Snow Leopard

i can see there is a lot of boredom out there.

16 hours ago, edwardandtubs said:

The West has made itself totally reliant on China. Hopefully this pandemic will cause them to rethink that strategy but I fear in a couple of years we'll just go back to the way things were due to our short-sighted politicians.

And greed

Just now, canthai55 said:

Oil companies supplying Northern Canada make Arctic Diesel.

Cold not an issue

They do in Russia but back then the further you went East the more the diesel got cut. Safest way was to make your own. We were and oilfield service company. Tanks, pumps and filters were not and issue. 

I worked for my dad's company in Manchester. My old man was one of the first people to run from the UK to the Middle East during the 1974 war. 3800 Miles one way. Might not sound a lot to North Americans but there are something like 13-15 borders to cross if i remeber correctly. 

42 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Only gets shut down to change the oil.

We use a belly tarp to stop air flow under the engine, and a winter front to stop the cold air from cooling the rad too much

-55C In Russia. We used to make our own fuel mix. 50% Diesel x 50% Kerosene. I brought this technique to the UK. Whilst everyone was using Red Diesel in their cars i would mix 50/50 with Heating Oil (AKA Kerosene). 1 GBP per Liter for Diesel. 0.18 GBP per liter for Heating Oil. They must have thought i had the warmest house in the UK. 

My issue is this. Most countries after this is over should seriously look at their essential needs as a country. These items need to be produced and stock piled domestically. When global supply chains break down or more to the point when the country producing the essential items needs it for istelf then its game over for the wanna be purchaser. 

The only way to punish China is to kick it in the nuts, financially. Sadly i cannot see this happening.

No one believes what China says. Their economy is teetering on the edge of financial collapse and has been for some time. A swift kick right now would finish them financially and then the ordinary people inside China would do the rest and end the rule of the CCP. 

The $ to £ went down to 1.15. This brought the £ to THB down with it. The £ to the $ has since recovered and so has the £ to the THB. 

Well the this current Chinese Virus has yet to kill as many people as the American Virus ( Spanish Flu ). 

18 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Maybe in europe you cant but you can buy all you want in the US

13 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Maybe in europe you cant but you can buy all you want in the US

Dollars to donuts you cant. Not bullion bars. Or pay now and take delivery in 6 months because the dealer hedges it. 

22 hours ago, roo860 said:

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Just a note here. Spanish Flu started in an atmy camp in Kansas City. 

Bring back Big Joke. He will sort this out. 

27 minutes ago, Dazinoz said:

Yes it is, I have read that for the small investors/collectors as so many big institutions, governments, etc are buying up.

You cant buy physical gold and silver in Europe and the US. I think that is why they increased the spread here. 300B wont matter soon when gold is 250,000 for 1 Baht not 25,000. ATM's are being restricted, In the UK at least. That means there is a liquidty issue looming. 

4 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Can confirm. 

 

I have the same and the wife

11 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

 

It is ONE flight confirmation number > BKK - DUB - BRU,

so by cancelling the last leg of that trip, they made the first part useless (what's the point of flying to Dubai, when I cannot reach my end-destination from there anymore).

So for sure, I am entitled to a full refund.

But in order to avoid long-waiting times before the above is cleared and I will receive my refund the option to ask for a 'charge-back' from my credit-card company as Emirates did not honor the contract I paid for, is probably the easiest one.

 

 

 

 

Yes a good idea

8 minutes ago, ThaiBunny said:

The big Aussie supermarkets are either proactively through their loyalty programmes or reactively through online applications, setting up the elderly in "priority delivery" programmes - https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/priorityassistance

I was just told they are doing the same in the UK

5 minutes ago, ThaiBunny said:

The big Aussie supermarkets are either proactively through their loyalty programmes or reactively through online applications, setting up the elderly in "priority delivery" programmes - https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/priorityassistance

That is really good. 

2 hours ago, rak sa_ngop said:

My brother put an order in in the UK.The earliest delivery date he got was the 28th NEXT month (April)

Whats the point?

8 minutes ago, vangrop said:

Some thoughts on our Financial system.

A stock has an hypothetic worth based on future sales, revenue, profit. But If the cie from which you are SHARING the ownership goes bankrupt the remains for the shareholders would probably be nothing after settling all the debts. Thats what they call venture capital. You could invest in real estate, but remember the 2008 Financial crisis originated by real estate prices collapsing. You could cashing everything but dont forget that a banknote is finally Worth the paper value. As one of the De Beers heirs once stated you by gold by stupidity and Diamonds by vanity. In crisis the old barter market is heading up and dont forget the basic importance of farming. What actually  worldwide countries, and not only Thailand, are projecting to do help solving the corona crisis issues is to pump massively money into the Economy. Roughly stated they will simply print uncovered banknotes. Once pay back time shows up it will cost each of us a fortune to have everything back into balance. So lets hope The corona virus will be Beaten very soon. Nevertheless lets look at the bright side of this situation: this has a positive impact on climat since pollution is drastically going down and the worldwide Financial mess is being washed away as by a tsunami.

Regards Philippe

Well said. 

4 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

 

In France, last year began a movement of protest against "yellow vests" protesting against the incessant increases in basic necessities.
The Macron government sent them the police because they supposedly ran out of cash.
However what we see today in a country which has supposedly no more money, they find as if by a miracle a thousand billion euros so that the stock market does not collapse.

They dont find it. It is printed money and borrowing from the future. It devalues the currency today stealing from peoples savings and adds to the debt our kids will have to pay.