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I feel perfectly safe here. I, for one, welcome our new overlords from the Middle Kingdom!

From your link: Your chart shows radiation measured over 48 hours, measurement appears to have continued to at least 216 hours. But why extend the chart past 48 hours when That would merely condense all the pertinent data into a tiny margin on the left side of the chart, leading to conspiracy theorists claiming the scientists were trying to hide something. Note that charts 4.3 and 4.5 indicate measurements continued at least to day 9.

Allow me to add my anecdote. My wife and I were living in China, Hainan Island, during the first two years of the covids. Unable to renew my retirement extension as international travel was prohibited. Hainan has a population of 10 million, had required masking and social distancing, and some locations had limited lockdowns. In the beginning, public transport was shut down for two weeks. During that time we were restricted to our condo, one person allowed out once per day to forage for vittles. The entire population was tested several times. Positive tests resulted in entire housing complexes being thoroughly sanitized, with all public contacts of the infected individual tracked via cellphone app. Over the first two years of the covids, there were about 200 symptomatic cases and six deaths on the island. Most of those cases were brought in by persons returning from the mainland. Domestic restrictions were loosened in 2022, coinciding with thousands of cases during the latter half of the year. We left in July of that year before the outbreak in Sanya in August.

This is a recent change. I had used them past 6 years, in Thailand and in China.

THANKS!!!!!!!!! 30 minutes to file. Sent, accepted by the bad people about half an hour later.

Looking over the options at the IRS website, the system offered two options. FreeTaxUS The final option is TaxSlayer. Gosh, you'd expect a terrorist organization that demands tribute from any and all income galaxy-wide, regardless of physical location, would make it possible to e-file......

Hello, American expats! Looking forward to paying your tribute for 2023? Have you been using freefilefillableforms.com for online electronic filing? Ha! Not anymore ya ain't! Now searching for online alternative for electronic submission to avoid printing and mailing hardcopy. Any suggestions?

Hub of pending potential intended projected announcements.

I can imagine the promotional slogans.... "Thailand, hub of durable bags made from leftover fabric"

Multimeters aren't terribly expensive. You might want to buy a new one with digital readout. Are you cutting power at the main breaker or the light switch when you're fiddling with your wires? Could be the installer put the fixture upstream of the switch. Live goes into the light, then the switch is on the neutral. That breaks the circuit, but there's still always juice at the light. You have an LED voltage pencil tester?

Hahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't care.

The tenant having entered into a contract, means that he will pay rent for the stated period. Oh, wait!

DoHome/HomePro/Global has the small consumer units starting around 800-1000 baht, many with 4 breakers. I believe they also have DIY boxes without breakers, but cost of buying individual main and 2 breakers would be about the same as the complete set.

Bingo! PEA won't hook up power to illegal dwellings, and builders don't get the lower residential rates. How much would it cost to get a pole with meters planted on your side of the road where you can control access?

Will the newspaper that ran the article publishing the name of the resort face charges when this gets picked up by the western press?

Yes. You signed a contract. You paid a deposit. You broke the contract. You lost your deposit. Perfectly legal and moral and ethical.

This seems to be the more important info for the OP. You sent funds via WISE, and the transfer coding and documentation was acceptable for a foreigner purchasing a condo.

I looked it up. Definitely questioning the logic of the argument, not the motivation.

Following the link in the linked link,

Vaccines don't stop transmission completely, but they help prevent the spread and reduce the infection rate and lessen the effects on those infected. The "it don't stop transmission" claim is a strawman that the conspiracy theorizers can knock down without getting their tinfoil in a wad.

I did my research! He's a 'doctor' much like Kent Hovind qualified to call himself Dr. Dino. From what I found on the intertubes, he had a moderately unsuccessful YouTube channel before the covids, who then found pandering to tinfoil nutjob conspiracy theorists by quote-mining and mischaracterizing studies got more clicks.

Build the wall? Lock 'er up? Release the Kracken?

That's the thing. A SWIFT should be max $35, sometimes free from your broker. Thai bank deposit fee max 500 baht, potential $15-20 fee for a correspondent bank, and slightly less attractive conversion rate. WISE has the better conversion rate, but their fee increases with the amount transferred. Does it ever increase to the point that a SWIFT is a better value? I dunno.........

Why not order some Chinese J-20 stealth fighters? They come with TWO engines to avoid that face-losing splash sound you hear when they fall into the ocean. If you prefer single engine, then the JF-17/FC-1 might do at only $25 million each. Discounts on major orders processed thru Alibaba, and spare parts readily available on the shelf at Harbor Freight.

Maybe. Best to check the total fees and actual conversion rates to see which is the better option. Buying "land" sounds like a rather large amount. Also want to be sure to have the proper coding on the deposit to ensure it can be used to purchase a condo, unless your wife is buying land in her name.