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It does sound like a lot of co-ordination and co-operation between the departments. I suppose the test of your speculation will be (a) When I go for my next extension in November, given the Thai tax year does not end until March 2025. (b) whether I get issued a TTN by the RD, or get told it's not needed because I am a national that has a DTA with Thailand, OR I am below their radar as a pensioner. Given I have plenty of documented pre-2024 savings, I am not really fussed. Just another layer of bureaucracy to keep the unemployment figure at 1%.

Good question. IMO it's a mass psychogenic illness. It does have features of anxiety, fear and social pressure, all of which are buttons Trump knows how to push.

I will be transferring pre-2024 savings, and letting my pension accumulate in an Australian account. However, I do like the idea of using an Australian debit card to withdraw baht here, even though I will be charged fees at both ends. Mainly because it will enable me to fly under the radar for longer.

Your sole talent seems to be making nasty put-downs on a forum. Perhaps you think that's smart.

Really. How many papers have you published in peer - reviewed scientific journals? Please list what you have invented.

Maybe less, maybe more. It doesn't matter how long you live, your intellect won't improve.

No, No. Think "Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome".

Have you got to puberty?

Of course you can, if you are a billionaire. As for the rest of humanity, they are SOOL.

It's happening now, if you look at extreme weather events over the last decade.

Too right it is.

I'd expect the energy authorities to balance demand against supply by phasing out fossil fuels power progressively, but perhaps they don't teach that to 14 year olds.

Your second sentence contains a logical absurdity. If America is self-sufficient with its fossil fuel reserves, how does adding in green energy make it less self-sufficient?

Most countries are re-energizing their industrial bases. COVID taught a harsh lesson on supply chain vulnerability. America is self sufficient in energy and food. China is dependent on imports of both. On balance, I would say China is the more vulnerable.

The interesting part will come if you go to Immigration and they demand a TIN as part of the extension process. You will then be able to use a very common Thai expression, "mai mee".

You would qualify to vote next year? How's puberty going?

How many more times will you change your mind before the election?

Why not go the whole hog, and euthanase us all? You know you really want to. Oops, doesn't Trump get a President's pension?

It depends on your point of view. Without that kind of naval power, the high seas would be rife with piracy. The US navy facilitates world trade. Ironically, China is the chief beneficiary. Close off the Straits of Malacca, China would starve to death.

It depends on the circumstances. I have had 20,000 baht cystoscopies here. OTOH, I also developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 3 weeks for the results to come back at a private hospital in Chiang Rai. Back on a plane to Australia. 6 months' infusion therapy, one year's worth of targeted inhibitor orally. Three CAT scans. Cost of the targeted inhibitor $7.50/month. AUD. I am reliably informed the cost in the US would be $7000/month. USD. I don't even know if it is available in Thailand. Could you afford 3 million baht for the oral medication alone, let alone the rest of the treatment?

Walker 88 post ring any bells?

Yet you get very upset if someone does the same to you.

The point of having private health insurance in Australia is time. And expertise. For example, in Thailand I had an inguinal hernia. Quite painful. I flew back to Australia. In one weeks' time, I had an appointment with the surgeon. A week later, I was on the operating table. With one of the top surgeons in Melbourne. In the public system, I might have waited 3 months for the initial appointment, and another 3 months for the operation. I would have got whatever surgeon the system decreed. Emergency care is not the same, it doesn't make any difference if you are a public or private patient. I do know a former work colleague who needed a hip replacement. He spent 18 months living on painkillers, heaven knows what that did to his kidneys and liver. IMO retaining my private health insurance is one of my better life decisions.

I take it you have watched " Dr. Strangelove" a few times.

I don't think American white supremacists are comfortable with one black woman. Two would do their heads in.