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Jingthing

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  1. Not so many places. But once in Asean they can bop around to neighboring countries maybe for years.
  2. Great Freedom is another movie with heavy subject matter but this one I think more "entertaining" than Till. Great Freedom is a great movie and what an ending! The subject of German oppression of gay people AFTER the Nazis lost the war because of the Paragraph 175 law is not covered that well internationally anyway, but this is not a documentary. For an excellent documentary about Paragraph 175 (2000).
  3. He could. It would be a challenge to open from Thailand and I wouldn't assume continuation of any policies you may have heard about Fidelity in the past. I'm with Fidelity. They were aggressively investigating me for years because of Thailand logins, but they dropped bugging me after I started only logging in from the US directly with TeamViewer (not a VPN). It might be a case of out of the frying pan into the fire. I'm hanging on with Fidelity because they are good and I've been with them since I was 20. I was disgusted when they starting hassling me. It seemed unethical to treat such long term customers that way. But I would have the most confidence in Interactive Brokers long term to be actually expat friendly.
  4. I think it's OK to welcome Russians that are fleeing. Look at Georgia. Russians get an instant one year stay technically renewable just for showing up. That shows great compassion especially considering it has made Tblisi unaffordable for less wealthy Georgians.
  5. Note that the run for the borders started to happen when evil dicator Putin started his mass mobilization which started to hit Russians in Moscow and St. Petersburg. I don't think just being upper middle class is a shield. "Rich" is relative. The actual Russian rich seem to be "jumping" out of windows all the time these days.
  6. Perhaps Russia (in the past anyway) have not been sending Thailand it's best people? The scene in the past was dominated by some very rough types seemingly often from Siberia. Some of the refugees are some of their best people. Another thing about Russian rudeness that may apply to many other groups as well. Pretty decent to deal with individually but when in GROUPS, Katie bar the door!
  7. With cause. Escapees? Word is Elite Visas are now flying off the shelves with Russian buyers. Of course Thailand won't offer actual asylum like countries like Canada might in some cases.
  8. Here's another example of a product that I would enjoy but the price just seems too cra cra zee zee to ever buy here. Original cream of wheat cereal. About $4.50 in the US and maybe $16 here. I don’t get it. I have paid hugely for Grape Nuts cereal but with lower multiples than Cream of Wheat.
  9. He should be embarrassed to leave his house much less serve in the house. Most people including me have puffed up their resumes and presented themselves in the last best possible light. That is expected. But his resume is so puffed up with total lies that it exploded like the Hindunberg.
  10. My official pint of Ben and Jerry's Half Baked is in my house. In my freezer more specifically. I don’t have a plan yet on when I will pop it's cherry (Garcia). When it feels right. Probably soon. There is the same flavor with peanut butter but not sold in Thailand. I like that idea so I will add some natural crunchy peanut butter to a portion of what I have.
  11. There's a new kid on the block and it's sold in Thailand. Ben and Jerry's has some non dairy flavors as well but I doubt they're sold here
  12. Interactive brokers. Hurry. Last time I checked the minimum open was 100k. Not sure if that is current. If they force a cash out of a traditional IRA the tax hit would be a disaster. I've been talking about these issues for many years already. Some people choose to be an ostrich about it. Just because you haven't been busted yet by your US banks and brokerages doesn’t mean you won't.
  13. Yeah that's kind of my point. For expats that can afford to who choose to spend a lot more than most locals for outside food, they can eat very very well and can get incredible value for money from an international perspective. You can also spend lots and not get great food or value. That's a matter of location and selection skills.
  14. It's been ages but I agree Häagen-Dazs vanilla chocolate-covered almonds is fantastic. B and Js has a flavor called Pistachio Pistachio which obviously has big chunks of actual nuts but it's not a greatest hits flavor so you won't find it in Thailand.
  15. Of course if you think in the long run Tesla is going to survive and thrive you might want to buy the bejeebers out of their stock.
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