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I don't believe a word ever spoken about this so called 'nuclear football'. Not one word.

That multi entry tourist visa is good for 180 days with multiple entries, not 60 days - that's the cheaper non multi entry you're thinking of there. Might be sufficient ? How having this visa in your passport affects the retirement application is best left for others...I'm sure they will be along and know the answer.

I've been using a Vodafone sim here for more than 15 years and it works just fine, it's one of those pay monthly deals. But there's a problem - if you ever get a new sim it needs to be 'activated' in the UK which means you need someone there to activate it and then mail it over which means that unless you happen to be going back it's a bit of a pain. Probably the same with most UK companies as I think as it's a 'telecom industry requirement' I believe. So don't just get one and have it mailed out here - not without getting someone to stick it in a phone first and 'activate it' - whatever that involves. I still have a larger sim card from before the current size was introduced and I can tell you that they can manually trim them down with some kind of cutting template but if that fails in some way then I'm stuck without the UK phone number for a while which is a bit of an inconvenience as I do use it for some things, so for now I leave it in a really old phone which is still chugging along - they don't sell phones which accept this type of sim any more - even used ones - I've looked and couldn't find any. It may be the same with 'UK activation' for the modern e-sims issued in the UK as well. Activate first then never a problem.... So that's something to consider.

Yeah, I've heard some real horror stories over the years, often due to local government corruption and weird community land ownership rules where land can be 'taken' in some way - but I never did consider moving to Spain so didn't bother looking into it in too much detail.

You can if it was government corruption even if they have 'long gone' = retired due to old age.

I've met plenty of humans who don't even come close to ChatGPT version 3, never mind the new version 5 which came out a couple of days ago. Oh and I wouldn't listen to Hinton too much, he's a raging commie who thinks all AI should be controlled by central government.

Is the conflict still ongoing? I am kind of planning to go back to Phnom Penh with the Mrs some time in October to make sure I don't stay more than 180 days and right now the Mrs is not so keen on the idea....

Yeah they seem to let air into the flow which really gives it a boost. Pretty sure I bought one from HomePro - they are normally a bit larger, but if the water pressure is really low I'm not sure if it will fix it - but it's worth a try....

It's nonsense like this that makes people think twice about their holiday destinations. If this guy is not released and given back his equipment very quickly then it will turn into a big story in his country - where a lot of people live who visit Thailand, also Singapore is full of 'the wealthy' who they seem to crave.

That's where the police investigation comes in, or not - will be interesting to see the outcome of this. If he had no insurance I wonder what would have happened? I also wonder if they demanded a deposit? This is the kind of nightmare scenario which can happen to any one of us at pretty much any time, hence the need for a decent insurance cover which luckily he appears to have planned for in advance of the unforeseen.

I'm sure they considered it but figured they knew best, after all they won an election and are now masters of the universe 🤣🙄 So it backfired in the exact same way similar things always backfire. Just one example - the UK raises Capital Gains Taxes by massively reducing allowances yet somehow they end up with far less money being paid in tax. Well duh, people sell in advance and will hold those assets forever. The exact same pattern plays out all over the world, always has. This time is no different, they're failing to account for the fact that people will control their own money and investments and do anything they can to avoid additional tax - so people are leaving it offshore. Simple really. There's a name for this - it's known as the 'Laffer Curve'

Yep - it's pretty much word for word just a reprint of the old article. So I wonder if it is the new PM reiterating that this will still happen, because a lot's changed since they first printed an almost identical article just a couple of months ago, also in the Bangkok Post.

It's not new, they've been saying the same thing for a couple of months now. Then the PM was suspended, cabinet reshuffle - if they did restate this today then it is significant. I first read about it in the Bangkok Post a while back, many things have changed since then - for now. Edit - link to todays article : https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3081357/law-exempting-tax-on-foreign-income-in-the-offing It does appear to be a mere regurgitation of the older article from a few months back. Same plan, same people but in the civil service, not at government level - which was the same as before. I wouldn't hold my breath but this would be useful, especially if it's a rolling 2 year period going forward instead of a one off - that's the crux of the matter.

I like talking to everyone except the irrationally violent, especially while out socialising. Occasionally I will ask them a question or their point of view on some subject I'm interested in and many people can provide valuable insight from a different perspective - which is very useful and can prompt new ideas in my own mind which perhaps might not have occurred to me. My point is, most people can have some input which may help you regardless of IQ differences even when we're talking to people above the so called 2SD difference in IQ in either direction. If you met me you would not know what category of person I fit into without interrogation which I wold naturally deflect and therefore reveal almost nothing despite answering your questions. Unless you tell me I'm wrong at which point I will decide to either ignore you or put you right - I've done both.

I'm not a fan of insurance companies and their methods of avoiding payments. Whether this is an act of war or not might be for a court to decide. But I do applaud this government stance at least in principle - this business owner and all the victims and their families deserve to be generously compensated for their plights. Should the insurance company be made to pay, perhaps. I also believe that they won't roll over and make the payment just because someone in government says so - they will send a loss adjuster and attempt to screw them out of as much of the claim as possible. This is where central government can step in and make an urgent payment to the business operator who appears to have lost everything in this incident. They have the money, make them whole immediately and then any legal argument with the insurance companies involved is between central government and the insurer and the government has teeth and the ability to counteract anything the insurance companies use to fight it. There's no need to delay. The government could come out on top here by paying for all damaged property repairs and then pursue the Cambodian government if they desire a refund - but that's an inter governmental thing - not something business operators and home owners should have to deal with - even the insurance companies have some sympathy here - they shouldn't have to deal with this kind of issue really.