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  1. mfd101
    Yes, and self-confidence and agency. None of which is particularly common amongst poor people. Poverty breeds passivity. I see that every day here amongst the Khmer peasants.
  2. mfd101
    None. Proper diet and regular exercise, the chances are not high of getting cancer or heart attack or stroke or diabetes I or II or III. But you do have to die of something ...
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    But our strategic circumstances have changed. The threats are all superficial now.
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    No Western country with a government that knows its business would give Thais visa-free entry. Just asking for trouble. (How do you get rid of them later?)
  5. mfd101
    Just on the subject of tummy upsets: When we lived in BKK (Asoke) I used to get upsets regularly until the day I made a connection between the roadside stalls, the stinky sewers only a metre below, and seeing one of the stall owners washing his dishes under a wayside tap and thinking: So where did that water come from? Never had a problem since then.
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    Haven't worn a tie since the day I retired from the Australian Public Service in 2004. Barefoot most of the day here in Surin in and around the house, sandals for visits to shops, sneakers for special occasions (rain or Immigration or visit to BKK).
  7. mfd101
    Doesn't exactly point to a sophisticated understanding of international relations ... Why stir the hornets' nest with such a silly (no doubt pro forma) invitation when you don't actually have to?
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    Mobile.
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    With AIS you just dial 00500 + country no. [61 for Oz] + phone no. Can't remember the price (I've never checked) but I think the same as local call (or maybe a bit more but unrelated to duration of call).
  10. mfd101
    Yes, and those now in their 70s & 80s were the same 50 years ago.
  11. mfd101
    And now they're in their 70s and 80s ...
  12. mfd101
    My boyfriend would take care of it (him) - 40 years younger than me, fast on his feet, strong as an ox and learned to fight as a conscript here. A couple of years ago someone drew a knife on him at the exit from a gay disco in BKK at 0200. Before you could say Bob's yer Uncle the other guy was on his back on the pavement having the s... kicked out of him.
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    Beer sales will be going thru the roof by now.
  14. mfd101
    Yawn, tourism is the major industry of Third and Second World countries destined always to be Third or Second World. And here was I thinking Thailand was reaching for the moon!
  15. mfd101
    In the Northern Territory (30% indigenous population), the outcome of the 2 electorates was: 56% & 65% No.
  16. mfd101
    The fault lies mostly with Albanese, who made the most elementary mistakes in the whole process. "I'm not a details man." Mmmm, well if you needed proof that even PMs have to be (selectively) across the details ...
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    If I had continued with Visa-Friendly from the previous 3 years, my premium for the next year would have been 86168. I chose to move to Premier Plus with much the same cover minus OPD (which is not worth the candle) at 74401.
  19. mfd101
    Note also that the 40K deductible (ie I pay the first 40K of any claim) itself reduces my premium by almost 31K. Which, in the absence of any sickness & claims, means the 40K deductible isn't as horrid as it seems.
  20. mfd101
    Yes, and as always and everywhere: Stay as healthy as you can for as long as you can. You are responsible for your health both physical & mental. All alternatives are worse.
  21. mfd101
    Here's what it shows on my latest renewal notice: Annual premium 154385 Less OPD 20% (30877) Less deductible 25% (30877) Less No claim discount 20% (18527) 74104 stamp duty o.4% 297 Total Premium 74401
  22. mfd101
    'No claims' helps.
  23. mfd101
    So there could be floods. Or not.
  24. mfd101
    Common sense. So get on with it!
  25. mfd101
    Ummmm ....

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