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Cigarettes taste changes? (L&M 7.1mm green)
renaissanc replied to villageidiotY2K's topic in General Topics
I was in hospital for an unrelated matter recently. In the same ward I saw several men waiting to die from smoking. It's an extremely unpleasant way to leave this world. -
I doubt if the "Thai people" care the slightest, but the Elites who own most of the land will be upset by the plan. Who in their right mind would invest 100 million Baht with the rest of those terms just to get a tiny piece of land, which could be taken away from you one day? Not even money launderers would be interested. These folks must think that foreigners have no choices or that foreigners are rich & stupid.
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Security beefed up for APEC with Putin participating
renaissanc replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
The best thing for mankind is that Putin's is lying in a wooden box when he leaves Thailand. Then we won't have a nuclear war and a nuclear winter that kills us all off. -
Chinese electric car giant BYD plans to build a factory in Thailand
renaissanc replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I wouldn't buy a Chinese car because it will have a chip in it that sends information to the CCP about me. -
90 Day Reporting Dates
renaissanc replied to stament's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Yes, this is correct. I have just reported online a week earlier than I needed to and I lost a week so to speak. The new starting date was 18th August instead of 25th August. -
Army Receives New Armored Vehicles From U.S.
renaissanc replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
I don't think that the Military will dare to carry out another coup. The public reaction would not be like in the past. The Opposition would be huge, I think. -
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His house design is unsuitable for keeping cash and valuables. You see, if you're going to keep lots of cash and expensive watches in your home, when you design your house you should create bends and corners and even a second floor or basement so that you can build a secret room. A staircase leading down under the main sofa to a basement where there is a secret room leading off the main underground room would be one way to do this. The thieves wouldn't be clever enough to realise what the bookcase or mirror was hiding. You have to have bends and corners if you're going to make one on the ground floor. His house design is too simple to do this.
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Tourism Authority Targets 30 Million Tourists in 2023
renaissanc replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
2.38 trillion baht ... "Excellent! We can buy 20 more F-35s, 6 more submarines, and 100 tanks. ... All that lovely commission! We just have to fiddle our way into staying in power." -
It sounds like they came up with this idea after 10 or more drinks each after Friday afternoon golf. Since the land can't be sold or bequeethed to someone who isn't Thai, If the foreigner dies, his foreign wife has to leave the house and land and she has to sell it no doubt for a loss. I think that the only people who'll agree to this will be desperate money launderers. Maybe the Military want Thailand to become the Hub of Money Laundering.
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Saving is the new buzzword as prices rise in Thailand
renaissanc replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
City life and countryside life do seem to be very different regarding food expenses when you can grow your own food, apart from rice, which is probably cheaper where we live than in a city. 3,700 Baht per week for food seems a lot to me. Most of that is processed food and chemical vegetables and fruit, I expect. If you have some land you can be self-sufficient regarding (chemical-free) fruit and vegetables, and water, which you can structure and store in large clay "ongs". We're adding chickens soon and later on a fish pond as we have 19 cats to look after. I couldn't live in a city again. -
Tourism ministry dual pricing proposal for hotel rates
renaissanc replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
It's time for this government to be replaced by business people. Hotels make contracts with tour operators from Thailand and abroad. Rates are decided according to various factors, such as previous business levels, promised business, room allocations, etc. People also book with the large online companies, such as Agoda and TripAdvisor, which get special rates, and they couldn't apply the dual pricing system even if they wanted to. Few guests are walk-in guests with no reservation because online room rates are lower. The government hasn't a clue how the business works and its proposal will be ignored, indeed mocked and laughed at, for being so stupid, I think.