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Renewing Insurance for a Friend's Motorscooter
BritManToo replied to Barley's topic in Motorcycles in Thailand
You're wrong! My pal toppled his m/c over in his driveway and broke his hip. 3rd party insurance paid his 40k(?) government hospital bill. -
Sounds to me you're just a bad loser. The people voted and your side lost, I call this democracy. Brexit happened, get over it.
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.... or for how long.
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Cameron was trying to save the Tory party from the Nigel Farage white supremacist movement. It gave the Conservatives another 8 years in power. But it was the UK voting population that voted for Brexit, not any political party, not any MPs. The MPs and political parties all wanted to stay and take their turns at the gigantic feeding trough which is the EU.
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It was the British voters that voted to leave the EU, not Tory MPs.
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The only MP that supported Brexit was the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. None of the Tories ever wanted to leave. And the current Labour leader has firmly stated Labour have no intention to rejoin.
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Thai NON-O Custody and Marriage Visa
BritManToo replied to Conquerbrqvilok's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Women are traditionally expected to live in the country of their husbands. While the western world has recently broken with that tradition, the rest of the world hasn't. So if a foreign woman marries a Thai man she can get citizenship a year later, no hoops. -
My answer would be gunboats shooting and sinking all the foreign invaders. A different answer would be to invade and retake that bit of France that was traditionally English then stop people getting into boats.
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Storm clouds gather over the pound as focus turns back to dire economy
BritManToo replied to Scott's topic in World News
All irrelevant. For a country to work people must be able to make money from their investments/savings. Else you will end up in the current situation where everything is going broke. A house is a place to live, not an investment. My savings and pension are not a charity to provide for the government, illegal immigrants and the poor. -
Storm clouds gather over the pound as focus turns back to dire economy
BritManToo replied to Scott's topic in World News
I paid 17% interest on my mortgage in the late 1970s. Low interest rates are the problem, not the solution. -
I thought she (and the song) were dull.
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Storm clouds gather over the pound as focus turns back to dire economy
BritManToo replied to Scott's topic in World News
People expect to make a profit on their savings/investments. Interest rates should ALWAYS be higher than inflation. Currently in the UK inflation is 10.5%, so interest rates should be 12-15%. -
Storm clouds gather over the pound as focus turns back to dire economy
BritManToo replied to Scott's topic in World News
It's really nobody's fault but their own. With the current low interest rates there's no point in saving or investing. The only people that win are those that borrow, and borrowing was always sold to me as a bad thing. Did anyone really get a 1% mortgage thinking it would stay that way forever? -
Storm clouds gather over the pound as focus turns back to dire economy
BritManToo replied to Scott's topic in World News
Higher interest rates are a good thing. It discourages debt. For the world to work properly interest rates need to be at 5-10%. That makes savings/investments/pensions work. -
Putting cars and bikes in an Expat name
BritManToo replied to thejudgegiles's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
We'd need to know where you are. Every office has it's own rules. -
Putting cars and bikes in an Expat name
BritManToo replied to thejudgegiles's topic in Thailand Motor Discussion
You do if you're in Chiang Mai! -
I'm so tempted to crack open a beer right now...
BritManToo replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
The guy I knew who did before age 40 would drink Lao Kao at breakfast, Then when drinking in a bar of an evening nip out for more shots of Lao Kao. Don't think it's possible to kill yourself with beer, not strong enough. -
How will Christmas be for you this year ?
BritManToo replied to Social Media's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Never liked the Xmas greed of my Brit kids. Gave it up in Thailand as my Thai kids never expected it.