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He's been an AN member for the last 16 days. That should make him an expert bob.

Since Charles Schwab hoovered up TDAmeritrade and it's US customers, I'm considering opening a checking account now that I'm an official CS brokerage customer. If you have a US-based Charles Schwab checking account, what are your experiences regarding their services for expats overseas. Pros and cons.

Today the progressives want to ban the conservative candidate that they viscerally hate. Tomorrow the useful idiots will become the target of their own derision, enmity, and lawfare. Lawfare is the end of actual democracy. But then again, the western concept of democracy is looking more and more like other -ism and -cracies such as kakistocracies and plutocracies with a bent toward totalitarianism, all framed as "democracies." When the SCOTUS affirmed for Big Money and Big Corporations via Citizens United vs FEC followed by Congress voting to allow the government to shower the American public with state propaganda on July 2nd 2013, democracy died. Now they are just filleting the carcass and hanging the commoners meat out to dry.

Yeah, right. Foreign money is "flooding" into Thailand to take advantage of the sub-1% interest rate offered by Thai banks, which in the meanwhile charge usurious rates for loans to the commoners. If a US citizen, leave your money in the US and buy T-bills.

This looks like an advertisement on why to buy Bitcoin. And why central banks and the governments who back them wish to criminalize the use of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. It cryptos like Bitcoin become the norm, then the banks, corporations, and governments can't fleece the sheep.

The is no "safe" country and believing so is the ultimate of moronic stupidity and is the exact mindset that will lead to dumbing-down of the commoners into believing that a nuclear war is survivable. Only for a few who are deep enough under-ground and prepared to stay there until the nuclear winter is over and the radiation levels don't outright kill you. Morlocks. Yeah - survivable for those with government-built or privately-built bunkers - that is, if those who plan to use them aren't caught mid-flight/in-transit to their "safe-place." 😁 "I'm going to ride out the coming nuclear war in New Zealand." Nope - unless you have a billionaire friend with a bunker and a private military, you - like the rest of the common masses - are going to die. Best to be at ground zero. Those will be the lucky folks.

Debase the currency in order to pay off the debt. Study history. It's one of the oldest tricks in the book. It works until it doesn't.

Well of course. What's good for Tony.....

"We" get it. You've gone completely native. There Are None So Blind as Those Who Will Not See 👨‍🦯👨‍🦯👨‍🦯

@BritManToo Take it to the news media in your own home country. You'll probably have a more understanding audience back home if you can find a paper who will pick up the story. Find a paper or reporter who covered one of the "Thai Murders Farang" news stories and see if they'll run with it.

Yes - we are less important than dogs. I mean, that's made clear annually for anyone who is a male farang married to a Thai woman. Now if you had "kicked him in the back as he sat gazing at the stars" they'd be talking about throwing you in prison and deporting you. Institutionalized racism is the norm. It's an unfortunate reality for those of us who have tried to make this a real "home" as we support Thai families. I feel for you. Paying your medical bills doesn't quite meet what most of us would consider equal protection by the Thai authorities. "Arf arf - errr hong hong"

Oh - so that's why mine was rejected. 🤔

Yesterday - Foreigner who touches sea-cucumber threatened with prison, fines, and deportation. 🚨 Today - "Bon appétit!" 🍽️ 🥒

The average price of a handgun from a reputable, licensed dealer in Thailand is 5x the cost of the same gun in the US. For rifles and shotguns, it's about 3x the cost of the same firearm.

Of course there are a lot of choices. As I said, and the choices are hit or miss. Hence the question. I'm looking for people's recommendations from direct experiences --> what brand is recommended by someone who has already tried a specific brand.

If it was a Thai guy kicking a foreign doctor, it would be a wai, and apology, and a 500 THB fine.

I'm looking for recommendations for brands of sugar-free ginger powder that can be bought online. I like Hotta, but it is too expensive for what you get. My wife has bought bulk ginger powder of varying qualities. That last batch she bought tastes like dirt. Trying to buy online is like Russian Roulette. Maybe it's good, maybe is sucks. So I'm looking for suggestions from ginger powder aficionados. Anyway - I'm looking for ginger powder that dissolves easily in hot water, and has a clean, spicy ginger taste, can be purchased in bulk, and that is significantly less expensive than Hotta (sorry Hotta but ya'll priced yourselves off my menu).

In the 17 years I've lived here, I've never had anyone but an Immigration official ask me what kind of visa I'm on.

Yep. And yep.

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Great. Thanks Crossy.

Contractor. These rural electricians cost me 600 to 700 THB / day in labor.

Spinning disk meter. How long we run it? That's a tough one. I usually turn it on, cool the room, and then turn if off and run a fan. Our home is pretty well insulated. So during the day? (back of a napkin calculation) About 4 to 5 hours a day.

As the title says, "What would you need (solar panels, inverter, storage) to run a 12K BTU "inverter" air conditioner?" I really don't know much about this stuff, but the primary electricity draw that we have at home is the air conditions. All are 12K BTU inverters and we only use one of those frequently during the hot season. I'd like to put that one A/C on solar. What would I need? Thanks! TIA