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How much cash do you have? Right now. 5260.25 THB. Oh. And some pocket lint, a receipt, and a button.

Back in the day I actually got high smoking 1960s pot. Fast forward to 2024 and I never get the same 'high' that I got when I was younger. I get a mild buzz smoking these new strains with supposedly 20+% THC. Good for sleep, but I just don't get "high."

Just wondering. Are you current on your boosters?

New variant, new jab, $120 bill for the shot. Rinse and repeat.

I am not even a little bit worried about "The Surge" which I'm sure will be surging regularly... The immune systems of animals in nature is simple an amazingly wonderful thing. Eat right, exercise, and don't live in a sterile bubble as evolution has provided us with this magnificent biological wonder that needs to be challenged in order to work optimally. I trust the one real expert - Mother Nature! "Thank you Mother Nature for this wondrous gift!" And remember - "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!"

Before you start, is you house wired with a ground?. Most homes and apartments I've lived in here in Thailand are not. I had an electrician rewire the outlets in my study in order to plug in a guitar amp as well as my computers and accessories. Interestingly enough, the amp did not come with a grounded cable. It shipped that way. However, I'm not a fan of shocks. And I could feel current through the strings. I wrote the company (I won't name them but they are a major music company) and they assured me that the amp didn't need a ground. Right??? All I asked the company to do was to send me a compatible cable with a ground. They refused! <expletive> Whatever. So much for <expletive> customer service and future purchases of their equipment which is not cheap stuff. They insisted I take the amp back to where I bought it and have it shipped for examination and repair. I dwelled on that for a few seconds before rejecting it outright - yeah, go to the store where they don't speak English and explain to them why that amp needs a grounded cable or else they need to ship the unit back to the manufacturer for inspection and repair. How many weeks would that take. I bought a three-prong, grounded computer power cable which works perfectly. Thank you Lazada. No more shocks. Such a simple solution and yet the hubris of the un-named company seemed to Ok with losing my future business. The rest of my house? Pretty much un-grounded although we have had the main house and guest house completely rewired with the cabling placed in PVC conduit and attached to a new power distribution system (The original house had nothing but bare cable run though the roof and to a distribution box that had freaking fuses. Scary, old, and dangerous). That whole setup got replaced.

Reactionary: "Put on a mask, take the shots, live in fear, don't ask questions. And comply." Analytical: "10,000 deaths a month" out of a population of 8,100,000,000. So you have a 0.0001234567901% chance of dying of Covid. Or by comparison: According to the CDC1 "3,700 people are killed globally in crashes involving cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, or pedestrians" on a daily basis. So that would be 111,000 road deaths a months if you do the math. Now there is something to worry about. I'm more worried about traffic fatalities, especially considering that Thailand has the lion's share of road deaths per-capita globally. Again, for the sake of comparison, traffic fatalities in the UK (with a population similar to Thailand's) are about 1/10th that of Thailand's annual road cull (1800 vs 20000 road deaths) 2 Which sorta goes to show that the phenomenon we are witnessing may actually resolved down to the fact that more people in the world suffer from Mysophobia (irrational fear of germs and pathogens) then they are from Amaxophobia (fear of driving). Of course the world was pelted with an unending stream of news about how "Covid is gonna getcha," for the last 4 years so we now have a large percentage of the population who now have been psychologically damaged and who should probably be consulting psychological services regarding their debilitating Covid-based Mysophobia and attempting to resolve the deep-seated fear of SARS-Cov-2 that has literally destroyed the manner in which many of these members of society live. "Fear is the mind-killer." --Frank Herbert, Dune It also makes it easier to control the population. Citations: 1. https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/global-road-safety/index.html 2 https://news.sky.com/story/killer-roads-why-thailand-has-one-of-the-worst-death-rates-from-driving-in-the-world-12051841

The billionaire can't afford one? Asking for a friend.

My guess is that the clinical cure for Thaksin's heart valve disease is a pardon. After the pardon, the valve will miraculously repair itself after which Mr. Thaksin will be able to resume seeing family, friends, acquaintances, and power-brokers. He should be good as new by this time next year.

Outdoors. in the fresh, clean, air? Fear.

Asinine.

Does anyone know if Chiang Rai will have the 2024 Singha Balloon Festival this year? I have people coming from the US who are interested. Any details would be appreciated.

Why Are Readers Here...So...INTERESTED in...God-Related Topics??? Because GammaGobulin keeps posting them?

Gold goes from 18K to almost 34K since Spring 2020. Then today. OMG!!! LOOK!!! GOLD HAS GONE UP-Down-Sideways 50 THB. Big whoop.

Ok. Don't do anything.

Well, then you didn't have Covid. Covid would have killed your elderly, anti-vaxxer, anti-mask butt for sure. You probably just had the flu or a cold! Or? You're just lying!!! But but but - The Covid Tests I took positively indicated that I had SARS-Cov-2. i took tests daily. Trust the science! The Science using The Expert's Covid Tests conclusively indicated I was infected with SARS-Cov-2 for a period of almost 2 weeks although I was only symptomatic for about 72 hours. I masked outside the home (like if I went shopping or into public spaces) until I was "negative." Personally I don't believe that the masks are effective other than to filter out the most dense, water-bound particles with enough mass to be effectively filtered (sneezes, coughs). The difference here is that I masked to protect others - BUT - only while I was symptomatic and SARS-Cov-2 positive. That's simply being responsible. Wearing a mask when you are not sick or positive? That's just silly. I've never masked to protect myself - Why? I'm sorry, but that vast majority of masks (other than special PPE and P100 masks) can't filter out a particle size smaller than 0.12 microns. I consider masks to be nothing much more than "feel safe" devices. You wear them and you feel safe. And you demand that others wear them so you can feel safe, even though you aren't. Better to work on your ability to build a strong and resilient immune system. And, "oh", by the way, you don't strengthen your immune system by avoid pathogens.

We are now almost 4 full years into this Psyop where 85% of the world's population were made to believe that a SARS infection was a world-killing deadly pandemic which, based on the amount of hyperbole, should have been killing 15% of the world's population, but instead perhaps was the proximate cause of SARS-based flu that may have been responsible for the deaths of 0.03% of the most vulnerable people on the planet, i.e., those who are advanced aged or immunocompromised. And still? The world's fearful are trying to convince the rest of us that we should be dead - even when we are not.

Ok. Me * No Shots. ** No Masks (unless forced to by Big-C or Big-Box-Store employees). *** No Covid until August 2023 unlike virtually every person whom I personally know who got the Covid shots and then came down with Covid within a short time. 60 hours with a fever feeling like I had the flu (which I did - the Covid Flu). **** Wife as well. No shots. No masks. No Covid until August 2023 (she got it first and gave it to me). Fully recovered within 5 days like myself. No Long_Covid. No Death. No tubes. No ventilators. No scary Covid Stories. No Fear. And personally, I don't have any friends, family, or even acquaintances who "died of Covid." Not even one.

What does Thaksin have to do to get sister Yingluck home? Just give a few hundred million THB to the right people?

So like, people who get this are dead for sure?

I haven't seen Dr Yong out spreading fear and avarice lately. I see he has poked our head up long enough to expound that 99.98% of people who get Covid will beat it and gain immunity. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Covid gonna get 'cha. Oh never mind. I already had it. It was a nothing-burger. I've had worse colds.

Bravo Sierra. Ice core samples and paleo-climatology tell a different story. Remember: Fear Fear Fear Fear Fear. Fearful people are easily manipulated.

If I was you? My goal is to make my passing as easy as possible for those back home and here in Thailand, emotionally and financially. First - You need two Last Wills and Testaments: one to cover your assets and your wishes for the deposition of your body as well as your physical assets. Personally I'd do a cost-benefit analysis and contact my family members. The 64,000 dollar question is: "Do your relatives want your remains? Take them into account also. If they do, well, ask why and see if they plan to contribute to shipping you're ashes "home." Your plans should include family members in your home country who may care about a final ceremony for your life, but funerals are for the dead. If they wish a funeral for you, then arrange it now including the cost. Fyi. You can do this all up-front. Buy a cheap wooden casket which you can buy at a temple for ฿500 to ฿1000 THB. Arrange with the temple's abbot for the ceremony. The ceremony is free other than "tipping" the temple, the abbot, and the monks who will send you on your way with a simple Buddhist funeral (gaan sop). Thai funerals CAN BE pricey affairs, but it is a personal choice. Most Thai villages have "death funds" that you pay into from birth and by the time you die, that fund can be upwards of 200,000 THB or more. Many people want the fancy funeral. I don't. My wife doesn't. When you're dead? You're dead. Nothing more than organic material under decomposition. Physically - you are gone gone gone. What's left if nothing more then a slowly rotting meat-bone-and-sinew-log. So if I die my wife knows my wishes - drop me in a 500 THB box, hold a simple funeral chanting ceremony ASAP, generously "tip" the monks, burn me ASAP, toss the chunks that don't burn well into the river, and then? Have A Freaking Party!!!!! Understand that the Thai government CAN make it a PITA by demanding an autopsy, which of course, "you'll pay for farang" (or your estate). But me personally? It's in my Thai Will and Testament, and Advance Directive. It's simple: Burn me at the village crematorium and toss whatever is left in the nearest river. Bada-Bing, Bada-Boom. Second - You need a second Last Will and Testament for the disposition of your assets in your home country. Should you happen to be in your home country when you gork, then you can also dictate the deposition of your body should you die in your home country. Third - Well, that's combining your wishes and having someone carry out your wishes. Don't have a partner? No one to be an executor? Then retain a lawyer to take care of all the end-of-life legwork. Like, you're dead, so you don't need the money. Then just take the time to really dwell on how you want your personal possessions deposed of. Then act on it. Again. Me? I don't care if I'm dead. Those of us who plan ahead are just trying to make it easier on those whom may feel responsible for our final 'resting' place. I want the least hassle for my families and friends. Plus -Really? Funerals don't mean s**t to me. I cremated my daughter when she was 18. That completely changed how I view death, dying, and the societal rituals and extreme expense that is marketed to those who are grieving. You don't want to belong to that club - the dead daughter-club, or dead son-club. It destroys you from the inside and you never heal. Ever. But? It does leave you with a healthy attitude toward your own eventual passing. My daughter died at 18. In comparison, my life if meaningless. I've outlived her by 54 years. When I'm dead? I'm dead. Depose of the body ASAP, have a party ASAP, then forget me. Considering my only-child is dead, I have no legacy, so................... I don't GAF. That may seem callous but it is not. It's dealing with reality.

Thanks for the "head's up!"

Tesla?