KhunLA

'Daily Dose of Internet'

Ms Google tells me ... " A month's supply of Truvada is nearly $2,000 without insurance (a generic version costs about $60 per month) " So ฿65k or ~฿2k for generic in USA. Something seriously wrong with USA healthcare. Seems inexpensive to avoid getting sick in TH, or even being sick for a local or sexpat.

At best, the students will get a functional English knowledge. My daughter use to do English competitions at schools she attended, local district & provisional competition, and won quite a few, IF, they didn't realize I was her father, when I attended. Her teachers were terrible, and they had a real hard time conversing with me. All the contestants, if not having a English speaker at home, had extra classes outside school and English tutors.

Simple inflation or price gouging. Year 2000, and first trip to TH, dive trip to Phuket, long week, and did have a 24 hr rental, but it was only ฿600 (฿500+฿100), and kept her all week, 24/7. Thought that was a bargain, and great fun, especially since it was ฿40 / $1. My only experience with P4P.

Holy Crap ... sextourist / sexpats are dumber than I thought. Is it me, or are they some silly A$$ prices ? I have to plead ignorance, as not knowing the prices in USA, or other countries, but doesn't sound any cheaper here in TH. Doesn't include the airfare and hours going through security just to get in the sardine can for hours on end. Seems my friends w/bennies, (when single), having a nice dinner and overnight fun wasn't just great, but damn economical. Even in TH, if only have sex (P4P) 10 times a month, that far exceeds my monthly living expense.

Watching TV series in a minute, so, Pringles (rare), and washing them down with kefir water. If home, would probably be some fresh or dried fruit maybe.

Largest meal, usually between 1500-1800 hrs, with very lite snack before 2000 hrs. Sleep around midnight. Breakfast about noon. Black coffee in early AM ~0600 hrs

Great is a stretch ... but ... I am here, and can live anywhere I choose, so, nuff said

No sense trying to compete in a market, when you know you can't.

Flat seas on the Gulf ...

Tomorrow ... that's way too far in the future to plan. Especially since I might not even wake up. Just trying to sort out what I'm going to do today, after coffee, and catching up with the world. Check in isn't till 1400 hr, and it's 3 hr drive to next surfside hotel. Headliners on RT News will take 30 seconds, AN maybe 5 mins ... walk dog again, then ???? Naked lady walking around in my room ... hmm ... what to do

We keep a stash, in one of the pillows, ~100k, and when our wallets are low, we take 5k out at a time. Our monthly living expense is amazingly low, ~20k, but Greenhouse and non essentials, hobbies takes a bit. Stash actually lasts a really long time. We're O&A now, and think I took 50k with me, but low budget travelers. Only extra expense, other the simply eating, is ~1000 a night for hotels. Usually out for about a week +/-, and most of the money is for JIC. She usually pays for everything, for same reason, Thai/Thai transactions since I'm not fluent. Plus I'll tip, and she usually does not Once I got a stash of smaller notes & coins, for small vendors, I don't want any change. She needs small change anyway to pay her worker around the garden.

Back at Phang Nga Bay viewpoint ...

A millionaire who was lucky enough to meet her partner in life, and enjoys life, even through all the BS thrown her , their way. KUDOS to her, hubby & family.

I think 95% of folks on this forum are not married to Thai woman, or even in a relationship, or in Th at all, or been to TH in years, pre scamdemic or longer. Those that do visit TH are disfunction with women in their home country, and only way for them to have sex is P4P, and can't afford it in home country. ... IMHO Nothing wrong with that, but not a life I would want to live.

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Tap beer, Schmidt's Beer if they had, or what ever, usual Schaefer or Ballantine. All 3 local beers for the Philly, Pa, USA area. I upgraded to Michelob in high school Nobody drank Bud, and Coors wasn't available east of the Mississippi River. Didn't graduate to real beer, Ales, Pilsner, Stouts/Porters till about 25 yrs old. Now, little to no alcohol intake.

2 were very consistent, one closed now, this may be yet another reincarnation of Mali & Steve @rickudon can you verify, if run by Mali, or one they sold and still going as Steve's 🙄 Steve's Bar and Restaurant (?) ... ... https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Steve's+Bar+and+Restaurant/@17.3964853,102.8281915,20z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x3123773ea3a0fd09:0xee0e59a94a9c438b!8m2!3d17.3964883!4d102.8282601!16s%2Fg%2F11kb4p4x0v?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYxNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

A bit different if spoils of war, or sold & bought. Not sure what your point is, as same with every established country with borders. Florida was Spain's. Louisiana purchase bought from France. Alaska purchased from Russia. California and Southwest think we got it from Spain or Mexico, or spoils of war I posted way back when on the topic of that discussion. On phone so not searching with the real answer is.

Born 1954, so yea, missed first half of 20th century. Not much changed afterwards. Except so called independent, investigative news, is now simply franchised by a very few controlling parent companies. I really don't follow any news. Less and less as I got older. I actually get most of my headliners from AN. Talk about bias, if not originally, it is when rewritten for AN. Since most come from left wing folks, most gets ignored by me. I live life, and not a damn thing in the news is going to change my day to day. Financial news, and things that may actually affect me, I paid attention to. But that's about it, and don't follow any financial news, as simply don't use or need to. Finances are on auto pilot. Gets deposited, I spend or save, and don't need any news for that. There is and has never been anything in the news, that has affected my life, or that I could do something, that would affect any news item. I don't vote, and only voted in 1 presidential election. Missed the Nam war, as they stop drafting and don't think I was assigned a #. Enlisted right after it ended, at 21 yrs old. Would have been a good time to be a lifer, as no major conflicts the next couple decades, 1976 till my retirement 2001. Earned way more than military pay, and still retired way early, without being told what, when and how to live. I find hard to believe people actually follow any news ... BORING I use to read the Sunday newspaper (for coupons & comics), and only time I watched TV, was if there was one on at work during down time. Rarely watched TV at home, taped any TV series to ff though the commercials, and don't think I owned a TV after 1980s. Remember taping Miami Vice & Hill St Blues, nothing afterwards.

OK, we get it. You've never been in a relationship with someone you trust. Then good to keep your finances separate. Others, inclusive, simply wish to live a different lifestyle, more shared and trusting. If I have to think about where, with who, buying what, or any why or what she is doing, then I really don't want to be with her. Choose Wisely & Live with Your Choices To add ... we only use my finances, because I asked her to stop working. Before living together, she used her money for herself, and even buying me birthday gifts. Completely independent of my finances. I guess if she worked, it would be slightly different, though not sure how, due to age difference. I could l keel over any day, or decades away, so to avoid filling out FBAR form every year, or stuffing pillows at the house, (one is enough), then simply transfer most incoming to her account. I don't want to crap out with a sh!t load of money in my account, that she has to pay death tax on to access.

Same, tired of inop or wrong nozzle at petrol stations. Adding to cold tires is better, easier, less thought anyway. Especially for the bicycles, since both made for USA market.