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I don't know if its selfishness, inexperience, or just petrified by those flashing lights and sirens coming up behind. Its almost an automatic reaction in me now to move out of the way or pull over for an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens going. Be it police, fire engine or ambulance.

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There are plenty of people on this site using solar. Try and find bandersnatch's posts and blog. Titled something like "Building an Eco House in Thailand." An interesting read. As far as not wanting a room full of batteries, if you want to go fully off grid, you will need them to overcome shortages due to cloudy days etc. Unless of course you choose the "import from the grid" road.

He has already started. The Ukrainians are already using them for internet. That's what upset the Russians after they attempted destroying the Ukrainian internet and Musk stepped in with his satellite system.

She might want to change those Daisys for Sunflowers. ????.

But...but...what about outside the safety zone?

Everywhere. Not just Thailand. Have you seen the reports of several bodies turning up as Lake Mead's water level drops due to drought? More expected to be found as it drops further.

What could possibly be more important? Aiding someone hit by a car you are in? Or attending a meeting?

Could have been ordered by someone with a penchant for expensive Swiss watches. ????

In Thailand, they even blur the head of the snake. ????

Its all currencies. Not just USD. I have been caught out many times with both SuperRich chains refusing £50 notes. Had to wait until my next trip home to put them back in the bank. Tried all sorts of chemicals without success trying to remove ink marks. Even started a thread here to ask for suggestions. I think they must be afraid of getting stuck with damaged or marked notes by whoever takes them from the exchanges. The only other suggestion is maybe swap them with a compatriot who is returning to the U.S.

Poor animals.

I stayed in a resort on Sunrise Beach a few times around twenty odd years ago. Only three or four resorts on there then. Stunning white curve of sand, but most coral was already dead or dying due to longtail boats that motored up and down or anchored off the beach. Since then Koh Lipe has become really built up. Another clubby "must do" destination for the gap year crowd, and Sunrise is full of hotels and resorts. It still looks nice, but like everywhere that gets built up, never as beautiful as it was.

Thai GF's 9 year old daughter speaks native English without any accent, but her mother says she speaks Thai with a foreign accent. Despite having only ever lived in Thailand and going to a Thai nursery school. I told her thats because she mainly speaks to her in English. I did tell her to always speak to her in Thai, but we always use English at home, and most of her friends converse in English or French. Sent her at 6 years old to a french school, and have been told she speaks french like a native. Well, as good an almost 10 year old can speak. Still a ways to go. She is now having extra curricular Thai lessons, and should end up tri lingual. Plus she speaks to her grandma on the phone in whatever their Isaan dialect is. She also wants to learn Spanish once she starts secondary school. She tells me that when playing online games with other children, they often don't believe that she is not from the UK.

As a non American, what I find scary is the US National debt. I thought our UK national debt was big, but wow!

I agree, but the security aspect is what concerns me. The government's record on keeping personal information secure isn't that great. Once they start keeping all that information, including medical history in one place it will be an even bigger target for hackers.

Quicker and easier if they just transfer by internet banking. Takes about a minute to a transfer on my phone. No having to go and queue in a busy bank. Of course, if its a large sum, there might be some security requirement to go into his local branch.

If its the same thief stealing all these chains, he/she must be seriously loaded by now. If he/she hasn't sold them on, should be easy to spot. Just look for a ladyboy jewelled up like Mister T from the A Team. ????

Those first class sleepers used to have air con like an ice box.

Pre-pandemic, I holidayed in France almost every year for over twenty years. This year was left out because of continued travel problems and exorbitant flight costs. But even if I was back in the UK, I wouldn't bother going if faced with all the current travel obstacles and uncertainty. Apart from the increased bureaucracy. Many of those home owners are now limited on the number of days/year they can spend in France.

UK was France's second largest number of tourists in 2018 at 13,000,000. Only 3 or 4 million French to UK. And UK was No.1 in 2019 for number of nights spent in France 19,800,000. That's a lot of money to say good riddance to over sour grapes. Of course, plenty of rich Chinese tourists shopping in Paris, and Russian oligarchs on the Côte d'Azur this year. ????

Ten passport control booths doesn't seem nowhere near enough to handle the amount of people travelling to France. I don't know if these are on the UK or the French side, but surely, Brexit or no Brexit, it benefits the French to get the tourists in happy, and spending their money. Make it too difficult and next year they might go elsewhere.

Things may have changed after the pandemic. The government needs all the money it can get, and Customs and import duties are an easy one.

Probably hoping for a better price now that crypto prices are down.

Might be a case of out of the frying pan, into the fire if the Cambodian authorities catch him. His face and passport details plastered all over the news