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3 hours ago, DrJoy said:

He renounced Thai citizenship long ago, he holds Montenegro citizenship now.

Doesn't matter one bit.

If his political party wins the next election, he will be back in a jiffy.

3 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

The rice pledging scheme had an effect, no doubt the next scheme would have also.

 

And?

 

If you knew literally anything about Thaksin, you would know that he enriched himself massively during his time as PM.  The fact that you would think this suggests you have literally no idea about Thaksin, or you're lying.

 

What does that have to do with anything?

 

You sound completely uniformed and unable to realise/focus on what is being discussed.

No one cares how he made his money, the fact is his money buys lots of power and influence. Get over it.

The Rice Pledging Scheme had an effect on no one. What exactly do you think it had an effect on? Just another one of the govt program's to lose billions and did it shake up the economy? Or course not.

Did you know there are more billionaires in Thai policitics than anywhere in the world?

Why exactly do think people in Thailand get involved in politics? To help the country?

Educate yourself about the "game".

On 9/16/2022 at 6:51 AM, BangkokReady said:

Thaksin oversaw a pretty substantial economic blunder in the form of the rice pledging scheme, which still hasn't been resolved.  The scale of vote-buying and cronyism that kept Thaksin in power had to be funded somehow.  If Thaksin, or another Thaksin proxy, was still able to run, who knows how it might effect the economy as he tries to find money to fund the vote-buying.

No, the economy was much better than it ever was, sorry.

Thaksin also did not hate tourists.

If you know anything about the man, he doesn't have to find money as he is a multi-billionaire

You think the economy is in good shape now do you?

Ask Chuwit why Thailand has more billionaire politicians than any other country in the world?

On 9/17/2022 at 4:03 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

And do you think you are happier if you walk through as many doorways as possible?

There are too many examples of lottery winners who changed their life and walked through all those open doorways - only to find out that this didn't make them long term happier.

 

Obviously some changes from time to time are fine. But I would be careful with too many changes too fast.

 

There are 99% more that never won the lottery that walked through a lot of happy doors as well.

1 hour ago, NorthernRyland said:

I forgot all about the most obvious solution. ???? Not sure how I could setup a rack on that though and I hear they're pretty hard to drive. Something covered maybe be nice also.

No there are not hard to drive. Even with 4 extra people in the side car.

There is a huge over-supply of condo's.

There is NO guarantee you could rent it out and find a tenant.

So you have an online certificate?

38 minutes ago, lordblackader said:

See the results from the last election - his base is slowly dwindling. The North and Isan used to be uninterrupted red and slowly that is changing. Where do you think Anutin is getting votes from? 

Not from Isaan. You are confused.

55 minutes ago, mstevens said:

Thaksin was great for the economy. Everyone was making money. I had friends in investment banking in Thailand at the time who said it was the best period for a long time. And the poorer folks sure liked him because he set up schemes that helped them to make money. I no longer live in Thailand but I was there before, through and after the Thaksin period and economically there were good times.

In our area of Isaan, they still love Thaksin.

Packed with nails?

I see one small area?

Why is this even news?

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Losing my virility as I age. It would be such a shame to not be able to take advantage of all the lush dessert on offer here. 

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Well, the dollar is certainly strong at this time. I love seeing the baht dropping against it! 

 

As far as Biden goes, he is an improvement over his sorry predecessor. Not necessarily saying much. But, it is something. 

Biden isn't an improvement over anything and his press security is a complete idiot.

You should stop the personal hating and concentrate on the job

The US is worse than it has ever been and if you do not know that, I feel sorry for you

9 hours ago, Iamfalang said:

Goose gander   ...

 

1,000,000,000,000,000 broke falangs have been double-charged, lied to, scammed, taken to jade shops, etc..... too bad when one of them get scammed.  

 

Tough?  I fought 100 taxi cabbies at 3 am with both hands tied behind my back for 184 hours.  didn't seem very tough, typical day for me.

 

oh wait, i'm in another taxi and there are lasers surrounding me.......easy escape!!!  

 

 

There is no excuse for this behavior, none at all.

63 year old motorbike taxi trying to make living....

Expats wonder why loads of Thai's are not that keen to like us.

What a down right sh** to pull this stunt.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

In the UK we’re not prepared for the snow when we have a freak winter every 10 years…

The upkeep of the equipment is too costly & the equipment is aged by the time we next need it.

 

If Bkk can clear sewers then pump maintenance is not going to be high up on your agenda…. Until the next ‘10 yr flood’ that is… 

 

Bangkok streets flood every single time there is heavy rainfall.

No 10 years about it

Where exactly are they pumping all the water to?

You have to love it when Thai's try to scam other Thai's

300,000 baht is ridulous.

Look like copies from China

8 hours ago, simon43 said:

Indeed, one motto of an educational venture that I established yonks ago is "A little extra goes a long way".  For example, the full-colour, illustrated bilingual (English/Burmese) story books that I buy for school kids in Myanmar cost a mere $1 USD each! The local translation of the English language science text books that are used by high school grades at government schools cost just $3 USD (500 pages seemingly written on rice paper!).  It's a very small amount, but can make a big difference to someone's life.

 

I personally don't have many material goods.  No house, no car, no motorbike, no savings, no share portfolio, no rich uncle etc - just my computer and ham radio gear.  Were I to receive a windfall or increase in my monthly income, I wouldn't spend it on myself, because I'm very with what I have already ????

Not counting all the personal drama you went through, are you happier now, or during the happy times when you were a hotel owner?

What would you do if you suddenly had more money than you have now?

Maybe some unexpected inheritence, windfall or won the lottery?

Or maybe just had an extra 10 or 20,000 baht a month?

Is there a point when you feel you have reached a nirvana in your life with the amount of money you have each month, or would a little or a lot more change things?