John Drake

It's always something, isn't it? I need to learn to avoid these topics that will now probably run 40+ pages and end up having no effect on me. Back to the Bangkok River Flood Level thread.  

IMDb says they shot in Cairo as well. I'll bet it was hotter there than Thailand.

21 hours ago, Jingthing said:

If they do this, who decides where the cut off point is?

I doubt I would ever be judged "too wealthy" to be entitled to SS benefits, but you never know.

Maybe they count your 800k in a Thai bank account against you.

Time to use the 25th Amendment to replace Trump. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Which one is the armed robber? My money is on Mr. Tattoos on the right.

1 hour ago, hotsun said:

this is only fair. Before the election the UK sent people to campaign for harris

And it was a stupid, counterproductive thing to do. Trump got a lot of mileage out of it on social media.

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

The Trump administration has dispatched a team of diplomats to the UK to investigate what it views as a troubling erosion of free speech rights, particularly regarding pro-life activists. The five-person delegation from the US State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor spent several days in the UK, conducting interviews and meetings to assess what officials described as the shrinking space for dissent

And, as a result, there will be a natural inclination in the UK to prop up Starmer and criticize the US for interference in British affairs. Trump will only make it worse for those being harassed and locked up for social media posts.

Do China and Russia still do the letter? Or are there other restrictions on them?

I came to Thailand right as the iPhone was being introduced and before it and its competitors were commonplace. Life was less hectic. Still had access to digital archives and banking with online desktop computing. More ATMs were present. More bank branches were available. Immigration extensions were easier to go through. No cameras on every street. Faster and easier to rent houses. It was simply better.

He cheats at and lies about his golfing, too. It's the nature of the man.

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"Trump doesn’t just cheat at golf," Reilly wrote. "He throws it, boots it, and moves it. He lies about his lies. He fudges and foozles and fluffs. At Winged Foot, where Trump is a member, the caddies got so used to seeing him kick his ball back onto the fairway they came up with a nickname for him: 'Pele.'”  

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/2023/02/03/trump-and-golf-fancy-resorts-a-list-partners-cheating-at-highest-level/69857594007/

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He stressed the importance of public engagement in shaping the policy, warning that ignoring public sentiment could provoke backlash—especially from those who have heavily invested in the cannabis industry following decriminalisation.

Are they threatening to riot? I thought they were supposed to be mellowed out by all this stuff.

Flood warnings upstream?

Cobra in the shower was better. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/huge-king-cobra-caught-in-family-s-toilet-in-thailand/vi-AA1zhBLt#details

5 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

 

 

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United Kingdom

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There you go; the UK has slightly higher gold reserves than Thailand (234.6 metric tons). The U.S. has a GDP 54 times that of Thailand, but barely 35 times the gold reserves, not to mentio

Is GDP to gold then the determining factor?

10 minutes ago, riclag said:

Oh well it was nice while it lasted !

Hovering around 35 & 36  to $1.

 

I remember, 28, I’m prepared to weather that again too.

As its Trump stated desire to gut the value of the dollar (he got it down to 29 during his first administration), you may get your wish. 

2 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Rank	Country/Organization	Gold holdings (in metric tons)	Gold's share of forex reserves
1	United States	8,133.5	74.9%
2	Germany	3,351.2	77.1%
—	International Monetary Fund	2,814.0	—[a]
3	Italy	2,451.8	74.1%
4	France	2,437.0	74.7%
5	Russia	2,332.7	29.5%
6	China	2,292.3	6.5%
7	Switzerland	1,039.9	9.6%
8	India	879.6	13.4%
9	Japan	845.9	6.6%
10	Turkey	623.9	43.6%
11	Netherlands	612.4	64.9%
21	Thailand	234.6	9.5%

 

Thailand: almost 1/4 of gold reserves compared to Switzerland, and almost 28% of India's holdings (despite having a much smaller economy and population)!

I still don't get it. Thailand doesn't compare to the US according to your chart, per capita or otherwise. At the same time the UK isn't even on that list and the British pound has gone up from 43 to almost 44. I just don't get it. Trying to understand, but can you elaborate?

Farang fatigue.