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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.

The Republicans are between a rock and a hard place. Support Trump, they will lose yet again. The mid-terms proved that. Oppose him, he will destroy the GOP out of spite. He adds an extra dimension to vindictive. Their best hope is for him to be convicted. For all his faults, Biden represents normalcy to the majority of voters. Trump is a return to chaos.

Small turbo-charged engines seem to be the way most vehicle manufacturers are going. The Nissan Almera is another case in point, the 1 L turbo version which replaced the sluggish 1.5 L engine in the last year or so has far better acceleration.

LOL, have you heard of laptops and desktops? I use a phone for making phone calls. I have to say your record of jumping to conclusions on minimal information is Olympic-class. When are you going to learn when you are in a hole, it's best to stop digging?

I have a joint account with my GF that has enough money to last her for a year or more. My will takes care of everything else, I understand probate in Thailand takes about 6 months.

What do you think would happen if he stopped using it? My main beef with Firide is the effect on my libido. I've been told I have a very large prostate, 1 mg of Cardura daily seems to keep me flowing OK.

IMO what you do outside Thailand is entirely your own business, irrespective of whether you are retired or not. Apply for a multiple re-entry permit, TM8. 3800 baht. It is valid for the period of your visa/ extension, you can come and go as many times as you want.

I've already pointed out I did not need to count posts, they are there for everyone to see. Except you, apparently. Richard crossed a line once too often, he is getting no more oxygen from me. Bored? No. More fascinated by the triviality and vapidity of this thread.

Perhaps I like watching train wrecks.

It's visible on the RHS at the top, posts by you and total posts. I suggest you work on your peripheral vision.

Seems to me recent generations confuse quantity with quality.

The OP has 35 posts out of 101 on the subject of pizza prices. Damn, there are some deep thinkers on ASEAN.

I've had enough of your put-downs, on ignore now. You were talking about wais being good manners on another thread, singularly lacking here.

This is Thailand, not Australia. Get used to it.

You've never seen a dirty hospital, and you don't spend much time in hospitals. Perhaps you are incapable of perceiving how the two statements are contradictory. Naming the hospital would be defamatory. Of course you won't see dirt in the private hospitals. Affluent patients would desert them if there was. When patients are paying 30 baht for treatment at a government hospital, it's not surprising standards are lower. For someone who purports to know everything about Thailand, there does seem to be quite a few gaps in your knowledge base.

Having spent 14 days in COVID quarantine in a provincial hospital, your second comment is blatantly wrong. The ward had no cleaning staff. Test equipment was not sterilized between patients, who had to provide their own soap and bedding. No insect screening, mosquitoes and flies had free reign. I am starting to wonder if you only open your mouth to change feet.

I have no such anxiety, my GF loves shopping in secondhand stores with her friends. What baffles me is how they can spend 4 or 5 hours in there, and come out with nothing, or less than 100 baht in purchases.

The OP seems to be unfamiliar with the concept of bait and switch. Which happens all over the world, not just Thailand.

Apology accepted, a misunderstanding of my post. I apologize too.

Thanks for the confirmation you've lost the plot. Do you have someone to "take care" of you?

I am making no assumptions, just applying a reductio ad absurdum to a somewhat fatuous post. There are more ways to be polite with Thais than a wai, and I don't see why I should adopt the practice just because you say so.

Likewise, I know you have impaired cognition, unable to recognize sarcasm.

Agree. Refusing to shake someone's hand is either extremely rude, or an indication of not wanting to have anything to do with the person. I don't think Thais get upset when I don't wai, they probably just think farang.

You know this how? Ah, I see. You polled a statistically significant sample size of Thais, and they all told you they appreciate the effort. And you believed them, because Thais are always truthful, and never tell an interlocutor what they think said person wants to hear.