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Despite all the made-up issues, XRP holds in the top 10 coins. This whole ETHgate saga uncovered since the SEC filed the charade against Ripple, most impressive stuff. Not easy for XRP hodlers, even if they're in it since years. With ODL, mass hirings and x-fold uptake outside of the U.S., Ripple (and XRP) are indeed about to make a dent in the universe, as Ripple's Navin Gupta said. All or nothing.. Might well be the Amazon of modern day. The SEC has nothing in their hands and Gensler is a paid lackey of the establishment. Of course it was Clayton who threw the first stone on the day of leaving office, but this lawsuit is all about the incumbents' fear. First they neglect the change, then they talk it down, then they sue them, finally they embrace it. In this sense, XRP ticks the right boxes.

Stopped wearing the mask some time ago, of course not when shopping. Many folks meanwhile walk around with no masks.

It's funny how they forget where they come from, how this all works, what's the basics of everything.

Knew even less back then than today.

Dual pricing? Always avoided the places that do it. Once, in a useless protest, teared a 100 baht note apart in front of the amusement park cashier. Thais, in fact, also face discrimination in their own country, be it education, career options, access to certain privileges and benefits. There, it is easier for farangs to enter. Just demonstrates how backwards the place still is in many ways, albeit being capable of building shopping temples you won't find anywhere else.

Morons in ivory towers. Never giving us our life back. Maybe even the hard-corest yellow shirts start realizing what's going on.

Well said. What is the security apparatus left do do with when no masks?! Right, now they're all over monkey pox.

That is such a cute observation, I imagined all sorts of deregatory comments by the always-know-better crowd, this one takes the cake. If you'd know, there's hardly a country on earth I have not been to. Or wanna, for instance, share your experiences in North Korea? Whatever, this country is my home and I love Thailand, and if I'm not forced to waste more hours of my own time because officials, authorities, employees and such screw up basic tasks at the expense of the client / customer, well then we have heaven on earth, don't we.

Living hand to mouth: life centered around 7-11 might be another reason for the increasing systemic disfunction.

Another area where Thailand actually made substantial strides, say compare to the 90s. Back then staff where laughing at you when trying to exchange even a broken product. Still not Amazon with no questions asked, but much better consumer protection already, largely thanks to giants Lazada and Shopee.

Well I happen to be Thai. Does this give me less rights to "complain"? I just think over the past years, with no real checks and balances on anything, the TIT situation got a little even more Thai. I can happily live with the usual TIT and admire Thais for their many gifts. But a society that is not able and not allowed to question itself, well I think that backfires in a way now that things from top down are considerd as god-given with no real incentive to improve. Don't get me wrong! Many things improve, I mean BTS and MRT are a blessing. There is even awareness about pollution, etc. But if exposed to big companies and authorities, it has gotten more TIT. Of course the old saying says people get the authorities / politicians / rulers they deserve. Dunno. But maybe it's just me who always gets the lemon.

Ignorance seems indeed a blessing ????

Tend to disagree. Just spent a few months in other countries, doing similar things. Not run into any of these obstacles.

Rant. Spending hours and hours rectifying problems caused by Thai authorities, companies, systems. Changing a TG flight. New e-ticket shows half the baggage allowance. Takes many calls and wait until departure to correct error Changing bank account for monthly debit payment at PEA. Docs don't get processed, electricity bills not paid. Customer runs to PEA, spending unnecessary time again to rectify authority's errors. Changing bank account for monthly debit payment at MEA. Exactly same as above happens. Financial institution keeps on asking for KYC docs. Supplied months ago, they say all is okay, but system still hasn't processed any docs and customer gets reminded again and again that KYC is not yet finalized. Online shopping: returned a product exactly the way as received. Seller claims to have received product incomplete and used. Only a call to file a police report against the lying seller solves the problem. Very quickly. I could go on. Thailand is run by huge companies that have lost sight of their purpose. Lots of employees causing lots of dysfunction. In one thing Thailand excels. Controls and bureaucracy. They're at the heart of everything and grow bigger and bigger.

So what if you fly into Thailand say May 3?

Anyone up to speed what the requirements for Thai nationals are? They still need ThailandPass? And can ThailandPass already be applied for now for entries after May 1st?

It's simple and anyone with a bit of brain knows: drop all Covid restrictions. Thailand, known for its bureaucratic hassles, is not worth these hassles. Am currently in Europa. No more masks, no more restrictions, life back to normal. Of course Thailand could do the same without risking any death wave. But as long as the brains-in-charge can't differentiate between mild and severe cases, well... Just as a reminder: pre-Covid there were some 45k flu death victims yearly in LOS. Of course, our control freaks in Thailand won't let go easily of this chance to control us.

Well the top one I reckon are Straumann ceramic implants. Korean products seem to be the cheapest. It's quite important how the material used reacts with the body over long time.

Don't try to save money on an implant, material used is crucial. You get cheaper material, sure will be okay for a few years... It's one of those events to preventively better pay more than less. Most bigger clinics do a good job, some overcharge for bone graft, should not be more than 5k baht or so. Altogether 70k-80k for one implant should give you a solid result. Oh and doing the surgery and getting the implant fixated are two completely different crafts. I'd chose a clinic with specific specialitsts, not an allrounder.

Finally some hope for this country, but the regime's cheating and lying to fight off change will be unsurpassed.

Lots of options to earn solid interest on crypto, DYOR.

On another note: Thailand is quite crypto-friendly and one more the more progressive countries in regards to blockchain revolutionizing finance and other sectors. Why would anyone use banks these days to wire money internationally? New much cheaper and much faster services mostly run on such blockchains, e.g. XRPL. You won't know you're using it, but select digital currencies are for real, solving real problems. Of course anyone has the right to ignore progress. If you're happy with the meager interest a bank account pays, oh wait, did I mention inflation?

That's your normal <deleted>coin. But there's real value out there. DYOR.

95% of the responses just prove: it's still very, very early ????