jayceenik

The USA will easily manufacture a Gulf of Tonkin incident. "Remember the Maine"

NATO is importatnt to the USA. NATO will have to (Article 5) assist the USA when it attacks China over Taiwan. That's why Trump is so insistant that NATO Europe re-arm to 5% GDP. There were NATO troops in Afghanistan. Luxembourg even sent two military men.

That email was indeed embarrassingly servile. He could have praised Trump without writing this bizarre groveling email.

The three Baltic states hate Russia and will do everything to prompt NATO to start WWIII with Russia. The Estonian Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has openly stated that Russia should be destroyed and parcelled in exploitable (by the West) minor entities. So, NO, whatever they say up there in the Baltic is not reliable.

Colonel Ants Kiviselg, Commander of the Defense Forces Intelligence Center of Estonia Yes, a truly very serious source of info ...😀😂🤣

Mark Rutte wants every NATO to go for 5% of their GDP. 3.5% will be to buy weapons (mostly from the US MIC) 1.5% is for a not explained "Other". Other what? For personal use by Ursula? Zelensky?

Since some 25 years I have maintained a Citibank SIN USD FCD account. It's where my salary used to be deposited. A year ago I looked into bringing that FCD account to Bangkok Bank in BKK. I inquired in person with BB HQ in Silom BKK. BB FCD very burdensome, not practical. I stay with my very convenient Citi SIN USD FCD account. Very, very easy to manage.

Before Trump the US and Europe were suffering from a co$tly Zelen$ky addiction. Now it's only Europe that needs a solid rehab.

This thread is about a LIVING WILL. Not a LAST WILL.😀

I'm a very senior farang. A Living Will is a must at any age. In 2014 I made a Living Will. I re-newed that LW last year using the same template (Sample 1). My then TGF, now my wife in both LW named as Proxy. You need two Thai witnesses (name, ID, signed). You do not need a lawyer. That Sample 1 Form is officially accepted. Sample 1 in EN https://www.thailivingwill.in.th/sites/default/files/Living_Will_Samples_1_2_Final_1.pdf Sample 1 in TH https://www.thailivingwill.in.th/sites/default/files/024_livingwill.pdf I emphasized strongly to my wife that I want my Living Will respected.

Yes. He did once get in a road rage about an ambulance trying to get by him.

My family suffered from the German invasion of Belgium. Some killed by the Wehrmacht in combat. I thank the brave Russian and Allied soldiers who died for the Liberation of Europe. I see that tgw does not like Moscow's Victory Day over nazism. No doubt a nostalgic like the Kyiev Azov Banderas...

Yes, they did. All elephants except one were "rented" from peasants in the Province who use them to work their land. So, not a real "sanctuary"... The "stairs" were illegaly build by him on public beach land and thus he had no right to them. He has money... Seems like most on this thread find it inconsequential to kick a Thai woman's butt.

Yes! The Peace Talks will not go anywhere soon as long as the Green T-shirt is representing Ukraine. By Constitutional Law he is forbidden to hold talks with Putin, anyway. In a way I think the feet-dragging suits Putin as it gives him time to go occupy Odessa, a Russian city. He could then disenclave Transnistria, the ethnic Russian ex-Moldavia separatist land. I'm a Belgian citizen. I stand with Putin and Russia. 100% And I love Colonel Douglas Macgregor and Glenn Diesen.

A few months ago the Euro was at THB 39+. I wanted to bring in my FCD Euros but wife said wait for 40...

I have used the Chula Uni Translation Service several times. In particular for my Thailand Marriage Certificate. Excellent work Send your document in PDF and they will mail you back telling how much it will cost. Then you pay them and they will send you the translation. Translation and Interpreting Service Unit Faculty of Arts Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 https://www.arts.chula.ac.th/ccti/?page_id=13 Room 1310, 13th floor, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Building, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330 Call: 0-2218-4635-6

I'm about your age. I have no health insurance since I retired in LOS at age 50. I too would rather go away in our home. Most important, I have a Living Will. In Thai and English on the TH govt aprouved form that you can download on the Net. Make sure you have one. You only need two TH witnesses. I told my wife I want my $$$ to go to her after I die and not to waste on expensive care to prolong my life of a little time if it comes to that

Reminds me of that Pattaya well-known German guy years ago. Among other businesses he was running the huge Bavaria restaurant on Pattaya Walking Street (sea side). The local Thai officials declared him persona non grata for some legal reasons and wanted him out of Pattaya and Thailand but the guy had powerful reach and it took quite a while until a provincial official with some leverage could force him to go back to his native Bavaria or wherever. It's some years ago but, maybe, some old timers remember. No Internet and forum back then. The saga ran in the Pattaya English news tabloid.

We have a DIY in my village. I'll go have a look at what they have.

I bought mine many years ago at a stall in a Pattaya market. I think I paid 100 baht a pair about. Rated for reading :125 and 150. I tried 175 but it's too much for me. Before moving back to BKK and then Ubon I bought a few (many!) pairs. Eventually, they do get scratched and I throw them away. I've looked at Lazada and, indeed, I would buy cheap there if I need new ones. I have no need for an expensive oculist shop and for "prescription" glasses even though I'm a very senior guy...😀

Long live Russia! Long live Putin! Hurray for the BRICS++

I have a Euro FCD with CitiBank in Singapore since 2001. Excellent service. I recommend Citi. Note that there is a maintenance fee for accounts below USD 200k or equivalent. I thought of opening an FCD with BKK Bank in Thailand and went to their main office in BKK to talk about it. Totally inconvenient and impractical BKK Bank FCD compared to my Citi SIN account. I didn't pursue the idea.

This is a proxy war between the US and Russia. Either the US prevails in Ukraine or Russia does. I wish that Russia wins. The EU is vassal to the US and NATO is the armed thug of the US. Zelensky is a US tool. And both the US and its UK sidekick would love to see Zelensky "win" and open Ukraine completely to US big corporations.

A few here will like this guy... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13282963/Wyoming-hunter-Cody-Roberts-wolf-parade-bar-killed.html

Maybe the person who did that revolting action was inspired by the well publicized infamous wolf tormentor Cody Roberts in Wyoming... https://www.change.org/p/demand-felony-charges-against-cody-roberts-for-animal-cruelty