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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.

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!

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???

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.

Good to see that you are a Trump supporter because he favours supporters like you .....Noble Peace Prize indeed!!!!!!

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.

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!!

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?

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..........

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!!

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

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!

I've always had "top of the range cars" in NZ, but when I came here I didn't think it was necessary what with all of the crazy drivers and potholes around, so I bought a second-hand car (private sale) for my own use pottering around the place. A friend of mine came over from Oz and we went down to Rawai to have a look around and got stuck in a traffic jam on the way back and my friend noticed I was keeping an eye on the temperature gauge, and when I explained that it had overheated in the past, his answer was pretty straightforward – – – "look mate, you've always had good cars in the past, so why are you running around in this heap. Buy a new one and it will probably see you off this mortal coil, and you won't have any worries about breakdowns etc". So I went out and bought a new Suzuki Swift in 2012 and it has been a great little car and very reliable, and the Suzuki service garage here is excellent. So I will echo what others have said and encourage you to look at buying a new car. Also look at buying a car which has a service centre/garage near your home.

My question was really relating to who can legally buy it/lease it, because although the land is up for lease, as others have pointed out, it is not easy for farangs to lease it unless their wives can buy it (and the law states that if the wife does by it, then it has to be with money that she has accumulated by her own right) or if they set up a company, but then as others have pointed out they can only own 49% of it.......and so it goes on.

But who can legally buy it/own it is the problem.

That area is a potential minefield, because once the land is sold to new owners, they have no obligation to abide by the original agreement, whatever it was. There was also a similar "scam/ruse" whereby agents were telling prospective buyers that land could be bought on a 30+30+30 year lease. That was ruled illegal in a Thai court of law.

Are you?........then welcome back, you havent been missed!

OOPS....sorry to have bothered you as have just found it. Thanks all the same.

Cannot find this......where is it, please?

Well I can't complain as mine has been in use for 8 years, so would certainly buy another if necessary!!