Everything posted by TexasCowboy
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Trump removes Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary after weeks of controversy
This is a funding trade. We'll move Noem out of DHS and you (democrats) agree to fund another 10,000,000 deporations.
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Samut Prakan Immigration: you'd better stay in Bangkok
You forgot to bring the Starbucks cups. If you don't know what I mean, you have some training to do grasshopper.
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Is Southeast Asia Really That Safe?
I'm not sure it is all that easy to compare. Do you think people in the West in the West are routinely targeted for their watches or jewelry? I don't think I know anyone ever who had their watch stolen off their arm in a hold up in Europe or USA or even heard about that. I have however in Thailand seen a few times a westerner get the crap beat out of them by the local Motorsi mafia. Normally I think they deserved it, but the beating was merciless, like a jail beating, but in public. Plenty of kicks to the head while they were on the ground. I think too often we don't know what we don't know. We assume things are fine, because nothing happened to us. How many times have intl clients been told in Thailand it is find to do 30-30-30 leases, or buy house in a company name. It's all fun and games until the crackdowns begin. Just because you walked down a dark ally and still have your $5000Baht Chain or $100,000 Piaget and you survived, doesn't mean the next guy doesn't have it all stolen by a ladyboy and then a heel stabbed in the side of his head.
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The Turd That Wouldn’t Leave...
Keep a pair of sissors in a holster on the side of the toilet like a great Korean waitress. Cut those giant turds into bite size pieces. Hopefully that works, but if not try the car wash method with the bum gun/fire hose. 3rd option is to make smaller turds.
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Best way to self-pay for operation
#1. They should give you a written estimate of the expected charges. #2. They will likely require you to pay that amount upfront, no deposit and settle up at the end. #3. Upon discharge they will bill you for any extra amount you pay before you leave, by cash or card or QR code. #4. When you are ready to leave make sure to give them a few hours to prepare the final bill, maybe day before if you want a chance to review and not be waiting to leave while they take a couple of hours to prepare it....some chance they can't do it on demand in your room, while you wait.
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Americans: What Pistol or Revolver Do You Carry Concealed
I try to not put myself in situations where I need to carrry, but occasionally need to do so in certain circumstances. When I do, Glock 19. We can open carry where I live, but very few people do so. Seems like mostly PIs amateurs who think they need to show force...same guy probably wearing fake Rolex. Every now and then I will see open carry, and I think people just forgot they have it on the hip or forgot a jacket. If I was going to open carry, I'd just get the Dirty Harry Chrome Plated 44. Maybe one for each hip. I know a fair amount of women carry in purse S&W type bodyguards...I think those are .45or 380. Never fired one or seen one fired, so not sure how they handle.
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Airlines avoiding Iranian Airspace?
I think it is not always the airline's decision, but the insurance maker decision or airframe owner decision. You can check TG flights on someplace like flightaware to track routes and progress. https://www.flightaware.com/live/fleet/THA
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What odd behavior
Where is the snowflake emoji? I can't find it.
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Why Isn’t the Thai Baht Weakening?
Best way to launder money now. Bank accounts not safe in Thailand for scammers, and with the giant US and UK confiscations of BTC and crypto, everyone moving to gold. The trick now will be how to transport the gold to another country.
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Spot the Tipsy: Thailand's New Guidelines for Alcohol Sales
But in Oz I thought everyone in the bar was wasted. How do the bartenders serve anyone? Probably should move to self serve tap on the wall.
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Coldplay Concert Video Leaves HR Executive Branded Unemployable
This guy needs to get more creative. Plenty of opportunity to become the "non-attorney" spokesperson for a big time divorce lawyer. or a camera/phone company advertising those time you don't want your picture captured. Could get a blue pill endorsement....maybe with some reference to cold play... Don't get caught in public......instead Coldplay our online casino at ...777.com. Road manager for a band. Plenty of other opportunities....just have to Coldplay it right.
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Dual Pricing. (yes another thread on it)
That's a bargain. Pay it. USA following Thailand's lead on this. Entrance fee to national parks will have have 2 tier pricing structure next year. Starting January 1, 2026, foreign tourists will pay an extra $100 per person at 11 major U.S. National Parks (like Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone) on top of regular entry fees, as part of new "America-first" policies to fund park maintenance. A new $250 non-resident annual pass (America the Beautiful Pass) will be available, waiving the $100 fee, while fee-free days become exclusive to U.S. citizens/residents.
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ThaiFriendly.com: Forced to pay via app – is this concerning?
Use a ghost card/number for one time payment.
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US Poll: Most Blame Trump for Ongoing Government Shutdown
I don't see how they can recover. They are on the wrong side of almost every issue. I think it started with Obama, George Floyd, BLM, immigration, abortion, free speech, no bail, no prosecution, targeting the right, shoutdowns in restaurants, Obamacare, proping up Pelosi and Schiff, Hilary destroying evidence, Jan 6th committee destroying evidence, trying to keep Trump off the ballot, and and on and on.....I don't know if this was Trump's grand plan, someone elses grand plan, or he just is lucky at every turn. It's so amazing, I feel sorry for the dems who just keep getting beat at every corner. It must be tiring and disappointing. It's like they're playing softball and ARod is up to bat.
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US Poll: Most Blame Trump for Ongoing Government Shutdown
There is a reason we call it the Shumer Shutdown. Nancy is so mad he put the brakes on her money making schemes she quit before she got fired. Good excuse for Trump to reduce some of the employee bloat. Send them home and don't let them come back. No one will miss many of the federal workers. BYE. The US federal government cannot continue to borrow to fund healthcare.
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Big Toe Fungus - How to Fix
Oral medications terbinafine (Lamisil) and itraconazole (Sporanox) as recomended by doc or pharmacist. I would go to doc to make sure they think it is fungus. Keep it clean and dry as much as possible. Quit walking thru flood waters and typhoons. That's the easy stuff that does not always work and can take a long time to work. While it is working, tee tree oil for sure. This takes a while too. Maybe at least a month..maybe 2 or 3. If you can rub on your nail 2-3-4 times a day that would be good. While you have it, probably should do that to both big toes. Good luck in the hot humid environment that is often wet.
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How do I find a short term place to live here?
Stay in a guest house vs a condo. Still pretty cheap. You can come and go any time. Built in restaurant perhaps. Other amenities sometimes like bikes you can borrow, maybe a kitchen you can cook in. Other people around every day for networking.
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Young Republicans. This is frightening
- Hotel Policy On Theft
Sleep in the lobby, then you won't have to take that stuff to your room....maybe don't even have to pay for a room. Don't drink the free lobby coffee or use the WiFi. That's stealing if you didn't pay for a room.- Obsessed with Bottled Drinking Water in Thailand? Really?
Let's do the old Pepsi taste taste at a mall? Smell it, Swish it, Taste it, Swallow it.....and pick your favorite in a blind taste test.- Kidney Stone/Ultrasound
I think I was quoted about 100,000B at Vimut for URS. You got 3 options depending on the stone. PCNL...most invasive....punching a hole in your side or back and removing a stone with a knife. Big stones probably require this. Otherwise you have the URS shockwave putting a laser wire up your urinary tract and blasting the stone to sand. Last option, minimally invasive is ESWL-Lithotripsy. One thing I thought was a little weird was they asked me which option I wanted....I kind of expected them to recommend the best option? Also I guess some docs will recommend FloMax to try to open up the pathway and see if you can pass on your own. That never did anything for me. 2x now and I think I'm working on a 3rd.- Large Oxygen Bottles Refills
https://th.airliquide.com/medical-gas-0#medical-oxygen-10591- Why do all you members incessantly complain
You forgot the price of beer. You forgot the price of girls. You forgot about the heat and rain. You forgot about too few tourists, or too many tourists. You forgot about farang dual pricing. You forgot about wait times at Chang Wattana. You forgot about taxi-meters that don't use the meter or won't go to the far side of town. You forgot about the exchage rate. That's all I got to say about that and should keep you at the bar bench watching the world walk by for a while.- Thailand's Crypto-to-Baht Scheme Set to Boost Tourist Spending
Just make sure your crypto has no creases or markings on it. Has to be crisp and clean straight from a Russian server or laundry machine....or you ain't getting no Baht cash.- Thailand's Free Flight Bonanza: Gift for 200,000 Foreign Tourist
How does a tourist spend more money if they get a free flight? Do they extend their holiday, or just get a free ticket to a destination they would have already visited on their own and shift hotel and F&B activity from a high priced market like BKK, HKT, USM to Udon, Narthiwat or Lampang where probably everything is cheaper, so in reality they spend less money, but it does spread around the wealth a bit. - Hotel Policy On Theft