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Anybody mention, or even know what are, The Minsk agreements? Sorry, I read through the first few comments... I guess not.

Many writing here seem to have completely missed the point. Thailand, along with quite a few other countries, signed a (globalist) agreement with the OECD: "Thailand signs Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS. On 9 February 2022, Thailand signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS (the MLI)." The tax number that you will receive if you take the trouble to apply for one (TIN) will be an International Tax Number, "This enactment brought into effect the Automatic Exchange of Information Common Reporting Standard laws." So if you escape paying taxes here, you will eventually finish up paying them elsewhere. https://www.expattaxthailand.com/tax-identification-number-thailand/ Google Thailand form L.P.10.1

50% would vote for a convicted felon. (That likes the ladies) 50% would vote for an (as yet) unconvicted felon. (that likes little girls).

Thanks! I did receive a response from WYPFE at last, confirming that I had received refund of my contributions as I was emigrating. Sounds right.

Oh dear, dunno. About two years I guess, maybe three...

Many years ago I worked for this entity, which no longer exists. I still wonder if they have a pension fund in my name, but various attempts to contact various organisations have come up with 'no record'. Does anybody have a suggestion as to where I might apply? Thanks.

Yes, you spotted it. I was trying to say that this isn't uniquely a Thai problem.

Who cares? I have experienced worse in the UK.

Many of us would disagree. Weetabix is not good for the digestion, meat is. You have a disease of the digestive tract, sounds like a digestion problem to me. You can completely change the wildlife living in your digestive tract by changing your diet.

There's this: https://discover.texasrealfood.com/keto-clarity-hub/keto-diet-and-stomach-ulcers - take it or leave it. After years of buying Omeprazole in bulk and eating Antacil like candy, at the age of 71 all that disappeared for me when I went low carb. (Worked for me. Drank some cheap Thai wine last night and got my first acid reflux attack in years, so diet must have something to do with it. Cured it with a teaspoon of baking powder). Did the doctor ask about your diet? Problems with the digestion just might have something to do with what you eat? Good luck mate.

I have seen such a thing as citrus potting compost but any well draining, slightly acidic soil will do. Here in Buriram they plant into bio char, which you would then need to fertilise.

Looks to have been planted too deep. It might be a tricky job in the heat but: water. Dig around carefully and lift the tree out. Make sure that you replant to the same depth as it grew up in, should be obvious. Don't neglect to water. Or buy a new one!

Every time Israel makes concessions it brings peace, yes... for a few weeks. The West Bank as well as the Golan heights are essential to Israel's security. Terrorist attacks are now almost unknown in those areas, the Arabs living there, like the Arabs living in Israel, are happy with the way things are. Things could be better of course. Try to understand: the Jews aren't going to lie down and let themselves be massacred by people that say that that is what they want to do.

Drinking water to excess is not the solution. The water will flush away those electrolytes you need to stay safe, so take care to find a solution. This is a problem well known to sports physicians and came to their notice during long endurance runs when athletes were collapsing and sometimes dying. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyponatremia/symptoms-causes/syc-20373711#:~:text=Overview,in and around your cells. I'm 76 and ran my slow and easy 10 K this morning, after taking electrolytes (and coffee!), 28°C, 78% humidity. 15 K tomorrow.

Remind me about toxic masculinity again.

Jews were always present in the area, before Islam invaded and bloodily expelled the original inhabitants, including Christians, from large parts of the Middle East including Turkey. The Crusades that the Islamists complain about so bitterly were caused by the mistreatment of Christians and Christian holy places in Israel, as well as the closing of the trade routes and wholesale slave raiding committed by the Arabd throughout the Mediterranean and even up to Iceland and England. I wish we could get away from complaints about what happened many generations ago and try to find a rational solution based on the present situation.

According to the "Palestinians" everyone living in that area is a Palestinian. Arabs living in Israel can do all of that and more. They aren't interested in participating in the Gaza conflict.

Never been there or read much, have you? Palestinians living in Israel can vote, become judges, join the army, work freely. But don't let facts interfere with your joyful commenntaries.

OK. Get them to agree to a two state solution and problems like this would be solved. Those Israelis would either become West Bank citizens or be forced to return. But Hamas (not present in the West Bank), Iran and Syria wouldn't like that, would they? FFS go visit the place for yourself before believing all you read on the 'net. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/348699

Only once needed assistance on the old truck, bloody wheel fell off. I walked (I guess I could have stood looking as helpless as possible by the truck until somebody took me along) to a nearby restaurant, they called somebody they knew and two hours later we were on the road again. Bodge job as it turned out, but we did get home.

It can be. We were told that once our (new) car was 7 years old, we would no longer be able to get First Class. So we changed insurance, and the car is now 11 years old, despite having been to the garage for dents four times (dogs and one somnolent motorcyclist).

Quite right. This always happens in conflicts and especially in guerilla warfare. Hamas made a point of building military strong points in or under hospitals and schools. The fact that " don't know if they send those videos to their mothers or to other soldiers and I don't care." does suggest that you haven't quite grasped what is going on. Israel has constantly since about 1935 proposed a two state solution, retreated from occupied territory only, ageneartion later, to receive the same response: "Kill all the Jews". Maybe you didn't know about that either.

Oh boy. You can find videos of Hamas rapists and murderers gleefully phoning their mothers to boast about how many Jews they just killed. You can also find videos of those deeds actually being done. Many members of the US congress have seen them. You believe everything the UN says is gospel? As I said, oh boy.

Using BMI results can be misleading. It was originally developed by army and navy recruitment agencies, so not really meant for individuals. Try: waist measurement should be less than half your height. No point in discussing diet here as that usually devolves into a fruitless, usually misinformed, discussion.

Last time I went to a small local festival (they were banned in Buriram after this) I really enjoyed seeing monks with cigarettes in their mouths manually preparing gunpowder. I also enjoyed the news of a couple (both married, but not to each other) that got incinerated in a car by a crashing missile. I would go again but now it would be a long drive.