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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.

Who cares, why not. Most people would trade it all for a little more....

The 20k Baht requirement is merely a cash amount you're supposed to have on you when you travel - if you're not applying for any type of visa then there's no bank account inspection, ever. So just make sure you have the cash in your pocket on arrival - doesn't matter what currency it's in. I have never been asked about the cash I have on me but always have it there just in case.

This is exactly the kind of behaviour that encourages reciprocal tariffs - but this time they're playing with both the US and China.

You've probably heard his music

There was a period of a few years before that where you could get a proper Sunday roast buffet at The Londoner - now that was excellent food. I never did find anything quite like it since those days back around 2010 to 2012. I think it cost about 500 Baht per person at the time. They also had a load of seafood/thai stuff out as well so it wasn't roast dinner only. I'm sure it exists but I like to eat in the evening and they had 2 separate sittings - one in the evening when I'm ready for dinner, not lunch, I like a light lunch.

They don't care about the people are all. Government dumb ideas first - livelihoods - well they don't even get a look in

Pretty standard exclusion for most insurance, if war breaks out you're in the <deleted>. Cambodia should ultimately be made to pay for this but first the government should step in and help out then settle it with the Cambodians however they see fit - in this case it was an airstrike - but that doesn't pay the bills.

Sounds to me like you've got a 'foreigner detected' error on your app.

Well scamming is already illegal. they just need to enforce their laws in both countries.

I'm pretty sure they didn't declare that they work in illegal call centers so it sounds like someone is making stuff up. Also, what's wrong with working in a casino in a place where they are legal? Laws stop at the border, you can't reach over the border and apply your laws elsewhere.

Just add a thousand Baht or two onto every arrival and departure - it's the same thing the rest of the world does. If people stop coming and everyone goes bankrupt it can be reversed later prior to the 'recovery period' In many countries they apply different rates depending on the distance of the flight, the UK does this and it's far more expensive - they also charge a lot extra in tax of varying types depending on whether it's an economy seat or not, and it gets expensive quick. In the UK the government makes more money than the airlines do for many of the flights due to the taxes. Not saying it's a good thing as I hate taxes but this is consumption related do it's kind of optional.

Before I opened an account with any exchange I had previously bought coins on Ebay.

That's the end of that then.

But their civilian lords and masters in both countries have already given them their orders, what gives?

No we are not, not here anyway.

Well if anything this will reveal who's in charge very quickly, the politicians or the generals - in both countries.

It was a result of their misplaced paranoia. Surely when they spoke to him the first thing he would have said is something along the lines of 'got yo mo'fockin hands off me I'm Thai you knuckle dragging neanderthals' 😂

Oh really, who's they and are you a Cambodian or Thai national? You think they're going to shut down the entire banking system to 'get them all' Hilarious - I'd love to meet these morons dishing out this advice

Well somebody did it, could it be that these generals are not quite as in charge of everything that happens as they think they are? I'm talking about rogue elements in charge of artillery.

Oh the entire system is scared, I've seen it - they're running around with SUVs full of bodyguards in case someone takes a pop at them on the street You only do that when you're scared to walk between your car and your house. They didn't used to do it - now they do. Draw your own conclusions.

Might make them think twice before firing rockets into Thailand again. I know they are going to be crapping themselves, especially at the 'top levels' inside Cambodia. Sometimes I live among them and notice things which are not normal and you hear stories about certain people who are unexpectedly swarmed by bodyguards when there's an incident like the one a few months back when a single Cambodian soldier was killed on the border and loads of them just turned up for someone who doesn't usually have bodyguards yet is surprisingly some member of Hun Sens extended family. They were scared back then so I have no doubts there's a lot of reaction in the last couple of days and that's all the way down in Phnom Penh. They must have reason to fear in Phnom Penh to act like that or they wouldn't do it.

There are now troop movements towards bordering provinces. This comes from a soldier who's going there himself tomorrow.

Sounds about right, don't forget they killed nearly all others and plenty of their own during the mass murder regime, I noticed a distinct lack of muslims in Cambodia for example. They're there but in small numbers but it's not 97% Bhuddist.