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Japan * 3,662,407 6.5 3.5 Germany * 2,952,710 5.3 4.3 United Kingdom * 2,490,952 4.4 4.7 Good point. Figure on the right is % of millionaires % of population.

Japan * 3,662,407 6.5 Germany * 2,952,710 5.3 United Kingdom * 2,490,952 4.4 Percentage share of global millionaires in USD. So, who WON the war?

Still, now all those 'wonderful' bars along Loi Kroh will be open soon until 2 a.m.! (I stopped going to them pre-Covid when I sat in one well-known bar on a wooden bench near the door, felt something brush my trouser leg pocket, looked down and saw a large rat jump off the bench and disappear into the street. Thank you, but I'll give the Loi Kroh bars a miss. I value my goolies, even if no one else does. I've grown attached to them over the years.) I shall miss TOPS supermarket in KSK. I like it better than Rimping and it's cheaper (which is not difficult!). Some good Waitrose products in TOPS.

And it looks like we've lost the Bowling and the Cinema on the top floor. Gosh, Chiang Mai is a fun city now.

'How old was the Russian? and was he blind, could not tell a lady boy from a real girl' 'Took me 1 sec. Look at face. Look for the Adam's apple and the deep voice' TRUE story. Two of the most beautiful girls I've seen in 14 years in Thailand worked in Loi Kroh. They were ladyboys. Almost impossible to tell. Here's the story. I was walking with one of them along the Chang Klang night market. It was busy so she walked in front of me. She walked past a young woman in her 20s (English I'm pretty sure) who said to her older companion (maybe her mother): "My God, you see her? She is so beautiful!" The mother (?) replied "Ladyboy". The girl stood open mouthed in disbelief - absolutely gobsmacked. "Never!" she said. Her mother nodded sagely. She'd obviously been here before! Another day. Much the same spot on the market. Same ladyboy. Daytime. Again walking in front of me. Two middle aged THAI ladies stopped her and told her how beautiful she was. They looked at me and asked "Is this your husband?". She shook her head. "Oh, my dear." they said, "you really should get married. You will have such beautiful children." Not always so easy to tell! (In the street, anyway!)

That's a great response CMBob; so pertinent, precise, informative and helpful. Many thanks indeed for your kindness.

I'm taking a holiday of 17 days (including flights) in Europe starting on July 23rd. I am 76 years old. I have a Non-Immigrant 'O' visa. My Visa extensions are up to date, I have a Re-entry passport stamp, and I have the certificate showing my 3 Covid vaccinations. I am ready to apply for my Thailand Pass. I have 2 questions please: 1. WHEN should I apply for my Thailand Pass (i.e. how long is it valid for?) 2. I have NO medical insurance in Thailand. I always 'pay as I go'. Is this a problem on a Non-'O' re-entry into Thailand. Will I have to buy it? Many thanks for any help with these.

Great! Many thanks indeed!

I am posting this on June 3rd. Very grateful for any help and information. I am a 75 year old male and hoping to visit family in England next month. I need a booster after an Astra Zeneca and a Pfizer last November/December. BKK hospital in CM and McCormick told me yesterday that they had no vaccine and (It seemed to me) had no immediate plans for getting any. Does anyone please know if the vaccine is available in CM or Lamphun? Many thanks.

"True but won't happen. This gov in particular doesn't give a flying f%@* about the poor or retired. It'll look after all the gov minions and military, plus the hi so's while keeping the serfs in their place." You're talking about the UK, right?

3 true little stories: I have a seafood allergy (which doesn't include fish thank God!). I ordered a pad thai and a salad in Black Canyon and stipulated, as I always do, that there be no seafood included. My Thai partner explained this also in Thai. The food arrived and it contained small prawns. The waitress said (in Thai!): "That's not seafood. They're prawns." At a well-known bar/restaurant in Loi Kroh, I ordered a chicken salad. After eating it, I hadn't walked more than fifteen minutes to a car park before I was throwing up violently and repeatedly. I s**t myself and left a pile on the floor in the car park (which was thankfully dark and deserted). So who'd been cooking seafood and not cleaned the pan and changed the oil? I've found that Thai people sometimes (often?) think they know better than you when it comes to food. Twice I've explained graphically that eating seafood makes me vomit and they've ordered it just the same. It was well hidden and the results were similarly violent. I sympathize with this lady!

I remember it opening. Never popular. Ridiculously ambitious in that 'out of town position' with TWO big buildings. How Duke's stayed there so long I'll never know. No atmosphere, no ambience. Maya opened later and is exactly the opposite. Still, sorry to lose Rimping, the good cinema, and the best toyshop in CM? ('Toys 'R Us').

To: sometimewoodworker I am in a similar position to playboy. What a great response, sir; so clear, so thorough, so precise, so very helpful. Thank you so much.

Armaments generally 'improve'. Can we say the same about education? (in UK, USA etc.)

So Thailand is alone in this?

Brianthainess .........yes, saw this lovely sight in Hua Hin in I think 2009

Yes, thank you. You've made me appreciate that writing short messages like this is moronic.

All this talk about willies is in very bad taste.

Can play at Gymkhana Club 5 minutes down the Lamphun Road (turn left signposted) from Nawarat Bridge in Chiang Mai. Also play disc golf there on Saturday afternoons. Play under wonderful 100 years old Rain Tree. Beautiful old club. Good inexpensive food. very good 9 hole golf course and driving range. Snooker, Tennis, squash also. Cricket on occasion.

Re: brucegoniners "How about some real jazz?" Couldn't agree more, sir. I've been addicted to jazz since I was 12 (63 years ago!) What jazz are you thinking of in particular?

I have 2400 baht in my Lazada wallet. Lazada just emailed me to say that it is about to expire. Can Lazada simply wipe this amount out?

I think it must be the same doctor I have at BKK - Dr. Wittawat Rawiyotai - happy to recommend him. Tracyb's comments are spot on.

You can't blame him. It is a good offer.

My Maths. are terrible. Had he been to Hooters? If so, if he came back with three Hooters and each Hooter had two hooters, how many hooters is that altogether? Enough? More than enough?

I think we'll find there were 3. Shane believed in the power of three (and in multiples of 3 , the 'lucky' so-and-so!). 3 children, 3000 Test runs, highest Test score of 99, Test hat-trick at the MCG. He turned up at Uxbridge (of all places!) for a Hampshire match in Playboy pants and with 3 pretty dollies in attendance. Chest pains? With 3 little spinners ('Leggie', 'Topper' and 'Flipper')? - 2 on top and going for a hat trick? He'd need more than Vegemite on toast to tackle that. "Unhealthy food, dangers of beer and smoking, bad liquid diet"? Wherever Warnie is now (and I hope he's not where he's really going to need lip zinc!), he'll be laughing his socks off at what's been said, I suspect. Thanks for all the memories, cobber. If I had a Green Baggy, I would doff it, Shane.