Foxx

2 hours ago, harleyclarkey said:

Tell me....how do you think you could enlarge your dick with 11 tight rings around it? Was he trying to extend it -  then less circumference.? 

Stupid idiot. 

But it worked.  Apparently the rings caused "severe swelling".

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Imagine you are in a plane in an emergency, and you are stuck behind a wheelchair.

Never happened.

On 3/7/2024 at 3:07 PM, Jaggg88 said:

We are pleased to inform you that effective from 18 March 2024, the UK Visa Application Centre and the HMPO address in Bangkok, Thailand will be relocated to the new address below:

That is the Visa Application Centre - not the passport office. 

On 3/10/2024 at 1:01 PM, Ste78 said:

Possible to sell it before the 5 year expiration?

If you do sell, you may well get less than the 3% return you're anticipating since you'd be selling in the open market.  Only by holding to maturity will you get the full principal returned.

24 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

So about ten years before certain events in 2020 got them all riled up.

Sorry.  Typo.  Should have been 2020.  Specifically 2020-10-11.

Their website:  https://sacr.us/

Domain was registered in 2010 by a CPA in Coeur d'Alene.

29 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

43 minutes ago, Foxx said:

 

They didn't used to be, but large numbers of Buddhists have moved away because of the ongoing violence.

 

Eh? 

From the report "THAILAND Buddhist minority declines in the ‘deep south’ due to protracted armed conflict":

"There are no reliable figures on the number of people displaced since 2004, but available information suggests that at least 30 per cent of Buddhists ... may have left their homes"
 

https://api.internal-displacement.org/sites/default/files/publications/documents/201110-ap-thailand-overview-en.pdf

2 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

The four Southern provinces are predominantly Muslim Malay

They didn't used to be, but large numbers of Buddhists have moved away because of the ongoing violence.

6 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

As many have said, "Ocean Spray" cranberry juice is available on Tops, I have also bought it from Lazada.

But it's not cranberry juice, but a cocktail that includes a bit of cranberry juice.  

The cranberry juices available in the supermarkets are usually cranberry drinks - not pure cranberry juice.  You'd need to check the labels to see what percentage of cranberry is in them.  

Pure juice is available here however, but expensive, for example https://www.biokiathailand.com/product/organic-wild-cranberry-juice/

50 minutes ago, scorecard said:

But what if he has no other citizenship? He would be stateless...

Already answered (by me).  Try reading the whole topic.

BTW, the US does allow people to renounce their citizenship and become stateless.  More civilised countries generally don't permit that.

21 hours ago, theoldgit said:

it applies to all third country nationals, like USA and Australia.

Did you mean "it applies to all third world country nationals, like USA and Australia"?  A bit harsh on Australia, I think.

The one you found appears to be reviewed at https://www.amazon.com/Lysun-Hemoglobin-Meter-25pcs-Strips/product-reviews/B09V52RW78/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm

Reviews include "Don't waste your money" and "Inaccurate results".

This doesn't address the fundamental issue that a large proportion of Thai farmers is tenant farmers, paying typically half their income to some rich landlord.

What is needed is fundamental land reform with redistribution from the (often obscenely) wealthy landowners to the actual farmers.

Investment trusts (closed ended UK funds) are apparently "Complex or Leveraged Exchange Traded Product" - at least according to Interactive Brokers.  A couple of days ago they blocked me from trading most of my trusts.  This came totally out of the blue.  (Yes, technically investment trusts are leveraged, but the level of borrowing is minuscule, perhaps 5% or so.  They're much more akin to regular mutual funds than something like leveraged 3x ETFs.)

I discovered I could apply for permission to trade Complex or Leveraged Exchange Traded Products, but was rejected as unqualified, despite my having been investing in them for 40 years.

So, a couple of questions:

(1) Has anyone else been caught up like this with Interactive Brokers and found a way to get trading permission restored?

(2) Is this just an IBKR thing? Or are other American brokers similarly blocking trading in investment trusts?
 

Thanks

18 hours ago, timendres said:

 

Have used IB for over 17 years, and I am very happy with them.

I have used them for a few years and was satisfied up until yesterday.  They've suddenly, without warning, blocked me from trading most of my UK investment trust holdings.  If they can't fix this, then I'll need to find a new broker.

30 minutes ago, BangkokHank said:

So you're saying that this doctor, who is followed by millions of people around the world, is wrong about EVERYTHING - even coffee? Your ridiculous statement says a lot more about you than it does about him.

The fact that he's followed by millions of people around the world simply shows that there are millions of scientifically illiterate, gullible people who are prepared to believe any old nonsense with a pseudoscientific presentation.

And the fact that he is an inveterate liar about health benefits, there is no reason to presume he's right about anything (except, perhaps by accident).  According to him:

- microwave ovens are dangerous

- HIV doesn't cause AIDS

- sunscreen causes cancer

- homogenised milk is dangerous

- If you constantly wear materials like rubber or 'plastic' shoes you'll be disconnected from the natural energy that flows from the Earth.

And that's not even touching on his ludicrous beliefs about vaccines.

The FDA sent him a warning letter about his COVID pronouncements.  https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/mercolacom-llc-607133-02182021

Still, he's done very well for himself, now being worth $100 million on the back of his clueless supporters.