thaibeachlovers

No independent has won the presidency in my lifetime, if ever.

I'm actually puzzled as to what he would have to pay inheritance tax on exactly? Can't be on his own property given he isn't inheriting any of that, and he doesn't now own the palaces that belong to the crown ( the state ).

The problem as I see it is they divert water from bottom of sois on Beach Rd along the road which allows sand and other debris to settle. If they continued the drains straight out to sea from bottom of each soi the pressure of water would indeed keep the pipes clear.

General election or just hang on till the bitter end? Decisions, decisions.

If he keeps this up he's not going to last 2 more years, let alone stand again. Now, if only the Dems had someone to win the next election........................................

Farming is certainly never boring, but I gave it up as 84 hour weeks for a pittance was obviously a dead end career. Joined the military and acquired a trade qualification and a thirst for travel- that was really not boring. Became a nurse for a change of occupation and also traveled the world ( due to worldwide shortage of nurses can get a job almost anywhere )- definitely not boring. Retired and spent half my time in LOS and half in home country- not boring at all. Nowadays it isn't really boring, as I have loads of things I could do, but I think my problem is that I can't afford to travel anymore, and that was the thing that I most looked forward to. Planning my next trip, preparing things like visas/ insurance etc occupied my time between trips. All that is gone, so life seems pallid by comparison. Oh well, such is life.

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A nuclear war is highly unlikely?

Of course there are, but I've never known a cat to love me. If I were buying one for companionship I'd get a non violent breed. Small one about the size of a cat. Anyway, going a bit long about this for the God thread, so 'nuff said.

It didn't like anyone else. Used to bite them.

No problem if anyone wants a cat- none of my business, but if I'm going to feed a pet, I want unconditional love in return. I've had birds, white mice, hamsters, dogs and cats, but the only ones to "love me" are dogs.

Lucky you. I can't afford overseas holidays and I'm lucky to even have a room to live in instead of a car. I don't live in Australia.

If I only learned one thing in my life, it's that attractive people are often messed up mentally. Perhaps because of all the fawning attention they get from a young age. Far as beautiful women are concerned, I apply the Playboy philosophy of "look, but don't touch".

Sorry, but if your standard of beauty is Rachael Hunter, then IMO you have low standards. I never got why men fall for women like her other than having big boobs and not actually ugly. I've seen more beautiful women in a Bkk skytrain station.

I used to see the occasional 10 in my young adult days, but in this age of blubber, not a one. However, I have known an occasional female that exuded true beauty from within. I've even fallen in love with some of them, but they were either already married, or did not return my affection, or the chance passed me by for some reason. Perhaps they are better as a memory, than being disappointed by the reality.

Loads of 10s on the internet, but are they actual real people or products of Photoshop? I once remarked to a guy that I'd never known a 10, to which he took offense, claiming that "all women are beautiful". I hadn't realised he was a plonker before talking to him, but I've done my best to avoid PC woke people since.

I don't know which Thais you know, but the ones I met in the village were not as badly off as the ones you know. Anyway, can't compare Thais and expats- have to compare Thais with western people living in the west, and I'd rather be a poor Thai than a poor western person living in a car because they can't afford to rent.

Rather than make him pay it, abolish the tax. IMO it's an abomination that what people work their entire lives for is then taxed by a grasping government if they want to pass it on to their children. However, I'm all for a 95% capital gains tax on house sales to stop the price rise insanity, which is making buying and renting unaffordable for many, as I'm seeing every day now.

Having lived and worked in London for 10 years, I saw first hand how the rich live, and IMO it would be hard to "increase" inequality much more, short of workhouses and breadlines.

I'll start to worry about an actual nuclear war when loads of rich people start turning up in far away places like NZ or Australia to live, or when nuclear fallout shelters become big sellers.

It's not up to me what happens over there. If US/Europe is concerned about Russian expansion they can either accept them in NATO or have treaties with them. Besides, after what is happening in Russia now, does anyone seriously believe that Russia would even try to take over another country? IMO that ship has sailed.

I'm sure the Pentagon has some that do nothing but plan scenarios, and that the Ukraine situation was planned a while ago. Given no government to my knowledge is warning citizens of what to do in a nuclear war, I doubt any at the top of governments are concerned that this will escalate to that extent, at the present time. Back in the 50's or 60's apparently school children were being warned to hide under their desks in the event of a nuclear strike! I also think fall out shelters were selling well in the US, but I haven't seen any ads for such now.

???????????????????? The Bible doesn't ( to my knowledge ) mention abortion, but it does say something about not killing people. One doesn't have to be religious to believe that a foetus is an unborn human being.

While I support abortion on demand no questions asked for any female that wants one, this is a question of state's rights, and in this case I think the SCOTUS ruled correctly. I fail to see why such became a federal case in the first place. If a majority of state citizens want abortion, elect politicians that will rule on that. That's democracy.

One could ask any of those that fled to Canada during Vietnam war why they didn't do that. I reckon the same answer would apply to the Russians leaving to avoid the draft.