timendres

When will we get the vaccine for Mass Psychosis?

You, sir, must be the life of every party.

Ah, to be young...

The cure for high prices is higher prices. Increases supply, reduces demand.

Setting up a company for the sole purpose of purchasing a house just to live in is walking a line that you will likely regret. Many businesses purchase property as part of their legitimate business - restaurant purchases townhouse for the restaurant itself, rental company purchases properties to rent, developer purchases property to develop and resell. If you purchased a townhouse to run a business out of the first floor, and the business rented you the third floor to live in, that would likely have no issues. Frankly, I would never do it for the sole purpose of a living arrangement. Too many pitfalls and little to gain. Furthermore, there are ongoing costs for running a business that will far exceed any perceived "loss" from renting a decent property, which is what I do. A nice three story townhouse in a good neighborhood, and only 30k baht per month. Too cheap to consider purchasing anything. And I have the luxury of moving any time I wish.

Saw the same special. Went from eating salmon once a week to only once a month. Still enjoy salmon, but I hope reducing consumption by 75% helps with what appears to be a slow moving, but rapidly accelerating, train wreck.

And I hope everyone gets a good laugh at my expense, and that I can remember how to laugh along.

Instant karma does play its hand on occasion.

Are you saying that Anutin owns Rancho Charvee, which is the owner of the airstrip in question? https://www.charnveeresortkhaoyai.com/

The forms posted look exactly like the one I was required to complete to enter Samitivet hospital. I believe it is a government standard form. The idea behind it is to try an identify those who may be at greater risk of being infected (the "RISK ASSESSMENT" questions), and to prompt testing of the "high risk" individuals before allowing entry. Those not considered at risk are allowed to enter under the normal protocols (mask, alcohol hand wash, etc.).

Have you actually met any human beings?

What is obvious is that you know very little about bars, or how the virus is being spread.

The country will not hold together that long.

You will not be able to avoid the US taxes. The OP stated "I now file taxes from here", that is filing, not paying. The only time you pay taxes here is with income earned here (except for money brought into Thailand that is not a retirement benefit and was earned within the year). Since the SS payments are from the US government, they are US income, and US taxes must be paid on that income.

The Thailand Pass was suspended. Those who had already received a QR Code were allowed to enter, but new applications were dead on arrival. Here is one (of many) article about it: https://www.tatnews.org/2021/12/thailand-pass-temporarily-suspended-those-received-qr-code-can-enter/

Two (of twelve) of my employees were book readers. One of them finished one to two books each week, always had a book in his hand at lunch and dinner.

The flaws in VAERS are well documented on the site. Yet, those flaws apply across the full dataset. Given the massive outlier in the mix, I believe that it suggests a problem, and begs for serious investigation. No more conclusion needs be drawn.

Deaths reported does seem like a fairly unemotional, easily recognized by laymen, data point.

Do a little research on adverse reactions to mRNA vaccines, and things get interesting... https://vaers.hhs.gov/data.html

So, if Dr. Fauci was on Fox News, that would discredit him? I am definitely in the camp that the MSM in the US is the worst in history, but dismissing credible new reports based on who airs it seems counterproductive.

Always waiting in the wings, regardless of the chief.

Which is part of why I love it.

Right. Then the condo would have real value, since even if she did not live there, it would have the potential to generate rental income for her in later years. But I agree with you regarding condos - hate them. Once I discovered townhouses, I could not go back. A nice townhouse might be another consideration, since there are (I believe) many more of them in BKK than houses. They are not as nice as a house, but I prefer them to condos. There was recently a reasonable townhouse sold near me (nice moo baan in Sukhumvit 81) for 5.5M. Needed another 0.5M of work, but not a bad price for a 3 story condo with a private parking space. If I bought a townhouse, I would invest in a nice kitchen, a sweet bathroom, and a top notch media room. Also a potential rental income generator down the road.

Wow! For years I have wondered why milk prices always had satang. Mystery solved! Thank you.

Personally, I would prefer a house. There are no "papers counter to that". The reality is that the land must be in her name, since you are not allowed to own the land. So you would purchase the land in her name. Then you would build the house. At that point, since both were "acquired" within the marriage, a divorce would involve a split of assets. Unless your wife is well off, and capable of producing cash in the amount of the split on the house, a divorce would force the sale of the house (and the land it sits on) in order to allow the split. If you have other assets acquired within the marriage, with value approaching that of your split on the house, you could always opt to give her the house, and you take those other assets, which would likely be an attractive option for her. Were I you, I would go for the house no matter the future. If you stay together to the end, or you wind up in a divorce, the house is almost certainly more valuable to your wife than a condo.