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Is your pantry storage large enough? Get 'em while they're hot. Sadly, even delivery numbers often show up short, but hand carrying is a final option. No clue why the 17% price hike at L.

It takes a lot more than "verbal commands", sadly. 😄

Ayam English recipe, usually 49b at Big C, sometimes on sale for 45b. Free deliver from online. Much less sugar than the red label cans and taste better. For some reason, Lotus jacked them up recently to 59b (avoid) for same 425g can. Ludicrous.

There is no "bare" in mind. 😆

Yikes. Curious what symptoms look (looked) like. Thankfully, I am not diabetic. It also helps I never smoked. Quit beer years ago. Never could tolerate hard alcohol, really, but the brew definitely jacked up my head AND my body.

Coke No Sugar - That is not a typo. 😁👍 I stopped Diet Coke (gag!) many years ago. Bear in mind, I am not a drinker of tea, coffee, beer or alcohol of any kind. Still drink water per day, too. Very hot climate here.

What sources/links? I'd like to research. I need something more to make me give up my Coke No Sugar, though. 😄 Still waiting for research to leave the "may" zone and complete some clinical trials, but it has been MANY years now waiting for that. I just read one from December 2023 where they say the same "may" and "awaiting clinical trials" etc. I've been enjoying Coke Zero/No Sugar since it debuted in 2005. 🙂 No, I don't overcompensate by eating more sugary foods. I enjoy the same soda per day - about 1-2 liters - but I stopped the sugary drinks when I picked up Coke Zero in 2005. Drink lots of water too, but boring TBH. Oh, I do remember the long list of faux sweeteners over the many years: saccarin, sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, stevia, etc. Hated the old DIet Coke "experience", but I dig Coke No Sugar. A lot. My tastebuds don't want the sugary anymore. Same for Sprite No Sugar, 7-Up No Sugar - all terrific taste "experience."

You are on the right train. 👌

It isn't looking repulsive that is the big thing. It is pain getting up, getting down, moving, putting on tennis shoes without grunting, inability to walk or do much exercise and basic body mobility. I dropped 40-50 pounds and I am never going back to being fat. I can't get younger, sadly, but dropping the LBS is something I can do. The easiest thing to do? Stop buying the sweets.

BS on the "no Coke." Coke No Sugar, or any soda of the No Sugar type, means zero calories and zero fat. I actually prefer the Coke No Sugar over the sugary stuff, and that amazes me. Forget Diet Coke. Men are supposed to drink 3.7 LITERS of water a day. WOW! Estimates are 20% comes from food, so that is about 6/10ths of 1 liter. That is a lot of water to drink every day, but water does fill the stomach and makes you feel full. I can attest.

In theory, this might be why the US has not joined the CRS. It might open up security concerns to the US accounts based on data handling compliance methods. It also might explain recent reports of local banks refusing to open local accounts for US citizens, if true. If you already have one (or some) open, consider yourself lucky! RE: "While the United States revolutionized the way that countries share financial account information by enacting the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), it has refused to adopt the global version of FATCA—the Common Reporting Standard (CRS)—that has been adopted by over 100 jurisdictions. This means that while the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) receives information about U.S. persons’ financial accounts in foreign financial institutions (FFIs), U.S. financial institutions (U.S. FIs) report little or no information about foreigners holding financial accounts in the United States. Several commentators have argued that the United States is becoming the “world’s new tax haven,” as foreigners can evade the taxes they owe in other countries by holding unreported funds in U.S. FIs. Another consequence is that FFIs around the world need to comply with both FATCA and CRS, resulting in higher compliance costs." https://michiganlawreview.org/should-the-us-adopt-crs-2/#_ftn5

So what is the answer to avoid the 15% withholding at our bank for inbound transfers of foreign cash by SWIFT, etc? I could not understand the lawyer's answer, or if it was speculation or based on something clear.

https://www.google.com/search?q=The+US+is+not+a+party+to+the+CRS&rlz=1C1CHBD_enTH1041TH1041&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 which takes from https://michiganlawreview.org/should-the-us-adopt-crs-2/#:~:text=While the United States revolutionized,adopted by over 100 jurisdictions., from July 2019. To date, the US has still not adopted CRS. Anyone who has reported a foreign account with value larger than 10k USD in any year is aware of the FATCA/FBAR filing requirement.

What does this mean? Assume everyone reading is a US citizen. RE: "While the United States revolutionized the way that countries share financial account information by enacting the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA),[1] it has refused to adopt the global version of FATCA—the Common Reporting Standard (CRS)—that has been adopted by over 100 jurisdictions.