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Do you know your wife/girlfriends body count?
I had one raucous lady tell me she's had more semen in her than a submarine. That's something I didn't expect to hear even from a seasoned BG -
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Miserable Expats Who Can’t Stop Complaining About Thailand but Never Leave
Sorry, he's right. Your post is an amalgam of platitudes and pushes open doors. Moreover, there are no statistical or sociological references... -
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Economy Trump's Tariff Troubles: Thai Academic Sounds Alarm on Key Issues
How many of them are zero dollar factories? Which is a misnomer. It does cost something to set up a factory to put stuff in boxes. I'm a trade show junkie so I attend a lot of the shows at BITEC and I'm familiar with a lot of Thai businesses. I'm not denying their capabilities. But I'm also aware of a lot of trans shipping entities. -
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Safari bar still closed
One of my regular 'warm up' bars before I really got going. Aah the 90s were especially good. -
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Crime Delivery Rider Accused of Blackmail and Assault by Multiple Women in Pattaya
Off topic troll post removed @jaywalker-2. This the news section. -
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Economy Trump's Tariff Troubles: Thai Academic Sounds Alarm on Key Issues
You’re right to point out that trade deficits, in and of themselves, aren’t necessarily harmful — especially when viewed through the lens of individual transactions, like shopping at a supermarket. You exchange money for goods, and both sides benefit. That’s how trade is supposed to work. However, Donald Trump’s focus on trade deficits reflects a different, more strategic or macroeconomic concern — not just a simple misunderstanding of economics. From Trump’s perspective (and that of some economic nationalists), persistent and large trade deficits can indicate structural problems in an economy: over-reliance on imports, underdeveloped domestic manufacturing, or even exploitative trade practices by other countries (like currency manipulation, state subsidies, or unfair barriers to U.S. exports). In that context, the deficit isn’t the root problem — it’s a symptom. His critics are right to say that reducing trade deficits shouldn’t be a goal in itself, but Trump uses the deficit as a shorthand for broader issues, like job loss in certain sectors or the decline of American manufacturing. The problem is that his rhetoric often simplifies complex global trade dynamics into a win-lose framework — which can be misleading. So, while the supermarket analogy works well on a micro level, Trump’s focus is more about national competitiveness and long-term economic resilience — albeit often communicated in a blunt, populist way that can distort the underlying economics.
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