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It tells me…

You’re not helping the cause. You should try to approach people in a more honest manner. How do you expect to win hearts and minds with your tortured statistics? You claimed that another poster was cherry-picking his facts when claiming incentives were being offered. I refuted your claim (correctly) and provided a link. You ignored it. How very convenient for you to do so. https://usafacts.org/visualizations/covid-vaccine-tracker-states/state/arkansas

Many states have offered vaccination incentives for quite some time now. https://www.nga.org/center/publications/covid-19-vaccine-incentives/ …and long before August 4.

Not noticing prices rising. The opposite in fact as most things I buy from Gourmet Market, Big C and Tesco seem to be on sale these days including imported food such as Mainland Cheese, King Oscar sardines. Even getting bigger (and more frequent) discounts from Happyfresh. Seems things are still arriving from overseas as the Best Before dates are later and later. When I peruse foodpanda (look but don’t buy because I’m trying to stick to my keto diet), there are so many 2 for 1 deals from major fast food chains that it makes my head spin. Many restaurants also offer an extra 50-100 baht off discount code on top of the already discounted prices (minimum purchase necessary). Rents being asked on Hipflat are falling further but asking purchase prices for condos seem to be sticky and not falling (not sure what they are selling for if they are in fact selling) Maybe it’s different out in the rural areas, but Bangkok, for most things, is definitely in a deflationary price mode.

My comments come from a position of seeing the OP as a naive kid. Stand up scooters? Bike lanes in Bangkok? Charging stations for motorbikes at condos? Popping wheelies? How many soccer moms do you see here driving a minivan with an “I share the road with cyclists” bumper sticker?

You’ll see.

“The “In-depth Accident Investigation in Thailand” studied 1,000 road accidents between 2016 and 2020. It found that motorcycle riders’ perceptual failure is the major cause of accidents, while the majority of victims are young riders. The study aimed to identify the root cause of motorcycle accidents to seek solutions to the problem. About 20,000 people die each year on Thai roads, which are among the deadliest in the world. Around three-quarters of those fatalities are people riding two- or three-wheeled vehicles.” https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30403810

How often do you see people driving down the opposite side of the road in Canada like you would here? I would posit that riding a motorbike on the shoulder of a road in Canada is far safer than here and don’t really need to see a government statistic to tell me what I see with my own eyes here in Thailand.

If you thought Canada was dangerous, you haven’t seen anything yet. Those “one wrong moves” happen quite frequently here.

There are no “bike lanes”. Shoulders on crowded Bangkok freeways are used as just another lane. Shoulders on rural country roads can have people traveling on a motorbike in the opposite direction…sometimes with a side cart attached. City streets will have people double and triple parked next to a night market while the owner runs to his favorite food stall to get his evening. if you have to ask so many questions and overthink it….take a taxi.

What you are looking for is a “super tweeter”…they can be cheap. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/1pcs2pcs-hifi-4-inch-super-tweeter-speaker-unit-8-ohm-pembicara-30w-treble-loudspeaker-al-100-aluminum-ribbonhigh-sound-quality-loudspeaker-belt-type-audio-accessories-8-speaker-replacement-parts-loa-i2298609872-s7746477615.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.40.509553f4kqBNBG&search=1&freeshipping=1 For an amp to help you run them you’ll need either an integrated amp or a separate preamp. Can’t help you there as all I’m familiar with that is rated to those frequencies are quite expensive.

“Gold is money, everything else is credit” -J.P. Morgan

No it hasn’t.

First, I have no judgement for or against the “scene”…I’ve just come to the realization over the years that it’s not for me. I have had many interesting conversations with bargirls in my time here and when they know you’re not a potential customer, yet don’t judge them for what they do, they tend to open up. That being said, when I stand back and look at the women working, when they aren’t with a customer, they have hollow eyes. Many want to find love and security (financial and otherwise) but the cost of doing so is more than just selling their body. With each customer, they sell a little of their soul too. It’s a dark life. Many feel that it’s just the way things are….perhaps their karmic fate. No blame, no judgement…it is what it is. Will they find love? If they do, can they truly feel it? Dream on.

Just read the lyrics and have to agree with you 100% Another good one with regards to the entertainment scene would be Depeche Mode ‘Dream On’ Can you feel a little love? As your bony fingers close around me Long and spindly Death becomes me Heaven, can you see what I see?Hey you pale and sickly child You're death and living reconciled Been walking home a crooked mile Paying debt to karma You party for a living What you take won't kill you But careful what you're giving MmmThere's no time for hesitating Pain is ready, pain is waiting Primed to do its educating Unwanted, uninvited kin It creeps beneath your crawling skin It lives without, it lives within you Feel the fever coming You're shaking and twitching You can scratch all over But that won't stop you itching Can you feel a little love?Can you feel a little love? Dream on Dream on MmmMmmBlame it on your karmic curse Oh shame upon the universe It knows its lines It's well-rehearsed It sucked you in, it dragged you down To where there is no hallowed ground Where holiness is never found Paying debt to karma You party for a living What you take won't kill you But careful what you're giving Can you feel a little love? Can you feel a little love?Dream on Dream onCan you feel a little love? Can you feel a little love? Dream on Dream onDream on Dream onDream on Dream on

But…you don’t.

Cherry-picking dates does not bolster ones argument either for or against.

The decongestant nasal sprays that contain things such as oxymetazoline hcl and naphazoline hcl will come with a nasty rebound affect after extended use. I would recommend first seeing an ENT to rule out polyps or a severely deviated septum, but before jumping into surgery of any kind (something I wish I had never done), try to find the root cause. One thing to check for is mold (or other environmental) allergies and potentially food allergies.

Janis drove a Porsche https://www.americanbluesscene.com/janis-joplins-porsche-1/ 54CA5CEA-BB3A-4B75-A915-9047325C59C5.webp

Understood that you were referring to buy/order…I just wanted to expand on it and share my personal experience. I’m sure you’re right regarding western gold dealers purchasing Thai gold too. I’d bet you’d be offered whatever the scrap price is. I learned my lesson and now go with the “when in Rome…” strategy.

The strange thing about Thailand is that the majority of gold trading is done with Thai gold (.9625). Trying to sell internationally recognized bullion (Pamp, Credit Suisse, Valcambi, Maple Leafs etc etc) is extremely hard and most shops will offer 20% less than spot. That was my experience when trying to sell. The only shop/dealer I could find in Bangkok that would deal with .999 was Huasengheng and they would only deal in kilo or larger quantities. Ausirus (the mall shops) wouldn’t even make an offer.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2018/10/31/investing-vs-speculating-why-knowing-the-difference-is-key/?sh=40d80eb938b1

I’m not saying that there were never any Chinese buyers. But for people to hang their hopes on a full blown real estate recovery on the Chinese is kind of ridiculous. Maybe I’ll sell one of them my condo too.

You can buy a similar vintage 996 C4S here for about $140k. The ones currently for sale are less, but a year or two older. Expensive, for sure…but nowhere near the $760,000 you were quoting for a Turbo S. Completely different car. My 1996 993C2 would cost more to replace here (like for like) than any newer 996. The worst part about it is that we’d both be driving automatics here too.