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Nope, thank God. Hope I never have to. 🙏

Is the "Preview" pane option new with the latest upgrade? Or have I just fail to have seen it for the last 14 years?

Do you think (most) financially struggling western retirees are stupid for not retiring abroad? No. Most Western retirees (at least in the US) don't have a clue as to what lies beyond there own US borders. It you have traveled globally during your life (being a military brat or a veteran helps), then you understand your options. Are these retirees "stupid." No. They are simply ignorant of their choices. Ignorance isn't bad, it's just lack of knowledge. And Btw, the one thing that has become "stupid" in the US since I left is the cost of living. I don't pity the retirees as much as I do the Millennials and Gen-Xers, and soon Gen-Zs who are totally screwed. "You'll own nothing and be unhappy."

Geez, I thought this was written by bob smith. 😉

“Little Red Corvette” Prince “Blow” Beyonce “Glad You Came” The Wanted

My cards are only linked to retailers based in the US.

This Is Thailand (TIT)

The only cards I use are credit card issued from the US where you can challenge charges based on the Fair Billing Credit Act of 1974. Here? I use cash, COD, and bank transfers in that order. And about the only thing I've used my credit card for here in Thailand was to book hotels. Using a debit card is asking for problems. Oh, I'll take that back. On the rare occasion (and I mean rare) that the only way to make a purchase here in Thailand via a credit or debit card, I'll use the account where I keep a balance with just enough funds to keep from having the bank deduct funds for a low balance, add funds for the purchase, then use the debit card. At worst, someone attempting to use the card will probably overdraw the account balance and cause the card to bounce and close until sorted out at the bank.

Notice Not wearing mask ☝️ I assume Gates was in his whitey-tighties for that interview. Smug globalist trash.

Now it's "The Flu Is Gonna Get You, And Your Little Dog Too!," and the masks go on about 95% of the population, then after a few weeks the ones who stopped compulsively wearing masks this year take them back off.

Tomorrow we'll hear that tourism was down 20%.

Make sure everyone has insurance and last wills and testaments.

ALL of the 7/11 that I have been to in Lamphun and Chiang Mai have been masked. If they aren't wearing one, then it's around their necks. Now - obviously I can't speak for those outside of my area. And I doubt that is something being enforced in places like the US where employees (not raised to conform) would rebel. Other SE Asian countries. Don't know. But I firmly believe that some corporate entities make it policy for their employees to mask.

That was the "sexy European woman" that he shagged after a couple bottles of Vino.

Linux my friend. Start by downloading a Linux version ISO image. https://www.linux.org/pages/download/ Burn it to a thumb-drive using an app like Rufus or Universal USB Installer or LinuxLive USB Creator. Set your system boot order so it will boot to the USB drive. Need suggestions to start with? Ubuntu or Linux Mint. Both have in-depth, online forums and Newbie threads. Then take a drive of a few Linux versions. Like what you see? You can install it so it dual-boots with your current Windows. But - after you get tired of that arrangement, consider buying a new computer with 1 TB SSD (or 2 TB) and only installing the Linux version you like. Then study how to set up and run your Windows in a Virtualbox Virtual Machine. Use Windows when you have to, enjoy Linux most of the time. Also, buy a 2 TB USB 3.0 hard-drive and back up everything you currently have. If you go to Linux, learn to make disk images using Clonezilla Live. By this point you'll probably have enough knowledge that you have separate partitions for your system files (root) and user files (home).

His "Dead-Friend" loaned him a bunch of 1M THB watches don't 'cha know? Prawit is as pure as the wind-driven snow. ⌚

Thailand-Russia relations remain strong, but at what cost? A few thousand angry, p*ssed-off, Russia-hating Western expats? Other than that, the mutually beneficial business trade and tourism should be a plus for both countries. If you're trading, you're not fighting.

Smart choice and one that the Thai public will accept.

Another "non-essential business" that became a Chiang Mai Covid Casualty?

Get to 10,000 posts and you'll begin to accept it. Get to 20,000 posts and you'll have been living in rural Thailand for years.

Shhhhhh. You'll be called a "mask-denier.' It doesn't matter that they don't work. It only matters that you do as you are told and conform. Now with that said, I have a snug fitting 3M P-100 that is capable of filtering water-bound virus globules like the people in the hospital are hacking, coughing, and sneezing. I wore it in 2020-2021 while at the local hospital where 100 people are jammed into a relatively small space. However, those cloth masks? They are "feel good" devices. Most have significant gaps. Unless you believe that mask create the conditions that defy physics so that viruses and water droplets can't get past the gaps between your face and the mask where large quantities of air are sucked in as it is the path of least resistance? At best it's a feel-good device. I don't wear the P-100 any more. Had Covid. It was three days of feeling flu-like and generally like cr*p - and done. Much ado about nothing. All this public fear and loathing over a flu-bug. Haven't had the flu for 20 years. If I get it, like Covid? I'll deal with it and get on with my life. "It might kill you!!!" Ever time I get in my car and drive on these road I have a much higher chance of dying than of dying of any kind of flu including Covid. So "no," I don't mask, and "no" I can't understand the level of paranoia that drives people to willingly don a mask and re-breath their CO2 all day. And "no" I don't take the shots. "You're an anti-vaxxer!!!" Nope. I get rabies shots as I work with animals and don't particularly want to come down with a virus - that will kill you. Oh, and then those putting on masks to filter out diesel fumes and other noxious airborne chemicals. At a minimum they need a 3M 6000 series mask fitted with 6001, 501, or 5N11 filters. But - I guess those flimsy paper and cloth masks are good for a placebo effect. 🙄

Thai do it become it is a sign of social conformity. And Thais are raised from birth to conform to Thai society as well as to those who have positions of power within Thai society.

Go to any corporate run retailer and see how many employees are masked. 7/11 for instance - all employees in every store I've been to up here in Northern Thailand are masked and probably will be for God only know how long. Why is corporate policy created to "mask" the employees? The same reason that in some places women are forced to cover their faces. Ultimately it's about power and the projection of power over those whom you believe you control.

By the way - I agree.

For some reason most of the "I hate the Chinese" crowd fail to observe that the US via the IMF have doing the same for decades. However, unlike China, the US/IMF tag-team tends to leave the target country with rich leaders who are beholding to US foreign policy and the hell with the country's citizens who are on the hook for the IMF loan. China at least leaves valuable infrastructure that stimulates economic trade. 😠 "China is evil. US/IMF debt is 'good debt' and Chinese debt is 'bad debt.'" Whatever..............