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  1. Isaan sailor
    The higher the Baht goes—the less we spend in Thailand.
  2. Isaan sailor
    Apple will shift most of the manufacturing of the iPhone from China to India and Vietnam. Makes you wonder why they didn’t choose Thailand…
  3. Isaan sailor
    The temptation to use your home country credit card is strong. You get international rates, and you’re borrowing the bank’s money, not yours. So if you get hacked, it’s their problem. That said, I’ve had my credit card hacked twice. No more fuel charges. Not sure about Lazada, or hotel booking sites.
  4. Isaan sailor
    I use a US mailbox, with a relative’s address for my US bank and brokerage. My iPhone has E-SIM capability and I maintain both a Thai and a US phone number. So far, so good.
  5. Isaan sailor
    I think Thailand would be well served to clean up the ocean waters and beaches. I encounter trash every time I go there. Pay people to collect trash on beaches, and perhaps pay fisherman or sailors to scoop up trash on the water.
  6. Isaan sailor
    Sadly, my Thai wife does.
  7. Isaan sailor
    I recall reading about a meeting with Thai industrial leaders and the government not too long ago. They said industry needed a Baht at 34 to the USD to survive. So no, I don’t feel the Baht is weak today.
  8. Isaan sailor
    If that helps tamp down the Baht, it’s a good thing.
  9. Isaan sailor
    Chinese movies can be fun, at first. People flying around,fighting, jumping great heights and twisting , and my favorite: two opposing groups facing each other—but only one at a time speaking. After a while, though…
  10. Isaan sailor
    I always felt they named it COvID-19 to hide the obvious origin.
  11. Isaan sailor
    Easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, I know…US should have begun with a 10% worldwide tariff and negotiated from there.
  12. Isaan sailor
    Buy Greenland? Meh. They might get a stronger security or mineral rights agreement with Greenland, and call it a success. Or maybe they’ll shoot the moon and win big.
  13. Isaan sailor
    I think the Soros family has a financial hand in these protests and acts of terrorism— not your everyday Democrats.
  14. Isaan sailor
    I self insure, with enough Baht to use in an emergency, and the rest, if needed, would come from US based credit cards, backed by stock sales.
  15. Isaan sailor
    If the baht continues its decline and breaks through the resistance threshold of 34-34.10 per dollar, it might challenge the 34.20 zone next," he suggested. Well, that didn’t age well…
  16. Isaan sailor
    As long as we’re in high season—with 10’s of thousands of tourists changing their currency to Baht each day—the Baht won’t change much. I look forward to low season.
  17. Isaan sailor
    Agreed. Nothing, except perhaps good Isaan sum tam.
  18. Isaan sailor
    The US does grow rice already—very large, efficient farms.
  19. Isaan sailor
    Strike three, you’re out!
  20. Isaan sailor
    I took a nice long relaxing sail today with my Thai girl.
  21. Isaan sailor
    Of course we need government programs to help people. But public welfare is different. Those on public welfare did nothing to deserve it, and are encouraged to continue the lifestyle.
  22. Isaan sailor
    Welfare is a good place to start. There are multiple generations on public welfare—with absent fathers and higher welfare payments for each additional child. President Clinton instituted a work for welfare program. We should revisit the program.
  23. Isaan sailor
    Even their currency is defiantly different than Thailand’s. Dong has a loose peg on the USD. Thailand has—I have no idea what drives the Baht…
  24. Isaan sailor
    That’s what I said. Look at the final result—only two survivors after they slammed into a concrete barrier. If they ditched along the airport shoreline in shallow water, how many would have survived? Far more than just two.
  25. Isaan sailor
    You got that right. Better to have government leaders and advisors who already made their money, than government leaders and advisors who have little to start with, and use their power to enrich themselves at taxpayer expense.

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