Oliver Holzerfilled

Some may be going into debt but it seems it isn't hurting vacation travel, Business travel never recovered from work from home policies yet traffic increased in 2024. "December 2024 saw a strong increase in demand, with overall demand rising 8.6% year-on-year." - https://www.iata.org/en/pressroom/2025-releases/2025-01-30-01/#:~:text=Domestic full-year traffic for,and domestic demand by 5.5%. Premium demand is increasing and so airlines are retrofitting and/or ordering planes with more business class and premium economy seating. These are leisure fliers driving this demand. https://www.businessinsider.com/airline-recovery-premium-seats-american-delta-united-2024-10 In summary (and as I also illustrated up-thread) the original OP of this thread might as well be Bozo the 🤡.

Driver blind in one eye and can't see out of the other one.

5k GBP buys a roundtrip non-stop business class and a one way non-stop business class to London. And with enough left over for dad to go to a massage shop a couple of times for a tug before heading back.

If you would have done that to 18 year old me I would have folded you like a Taco Bell burrito.

True the amount of vacation allotted, distances and high costs are factors. But still Pew Research stated in 2023 - "Roughly three-quarters of Americans (76%) have visited at least one other country, including 26% who have been to five or more. About a quarter (23%) have not traveled internationally, though most in this group say they would if they had the opportunity." Many Americans own an automobile which they can use for vacation travel. A trip from a major European city like Madrid or Paris covering the same distance from New York to California would cross multiple countries on a bus, train or automobile trip. Honolulu - Kahului was second busiest USA domestic route in 2024 with over 3 million seats, so over three million just within Hawaii. LAX - Honolulu or LAX - Miami is ~ 5 to 6 hours flight time. Other than for sex why would most American males travel 20+ hours to Thailand for vacation from the USA? And it's too much hassle in most cases for a family to do it although many do it to Europe/Mexico/Canada since the flights are much shorter. Many Europeans must travel internationally for a tropical vacation whether it is a normal family vacation to the Mediterranean Coast or incels looking for sex in Thailand/Cambodia/Philippines. JFK - Heathrow is the only international flight in the top 10 busiest international routes in 2024 that touches Europe/UK with over 4 million passengers. LAX - Heathrow is over 2 million. A fair amount of the JFK traffic is business travel but it still leaves a large leisure segment.

Instructions on safely dropping your rifle should also be included.

He should have stuck to alcohol instead of the devil's herb and he wouldn't have gotten himself into this mess.

Another lineup of Britain's best haircuts.

Fine specimen you are Richard!

Good thing the Japanese police take their investigations more seriously than the Aseannow internet detectives who would have pronounced the Thai tourists guilty.

One thing to add, 72 might be a little on the early side to buy an annuity if it is not indexed to inflation (assuming you don't have any health issues). If you have inflation indexed bonds available to you one option would be to put 5 years of baseline expenses in those then reassess annuities around age 77.

Everyone isn't 100% domestic US stocks. "In 2024, the U.S. Treasury held 440 public auctions and issued approximately $28.5 trillion in marketable securities, including Treasury Bills, Notes, Bonds, TIPS, and FRNs."

Fixed it. Democrats support the rule of law under the Constitution* *Except when it comes to the Second Amendment

SPIAs can be a good choice for some. They are not scams. https://www.aarp.org/money/personal-finance/what-are-immediate-annuities/

Might be from March 14, 2024. http://pic.people.com.cn/BIG5/n1/2024/0317/c1016-40197239-2.html

Tour rehearsal just before Vaughan quit the band.

One does not make a contingent.

He looks ridiculous in that jacket. Waiter, where is my soup?

I guess they bolt the training wheels on it when he wants to ride.

Higher body count than a Pattaya bar girl twice her age.

Hey, wait a minute Richard, you aren't the Agoda CFO. "No. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!"