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Foreign men vandalise Phuket restaurant, shatter windows and flee
Were the restaurants not both owned by foreigners? -
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I Voted Today
Did see the Poll that Trump is doing well with males ... without an education. -
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Change from 800,000 in bank to using income and money in bank
Yes you do if you want a retirement visa and use that approach vs 800 k. Of you could be a teacher for 30k a month or a alcoholic bar manager for a few baht more. Which one best describes you? -
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JD Vance Faces Pivotal Moment in Vice Presidential Debate
Fact checking doesn't count anymore.....remember how he set the scene last week? .....he is entitled to make up anything he wants in a bid to get his version of the truth over to the electorate......so facts are just little bit hitty missy affairs.....nothing to get stressy over. -
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Foreign men vandalise Phuket restaurant, shatter windows and flee
Why would they use foreign thugs? Unless the restaurant is foreign backed and has a local dispute with someone? -
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Rising Baht Sparks Fears of Another 'Tom Yam Kung' Crisis
And the Yen circling the toilet down 40%... Might actually bring some production back home there, maybe. -
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Where did everyone go... Floral Condo
If you don't mind the horrible air quality, you can just as well live in Bangkok, without the boredom that Chiang Mai offers. I think it lost most of its appeal. -
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Proposal Needed for Legal Revisions to Foreign Land Leases
Because they don't want you... -
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Is street food good for you? Old rancid oil. Cheap oil. Food dripping with oil.
Oh dear, quite a rant. it is a poll. If a polling company loaded the question that way it would be laughed at. I didn’t give a serious answer because it was such a loaded question that seemed to go over your head. Is street food good for you? Old rancid oil. Cheap oil. Food dripping with oil. -
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Saved a Thai from being fined. Good or bad?
About helmets: Just saving them from dying today rather than next week! About speeding - not much respect for that! So while not especially bad, (as in wanting to be friendly) in my opinion, not good: slow down for a bit, then carry on speeding - absolutely fine! -
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Major Conservative Poll Cited by Media Secretly Worked With Trump Team
Wow.. now you are starting to sound like NBC and CBS. What harm is there in telling what the polls say before the public sees it. As long as there is no fouls play in changing the numbers. It is harmless. -
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Is street food good for you? Old rancid oil. Cheap oil. Food dripping with oil.
The GF bought deep-fried seafood that smelled rancid. I've told her countless times that if the food is dripping in oil or looks like an oil sponge, pass it. It was improperly cooked. The oil wasn't hot enough. Full stop. This happens with almost all the fried food she brings back. -
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Rising Baht Sparks Fears of Another 'Tom Yam Kung' Crisis
Again with this lie. These are "on the books" numbers, but the reality is that the majority of tourism spending isn't on the books. Anything from street vendors to tuk tuk drivers to hookers - these constitute a massive chunk of the economy that isn't "on the books" because nobody reports it. What tourists spend in hotels and reputable establishments isn't the majority of spending - nightlife and other unreported income is. In reality Thailand's GDP is probably more like 30% tourism, if not more. If you have any doubts - just look what happened during Covid when there was no tourism - millions unemployed back to their villages, richest province in the country (because tourism!) - Phuket - on it's knees, basically a ghost town. Manufacturing is nice, but there are cheaper options for that (Vietnam, even if we ignore China) so it's not the future of Thailand - nor should it be. Thailand should aspire for tourism and higher tech as a future, not manufacturing. Of course they won't, but that's another story.
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