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Do you flaunt your wealth in Thailand?
Yes. I hear you...loud and clear. I ain't returning home, neither. In fact: You Can't Go Home Again...... -
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Do you flaunt your wealth in Thailand?
For me it's my massive dong that draws unstoppable attention wherever I go. That's the only calling card I ever need. -
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UK State Pension
It should. of course, but in the probate case which I am pursuing (on behalf of the Thai widow), 9 months after his passing. his Gov pension was still being paid. His private pensions had been cancelled though ! I have since informed HMRC, but it makes me wonder if the pension would have been paid until they didn't receive the bi-annual "certificate of Life". Also. wonder how they would go about clawing back the overpayment if the account wasn't subject to probate ? -
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Amnesty International "It's a Genocide in Gaza"
To try to bring this thread back on topic, I'm posting figures on the number of deaths since 2008 due to the conflict in what's called "the occupied Palestinian territory." The figures come from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). not exactly a source friendly towards Israel. The figures don't include deaths in the Gaza Strip from the current conflict that began on Oct. 7, 2023, because OCHA says such figures haven't yet been verified. https://www.ochaopt.org/data/casualties Prior to the Oct. 7 attacks, the "occupied Palestine territory" had a total population of roughly 5.3 million, with 2.1 million on the Gaza Strip. The 7,093 fatalities from 2008 through 2024 cover both Palestinian combatants and non-combatants who died in the conflict. That's only 0.18% of the population, with males over 18 suffering 68% of the deaths. OCHA considers anyone under 18 to be a "boy" or "girl." Women and girls made up about 13% of those killed. That doesn't look like much of a genocide, even when you add in the 45,000 killed since Oct. 7, 2023. The expanded number would be 0.98%, or just under 1%. In the Holocaust, two-thirds of Europe's Jews (6 million out of 9 mllion) were murdered. In Cambodia under Pol Pot, at least 25% and may 33% of the country's population died. About half the Tutsi population of Rwanda died in the Rwandan Genocide. From Sudan to the Democratic Republic of Congo, many, many millions of Africans have died in various conflicts over the past 30 to 50 years. Often the goal of the African conflicts has been truly genocidal, the elimination of a rival tribe or ethnic group. Those are real genocides in terms of numbers killed and the intent to wipe out certain groups of people. What has happened in Gaza comes nowhere near a true genocide. A lot of Palestinian lives have been lost, but that is collateral damage from warfare in a high-density urban environment coupled with Hamas' use of civilians as human shields. Also according to the OCHA figures, Palestinian fatalities surged in the years the conflict with the IDF flared. Otherwise, the annual death count was far lower. In most years, the number of homicides in large U.S. cities were higher than deaths due to conflict in Gaza and the West Bank. For example, 108 Palestinians were killed in the conflict in 2016, while 778 people were victims of homicide in Chicago that year. Chicago has a population of 2.75 million. No one talks about genocide in Chicago or any other U.S. city. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/16/chicago-homicides-in-2024-5-people-slain-heres-how-that-compares-with-previous-years/ One final point: The population of the Gaza Strip will grow about 1.0% in 2024, according to the Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau. "Based on the data, the estimated growth rate in Gaza Strip for 2023 will decrease from about 2.7%, according to PCBS estimates for 2023, to only about 1% during 2024," the PCBS stated. Prior to 2023, Palestinian women had a significantly higher feretility rate than their Israeli counterparts. https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/portals/_pcbs/PressRelease/Press_En_WPD2024E.pdf It's difficult to claim genocide is taking place when the population is still growing, even if the growth rate has slowed significantly. In all previous genocides, the birth rate of the victimized population fell sharply. The notion that Palestinians have been subjected to genocide for many years is nonsense with no support in reality. -
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Is it noisy in your Condo now
My condo’s quieter than usual, as there’s a ban on non urgent maintenance during high season, so no drilling noise. There’s no obvious attempt to ban short term rentals in my building, not even any key card needed for entrance or lifts, but any short termers on my floor aren’t noisy. The place is far, far less noisy than my flat in Australia. Not as many young Russian ladies at the pool as last year, more’s the pity. -
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Do you flaunt your wealth in Thailand?
glad to hear that. the worst someone can say about you is you're annoying. -
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Do you flaunt your wealth in Thailand?
I aint going home. My bio-age is 10 years younger than my chronological age. And my 80th birthday party could be held comfortably in the back of a tuk tuk. May as well flaunt it. 'Don't want to leave it on the table. -
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Do you flaunt your wealth in Thailand?
When in Thailand, I don't need to "flaunt" my wealth. It is sufficient to present my immaculate muscular alabaster body to the locals, causing immediate admiration by everyone. That has nothing to do with the fact that my crutches are made of pure Gold.
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