thaibreaker

Yes. Btw, stop calling each other childish names is something the US should adopt.

Double post

Yep, we better be careful with our choice of life partner. I won't marry again either. Staying 6 months a calender year was very easy for snowbirds when the Norwegian embassy still provided us the income letter. Those days are also gone next year, but getting an O-A from Oslo is still an option. Or a 90 days non O visa from Oslo. Or do the visa exemption, extensions and border runs. It's more time consuming though. In addition, the Thai baht is very strong, also compared to NOK. I remember when 1 krone was 6 baht, 20 years ago.. 3.16 now, but it was just around 3.00 before Trump.. That's a 50% decrease of value, and a lot less baht for our money. At least we can thank Trump for a slightly stronger krone against dollar and baht at the moment. It isn't easy here anymore, but I still choose Thailand over any other country in SE Asia.

Hmm. Don't know what to say to that. I guess you didn't do any vaccinations during covid? I didn't either, but for a different reason. I very much doubt that's the reason why the Thai smile has vanished for so many though. But thanks for the input.

Here are some pointers to why foreigners might find other destinations. 1. Global economy, expensive tickets. 2. Taxation of foreigners staying more than 180 days a year. 3. Dual pricing. 4. Too strong baht, making everything more expensive. 5. Immigration and visa issues, and strict immigration officers at borders. 6. Banking issues, very difficult opening new bank accounts. 7. Clash with Cambodia, and closed borders. 8. What on earth happened to the Thai smile? 9. Ripoffs and scams. 10. Burning season. 11. Too many Russians and Indians, signs and menus in Russian. 12. Neverending work on roads and pavements. That said, I personally love being here. It's my retirement destination.

I have. A lot of things coming from Russia, are not exactly a guarantee for success, or that they are working as they hoped.. Anywho, they will never ever start a nuclear holocaust against the west, including the States. They know the outcome, however good they think their own rockets fly and are.. They would be shattered to pieces. A nuclear war has no winners.

One last comment on this. It's bad enough that Israel have them, because they now feel they can do whatever they want in the region. And that's just what they are doing. I actually do not think if Iran was making them, that that would have been such a bad thing. In my opinion it might create some stability in the region. Based exactly on the MAD idea. Iran won't use them, unless used upon. And that won't happen. Just my opinion.

If non-nuclear countries have allies with nuclear weapons, of course it won't work threatening them there either. If Russia threatens Norway with use of nuclear weapons, it won't work because Norway is a member of NATO. It's the same as if they actually had them themselves.

That is common sense, and not contradicting anything I wrote.

Are you dumb? Try to wait for my edit, everyone can have misspellings. I sure know the concept! But you obviously can't read.

Politely, you are not reading my post! I am completely aware, and that's why I say threatening other nuclear powers WON'T work. Both parties are fully aware of the mutual destruction. I thought everyone could read on this forum, but obviously not.

Seriously? That's what I'm saying, for crying out loud! It only work as a threat to countries who don't have them. Threatening a country with nuclear weapons, does not work, exactly because of that mutual destruction. Do you understand my post now?

I can't see any nation today stupid enough to start a nuclear holocaust. They know the result of that. It will be retaliated straight away. We have come further today than we were in '62. Too many nations have nuclear weapons today, and all are very aware of the consequences. Nuclear weapons are keeping nations in check today. It's not a weapon for attack, it's not meant to be used. They are an insurance for a nuclear country to go easy with. It's a "here, but no longer" kind of situation.

Lol. Read my post above.

Yes, but my view was the neverending RUSSIAN nuclear threats towards Europe and NATO. That will never work, you can't threat other nuclear nations and capabilities with the use of nuclear weapons. That will never work.