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Don't shoot the messenger. I can now report from a VERY CREDIBLE source that Thailand Post has NOT banned all letters to the U.S. What kind of letters will still (reportedly) go through? Letters to P.O. Boxes! What kind of address on the pre-printed Form 7162 to Wilkes-Barra PA, you ask? Yes a P.O. box. Some background on this information. I got this from reading another forum. Not OK to link that so don't even ask. I'm not a member of that forum but I have been reading it for many years. The poster of the news which was dated AUGUST 30 (who I can fairly judge has basically 100 percent credibility) shared this story which I have paraphrased. He went to DHL to mail the form with the P.O. Box. He didn't know that DHL can't send to P.O. boxes and he didn't know about the alternative street address that he could have used with DHL. The DHL clerk was kind enough to inform him that Thai Post will send mail to the U.S. if it's a PO box address He went to the Post office with his 7162 form with preprinted PO box US address. It was accepted by the Post office. Caveats -- will all Thai Post offices accept U.S. mail to P.O. boxes? I wouldn't bet the house on that. What post office specifically is this about? He didn't specify but I assume probably Jomtien Soi 5. As the good news report was dated August 30 is it possible the exception to allow mail to PO boxes is a recent change which happened after the total ban or was it an exception all along? Don't know. Hey guys if you still have the form to mail, may as well try, huh?

We shall see. As I've said before Trump or Vance the maga agenda (authoritarian police state, white nationist, making American a pariah banana republic, Project 2025, consolidating no future real elections) continues and Vance will probably be more competent furthering that and though not any kind of genius, clearly not insane (as Trump is).

He's most of the way there on the authoritarian state part. It's horrifying. I don't understand how any decent American can be OK with that. But it's arguably too late now and Vance will continue it.

Yes they have esims now. The main reason I might consider an S is to get the full AI package. I like the big boy screens.

Agreed. But it is interesting to observe other reactions.

Opposite.

I wish Bill Clinton the best but there is no equivalence to the situation with Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump's health is of global political and economic importance as he is president NOW. Bill Clinton's health has no such impact whatsover.

He's never felt better!

Occasionally. Why not?

Friend of the working man!

I posted about this place before on the old now closed Pattaya hit and run thread and it took me this long to try it (by Grab). Location is on Pattaya Tai near the corner of 2nd road. I was nudged by a video from the food obsessed legendary youtube vlogger Sanctioned Ivan who has spent a long time living in Turkiye and declared the classic Adana Kebab at Istanbul restaurant as flippin' fantastic. Instead of a kebab I opted for an intriguing dish I had never heard of before even during my own visit to Turkiye. No, not the Imam Fainted (also has eggplant). I had that there and it was way too oily of a dish for me so I get why the Iman fainted. Rather -- Hünkar Beğendi The Sultan's Delight! This is a rich dish of stewed red meat in a seasoned tomato sauce served over a decadent base of smoked eggplant puree and cheese. Traditionally it's lamb meat but not sure if it was lamb or beef in this case. To make a real feast I added stuffed grape leaves and their incredibly good pita bread. The surprise here was the cheese element in the puree. As the Sultan said -- delightful. Ridiculously good. I'll be back for more menu choices.

You might say chicken and chicken but arguably you're comparing apples and oranges.

How it happened that the insane RFK Jr. got the power to cause this historic destruction.

The damage the criminally corrupt insurrectionist grifter Mr. Trump has done to the USA is immense. Ironic the MAGA slogan. It's the opposite. He's thrown the USA into a dumpster.

Alive yes. Well no.

Indeed! Nobel Peace Prize and Heaven Bound he surely is. He stopped 100 wars!

Can't herd cats but reminder this is a Samsung phone topic with a bit of Google Pixel curiosity.

No Chinese phones for me. Period.

Corrected already. Read topic.

Good suggestion.

I say Nope-O on Oppo.

Sorry. Correct -- number outdated. But you know what I mean. The current S XX Ultra model. Expensive. Hard to justify.

You're arguing for the sake of arguing.

As I said, they will stop.

Yeah the build quality on the A56 is better. Of course always shop around for prices. I find that I don't use SD cards on phones so not an issue for me. I'm not looking for the cheapest but even though I can afford it the expense of an S21 Ultra seems kind of silly for what more it would actually bring me. Any opinions on Google Pixels?