RocketDog

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.

Don't you have to be on the road for those to happen? Infectious diseases can strike anybody. False equivalence.

Perspective I guess. I took it as a simple warning that covid is still active here and that it can cause death. Why is your and others in this thread reactions to statement of simple facts so violent? Just another opportunity for you to state the same arguments you beat to death the last few years. Get a better hobby, or better yet, stop raving about things that you claim don't affect you. Me thinketh thou protestith too much.

Maybe so. But Biden is not president now. What's is your point?

Good luck on the usa visit. After a deep dive over several years I have concluded it is flat impossible to bring my Thai live-in GF (together for 8 years now) to america for a visit especially with the current administration. Her return trip, expenses paid, could well end in El Salvador! (There is actually a bitter and expletive-ridden rant about the orange man that I am omitting, but use your imagination).

You actually reckon that means progress? 🤣 "Your post really seems like that a totally clueless fool. "

I share ice cream with my dog. Have for 50 years. Keeps me immunized! 😁 The American CDC has been airing public service announcements for years asking people to stop over-sanitizing their kitchens; Saying that kids are growing up with virgin immune systems. I never bandage or clean superficial small cuts and scrapes. If it's a puncture wound I force it to bleed out for a few minutes and move on. Deeper cuts get some superglue and a bandage. And yes, I work with my hands a lot. YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM: USE IT OR LOSE IT.

Look at UltraMobile sim cards. I've had one for over a year and got it here before I went back last May to sell my house. I've had skype for several years but it's such a clusterf##k app I won't miss it. Have the Ultra sim in my phone and if you only call using a wifi connection calls are unlimited to any usa number and they gave me a usa number as well so anybody can call me from usa. If you subscribe for a year it's only slightly more than skype at $15/yr.

Does this make sense to anybody but you?

Alternative facts now huh.

We can only hope you're right. As the final paragraph of the OP notes, this is symbolic but still has power. At this point I don't pay much attention to the man's actions or words. It's clear he will continue to create chaos at every turn. It's not accidental, it's strategic. He gets his cues ftom the authoritarian playback Project 2025. What I am paying attention to is the rising tide of resistance from the people. They have no playback for rebellion as Americans have seldom had to embrace such tactics in our history. Nonetheless, a time is coming when he will have aggressively offended or damaged enough citizens that a spark will come that could set off a raging wildfire. After all, his rabid base is still small compared to the rest of the citizenry, which his minor 1.5% popular vote margin clearly demonstrates after you consider the 19m registered voters who stayed home. I don't believe that Americans' core values can repressed or trampled on for another four years without social upheaval.

I have started using the term more properly, that's all. It's pretty clear these days which side truly has the syndrome. His minions never miss an opportunity to sing his praises. It's an obsession demonstrationg closed minds and open mouths. If enough folks on both sides start using it to describe the other the utter confusion will soon kill the term altogether. That's my goal. If enough of their go-to epithets are turned upside down they will be left speechless. They will be forced to use their shattered brainpans as flowerpots or cat litter boxes or something else at least nominally useful.

Agreed. But trumps supporters just can't see the truth. It's popularly known as Trump Derangement Syndrome. It's not only weak-minded, as you say, but shows extreme gullability and wish-thinking with a strong dose of self-inflicted blindness. Perhaps some will change their opinions when their lives began to crumble from their Dear Leader's global mayhem.

You almost make it sound like Trump has a plan. Nobody is buying that one. What he has is a two week old dead flounder and it's starting to smell.

Tell me which direction to look please. I'm just not seeing it. Unless of course the goal is global chaos.

Sewing wouldn't reap much but sowing would. But you make a good point. You pick roses everyday and eventually you'll feel a thorn.