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Banksy is a legend. From my home town as well.
Given that he did this in 2009 he was a decade ahead of his time. The PC part of me does feel this is a bit unfair to primates though.
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10 hours ago, Bruntoid said:
They can initiate talks - so far I believe they have South Korea, Israel and Chile in ‘rollover’ talks - whilst the Marshall Islands are playing hardball ????
Trade deals with major nations will still take years to create.
However you didn’t answer the question - if the EU and U.K. are offering the same product the EU’s considerable financial muscle compared to the U.K. (GDP $17t v $3t) tells you all you need to know.
Yep, seems the EU's financial muscle is working a treat. ????
10 hours ago, Bruntoid said:Plus the WTO (the leavers trade body of choice) has just given ol Trump (the leavers trading partner of choice) the green light to slap $7.5 billion of tariffs on all European countries incl the U.K. ( because we’re European) - howls of protest from the U.K. government today.
So how are those trade deals going with the big boys ? ????
Another good reason to make our own deal with the US instead of getting dragged down with the EU's failed attempts.
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It's a good job the EU is on the verge of securing an ambitious trade deal to protect the 70 Billion pound annual trade surplus they have with the UK.
Oh, wait a minute...
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15 hours ago, observer90210 said:
A friend had his house built in Hua Hin in a well known developpment, and despite the good quality of the construction, the final requests and upgrades are taking ages to finish. The developpers just don't seem to care, do not answer his messages and it's a weekly battle with the developpers to have the slightest task finished for which he has already paid for. As for the prices of the houses, they are shamefully inflated and definately not a good deal to purchase in the first place.
As said often, in real estate in Thailand, for a house or condo, think twice....rent, avoid buying.
Well buying a poorly built project at inflated prices is a bad idea anywhere in the world. If you buy the right place at the right time there are many advantages...
1. You don't pay rent, an immediate saving.
2. You can decorate it nicely according to your own tastes.
3. You are secure in the knowledge that you won't be asked to leave at the next contract renewal, with all the associated hassles of moving.
4. You don't have to worry about rental increases, deposits not being returned etc.
5. You don't have to deal with a landlord, and in my experience landlords in Thailand can be quite difficult.
6. You have a say in juristic affairs and are treated more seriously when raising issues as an owner.
As someone who is used to owning the property they live in, I hated renting and regret not buying here sooner.
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An easy way to make a huge improvement for this would be new buses in Bangkok, electric if possible. It's funny seeing pictures from the 80's and it's the same buses as now. Those things belch out clouds of black smoke every time they pull away and there are hundreds of them running 24 hours a day.
Of course, tanks and helicopters are more important, in which case just shut up about it.
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Let's face it, the EU are never going to accept terms that are remotely fair to the UK. It's time to end this charade and get out with no deal.
We can sort out a trade deal to facilitate the EU's 70 Billion pound trade surplus with the UK after we've left.
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4 hours ago, ledi said:
there's also BikeWorld in Nawamin. Good stuff mostly - but not cheap.
Awesome, that's not too far from me and I had no idea that place even existed. Thanks.
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9 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:
I have more hair since divorcing my wife:-)
They were talking about his head, not his ar$e.
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16 hours ago, welovesundaysatspace said:
No one is not letting you leave. You’re requesting the extensions.
Well, the PM is bound by law to request an extension due to Benn's shameful surrender bill.
The EU know the country doesn't want it and they know the UK government doesn't want it. It's only the traitorous MP's like Grieve and Benn who are forcing it upon us, essentially taking the side of the EU (who also want us to extend) against of the electorate and the government (who want to leave at the end of October). So once again we come back to this disgrace of a Parliament being led by odious politicians like Benn and Grieve.
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4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:Your thinking is exactly why over 12,000 units remain for sale in the Pattaya area alone.
It is false thinking or one has an uneducated agent, if they came in and offered you the same price you paid for it.
Your statement "value is same as when you bought it" is true. So in fact any buyer with common sense would offer you 30% less then what to paid as your property has not truly appreciated 30% based on a fluxtuating exchange rate.
So, if it cost you 2 million b 1.4 to 1.5 would be a reasonable offer.
I'm not sure what you mean. No buyer would have any information regarding what rate I got on the money I brought into the country to buy it, so how would they know to offer 30% less? And why would I accept 30% less than the condo is worth simply because I got lucky on the exchange rate?
It's worth what it's worth according to the market, irrespective of what I paid or what rate I got. Based on other properties selling in the condo it's worth the same as I paid. Other units are advertised at about 10-15% more than I paid, they are selling so assuming the buyer is dropping a bit during a negotiation then I'm pretty sure it's worth about the same, not that I'm selling for a few years yet.
Using your logic, if I was given the condo free of charge any buyer with common sense would offer me 100,000 Baht and I would accept their offer because that's more than I paid for it.
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30 minutes ago, Bruntoid said:The UK ?
37% made that decision - 63% had nothing to do with it
65% of people did NOT vote to Remain. Pretty damning figures for the EU.
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3 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:In 6 months you wont be able to find anyone who will admit they voted for Brexit.
I have to admit, somewhere around number 20 of my 50 reasons for wanting No Deal is so that I can laugh at how all the doomsday predictions didn't come true in 6 months from now.
Much as I still chuckle today about the false Project Fear predictions in 2016 about what would happen purely on a vote to leave (not actually leaving).
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It does feel like the perfect storm.
Strong Baht
Chinese government tightening up on funds leaving the country
Thai government making life increasingly difficult for foreigners in the country
High domestic debt
I have no regrets buying mine, but I bought it for convenience and a sense of stability rather than as an investment. Made 30% on FX and saved 4 years rent so far but the condo value is the same as when I bought it.
A very poor investment if you're borrowing money in the hope of renting it out IMO. However, a lot of Thais where I work have done exactly that.
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17 minutes ago, bannork said:It's unbelievable SB. A country, or rather 37% of the electorate who voted to leave, prepared to sever economic links for an unknown future as a country alone and helpless in deals with countries like China, USA and India. And of course future terms with the EU will be to the UK's disadvantage, not being a member.
So utterly, utterly, foolish.
Still, it hasn't happened yet. Perhaps the EU will save us from our own leaders
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Makes you wonder how the other 168 countries in the world survive doesn't it.
We are not severing economic links with the EU, we are moving to WTO terms until a trade deal can be reached which will probably be about 5 years from now (trade deals with our countries will obviously be much quicker, there are already a number waiting to be signed as soon as we're out). We'll still trade with the EU, as they have a 70 Billion pounds a year trade surplus with us, so they're not going to refuse to trade with us, are they?
In the meantime, we are free to strike trade deals around the world, save a Billion pounds a month propping up the net beneficiaries of the EU project, regain our fishing waters, control our own borders and make our own laws.
So there's really no need for the Chicken Little routine. Much better to see the positives, get behind the project and support the UK as it prospers as an independent nation.
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1 hour ago, damascase said:
News for you: the EU can’t stop you leaving.
I said "Let" us leave. By refusing the extension request.
They can't "stop" us leaving. Well, not officially. Colluding with UK Remainer MP's kind of stops us but I blame the traitourous UK MP'S for that. The EU is only looking after itself. I have way more respect for them than I do for the likes of Dominic Grieve selling out his own countrymen to a French/German led federal project.
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1 hour ago, beautifulthailand99 said:
If only we could cull the unrepentant leavers then we could finally get our country back. But they would probably taste quite bitter and tough so I'll have to make do with tariff free New Zealand lamb in our brave new Brexit Land of Lies.....
A Remainer talking about getting their country back? From Leavers?
The type of confusion that happens when satire meets hypocrisy.
Keep fighting the good fight to make us a state of federal Europe. Then you can have your country back.????
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50 minutes ago, SheungWan said:
sticking his hand up a woman's skirt?
Clutching at straws now. It's sad that you've reached this level, all due to losing a democratic vote.
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47 minutes ago, SheungWan said:
Government rules through Parliament. Supreme Court enforces that. Have another go.
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Separation of powers. The Judiciary should not over-rule the government on political decisions. Proroguing is a political decision, not justiciable. If the prerogative power to prorogue can be changed by judges then almost anything can be.
You may support it now, but you know it's a dangerous precedent, and wrong. You'll pretend it's fine because the verdict went your way, this time.
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Yep, sounds like Boris' final plan is to offer a NI Backstop only with a fixed end date of 2025. I doubt the EU will go for this, but if they think No Deal is a real possibility then they might.
Personally I think No Deal is a better option for the UK. Hopefully Johnson knows a way around the Surrender Bill.
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I love Vespas, my mate had one when I was at sixth form in 1992. He was so much cooler than me, I had a Honda Vision ????
The shame of it. ????
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32 minutes ago, stephenterry said:
Now you really are posting absolute rubbish, as is obvious by your incendiary retorts on this forum today. Take a sedative, a deep breath, and calm down.
Perfectly calm thanks. Sorry you find facts incendiary. Here are some more for ya...
Keep believing those polls though ????
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/24/eu-referendum-how-right-or-wrong-were-the-polls/
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Worst I've known it yesterday. I was only outside for 5 minutes and I could taste it, very difficult to breathe and had a headache for 20 minutes afterwards.
I don't normally notice it but that was brutal.
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47 minutes ago, Max69xl said:
Exactly, it seems like the posters only sees the Bt50,000,nothing else. How often do expats transfer large sums out of Thailand?
Most expats working here could transfer more than that home pretty frequently.
I really don't see the point of this, I already had all my documents checked and filled in a million forms when I set up the International Transfers on my Bangkok Bank iBanking. They already limit my annual amount for transfer to 70% of my salary. Now I have to get it checked again at both ends every time I send more than 50k home? Or send 49,999 multiple times and incur the fees multiple times.
I've been reasonably confident keeping money in Thai banks up until now, but announcements like this out of the blue making it more difficult to repatriate money make me feel nervous. I know there are ways around it like BitCoin etc. but why do we have to constantly find "ways around" doing simple, perfectly legal things?
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18 minutes ago, SheungWan said:Hard Brexiteer justification of breaking the law. Impressive.
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I am against unelected, unaccountable judges reversing the political decisions of elected governments.
Sounds right up your street though.
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Britain tells EU: compromise on Brexit or we'll get nasty: Spectator source
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Good to see UK politicians finally standing up to the likes of Barnier, Juncker, Merkell etc. They've even started to go on the front foot for once which is nice, no doubt Cummings is aware that when you know something is definitely coming for you it can be a good idea to get your retaliation in first ????. He's a good lad that Dominic.
It's a shame that the traitors like Grieve and Benn have blocked no deal or we could have been out in 3 weeks. As it is, we'll have to wait until we've removed these colluders via a General Election. Unless of course Johnson and Cummings have a way to get around the Surrender Bill, let's hope so.????