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It pays to be a friend of #1. Nothing has surprised me, and shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Elite privileges extended the same, worldwide. Many non elites get the same treatment. You just don't read about it. Some fair, some not.

More than a few here / PKK, and one of the dominant species, along with it's cousins: Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus Greater Myna Acridotheres grandis Only have seen the Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus once, @ Phatthalung Photo credits: Me

What mega rich person wouldn't own or charter private jets for transport. As long as they all aren't flying to the Earth Day MMGM conference, that the hypocrites use private jets to get to If on tour, makes sense, knowing your flight will operate, instead of flying commercial. They are on a tight schedule sometimes. Anything beats dealing with airport security & check ins, and half the reason I haven't left TH in almost 20 years. Nothing I want to see is worth 6 hrs of being at an airport, let alone more than 2 hr on a plane (and they other reason I stay in TH). Closest interesting place are like 3 hrs (HKG) or 6 hrs (SEL or JP) away, not counting 3 hrs check in each way. When it takes as long or longer the check in than flying, something is wrong. Then a train to get out of the cities. Envious people out there, since they have to ride in the back of the bus That's pure hell on a full plane.

Small Yogurt/Natto/Sake maker, has preset times, 8/18/36 hrs. Started w/250gr dry beans, yield shy of 500gr Natto. Makro soy beans 500gr @ ฿23 Makro Natto three 40gr servings for ฿70 & ฿75 brand dependent.

Remember selling first house, which had 2 major add ons year or so after original build. So did have slight cracks were they met. Buyer came with his 'builder' to do inspection before buying. Said "very good build, very few cracks" .. that gave me a chuckle. House about 8 yrs old then. 2nd build, different builder, no cracks after 10+ yrs. Cracks after only 1 year, not good. Next time use a different builder.

1st time, maybe, since records being kept. Nothing to do with MMCC .. IMHO Less than 200 yrs of records over millions of existence isn't much of a CC change indicator. Along with probably nil effect over the next 200 years.

Yes, still rural, moved from Ban Tad, UT, to Ban Nong Kae, Muang, UT, and rural there for another 6 yrs, before daughter graduated high school. Then left UT, to PKK, for my final resting place Still rurual, but <5 kms from everything instead of 15+. Really don't even need a car. Daughter graduated Uni, and works at Krung Thep, as no work here for her, and likes the city life. Working & investing in RE (chip off the ol' block). Since an adult, she legally adopted us, easier since birth parents are MIA, and we couldn't before that. Only change, replaced daughter with dog, so now still have a therapist to talk to. Along with being as self sufficient as possible; solar/EVs, and fruit/veggie garden. No need for PTT/petrol, PEA/electric and if more storage tanks, could get rid of PWA, but to convenient & cheap.

I would avoid doing that. I went to deposit a check many years back, and the gal at the bank who liked me, advised against it, as they would have charged 1/3 to deposit it. Along with waiting for the worse rate over a 45 day period before they said it would clear. Back then, checks took 2 days to clear. Hopefully changed not, but I understand the still do the long wait to clear, which is BS, as they should clear in a few hours. No less than 12 hrs.

Civic groups want to talk about a truce, but apparently not the BRN. So the killing won't really stop. Nothing really to talk about. Keep playing terrorist, keep dying. Maybe if the civic groups would stop protecting the terrorists, the problem could be solved, and the killing stopped.

Living in Ban Tad, A. Muang, Udon Thani. Almost 4 yrs into my retirement. Already divorces from first Thai wife. Enjoying being single and parent to my village orphan. Unlike now, home cooking, ate most of our meals in town after school run to pick up daughter. Had a different favorite restaurant for all 5 days. Lived rural, 15+ kms out of town. 2 yrs away from meeting present wife, 2006.

Nah ... already have, so no need to look at things I'm not going to buy.

Already back pedaling, stating it won't happen ... ... guess they thought it through. Tucker Carlson interview with Putin to test EU law regulating tech companies EU Could Sanction Tucker Carlson over Interviewing Vladimir Putin Tucker Carlson 'may face sanctions over Vladimir Putin interview' Exclusive: Tucker Carlson Could Face Sanctions Over Putin Interview Tucker Carlson may be subjected to EU sanctions for interview with Putin

Calls now being made to ban/sanction Carlson from EU. Let the punishment & censorship begin I await the fake sexual assault accusations to follow soon, since the SOP for silencing any narrative against the deep state ... IMHO

MSNBC & hillary ... that's embarrassing. ... but then again ... "What does it matter" ...

Comparing those two markets (USA & TH) is a bit silly. Completely different mindset of purchasers, along with income, and infrastructure of CS. Add the MSM of EVs are evil. Yank are brainwashed into macho, bigger and more powerful is better. Marketing ploy from the manufacturers, due to the 'green tax' on mid to large cars. Why everything is called an SUV now, and on truck platforms, so the manufacturer gets a tax break. The green tax did the complete opposite of promoting cars to burn less fossil fuel. Now the cars are simply larger, burn more, and classed as a truck. Take the salary of Thais vs Yanks. Why owning a practical trunk or scooter fits in their/Thais' finances. Imagine a bunch of yank riding Hondo Waves Anything smaller than a 750cc and you're laughed at. That was my first MC. EVs are a new market here, so yes, #s are small, though surprisingly high % of sales. Thais being more thrifty and not brainwashed, more practical in their purchases.

Have the ZS EV and never an issue as you state. Same as @macahoom it wants to lose traction, chirp chirp, but doesn't, a good thing for performance. Handles just fine. Love it, and probably my last car, possible the wife's also, if last 20+ years, which I expect it to.

The movie/series is base on novel (fiction) by Jeroen Olyslaegers. It's not a documentary.

We sold a 2 yr old / 40k kms MG ZS (ICE) and took a 43% depreciation price. $695k new, sold ฿400k, as we were motivated sellers, in a very limited buyer's market, small town & lots of cars for sale since covid crushed many folks finances. Actual buyer lived 100 kms away. BUT ... put that against any future depreciation of 10-15-20% more (if waiting) for a year, along with possibly passing up that ฿240k govt incentive for upgrading to the EV version of same MG ZS, along with ฿47,8k petrol savings the first year driven, and we didn't mind the depreciation hit, quick sale at all. Better than waiting, hoping for a sale price in the ฿450-500 range, the former being possible, maybe. No desire to roll the dice waiting for mere ฿50k, possible sale price. The Mazda 2 prior, depreciated so much, we just gave it to our daughter. 2 previous Vios s fared better, but the market & economy was much better also. The insured value of our 2022 MG ZS EV is more than the price of a new MG ZS EV, when discounted, like now, and only 9% off our buy price when not discounted after 1 yr. I'd say it's holding it's value pretty darn good

My favorite first meal of the day ... ... now with a side of Natto

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR ... 🐉

Plenty of interviews & speeches with Putin, just not on MSM, or making the evening news in USA & other countries where the media is controlled. Fear of disrupting the bias one sided spin of evil RU & Putin. People need to search for info, not wait to be spoon fed by media (MSM) conglomerates. But that would take intelligence

hmm ... think it might be time to run a line out to the greenhouse. Maybe a toilet & septic tank also

Few to none of the anchors, celeb 'news/op ed' commentators are journalist. they have a team of researcher that do the investigating or enough credit to their name, that people will offer the info on stories to investigate. Why whistleblowers are heroes Although good journalist/celeb mouth pieces will verify the info. Unlike the MSM echo box, and simply read the propaganda they are given.

That's not just TH, as dealers worldwide make it as easy as possible to sell stock. Many promos 0 down, 0% interest for first year or whatever. Though tacked on at the end. So many provide interest rates at 1 ish %, and way less than inflation, and only time financing makes sense, even if you have the pocket change to buy. Dealer & finance company make their money not matter what. People finance simply because they don't have the extra cash to buy, or smart enough to use the money elsewhere, to invest with a ROI greater than financing. Intelligent people don't finance depreciating products, unless the #s are beneficial. Others, have no choice if wanting to impress, hence the never ending, life sucking hamster wheel they are on The latter, most buyers don't think about resale, or they wouldn't have bought the vehicle to start with.