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Good for them! Consumers then benefit.

The CPC are better free market capitalists than Western capitalist who claim to be free market - then they lobby their governments to impose tariffs on Chinese products. Who benefits from low-priced Chinese products? I do! All consumers do. You people are so damn propagandized by your Western governments and corporations that you demand that they make Chinese imports more expensive so you pay more. You people are idiots - think about it ffs. I welcome the low-priced Chinese products. If I ever buy an EV I expect it will be Chinese. Funny - all the Western car manufacturers are leaving Thailand. Thailand raises the minimum wages for Thai workers and Western factories close down and move. In their place? Chinese factories which can pay the workers a higher salary and still manufacture products cheaper than Western corporation. The Chinese are beating the West at their own game and the West and Westerners are sore losers. "You're a Chinese Commie Lover." Yep - you're right. They make better products and sell them for affordable prices. The West now has troubles competing so they b*tch and moan and tell their citizens to "Hate China!" Sorry - I'm not on the "Hate China" bandwagon. I'm pro-China and pro-BRI, and pro-affordable products. In fact I'm pro- any country that can make affordable consumer products. It the West can't compete. Leave the market. "Commie lover! Grrrrr." Get over it. So feel free to order more expensive products from Western corporation. Me personally. I'm joining the other 7 billion people on the planet who want to buy products manufactured in China and who support Chinese and BRICS-based industry.

Yes and yes.

Most of those are recommended for first time travelers to Thailand. Regarding Rabies. If you deal with animals in Thailand I'd recommend the five shot series. I deal with a lot of animals as I have 9 dogs of my own and take care of temple dogs and strays including cats. So I stay up to date on my Rabies. Rabies IS endemic in Thailand. Nips happen.

Don't forget the Japanese Encephalitis and Rabies shots. And Covid boosters. And Dengue shots. Oh wait - you don't need the Dengue shots as your over the age that they advise to get them. Yellow Fever. That should do it.

...which will only work 30% of the time until it completely break. Third-class A/C are called windows.

Come on - get the sub! I want to see how long it takes for ya'll to take it to the bottom of the ocean permanently. I expect not too long.

Cannabis Shop Owners Plead with Government Over Drug Reclassification Screw you little people. Now go home and get your shine box. Truly yours, Your government

As I said above ☝️ The world is, unfortunately, full of "marks."

Some of us believe in less "stuff" and more "happy endings!" 😁

The world is full of charlatans. Buddhism, like Christianity, has its fair share of those who don the robes or the collar and pretend to play the part when in actuality they are grifters 👆 What is sad about grifters are the people whom they con. And the world, unfortunately, is full of waiting "marks."

Absolutely. Agree with you 100%. I came here after selling virtually everything I owned in the US and was down to a backpack and a daypack. Made one trip back to the US a year later and brought back a suitcase. Basically I got rid of 99% of what I owned. And that wasn't the first time I'd done that. I've done it before. I can do it again if needed. Being Buddhist helps. It's all just - "stuff." There is a lot of freedom to being unencumbered. Try being a Buddhist monk or nun if you're a gal - there's a lot of freedom to that as well. Yet we live in a world were most people hold on to all they possess as though that "stuff" is the most important things in their world. And many believe that he/she who dies with the most toys wins. Or even more ridiculous - establishing a legacy or a dynasty. Like that does any good - when you dead, you're dead - dynasty or not. 👻 "But I left my family with $10 billion dollars that they can fight over, high-rise buildings in my name, and foundations and SuperPacs. I'm God!" 😁 Nope - you're worm food at best - and you're dead. Even if people still speak your name - you're still dead. Legacy. Now there is the ultimate in hubris. Some people think I'm nuts when I just give stuff away, my wife included. But it is just stuff. Plus giving feels good. We honestly don't need much to live a happy life. Let me qualify - I don't need much to live a happy life. I feel sad for those who think they do. They simply make their own lives and the lives of others miserable with their greed. It's senseless. So @susanlea - good observation. Kudos!

"Each Tesla uses between 0.24 to 0.30 kWh per mile, or about 4,500 kWh over a year for 15,000 miles of driving. Other electric vehicles use more or less, but within a similar range. At 0.30 kWh per mile, that’s 90 kWh for 300 miles of driving for the typical week. The average American household without an in-home EV charging station consumes about 30 kWh per day, or about 10,720 kWh over a year’s time. With just one electric vehicle being charged at home, that total increases to about 15,220 kWh. For two-EV households, that total runs up to nearly 20,000 kWh per year (assuming both drivers commute to work). That’s nearly double current electricity usage for such families." Continue reading the article as it gets into the nitty-gritty of the infrastructure needed to go All Electric. The basic gist of the article is that the impact of All Electric vehicles hasn't been well thought out. Interesting read. https://realclearwire.com/articles/2024/07/08/ev_boosters_cannot_do_math_1043078.html Media Fact Check - High Credibility

Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to lose my head It's like a jungle sometimes It makes me wonder how I keep from going under. -Grandmaster Flash

Excellent idea - but a little late. It already is defacto "legalized.'

Bangkok-Bernie: Joined June 28, 2024. 9 AN posts Curriculum Vitae: PhD In Expatology and self-professed expert on the subject of (s)expats in Thailand. Where do you people come from and why are you such freaking busy-bodies? If you don't like the other expats living however they wish to live life in Thailand, find a different country to move to and complain about their expats. Dude - really: Clean up your own backyard before coming to take a sh*t in ours. 🙄 Another newbie chumming the waters to see what will rise to the surface.

Did that hit him in the pocketbook I wonder? 🤔

Evidence showing income such as a pension..... You could be getting your income from a business back in your home country. It does not say it has to be a pension....

Post a link to the immigration order that states that or it is not credible.

I don't live in Spain so I don't care.

Who cares. I really don't care anymore. What's another form to add to the stack of forms I already fill out. <shrugs>

When is a foreigner considered a local in Thailand? Never - you are always and forever a "guest temporarily visiting."

Get ready for some serious inflation. I wouldn't be surprised if the USD/THB exchanges goes to 40+ after they do that stupidity. Then look out. More taxes soon afterwards to make up the half a trillion THB they are going to give away.

I pretty much stopped in my mid 20s as it had gotten too routine. Being stoned wasn't much different then not being stoned. Stopped buying it but would have a puff in a social context. Then just completely quit. Tried it again when it was decriminalized here. But it's just different now. I don't get anything like that same feeling. In my 20s it was extremely pleasant; now it's just mind-clouding. So I've pretty well hung it up for good. With that said though I'm pro-legalization. If people wish to indulge they should be able to without the government hammer of prison hanging over their heads. For those who insist it's addictive. Bunk. I smoked a lot of pot between my mid-teens and mid-20s - during university pretty much every day, and when I decided to quit - I quit. Just like that. For those with addictive personalities - if you can't quit, go to NA. But that vast majority of people can take it or leave it. Now you want to talk addiction? Cigarette. Evil sh*t. Don't ever start. Cannabis? Not addictive. If you ever had done both you'd know.

Short speed boat ride across the Gulf of Thailand, around Singapore, up the Malacca Straits, and up the Andaman Sea. "Short?" You meant Pattaya, right.