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  1. mfd101
    Yes, and it won't change till every child gets a decent modern education for their first 20 years. Just compare the children of the rich bourgeoisie of BKK with all the peasant children. Not in our lifetime, sadly.
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    Those are my principal activities in my old age, and keeping my (much younger) b/f & his family happy with cash flow is (mostly) a pleasure. In sum, my life continues as it always has, mostly inside my head. Which is where I enjoy it. I can do that anywhere but my b/f needs to look after his family so here we are.
  3. mfd101
    Oh, well it seemed cheap to me. And certainly compared to anything we buy when in BKK ...
  4. mfd101
    Yes, a good summary that applies to just about all government & administration in Thailand.
  5. mfd101
    Millions upon millions of Thais outside Bangers are earning the minimum wage or less or nothing at all. But prices are lower too outside the 3 or 4 largest cities. Here in Prasat Surin province my b/f and I yesterday had dinner at a wayside shack after our round-the-lake 5-times rapid walk. Delicious pad thai enclosed in omelette plus 2 bottles of chilled water: total price 154฿.
  6. mfd101
    So, no invites for the Yanks or the Frogs? Not even Oz, sob sob!
  7. mfd101
    Given the daily crowds on the BTS, the notion of police officers drawing & using their weapons to protect the innocent is ludicrous. Kill one criminal and 20 innocents in the process ...
  8. mfd101
    WARNING: TAKE CARE. Annual deluge of warnings is imminent!!!
  9. mfd101
    Basically a good idea. The Liberals in Oz are (probably) heading down that path when (if ever) they get back into government. The worry in Thailand would be the levels of competence and maintenance available short-term and long-term ...
  10. mfd101
    If he had half a brain he would extend the flight and get off in Oz. Where the locals speak English and he can earn at least twice what he's earning in Britain as a truck driver, probably 5 times as much if he heads to the minefields in Western Oz.
  11. mfd101
    Well, yes. But looking at their own tariff structure would be the rational thing to do. Mmmmm, what's the betting that won't happen? And what's the betting they won't find new trading partners either? (Sorry. becoming a pessimist in old age.)
  12. mfd101
    Out with the old. In with the new. Well, sometime this decade perhaps.
  13. mfd101
    Indeed. Though not holding my breath.
  14. mfd101
    The problem is the sheer lack of a reasonable & rational distribution of incomes.
  15. mfd101
    An interesting test of Thais' collective nous, speed & subtlety. Not holding my breath.
  16. mfd101
    Indeed. The point though is that BKK/Suwannaphum is the SEA base for most tourists from east, west & south (Singapore having outpriced & out-yawned its former status in that role). It will take some time for that to change, but nothing to say it can't over time ... The rest of SEA - notably Malaysia, Indonesia & Vietnam - is leaving Thailand behind in many ways (economic, technological & cultural adaptation ...).
  17. mfd101
    Competition for Suwanapum ...
  18. mfd101
    Negotiations to follow, more or less interminably. Plenty of room for Thailand to negotiate on reducing its assorted 'taxes' (however designated) on practically all imports. Should test the collective brain cells adequately.
  19. mfd101
    Well, yes. I've never rooted anything that wasn't moving so I have no idea what any of the above means.
  20. mfd101
    Here in Surin I got a TIN some 12 or 18 months ago because my Oz bank (NAB) forced me to by freezing my accounts until I supplied them with the TIN number. Haven't heard anything from either end since. Everything is covered by the DTA anyway, but may (yawn) consider calling on the friendly Prasat office next Feb or Mar. Just to keep things clean & tidy.
  21. mfd101
    My boyfriend and I got married in a Khmer village ceremony here in Surin in mid-2013. I guess it must have been the cut-down version.
  22. mfd101
    From best of mates to deadly enemies ... How the wheel turns!
  23. mfd101
    Well, I'm 76 and quite well thank you, and I've never been near a 'wellness centre'. Indeed, I had no idea such things exist.
  24. mfd101
    Quite. And staying - presumably alone - in his 130,000฿ per night villa ...
  25. mfd101
    So, unlike so many discussions on AN, we do seem to have made some progress above. From "Wise is the problem" to "Wise is NOT the problem".

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