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Community Pattaya Restaurant Owner Defends Sexy Attire as Marketing Strategy Amid Hygiene Backlash
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Crime Ex-Asda Manager Imprisoned Over Drug Smuggling Plot from Thailand
It used to be about £10/gram sold singularly for green, so about £4500 based on that. I haven't smoked it myself for years though and have never asked the current price from any friends that still do. -
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Community BKK Pushes Forward with ‘Universal Design’ for Public Buildings to Promote Disability Access
Rawai is ok, tourist come and go, here it's more expats live here, in the evenings it's quiet and peaceful, -
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UK Mohammed Fahir Amaaz & Muhammad Amaad on Trial over Manchester Airport Clash
Not of this nature Assaults like this against the police are very rare- 1
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Please recommend some Pattaya condominium
I disagree that paying a mortgage is just like paying rent. As I said in my earlier post, by buying I was paying myself, not the landlord. Quite a difference, in my book. Had I never bought a condo, after 30 years of working I would have had very little saved, as most of my monthly income was going to rent, with very little left over. after all the bills were paid. I do realize that many people have large monthly incomes and have more financial flexibility than what I had at that time. If I had never sold the first condo I bought and, instead, continued to live in it, by my retirement it would have been paid off and I would have had an asset worth something, rather than a drawer full of worthless rent payments, had I rented my entire career and never bought. Someone will likely post that if one doesn't buy, one can invest in this or that, instead, and possibly earn more money. That certainly can work if you have a nice chunk of money to invest with in the first place, plus other money coming in to pay your monthly rent. And, of course, you do need the discipline to actually invest that money and not blow it on wine, women, and song. I didn't have that big chunk of money to invest with. Instead, and remembering this was many years ago, in the early 80s, I had about $1,200 of my monthly budget to keep a roof over my head--either one I owned or one the landlord owned. The only way to put that $1,200 to work as an investment, and still keep a roof over my head, was by using it for real estate. One can't shelter under a stock certificate. With the ownership tax breaks, the monthly housing payment was about the same at that time to buy or to rent, as rents were high there--and went up every year. Yes, it is possible to own in the US. My parents owned their house outright and when they died, it was inherited by us kids. I could go back today and pay cash for a property and not have a mortgage at all. I would own the property outright, too. As an owner, of course there are obligations, not unique to the US. The main one being property taxes. Where I lived there was also a yearly car tax. Neither negated ownership. In my experience, you don't need to be a genius or have great timing to have your property appreciate in the US. My 5 USA siblings all own their homes, and all are appreciating nicely, in five different states. The last condo I owned in the US I paid $170,000 for in 2009. Zillow tells me it's now worth $274,800. The only genius and timing involved with that would be to buy in the first place and just hold on to it. -
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Military Royal Thai Air Force Unveils Locally-Made Kamikaze Drone
This story isn't about the biggest manufacturer.
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