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5 hours ago, Yagoda said:
We already know about their actions in the effort to interfere in our elections. What did they have to do with this? Could it be like a bit of Apis/Gavrilo type action?
Lol... sounds legit.
Maybe you have had too many Thai sticks or purple haze buds today, getting late. Also, quoting from Fox news is about as fair and balanced as Tucker Carlson's visit to Moscow to interview Putler. In the UK, it would be akin to asking the Guardian to do a balanced article on the rights and wrongs of the immigration and benefits issue... with recommendation to the Labour Party for action.
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12 minutes ago, Alexjkr said:
Interesting that the US applies safety standards but the US expects other countries to ignore safety standards. So the US is expecting the UK to import Chlorinated chicken from the US.
Chlorinated chicken is the poster-boy product for all that is wrong with US food... but even if they allowed it in, pretty much no-one would buy it because of its infamous rep. As long as food stuffs are clearly labeled, then who cares?
It's a little bit nanny state BS to say that people are too stupid to make decisions for themselves on what to buy if clearly labelled... if you buy the likes of chlorinated chicken, then you deserve the consequences for being a complete moron.
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Just now, save the frogs said:
AirAsia has a lot of cheap flights ... spend less on other things to save for ocasiional travel, unless you really dont want to travel
Guess that's a personal choice... as highlighted by my comment regarding logistics. Yes, there are deals to be had, but no blanket rules of all things. Also, I'm not a big fan of the domestic "Dan Dare airlines" in many places... would rather drive, just personally don't like flying.
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1 minute ago, nauseus said:
Not sure of the origin of that pic. It just looks like someone lighting up to me. Yes, back to superfoods.
I forgive you for not being a fan of the X-Files.... and yes, back to superfoods.
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Certain environments attract certain types... may they reap what they sow, like everyone else.
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7 minutes ago, nauseus said:
Just looking at your pic. Well done. I need to get with the program.
Pic isn't about smoking... it's a reference to the deep state and puppeteers that endure and control things behind the scenes, regardless who is in charge, like manipulating a marionette. Doesn't matter what you vote for, the same is delivered.
However, we are talking about healthy superfoods that help your heath... impressive distraction, give you that.
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6 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:
Traveling would be really hard on 40k/month. Doable but certain areas will be off limits. For example I usually live on about 30-40k depending on the month and went to Krabi for 4 nights with my wife last week. Ended up costing a little over 30k including flight from Chiang Mai. Krabi kind of sucked also, total tourist trap and overpriced so I wouldn't go back.
On a strict budget I would go to other places I could drive too and are more local. No reason to go into the belly of the beast if you don't have to.
The word "flight" is just wrong on a budget of what we are talking about... in the context of this thread, we should be saying bus or train.
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2 minutes ago, nauseus said:
And no smoking! 🚭 😜
Indeed... along with other recreational drugs, illegal or otherwise. However, you are right, smoking is a huge red flag and should be ditched asap. I smoked for 10 years and gave up 25 years ago... best thing I ever did.
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Lol... mental health issues in foreigners are like a tsunami here. Good luck with that.
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Limit carbs, eat lean meat, consume lots of cruciferous vegetables that contain sulforaphane (like Broccoli and cauliflower etc.), plus mushrooms, onion, carrot, loads of garlic, get into spices like tumeric/sage/ginger/fenugreek etc.
Also, fasting will help, along with getting rid of as much sugar as possible from your diet, as glucose fuels cancer cell growth.
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It's not just about the tariffs countries slap on US goods, it's the VAT too, which compounds the issue, especially in countries that have VAT at 10% or more... a big barrier to trade for imports.
The US doesn't do retail tax in the same way, it leaves it up to the individual states to decide the retail tax level, and some states don't have any at all. If you look at the levels of import taxes countries put on US goods compared to the old US tariffs for exports from other countries, then there is a huge imbalance... then add the VAT, and it is grime reading.
For example, the EU puts 39% tariffs on US goods, then you add the VAT, and they are whinging about 20% in return... a little delusional really, and same goes for everyone else with huge trade imbalances. Thailand and others can hardly complain with their aversion to imports, to protect their home-grown monopolies etc... can't have it both ways.
I'm not saying tariffs are good, but I'm not suprised a businessman who is elected president is pissed-off about the imbalance... the answer is FTAs, but that scares many smaller local economies that like protectionism. Can't have your cake and eat it though... you have to choose.
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40k a month is perfectly livable on if you want to... however, there are a few caveats depending on personal lifestyle choices.
1. Having debts will screw you over, although if the debt is, say, 8-10k a month for a car payment, and you have no mortgage (just renting or own your place), then it still can be done with a few minor sacrifices.
2. Are you the eat out at restaurants everyday type? That can get costly, but it depends where you are and what restaurants you visit... western restaurants in touristy places are clearly going to be more than somewhere like Korat etc. You can eat out without blowing the bank balance, but it needs a bit of planning, and again, depends on food choice.
3. The real killer is the booze and ladies. If you are married and a tee-totaller, then fine, but even being married can cost a lot more than you think. If you are single and rent not buy, then avoid the yellow fever changing ladies every day or two MO.
4. Do you like traveling around the country exploring and staying in hotels? Yes, can be done on budget, but again it's a logistical choice on your behalf.
5. Health insurance is a good idea, as many come unstuck over this at some point... a worthwhile expense.
6. Have hobbies and interests that don't really need much spent on them.
7. Places like Pattaya are great to visit, but probably best to live just outside it, as it'll be a little cheaper and you can easily go into the vortex when you want to, or avoid it completely.
However, if you don't have debt and are measured with the other things, then yes, you can easily live on 40k a month, as long as you don't do a banzai charge to the bars and girls everyday... the art of moderation is the key, but that doesn't mean you can't partake in everything a bit and must live like a monk.
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Nice click-bait topic from someone who should know better. Why do you assume all foreigners are the same and that what you say applies to all? Many expats live harmoniously in their local environment and get along with the locals without any drama. Sounds like you are living in the scumbag places where you get moron tourists, rather than expats that just want to live out their lives somewhere cool.
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I would say that under the present climate for tariffs and business, many foreign investors are taking a time-out for a while... as many places just seem not right, including China. Better to park your money in gold, defense stocks (as the world is re-arming), the Yen or other trditional safe havens for now.
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Well, if you let in all the dodgy Russian draft-dodgers who have money... WTF do you expect? Then pile on top of that the Indians and their nonsense. You have to choose between lots of money and the resulting chaos and crime... or less money and some sort of sane situation you can manage. Have to choose as you can't have it both ways.
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Usually the removal will be done at night as they are less aggressive than during the day... and they will use the old smoke trick to make them more passive. The removal guys should know the score, but it's about catching the queen, then the rest will follow as long as she lives.
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There are 4 types of honey bees in Thailand, and from your picture it looks like they are bees, not hornets, like in the picture someone posted in reply to your original post with the guy in what looks like a hazmat suit... hornets have that swirly paper-style nest they make, whereas the picture you posted looks like them all clinging to the honey combs that will be just under the surface of the bee covering... however, caution is advised as they might still be aggressive, and get someone in to sort it. The hornets are the ones to worry about, especially the Asian giant hornet that is super nasty... but it doesn't look like they are the ones in your picture as they prefer making their nests in the ground or dead tree trunks near the ground.
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Sent back to Russia... then to the frontline in Ukraine.
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Guess a big factor is how the electricity is generated... if you just push the carbon further up the supply chain towards the sources, then it's a moot point. There are issues with EVs like where all the lithium and colbalt etc. is coming from, and the places much of this is mined is hardly the poster-boy for ethics and sustainable business in a green way. Hopefully, there will soon be an alternative to lithium batteries and they are heading toward solid state batteries but will take time. Also, making an EV has a bigger carbon footprint than making an ICE car... just takes time to clear the debt for an EV with using elecricity.
The transition will take time, and the tech has to mature and convince people they have nothing to worry about like poor charging/reliability in cold weather, insurance, repairs, expensive replacement batteries, or range anxiety etc. However, during the transition, then ICE cars are not going away anytime soon (unless maybe you live in a deluded Milliband eutopia fantasy land country), and I think the real near-time objective should be these e-fuels that have tiny-to-zero emissions that you can put in an ICE engine... that should be pushed and normalized.
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Not "bees"... hornets mate. Get a removal service in pronto, those thing can be bad ass.
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The more they dig, the dodgier it becomes... got China's slipshod corrupt MO stamped all over it, even though Anutin will try to bury it over an extended investigation that won't report for months, and when released, will be almost no media attention on it as the bribes will have been done by then and the news cycle has moved on, lift carpet and brush quickly, nothing to see here move along.
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Putin, like all dictators, relies on fear and supression... and only respects strength. There is nothing to fear from conventional warefare with Russia, they can't even take Ukraine (and that's with no NATO soldiers fighting), and in conventional conflict with NATO, Russia would be ripped a new one, especially from the airpower.
Ivan won't go nuclear unless it is attacked with nukes, which won't happen, and if he did a first strike, then it would be the end of Putin's Russia. The thing with nukes is that you can't just use one or two, you have to use hundreds to properly take out, say, the UK and France because otherwise the retaliation strike would destroy many Russian cities. The thing is, Ivan might have 5-6k nukes on paper, but how many actually work and are ready to be deployed... probably some, but not all of them and the cost of maintaining them is sky-high when you look at what the uS spends on this, and when you consider the scale of corruption in the Russian armed forces, who's to say that that doesn't happen in the nulear forces too (especially when so many generals probably think that their strength is in just having them as a deterrent, not using them, and don't think they will be used ever). The US has about 1,500 nukes ready or ready-ish to go from a pile of 5k, and the rest would take a bit of work to get up to snuff so that they could be used. I suspect the Russians have far less ready to go and it's all bluster, as is so often the case with the Kremlin... just threats.
Don't believe the Russian propaganda or the scaremongering of the mainstream media... it's called brinkmanship, and they all want you living in fear.
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Well, to the Obergruppenführer in charge of this, guess that is convenient for the CCP... kick it into the long grass and the news cycle will move on, then your overlords will be happy in Beijing, as no-one will care as you can easily sweep it under the carpet having received many brown envelopes to do the bidding of Sauron.
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British nationals might be trying to smuggle weed a little but hardly an epidemic of it, but what about the African romance and other types of call center scammers etc.... or the Chinese that pretend to build sound buildings for the Thai government?
Entitled UK citizens are hardly in the same league... just that Beijing has ordered a cover-up because the pesky earthquake caught them out, as they were quite happy to finish a crappy quality building and then let Thai government workers spend everyday at work in the place not knowing how fragile it was. Did anyone see the sickly propaganda advert, that was swiftly deleted, about that building as a perfect example of China's BRI construction prowess? Blimey... the complete bunch of Richards!
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Laos entry stamp scam.
in Visas and migration to other countries
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If you can be bothered and want to be organised, then I'd say go to the Laos consulate in Khon Kaen on the the way up there, and get your paperwork etc. done before you reach the border, which makes things smoother on arrival. Also, Khon Kaen is a good city to spend a night in and has a huge university, so that means plenty of hotel and nightlife options.