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I don't think that anybody can persuade him to let it go. IMHO he is like a person seeking the holy grail, (or in his case the Presidency of the USA) and he will not be happy or satisfied until he gets his hands on it. He is willing to sacrifice any thing or anyone to get it, and the thing that frightens me the most, is that he truly believes it, even to the extent of destroying the USA to get it.

When financial "experts", both professional and amateur, cannot predict even 3 months forward with any degree of accuracy, why should anybody in their right mind believe a forecast for 10 years ahead? You might just as well go to KFC and get a pile of chicken bones to use for predictions.

That is why I didn't bother to take part. Posters seem to think that a result like Brexit is simple, easy and completed in a short time. Promises were made on the answers known at the time, but nobody, not even Nostradamus can predict world results with any accuracy. Who in 2007 predicted the 2008 financial crash, or in 2012 predicted Brexit, or Covid? Who indeed back in 2016 could have predicted the Russia/Ukraine war? All people can do is make plans with the information at the time. If the information changes subsequently, then either the plans have to change, or you have to live with unpredictable results.

I haven't been to Pattaya since 2010 and have no desire to go again. I live with my wife and my Thai son in a comfortable 4 bed house in rural Kamphaeng Phet and I don't drink any more. Which is not exactly 100% correct, as I have one Stroh rum and coke every New Nears eve. I figure that I have another 10 years to finish that bottle nd by then I will be 88 I would like to say that I would go back to the UK but Thailand IS my home and has been since 2001.

Here are The Old Moore's Almanac predictions for 2023. https://www.nationalworld.com/news/offbeat/old-moores-almanac-2023-predictions-list-2022-3965609 What are Old Moore’s Almanac predictions for 2023? Here are the predictions Old Moore’s Almanac has made for 2023: Atlantic event: An Atlantic event will affect the west coast of Ireland next year. House prices: The rate at which house prices increase will slow, but they will still go up. Asteroid: An asteroid will be “too close to comfort”. Trump’s health: There will be a "severe health warning" for former US President Donald Trump. Connectivity and the internet: The internet will suffer a global outage. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Harry and Meghan will face "marriage and money problems". Pope: There will be a change in the Pope. But still no lottery numbers.

Here is a Wikipedia article on him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Parscale

Me too.

The local Thai people that I know and talk to say the last thing they want is for the current government and the military to stay in power. The majority of the Thai people would welcome the PTP as the government, and if Thaksin were able to return, that would be a bonus. Just look at all the polls that show the positions of the PTP compared to the other parties and you can see the trend. Just look and the effort and expense that the government is going to to destroy ANY opposition party who is daring to challenge them IMHO what we are seeing now is the death throes of the dying dinosaurs in the military nd the ultra-royalists who have seen enough of their future to be terrified of it. If that could/would happen and the power of the military was to be broken (hopefully), THEN Thailand could be on the same path that S Korea trod many years ago ALL the courts will do as the military tell them to do, instead of what they should be, which is totally independent of government. The youth of today are the future leaders of the Thailand of tomorrow. The current lot are the dead dinosaurs of the past who have no idea that they are dead, certainly from the neck up.

It could well be due to the RTN being a little busy searching for bodies from their sunken ship. Also it would depend on where the available rescue craft and divers came from to get to those bodies.

I was here in 2006, in 2006 and in 2014 and Herfiehandbag was correct. I initially supported the 2014 coup and it took me about a year to realise how stupid I had been and it has been reinforced year after year since then. Unlike you, Herfiehandbag DOES do his research, and he does know his stuff.

Well I have been married to the same Thai woman since 2000 and I knew her for 7 years prior to that. I am 78 and she is 57. Yes I bought the land and paid for the house, the pick up is a grey area without looking it up. I have supported her through 3 businesses through 2 of mine, and she has supported me even to the extent of selling her gold when I got scammed. I guess that I must be one of the lucky ones and there are quite a few of us about and more than you would think through reading some of the horror stories on TVF and ANN over the years. Most of us lucky ones don't normally post about the good times, because good news doesn't sell or get as many responses. as the bad news do.

I have a feeling that it may not be so easy to do this time. The older ultra royalist dinosaurs are dying off and the younger less biased generation are growing in numbers. Prayuth may find that what he wants and tries to do will end up in courts rather than be overlooked like the last time.

That is probably the best and most sensible advice you will get from this forum. Many of us have been down that path and have learned a good, painful financial lesson.

Nice parroting, but you didn't answer my question. I have no doubt that if I did a search I would be able to come up with a completely differebt answer

What a load of Horlicks. If you are going to post anything do some research first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra was born on 26 July 1949. Thaksin entered politics in late 1994 through Chamlong Srimuang, who had just reclaimed the position of Palang Dharma Party (PDP) leader from Boonchu Rojanastien. In a subsequent purge of Boonchu-affiliated PDP cabinet ministers, Thaksin was appointed Foreign Minister in December 1994, replacing Prasong Soonsiri.[31] Thaksin left Palang Dharma along with many of its MPs in 1996, and founded the populist Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in 1998. He was 35 before he entered politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_coups_in_Thailand The first coup was in 1933, the next was in 1947 the next was in 1948 That makes 3 before he was even born. The next was in 1957 the next was in 1958 when Thaksin was 9 years old Again in 1971 Thaksin was 22 again in 1976 again in 1977 Thaksin was 28 That makes 8 coups

I ordered some stuff from China on 20th December and was given a delivery date between 26thh December and 4th January 2023. It arrived this afternoon 29th December delivered by Kerry, and yes they called my wife about 10 minutes before the delivery. I logged into Lazada every day from 23rd to track the package and its progress. A good delivery service and I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet.

And your scientific qualification in virology are what exactly?

2 minnows make a marrow and they will still fail IMHO.

The Honda Wave is a perfectly safe scooter. It was the dumb <deleted> that caused the problem. IMHO the only safe vehicle at that point would have been a fully loaded, 24 wheel truck and trailer combo. That would most likely stopped the maniac it the pick up dead. The girls on the Wave were driving on their side of a 4 lane highway in the left lane. The pickup was in the fast lane on the other side of the road, drove over the central reservation and drove the wrong way in the left lane at high speed and driving head on into the scooter. All caught on video camera. The dumb <deleted> ought to have been paralysed and in a wheelchair for life, BUT he got away with light injuries. One girl was lucky, if you could call it lucky, as she died though she was most probably in severe pain for a short while. The other girl was not so lucky as she survived and will be in pain for the rest of her life. If it were up to me I would have his pickup slowly crushed and then burnt with him in it, still alive.

A lot of singing girls up here in Nakhon Nowhere but they only sing karaoke and Ginger Ben.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, but I have always enjoyed Dave Barry's writing. But could you have done any better? There are still 3 days of 2022 left for you to try.

Election timely.

It hasn't ended yet, as there are no more fat ladies left that can sing.

I just watched the video. The pickup driver was driving like a maniac and the two poor girls never stood a chance. From the OP. https://www.dailynews.co.th/news/1835593/ As for the pickup truck driver, named Mr. Kan Ketmahasak, 52 years old, after the incident, the police hurriedly took him to sit in the police car. because there are people who are dissatisfied to come and hurt... สามารถติดตามต่อได้ที่ : The police should have turned a blind eye to anybody who wanted to come and hurt the pick up driver. When I used to take my son to school in the mornings so many stupid bar-stewards would overtake me in the 50 limit, ignoring the school signs, the pedestrian crossing for the children, the small market and the crossroads. I would be driving at 50 with my 4 ways on and they would rocket past me. I used to pass 5 schools each way.

At least 8 years too late.