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Why is there this kind of "impossible communication" between farang and thais ?
So this still happens, it was not long ago? -
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BBC Contributor in Gaza Sparks Outrage ‘We’ll burn Jews like Hitler did’
Hogwash. Why shouldn't I know?? -
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America has emerged....as an international laughingstock
It's not just that the tariff war is different in nature to Brexit, but the UK economy and the US economy are fantastically different beasts. If the UK put tariffs like the US in place, people would indeed laugh and walk away, nobody needs the UK market as much as they need the US market. This is what I meant. You see companies ACTUALLY need the US market, but they never needed the UK market as much. Whilst the current economic state of Britain would indicate that they needed the EU more than vice versa, of course the EU also needed the UK a lot, and is a lot poorer without the UK, so it's a fairly close run thing. It's not close at all with the US economy however, which is gigantic by comparison with the UK I have not doubt at all that global trade is already changing shape due to the US tariffs, a fundmeantal reordering is and will take place, due to US decisions. You do have a point that there is some pain involved for the US, some still to come, however, unlike the UK, the US can really benefit from this trade war, in ways the UK could never benefit from Brexit. China's market is huge, but its purchasing power is greatly underdeveloped, only 79th in the world, the US is around 89,000 and China around 13000 PPP. That's true of course, the world economy willl go on without the US, however, some companies will collapse if they cannot export to the US, already some Chinese factories are closing. -
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Ex-Thai PM Yingluck to face legal proceedings on return home
I suppose that these reasonably regular suggestions that Yingluck may return from exile does give meaning to the lives of the more frothy mouthed of the yellow underpants brigade! A reason to wake up and turn on their social media! -
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Are young farangs out of control?
Pattaya has more than just one beach. The huge Centara Resort, geared to families, is on Wongamat Beach--about as far from Walking Street as you can get. Ditto for the enormous Centre Point 3 Resort now under construction. Many of the large, new condo developments, such as Copacabana and three of the Riviera brand mega projects, are on Jomtien Beach. There's also Cosy Beach, and Dongtan Beach, with the Jomtien Park water park. Just as an aside, my Bangkok relatives have visited many times and they have never actually sat on any of the Pattaya beaches--although we have hired boats a number of times and gone snorkeling. -
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Report Abandoned Abroad: British Pensioner in Thailand Slams 'Immoral' Frozen Pensions Policy
Exactly my point - it doesn't, yet UK residents in these countries do not have their pensions frozen. Yes, 2 of my married friends had to go to a tribunal, but "charges" were dropped when the "chairperson" found out that the husband had "served his country" in the RAF!!!
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