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If she is back home every night at 10 then that is one positive sign i.e. her phones not off all night. It is common for Thai people to work long hours.
It does sound like she's not that into you, or maybe you are different i.e. she is a lot younger, or maybe the poor girl is trying to make a living, and having a bit of a relax after work, and you should let her do her thing.
Are you sending her money? If yes how much. If you are supporting her a lot then definitely stop and see what happens. The fact is if she is going out a lot she is likely to be having fun with other guys.
If she wants to live that life and you don't like it then separate. Save your dollars.
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3 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:
If you go to Bang Bao, on a sunny afternoon, visit Rasta View. It's an amazing view from there. OK food also.
Salakphet is on the other side of the island. Along with the boardwalk and war memorial. A completely different view of the island over there. Quite nice. I'd like to stay here one time. Free kayaks and some great places to explore.
But just minutes from Khlong Kloi beach after Bang Bao if a stubborn landowner or two would let the road be finished. It sounds like a worthwhile trip. Have to hire a car one time or get a tour.
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17 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:
Have you been to Salaphet? That seafood restaurant is amazing. As is the mangrove boardwalk and the drive out to the memorial of the war of Koh Chang. The beaches down there are amazing. And now...deserted.
No. Stayed at the beach just past Bang Bao that isn't too far. That place you stayed on the beach looks cool too. My girl friend is in Thailand too so I have a big incentive to come back.
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1 minute ago, Jeffr2 said:
White Sands on KC is a bit too busy for me now. Same with Samet. We're enjoying Kai Bae now. Much more quiet and seems to be very clear water. Koh Mak and Koh Kut are stunning with regards to that.
Hopefully, we'll visit Samet soon. Mid week to avoid the crowds! 5555
I must admit the last few trips I have stayed at Kacha at White Sand Beach and Sea view in Kae Bae and it is nice. Best thing about Koh Chang in my opinion is the huge hills and forest that you can see from the beaches.
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Sounds like I may have underestimated Koh Samet by the comments. I'll have to check it out along with Koh Mak. White Sand Beach is for mine the best beach because it's nice and long, has the nice trees to sit under, and has a bit of a wave in low season so you can have some fun. I get a bit bored with the flat water. The part of White Sand Beach to the north is really pretty. I do agree the town itself is average and strangely, given it is the biggest town, it has few good places to eat. Outside Kacha at night there is a night market with pretty good food if your happy with some simple food from time to time that we find to be clean and appetising.
I have never found the town noisy at night - it may be that it is at either end where there are some bars but at Kacha you'll just hear the odd frog. Lonely beach can get noisy with all those pesky youngsters and their parties.
I don't know what solafr is trying to say. There are some really good restaurants on Koh Chang with beautiful outlooks so what's not to like.
Khlong Prou is mostly good too. In some ways it is nicer than White Sands Beach. There are some parts that get a bit dirty and smelly near the lagoon.
I am in Australia now so it will be a while till I'm back.
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I haven't gone to Koh Samet but after reading this thought I would check the Koh Chang prices. Been there lots of times. I like Kacha resort which is currently AUD 385 including breakfast for a week. If you get the right room that is is an excellent deal. Especially for December. Pay a bit more for on the beach.
Prices for other excellent hotels such as Emerald Cove and Sea View are pretty good too. I get the feeling Koh Samet would be a bit too boring and not as nice for a longer period.
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I am in Australia and I have got my pile of Jetstar vouchers ready for when they open up. Doubt it will be before March .. and then the issue is if I can get the vaccine which will probably be required. Or maybe I'll bring my girlfriend here. In the mean time it's the joys of talking on the Line app.
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45 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:And if it wasn't done legally? For instance, Pennsylvania’s October 2019 expansion of “no-excuse” mail-in voting “violated the state constitution’s limits on who can cast an absentee ballot." Pennsylvania's Constitution does not provide a mechanism for the legislature to allow for expansion of absentee voting without a constitutional amendment. The Constitution needed to be amended. Act 77 changed the election process which can only be changed by amending the Pennsylvania’s Constitution. Tossing of mail-in ballots would alter the outcome in PA.
This should help in understanding the merits of the Texas lawsuit and those other 16 states which support it. Fair is fair. Is it not?
A pandemic is not reason enough to justify an illegal act. And you should care, at least if you're an American, that elections are conducted fairly. I can't think of much that is more important than that the people have a true voice in electing their representative government.
I am not a lawyer so I listen to legal minds I can trust and they don't see merit in this case. It is interesting that the law you refer to was passed over a year ago and voted through with a majority GOP legislature. No problems from Republicans till Trump lost and had a hissy fit.
Let's say in this case there is an issue. There are always going to be some legal issues that will arise in elections in both Democrat and Republican states. The courts are not likely to find that it is fair to disenfranchise millions of voters even if there is the possibility that the republicans themselves passed a disputed law a year before the election.
This case though appears to be focusing on looking to overturn the decision in four states citing election fraud where there is no evidence of fraud.
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12 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:Thanks, riclag. We're up to 16 additional states?
Now I'm sure a lot of folks are going to laugh this off but before anyone considers doing so I want to remind people that while some want to blow all of this off by taking the position that they're "right" there are certainly a whole lot of people that think otherwise.
Here's what's at issue. If certain states flaunted their election laws, which by doing so altered their election results, and other states adhered to their election laws then the states that disregarded theirs then directly impacted all other states.
Think of it this way. You have 50 entities voting per established rules. If some entities cheat then this alters the aggregate tallies. How, in good conscience, would you let that stand? I can't see how anyone could justifiably argue against this. To argue against would be to argue in favour of states' illegal election processes. In which case you'd simply be arguing for fraud. Anyone who wants to point out the flaws in this logic is welcome to do so. Just make sure your logic holds water. And I ain't gonna reply to posters who want to make silly arguments or engage in any type of ad hominem or otherwise wish to demean me. Keep it civil, be polite and respectful and I'll treat you in kind.
My simple take on it is that there was a pandemic so in a few areas they made sensible legal rules that made it safer to vote. There is no evidence of fraud or irregularities that could affect the outcome of the election.
The bottom line is I don't care about this. This isn't going to change the election. If it gives you solace to follow this stuff that's fine. I just hope that when you read the right wing sites you also read what credible, educated legal minds are saying - and that is that there is nothing to this and it will fail. And after this fails, like all other attempts have failed, you could consider asking why and not just start spruiking the next dodgy case.
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I have had some good and bad som tams. If they don't overcharge then they can come out with a really small amount of papaya, or way too much salty sauce, or no chilis for tourists. The good ones though are worth it and if they have fried chicken and a beer to go with it all the better.
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23 minutes ago, Tippaporn said:I've said it before, don't count your chickens before they're hatched. This election has not played out yet.
Let's find something we agree on.
You would have to agree that nearly all Trumps posts about election fraud have been false. Even if there is some amazing finding to come. Which I don't believe but you do.
You would also have to acknowledge that having a rally at the height of covid is irresponsible.
You might also admit than playing golf and writing tweets all day is not an appropriate way for the president to spend his time.
Can we agree on this.
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I would just say 'By the way - what's happening with the house'. If his reaction indicates he could benefit from your news you could tell him. It sounds like he won't be surprised but better he knows as, given his health, he has to plan for the future.
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I hope the United States under Biden takes a tough line with China. China is playing hard ball with Australia at the moment and putting huge tariffs on, or rejecting, our wine, seafood, barley etc. All because we stood up to them and had our own opinion. They are sending vile fake tweets about what happened with Australian soldiers in Afghanistan. Bad things did happen but at least we have an honest process to deal with it.
So far so good. Biden's National Security Advisor is saying they'll stand by Australia. The British are standing up. Other Asian countries are beginning to fight back. I hope it amounts to something and China pulls back.
Of course Trump himself is focused on himself and undermining the democratic process so the sooner he goes the better.
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On 11/29/2020 at 9:38 PM, Swiss1960 said:
Ping 71ms would be VERY high. It should be less than 3ms. Ping is when your computer "calls" your next server and how long until the answer comes back. Kind of like phone answer time.
Upload and download numbers are incredibly good (assume Mbps?), you probably have a 300/300 contract? No need to change that.
Ads have nothing to do with your internet provider, they come with websites/ apps you visit / use. Thaivisa is one prime example of showing more and more ads to make money, ignoring user experience completely.
I have a work computer so I have to be careful what software I put on it. I am finding Thai Visa close to unusable in the last couple of months - it takes forever to load. Is there a way I can make it faster. I have Microsoft Edge as a browser. Thanks.
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It's funny. My girlfriend loves her brown rice as I do and she says it's more expensive in Thailand than Australia. Yet the farmers get a small amount. How does that work.
On the war stories topic they had a free day on an ancestry site for war records so I looked up my grandfather. I had heard he had got in some sort of trouble in the the first World War for running off with a friend and some ladies in Singapore. The records showed he'd been in New Guinea and then on through Asia and then he left abruptly. Not sure if the story is true or why he was in New Guinea and Asia in World War I. Training I suppose or on the way somewhere. The interesting part was that the records showed that 30 odd years later he had changed his date of birth so he could join World War II and he had some years in Europe..this time he left with his honour intact.
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1 hour ago, Keith5588 said:
Thanks huangnon and Peterw42 for your helpful information.
I will ask the hotel and have a look around after arriving. If I see a rental place very close to a large hotel I think they would not scam customers, also if renting via the hotel recommendation it would probably be good.
I have have a look on the internet and see that in 2018 it was decided to have a road going completely around Kho Chang, does anyone know if it is possible to go across to the East side from the South West of Koh Chang?
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No. Kacha's in the middle so you can ride one way one day and the other on the other day but not all the way around. The roads are pretty good as long as you don't mind the odd hilly bits with tight turns.
Hiring a bike shouldn't be difficult.
Can recommend Kacha too. It has a good breakfast on the beach. Two nice pools. Nice food market outside at night. The Hillside rooms are good if you don't want to pay top dollar but ask for one on a higher floor facing the pool away from the road. I do and they have given it to us .
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2 hours ago, canuckamuck said:
How can you see the division as one sided?
This division regarding the election isn't between Democrats and Republicans but between Trump and reality. The election result has been accepted by most but Republicans are staying quiet because of Trump's power over the Republican masses.
The only division about the result is coming from Trump tweets and Rudy Guiliani and his cohorts going into conspiracy after conspiracy. It even has Tucker Carlson backing off. When he backs off you know you are in super crazy territory.
I get why you might have liked him at one point but surely it's obvious by his behaviour that he's an appalling loser in every way. Get off the Trump train and join the Biden express.
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4 hours ago, ExpatOK said:
Relax. On Jan 20th we will know who the president is.
You like to say that. Just like you seem to think the covid figures are a media and democrat conspiracy.
The point is that if Trump was just quietly being intransigent that's one thing. But if his incendiary tweets about fraud and stolen elections don't result in violence it will just be good luck rather than for a different reason.
So far though the protesters seem pretty relaxed. Maybe they know deep down it's all just a bit of silliness.
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1 hour ago, kingstonkid said:I think history will decide if TRUMP was a good president. But comparing him to OBAMA I would say that he was definitely better for the country.
Records were set in employment many businesses that Obama said would never return did.
People of all taxable levels got a tax break and more money
Nato countries are now or were trying to pay their way more
North Korea has been silent
ISIS was minimilized
China was put in it's place as a country ripping off people
He got rid of NAFTA and got a better deal for all 3 countries
and most importantly he started the process of getting people out of jail that did not deserve it and getting them back into society,
He also received the highest percentage of black and Latino votes of any GOP before him.
He got the American troops out of as many places as he could
When the Biden plans of high taxes, high wages and high cost of functioning as well as high debt along with his6-8week country wide shut down including sports and all business hits it will be interesting to see.
Remember this was not a vote against TRUMPS record or infavour of Biden this was the people that supposedly hated trump .
The other thing that history I am sure wil ltell us is if this was a rigged election or not.
OK I'll reply.
I think there are some fair points in your post. It's disappointing you had to finish with the rigged thing which is totally made up.
The tax cuts though benefitted the rich by far and is likely to have lead to much higher debt. You may argue it helped the economy but its hard to argue that he didn't inherit a pretty good economy from Obama.
The problem I see though is that you are leaving out many bad things:
his treatment of Covid and in turn the economy
his turning a blind eye or advocating for dictators, while diminishing relations with allies, and organisations such as WHO. These policies affect real lives.
his lack of any action on climate change and in fact bringing in policies bad for the environment
his actions with Ukraine leading to impeachment
not taken any action on guns
no action on health care
termination of the Iran deal
North Korea less in the news but just as dangerous as before
locked kids in cages and general poor treatment of refugees and immigrants
started a trade war with China that may have had initial merit but the result has been poor or mixed for both countries and the government had to pay 28 billion to farmers
his disregard for democracy, stoking of hatred, rewarding of his supporters and his constant tedious lies.
I don't think it's fair to call Biden's tax rises significant - it's just on those earning over $400,000. And yes Biden may have to take stronger action on Covid for a while but are you happy to see 2000 deaths a day that is being predicted. 1200 today. I doubt he'll do a major lockdown but maybe in some areas it'll be necessary. I live in covid free Australia. You take action and you can get good results.
Biden will bring in more tax revenue, better health care, a decent policy on climate change, better international relations, fairer conditions and pay for workers etc etc. Moody's say Biden's policies are better for the economy. Just having a decent guy in the White House is a good thing.- 16
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So you can feel relaxed, and given your earnings, I would recommend paying your way. He'll probably get the gist of how you are feeling.
If he feels strongly about paying you could let him pay on the first date. Then you can push to pay your way, or for both, after that.
He can pay for the odd cheaper date e.g. movies but you could help with more expensive nights at nice restaurants etc. Depends on his ego and his confidence.
Sometimes I think paying for everything becomes a bore and it would be nice to have the tables turned from time to time. He might feel the same.
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Austrac has details of bank transfers to and from Australia. This is available to some staff.
They will have details of accounts if you have transferred funds to and from Australia.
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I am a fan of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO who probably many on this site know. For two years he has been saying Trump won't leave. Guests would just laugh and go to the next topic. He almost seemed a bit obsessed sometimes. He can say I told you so now.
I've decided not to reply to comments from most Trump supporters on this site. They just make the same old comments straight from Trump or his enablers. No one is gonna change their mind so better to go for a walk than waste time.
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32 minutes ago, Pib said:
The comments at the bottom are pretty good but the overall rating is not accurate in my opinion.
Both Fox and CNN have two categories - news and opinion.
For opinion I would say Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham etc are MUCH more likely to distort, mislead, lie, and exaggerate wildly than Chris Cuomo or Don Lemon, who rarely tell lies. I have seen the latter correct there mistakes if they did so. But all four have an agenda based on their point of view.
Similarly the news on Fox is, in my opinion, much more likely to exaggerate wildly to promote their agenda. The violence in the streets bit is a good example. It was a small thing but they exaggerated it as though everyone in the suburbs was at risk and it was all the left's fault. Some may say CNN did the same thing with coronavirus. But that was a thing.
Some Fox news is OK. Chris Wallace is good.
CNN's is more likely overall to be factual, but it clearly has a left slant, and may omit positive Trump news.
So both are biased but to say they are on the same level, being mixed, is generous to Fox and not in my opinion correct.
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It is difficult to fathom for me how so many people voted for Trump in the election but the reasons you give likely contributed to the outcome.
This post election nonsense though is a step too far. People who support Trump through this have to be in my mind ill informed, lazy and or idiotic. Or they are people who know better but just cynically play along for personal benefit .