TroubleandGrumpy

You both sound little boys or girls complaining about someone in authority that you dont like. How quaint - you poor little sensitive things - the world must be such a scary place with bad people saying mean things. Oh the pain .......

Did I hurt your feelings - oh I am so sorry - not. PS - I did not call you a liar - I said I dont believe you - because I have so much evidence to say that what you state is wrong - give me proof and I will believe you. Sorry - but the 'word' of a bloke I dont know on a sexpat forum is not enough.

I find that people like you are not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Nothing truer said about the Sexpats in Thailand - and something they will never understand.

I still know some blokes who were stuck here in 2020/21 (and one who died) and they had lots of problems and issues. This forum was full of stories about the troubles Expats had. Good luck to you - and maybe you were very very lucky - but I dont believe you.

I still know some blokes who were stuck here in 2020/21 (and one who died) and they had lots of problems and issues. This forum was full of stories about the troubles Expats had. Good luck to you - and maybe you were very very lucky - but I dont believe you.

Wow - that is a record - 3 lines !! Sharp as a tack !!!

Be quiet Jack !! Dont tell them it should cost more mate. The 90 day report should be canned too - totally unnecessary nowadays and clearly make absolutely no difference to those over staying.

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Funny - all your comments are 1 liners - with the occasional 2 liner. There is no display of cognitive 'sharpness' on display. Do you mean 'sharp' as in throw a quick comment at a post?? Try writing some coherent thoughts or rants or advice over a few paragraphs - then I will believe you are cognitively sharper than ever. Not saying you are not - but if you were always a hammer, then that aint sharp Bro.

ROFLOL - to you and your ignorant woke mates, anything that disagrees with your woke progressive and anti-Trump views is 'ranting'. Perhaps you are a teenager and dont remember - since 2016 Trump has been the subject of media driven attacks - again and again and again. Most of us no longer try to debate with you lot - it is a waste of time - like arguing with your mother-in-law about your wife (or vica versa). Now we just throw a few comments on the wall, and have a laugh at you all. Listen - you lost - Trump won - the People overwhelmingly more and more want more right wing policies - worldwide. Loud vacuous teenagers screaming abuse in woke Universities is being shut down - same for trans activists and all the others. We have had enough and Trump is but one of the many changes the People are making - worldwide. The woke progressive reign has lasted since 1980s - it is not over - but it is coming to an end.

I agree with the basis of your post - a full out war will result in a massive negative affect on Expats across the country. I see many posters are responding about the current situation, but if it does escalate to war, Thailand will revert to Martial Law and all things about us will be impacted. Just like during Covid when Expats here were treated dismally and unfairly (I got out early), the situation under such a situation will not be good. Overall, the commencement of a full-on war will push more Expats to leave and less Expats to come here for sure. More than if in 2026 if they do impose income taxes on all Expat's global income under their new world-wide taxation system - if/when they get it commenced.

There is no doubt IMO that there has been a general decline in mental capacity of people who got Covid and the Vaccines. Caused by one of them - or both - do not know - and I dont think we ever will. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2311330 Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample | New England Journal of Medicine In this observational study, our primary hypothesis was that there would be measurable cognitive deficits after Covid-19 that would scale with covariates of illness duration and severity. We secondarily speculated that objective impairments in executive and memory functions would be observable in persons with prolonged symptoms, especially poor memory or brain fog.

What a load of khrapp !! Media ignorance and stupidity and BS as usual. Over the last 12 months the Baht has gone from 36 Baht per 1 USD, and it is right now 32 per 1 USD. The Baht is massively over-valued given all the economic, financial and social indicators - fact. Propping up the Baht is being directed by the Thainese wealthy who want it high for their own personal, family and business benefits. They dont export crops and they dont care about basic tourism numbers - only the wealthy ones whose numbers are the same as always (maybe higher). In September 2024 the Finance Minister said the Baht was too high and badly affecting the economy. In that month the Baht was 32/33 per 1 USD, when earlier in July it was 36. It very soon afterwards went back up - and those who understand Thai politics and power know that the Minister was trying to defend their work to lower the Baht - and he and his Govt was 'over ruled'. https://www.nationthailand.com/business/economy/40041793 Finance minister urges action on rising Thai baht, high policy rate

It is hilarious watching and listening to you Trump haters foaming at the mouths - yet again 😂 I try to avoid getting dragged into your black-hole hater mentality - and I feel justified in doing that - yet again 😉 Call me if Trump is found guilty in a non-Dem Court and loses on appeal. When this blows over and nothing happens - remember me. PS - stop watching or reading the MSM media - they hate Trump and were wrong in the past and are wrong again - they lie and distort the truth. PPS - done search google either - all you get are anti-Trump stories by the left wing biased media. They hate that he is tearing their social progressive world apart - bit by bit - and they are desperate to use lies and distortions to tear him down - as they have done and failed at, ever since 2016.

Trump orders Bondi to seek release of Jeffrey Epstein-related grand jury testimony - CBS News Jeffrey Epstein grand jury transcripts should be released, Trump tells Bondi | Fox News Trump calls for release of Jeffrey Epstein grand jury testimony : NPR The POTUS cannot unilaterally over-rule any Court decisions, or decisions made for national security. But Trump has asked for their release - WSJ's position is weakened by that very action.

I agree with your 'suggested' opinion - it is not harmless - it is deeper issues. But it is not a dark mental problem - it is 'social media' - it is addictive. And it can become very 'consuming' if you let it. Just look at all the young people on their phones all day every day - it is addictive - and older Expats like using the social media 'drug' that is a forum - and debating opinions with others. I think that is more healthy than being like a teenage girl and looking and sharing BS with 'friends' and never debating or arguing about anything. Going down the pub/club and drinking beer all day to talk to other blokes aint the answer either - and IMO is worse. I try to limit time online - when I can (if not out or shopping or playing golf or watching movies or sport or doing computer things or fixing things or whatever 🙂) I try to only log in for short periods. Right now the wife is having a post-lunch nap lunch after we were out today - when she awakes we will do something. Speak of the devil - there she stirs - time to go.

Yes. I have had at least 2 accounts for over 10 years. I learned the lesson when we were on holiday on an island resort and I tried to take money out of the resort's ATM when we arrived - it went all haywire and the bank account was frozen - they said in call centre that I had to go back to the branch office I opened the account with ID Passport etc. The second bank account was used for that entire holiday - luckily there was enough money in it - I only use ATMS in Banks and big Malls now.

Trump is not one to back down from a fight - nor is WSJ. But what WSY and its analysis mates are forgetting is that they attacked Trump while he was POTUS. Not only will Trump have the full resources of the White House behind him, the libel charges could progress to charges of sedition. It is one thing to slander and libel a brash billionaire you dont politically like - it is another thing altogether to do that to the sitting POTUS. Me thinks WSJ has bitten off more than they can shew if they fight this - Trump has already directed his Admin and AG to release all the files - and many of them are already on record. WSJ better have a very good and reliable source, of the settlement they will have to pay will make what CBS paid (and did with all the layoffs) pale into insignificance. There is only one rule when you try to assassinate a Ki*** - DONT MISS !!

Here we go again - tin pot dictators keeping their People down though military actions and subsequent marshall laws - it is standard practice. They did it here, they are still doing it in Myanmar, and it looks they are doing it in Cambodia soon. Thailand better get serious and sort all these domestic and international issues out soon - especially this one. International investments, trade and tourism is deserting Thailand - and Trump's tariffs deal has been rejected so they will be hit hard. Added to that an international military dispute with Cambodia is only going to make things worse - much worse. And the Thais in charge do not seem to realise that once it is all gone, it aint going to come back for a while - and their Chinese ancestors are not going to bail them out without Thailand paying a huge price. I guess the Thainese elite are happy to pay that price (land) - but I think the Thai People and ruling family will have other views. Interesting times could be ahead - and I thought Covid was 'interesting'.

More nothing burger BS for the anti-Trump haters and MSM to go on and on and on about. Will all the anti-Trump nutters here commit to dropping their hatred and just let it go if this all pans out to be BS and goes away?? I will commit that if Trump is charged and found guilty of sex with young teenagers (in a fair trial in a fair State) and he loses his appeal/s if it is a Dem AG in a Dem State, that I will no longer support Trump. Your previous insanity over Russia and Change Room Rapes and Tax Fraud and all the other BS was all political hit pieces and you all fell for it hook line and sinker and burgers.

Spot on. If only the lefties could see that their woke radical 'progressive' views and opinions are not shared by the majority, and not throw 'far-right' at us as if it is an insult. IMO Elon Musk summed them up best - and they are worse after the Biden debacle of 4 years.

ROFLOL - your wokeness is strong - incurable by other people. Think of me when you are old and suddenly realise you were totally wrong. You are just like so many woke feminists I have known - totally incapable of understanding reality - until one day it hits them in the face full frontal. I hope the 'fact train' hits you hard and often - that is the only way you will waker up from your delusions - and they are delusions. Go down to Gaza gayboy and volunteer to serve soy lattes to the Hamas soldiers - they will love you with open arms and treat you like a hero 🙂

So much delusions - there is not enough time in my life to correct them - so I wont bother trying. But I offer this saviour to you - watch and listen closely. This man was born in Gaza and is speaking the truth in front of the woke delusional fools at Oxford Uni - and they hated him for speaking his truth - because it goes against their BS narrative - the same one you are espousing. Watch and listen - maybe you will then understand what is really going on in Gaza - it aint what you think. Remember what I said - Israel are not angels in this - but you think Israel is all evil - and that is not the case at all - that is Hamas propaganda.

Which is why rational countries wishing to maintain their own culture and traditions are ignoring the UN and WEF BS and refusing to allow massive immigration of incompatible peoples. Japan and Thailand are classic examples - inside 50 years many western countries will be looking at them with envy. Multiculturalism has failed by any rational measure - it needs to be rejected as a failed delusional far-left BS claiming we are all equal. We all deserve equal rights but we are all not equal. Japan and Thailand do not want massive European or African or Arab immigration because they want to maintain their own culture and not have it dissolved away by Muslims especially. Anyone not believing that is what will happen?? Answer me this simple question !! When did Mohammad visit Malaysia and Indonesia??? Buddha visited here and many other countries in this area - and his 'message' spread far and wide. How the hell does an Arabic Religion take over and rule an Asian country 1000s of K away ?? Because they allowed too many of them to enter and stay - and like the cancer they are - they spread and spread - and now the Malay society and most of their culture is gone baby gone. Thousands of years of human civilisations and culture wiped out by a religious group from 1000s of Ks away that has only one aim - to make the whole world Muslims. And they are winning.