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I agree. I total respect a devout Muslim's belief that Muslims should not drink, smoke ganja, or engage in homosexuality. And all good Muslims should follow that doctrine. But? I'm not Muslim. I don't attempt to force my religious beliefs on those who embrace Islam. So I don't expect those who embrace Islam to force their ideology on non-Muslims. Respect is a two-way street.

What a wonderful idea. Go for it! How Vietnam this time of year?

I run Linux with VirtualBox and run Windows in a VM. The addtional RAM is for the VM.

But - Boy Howdy - they sure make the I/O significantly faster.

That's the same symptoms as Dengue.

Just out of curiosity. How do they handle Social Security deposits. I just looked at my bank book and my SSA deposit is not flagged as a "foreign deposit."

Which is why My Place became the primary pub and hang out at. If you wanted to buy the staff a drink they all appreciated the gesture but they weren't supplying escort services. It generally was one bartender, one wait staff, and a cook. It was just a nice low-key place to hang out and get something to eat and watch sports on TV.

Well - don't smoke. It's not for you.

What will YOU do now that marijuana is sort of "legal" in Thailand? Smoke it. Like I have. And yet. Interestingly. The experience is different than those I had a decade and a half ago. And completely different than when I was in my teens and early 20s. Honestly - It's not a big deal. I'd rather have a good Home Brewed beer. But if someone is passing a spiff? I'll take a hit. "You'll get Covid!" So be it. I stopped living in fear a long while ago.

Then let it go. Stop being wired to arrest people. The law has changed. Accept it. Spend the extra time and manpower on pursuing real criminals. Not some pothead.

Darwin Award Winner Of The Week. I understand taking risks, especially when you're young. You're - ALIVE! It's a great feeling until you screw up.

Because they can. Watch their Profit/Loss column. Predatory corporations are raking in huge profits while blaming it on - Inflation.

Just like a Pitt Bull or Rottie. They wouldn't harm a hair on your head. Many won't. Some will.

I used to live in that area between Loy Kroi and Thapae. I never saw that sort of behavior. With that attitude? Settle your bill, leave. Never go back. Make others aware of the behavior so they can avoid it. The destruction of the bar and pub industry wasn't caused by farang. They should be happy that farang are showing up again. Aggressiveness? That ain't gonna cut it. Aggressiveness toward farang should be rewarded with boycotts of their bars and pubs.

Until lately my transfers took two or three days. Now - a few seconds. Now, honestly, if it took a couple of days again? Big deal. If I needed a fast transfer I'd use an ATM. But these transfers to "Support a long-term stay in Thailand" are not an emergency. Like my pension payments - they come when they come. My concept of good service is now somewhere between 3 days to 3 seconds. Their model is obviously getting better over time. You people dissing Wise should re-calibrate your expectations imho.

What? Why? It's such a non-issue. Has Thailand all of a sudden gone Reefer Madness crazy? No. A minority of the population can grow and use cannabis now without worrying about being thrown into prison. I'd say most Thais I know aren't interested in recreational use. They are into using it for medicine. Now us farang. Maybe that's different. And it should be a good thing. One less thing pot smoking tourists need to worry about, especially if they can smoke it in their own country.

Yeah. A couple hundred here, and thousand there. Who knows. Maybe karma kicks in. We buy a couple of tickets a month.

So in fact - little has changed.

Bitcoin is fiat. Bitcoin tech linked to gold would not be. No gold purchase I've made has every "lost value" in the long run.

Trust me. The United States does not have the monopoly on racial hatred. There are enclaves where it exists in the United States, but it's not the norm, not in the last 40 years. I've live in the US South. Trust me. I've met white bigots and racists. In 2022, they are not the norm. The norm tends to be racism focused at those who are of European decent, just because of their ethnicity. Most people I have know throughout my life have been very tolerant unless someone attacked them personally based on their own race. Well, except back in the 1950s and 60s. That was sad an inexcusable. I'm someone who stood side-by-side for what Dr. Martin Luther King professed. Brothers and sisters standing side-by-side in unity of spirit and humanity, and not by exclusion of race. That's something to ponder.

It angers me that there are people in this world who now can hate a man like this based on his skin color and the fact he's a man - regardless of his personal and evident compassion for humanity. So although I'm a descendant of European heritage as well as a biological male, I'm just sad. I'm sad that so many people demand "tolerance" for their views and proclivities while hating others. Really. How many people in our current Western civilization detest those who are descendant of European heritage and those who are biological males who love biological women? So no. I'm not angry. Just sad that people can not accept others for their humanity alone. I find intolerant people to be sad, regardless of the targets of their intolerance. Unfortunately - that is the nature of the reality into which we were born. However - I commend people such as this gentleman who is accepting of humankind for being human. In between that, we can disagree with others and yet maintain respect for their concerns.

I'll shake hands with anyone. It's not on my list of phobias. If I at a pub, I'll go wash my own hands the next trip to the hong naam. But, I've found a lot of Westerners to be germaphobes. Well, elbow bump.

I could sit at places on Highway 11 near where I live and video all the traffic down the wrong side of the highway. I'd bet I could capture 20 to 50 a day. It happens that often. Another place on Highway 11 people routinely drive down the wrong side of the highway to get from a U-turn to a side road. That intersection is maybe 100 yards from a police station. Trust me - who cares?

In the US, driving the wrong way gets you a jail sentence. That's how dangerous the US considers that kind of driving to be. Here in Thailand. 500THB. Now, any wonders why Thai roads are the most dangerous in the world.

Before we were told that the shot will stop Covid. 100%. But they don't. So now we're told, "Get them because they will keep you from getting sick." The 'experts' lost me after rolling out the world leader to convince the plebs that "The shot will 100% stop Covid." I don't see any reason to continue to get shots every 4 months on the off-chance that maybe you'll get less sick because 'experts' say so. I don't trust most of these 'experts' because most have conflicts of interests with the companies they supposedly regulate.