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13 hours ago, TheScience said:

Yeah, gimme a thick, dark stout on a 40 degree day.

 

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I never drink alcohol when the sun is up, only after if goes down ????

Take a leaf out of Vietnam, excellent beers over there. Totally bored with drinking lager type beer

I worked in the printing business for 34 years. Started as a hot metal compositor (placing single metal characters in what was known as a stick) you will see these in museums now, not many of us left now I think????Then moved on to was called a paste up artist, (producing magazines and books) this was placing film on another slightly thicker piece of film (the end product was a positive or negative piece of film) My next step was Desk Top Publishing (mostly magazines) the ladies on this site may have heard of them, Living, She, Options, Women's Realm etc. Planner/Platemaker was my final step (similar to Paste up Artist) producing 32/64 pages in Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow of thin aluminium which wraps around the rollers of the Printing Press

I would not call friends, have some but many acquaintances, have friends from my home country who have also moved to Thailand. I did not come to Thailand to make new western friends

Yes, I do find it difficult sometimes, even though I have been married to Thai lady and lived in Thailand longtime,  my friend before, many years ago told me the biggest problem is the understanding/misunderstanding

46 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I never thought of Premium Bonds. Is Ernie still on the go?

Can I buy them online?

Yes, they are still on the go and can buy them online

12 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

15%!

Yes. Sometimes it increases 30% per year, another year it goes down 15%, once it went down 40%, another it increased 50%. JMHO (not expert) ethical funds are the way to go

16 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

I do this frequently and never have the problem you describe. Does it happen to you often? At the same shop? With the same staff member? How odd!

Normally I ask the cashier if this will help usually they say yes

19 hours ago, david_je said:

I am exactly sure how WISE works, but I hesitate to add yet another account/contact for my financial info, with accompanying additional security and hassle worries and monitoring/maintenance. I don't know if I am justified to worry about this?

It is very easy, register, enter the amount you want to send, they calculate, then just transfer to wise instead of Bangkok Bank, pretty sure you will get a better rate

Yes, it hurts when they have been part of your life for along time, I lost my dog 18 months ago

6 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

That accounts for the lack of elephants up there.......

They do not shoot them, only fire in the air, if they come too close to the camp site

Spread the risk about (UK expat) I have some in premium bonds, savings account, still have house in UK and 30 years ago I invested in an ethical fund, even in these times it has averaged/averaging about 15%

1 hour ago, 1duckyboy said:

If the elephants are destroying the villagers' source of income, then it's understandable that they would feel it's either the elephants or them. Easy to be judgemental and then go to a nice restaurant for a meal.

Easy for people and wildlife to live in harmony, on the top of Phukradeung they have rangers to keep the wildlife in check

I decided to to tour the Southern Islands at the beginning of December, my friends thought I was crazy but the levels were low at the time and knew come New Year there would be a spike and I was right

7 hours ago, Isaanlife said:

And zero facts to back up your boisterous claim.

 

Ridiculous. A majority? Because you said so?

 

Truth is backed by fact, not wild speculation.

 

How many women live in all of Isaan? Go ahead and look it up because you have no idea.

 

So there is no way you can make a claim of a majority of anything.

 

I think I caught a big fish here????????

I do feel accepted in the small city where I live, being part of the community helps but I have noticed a few unfriendly glances since covid19 reared its ugly head, particularly in the beginning

Not sure about that, majority of Issaan women are totally influenced by money and many have husbands and boyfriends and I am including Nurses and Teachers here. I have been coming to Issaan/lived here for 24 years. I am not bitter, just speaking the truth, I would not change where I live

39 minutes ago, mikesil said:

It's not the "result of the two-year long COVID-19 pandemic".  It's the result of a govt whose first responsibility is to itself.

Governments all the same the world over

I eat it salmon twice a week, usually buy it from BigC

40 minutes ago, robblok said:

Then good luck for you enjoy. I mean i know how Thailand is. There are rules and places that break them

Does not make any difference to me, I rarely frequent bars nowadays, done the whole bar scene, sick of drinking Thai beer, now if Guiness was available that would be different ????