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10 hours ago, garyk said:

If you can afford it, it is nice to keep a home in the US and travel IMO. It really opens your eyes on how blessed the US is.

That is the truth & sadly too many like to give it the finger on the way out...selling everything only later to find the grass was not only not greener but what they thought was a "more free" place was in reality quite the opposite...Funny the Military Junta overthrows again & again didn't provide a clue as to what they were getting into

But then again if you look closely the cheerleaders are usually the been living in Thailand under 5 years crowd or those who as above have no way back physically or financially or lastly those so firmly attached to their orgasms nothing else matters

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Govt Satisfied with First Week of Country Reopening

555 Yeah right Like the Fox that was happy not getting the grapes he couldn't reach ????

15 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

My visa card has a huge available credit that i never use. I think if you can show you have a say $15-20,000 spare on your card then you should not need insurance. I also have enough money in the bank combined with this credit excess to cover $50,000 - so exactly why do i need insurance to cover an amount i already have access to ?

 

 

This always sounds logical & I also for the most part agree for a short term coverage/vacation etc but long term? No...........

It is not viable for a government to allow it nor have the responsibility to police it.

After all credit is like musical chairs it is there ...."maybe" when the music stops.

But how would a government consonantly police that & know you have not been left without a chair when your music stops?

Of course not I'm afraid of Covid but the insane people that are scare me quite a bit with their lack of reason & logic.

They never seem to realize what pawns they have been & how they have driven a wedge thru society

On 11/1/2021 at 3:17 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

Anyone else decided that Thailand is no longer the place they fell in love with and will never return?

Well in 2016 we decided it was no longer "The Place" to live for various reasons.. but, We still have a home there & usually do 3 months a year which is great. Unfortunately this whole Covid deal put a damper on that. Hopefully it will reopen without hoops soon

That said we do live in what most would call paradise & none would feel sorry for us being here as our main home

BUT.......I have to be honest....Thailand just has something that we both miss.... a lot....Not a week goes by that we don't wonder about moving back full time. Which is really odd because as I said we both agree we are in a better place. Better everything really but Thailand has a feel to it that is just hard to replicate & it has nothing to do with prices, food etc etc

But anyway......We feel this now that we have been locked out of our home there for two years. But when we have our three months a year there it is quite perfect then we are Thai-Urd as we say & are happy to leave & return here...So hopefully we will soon get back to that part time LOS ????

Not of interest to myself but a buddy pointed these out

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20 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I use Splenda.

I always thought Splenda was interesting in how it works
 

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Sweeteners like Splenda mimic the sweetness of sugar, without the calories.

The sweetness of Splenda is due to a compound called sucralose, a type of indigestible artificial sugar.

This is made by replacing certain atoms in sugar with atoms of chlorine.

 

That chlorine part is also why many cannot eat Splenda as it causes bumps on their tongues ????

But at the end of the day like I said it is not so much what goes in IMHO but the excessive amount modern day non exercising folks take in

Lastly I have never been convinced using artificial sweeteners & thinking it was some kind of victory over sugar was a plus...Nor those who say honey vs sugar is a victory either

But then again I have been a cyclist /triathlete most of my life. I see foods...all of them...as fuels & they all have there place

At the end of the day no need to be extreme just intelligent about what goes in & especially how much goes in compared to how much is needed/being burned etc. at the end of the day It is really quite simple to be healthy especially if you enjoy it

14 hours ago, mrfill said:

Krugerrands are 91.6% pure. They weigh 33.93g of which 31.103g is pure gold. (22ct) - 31.103g = 1 troy oz

Maples are 99.9% pure. They weigh 31.1035g of which 31.103g is pure gold. (24ct)

US Eagles are 22ct. US Buffalos are 24ct

Chinese Pandas are 24ct but only weigh 30g - slightly less than a troy oz.

 

Thai gold is usually 22ct (91.6%) or 23ct (96.5%)

 

True & thanks for the reminder I just kinda rushed that

But you bring up an important fact about actual weight equalizing things (mostly)

On 10/19/2021 at 2:14 PM, Pravda said:

No cheese, no more meat for dinner and I feel great. I really have a sugar addiction and it's hard to quit once inside a shopping mall with all those cakes. I'm scared I will relapse due to lack of self control. 

This is the whole problem with "modern" diets/fads

You do not need to "Give Up" anything. Also it is most unlikely to be sustainable for life

This is why countries like America sell more exercise equipment/diet books/vitamins etc etc yet have a big population full of fat people

They quit this or quit that see results....of course but more likely because you cut portions/calories etc

Then it is not sustainable & they pig out lose hope yada yada yada

Truth is portion control/ healthy foods & EXERCISE is what keeps folks fit & healthy

People like to think they can quit this or that & suddenly their healthy...sorry they usually are far from it

As you get fitter you will automatically tend to focus more on better fuels & on it goes

PS: before anyone asks I am not saying meats & cheeses & sugars in high amount are good for you

But there are cheeses like say Mozzarella if eaten in modest amount are fine

Same with lean cuts of meat/pork/chicken/fish etc etc

But all this NO Carbs or NO Sugar or NO meats....yeah good luck with the yo-yo effect that follows ???? 

Not to mention if your doing any endurance exercise what you will be missing fuel wise.

I actually always said our generation was super lucky

Most of us just missed the Vietnam War & like you said no WW's

But as others have said it aint over yet ????

Truth is they probably don't care as they will smelt it & make jewelry...although of course the krugs,maples,eales etc are 99.9 not 96.5% pure like Thai gold

Thailand....a nice place to visit...a bad unhealthy place to live...Sorry we love it & own a home there but would never live full time again in that cancer cloud

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand's central bank has further eased rules on mortgages to boost a key property sector

Ah shades of 2008 USA before Financial Collapse

These banks do realize they are not too big too fail?

When customers all start sending in "Jingle Mail" (house keys to homes they are defaulting on ) like they did in the USA

I do not think they can print their way out of it as the USA being the world reserve currency did

Not that the USA is any shining example of how to handle debt with their kick the can down the road policies ????

10 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 A friend of mine recently moved to Pattaya. He looked at condos in Jomtien. He walked into one of the nicest towers, looked at a 36th floor unit with panoramic views, and when he was quoted 28,000 a month, he offered 10,000. They settled on 13,000. He said the agent more or less admitted the building was nearly empty, and they could not rent to sell anything, at this time.

I would steer clear of empty condos , especially way up on 36th floor

If condos are empty maintenance is neglected...none are using stairs to get to the 36th floor ;)

6 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

As the title implies, as a young child, maybe 8 years old back in the late 50's I would often lie in bed at night and dream of the future,

Yeah for sure...sometimes my sister & I would talk/imagine what it was going to be like in the year 2000

Maybe like the Jetsons with flying cars etc ????

10 hours ago, simon43 said:

30 years ago, I lived in Andorra.  It was very easy to buy a car, open a bank account etc. Last year when seeking a retirement destination, I inquired again about living in Andorra. No way!  They seem to have gone the way of EU countries, demanding tax certificates etc from my last location (Myanmar).  Too many probing questions about my business and income (I guess nowadays I can't blame them).  So I took my piles of cocaine money elsewhere ????  (That last bit was a joke, for those lacking a SoH....)

Yes I can imagine...I think you might find that often these days in many countries....Like Thailand for example & the hassle with US citizens opening bank accounts sometimes. I think it is more a result of other countries hassling countries that were once considered neutral/safe havens etc to alert them to xx citizens stashing cash etc

23 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Most 'experts' agree on this. 

 

Personally, I predict $90k by Christmas, $220k by Sonkran and $1 million by late 2024. 

 

47% of people here think buying gold is better! 

555 Anything is possible right?

You know how JF Kennedy's father made a killing in the 1929 stock markets?

He was having his shoes shined one day as was the fashion back then you sat up high on a perch & read the paper while the shoeshine guy shined your shoes

Well the shoe shine guy knew Mr Kennedy was a high roller in the markets & said to him he was also now investing & his friends were too & had some tips to share

Well Joe knew it was time to exit the markets then & there because everyone was agreeing it only had one place to go...up

Joe increased his sizable wealth 10x by getting out & coming back after the crash to pick up things at their lows

Estimates say he went from 30 million during the 20's to 4 billion inflation adjusted after the great depression

There is more to this true story than buy low sell high....It is beware irrational exuberance like the plague ????

PS: It is not in my case a thinking that buying gold is better but in my case I see what 11 trillion market cap affords & what less than a trillion affords...I am not interested in extreme volatility & I like things that keep pace with inflation as PM's always have for hundreds of years. PM's can be seen as a hedge against inflation while you can also make use of the large market cap & G/S ratios to make a lot of money

1- Andorra

2- Girona Spain

3- Basque Country

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s new Immigration Bureau boss wants a tighter ship when it comes to tracking foreign residents in the kingdom and tourists. It came after it took police five days last week to arrest an American man who is alleged to have raped a Thai woman in Khon Kaen

Granted that  Man was a POS but...to tar the whole foreign resident base with that brush ?

Meanwhile how many white tourist women have been raped or killed by Thai men especially on the islands like Koh Tao ?? What form of tracking was added to fit those profiles?