Hi Joel, <<guam has a lot of snakes>> Nothing a WAT or two cannot fix.
The true downside of Guam is more, namely the local cooking is constrained by ingredients (deep sea fish is yuck, and hamburgers are OK only for once per three weeks dependency) and food culture (zilch).
I am not advocating Zimbabwe, because …
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… however, Thailand shows tentative promise, because it (a) may have bottomed, is (b) religiously tolerant, (c) mostly neutral, (d) largely independent, (e) certainly in energy, has (f) nice weather, (g) a royal family, (h) great food culture, (i) very gentle folks, and does not have a (j) kidnap culture, (k) bully trait, (l) big computers.
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December 20th, 2000
<< On leadership, it remains to be seen whether Bush and the Congress can work together, and work right together. It seems a lot to ask of a bunch of lawyers and politicians, elected or not. It took Thailand but a few months to lose what was accumulated in 10 years. Returning the NASDAQ to 1990 cannot take more than a couple of years if true world leader Greenspan really tried.
On help, no one is big enough to help the US, as the US was able to help Mexico.>>
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September 7th, 2001
<< Thailand's competitive advantage is never going to be in manufacturing of semiconductors or multi-layer circuit boards.>>
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November 11th, 2001
<<(c) SEAsia resorts, with the exception of Thailand, appears to be 80% empty for the upcoming holiday seasons (Christmas, New Years, Chinese New Years) and regional airlines are cutting flight schedules and have put a good portion of their staff on reduced time for reduced pay, voluntary, of course.>>
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May 18th, 2002
<<Another way out is to change focus ... i.e. Thailand will become resort central and retirement city.>>
…and, here …
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December 22nd, 2001
… a full description of the adventures of a Trinidadian in Bangkok.
… and finally, a shameless touting, which you have already read …
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Chugs, Jay |
