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I understand AirBNB is illegal in Thailand.

There's one who likes to remind you of your prognostications about the crashing Australian dollar.

I start the process of booking a hotel via Agoda, in Jomtien. My price point is 500-800 baht/night. I find a nice looking resort, 630 baht. When I get to the payment stage, the cost has suddenly inflated to over 1500 baht. Various add-ons, just like the airlines. Included is a cleaning cost of 750 baht. The hotel management presumably pays a maid 300-400 baht a day to clean 10-20 rooms. These clowns must think every guest came down in the last shower. Recommendations in the area and price range welcome.

It's easy to understand why most Thais are obsessed by money. Their wages are pitifully small. When they are too old to work, or ill, their only support is the family unit. For the vast majority of Thais, the government gives a monthly pension of 600 baht when they hit 60. 800 baht if they make it to 80 yo. In their shoes, I'd be fixated on money too. IMO the OP is just demonstrating his abysmal ignorance.

I was interested in my work, and loved it. Started as a manager, ended as a researcher. Had my eureka moments. I did a lot of traveling on the company dime, as a consultant and attending conferences. I have a friend who made very good money in another field, and lived for the moment he could retire. I still have dreams about when I was working.

Salt. Sodium chloride. A side benefit of giving up bananas is weight reduction, they are one of the highest in carbohydrate content. Avocados are actually a bit higher in potassium than bananas.

More a Windows hater. But carry on paying for your fatware, while I get an OS downloaded free which will not be subject to daily hacking attacks, as Windows is. Some people are slow learners.

I am streets away from being a programmer. My laptop is Bluetooth enabled with the Linux Mint system I have installed. To connect my Brother laser printer to the laptop, all I had to do was switch the printer on, then plug its cable into one of the laptop's USB ports. Linux Mint recognized the printer immediately. In contrast, here is a tutorial on how to install a Brother printer on Windows 11. I've had far more issues with Windows than any Linux system.

I did find it interesting, thanks. Scientists have their own morality. Plagiarism and data falsification are the cardinal sins in science. So do golfers. Getting caught cheating at golf is a guarantee of ostracism. Perhaps one day science will find an answer to the sociopaths and psychopaths who seem to be present in many institutions, including religion. I do reject the notion religions have a lock on morality, atheists and agnostics are quite capable of developing their own ethics independently.

Avoid bananas and other foods high in potassium. I have yet to see any research to indicate a normal intake of sodium is harmful.

We are talking at cross-purposes, goodbye.

Get someone who is computer literate to install a Linux-based operating system for you, and wipe out Windows. Firefox or Google Chrome can be used as your browser. Linux is free, costs nothing to install. The reason there are so many updates to Windows is simple. The vast majority of hackers on planet Earth are writing viruses, malware and worms to attack it, so it is constantly defending itself. Almost no-one bothers writing malware for Linux. Linux has updates too. However, these are usually done in thirty seconds or less, and the system notifies me. When I update is my choice. In another life. I was just another Windows zombie. I had 32 data breaches in that time. About ten years ago, my son put me into Linux. I have had zero data breaches since. I purchased a new laptop two weeks ago. My first order of business was removing the pre-installed Windows 11, and installing Linux Mint.

I can't see how this affects me. My pension is paid into an Australian financial institution. I transfer funds periodically to Thailand via WISE. Unless the Thai government is going to start taxing ALL transfers from foreign countries into Thailand, which would be an administrative nightmare.

IMO the best pie I ever had was a steak and onion pie from Bertoldo's Bakery in Griffith, New South Wales.

There used to be a shop next to the boxing ring at the Loi Kroh arcade in Chiang Mai. It was staffed exclusively by ladyboys. Some were quite beautiful, usually their height was a giveaway. They would come out with a song and dance cameo between the Muay Thai rounds. Before you ask - not even remotely interested.

Not if they are post-op.

Yellowstone is the modern version.

I meant I missed it in my posting. I've seen it several times. His "Don't mention the war" would probably be axed first.

I am not sure how one can rationalize away the fact religions have killed and harmed millions of people, with Hamas providing the latest example. IIRC, the Russian Orthodox Church supports the war in Ukraine.

Damn, I missed that one. Classic comedy.

If you bothered to read what I posted hours ago, none of your guesses made the grade. Not even close. Let me guess - you were trying to put me down with completely fatuous choices.

I thought @digger70 was referring to the existence of God and Hell in responding to another poster's statement. I've never had a religious experience, although I understand they are available if one consumes psilocybin or LSD.

Thank you is simply good manners.

I've seen shrinkage in condo prices and rents in Chiang Mai. Potato chips and Pepsico are bad news for anyone trying to lose weight, I don't consume them. The manufacturer will shrink as much as some four-eyed bean counter thinks they can get away with.

Psychologists have demonstrated the act of giving to, or helping someone makes the giver feel good. Apparently the feeling is related to the release of chemicals in the brain. When I give or help, I don't expect anything back. People who do are bound to be disappointed.