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17 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Dear Folks,

 

Most people, try as they might, find it difficult to feel especially happy about dying.

 

However, in this LOS, might it be possible to just....

 

Go out with a smile?

 

I would say, as an expat myself, that if I were to die in Thailand, then I would be smiling.

 

Some expats say that living in Thailand is better than anywhere else.

 

And I say, too, that dying in Thailand is better than dying in most other places.

 

I feel at peace to know that I will expire here...that is....unless, for some reason...

My visas do not expire before me.

 

I still have many years to go, .....

 

And miles to go before I sleep,

And even more kilometers to go before I sleep.

 

Is Thailand pretty much the best place in the world...to...

DIE!

 

Yes, it is, but just IMHO.

 

Thailand is a place of peace for the living.

And, it is an even greater place of peace for those who are bout to die.

 

I SALUTE you....those of you who are about to die...and....I will...

Soon follow you, yet not so soon....

I hope.

 

Any thoughts about any better place to die, compared to Thailand?

 

Best regards,

 

Gamma

 

 

Oh I'll be bloody ecstatic.

9 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Anyone who takes financial advice from Trump is somewhat moronic, the man cannot be relied upon on any level and his business acumen is not great. Never forget, the vast majority of his fortune was acquired through theft, grifting, and scams, in addition to money stolen from small contractors and money acquired through major bankruptcies. 

 

Though on a certain level it is counterintuitive, it seems like when the markets slump so does crypto, and Trump is absolutely decimating the worldwide economy at this point in time, with his stunningly stupid policies. 

Trump didn't give financial advice to anyone, what he did was use political announcements that inferred the US treasury would create a strategic reserve fund by purchasing 5 different cryto currencies. Only to be later replaced with the announcement that this fund would be created only from crypto seized from criminal proceeds.

6 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

Send me 1btc and I'll send back 10. 😂

Suuuuuurrrrrreeeeee you will

1 hour ago, blaze master said:

 

 

Suuuuuurre you did. 

The wacky backy gone to your head again

7 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

It's going wrong already for stupid, greedy ( or both ) people who believed Trumps retorhic and bought at recent highs.

 

Fixed it for you.

You didn't fix anything, you just changed the narrative it to suit your conceited pompous attitude. In case you haven't realised this thread is not about bashing people.

6 hours ago, blaze master said:

 

Seems like you named yourself after a coin that flattened during this run. 

 

Moooooooooooooon 

Oh it flatten a long time before this run. But yes was an avid investor in the early days, saw all the bull<deleted> hype from Hoskinson, watched the money pile in and saw it rise from mere pennies to an all time high of £2.80. Then I watched it fall off a cliff and descend back to mere pennies. Luckily I got out with a decent profit.

18 hours ago, placeholder said:

Wow! Sounds like you have hit upon an astoundingly novel investment strategy: buy low and sell high. Truly revolutionary.

Not only that, he's obviously got the power of ESP

33 minutes ago, ukrules said:

 

What if it doesn't go wrong and in fact turns out really well?

It's going wrong already for those who believed Trumps retorhic and bought at recent highs.

26 minutes ago, ukrules said:

 

So what? It goes up one year and down another year.

 

If you look at long term charts you can see that there is an 'aberration' or deviation which started in the election week, the prices went up a lot since then and now it appears to be falling back towards the previous range which lasted for a great deal of last year.

I won't be surprised if we're back under $70k once the hype has worn off with a repeat of 'massive increases' much later in the year.

For now I'm all cash and have been for some time.

"massive increases' much later in the year"
And just what news will cause the markets to react resulting in massive increases?
 

Trumps pre elecion hype and his bullish and rousing early presidency comments regarding how the US will be stockpilers of Bitcoin, XRP, SOL, ADA and Etherium becoming the future crypto capital of the world drove investment levels and prices sky high. Yet now in the last week or so we hear a very different story from him, we learn that there will be no investment from the US goverment but they will fill their coffers with cypto realised from crime proceeds only. The market didn't like this and reacted accordingly  resulting in crypto losing between 25% to 40% of its value and still falling. I would imagine that people who bought based on Trumps retorhic are quietly seething now.

As any savvy investor knows markets react to positive rumours and news, but where is the positive news now? The truth is there isn't any and as a result there's nothing to support the price especially Bitcoin whose value in directly related to increasing demand. Unless Trump and his cohorts provide some kind of support then we could see Bitcoin back down in the $30K range or less. Maybe its time to get out now before the bubble is fully deflated.

1 hour ago, superal said:

My ISP has subcontracted from 3BB . I spoke to 3BB who confirmed that they did not control the service to my house and that I must deal with the local business that uses their cables .

 

Paranoid ? No , just aware and careful .  PayPal do provide financial protection greater than that of banks . 

 

Secondly , giving card details to an online business , particularly if unknown to you , is taking a chance . There are many scams on the internet where folks have given card details to internet sellers . Finally many IPTV companies vanish overnight and no chance of getting your money back .

My suggestion to you is to give up on IPTV and go with one of the legit paid for services, you'll sleep better at night.

32 minutes ago, superal said:

Thanks , I had a look and a low price compared to other IPTV companies . My only concern is the payment method . I always shy away from giving bank card details on line . My preference is Paypal that does not use the family and friends method . ( No security ) 

You're obviously paranoid, you give your bank card to paypal online, there's no difference. Also you are protected against fraud by your bank and credit card provider.

33 minutes ago, superal said:

Not using a VPN . When I get buffering it will be on all the IPTV channels . However , if I do a speed test , the results are plenty enough to do streaming . Strange thing is that the buffering can even happen at 04 00 am morning time . So not much demand for Internet at that time . My one suspicion is that my ISP is a small business subcontractor who I believe is using his own servers which may be low quality .

Try using a paid for VPN. An ISP cannot be a small business subcontractor they are major national businesses that are licensed by the NTBC of Thailand.

19 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I've noticed that too, the guys must be kicking themselves when they see what's available locally!

Have you ever stopped and thought that maybe they're happy and content with what they've got? Many a pretty face and hides a twisted mind.

On 2/24/2025 at 1:33 PM, superal said:

Can someone explain why IPTV buffers / freezes say for 1 minute but then starts again from where it stopped ? Is it the IPTV companies server or my set up ? 400 Mbps download and same upload 

It's an internet problem, pure and simple. Either with your ISP and/or VPN or your IPTV providers ISP or VPN

Lurpak, expensive but the 2nd best to Kerrygold.

2 hours ago, baansgr said:

You need to read my post carefully...maybe then you will understand 

I did and still don't understand so Instead why don't you explain it to us all

1 hour ago, FruitPudding said:

I think so.

 

- Socialism is ruining the West. Extreme cost of living crisis,  ironically. 

 

- High crime and getting worse. Dangerous for women and kids, especially. 

 

-Many unpleasant people in public

 

- Crippled national healthcare systems and other public services.

 

- Filthy streets

 

- Dumb politicians. No freedom of speech. Open borders. Islamification.

 

- Development has stopped. It's just regressing, despite high taxes.

 

- Woke <deleted> everywhere.

 

- Too cold half of the year

 

- The women are mostly unattractive and unfeminine. They also have very bad attitudes. No sense of fun, unless it involves getting wasted on booze.

 

 

Did I miss anything?

"The women are mostly unattractive and unfeminine. They also have very bad attitudes. No sense of fun, unless it involves getting wasted on booze".
Admit it you are obviously referencing the ones you have pulled, because the attractive. feminine, intelligent and adventurous ones wouldn't give you the time of day.

16 hours ago, save the frogs said:

 

But there isn't always a direct correlation to "more wealth = more contentment".

Some people are contented with way less.

Westerners can get obsessed with being rich and getting rich and make themselves miserable in the process. 

 

My opinion is the reason those who are content with way less is because they never had way more, those that did are not content but just putting on a brave face.
The trait of being obsessed with being rich definitely applies to Thais as well, if not even more so. Many Thais are obsessed with the "face" issue and will get in to heavy debt just to try and portray their wealth.

2 hours ago, baansgr said:

Exactly the same 😁 

You wouldn't even be here.......you even said it yourself that because you previously earned £9k per month it enabled your lifestyle here.

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Same In the UK, but unless you're bleeding out you'd need to wait at least 2 weeks for an appointment.

It's well known that in the UK hospital A&E depts and doctors surgeries are abused by a number of people who could get the necessary medical advice and requisite medication from a phamacist. But at least they have an appointment system which is pretty reliable, the doctors and nurses are all professionals and fully certified by the BMA and treatment is free at source. The same cannot be said of doctor surgeries here, how sure can you be that the doctor here is certified as a fully qualified general practioneer? As for government hospitals yes the doctors are fully certified but there is no appointment system you have to arrive at sparrow farts and have to sit and wait usually all day, and then you have the pleasure of paying for it.
I will grant that most Expats would only search for medical treatment as a last resort but if a Thai sneezes they are rushing to see a doctor.

3 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Yet the Thais are more happy than the retired farangs.

Yes read my post it explains clearly why.

3 hours ago, baansgr said:

25 years ago I was earning £9k a month in UK... Now I can live on not a lot more than I earned in a month for a whole year very comfortably...being on a constant hamsters wheel working for a bigger house, a better car etc certainly in my eyes does not constitute a better quality of life. I have no pressure and do whatever I want. I exercise, do gardening, go on bike trips, cook at home 3 times a day and generally have a far better quality of life here 👍 

So you have just proved my point, your good fortune to earn 100k per year has enabled your quality of life today. If you had been earning the minimum wage in the UK what quality of life would you have now!