Farang123

On 4/2/2021 at 4:57 AM, SunnyinBangrak said:

I would be interested to learn how you calculate its "real value". In my mind its real value was zero, but the bull case was and is compelling, and I set up a facility to accept payment in crypto. Less than 1% of customers paid in this way. Fast forward several years, and setting up that payment facility was the best business decision I ever made. The worst was spending some of the crypto on consumer goods back when it was a tiny fraction of what it is presently worth.

 6 months ago I asked an old school friend who is now CEO of a  multinational company whether they started keeping any cash in crypto. He laughed at me, and we changed subject. We were out for dinner the other night, and he asked my thoughts on the likely future value. I said I have no idea at all, but remain a large holder of a variety of cyptos, mining firms and companies involved with defi and staking, after having cashed out enough to comfortably retire on. He started umming and ahhing, oh but it is so expensive now, but I could see he was coming to terms with the fact they would start buying at some stage. Have to keep up with the Musks!

 The boss of Kraken exchange probably had it about right when he said - I paraphrase - by the end of 2021 one bitcoin will buy you a Lamborghini, by the end of 2022 one bitcoin will buy you a Bugatti. 

Nice predictions mate!

Analyzing the prices of what Bitcoin was at when I started this thread back in March, it was around 60k, besides a brief spike to around 70k there hasn't been any money made on BTC in the last 6-8 months unless you are buying and selling like a day trader and getting lucky.

On 4/2/2021 at 4:57 AM, SunnyinBangrak said:

I would be interested to learn how you calculate its "real value". In my mind its real value was zero, but the bull case was and is compelling, and I set up a facility to accept payment in crypto. Less than 1% of customers paid in this way. Fast forward several years, and setting up that payment facility was the best business decision I ever made. The worst was spending some of the crypto on consumer goods back when it was a tiny fraction of what it is presently worth.

 6 months ago I asked an old school friend who is now CEO of a  multinational company whether they started keeping any cash in crypto. He laughed at me, and we changed subject. We were out for dinner the other night, and he asked my thoughts on the likely future value. I said I have no idea at all, but remain a large holder of a variety of cyptos, mining firms and companies involved with defi and staking, after having cashed out enough to comfortably retire on. He started umming and ahhing, oh but it is so expensive now, but I could see he was coming to terms with the fact they would start buying at some stage. Have to keep up with the Musks!

 The boss of Kraken exchange probably had it about right when he said - I paraphrase - by the end of 2021 one bitcoin will buy you a Lamborghini, by the end of 2022 one bitcoin will buy you a Bugatti. 

I'm looking back at this thread over 6 months  later and  the boss of Kraken couldn't have been more wrong!  "by the end of 2021 one bitcoin will buy you a Lamborghini". Now we are down at 49,000. May be a good time to buy ????

It's dangerous to prepay for anything in Thailand. I was just reading about other foreigners paying for vaccines and then getting cut off and getting nothing. I just left Thailand this week, arrived in the US and got my first Moderna jab at a local pharmacy for free. I feel so much better having left the mess that is Thailand behind.

The U.S. is a good country, it really is.  Too bad Thailand doesn't give a <deleted> about foreigners in general.

I ended up paying 9,000 baht for a private van from Chiang Mai to  Bangkok. Got to Bangkok and upgraded my flight to business class. Made it to JFK 25 hours later, back home and the next day I got my first jab of Moderna for free at a local pharmacy. Couldn't have been easier. It's not too late to jump ship on Thailand if your at all thinking about it. I feel much better.

1 hour ago, bunnydrops said:

I flew out JAL/AA code share one month ago. Both legs were 90% full. Going to the US you can get the test anytime 3 days before the flight. If you have a early Friday morning flight, you can get the test anytime Tuesday.

 

Why does the Order specify 3 days rather than 72 hours? What is considered 3 days?

The 3-day period is the 3 days before the flight’s departure. The Order uses a 3-day timeframe instead of 72 hours to provide more flexibility to the traveler. By using a 3-day window, test validity does not depend on the time of the flight or the time of day that the test was administered.

For example, if a passenger’s flight is at 1pm on a Friday, the passenger could board with a negative test that was taken any time on the prior Tuesday or after.

 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/testing-international-air-travelers.html

So If I go in for a test on a Tuesday, then I will get the results Wednesday right? Does the 3 days start from the moment the test was administered or when you get the results?

Thanks all for the helpful clarifications.

No, 20,000 is way too much. I talked to a guy today he said he can do it for 10,000. That is if the government allows it.

50 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Good luck to anyone wanting to leave I suggest they check departures on the Suvarnabhumi website.

Looks like 90% of the international flights are showing canceled.

That is not what I'm seeing here:

Flight Status – Departures – Suvarnabhumi Airport (bangkokairportonline.com)

I will also book a private car to BKK. That is unless even those are prohibited. I don't care how much it costs.

13 minutes ago, clokwise said:

FWIW, I was scheduled to fly on EVA to the USA next week but Taiwan apparently decided to renew its ban on transit passengers from Thailand. That's what I was told by the airline, at least. So that flight was cancelled and I was rescheduled. They said my rescheduled flight may also be cancelled on short notice. Now that my CNX->BKK flight was just cancelled it's looking highly unlikely I'm going anywhere for a long while.

Sorry to hear that. The flight I'm looking at booking flies  through Seoul. 

Just now, Kelsall said:

Not to be fascetious, but getting to the airport.  How will you get from Chiang Mai to BKK?

There used to be flights directly from CNX to Korea, then to JFK. Looks like all flights go through BKK now. And I heard they are stopping domestic flights to red zones?  Good question actually.

These registrations are useless or what? I've registered twice, the first time at Big C and the second time on the online platform. Haven't heard anything.

On 5/5/2021 at 6:34 PM, bkk6060 said:

Yes, it may hit $100,000 this year.

But now Dogecoin up 50% in just a few days.

What do you have to say about this prediction now?

So this is only for foreigners over 60 or what?

Register from August now?  What a load of <deleted>.  What is taking so long anyhow?

On 5/6/2021 at 11:32 AM, Surelynot said:

Well I have basket of 6 coins......waiting for them to hit 2 million baht then selling.......but if it looks like an upward trend I will be greedy, hold onto them and wake up next morning to find they have all crashed.....story of my life. 

You have six whole bitcoins? That's a lot of cash! Good for you. 

I know that Thai massage has been part of Thai tradition for a long time.  I'm curious then is oil massage something that started relatively recently?

17 hours ago, EricTh said:

@Farang123

 

Did you talk to them in English or Thai? 

English

2 hours ago, MrBrad said:

It comes down to this: The virus doesn't care who is Thai and who is non-Thai. 

No but Thai people care plenty