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Virtually any argument that is used to support the call to make cannabis illegal, can also be used to support a call to make alcohol illegal and cigarettes illegal. And almost all use the argument that cannabis is "addictive." It is not physically addictive. Heroin is physically addictive, cocaine is physically addictive, alcohol when abused can be physically addictive, nicotine is highly addictive physically. Cannabis in not physically addictive. I can take virtually every "Cannabis Use Disorder" and pair it to "Alcohol Use Disorder." Do you hear anyone calling for a legal ban on booze? Nope. Neither do I. My guess is that those who are banging away to get cannabis made illegal again are probably doing so with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other. Hypocritical beyond words.

New Tax implementation on income from abroad, where would you relocate? I'm not going anywhere - and - the US and Thailand have a tax treaty. They are not going to tax income from US expats. They may make you go though the hassle of filling out more bureaucratic paperwork. If that's enough to make you leave, then how do you handle the 90 day, TM30, and annual extension paperwork without throwing your hands in the air and booking a flight to Mexico or Ecuador?

Although I don't use it, Lazada does have an Android app.

Same here. I never get an OTP via email. However, I shut off the VPN and I can log in. So for me it has always been a VPN issue. It's going to cost them business in the long run. They could set a persistant cookie that identifies you as having logged-in in the past, but they doen't seem to use the technology that is available to them. Log in, close the browser, open the browser, and you have to log-in again. However - Shopee does set a persistent cookie. Log-in, close the browser, open the browser, you're still logged-in. As I said, Shopee is now getting my business.

If you are using a VPN - turn it off. The only time I have issues with Lazada logins is when my VPN is on. Another option? Ditch Lazada and go to Shopee. I never have login issues with Shopee and because of that I'm finding that more and more of my online shopping is done on Shopee.

bob states he has issues with drinking. bob attempts to quit. About 4 days later, bob goes into the nihilistic meltdown These are signs of alcohol use disorder. I'm not going to call bob an alcoholic. Only bob, once he is brutally honest with himself, can make that determination. But? Judging by his previous post over time: In the past year, have you: * Had times when you ended up drinking more, or longer, than you intended? * More than once wanted to cut down or stop drinking, or tried to, but couldn’t? * Spent a lot of time drinking, being sick from drinking, or getting over other aftereffects? * Wanted a drink so badly you couldn’t think of anything else? * Found that drinking—or being sick from drinking—often interfered with taking care of your home or family? Or caused job troubles? Or school problems? * Continued to drink even though it was causing trouble with your family or friends? * Given up or cut back on activities you found important, interesting, or pleasurable so you could drink? * More than once gotten into situations while or after drinking that increased your chances of getting hurt (such as driving, swimming, using machinery, walking in a dangerous area, or unsafe sexual behavior)? * Continued to drink even though it was making you feel depressed or anxious or adding to another health problem? Or after having had an alcohol-related memory blackout? *Had to drink much more than you once did to get the effect you want? Or found that your usual number of drinks had much less effect than before? *Found that when the effects of alcohol were wearing off, you had withdrawal symptoms, such as trouble sleeping, shakiness, restlessness, nausea, sweating, a racing heart, dysphoria (feeling uneasy or unhappy), malaise (general sense of being unwell), feeling low, or a seizure? Or sensed things that were not there? -- Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism So, I assume when bob is about a six pack in, he likes to lecture AN members about how much wealthier, financially secure, and self-actualized he is then the average AN plod, which I assume means that wealth = happiness. And yet here is bob, after and unsuccessful attempt at not drinking, floundering about in a nihilistic breakdown where life has no meaning ("dysphoria (feeling uneasy or unhappy), malaise (general sense of being unwell), feeling low") <----- Seems you're right here bob. And as many of us have pointed out in the past, money can't buy happiness. Nor is happiness found in a bottle. Happiness is found only after you are brutally honest with yourself about your situation in life - and then you gain acceptance. You start to find happiness in family, friends, in hobbies, in connecting with your "high-power" or higher-self. You find happiness in giving and sharing, and in being generous and selfless. In being kind. I hope bob faces his drinking issues. I'd prefer not to hear at a later date that after dwelling on the utter meaningless of life, bob decides to 'check out' of Thailand, and not on a commercial flight. bob - get into a program and stop drinking. Then after a few months, reassess the meaning of life. In sobriety. Best of luck mate. This is my last comment on this matter.

The BKK governor should check into the hospital to have his declining memory checked. Every year this time there are storms which bring "tree collapses, power outages, and flooding." They are nothing new under the sun (or rain-pregnant clouds). But the new narrative to to attempt to make the average yokels fear - everything. Weather included. "Unexpected!" Only if you are living in an ivory tower in some celestial paradise. Just more daft tosh.

That's because anyone in the right mind uses condoms.

Back to the bottle bob? You're screaming for help. Here's your life-line: https://www.aathailand.org/all-meetings?language=en

Maybe they should buy Srettha a VIP plane for government travels?

FYI, This 'experts' are using the selling rate. The selling rate affects virtually none of us. It's the buying rate that we're interested in as we sell USD to the Thai banks with foreign currency transfers. BKK Bank as of today for buying / selling $50 - $100 Buying: 35.52 Selling: 36.25 Yeah, we got a nice bump since the beginning of the year. It may trend higher, it may not. Every central bank on the planet is now addicted to debt, so the global financial markets will probably be interesting over the next few years. Beat the heck out of the Buying price of 29.34 back in late 2020.

Good!

Start having shortness or breath and chest pain and perhaps they'll put you in the room next to Tony. Unless Tony has the entire floor to himself that is.

Of course. 1 minute after being "released" Tony will be a shining example of a healthy, fit senior (A Miracle some will say) and will get right down to the business of leading the party through Srettha. So, an October release date or December? My bets are on October.

Bob. Friendly and serious advice - Hook up with AA Thailand. https://www.aathailand.org/all-meetings?language=en And you'll find more support in the AN "I Drink Too Much Forum." There are other venues where your story will be welcomed and you'll find the support that you obviously need. If you believe you are going to address sobriety while maintaining connections with your drinking buddies, you are sorely mistaken. Get help. Really. https://aseannow.com/forum/98-i-drink-too-much-forum/

Every day I here from the room where my wife if watching TV. "KWAI." "*%&(^%)&%&$" "F***" (yeah she does use that US Navy expletive). ???? Who is she yelling at. <laughs> Srettha. This will be a solid Move Forward Party family come the next election.

Well, restructure your system of tariffs, your immigration, and level the playing field.

Well, yeah. That's how my last home was disposed of as well as all my assets. "I Want Half." <cheating b****>

And if you believe that your perceived "wealth" somehow makes you better than your peers here at Asean Now. Go soak your head. You don't know what other member's financial state is. You simply guess by appearance. Appearances are deceiving mate. And yet there are those members who spend their days trying to show the rest of us what superior a******s they are. Trust me. We already know.

Why is anyone in the "<deleted>e !" whatever that means. You assume that if anyone leaves Thailand they will HAVE to return to their home-county. That's a rather daft assumption. Perhaps that is correct for you, but for many of us, if circumstances dictated that we had to leave Thailand, we would chose to land in another country other than where we were born. Other than family, there really is nothing in what has become an economic and social disaster of a "home-county" to return to. I wish I had bought a bunch of crackerboxes for under $10K apiece in Seattle in the 1970s. I'd be a multi-millionaire ten times over. But if you put wishes in one hand and ???? in the other guess which fill up first? Grow up. There are no givens carved in stone regarding anyone's future. This temporal existence is the essence of change. You throw the dice and you take your chances. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes you walk away with what was in your pocket when you arrived. Life is fickle. Accept that and stop worrying about the future, live for the day, one day at a time, and enjoy life. If you worry so much about 'what might happen in the future' <Egad!> ???? you'll create your own Hell right here and now. Fyi. Culture your family connections. You can sell everything, cut ties to all physical assets (other than financial assets), but - stay close to your family.

You can see where this is going and who is supporting it. C***bis. You have to be f*****g kidding me? ???? So the MSM is going to make the word 'cannabis' into some sort of expletive that can't be uttered in 'polite company' nor in public? Utter tosh.

You have 7 days after the due date. When you reach that date and have not received approval, you'll need to schedule an in-person submission of your 90 day on the last day.

Ask bob smith.

This is just one huge sad story.

Other than Kimchee I'm not fond of Korean food at all. One of my least favorite places to eat on this globe.