[UK tells EU: back down by Sunday night or we'll walk]

7 hours ago, vinny41 said:

So the earlier reports of the UK caving in to EU demands were incorrect

It seems more and more that the E.U. will only accept their own conditions, and are prepared for a loose-loose situation.

 

[How much money do you need to live comfortably in Bangkok?]

4 minutes ago, tonray said:

No need...your post seems to confirm what I posted...not important enough to worry about

 

That's your personal perception, which of course you are entitled to express.

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

3 hours ago, nauseus said:

But I would bet that they want the fish, not the compensation. 

 

If nice compensation, no hard labor, some will sure hesitate.

 

But of course we both speculate.

[How much money do you need to live comfortably in Bangkok?]

1 minute ago, Solinvictus said:

renting a house is the way to go.

Not that easy to find a house in Bangkok.

Of course when one say Bangkok, it is very relative.

I stay in Sukhumvit 55 ( Thonglor ).

Nong Chok is Bangkok too.

Usually houses are " far" away from the real center, and thus transport needed. 

 

[How much money do you need to live comfortably in Bangkok?]

Sorry Tonray, I know my English is not that good. 

What confuse you? 

I will try to explain myself in a better way. 

[How much money do you need to live comfortably in Bangkok?]

19 hours ago, tonray said:

Rent depends a lot on size and location. 15K gets you a failry small place in most of Bangkok and a tiny closet in prime areas

Depends. 

I stay regularly in Thonglor. 

I used to pay 90000 Baht (Rent/35m2-Electricity-Water-Internet) for 3 months. 

I will pay now 57000 starting next month.

My place is situated Alley 8/Sukhumvit 55.

There is a Foodland next door (in Eight building). 

Prices in Foodland Thonglor are the same than in Foodland Pattaya. 

 

[Two cops sacked in sex/extortion/drugs case in Samut Prakan]

7 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

the noise was not loud and i did not do it in a provocative manner.

 

The problem is, the policeman considered it as loud, and in a provocative manner, and thus fined you. 

Policemen, wherever, are sworn in, thus their word has more value than yours. 

 

 

[UK tells EU: back down by Sunday night or we'll walk]

14 minutes ago, Tofer said:

 

Personally I would rather live with hope and cheer in my heart and mind, than the depressing fear, dread and negativity of a pessimist.

 

Shows how different we all are.

Still everyone reach its own happiness in the way he decided to go threw live.

No way is better, or worse.

Everything is relative.

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

17 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

The conclusion is that the EU does indeed protect some of its producers,

"Is the European Union a 'protectionist racket'?

It's an allegation that some supporters of Brexit have been making for some time."

 

That's the first lines of the article.

 

I will certainly reed the rest later on, but not now.

Time to give a rest to Thai Visa.

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

24 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

It is well known that the EU runs a protection racket to artificially keep prices high

Didn't know that.

Any links where I can get more info about the subject?

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

1 minute ago, vinny41 said:

That is correct,

So if no deal, great chance that the E.U. and the U.K. will do nothing about the products they import from each other.

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

4 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

They could apply crazy taxes...

So the E.U. can not really boycott U.K. products, the U.K. not really E.U. ones.

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

5 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

That's how wto trade rules work

you can't have rules for one country and different set of rules for another country

I guess EU could try and block all Fishing imports from all countries that the EU trades with on WTO terms

So if I understand correctly, when no deal, the E.U. and the U.K. can not decide what they want to import from one specific country.

But can they put different taxes on a same product but from a different country?

Fish from the U.K. 50% taxes, fish from Morocco 25 %. 

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

9 minutes ago, vinny41 said:

The EU has to accept UK fish into the EU

I don't get why ?

Is there an agreement/rule for that?

Can't they  simply not buy English fish anymore ?

Or instore crazy taxes on it, people won't buy, or a little ( similar to cheese & wine here in Thailand)

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

since the EU is unable to compromise on absolutely anything

 

I don't know the real reason.

 

Put I wrote here already my " Conspiration Theory " being :

 

The E.U. wasn't pleased at all when the U.K. left the Union.

They decided that further cooperation with the U.K. would only be at their specific conditions, and only prepared to compromise a itsy-bitsy.

If the U.K. would accept their conditions or a part of it, it would be a " sweet revenge " for the E.U..

They know that the U.K. could step away at any time.

(In the meantime , it is a fact that after years and years, they still haven't)

The E.U. know that no deal will certainly cause a lot of problems, they are however convinced that the U.K. would be confronted with a lot of problems too.

So a loose-loose seems acceptable for the E.U., hence a no real desire to compromise.

 

 

 

 

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

Just now, vogie said:

You should have bought some for Mr Barnier, he just loves cherry picking.????

Rather funny ????.

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

3 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

If it costs that much, then I dont love it anymore 

Correct.

I saw cherries at Tops ; 880 Baht/ Kg.

 

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

16 minutes ago, transam said:

Aaaaah, now you see how different those across the channel are then...Well done....

I just wrote the same.

Different people can even agree.

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

9 minutes ago, transam said:

And frogs legs are a delicacy where you come from...?  

We Brits just raced frogs when kids......????

Yes, so is " Anguilles au Vert ( Eels in Green Sauce )

Shows that we are so different.

 

 

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

43 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

 

  They are both luxuries for all of us in Thailand .

120 Baht for a jar of pickled onions  in Thailand .

Everything is relative.

Don't know how big the jar is, and what the current price is in the U.K.

But 120 Baht doesn't seem exorbitant.

And :

" Quand on aime, on ne compte pas " ( When you love, you don't count the cost ).

 

 

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

1 hour ago, transam said:

, have you no class.....????

 

Pickled onions, like bean on toast, is considered as a classy delicatessen by the Britons.

 

Only by the Britons.

 

[EU's Barnier says: just hours left for a Brexit trade deal]

2 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

UK firms may lose their payments , but its the French who wont get the food 

A sad lose-lose situation.

[What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2020)]

3 minutes ago, recom273 said:

Can anyone remember a series from a few years back, a group of people locked in a town, maybe some kind of experiment.

 

it wasn’t “under the dome”, but around the same time, “heroes” was starting around that time - it ran for a couple of seasons. 

Wayward Pines ?

[Scotland's Sturgeon calls for extension to Brexit transition period]

3 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

I also react when a soi dog defecates on the pavement outside my gates.

 

 

Fine, keeps you busy.

 

[Scotland's Sturgeon calls for extension to Brexit transition period]

4 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Like a broken record.

 

Do you just have a handful of tired old Remainer phrases that you copy and paste into every thread?

A broken record, yes.

But still a reaction guaranteed.