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Why would you break a lease with only one month remaining? You saved one month's rent at the cost of two month's rent security deposit.

Kicking out the retirees by elevating the bank bonds to 2 or 3 million? That just means some other country will scoop up the benefits. I could see leaving Thailand to retire someplace nearby, just coming to visit the wife occasionally. In fact, I'd consider moving to a less corrupt country as an improvement. I'm thinking Myanmar as a possibility.

That's strange. No mention by the joker as to how easy it is to obtain a visa with no money in the bank in exchange for a brown envelope with 25K baht to an agent. Must be an urban legend.

Sure, I'll accept your preferred pronouns. As long as you accept mine. Agreed? Groovy. Cool beans. My pronoun shall be "Massa."

Dude! Why are you complaining about people complaining? Shirley, there are more serious issues.

As expected. One of our brave and civilized neighbors shot and killed our cat last week. Amazing.

Congratulations, i guess. I won $20 once, another time a gift card for Burger King. Never won a wife.

TIT, so it's perfectly legal to bribe immigration officers. Many expats for various reasons use this method. Not usually a problem. Until it becomes a problem. Like when you decide next year to do the extension yourself and find your visa/reports are done in a different province, and you don't have a bank account with the required funds throughout the year.

Well, good for you! Choosing Trump over the Brandon regime dictatorship and its support of the nazi apartheid regime.

Oh, goodie! I will be permitted to choose between Orange JeeBus and Brandon. On the bright side, this selection I can save the cost of printing and mailing a ballot. "What difference, at this point, does it make?"

Not exactly. You win 1 million but.....................that would be the starting number (before taxes) if you chose annuity payments. If you decide to accept a lump sum, you would cut that in half. Now you have half a million as a lump sum. Then the goobermint takes their fair share, at the top end that would be 37%. But you're not done yet, depending on your state of residence. Several states also want a cut of that juicy payout. Residents of Arizona get to take home about 300K. https://www.omnicalculator.com/finance/lottery-tax

Sorry. It was not clear. The only "pain" you take in relation to maintaining your credit score that you mentioned was making timely payments.

What's the point of the question? What would you do differently if not "taking pains" that would affect your score?

I'll have to dig out my last TM-6 card and check. Pretty sure it didn't have "OVERSTAYERS FACE DEATH PENALTY" in big, bold capital letters. Unlike the cards in Singapore. Glad you are not my lawyer!

If you're fortunate enough to be an American, you'd first write a check for $500,000 to Uncle Sam...........

Sorry, sir! The positive? Sure, buddy. Hundreds of corrupt "police officers" get a 6-day open hunting season with no bag limit. Next week will be like an episode of Oprah..........."You get a BMW, and you get a BMW, and you get a BMW!....." What could possibly go worng?

What of the non-holiday periods? No enfor................... Never mind. Stupid question. Carry on.

Perhaps it's simply a member contending with having no class, who aspires to be somebody, but is merely an expat bum........

But if travel is your thing, build a replica and tour the country.

Buy your wife some land up in the hills. Build a replica of Neuschwanstein.

Damn! Them goal posts must be on wheels! You said Can you substantiate that.................."fact"?

You have moved the goal posts. Is this Xtian Scotswoman NOT a scientist? Note she disavows any claims by the Answers in Genesis cultists that this is proof of a young earf'.

No true Scotsman. No true Scotsman, or appeal to purity, is an informal fallacy in which one attempts to protect their generalized statement from a falsifying counterexample by excluding the counterexample improperly (wiki)

No supporting evidence, so I'll have to assume you're taking this "on faith."

Ewwweeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! That's disgusting! Now throw some more frogs & snails on le barbie!