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I like TGM, have good quality bacon and sandwich meat as well. Just for my enlightenment, what is this thing "budget" you speak of? Just kidding, actually I eliminated booze a few years ago and suddenly I had lots more money in my stack each month.

Just an aside, but is thug racist? Doesn't it refer to a long ago (maybe forgotten) sect in India? Never thought of it as having any racial meaning.

The things Trump suggests are what one might expect in a nation that had no tradition of democratic institutions. Not what you would expect in a nation that has had peaceful transitions of power since the Washington to Adams succession in 1797. What can a person possibly say about this guy and his followers? In spite of the fact that it was not politically wise, I think Secretary Clinton's remark about the contents of a basket was accurate.

Asked a Thai 11 year old if people would blame all falangs for the 2 Swissies. The kid said, "No, those 2 people did those things, only they are to blame". So definitely not all Thais have been recruited for the anti-farang whatchamacallit.

I talk to 2 taxi drivers every day, going to work and coming home. In the last few days since the Swiss kicking incident on driver was on a frenzied yak about the Swiss guy. But he didn't generalize about all farangs. He was the only one who brought it up, everyone else the usual "hot today chai mai?" or "you like Thai women" or "you're an American? New York or Los Angeles?"

They are gray and they come in quarts? oh no, I got it backwards, it's not an adage it's a riddle. What's gray and comes in quarts? An elephant.

I have finally badgered this Ricardo Cabeza that owes me money to begin repayment. Now he is saying he doesn't know how since he doesn't have a Thai bank account. Can he just go to an SCB branch with cash and my account number and make a deposit/\?

BS always has a kernel of truth. OP had a beer last night. There's the kernel.

Not all. Some are lower to middle management "errand boys and girls", not sitting in First Class, maybe not even Business Class. Not necessarily high rollers.

Do you have a US address? Maybe you could use that and don't ask don't tell that you live in Thailand. If not, sorry to hear that.

I use a Credit Union in the USA for most of my banking business. I t seems that banks outside the US and US Credit Unions are mutually a mystery to each other. I have found that I can't explain one to the other, they are in different worlds. I have a Charles Schwab Investor Checking account with ATM card that I have used for about 20 years in Thailand. ATM fees are credited each month, so no fees for ATM use. Never had any problem with ATM grabbing my card and never had the card refused by any bank. Once, maybe 15 years ago, had two fraudulent withdrawals in Thailand. Schwab credited right away and it never happened again. I am pretty sure you can still open an account online from anywhere. Verifying this will be left as an exercise for the student.

"The study focused on the number of lounges in the passenger terminal, designer brand shops, luxury hotels in the area and the availability of champagne and caviar before boarding." Very narrow criteria. Not really a contradiction of the poor ranking previously made public which considered a broader set of factors. This rating is for the world of travellers unknown to the average AN user. (I know, not you Mr. Bigshot, but the average AN member). I mean we have a member that had never heard of caviar? I have never tasted it, but I have known of its disgusting existence since I was a child. I'm gonna go Google champagne now.

Are you suggesting that the USA be relocated? Now that's thinking outside the box!

"The study focused on the number of lounges in the passenger terminal, designer brand shops, luxury hotels in the area and the availability of champagne and caviar before boarding." None of that is of interest to me, seems like it's for the mega-rich.. What I want is 7-11 or convenience store for stuff like water, wet wipes, mouth wash, snacks, Tylenol etc; that and a coffee stand and I am set. Suvarnabhumi has those so I am happy.

I think this guy has the record for depravity. The Swiss guy who beat the lady may keep the record for cruelty however.

Methinks you protest too much. Lots of these types come out on every Pattaya thread. Conflicted Puritans mostly I'm guessing. They hate Pattaya but jump on every Pattaya thread like those gay haters that bring their "God hates gays" signs to every gay event. "The sexual perversity of Pattaya disgusts me; but let's talk about it a little."

Huh?

Oh, so you're saying you speak Thai? Never would have guessed.

Obviously hit and run is a crime, but there is no mention that the collision was intentional in any report I have seen. So not really similar to this insane and intentional attack.

Also to get himself a third strike he did it on a Buddhist holiday which was mentioned in a lot of news reports.

Not sure why this is posted in response to my post, I was responding to the OPs original question about how to bank his DD benefits. How to bank his DD benefits since he was having difficulty opening a Thai bank account was the question of the thread before the fantasy of denouncing citizenship took over. Nothing at all to do with taxation.

Oh, do you speak Thai?

I will alert the international media.

Seems like they were doing their job. An Islamic Jihad operative, sounds like a killer to me. I don't get it.

Taxi driver yesterday started ranting in rapid fire Thai "blah blah blah Phuket blah blah blah farang blah blah blah Italy man..." He kept holding up his cell phone with a video going, but I didn't understand. I had no idea what he was on about until he mimed a kick then I got it. I said "Farang mai dii krap" and that was enough, he started laughing. He finally listened to his video and said "Swiss man, Swiss man, must go". I agreed and that seemed to make him happy. He was really offended by the guys actions.