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And yet ... failed to materialize. In the 2+ decades I've been here, and as stated, every year, and a new push, a new airline, a new upgrade every so many years, and all the same results. Failure to operate after 1 high season, usually. Hua Hin compared to Samui ... yikes. Who flies around the world to go to HH. If not for Krung Thep weekenders, it would be back to it's sleepy surfside town, and simply the commerce hub that it always has been.

Never got into the long term/hold 'em mentality, as 5-10% over 5-10-20 yrs never interested me. Too impatient, too greedy. After rolling over RE equity into the market, played the Y2K scam till just before it crashed ???? Then Bush 2 became elected president, and the obvious, oil. For me, high risk/high gain, speculative oil stock, pennies actually. Actually my best returns on investing. Too moral to go into defense contractor, though I do think I regret that, with President Cheney at the helm. Those profits are a given. Wee bit of inside trading, day trading, and oil stock pay offs, and the rest is history. It does take work/research, and paying attention, along with knowing the scam of the markets, the trends and having software to point out the scams. Funds are good, but run in 2-3-5 yr cycles. Municipality and utilities stocks/funds, along with dividend stocks, which TBH, never really played with. Steady gains, but to low & slow for me. No real work/research involved though. Options are great, but you have to really know what you're doing. Good if inside trading, and yes, it's real, and so many do it. Straight out inside trading, or simply implied buy / sell. Ex: "We have some exciting news coming next week" in direct conversation, not news-blips. If waiting for news, you're too late already. Happy Trading. Do it right, and you can retire in less than 5 yrs. Turn $50k into 1M. Work smarter, not harder.

Stepping up ... ... Red Flags out, what else can be done ? If people are that stupid, maybe a good thing they no longer walk among us, or drive vehicles among us. You'll never fix stupid.

Just shut the airport down. Even another super mall would be better use of the land. Decades of wasted taxes, and yet to have 1 carrier make a profit, or break even apparently. No market, and quite understandable.

If you put garden plastic down first, then stone, they won't return, or at least, very minimal and easy to manage. Photo of our soi, between house and garden area, using plastic with stone, coming up on 1 yr, and minimal weeds.

Putin has no interest in the rest of Europe. His objective was to help Russians, and take away UA military capabilities. Which without regime change from outside sources, and if NATO kept it's word about neutral border states, none of it would have been necessary. I think that objective has been almost met, but the west doesn't want peace ... again, not profitable. And Off Topic ... with more than a few threads going to debate that subject on. The world is safe from a nuke war, as it simply isn't a win win for anyone. Although, in the end, it would solve the problem of too many people on this rock, trashing the place. Hard choice, trash or nuke residue for a century ... hmm. I'd go with nuke residue myself. Those countries that aren't self sufficient ... oh well, problem solved.

CH, RU, Trump ... seriously ... it would have to be an LTD official involved at one point or another. You can hack & change info in the data system, but how do you change the #s on the vehicle to match original registration book. Fine if vehicle is never inspected or transferred.

Average ... ... I'm so happy I've never been 'average'

Lets try getting all those wires & cables underground without killing people before trying to send more junk up over our heads. Only been pure dumb luck we haven't had a major oops yet with tons of crap falling to earth.

Two thoughts ... ... people simply don't learn from history ... unless it's profitable, it's not going happen All ... All countries are too intertwined economically to ever let some idiot push that button. Makes good headlines, and keeps people scared, and the defense contractors laugh all the way to the bank. Ignorance is Bliss

In the past, yes, what they require now, TBH, I haven't a clue. If needed, get one, but use only IF required. Never carry a balance or pay interest. It's a fool's game, wasted funds, bank wins. I use to have a bunch, CC & unsecured lines of credit, but, used for investing only, or emergency. Last time I rented a car, probably 2000/2001, and debit card was fine. Same with hotels currently and online purchases, though I usually go COD or cash when arriving at hotel. If any vendor requires a CC, I'd simply use a different vendor. If it's common place now to require a CC, I'd have one, for convenience, but as stated, only use when required. People get caught up with that revolving credit, and forget... ... "the man in the suit has just bought a new car on profit he made on your dreams" - Traffic/Steve Winwood/Jim Capaldi (Low Spark of High Heeled Boys)

It's scary, people really are that stupid. Goes way beyond being a wee bit ignorant. I'm the Slime - Frank Zappa, should be forced listening material for all. 50 yr old song, but timeless, more so than ever.

Going to just have to agree to disagree. EVs are the way to go. Hydrogen isn't practical, IMHO, maybe replace diesel for heavy, long haul trucking, until something better comes along, but it comes with the same negatives of energy wasted to produce, store, transport, deliver and use as diesel, but cleaner. Better batteries and source of energy to charge, mainly solar, where possible, when allowed, is the only solution now. You need to download and watch the movie I linked. As long as fossil fuel controls the worlds energy supply, there isn't much hope for real change.

CC ... ???? not the poaching and selling body parts and trophies. You really can't fix stupid.

Why would anyone need a Thai CC, or any CC for that matter. I haven't had one for over 30 yrs. People paying monthly for unsecured credit is a banker's dream. If it doesn't appreciate, you should be paying cash. If you can't pay cash, you can't afford to buy it. Economics 101 ... you don't borrow money to buy crap that depreciates. Debit card fills the need for any CC, or has in the past 30+ years. CC is only good for emergencies, if you don't have an oops fund.

World has been dependent on fossil fuel for 100 or so years. The industry controls that, and only now it's changing, very slightly and slowly. Lithium is not rare, and estimates are, we won't be running out anytime soon. More fossil fuel propaganda. But hey, what do I know, so I post links, ignored of course. I posted a link a couple times, about a vid explaining fossil fuels control, and been ignore, or criticize as tin foil hat material. People falling for the BS, hook line & sinker, when the info is available. Oh well. You're one of the more open minded, reasonable members, so give this a watch. Get pass the opening, as it's not about UFOs/ET, but energy control. It's available now, but, not until the oil runs out Hypocrisy - the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does

Are you living in a comparable size house now with the extras; pool, etc. If so, simply go by your present bill and units used every month. That's what we did, along with taking our largest bills from previous house. Our inefficient rental was running 600-700kWh a month, and our much larger previous house topped up about 1200kWh month. So we sized a system that would handle that. Without the need for PEA/MEA. Connect to, but basically off Grid. New house, better build, materials & components (inverter ACs), and our usage, with abusive AC use, fits that range, 600-1000kWh a month, depending on time of year. That's with having EVs. Our Solar System

Never been, unless a pub crawl. Was a big fan of New Deck Tavern, 38th & Samson. Best crab cakes in the tri-state area. Actually they stopped offering them, and I stopped going ???? Didn't do the Uni area much after that. Older anyway, and used to hit Downey's a lot, a Thai place (3rd & S, I think), and a Cajun place down a bit further on South St, Used to a lot of happy hours Wed/Thurs, most having 2/1 drinks & free food. Chart House & Moshulu were good also, the latter, just OK. The Bank was good for late nights, if in town after the witching hour. Couple places up in New Hope also. Really think Delaware Valley is one of the best in the country for food & sipping. Chadds Ford & Brandywine Creek area toward W. Chester had some great places also. Wow, that's a lot of memories.

I see you have a few sleeping issues ... ????

Reading the news gives my chuckles all day. That's some funny stuff.

Found another also, Taima cannabis shop, but on S side of RR station, Gmap send you on a roundabout way, when the sat photo shows a walkway to S side. Though maybe new fencing has blocked that.

I searched using 'dispensary' instead of 'Cannabis' ... ... oops Sweed

It is from Nivea .. there's that of course. So nothing on the internet is true ... got it. So I'll copy and paste the below ... it's probably not true ???? " I've tried this and it doesn't work ... I've tried bi-carb and vinegar, I've tried Vanish , I've tried soaking, I've tried lime juice, I've tried scrubbing with every product .... I bought some small bottle stuff from the UK and it worked a little .... but the bottle only did 4-6 shirts. haha" You're probably correct, and probably not true.

Hard to believe adults need to be told how to use deodorant or how to wash their clothes.

Nah ... though #2 and myself are on FB, rarely talk, but since I only have 15 friends on FB ... nuff said, and we still can make each other laugh when we do chit chat.