JensenZ

Why are you asking what planet I live on? I'm merely explaining that when I chaparone friends who get drunk at gogo bars (I don't drink), I often encounter padding of bills. You have to keep a very close eye on the tab. Drunk people are the best customers. At civilized bars in other countries, the staff are obligated legally not to serve people who are very drunk. They need to be treated respectfully. In this case, the Russian might not have been drunk, and fully aware of an oversized bill. I've been living on Planet Thailand and specifically Planet Pattaya for many years LOL

What does a smile have to do with kindness? You can be kind without smiling. When I give money to poor people, I don't smile. In fact I don't smile at all in Thailand and there's no need to, but I'm still friendly and kind to strangers. I maintain a neutral expression. Most staff in restauarants would prefer a tip to a smile anyway.

You do realise people get drunk and lose track of how much they ordered and the cost thereof? They often prey on drunk customers, adding significant amounts to their tabs. I've seen this first hand going out with drunk friends when I'm keeping tabs of their bills. This Russian already paid the bill in pain and blood.

There's amino acids in all fruits and nuts. You'll be eating a truck load of fruit, nuts and vegetables on a "fruit" diet. It will be far healthier than most diets if the type of fruit and nuts are balanced. Really the avocados don't contain protein, but the essential amino acids that are used by animals to build protein. You don't need as much protein as you were lead to believe. I've known fruitarians and they were very healthy.

Most fruitarians will eat nuts and seeds, and fruits like avocados, along with some vegetables. There you have plenty of healthy fats and protein. You don't need to eat protein, just amino acids. The body will produce all the proteins it needs from the 9 essential amino acids.

Not to mention the extensive militarization of a number of islands in the South China Sea. https://amti.csis.org/island-tracker/china/

I don't believe there is a 35 year limit for the pension to be "portable". Any pension is portable, but the time you've spent in Australia between age 16 and retirement age determines how much you can get and reduction is x/35 percent where x is the number of years you've lived in Australia. I did read that if you've been out of Australia from 1 July 2014, the 35 years minimum is reduced to 25 years, but once you have spent 26 weeks in Australia after that date, it reverts to 35 years if you leave again before you reach your retirement age.

I'm lucky that my wife doesn't cook, so eating is a job and I only do it well after I'm hungry. I might be hungry for hours before I get around to eating.

It's quite likely the burglar was a professional and carried his own bag.

50 officers at 1 am... a huge waste of resources.

I can only understand what you wrote, and you made the point clear that you don't think relationships can work. If that is not what you meant, then you need to improve on your comminication skills, which quite frankly leave a lot to be desired. Quite happy to cease any further discussion with you. Bye.

The problem might be you. I've been with the same lady for 20 years and married for 13 of them. We are still each other's best friends. Those many friends you claim to have are only acquaitances. How many would still be around if you went broke or had some serious problems? Let's call them fair-weather friends.

Nothing here has anything to do with "law". It's about immigration policy. They make up new rules all the time. Immigration can do what they like. No one takes them to court to determine what is legal or not under law.

Corruption and red tape are worse in the Philippines... plus it's a much more dangerous country to live in for foreigners. I lived there for 5 years, and I'm now in my 18th year in Thailand. Life is a lot more relaxing and peaceful here. Some people just seem to have problems wherever they live. You need to work with the system, not against it. I came here to retire, not get worked up about the politics. That's really not my business at all.

Read the last line of my post again. Are you suggesting that the entire population should have anti rabies vaccinations? Let rabid dogs run free, just make sure everyone is vaccinated? You don't need confirmation of a dog having rabies after you're been bitten. It is assumed and vaccinations are recommended. Dogs bite people, rabid or not.

Were you not aware of the SEC vs Ripple lawsuit that has been ongoing since Dec 2020? This is the gamechanger which will help or hurt crypto trading in the US. If you want to bet your house, XRP is probably the best option. In percentage terms, it's gains (and losses) far exceed those of BTC.

I can't understand all the fuss you're making over this. Just explain your situation to a landlord and ask for a 1-month notice to leave condition in a one-year contract. If you're taking out 3-month contracts, you're paying more rent anyway, so most landlords wouldn't mind.

It's more likely he killed her and then used the fire to cover it up.

This is absurd. Instead of taking care of the thousands of Soi dogs living wild in every street in the province, just push for an adequate vaccination supply for when people get bitten and infected. Never mind the source. They supplied no data to prove a "surge", just 3 deaths. How many people had been infected and then vaccinated would be more useful information and evidence of a "surge". Maybe they are suggesting an extensive rabies vaccination program for the entire population.

Here's some required reading for anyone who thinks they know how to trade crypto. This report was written June 2022, but the warning is still valid a year later: "Bitcoin and the rest of the digital asset market have been negatively impacted by a number of different issues, including increased regulatory scrutiny, sustained geopolitical unrest, rising inflation and interest rate hikes. Due to the increasing uncertainty around the stability of global markets, commentators seem to agree that the price of risk assets like Bitcoin could continue to suffer over a longer time frame." https://cointelegraph.com/news/80-000-bitcoin-millionaires-wiped-out-in-the-great-crypto-crash-of-2022 If you're one of the lucky ones with a millon plus in your cypto wallet, or have had a good win, enjoy it and don't give it back. Greed is what kills many investors in the long run.

It's very easy to brag about how a good trade went after it's done, but the reality is there is no bottom to the crypto market and buying at any level is extremely risky. At any time crypto trading is high risk trading to be undertaken with money you are prepared to lose. Most people don't proclaim big losses, but love talking about their wins.

Typical traders who were lucky in the past thinking they can predict the market. I see this type of over confidence destroy people all the time.

The worst trading stragey of all. Did you watch the price in the past and think the same will happen in the future? It's not hard, it's impossible to predict the market and in the current economic and political climate harder than ever.

Of course you can enter your home country without a passport, as long as you can establish your ID. The problem is getting on a flight without a passport - that's unlikely. If your passport has expired, it's also not a problem. The expired passport will get you back in.

Catching the boat is not as important as getting off it at the right time before the storm hits.