dingdongrb

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Knock on wood again..... absence if infection does not suggest any immunity! We have all been bitten many many times, wet season, I would say a minimum of 6 to 10 daily. Just having a scratch of my ankles now!

Are you Dr Jack or just been drinking too much Jack?

I'm thinking I am either one lucky S. O. B.   or else immune to Dengue. I say this as I've been bitten many many times over the past several years and have yet to contract it.....  (knocking on wood)

From the articles linked:

"......was last night, 19 October 2023 evacuated back to Sweden."

"Then the plane leaves Bangkok for Sweden at 00 local time and lands at 0700 Swedish time on 10 October, wrote Felicia’s mother ...."

Awesome, a plane that can time travel.

"Felicia’s travel insurance had only just expired when the accident occurred."

What bad timing that was. I wonder if she was wearing a helmet? I saw no mention of a helmet in any of the articles I read.

2 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Where the Buffalo stay outside. 🙂

IMO that doesn't look like a cabin but perhaps a stucco dwelling of some sort. And hardly in the Rocky Mountains. That could possibly be the Rocky Mountains there in the background but that so called "cabin" appears to be located out on the eastern plains of Colorado. Maybe the Sterling or Kit Carson areas?

5 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Exactly, they have no manners when out in public. In private they're all manors though and it's very tedious actually.

 

All the Americans I know and have ever lived with are descended from English, Scottish, Irish and German (some nordics too but much less), which are not known to be friendly people. The people in the midwest (I think maybe Nordics and Germanic) are extremely polite and outgoing

 

I have a "Yeah, I'm from Ohio" shirt which I got second hand because I liked the fabric and ever year when I'm back visiting Colorado some people from Ohio notice it and strike up a conversion with me. Such nice people.

 

Never do you see Thai people making banter with each other in public like that. It feels like the jungle in Thai society, every man for himself, me first! etc... Some prick yesterday cut across the street from a parking place and cut me off while I was turning at a traffic light. This is common behavior over here.

Just wanted to say: 'Go Buckeyes!!'

......and there's few places that compare to The Great Colorado Rocky Mountains!'

Thailand is home for me until I leave this life...... Making the most of what I can and so far I'm enjoying it.

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I think a few AN members may have a drinking problem, as alcohol price & availability seem to be a priority, as mentioned more than a few times 😎

I was thinking the same thing....sad...sad...sad when all you care about is where your next bottle will come from.

8 hours ago, still kicking said:

You don't buy a mobile home to live in it if you like to live in it, you buy a caravan, a mobile home is for traveling as the name suggests. 

A mobile home is also called a trailer...... Thus the phrase 'trailer trash'.... A trailer is parked and generally stays for a long period of time on your own lot (land) or a rented lot in a 'trailer park'. A trailer (aka mobile home) does not have a motor so it cannot be driven anywhere.

A so called caravan is an RV (recreational vehicle). It has a motor and can be driven around and parked at RV parks or campgrounds. 

A camper is generally a smaller camper and is either attached to the bed of a pick-up or pulled behind a truck (and in some cases, smaller ones, may be pulled by a car).

NOTE: This is all coming from a person who doesn't call a sweet dessert cookie a friggin biscuit.

The moon......

16 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

Q.E.D.

'Space Opera' is a subgenre of 'Science Fiction'......  

1 hour ago, Lemsta69 said:

I care little for IMDB's classification. Calling it a Drama and a Western undersells the movie.

I really could care less of a person's opinion who thinks that 'space opera' is a movie genre.

3 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

if you think Unforgiven is just a "Western" then you know absolutely nothing about cinema.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_Unforgiven%20

1 hour ago, Expat68 said:

If you were here I think you would appreciate the post a little more. 6" in 12 hours is quite a lot

I'm sure it seems a lot more when:

- There's little to no drainage pipes in order to allow the water to move to a more controlled area such as a sewer system or canal.

- What drainage system there is has been clogged up from all the litter tossed about instead of disposing properly in a wastebin. 

- Road design allows for the the water to pile up and sit in the middle.

Too many great ones....... only a few here:

Deer Hunter

Forrest Gump

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Papillon

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Caddyshack

Easy Rider

Exorcist

Pulp Fiction

Saving Private Ryan

Rudy

.................................

2 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

I don't have time to worry about this. I'm still worried about being stopped and asked for my Big Bike license ????

Totally agree with that.

I'm much more concerned about sideswiping that car/scooter that decided to run the red light or the one that has taken the corner across the centerline. Or the one who is in my lane because they were passing a vehicle on the hill or blind corner.

He77 I'm more worried about getting an extra cockroach in my daily noodle soup....  ????

56 minutes ago, deejai33 said:

But do you agree that an ATM withdrawl is remitting income to thailand ?   

Who care, that $$$ from that ATM withdrawal is my government pension $$$ coming from my US Bank account.

Will they request to see my US Bank account deposits and origination of those deposits?

1 hour ago, deejai33 said:

My guess is that withdrawing thai baht in thailand from a foreign account will be regarded as remitting foreign income to thailand.

 

The net effect is the same.  The resident, for tax purposes, has just got 20,000 baht in his hands in thailand from a thai bank machine.  All monitorable by thai banks.

 

Worse, you could be accused of trying to evade thai tax.  Which is true !

 

How could they tell my ATM withdrawals were not being made by an ordinary tourist or someone who is not a 'tax resident'?

Evade Thai Tax law? If the so-called 'Thai Tax' law isn't clear than how could one know if he/she is avoiding it?

46 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Lots of foreigners, spend all their money, when there's nothing left, it's over the edge they go. 

Reminds me of a tour I went on years ago through the workings of Hoover Dam. I asked the tour guide if suicides occurred often at the dam and she replied that the most recent was just the day before.

That's what occurs when you put it all on Red and Black shows up.

22 hours ago, brianthainess said:

That is why I don't have any bank apps on my phone or any bank details. If some one want to access your info. then they can one way or another.

Exactly! The only monetary app I have on my phone is TrueWallet and then the most in that account is less than 30k THB.

For me, cash is king..... 

On 10/1/2023 at 9:21 AM, dingdongrb said:

For the USA it's:

 

'Come visit and let me smell you, I'll pay for your school.'

For those not understanding my post, this is what I am referring to:

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/04/politics/biden-student-loan-debt-forgiveness/index.html