RocketDog

Too bad the pot didn't contain boiling oil. The outcome would have been quite dramatic. Watching the man suddenly break out in dance would have been entertaining.

As for your DNA criterion, how would you classify my brother with YY chromosomes who has Klienfelter Syndrome? My point: Categorizing people's gender strictly by their DNA is a fool's game. Nature is full of endless wonderful variations on everything living. Some are beneficial adaptations and some are not; it's called evolution. Clearly people having XY chromosomes have not always served humanity beneficially. Young men are often dangerous to themselves and those around them and are generally eager for a conflict. Without testosterone most wars would simply never get off the ground as older men don't like to fight or die. Arbitrarily putting things into simplistic categories is generally not useful when dealing with people. We are all different and unique down to the quantum level.

Dodged bullets and landed in a cesspool. It will take America years to clear the stench.

And the poor souls born with genitalia of both genders? Disposable people? You seem to be very clear on gender issues so I thought I'd ask.

95% more reasons to attack. Simple explanation.

I did notice that. Trump lying about the free jet and now tap dancing around the emoluents clause. I've seen you getting very nimble lately too. By my reckoning Trump has been in office more than a day and the Ukraine war rages on. Putting on your dancing shoes? I know your mental arrangement syndrome is a burden. Well, as they say: Break a leg!

Or they are especially financially literate to the point that having 10's or more in a bank account is no big loss. I happen to know several folks in that dire situation.

LOL

LOL. that's the same strategy I use. Cue up the order on my laptop but place order on my phone. Not huge gains but worth the minor effort.

Is that legal? I would think not.

Fate! I'm out to buy today. Under $3200. Yay. Keep on stackin'

Thanks. I quit reading several months ago waiting for the dust to settle. It has now I think. No urgency on my part since I won't owe and won't get a TIN until I have to. I saved the post for reference. In any event Lister did a wonderful job. I hope he doing well.

my greatest thanks to you Mike for the Herculean and continual effort you have taken on and accomplished. This latest version seem definitive to me and I will use it as such. We all owe you a debt.

you win

Interesting fact, I didn't know that. What you or I know does not matter unfortunately; it's what the IO knows that matters. When I did the OA to O conversion last year, the low rank document checking lassie at the Hua Hin IO told me I could not use my BKK time deposit account (used ONLY for immigration) could be used. I had to establish a new one and USE NEW funds to top it up!!!!!! Of course she was wrong but it did start the bank trips over the next two days to prove I had funds there for several years, and all had been funded by FTT deposits. Thanks.

read my post carefully. I said I agreed with the former (other banks) but not the latter (other BKK branches) Keep in mind that I was trying to help the OP.

yep, me too. Color me an happy camper and still stacking.

none of the above and none of your business. thanks for your concern and kind words.

All you said I agree with. I vault metals in Singapore and Canada. Silver just isn't worth the storage fees and space. If you hold it yourself it's bulky and again takes too much space. The only money I ever made on silver was the 90% silver American 'junk' silver coins I bought in 1974 when it was $5/oz and sold last year. I can see a modest decline in gold price but think support is still above 3000 and resistance to the upside will fall as things go to s##t globally. I could see 4000 in the next few years (or even months). Governments have been buying gold steadily and stealthily for many years and Joe Sixpack is even waking up. I'm with you. Thai gold jewelry is just too easy a target. I buy regularly from the same shop and he has never ask my name. Gotta love it! To paraphrase an old hippy truism: Gold will get you through times of no currency better than currency will get you through times of no gold. My four investment pillars for most of my adult life were metals, cash,real estate, and equities. Last year I sold all my American real estate and moved the money into cash/metals/equities. I have moved 90% of my cash out of America to several offshore accounts. In short term I think America is too much of a financial risk now. I own my house here but real estate is not liquid enough for me at age 75. I've done particularly well in equities since I got into oil 30 years ago and held it then got into semiconductors the last few years.

Your op title mentions FFT but that's a typo as the text calls it FTT, Foreign Telephonic/telegraphic Transfer. Yes Hua Hin Immigration challenged me on that when converting my OA to O visa. I went to the local BBK branch and had the Foreign Account manager write a short letter of explanation for the IO. End of problem. The manager told me that different banks and even different branches of BBK could use different anagrams. I believe the former but not the latter.

Understanding my body's nutritional needs is a lifelong effort. As far as aging and genes neither of will ever know will we? Your opinion is at least as much conjecture as mine. So if you saw a skeleton of a person who indulged only in junk food all his life would you chalk that up to genes? You could and nobody can say you're wrong. I'll continue to learn about nutrition and err on the safe side thank you.

Right. Falling wires aren't dangerous unless you're standing in water. Check!

My father used to say that even a blind old hog finds an acorn occasionally. A monkey with a typewriter spells a few real words occasionally. The man is a full-blown nut case (brainworms probably). A nutrition course in college lit a bulb for me at 21. I stopped eating crap then and have never looked back. At 75 I'm quite proud of my body and health and my hair is still brown. If one opens their mind instead of their mouth the truth emerges quickly. No need to suffer hogs, monkies, or fools.

If you live in a bubble you don't need mask or shots. Oxygen, water, and food become over-riding interests quickly though. Not to mention waste removal.