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I dont know if available, but I would check out the Maverick line of new pickups. Supposedly a scaled back version of the 150, and with a hybrid engine. I saw the 20K sticker price, and was intrigued. As an owner of a Maverick car back in the 70s (I think), id be interested in the point a to b attribute that had. My mem sucks, but I think it had a slant 6, and it was the most basic thing on the road back then from Ford... except maybe for the Pinto, which sold at fire sale prices ????
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20 hours ago, Denim said:
Mrs feeds the dogs chicken breasts because they are cheaper than tinned dog food.
yes, i am in nepal at the moment, and chicken here is 170b per kg, and that's still far cheaper than imported bags of kibbles. I also feed my cats local chicken pate, as thats cheaper than tins of cat junk food. And I have to feed this one a lot:
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Does it matter who killed JFK? Id say in 100 years or so, people will know well enough if it started in Ft. Detrick MD or Wuhan or wherever. So JFK is dead (allegedly) and so are 3,727,657 other folks who caught covid, and I really really don't give a damn where it started, as long as it does not happen again. However, if patient zero is important to real scientists, help them figure that out.
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3 hours ago, fusion58 said:
I have zero expectations as I already know very well that the U.S. Embassy wouldn't bother to urinate on me if I were on fire (see income affidavits.)
Im in Nepal, and here they will come out to pee if ur self-immolating at the gate, but u have to have ur credit card out for the 50dalla price of admission.
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In ur case, best way to use is to set up ur music likes, and just let it rip and pick from the feed like u do in youtube or spotify. Doing anything else would be fruitless, without a mac and the iMazing tool (which allows u to do lots of things, music library-wise). So, in short, its free for a reason.
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Well, I missed my yearly visit from where I live here in Nepal (close enough to walk), and I really miss the beach... so bad. But I would never come to stay locked up, even for a day. That's not the point. Amazing how tourism boards can't figure that out. And if I where a local, I would not want to see tourists walking around drunk and maskless near my home.
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18 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:
I'm not being alarmist
No, u sound rational. Im not sure why governments world-wide don't, unless they either want to kill us, or they just don't know what the f to do.
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I would say that if you changed two words in this article, it would apply to myself in Nepal. But one of those words is incorrect. You are not an "expat." You are an immigrant to the country, just like all the other Nepalese, Burmese, Whatever-ese that have come to work and live there. By proclaiming ur an expat, ur just invoking some kinda privilege that does not exist, except in ur own head (and perhaps in the heads of other grifters that want ur money). Please consider replacing the word expat with immigrant, so this article might make more sense. Thank you.
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All I know is that if Tland had offered something like this 20 years ago, I would have bit. Instead, I chose Nepal as a place to invest and retire. Been back and forth ever since, at least once a year. I'd still consider a condo near the beach, if the regulations and requirements were not bat-<deleted> crazy, for both visas and property ownership. Seems to me, the housing bubble in Thailand is about to collapse, with a boatload of nice beach properties just sitting empty ... make me an offer like this: residential visa for any condo or villa, anywhere, with proper bank financing, and Im there.
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1 hour ago, claffey said:
It should be (and probably is) illegal to sell something that doesn't exist!
More like common business practice for this century... Take GoFundMe and all the others as an example...
"None of this is real."
-- Anonymous
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So how's it going otherwise? I try and split my time between HH and Kathmandu, and got stuck on the other side when covid hit. All the folks I keep in touch with have left... as u noted. I'd like to expect everything is going to be ok, but not so sure anymore. Rhona sure has thrown a curve at my retirement plans, and I suspect she has hurt many more lives in my favorite beach town on the planet. Godbless
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Godspeed Colin. I know what it's like being stranded in Thailand with little help from any government. Thank u for your service.
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10 hours ago, mstevens said:And this is precisely the reason, rightly or wrongly, Thailand's borders will stay closed for some time to come. For those of us outside the country who would like to visit, it's going to be a long wait. For those of us whose life / house / family is in Thailand, returning from abroad is going to be a bureaucratic, expensive and painful process.
Yes, let's get real. Im an American immigrant (or expat, depending on ur style) living in Nepal. Nobody here wants tourists to start flowing in, not until the pandemic is somehow under control. As a transplant, I don't want anyone flowing in, from anywhere right now - especially India!
I've also been visiting Hua Hin and other beaches each and every year, sometimes for an entire summer. Not going this year is heart-wrenching, and not at all good for my mental health. But it is what it is...
Stay safe all
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I come here every year from Nepal on vacation, right about now for several weeks. I love Hua Hin. Reminds me so much of the Jersey shore where I'm from. We used to go to a place called Seaside Heights NJ, which looked a lot like HH Beach now, but no boardwalk. Very nostalgic place for me, and a great place for a family vacation. But sadly, we won't be coming this year. Hopefully next year...
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I've always wondered about this, as an American with an Irish Grandmother and Grandfather, but all I know about them is their last name, and decade they might have immigrated to America (in the early 1920's, maybe even 1918). That's all I know. What are my chances... anything above Nil? thx.
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Looks like my semi-annual life on Hua Hin beach has come to a stop. I'm stuck in Nepal now, but hope to get back to tland someday... best of luck all!
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3 hours ago, lkv said:
No chance, it will last two years with several peaks. Deaths will be recorded as pneumonia or based on whatever other existing conditions, in typical Thai fashion, until herd immunity happens.
Testing will be kept at a minimum and bars will open in 2 weeks.
Not just tland, but same for other neighbors that behave the same. I'm in Kathmandu now, and wondering how the heck this place will survive locked down like this... sooner or later the supply pipeline from, well, everywhere, will run dry but even before that happens, small shops, restaurants, and crucial businesses will all dry up. Everyone who depends on tourism income is now broke, and owners facing huge payments with no revenue go under. So, looking at that scenario vs. the one of just going back to "normal + more body bags" is the one that will have to win the day - people have to eat!
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3 hours ago, meechai said:
IMO you will see another impact on Expats/Non Thai's
And what would that be?
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On 1/30/2017 at 11:16 AM, The Dancer said:
Old story. There needs to be an update to this situation by someone who knows what that is :)
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It's really amazing how "small" the specs you actually need in an iMac (& running OSX) to do 3D work. I am using iMacs running Yosemite from this era: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-i5-2.9-27-inch-aluminum-late-2012-specs.html and they run Cinema 4D, VUE Xstream, and anything else that I need just fine. The only upgrade was to max out the ram @ 32 GB. That said, the 1TB hard drive that shipped with that model rots, and changing it with a reasonably priced SSD voids the Applecare warranty, so I am waiting a few more months... I have no experience with the fusion drive, but it's gotta be better. Still, not noticeable during render, but boot up time seems to take forever compared to a simple MBA with SSD. In fact, running C4D on that little MBA (13 in, mid 2013) actually works as well, albeit not as pretty on the dinkey screen, but I've had to do an edit on the road and it works. SO, long and short, that iMac 5K should be a screamer, so best of luck!
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Thanks guys! I really appreciate your responses.
You mentioned that the picture is important. What can I do to make mine more 'acceptable'. For example I have a beard. Should I get rid?
Short hair?
Body shot or close up face shot?
And anything else I should know.
Yeah, looks like I'll check out Ajarn as well!
Shave your beard, get a decent haircut, wear a suit and a neck tie. Being well dressed and mannered is already half way in.
Create some sets of resumes and visit schools in person in the area you'd like to live/stay.
You might consider to read "my private dancer" first....Best of luck.
Not to distract from the OP, but curious about Age. If you are a retired teacher over age 55 with great qualifications, but with wrinkles and gray hair, what are the chances?
thx.
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Cows in america are butchered more humanly (bolt to the back of the head). Just say'in.
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I see we are a cynical bunch here, but let's pull our fangs back for a moment. Rewarding students to "be good" in context of civil society is a great idea. Call it what you want, (badges, stamps, passport, report card) whatever the mechanism, it may be necessary. Educators try to provide incentives (at least they did in my day) for children to learn, even if it is (was) propaganda. The point being that as a society, we learn to be trained. As a retired teacher myself, in today's brave new world I see a complete lack of training to the light side of the force. But there is an overwhelming incentive to move to the dark side, as mentioned in this thread many times. Kids are bombarded with crap 24x7, and educators are at a loss, with no "Iron Dome" to deploy. So a good deed report card, why not? Why not note in a student's record the good that they have accomplished to date, just as vigorously as we note the transgressions? Any parent alive (that is mentally functional) knows this technique. "If you behave this way, good things will happen...if you behave that way, watch out." If a parent forgets a child's good behavior and focuses on the bad, all the child get's from that is a degeneration into the underworld. What mechanism that you use is irrelevant, as long as reverence is achieved. By this screed so far you can see I am a bit passionate on the topic... and that's because I grew up inside probably the greatest public school system ever devised by man to date (I am a 60's child) - but one that has now fallen to one of the worst, in just a few short decades. Sure we were brainwashed to think the Commies were set to blow the bejesus out of our country and lifestyle at any moment, and that your classroom desk was your protection during a duck and cover drill... but we were also taught there is a difference between right and wrong, regardless of the doublespeak used... we were trained to follow the "right" path... to follow the light. And as we learned that light comes in many shades of gray, we grew better goggles that filtered out the crap. God help the children of today, who are born and then left in the dark.
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Yes, which just degrades the "quality" of this website...
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Chinese tourists will return to Thailand in October - "great opportunity" say tourism chiefs
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i appreciate the news from China. Im next door in Nepal. Is the attitude u describe for vaccinated people as well? Have they no faith in their vaccine? From what I have seen here of it, they are right to be wary...it dunna work captain!