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  1. Isaan sailor
    Sad. Baht rising/Dollar weakening/SET losing. Hard times coming.
  2. Isaan sailor
    Time to throw in the towel with tariffs, and go with a straight 10% across the globe. Then negotiate at length with no time limits. Maybe then the Dollar will come off its multi-year low.
  3. Isaan sailor
    Kinda hard for the SET to rise—when the Baht also rises. Does Vietnam have a stock market?
  4. Isaan sailor
    Perhaps the sinking Dong (and rising USD) will give Bank of Thailand a wake up call. Tourists, Industry and even expats will choose Vietnam over Thailand. Sure, the USD is low here due to the uncertain tariff situation. But it sure looks like party time in Vietnam now.
  5. Isaan sailor
    The Japanese use water cannons with indelible ink to mark the violent protestors. Seems to work.
  6. Isaan sailor
    The strong Baht gives me pause. No big projects or purchases now. Will ride it out till this tariff nonsense ends. After that, if the Baht rises further—BoT should devalue the Baht. And if they don’t—well, there’s always Vietnam and the hope they introduce a better visa program.
  7. Isaan sailor
    We have spikes on our roof in the obvious areas, but the birds just find another roof perch. Can’t spike the entire roof. Need a crack slingshotter…
  8. Isaan sailor
    As long as it costs less to live here than where I came from, I’m satisfied. But if that ever changes—goodbye LoS.
  9. Isaan sailor
    Agreed. Cheap USD helps American exports and hurts American expats (unless they live in Vietnam).
  10. Isaan sailor
    All the snack bars rioters.
  11. Isaan sailor
    One more thing: • Very low property taxes
  12. Isaan sailor
    • Low crime rate. • Inexpensive dining out • Inexpensive hotel rooms • Good roads • My Isaan wife
  13. Isaan sailor
    Rice is the preferred crop—lower maintenance, and not easy to steal, like higher value vegetables and fruits. Tough for Thai farmers competing with India on the world market. Government should hype the superior quality of the Hom Mali variety grown in Isaan.
  14. Isaan sailor
    Not sure about canning, I know we can freeze them. My wife purées then, then boils then down, dries, then rolls them. They keep in the fridge a very long time.
  15. Isaan sailor
    Mango pie with whipped cream. Too many mangoes in the yard…
  16. Isaan sailor
    DXY at multi month low—99.103. If USA loses its world reserve currency—look out below. Currency traders don’t like tariff uncertainty
  17. Isaan sailor
    The higher the Baht goes—the less we spend in Thailand.
  18. 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…
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. Isaan sailor
    Sadly, my Thai wife does.
  23. 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.
  24. Isaan sailor
    If that helps tamp down the Baht, it’s a good thing.
  25. 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…

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