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Quote: "Year after year capital spending has been getting squeezed, accounting for just about 20 per cent of the total outlay. The public and opposition parties could cry hoarse over budget allocations to the Defense Ministry and related organizations but could change almost nothing." Prime example: A totally unnecessary, blackmail susceptible, & future budgetary expensive albatross known as the RTN Admirals Chinese submarine.

Similar sad experience. Forgot name also. Vet about halfway. on left, from Dolphin round-about to central Naklua.

Admittedly, I am not privy to contract details, but if you are privy, then please advise us of the "sunk costs" that would be lost by just walking away from this unnecessary Strategic (as opposed to tactical) type of weapon system. Also, how do those "sunk costs" compare to the "Life Cycle" costs? A submarine has an extremely expensive life cycle cost and most of those costs are still ahead of it. Walk away now before becoming further entangled in PRC blackmail (like many of the PRC's "Belt & Road" initiatives). The PRC has already set Thailand up in a bad position economically with respect to competition in automobile production (see other AN thread(s)). Thailand certainly has higher economic needs /budgetary priorities than unneeded submarines. Admittedly, walking away now would be politically unappealing to Thai leadership. But trusting the PRC in anything has proven to be a big mistake for many countries. Stay at arm's length.

The RTN Admirals don't want you to be distracted by concern about PRC /CCP impact upon the Thai economy /Thai citizens employment. After all, there is the issue of the Chinese submarine that RTN Admirals need for their prestige. Sarcasm: You must keep Thai National priorities in line with the RTN Admirals fantasies.

This corrupt & ego loaded RTN desire never ends, so I apologize up front for repeating my never-ending prior alarm /disagreement as follows: Some Navy bigwigs that want to feel important without a convincing strategic requirement. The sad thing is the long-term strategic political & military implications. Can't the civilian leadership of this country now put a funding halt to such nonsense? Thailand will be dependent upon PRC submarine model specific Doctrine, Organization, Training, Logistics and Materiel upgrades, & thus subject to CCP unreliability /blackmail. Undoubtedly there will be PRC advisors in Thailand for these functions and they will be doing their CCP required intelligence gathering while here.

Agree. Some Navy bigwigs that want to feel important without a convincing strategic requirement. The sad thing is the long-term strategic political & military implications. Can't the civilian leadership of this country now put a funding halt to such nonsense? Thailand will be dependent upon PRC submarine model specific Doctrine, Organization, Training, Logistics and Materiel upgrades, & thus subject to CCP unreliability /blackmail. Undoubtedly there will be PRC advisors in Thailand for these functions and they will be doing their CCP required intelligence gathering while here.

The above criteria is for those living in the US. The criteria for those living outside the US is different. For married taxpayers filing jointly it is as follows: quote "Married taxpayers filing a joint income tax return. If you are married and you and your spouse file a joint income tax return, you satisfy the reporting threshold only if the total value of your specified foreign financial assets is more than $400,000 on the last day of the tax year or more than $600,000 at any time during the tax year.

Former Pattaya Mayor Cleared of Legal Charges Involving Waterfront Condo as Statute of Limitations Expires - The Pattaya News The charges, which date back to 2008 during Ittipol’s mayoral term in Pattaya, were dropped after the court recognized that the 15-year statute of limitations had lapsed as of September 2023. The case’s conclusion comes after Ittipol’s brief departure to Cambodia on September 5th, 2023, following the Attorney General’s Office’s initiation of legal proceedings. Ittipol’s return to Thailand on October 9, 2023, marked the end of his month-long absence.

Sounds like it might fit in with the advertised description of "One Bangkok", intersection of Rama IV & Wittayu Rds, opposite Lumpini Park. But on the other hand, "One Bangkok" is much more than an entertainment complex, it's also meant to be a residential and business complex, so perhaps that makes it inappropriate. Who knows?

I must have a lot to either better understand or know better where to buy. From a small shop in Lotus (not DTAC) I just bought a 12-month DTAC sim for 2,500+ Baht (ie, 2.5 times what you paid). I use it in a router (which I carry with me to use with my 4 pc's in 4 different Thai cities). It does have a larger monthly limit, I believe 100GB/mo. I can also call with it if I put the sim in my mobile, but I don't need or bother with that feature since I have a postpaid ais mobile sim (approx 270Baht/mo & I seldom use mobile now).

Answered my own question: " How many GB is a 1 hour stream? Standard definition uses up to 0.3 GB per hour. High definition (720p) uses up to 1 GB per hour. Full HD (1080p) uses up to 3 GB per hour. UHD (4K) uses up to 7 GB per ho

Answered my own question: " How many GB is a 1 hour stream? Standard definition uses up to 0.3 GB per hour. High definition (720p) uses up to 1 GB per hour. Full HD (1080p) uses up to 3 GB per hour. UHD (4K) uses up to 7 GB per ho

I just bought a DTAC phone & limited data sim for my router. How can I tell how much I am using so that I don't run bout of data every month?

Thanks for all comments & I apologize for my ignorance (I'm learning 🙂 ) & for appearing to hijack this thread. I have a router (password enabled) & a limited sim (DTAC 12mo I think 1GB/mo cost 2,500 Baht) I carry on my frequent travel back & forth between 4 cities in Thailand. Edit: I don't want internet on phone & use hotspot because I prefer using pc at two locations (thus require ethernet cable from router) and laptops prepositioned at the other two locations. I enjoy some streaming but can limit that in future to conserve data allowance. If someone can further educate me I thank you in advance for my following questions about data allowance conservation: 1.Is the router draining allowance simply by being turned on without using the internet (ie, should I constantly switch the router on/off when I'm not on the internet)? 2.Any idea how much data allowance is consumed per hour of streaming (ie, how many hrs or minutes per month could I safely watch without draining it all)?

Quote: " ...the son explained that if I used it as a vehicle with which to watch TV programmes, my phone data (not sure if that's the correct word) would run out very quickly." unquote. Question based upon quote: Is the son's statement correct, ie the wifi allowannce would run out very quickly?

With a little observational orgasmic experience (what more often than not creates the quickest & greatest orgasmic intensity in a woman),some sincere pillow talk with female partners & a desire to please, this cannot be considered to be hard to believe or even news worthy. Masters & Johnson must have written about this ages ago.

But her first name was Anel. Doesn't that typically get more? Asking for a friend?

This morning as I came down the stair, I saw a man who wasn't there, He wasn't there again today, I wish I wish he'd go away.

Who knows. But with respect to his proposals, they looked very sensible to me.

Who knows. But with respect to his proposals, they looked very sensible to me.

With the current "open" US border there are likely plenty of those "lone Wolves" already in the US. But I'm guessing they will wait for action until after the US election, so as to not jeopardize the current continuation of the open border situation.

This issue seems to be like office meetings with repetitive studies & votes (recently all affirmative) that never end. Just get on with it.

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