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Fat Prophet

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  1. A gecko crawled into my washing machine and when I tried to turn it on, it shorted out the control panel (and fried the gecko). I called a repair man who showed me the dead gecko and the black area around it, and said that the control panel was shorted out. A new control panel is B7800. The washing machine works (worked) perfectly but it is more than 10 years old. It has had very little use. A brand new Washing Machine is B8500. It makes no sense to pay B7800 to repair a 10 year old washer when a brand new one can be purchased for B700 more with a new product warranty. Can the control panel be repaired/rebuilt? If yes, can anyone direct me to a shop that can do the repair/rebuild of the control panel (Electrolux brand)? Might a second-hand part be available? I hate to throw away a "perfectly good" washing machine except for a shorted out control panel. Thanks for any help/guidance that anyone can give. I live in the Jomtien area. FP
  2. The closing of BKK yesterday should diminish the hope of "reopening" Thailand to foreign tourists on the stated schedule. And it is absolutely incomprehensible that they would "reopen" Thailand to fully vaccinated foreign tourists when the government has not been able to provide vaccines to its own citizens in meaningful numbers -- they all should be arrested and charged with negligent homicide. Given this setback, I am expecting (hoping) that the Baht continues its slide towards 33 next week. Weekends tend to bring a slight adjustment against a movement in either direction. Anything above 34 is, I think not realistic, but where ever it is in October/November of 2021 is likely to be the best it is going to get, as the reckless expansion of the US money supply will have a strong negative effect on the value of the US $ against the Thai Baht (and all major currencies (unless their managers follow similar actions as the US government/Fed)). It is crap, but more, I think, than a "crap shoot".
  3. As I look around, I really am at a loss to see why the Baht has remained strong, although the last week as brought some weakness to the Baht against the US Dollar. The Thai governments approach to the Corona virus problem has been to shut everything, and that continues. There is no vaccine. They have ruined lives and destroyed businesses in unmeasurable quantities for questionable benefits. I expected a mass revolt long before this. But exchange rates and changes in them are based on relative economic changes, and the Thai government, as poor as their actions have been, has done about as well as the idiots running the US government and the Federal Reserve. Who will be the bigger/biggest fool remains to be seen. But anyone holding large quantities of US Dollars should, I think, be very worried at this moment. I am not a "gold bug" but moving into something with "real value" is/should be a high priority. If the US Dollar hits 33 Baht, I will be strongly encouraged to hold more (a lot more) Baht and a lot less Dollars. Let's hope .....
  4. Hi. Like my name says, I am fat and I am or aspire to be a prophet on all important events. Given the current situation it is becoming more difficult every day. Have a nice day.
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