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I guess our men retained the Ashes by accident, then. You have had a lot longer than us to learn how to ride horses and bicycles, how is it Australian men won gold in those?

No, just amused by the assumption of superiority where there is no foundation of fact for it. The British Empire died in the Ashes of WWII. Many Brits seem to want to emigrate to Australia, although the days of the ten-pound Pom are long gone. Those that go back to England after a bout o,f whinging, must miss their regular dose of rheumatism.

I don't know if I am better than any of the nationalities mentioned in the OP in Thai eyes, and don't know why I should care.

Oh dear. I guess that's why we towel you up in quite a few sports. Great Britain population - 68 million Australia population - 27 million Paris Olympics 2024 : Australia 18 gold medals. Great Britain 14 gold medals. Would you like to quit while you are behind, or do you want to keep digging yourself deeper?

If you want to get rid of spiders, get a ginger cat. They will kill anything that size which is moving.

41 is not a huge number compared to the millions allegedly in America. It's a fairly tenuous point. As far as criminality goes, there is probably more among Americans. Are looters shot on the spot in America? I am surprised in a trigger-happy country, that is not happening. I assume the use of the adjective diffident with respect to minimum wages is a typo, albeit a quite amusing one.

Keep on thinking that. Trump will soon be coming out with MAGA baseball caps made out of aluminium foil - a snip at $40 - just for the likes of you. I'd agree people may understand how they have been deceived by a cabal of billionaires whose only interest is in maintaining their current status of next to no taxation. Then again, maybe not. As far as saving my ass goes, I do that for myself.

IMO you are missing the point. If you had nobody but legal migrant workers picking crops in America, cost of food in supermarkets would skyrocket. It's about money, American farmers prefer illegal workers. They are paid less, and have no award protections. As an Arkansas farmer said, quit eating if you want to deport every illegal immigrant.

LOL, you think Trump is competent? You actually believe that? Every appointment he makes for his next administration will be made on one attribute alone - absolute loyalty. Competence for the post will be irrelevant. Appointing an anti-vaxxer and anti-fluoride campaigner as the next health czar is competent? A businessman with multiple bankruptcies and brand failures is competent? A guy who held maskless rallies during COVID is competent? Congratulations, funniest post on this thread.

Too bright to be conned.

I see you were only capable of reading the first two sentences of what I posted, the other two were obviously too much for your attention span.

I used to go through Phrao when the roadworks on the 118 at Doi Saket became too rough on the car. There was an Akha village further up the road where I would buy a weeks' worth of vegetables for 150 baht. I'd agree Fang is a good base for Thaton, Mae Ai, and Doi Angkhan. I did the loop Chiang Rai - Fang -Mae Chan many years ago on a scooter. and remember a good hotel behind the Tesco Lotus in Fang. Have not heard of Doi Lang before, I'll have to check it out.

Trump has about 30% of Americans in his cult of personality. The other 20% are people he has conned. I am not American, I don't care if I don't attract people to my side of the fence. I call it as I see it, and I doubt there are many so-called aliens who regard the election of a felon and sexual predator as anything but a sick joke. Support your foreign allies? Trump is an isolationist who wants to disengage from the rest of the world. As for illegal migrants, be careful what you wish for. Without them, the crops that feed America would stay rotting on the ground.

Are you living there? Don't worry, not planning to visit.

I worked in a remote area for six years. I bought a house, and had the mortgage paid off in 18 months, before I was 30. Nowadays, the ordinary working stiff has to sign up for a mortgage that will carry over into their retirement years. I can't find any positivity in that state of affairs. AS far as the OP is concerned, he's like the curate's egg. Good and bad in parts.

It makes zero difference to me. I have 5-6 years of non-taxable pre-2024 savings to transfer, before I start bringing in anything that can be classed as income. Even then, it is a pension subject to a DTA. I'll start worrying when Immigration starts demanding a Thai tax return as part of the retirement extension process.

One of the most amusing aspects of Americans railing against socialism is the fact they have a socialistic organization of 2.9 million people embedded in their society. It's known as the American military.

It's the same for a working stiff starting out in Australia these days. In 1973, I paid off my house mortgage in 18 months. It's a lifetime now. I don't know why American react to the term socialism, as if they are asked to chew scorpions. We have had socialist governments on and off since Federation. It's the reason my year's worth of cancer medication cost me $100, instead of the $70,000 it would have cost me in America.

The system is not fair, as it stands. Think about it. When you get a salary or wage, you are taxed on it. You don't get to deduct the cost of the food you put on the table, or the cost of running the car you drive. OTOH. the money multinational companies and their owners earn has all expenses deducted before a tax is levied on their net profit. That's why corporations have corporate boxes at sporting venues for top management, and it is deducted from their income as a legitimate business expense, labeled as advertising. If you want fair, put a tax on revenue instead. Revenue cannot be shuffled off to a tax shelter, or reduced by deducting expenses. Revenue does not have to be a big tax. IIRC a bean counter calculated for Australia, it only had to be 1% of revenue to achieve a balanced budget. Probably even less for America, with greater turnover. It's a win - win. The only losers are tax lawyers and tax accountants, who in reality are not productive members of society. Wouldn't you like to only pay tax of 1% on your income? I know I would.

In Trump's last Presidency, the tariffs he put on China were a disaster for American farmers. Just like removing illegal immigrants will be a disaster for food production. Somewhere on YouTube there's an Arkansas sweet potato farmer telling Americans to quit eating, if he has no illegals. Because the ones he employs are the only people who will pick his crops for $100 a day. Trump makes threats all the time. They usually rebound on him if he actually goes through with them.

It means the people who voted for him are not as bright as him.

On average, any person who breaks their hip after age 70 only has six months to live. Osteoporosis ( brittle bones ) is far more common in women than men, which explains why women are more prone to fractures after a fall.

The average person files their tax returns, and pays their taxes. Some may employ a tax accountant. OTOH, a billionaire has a platoon of lawyers and accountants shuffling money between companies under an umbrella aimed at creating losses, and minimizing tax. Sometimes legally, sometimes not. In 2016 and 2017, Trump paid $750 in federal tax. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax You seem to have difficulty in distinguishing between what is fair, and what is obscene.

Smart rabbits.

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