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IIRC one needs to be resident in Australia for 35 years to ensure pension eligibility. The two year rule should not apply as you were in Australia when you became eligible. As I understand it, two years only applies if the applicant is outside Australia when they become eligible. Definitely appeal the decision, IME front-line staff don't know all the rules. You need an appointment with a Financial Services Officer.

When one considers Putin has enlisted God to be on his side, with whole-hearted co-operation by the Russian Orthodox Church, it does tend to validate your point of view.

IMO you are trying to have it both ways. The wearing of an abaya is an identifying label, yes? Governments and taxpayers should not be dictated to by shrill minorities. If a secular education is unacceptable on the grounds of religious beliefs, they are free to use their own money to establish private schools.

Easily fixed, buy a couple of air purifiers. If you don't appreciate life in Thailand, leave. I suspect no-one will miss you.

Returning to Thailand in 5 days. Back to inexpensive massages, and a sense of freedom I just have not had in Australia. My GF has been waiting patiently for me. Yes, I appreciate how lucky I am.

I am amazed by posters who I once regarded as rational human beings, turning into fruitcakes on this thread.

So does Ivermectin, if one believes the wannabe gurus who post on social media. IIRC garlic is a ubiquitous ingredient of Italian cuisine. Italy was one of the worst affected by COVID, which tends to shoot your cherry-picked data down in flames.

Your previous post said, in relation to a virus: "It is not alive". If COVID is not alive, how did so many millions of people get infected?

I have yet to come across a natural herb which cures cancer, perhaps you can post examples. OTOH, man - made monoclonal antibodies and targeted inhibitors have better than 90% success rate for some cancers. As does BCG treatment for bladder cancer. Mother Nature does not make soap. It was first mentioned on a Sumerian tablet, heating wood ash and vegetable oils together. Nowadays, soap is produced by reacting sodium hydroxide with tallow. Mother Nature does not make caustic soda either. I would prefer posters did not post arrant nonsense.

Yes. You may also need to change the number with whatever organisation you are receiving the OTP from. Some do not send OTP's internationally.

Give me a teleprompter, desk and a bookshelf behind me, I'll take a shot at convincing people rat turd extracts are a cancer cure.

How is a dead virus capable of replicating? You have stated a logical absurdity.

A pimple which seems to be eagerly sought after by many Thai women, as soon as said women get into the thirties and forties.

All the vaccines for the diseases I specified in my post were new technology when first developed, going all the way back to Jenner's smallpox vaccine. The difference now is social media, where thousands of conspiracy theorists can conclude Bill Gates has engineered a nanochip added to every COVID vaccine, for the purpose of mind control. Or even more morons who focus on the side reactions in a minuscule few, ignoring the benefits to millions, because it does not suit their confirmation bias. How can they have the same credibility as people who have years of training and experience in a highly skilled field? Health professionals vaccinated me for COVID. I am in the most vulnerable cohort. Subsequently, I got COVID. Three days of a sore throat and runny nose, finis. When I read statistics that say an unvaccinated person is 6-7 times more likely to be admitted to an ICU than someone who is vaccinated against COVID, I recall Einstein's observation on limits of the universe and human stupidity. It's your opinion the comparison is futile. IMO your attempt at refutation definitely is.

I have had very good luck in Oz. No, not saying what it was. It's "you're" BTW.

You are vaccinated against polio, tetanus, hepatitis and typhoid? Or did you roll the dice with those too?

Tell me what else you know, I have a couple of spare minutes.

One of the transition elements. Two valencies. As little as 0.5 ppm copper in fats and oils causes premature rancidity. Used as a catalyst in Kjeldahl reduction of proteins to ammonia.

You're in your fifties, and losing interest in sex? That's sad. I am reminded of Tom Clancy's quote: "Sex is one of the most beautiful, natural and wholesome things money can buy".

If anyone looks at the racial composition of doctors in Australia, they will find a very high proportion of them are of Chinese or Indian origin. My GP and urologist are both Chinese.

In Australia, New South Welshmen refer to Victorians like me as Mexicans. South of the border.

I shouldn't need to ask an American where they are from, I should know that as soon as they speak. Canadians get very annoyed when they are lumped in with Americans, based on the same -sounding accent. It's why I still have to ask.

Someone has been reading Ray Bradbury.

IMO it's inevitable governments will increase the age required to qualify for a pension, in response to (a) the increased average life span in many countries (b) the smaller population of working age people available to support pensioners via taxes. IIRC Greece now has a pension system which is financially unsustainable.

I'm done with travel, except essential. Had enough of it in my working life. A golf course and swimming pool is as far as I want to go.