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She gave you a wonderful gift - a child. Be happy.

Yep!

Politics all during my life has been a rather ugly and sordid affair. That probably is part and parcel to do with the kind of creatures that are attracted to power. But I have to admit that the current day and age of politics is beyond sordid, and is simply grotesque in its nature - "a rough breast, its hour has come at last, slouching toward," DC, "to be born," to steal from Yeats (for those of you who know who Yeats is or the poem from whence comes that passage). What rough beast? Any of them. Politic has descended into slander. libel, and lawfare. Nothing but. And the proles cheer and applaud as they throw flowers at the feet of monsters whom they support, and the trash that now passes as "journalism." Ya'll get what you wish. The rest of us? We're pulled along by the vacuum created by the tyranny of the majority, and then the tyranny of the kleptocratic kakistocracies who seek only to benefit themselves. I take no sides. Wherever you dip your toe, you need to shower or bathe afterwards.

As my mama use to say, "Stupid is as stupid does."

It could be your test strips.

Go to a lab and get a Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) blood test. That is a better long-term signal of what your blood sugar actually is.

Like your own case, it will be swept under the rug by Thai officials and the foreign victim blamed by compassionate AN expats.

Coming up to play golf or a couple of sets of tennis?

Just throw the peasants in prison if they complain. 🤔

I had the exact same experience at a District 5 immigration office. I have an appointment and, "You get number over there." So? Why bother?

Given the use of pesticides in Thailand, algae ponds are susceptible to pesticide run-off unfortunately.

Up next? A Vorayuth Yoovidhaya Welcome Home party? 🤔

Working a job reserved for Thais?

Dude's in for a shock. "Receptionist" is no doubt a protected job category.

Show me a wheat field in Thailand?

I respect your opinion. I respect everyone's opinion although I may disagree. I don't see Trump as anything special. Actually - I don't see anyone on the presidental tickets as special, hence - I'm not voting in the primary. Well, I may. Micky Mouse Alfred E Newman Taylor Swift for President!

@Jingthing See - over here, Biden is Hitler reborn. I can't wait until the Democratic convention when Biden is shelved for a Democrat Millennial or Gen-Xer. Truthfully - it would be a better choice. And then that person will become Hitler reborn or Eva Braun or Ted Bundy or Aileen Wuornos based on whom you ask.

Of course he is. The worst. Hitler reborn. As are all of the other's on 'the other side' of whatever position any particular person takes. Oh well. As I said..... 🤔

And at least out here in the sticks? No bureaucratic red-tape.

Yeah SM007, agreed. It's funny how people here often are totally binary in their thinking and opinions. This is a great place to live, and it has a lot of warts to boot. Which is pretty much part and parcel of any other country that we may chose to live in as expats. Affordability here in Thailand is a definite plus, excepts it also brings out the d**k-measuring, "I'm Richer Than You Poor Commoner Trash" types who love to brag about how they are the economical equivalent of Long-John Holmes. It's affordable, and as well, you don't need to go to the city council or pay half a dozen "inspectors" and engineers, and architects in order to lay down a new cement driveway slab, or build a building on your property, or put in a solar system or any other DIY project. Lord, I can hear the shrieks from the nanny-state embracing members now. "You'll be sorry when an (earthquake, tornado, cyclone, tsunami, <enter natural disaster here>) hits - ha ha ha ha ha!!!" Probably not. I'll just rebuild out of pocket. Like I said - affordable.

Yep. 😉

Good point. I'll concede that.

For political zealots on all sides, everyone else's candidates are fascists, dictators, and probably Hitler reborn. And traitors to boot. When you understand that? Then you stop getting caught up in the propaganda, the spin, the hyperbole, and realize that most of those aspiring to power are little more than charlatans seeking to wield power for the sake of power. These are not the people anybody really wants to be running their countries - and yet - fools keep voting the same slime-balls into office regardless of how bad they detest them. And you get what you deserve. The rest of us, unfortunately, get the tyranny of the majority.

Perhaps the term "checking account" is a bit dated. Who uses checks. I haven't used one since I left the US 17 years ago. Debit account? Anyway, I place to deposit and withdraw money. Just curious. Will they send their debit card to Thailand or do you need to send it to your address of record in the US and have it forwarded?

Lock up the sharp objects.