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Intensifying Battle for 7-Eleven Reaches Thailand as CP Group Joins Bid
In reality the brand owner would readily support this because they get a % of the revenue and because it doesn't require further investment for equipment etc., in the stores. -
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Russia’s economy is doomed
In 2022, I thought a Putsch by the military was possible; an unecessary war with Ukraine was threatening to degrade their carefully cultivated empires just as the new professional military was emerging, with new kit genuinely comparable to the West. I thought the relative non-involvement of the Russian Air Force meant something; you would have thought the war would have been started by Russia first dominating Ukrainian airspace, removing the need for much conflict between ground forces. The airforce, even now, largely operates from Russian air space, preserving its capabilities. Compare that to 1990 and 2003, where the Western coalition utterly pulverised Iraqi ground assets from the air, resulting in a quickly concluded groundwar and routing of the enemy. I had thought that the emerging Generals of the 2020s, following decades of close observation and genuine working with their western counterparts would have left a mark. But these Generals didn't get promoted because they were good at teir jobs, but because they were loyal to the boss (a process happening in the US now). They genuinely don't care about their commands, their men. They don't care that instead of T14 Armatas, their tank crews are now using 70 year old hulls with scallding bolted to them. and that battle buses are literally that; UAZ-452 Loaf vans, with all the literal sophistication of a 1959 Ford Thames Van, are now the main mode of transport into conflict. When Wellington said his army were the Scum of the Earth (in response to a Fremch comment that French soldiers were all highly educated), it was said as a source of pride. When a Russian talks of their army, its with much fear (when they go back home). Putin has taken a hybrid-Gaddafi approach to holding power. He knows that the Russian Revolution started among the Russian military (the Imperial Russian Navy I believe), so he has created an internal network of rival militas, such as the National Guard, reporting to him, not the Defence Ministry, meaning that makes any of them too weak to overthrow him. But the Wagner Mutiny showed that internally, Russian forces were paper thin, with, ironically, only the air force under a central unified command. I wish the Russian would stand up like they did in 1991. -
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Intensifying Battle for 7-Eleven Reaches Thailand as CP Group Joins Bid
CP have to sell what's dictated in the franchise agreement, but they can add additional products if those products are within the business model. e.g. simple example they can add further fast toasted products, not on their current product list, but they can't sell cars. -
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Wake Up! - EVs Are Here, and Your Gas Guzzler is on Life Support
China has thousands of kilometres of high speed rail criss-crossing the country. Japan has just under 3000 km of the Shinkasen network. America has 80 kilometres, the Boston-Washington line. America needs more than investment, it needs committed leaders. -
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Wake Up! - EVs Are Here, and Your Gas Guzzler is on Life Support
Charge over night in your accommodation with a granny charger (which also comes with the car usually)... I'd use PlugShare and find an EV charger nearby... A quick look at PlugShare shows about 10 CCS2 chargers within 10kms.. (and plenty in Chiang Mai to stay topped up). I used the think the same whatifery... thats 'range anxiety' - I don't have it... It would be like going to a new area and qustioning if they have enough gas / petrol stations in the area... they all do now. BUT... all add a facet to the discussion, because there is a certain bias being hung on to... Do we worry about having a flat tyre when we go somewhere ??? (because my last series of cars have no spare - just a puncture kit - so back to this later)... Have you ever ran out of fuel ????... or did you 'solve that' through managing your 'range anxiety' and ensuring you had sufficient fuel.... Yep... IF it happens, the recovery to top up is much much simpler and a re-charge.... Or is it, can 'they' (someone whoever they are, tow a generator to recharge your car - I'm sure its been done !!! - perhaps part of the next gen recovery services ! where recovery vehicles carry 30kWh batteries to top up our cars)... all part of development. Gas guzzlers is also a loaded phrase and one used by the Pro-EV crowd to shine negative light on ICE's... The issue with these discussions is that the intelligent balance is often overshadowed by the bias and noise... so that the genuine and balanced first hand experiences are 'just somewhat boring' becasue they are 'normal' and that neither attracts the drama or the 'attention' that the extreme voices with the false and outrages claims attract... IMO (and this is just my own personal opinion) In reality - neither EV's or ICE's are far apart in what the the bring to our lives - the quliaty of live, added convenience or inconvenience has really not been noticed... we can dig down into a saving here, an inconvenience there, buts its negligible.... ..... they still ALL get you from A-B (ICE's are generally lot faster off the mark thats about it though)..... they can all easily be topped up with fuel wither electrical energy or gasoline... EV's have aspects that are more convenient, ICE's have other aspects that are more convenient - but in balance, both are as good as each other 'in my opinion'... I'd advice anyone to just get the car you like - don't worry if its an EV or an ICE - as the inpact on your live is extremely mininal... ... the Caveat to that is if you are driving more than 500kms on a daily basis and need to get 'toped up quickly before getting on the go again... but then the caveat to that is the 'saving' of cheaper electricity even at the public chargers to compare to fuel.... So... its still very much a personal choice and no one thing is really any better than the other IMO. ... And that, is truly the hones opinion of someone who's owned an EV for 4 months... IMO its better, but if I have a BMW M4, that would be better - so a lot of it is about the actual car too. -
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How safe is the retirement visa as a strategy to live in Thailand permanently?
Glad to read that. Of course 30-day visa exemption stamp (and even on newer 60-day visa exempt) is no longer easy. It was possible 9 years ago ( I did such without an agent) but not so anymore.
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