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billd766

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  1. Is your real name One More Farang, or something completely different? Tony Woodsome is simply an alias.
  2. Most hardware shops in the villages sell concrete drilling bits. All you need to do is to take the insert to them and they will sell you the correct drill bit. This is from Google Translate. Concrete drilling bit = ดอกเจาะคอนกรีต Dxk ceāa khxnkrīt Take the old concrete drill bit along as an example. Not every Thai shopkeeper knows how to speak English, but they do know their stock. If they don't have one they will point you out to a competitor who does. They may even ask you to wait a few minutes and send a member of the shop staff to get it for you.
  3. I have done that if anybody should want a copy.
  4. I track KBank, BBK bank, Wise and XE forex rates on a daily but use Wise for my transfers to BBK Bank. AFAICS I get a much better forex rate using Wise to transfer my funds to BBK bank, than if I transferred directly from my pension providers to either BBK or KBank. Yesterday evening I transferred 400 quid to BBK at a forex rate of 42.0275 thb, while the listed Wise forex rate was 41.8886 thb and the BBK forex rate was 41.4075. I used the transfer of funds for long term stay in Thailand as the reason for the transfer and shows up in my bankbook and on the bank statement as an FTT or international transfer. It normally takes around 24 hours except on a Friday transfer when it shows up on Monday or the next banking day, if the Monday is a bank or public holiday, just after 2 pm.
  5. Really, he did lose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election Joe Biden Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state Delaware Florida[c] Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence Electoral vote 306 232 States carried 25 + DC + NE-0225 + ME-02 Popular vote 81,283,501[1] 74,223,975[1] Percentage51.3% 46.8% He lost the electoral college vote by 306 to 232 votes and the popular vote (which is the one that should matter the most) by 81,283,501 votes versus 74,223,975 votes. A massive 7,059,526 votes. Now if you think that 74,223,975 is a larger figure than 81,283,501, it is about time that you went back to school to relearn mathematics.
  6. To whom? I would happily give all my paper books away, on the sole condition that the buyer collects them and takes the whole lot in one go.
  7. And you know this of course, because you were there.
  8. Well, it has been home to me for at least 22 years, and will be until the day I die, after which it will be home to me forever.
  9. Try reading the report. The man who died was NOT arguing with a Thai, but trying to stop his friend, who WAS the one arguing with the Thai person.
  10. Me!! Where does it say the woman is/was a prostitute, or are you just making things up again?
  11. Not so. They were asking for it and didn't realise that some women fight back. IMHO she did a brilliant job.
  12. All of my entry (39th) at RAF Cosford during 1960 and 1961, some 450 odd are Veterans as are the previous and following entries, not to mention the Army and Navy guys. Sadly like you, I also cannot provide a list of names as there are so many, and very few were privileged like Harry.
  13. So are all the other millions of nameless ex servicemen and women who never had the chance or the privilege of the Royal name. Many of them are still buried where they fell or in graveyards in foreign lands.
  14. So did I for 25 years, as did millions of other ex servicemen and women. The difference is that very few of us were spoilt brats that never wrote about our experiences, but simply got on with our lives, some successful and others not quite so lucky. Harry came out of the Army as a captain with a pension, he also had his salary from the Civil List and probably an allowance as a Privy Councillor. He also had his share of his mother's estate. He has more than the average UK citizen can dream of in their lifetime, yet he still attacks his family. Hence the reason why I believe he is nothing but a spoilt, self entitled brat. The latest claim I have heard, though not from the MSM News, but here, https://www.musicmundial.com/en/2023/03/02/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-officially-declare-their-bankruptcy/ You can take it as the truth or not. The financial situation of the prince Harry and Meghan Markle is not as great as one might think, and it is actually giving them a hard time. This has been revealed by a British royal biographer who also revealed the couple’s excessive spendings that led them to the broke status in the first place. The British biographer Tom Bower has been in charge of this case for quite some time, and he finally gathered enough information to make the report through the Express newsletter. According to him, the couple has spent a significant amount of money on luxury items, services and a fancy lifestyle, despite the fact that their income is not high enough to cover those spendings. She thought that the prince had hundreds of millions if not billions, and now they are in trouble. She wants to ride Cadillacs and have private jets available all the time. They are now desperately gathering funds for this sort of spendings”, Bower spoke about the expensive lifestyle they have. As of now, none of them have spoken about the matter in public, though they have had mentioned in the past that they were in desperate need for higher incomes. What do you think about this? Was this preventable? Again IMHO it was preventable with just 2 words. Why? and No. https://www.musicmundial.com/en/2023/03/04/prince-harry-desperately-asks-his-father-for-money-after-going-bankrupt/ However, the King would not agree with that position, and he is not willing to support his son financially again. The betrayal and all the attacks he has made against the crown, would be enough reasons for King Charles III not to give in to the wishes of his youngest son. For his part, Prince Harry will not give up, and will seek a way for the British royal family to help him financially and thus be able to continue living peacefully with Meghan Markle and their two children. However IMHO bankrupt to me, means that you actually have nothing and that your debts outweigh your assets.
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Earl_of_Wessex Born 10 March 1964 (age 58) Buckingham Palace, London, England Spouse Sophie Rhys-Jones (m. 1999) Issue Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn According to Wikipedia, Prince Edward has been married to his wife, Sophie, since 1999. Their wedding took place on 19 June 1999 in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Edward and Sophie have two children: Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, born prematurely on 8 November 2003 due to a sudden placental abruption;[40] and James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn, born on 17 December 2007. The family's country residence is Bagshot Park; their office and official London residence is at Buckingham Palace. I think that you may have the wrong Prince in mind. Perhaps you were thinking of Prince Andrew. Residences As Andrew and Sarah shared custody of their two daughters, the family continued to live at Sunninghill Park (built near Windsor Great Park for the couple in 1990) until Andrew moved to the Royal Lodge in 2004. In 2007, Sarah moved into Dolphin House in Englefield Green, less than a mile from the Royal Lodge.[60] In 2008, a fire at Dolphin House[60] resulted in Sarah moving into Royal Lodge, again sharing a house with Andrew.[61] Andrew's lease of Royal Lodge is for 75 years, with the Crown Estate as landlord, at a cost of a single £1 million premium and a commitment to spend £7.5 million on refurbishment.[62] In March 2023, it was reported that Andrew had been offered Frogmore Cottage after his nephew Prince Harry was requested to vacate the residence.[63] The offer came amid reports that Andrew could no longer afford the Royal Lodge's running costs as he was about to lose his annual grant.
  16. Did you watch ALL 41,000 hours of the fideos, or are you as selective as Tucker Carlson?
  17. And what? Let Russia walk in and take over a democratic country of 40 odd million people? And what would you say if Russia were to decide that Poland, the eastern part for Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia or Finland would be annexed next? Still nothing to do with the West?
  18. And not one military general since the first military coup in 1932 has ever been in one. ONLY their democratic opponents.
  19. I on the other hand would not expect a single penny to be spent on her. She turned her back on her country BUT still expects the country to support and carry her at the UK taxpayers expense.
  20. He must have used his former boss as role model. A memo to the wise for all lawyers, In god we trust, all others pay cash upfront. No pay, no play.
  21. Have you anything to back that up? The yellow shirts and the rabid royalists are mostly based around Bangkok and I agree with you on that. However, a very large number of Thais don't live in Bangkok but in rural Thailand, the North and the North East, and they hate the military and all their coups. IMHO they would welcome Thaksin and Yingluck with open arms, open hearts and votes. Again IMHO opinion if Thaksin were to land at a Northern or North Eastern airport it would take a large army to arrest him as the local Thais would not allow it to happen.
  22. https://www.kosamuilife.com/post/government-hospital-and-health-departments-in-samui https://www.google.com/search?q=state+hospitals+in+thailand+on+koh+samui&rlz=1C1CHBF_enTH1026TH1026&sxsrf=AJOqlzXyyR5vkY5sC5YR618Qhfcxu5PF7w%3A1677129139174&ei=s_X2Y_idCpSTseMPlsuhsAU&ved=0ahUKEwi4w9T08Kr9AhWUSWwGHZZlCFYQ4dUDCA8&oq=state+hospitals+in+thailand+on+koh+samui&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQDEoECEEYAFAAWABgAGgAcAB4AIABAIgBAJIBAJgBAA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp https://i-brokers.com/koh-samui-hospital/
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