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That is exactly what you did, but in reverse.

Why would you compare one of the most expensive 911s to the least expensive Cayenne? Using your logic, I could call the 911 the poor mans Porsche.

I wonder if that includes food/grocery delivery services such as foodpanda and happyfresh under the “middleman” category.

Nah…I’m sure it will be another saccharine sweet virtue signal. I’ll probably still click on it though.

I need to find an appropriate 12 step group for my desire to click on these posts. It appears that I’m addicted to “cringe”.

No…I’m just a guy who doesn’t feel fulfilled with sex without some sort of commitment. I place no value judgement on guys who feel differently.

I sound like a sexual predator pointing out the way many women are here? I don’t drink, don’t go to bars, don’t sleep around at all. I prefer to stay single and celibate than deal with most of the women here, who are in fact the “butterflies” you refer to. I do have a couple close Thai female friends who I have known for almost a decade and they are both fiercely protective of me so the flaky women have little chance of getting at me.

Why is it that whenever I have seen pictures of these “field hospitals”, they are all completely empty? Surely, if it was as bad as they say it is, wouldn’t there be pictures galore of them filled to the brim with Covid patients?

I had an Electrolux at first but ended up exchanging it for an LG FV1450H2B 10.5/7kg which I’m quite happy with. If I had the space, I would have gotten a separate washer and dryer as it would be quicker to do multiple loads.

It’s more than just a money thing. It’s like their addiction to social media “likes”. I have found that the most beautiful Thai women are often the most insecure. As soon as you stop feeding their desperate need to feel better about themselves, they’re on to their next fix. Even after their nose jobs, chin jobs, braces, fillers, facials etc, they feel the same way about themselves after the novelty wears off. And that’s what we are to them after a while….a novelty…showering them with compliments and gifts. I usually sense it and then am the first to turn tail and run, however. Be a Skittles man… https://heartiste.org/2009/05/19/be-a-skittles-man/

You’re not doing anything wrong….you’re just finally catching on to the way things are here.

+1. Was dating a nurse who worked on the Covid ward at a major hospital. She said that it was so much easier as most of the patients would “just chill and maybe cough a little” (her words) and that it was the patients on other wards (who were there for surgery and such) that would need much more attending to. I’ll never forget when she said “I just don’t think Covid is as dangerous as they want us to believe”.

Yes, for Thailand it was certainly not cheap and I’m not sure why he chose one of the most expensive hospitals. I looked on their website at the room rates and see that a standard room is ฿11,300 and an ICU room is ฿14,800 (including food, nursing and hospital services). I don’t know which room he chose but it does make one wonder why we are required to have $100,000 USD (฿3,200,000) Covid insurance coverage if coming into Thailand as I can’t see how the cost would ever approach those levels.

No idea what a government hospital would cost but a friend contracted Covid and spent 2 weeks in Bangkok Hospital (one of the more expensive private hospitals) and his final all inclusive bill was ฿210,000 with no insurance. No ventilator, so I don’t know how much that would have added to the cost had it been necessary. And yes, he’s obese with cardiovascular health problems fwiw.

Collective healthcare cost of Covid over 2 years estimated to be between $56 Billion to $556 Billion https://www.ahip.org/new-study-covid-19-health-care-costs-could-reach-556-billion-over-two-years/ Healthcare costs attributed to obesity in 2014 were $1.4 Trillion (and probably more now) https://stop.publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/stop.publichealth.gwu.edu/files/Infographics/Fast Facts/Revised Fast Facts 7-2020/Costs of Obesity.pdf I think you may be on to something here.

Question for you regarding Coinbase as I recently made a small(ish) investment in it. Now that PayPal (in addition to major investment firms) has recently announced that they will give people the ability to buy and sell crypto currencies, what do you see as the future for Coinbase? Will these new entrants to the market have not only the long time brand recognition (and financial clout) to ultimately render Coinbase a “nobody” in the end? I have read of people complaining that Coinbase fees are too high, so what is stopping the “big players” from undercutting them and ultimately killing any value as an investment much like Walmart and Amazon did with smaller retailers? Just curious as to your opinion.

If you get what you paid for it, consider yourself lucky (in this market). No need to move gradually. Hire a moving company and move into rental wherever you are considering buying for a short period to give yourself time to find the right house to purchase. I just think that the opportunity cost of holding onto a second home could be high. I’ve read many stories online where people have purchased a home before selling their current home only to regret that decision in hindsight.

That’s not a very good P/E ratio for a rental. With those numbers, I would rent and not buy. Are you sure you want to have an extra illiquid asset the may or may not be easily rented or sold? If it were me, I’d sell first and then move. If you don’t sell first, the old home becomes an investment. Whether or not renting is “throwing money away” all depends on the P/E (price to rent) ratio of the particular property.

Had the same situation. Different opinions from 3 different doctors. Why do you think that Thaivisa members are any more qualified to answer this question?

So 602 condos sold under ฿10,000,000 leaves 58 sold over that price. How many dozens of new buildings start at over 10 million? There must be thousands and thousands of units for sale over 10 million. Who’s going to absorb that inventory? Also, the average price might be over ฿5,000,000 but the median is under ฿3,000,000 Seeing that the average price paid by Thai citizens is so much lower than foreigners, I don’t see how all the high priced units will ever be sold.

I’ve consulted with 3 different physicians recently regarding the vaccines. One recommends the Moderna One recommends Sinovac One recommends waiting until efficacy and side effects (of any and all vaccines) are better known and understood. Which one should I listen to?

Reminds me of the VW bus “race-taxi”

You were the one claiming that incentives weren’t widespread. I just posted the facts (with a link to my source) that showed you were wrong. Just the facts ma’am.

Neither. Just pointing out that it was in fact happening. New incentives are offered all the time. Some of them are quite humorous. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajherrington/2021/01/14/get-a-free-bag-of-marijuana-with-your-covid-19-vaccine/?sh=4f2612b82019