NorthernRyland

My Dad died at 67 in Cambodia during COVID and due to border closers his two sons in Thailand couldn't even visit him. Life is short indeed.

Someone was confused with this graph so it needs some more explanation. This is the "M1" money supply in the US. From ChatGPT: The M1 money supply is a measure of the most liquid forms of money in an economy. It represents the money that is immediately accessible for spending and transactions. M1 is the narrowest definition of money and typically includes: 1. Currency in Circulation: This includes paper money and coins that are held by the public. 2. Demand Deposits: Checking accounts that people can use to make payments with checks or electronic transfers. 3. Traveler’s Checks: Although less common today, they are included as part of M1. 4. Other Checkable Deposits (OCDs): These include deposits in institutions that offer check-writing privileges, such as NOW accounts (Negotiable Order of Withdrawal accounts). THIS is the reason for the inflation, an increase the money supply available to consumers. Prices have gone up because the value of the currency has gone down. The inflation problem is 100% caused by government intervention.

End of March and things are getting toasty. Came down to Chiang Mai this evening for an early flight tomorrow to Krabi and wanted to see how the temps are looking in the rest of the country. I find this summary interesting so I wanted to share. Looks like Isaan is roasting the hardest right now and Krabi is getting some rain but that humidity is going to hit hard after being in drought.

Look what they did to us in the US. Thailand did something similar although not so dramatic. Surely COVID was a cover up for them to get away with this.

I see much Thai food where I am being priced at 60 or 70 per plate. This was unheard of before COVID and wages have not increased this much. An extra 20 baht for ever meal is make or break for many people sadly.

The root problem is the evil Republicans cut school funding so the scholar had no choice but to turn to crime in order to support his family.

My wife's father is from Sing Buri and I went once over 12 years for Songkran. All those Buri's near Bangkok are hot garbage. The arm pit of Thailand could describe them nicely. Avoid at all cost.

Another thread mentioned Limeleaf Kitchen (San Pa Tong). Never been but these pictures look mighty impressive. https://www.facebook.com/limeleafkitchencnx

I think Breakfast World was mentioned.

What are these people in jail for? Thailand very much seems like a country which happily disregards all manor of laws so it's surprising to have so many prisoners. Violent crime would appear low on the surface too. I'm guessing drug offenses are the majority.

I don't think Trump really wants any import taxes but he's doing this in retaliation in order to put pressure on them to drop theirs. Ideally all this tariff nonsense can be dropped and we can go back to free(er) trade. At the end of the day this about forcing reciprocity on Thailand. Maybe it's the wrong way about it but that's the general idea and it's totally justified.

must have blown out some. 🤷it change within hours with a strong wind.

Agreed it could be worse but look at this lovely scene. The smoke in the city right now is even worse. That time I was at my wives house in Mae Jo you could smell the smoke in the morning.

LOL it's already 10x what the Thai's pay!! Thai 20 baht, foreigner 200 baht is common.

why do you say this? Smart phones are just a computer with a touch screen and cell receivers. People don't want glasses or any other silly nonsense. This has been tried many times now and people don't want it.

Going head first in to the belly of the beast. Don't do it.

Thailand's GDP is 17 trillion baht per year.

I'm very happy with Ozarks in Hang Dog. 250-300 baht range. Location is in the forest and lovely. By far my favorite place so far and it's a straight shot 45 min ride from Samoeng which is very convenient. I did go to Route 66 over the weekend and it was good (got a full English actually and had black pudding for the first time) but it was a boxed in air conditioned room off a busy road which isn't so nice.

I'm pretty cheap and I wouldn't pay that except many once a year. Ok so it's good value for what you're getting but do I really need that much? I don't think so. 😂

No he got choked I think. They're on video saying to press his throat so it sounds like manslaughter to me too.

This was last evening. Something around 150 AQI hot and dry. Lungs feel a little soar today even so no it's not very nice. Going to Krabi on Friday for 4 nights to see how it is down there.

I started buying sausages at Sausage King in Chiang Mai and the have a massive selection. Not really something I ever ate before but it's convenient since there's not a lot of food options where I live and most close by 7 anyways. I'm really enjoying them and even got to try some English foods I never had before (I'm American) like Bangers and mash and shepherds pie. They have a large variety of meat pies too. Owner is British. You can order them online and shipped around the country too.

The British guy was acting like a total nut job so they restrained him and foolishly killed him in the process. Even so this is pretty easy to avoid happening to you isn't it?

They didn't' translate the most important part of the video. 🤦‍♂️ The presenters say they can hear the guy in the video say "press his throat" (กดคอไว้) so he probably was chocked as they tried to restrain him.

thanks I'll try Manifreshto next time since it's the least difficult for me to access. 👍