arithai12

When did I say that there is a guarantee? Like all investments with high potential for gain, there is a risk of losing. It all depends when you step in and when you want out. And by the way, real estate can lead to losses too. I simply said that your answer "invest in gold" is not a way to make money, which is what the person you were replying to wanted. But we are beating a dead horse, goodbye.

I don't know if Bob Scott is a real person or a name for some AI-generated content, but surely the article is hilarious. "hotspots felt the icy breath" is a literary gem.

By using your logic, given that 2024 saw record breaking high temperatures everywhere, the GWA seems right on spot. But actually, Global Warming is not about single measurements, no matter how extreme. It's about large data sets.

You start with "because" as if you are providing an answer, but actually you missed completely the question, which started with "if you like having more money ". Of course precious metals, gold in primis, are stable and the correct solution for a doomsday scenario. But after ten years (say) of owning gold, you are left with more or less what you started with - when you factor in inflation. So solid, stable, but not an answer to "having more money".

The confusion is non existent. A BCD is a rather complex jacket worn by scuba divers to control their buoyancy. It works by letting air in (from their tank) and out. Obviously impossible to operate by a snorkeler. I have dived a few times in the Similans as a freediver, no life jacket no BCD, easily deeper than the 30m which is usually the limit for recreational scuba. Just hard to convince the dive master that it was ok to take me along, the first time.

Mr Bag Fix will do wheels, handles, locks, just about everything. If you drive from Big C Hang Dong to Airport Plaza, they are about halfway on the left side.

And of course one or two more zeroes in the bill they present you. RIP Khun Sarawit.

It goes without saying. And yet there are people who manage to compare an expat with passport, documents, income, ability to travel and to return to their country at will, with refugees who have no papers, no means, no money to spend in bars, and break their backs to build the condos for the expats. Actually, if one really cared for Thai citizenship, expats can get it under the right circumstances.

I agree on strict immigration rules. However, asking to get rid of yearly extensions, 90d, TM30, re-entries... seems only logical after you have been residing here with a good record for a number of years. They waste our time and theirs. I would not mind paying 5x more, once every 5 years. Simpler online... sure, then you wake up and it was just a dream.

The article states that the deceased Cambodians (RIP) were travelling in the sedan.

I don't know much about Keir, but I can tell you that your assessment of Meloni is far from the mark. She is trying hard to please the powers that be so she can follow in the footsteps of Von Der Leyen, Rutte, Lagarde, Guterres & co. If you see Italy's response to Israel's attack on Unifil (incl. italian forces) in Lebanon, she can hardly be called patriotic. As for the OP, I read that today 16 migrants were transferred to Albania, while 1,000 landed in Lampedusa. A lot of money for very little achievement, I'd say.

This is part of what you get. The other things are buying condos and villas like peanuts, giving jobs to restaurants and hotels and taxi drivers... basically boosting PhuKet's economy to unseen level - even if I agree that for many of us it was better before. You know there is always two sides to a coin. btw, I didn't read the nationality, do you know it?

if you type your start/end points on google maps, it will show how to get there if possible, it knows road closures. about your last point, very true - not just for restaurants but all kinds of businesses. btw, not only power cuts, now they cut also running water to about 0.5M residents. Nobody knows how long for.

correct, well not by letters, by words. which is an apt name under the circumstances. 😉

considerable improvements as of sunday morning, river level down 30cm from peak, no rain last night, and none in forecast today. some areas still "no go" however. it will take days to normality.