dior even willingly admits everything is faux!

Jersey guy here, I know my pizza. Want a meatball, eat a meatball. Want a salad, eat a salad. But leave the toppings off so you can taste the quality. Pizza dough cold-fermented for 72 hours, homemade gravy, good cheese is all it takes. Pala is great for Roman-style pizza. Their marinara pizza, no cheese, is like a Trenton or New Haven tomato pie. Owners are vegan so lots of vegan options and deli offerings. For New York style thin crust, pick Chef Bing. Bing grew up in Brooklyn. Ruam Rudee Soi 2. Ploenchit BTS. No sides like mussels in tomato sauce or broccoli rabe but the pizza is outstanding. Both make their own gravy and use high -quality, low fat cheese. I don’t think there are any Sicilian pizzas in Bangkok. I prefer them not as thick as one ince. My favourite place, in Belleville, was filled with characters right out of The Sopranos! Thank the gods we don’t see any deep-dish Chicago “pizza”. Loaf of bread with tomato sauce on it. Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Pizza Company? Processed frozen dough, lowest quality cheese and Heinz ketchup—yuck! Pizza Company is only popular in your live in the sticks or if you’re Thai & put ketchup on it. There are really no other ace pizzas in the capital. Am I a pizza snob? Absolutely! That beautiful Napoli pizza is a hearthrob. Christine Lavin, “Cold Pizza for Breakfast”. Finally, a sensible thread on TV! FREE MARINARA!

I mostly agree but Soho does not pass the tests above. Very cheap, oily cheese. If you don't eat it hot that minute, it fails. No take-home.

I sure would like to see more free vax. But Public Health is using the much more expensive antivirals.

I really like it when Thai filmmakers produce thoughtful and incisive movies. Last year we had the wonderful How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies. And now, A Useful Ghost by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. Really looking forward to seeing this one in Bangkok!

Those are the nastiest tapeworns I've ever seen--alien!

I think Nakhon Phanom is one of the prettiest provinces in Thailand. Mountain & river views. Wat That Phanom has the largest garden of medicinal herbs.