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  1. Yee Haw, break out the moonshine Marylou, that's the first intelligent thing you've ever posted – – good boy, keep it up!
  2. Many folks will tell you that you don't need a multivitamin or similar if you eat a balanced/healthy diet. And therein lies the conundrum, because what exactly is balanced/healthy diet........ In most cases we don't know what pesticides/insecticides our fruit and vegetables have been sprayed with, and which we could well go on to eat (remember that a study done in Thailand on "organic" produce showed it to be a complete misnomer, because traces of pesticides and insecticides were found on a majority of them). Then of course you have artificial sugars in many products, some of which have garnered a bad reputation, along with the artificial flavourings and colourings, some of which have proven to be cancerous, not to mention the canned tuna which contains high levels of mercury, or indeed many different kinds of meat (including chicken) that have been fed antibiotics and antimicrobials, and the amount used by the farming industry in America is absolutely mind-boggling. Just to add that extra virgin olive oil is considered the "go to" oil, but even some of that has found to be adulterated with other oils and not altogether healthy ones either. I did have an article on the effects of heating many of the readily available cooking oils, and it is not good reading. So it would seem it is very difficult to eat a "balanced/healthy" diet, unless you grow everything yourself, and as for multivitamins, then the article below is interesting....... Multivitamin supplementation slowed cognitive decline in older adults, the COSMOS study showed. Compared with placebo, participants who took a daily multivitamin/multimineral supplement had significantly better immediate recall at 1 year (P=0.025) and across 4 years of follow-up on average (P=0.011), reported Adam Brickman, PhD, of Columbia University in New York City, and co-authors in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Multivitamins improved memory performance above placebo by the equivalent of 3.1 years of age-related memory change, the researchers estimated. The effect was more pronounced in people with underlying cardiovascular disease. PS. One other thing which is nearest and dearest to my heart is, red wine, collecting it and drinking it are both hobbies of mine, however now the latest research shows that irrespective of the origin of the alcohol, it is a poison in one way or another.
  3. He can't stop watching Fox News because he's been conditioned by listening to trump's lies for years, so now he has to watch Fox News to get his jollies because he can't tell truth from fiction, poor lad. And trying to expect a trumpie like him to listen to common sense is a lost cause, so don't bother.
  4. When I need a break from a long series, such as "The Gentlemen", I flick on to the BBC iPlayer and watch some of the old Morecambe and Wise shows, some of which still make me laugh – – they were simply brilliant in my opinion.
  5. With all of the talk about the new "Dune" movie, I decided to watch the original 1984 version again and I found it enjoyable although the "special effects" were far from it, however the imagination of the producer and set designers when portraying life and settings in certain planets and other aspects of the movie, was intriguingly brilliant! PS. I also fell in love, all over again, with Sean Young.
  6. I, and of course many of my friends from the two countries in which I lived, are "boomers" and I don't recall any of our parents teaching us anything about life, other than the occasional "clip round the ear" if we did something wrong – – we learned from our experiences and mistakes and of course schooling, college and university attendance. And we didn't do too badly at all in life, well most of us anyway!
  7. "Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive" I suspect there will be many other cases around, very much like this one as it was an "option" proposed by many people, including lawyers, to get round the property ownership laws for foreigners.
  8. But is the leading candidate for the GOP, to become president and should he become so, the debt could well mean that a foreign power has him "by the short and curlies" as the saying goes. Not a good position to be in.
  9. Well I just missed that point in time, and eventually retired at the age of 55, mostly because of a potentially serious health condition brought on by stress and reflux. However I had started and managed the Investment Division for a major NZ bank and had also become a registered financial planner/investment adviser, so I was in the good position of being able to work out what I would do with my finances in the future. So far it has worked out well and I still have a tidy nest egg and am living the life that I want here in Phuket, with no financial constraints and enough money to be able to indulge my passion on good wine. I have taken my ex-girlfriends daughter under my wing and have taken care of her financially for the past 17 years, and I have made both a Thai and New Zealand Will, which will ensure that she gets a good lump sum for her future. Something to end on here: – when I was working at the bank as Chief Manager Investments I used to run investment seminars around the country. At one of these, I had just finished my presentation when one very well dressed tall and "stately" gentleman stood up and commended me for the presentation and suggested a round of applause, which was forthcoming. He then said he had a rather perplexing question for me; he and his wife lived in a lovely house in one of the best parts of the city and he owned a business and sold it, and he was obviously wealthy, and he said, "we have everything we need, we take holidays anywhere in the world that we wish to, and we want for nothing, so what am I going to do with my lump sum of money which I have currently in your bank?". I ascertained that he had taken care of his children by virtue of a Will and suggested that he might want to buy anything that his heart desired, even something outlandish, because we can't take it with us – – then I got onto a tongue in cheek remark, when I said, "well you could always follow the SKIN philosophy – Spend Kids Inheritance Now, and have a wild time doing it"! This got a good laugh from the audience, however I did add that I would gladly make an appointment to meet with him and sit down in earnest and make sure that he had all his bases covered, so to speak. Plan for the future, save for the future, invest wisely and always be aware of your time horizons and your own risk profile.
  10. Sadly, I do believe you are serious about that post and I'm sure that I and others on this thread will be alarmed that anyone could think like this, but not surprised given the content of your other posts. For the president of the United States to be indebted to a foreign power/person for a personal debt which he may or may not be able to repay, should sound alarm bells for all and sundry, but obviously not you! Sad, so very sad.
  11. And yet he still can't find the money to post his bond, and besides this, if he was as wealthy as he says, then why can't he borrow from elsewhere?? I will answer my own question – – he is a liar and a thief and is untrustworthy as well as having a record of cheating people out of their investments and money. Not a good risk I would hasten to add!
  12. An oxymoron twice over in that post.......'the truth" and Fox News, for a start, then "intelligent remarks" and Republicans. Have you been mixing alcohol with your Kool Aid???
  13. A Man’s Fairy Tale……………. Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful princess, “Will you marry me?” The Princess immediately said “No!” And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles, dated slim long legged, full-breasted women and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to tittie bars and dated ladies half his age and drank wine, whiskey, beer and Captain Morgan. And never heard bitching and moaning or paid alimony, and dated cheerleaders and kept his house and guns, and ate spam and potato chips and beans and blew enormous farts, and never got cheated on while he was at work, and all his friends and family thought he was as cool as hell and he had tons of money in the bank. …………..and left the toilet seat up.
  14. Good to see that you are a Trump supporter because he favours supporters like you .....Noble Peace Prize indeed!!!!!!
  15. You poor soul, my post was not about questioning what you said, but questioning why you had the ongoing need to refer to a news channel, whose own lawyers had said that one should not believe what they said because it's not news. There is a subtle difference, but then again subtlety is not a word that trumpies know much about, and trumps recent ramble to his goobers is a perfect example of that.
  16. Ah, missed the point yet again, but not surprising given that you are a trump supporter....and we know the type of supporters he likes!!
  17. So this is the type of "leader" that you would want to lead the USA in the future?? This dumbo has difficulty stringing meaningful sentences together, wanders off script at a tangent and cannot help himself when denigrating others (much the same as he did with Senator John McCain). Other leaders see him as an idiot, apart from the usual suspects, and this clip from the New Zealand Herald is on the button........ "Former President Donald Trump, at a weekend event ostensibly meant to boost his preferred candidate in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary race, gave a freewheeling speech in which he used dehumanising language to describe immigrants, maintained a steady stream of insults and vulgarities and predicted that the United States would never have another election if he did not win in November". "While discussing the US economy and its auto industry, Trump promised to place tariffs on cars manufactured abroad if he won in November. He added: “Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a blood bath for the whole — that’s going to be the least of it. It’s going to be a blood bath for the country”. The former president opened his speech by praising the people serving sentences in connection with the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Trump, who faces criminal charges tied to his efforts to overturn his election loss, called them “hostages” and “unbelievable patriots”, commended their spirit and vowed to help them if elected in November. He also repeated his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, which have been discredited by a mountain of evidence. Trump issued vulgar and derogatory remarks about a number of Democrats, including ones he often targets, like Biden and Fani Willis, the Atlanta prosecutor overseeing his criminal case in Georgia, as well as those widely viewed as prospective future presidential candidates, such as Governor Gavin Newsom of California and Governor J.B. Pritzker of Illinois. Trump called Biden a “stupid president” several times and at one point referred to him as a “dumb son of a — " before trailing off. He also compared Willis’ first name to a vulgarity, called Newsom “Gavin New-scum” and took jabs at Pritzker’s physical appearance. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-election-donald-trump-says-some-migrants-are-not-people-and-predicts-blood-bath-if-he-loses/5JO56LSBGZHFHMWZESFBDAIBIY/ Definitely an educated and high-class leader, yeah right!!, or more like someone who is as dumb as a bag of rocks and favours the poorly educated as supporters. The man should be locked away, not just because he's an idiot, but because he is driving a wedge through America. AND he also repeated his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, which have been discredited by a mountain of evidence. Just how stupid can he get?
  18. It's not surprising that you have missed my point completely, given that you're a supporter of the orange cult leader, so let me explain something for you: – when Fox News says that people are not to believe what they see or hear on their channel because it's not news/factual, just opinions from some people on the channel, i.e. it is not to be trusted, but still you refer back to that untrustworthy news medium, without really thinking, but then again..........
  19. Still relying on fake news I see............what don't you understand when the company's own lawyers said that people should not believe what they hear/see on Fox News because it is not real news. Go and look it up then come back on here and say that you understand what the lawyers had said..........but you won't because you don't like what they said as it undermines your confirmation bias, or perhaps there is another reason and trump likes those folks!!
  20. My highly stressful corporate job, starting and running the investment division for a major bank, led me to a burnout and also reflux, which culminated in Barrett's oesophagus (a potential precancerous condition of the oesophagus). My doctor suggested I needed to get out of the rat race, so I did that and moved here, selling everything in NZ, investing some of the funds and also receiving a pension. All of this has ensured that I have a comfortable retired life here in Thailand – – so no complaints. And as a bonus, I have unofficially adopted the daughter of the Thai woman whom I lived with for five years, and taken care of her living and accommodation needs, and that is very satisfying.
  21. It is a good New Zealand cheese and the one I buy most here........Mainland Vintage Cheese, aged up to 24 months. I also buy the occasional French Brie.
  22. No, I just needed to take a break from the trump/Maga rednecks and goobers, especially those quoting links from Fox News.....when will they ever learn!!!
  23. Not sure what you mean by your post, however it is illegal for a farang to own land in Thailand. He can elect to lease land through a Thai company in which he owns only 49% of the company, but that company has to meet certain criteria inasmuch as the Thai partners of the 51% have to be bone fide partners who have invested their own funds into the company, not just nominee folk. Owning through his wife who has to show that she has purchased the land with her own funds, is possible, but then again the farang does not own it.
  24. Interesting post because a friend of mine here in Phuket had his house "stolen" by his own lawyer who had forged documents and sold it whilst my friend was away working in Singapore. He decided to pursue this lawyer through the courts and despite the case seemingly being clear-cut, the judge ruled that:- because my friend had bought the house through the "company/nominee route" (when he didn't have a company) then the purchase was illegal and ruled that the house was therefore never his, and he lost everything. I don't believe anything was ever done about the crooked lawyer, so it shows that one has to be on one's guard here, even when one has a lawyer who is supposedly looking after the clients interests – – it doesn't always work like that here!
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