NativeBob

yes, those minerals are main collateral of Ze 30 years bonds. without those neither BlackRock nor any other will give a single rusted satang. it is all about money, huge piles of money. I could only afford some #RTX shares and consider selling it early-mid Nov'24.

it is more than easy. But it will terminate massive cash flow to some and they won't like it. Lindsey, Nancy and many others - there will be "the battles of titans" that we haven't witness before.

My former partner lives there (moved from SG to AU than to TZ). She said many foreigners bought property over there. Including Thor himself. And yes, you can see more arabians in Madrid than spaniards.

Good question. yet Bangkok is better than Madrid and Hobart is better than Bangkok. To supply long-range missiles is not an issue. The only problem is who is going to give money against UA bonds as they almost defaulted on interest payments. BlackRock seems loosing excitement over those papers.

Obviously. Very old friend sold his patio in Spain and bought quite ugly house in Tasmania, following others. Prices are going crazy there.

What red lines? There are dead people in suburb of Moscow, last week drones flew from Norway and/or Finnish land toward Murmansk. Zelenski openly laughing on those "red-line threats"

it was quite convenient back than.

ironic, isn't? IDF blowing whatever they call it but feedback kills civilians. elite forces? Oh please, stop these camp-fire tales. Been there, saw those. There's more "Elite" in Thai Elite club than ....

the only side effect is when you come home and your "tilak" asks for some intimacy. [turn on your imagination now!]. This why you have to turn off lights (or shut your eyes) and feed yourself with death-threatening blue pill. Got a picture?

Oopsie! They are doing fancy NAVI joint exercises with 1000++ vessels, subs and planes from Far East - Arctic - Black Sea and all around. Yet, Raytheon is doing remarkably fine. I'd say "super fine". Why? from $80 to almost $120!

had 200 ltrs salt water fish tank and water treatment is the cornerstone indeed.

Easy! They all are wearing khaki T-shirts with dual-headed chicken on back and Tzar Vlad on front They always drunk They suddenly start to dance Kalinka They speak like backward tape player Their women are often stunning Their faces often purple due to weather difference, not be cause of Viagra Sometimes they drag parachute behind. Was it difficult?

it is "Iglesia Ni Cristo" something like Asian Opus Dei. Hard core Catholicism, my son's nanny was one of those. CIA is about money, huge sums from the US gov. to establish "democracy and freedom" >>> in fact ugly puppets to loot their own countries. Sometimes they show miracles like Twin Towers & kerosene kaboom and similar. Who are they? I guess heartless and greedy bureaucrats.

What is the best police job in TH? (avoid any corruption assumptions, please) .....drum roll..... It is cyber police - you have to stay in cozy AC office drink tea/coffee and watch pron free over very good Internet connection. Even the banned and blocked one - with donkeys and crocodiles.

So true, Interpol was established for chasing African warlords and Sandinistas. same-same ICC.

Although we stay in Bangkok, Bang Saen is/was the perfect place for weekend. easy to get, nice beaches and quite. Love it!

International Schools here are the worst mockery of education. Yesterday visited Berkeley at Bang-Na to meet old friend: "wannabee asylum on steroids" Nope, it is the father, not other person. Free healthcare? Never needed. If one can obtain Thai Citizenship that would good for sure, but seriously don't sweat. Good, you paid money for membership, I just deposited it. Your choice of convenience.

yes, Immigration police doesn't give a flying banana to colorful notes on Interpol board/site. It is not fun after all. may-sanook.

All the best and very good luck!

Nothing to do with potatoes, dear @IsaanExpat. ^^^^ this is not "a story about Potato Salad". nope. I just brought an example of "how a simple meal might be difficult" to arrange here. About the same time thai family (and a company) got a visitors who brought them a very luxury gift : a pound of black caviar. So they pass it to a maid to "cook" and so she did it She [maid] fried caviar with chili, soy sauce and cashew nuts on the woke. And brought it to the main table to serve as ..... disgusting black goo ... Flashback another

25-27 years ago at the right turn to Naklua [Pattaya] was a german diner. Those time Pattaya belonged to germans. literally in that diner there was "eine kartoffelsalat mit mayo und brühe" ["potato salad with mayo and broth" yet he skipped broth] I still remember the taste. Just like in Berlin when The Wall fell sorry, so what was the secret of "uber-tasten"? The german dude Ludwig (I reckon) cooked it himself. He knew the taste since ever. Guess what happened when his GF hired a thai chef to do it? here is the recipe of that salad all ingredients are available here (mostly) and it is a "no-brainer". How was it possible to screw it? But khun Somnuk did that with flying colors!

staff is the biggest headache in any industry in TH. about diner - impossible to find chef that has solid knowledge on farang cuisine. almost any "foreign food" joint tastes like <deleted> - even Italian. flipping burgers is a noble idea, it was a long time since I had real one chopped and grilled. cheese you can order at the French embassy, buns - DYI not a rocket science, greens - grow on your backyard. Pickles - marinate 'em yourself as well. Doable indeed!

Some dumb bimbo was watching her not-so-smartphone and blocked people to enter the train. So thai woman behind was hit by those doors on leg and skinny but. My guess Jim Morrison won't approve this stunt.

Nope. In TH they work like guillotines. Yesterday I saw one exact case at Bearing skytrain station. Crushing

Indeed! The rules of the land are something all visitors should to obey. But ... "them" have to enforce those, otherwise it is "don't smoke in the toilet" <<< nobody cares. One very nice Irish fellow who's making gazzilions of money by "helping" young thai ladies in their webcam business told me - "I'm too lazy to do those visa things". He pays local BiB some monthly fee and if question arises he simply pass the phone. I think if you don't have connections and spare money to spend - don't do long overstay, IDC is not as pleasant as it might seem.