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jesimps

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  1. A lot I should imagine. Not so much the Chinese, they tend to marry their own kind.
  2. Can't speak for the kids, but the stress level of my missus who was a teacher went up exponentially. So much so that she quit and is now quite happy in her new job.
  3. Correct. I didn't even know I had termites until they ate my kitchen units, skirting boards, door frames and ceilings. Cosmetically, everything looked ok, it was the permanent buzzing noise that gave them away. Everything softwood, woodchip or plasterboard had to be replaced.
  4. From someone who used to have air shots on the green, never stand up on the shot.
  5. He was in Swiss man's house with a loaded gun, whether he wanted the money or the wife is immaterial.
  6. Yes he does, he went on my ignore list several years ago. He's also a big supporter of military coups.
  7. I'm 77, had my first AZ Jab last month, no side effects at all. Looking forward to my second AZ (hopefully).
  8. I've been waiting a month now for my Bitkub verification and have heard nothing from them except for an email saying "Welcome to Bitkub", then at the bottom, please send your passport photo and selfi (which I'd just sent). My wife waited ages and then after weeks of phoning them, she failed the verification. I've read about these verification problems from lots of people, seems to be a thing with Bitkub. You're one of the few successes IMO. I've been with Coins.co.th for quite a while now, but am confined to Bitcoin. They don't do alts. You also can't place limit orders, it's purely instant buy/sell. Good exchange for beginners.
  9. The last time that I was scammed on price was at a place I least expected it, it was at the Death Railway Museum in Kanchanaburi. I had to pay far more than my Thai wife. It was the first time in years that I'd been caught out. That was about two years ago and I haven't been fleeced since.
  10. Is it me getting older, or are ambassadors getting younger? When I worked for the Brit Foreign Service, the Old Man of the embassy really was an old man.
  11. Ah, the demon drink again. It attracts the virus don't you know. What non-westerners can't seem to comprehend is that to most of us, an enjoyable night in a restaurant is a meal accompanied by an alcoholic drink of some sort. I won't visit one until they resume serving wine with a meal. As for being charged for gambling whilst playing a harmless game of pool.....No wonder so many eating establishments are going to the wall.
  12. "Two days later dog had been fed poisoned food and that was the end of it" I've often thought of doing the same to the nine noisy abominations in next door's garden. I've suffered them for six years now. If it wasn't for the fact that the owners are quite nice people and friends of the missus, I would have done it long ago. Although not a dog lover (think God made a mistake when he gave them that obnoxious bark), I used to quite like them until living here.
  13. I'm just happy if I get anywhere near the green without ending up in a bunker. I spend a couple of minutes pumping the air if my ball actually lands on the green, middle or wherever.
  14. What, corruption in the Immigration Service? Never! Is the guy in the photo having difficulty keeping a straight face underneath that mask? Looks like he's about to "corpse" any second.
  15. I've been DCA for a while now, so I'm not bothered which way the market goes. If down, more cryptos for my weekly $100. Can't see point in selling if you're DCA.
  16. I read somewhere that you could now withdraw to your UK account from Binance again. Don't know about depositing with UK bank transfer and Visa, must give it a try to see if it's working again.
  17. Good advice. Give the online ones a body swerve. After several months of bar mongering I met my missus at a local restaurant where she worked as a temporary waitress/cook. She's a teacher by profession, but had recently arrived in the area and took the restaurant job to tide her over until she found a suitable position at a local school. It took a lot of wooing, but I managed to win her over and we've now been together/married some 14 years.
  18. As far as I know she'll get nothing from his state pension. My civil service pension can only be claimed by my wife, not children, parents, siblings, cousins or live-in girlfriend. The missus and I were quite happy just living together, but when I found out the pension rules we got wed. Didn't want to leave her with nowt and definitely didn't want my hard earned pension to go to the state.
  19. I got my first AZ vaccination at Bang Sue, but can't see any number on the paperwork starting 600000....... Do you only get said number after 2nd jab?
  20. I'd feel that they were obeying the law by stopping to let me cross and I wouldn't have been at all surprised, as in most western countries (France excluded).
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