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Lake was anti-abortion, anti-gun laws, and an election denier. I am willing to bet there were plenty of Republican women voters who held their noses and voted Democrat, mostly over Roe vs Wade. People are not stupid, they can connect the dots. When Trump ensured the Supreme Court would have a preponderance of anti-abortionists, he also sowed the seeds for his current humiliation. He'll take none of the blame for that, he has said so. It's one of the very few times I believe what he says.

It would just make Melbourne to Sydney, or Auckland to Wellington. Melbourne to Perth, no. Air travel is all about bums on seats, I doubt nine passengers would be viable in terms of return on capital.

I think it's called having a bet each way.

You could do that, but my guess would be you would have a very noisy roof due to expansion and contraction of the metal. Less noise when it rains. Going through the tiles also means longer screws, and a bit of hit and miss unless you are doing it yourself. I'm not sure what it would do in terms of corrosion, scratching a galvanized or a zinc-aluminium coating by contact with rough cement tiles might do nothing, or it could be catastrophic.

CM, condo with swimming pool AUD 70,000. CR, condo with swimming pool AUD 45,000. 2 bedroom condo AUD 150,000.

We are just like everyone else, only better.

You think I am so skint I live in Chiang Rai to save 10 baht on coffee? Each to his own. Having a holiday in Pattaya or Phuket for a week is enough for me. As for Bangkok, I would sooner chew razor blades, than be there for more than a day passing through. A dirty, expensive s##thole, with too many people and year-round air pollution. A lot of tourists pass on Chiang Rai, which is fine with me. It's the starting point for a lot of unusual and beautiful places the average tourist never sees.

AS I understand it, if a foreigner rents a house or condo in Indonesia for a year, they pay the full year's rental up front. If the maid gets pregnant while employed by the foreigner, more money to be paid as well. Doesn't matter who the father is.

Chiang Rai has plenty of coffee shops in the 30 - 50 baht range. The places you mention are tourist traps, with prices adjusted accordingly.

Wicked.

Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar?

You may be right, perhaps I should have put in a disclaimer about no technical problem that cannot be solved eventually. I am finding it difficult to envisage a battery-powered clone of an A380 carrying 500 passengers from London to Singapore, though.

Perhaps the OP might want to consider adoption as an alternative.

I would say no, because the metal roof has to be fixed to something, which should not be brittle tiles.

When I moved from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai, my first Immigration visit was taxing, with proofs of residence etc. being demanded. After that, extensions have been much easier. It doesn't sound like the OP has much time left on his current extension, perhaps he should consider getting an agent in Samut Prakan for the first encounter.

You may be right, recycling of lithium hexafluorophosphate batteries is proving to be a major technical challenge. Having said that, IMO there is general agreement fossil fuels have to go. I've just read an article where one of Australia's biggest natural gas producers is admitting sequestering carbon dioxide by pumping it underground is a failure, but that always was thermodynamic BS. I can't see an electric aircraft making it from Melbourne to Los Angeles. It's like electric cars, which are much better suited to urban travel.

IIRC, I was looking at the specs for a 2016 Almera, and it may not have been the Thai market version. Different engine sizes for export vehicles are quite common.

Rich people in Australia disagree with you. The ones I used to play golf with competed with one another to see how many solar panels they could cram onto the rooftops of their houses, and who had the biggest battery storage. You don't get to be wealthy by being stupid with money, those guys could see what is coming. So could I, the six solar panels I put on my roof about 20 years ago repaid the capital investment in about 18 months. Most businesses are very happy with 5 years. Australia still relies on fossil fuels for 70% of its energy. Albania is 100% renewables. We are running tenth in terms of renewable energy production, if it was not for venal morons like Abbott and Morrison we would probably be up there with Albania. We do get plenty of sunshine.

Just revisited the Adam Hall "Quiller Meridian." It has some relevance to what might be happening in Russia now. Before that, Steve Martini's "The Arraignment."

The Chinese have developed an unenviable reputation for shoddy goods. It's a bit like when the Japanese starting making cars for the American auto market. I'm betting the Chinese tablets are mostly cheap inert filler.

I can remember in Australia when the Labor party split, with the formation of the Democratic Labour Party. Anti-communist, strong Catholic influence. Arguably, the split kept the Liberals in power for more than a decade. Voters shy away from disunity, as I suspect the Republicans found out in the mid-terms. Roe vs Wade was icing on the cake for the Democrats. History repeats itself.

Thanks for letting me know where your taste buds are located. IIRC, you claim to be the Daddy Warbucks of share trading, making a motza every day. Why are you obsessing about a 99 baht pizza, which for that price was probably inedible? Are you Scrooge McDuck's love child?

This is what I make for myself - pork tenderloin, hot English mustard, and tasty cheese. Oh dear, I've gone off topic again.

I am not sure Twitter will survive Musk.

Perhaps it is all the work that goes into beating the s##t out the dough, and tossing it up artistically. Or the capital cost of the oven. I eat it very rarely, IMO there are better dishes around.