Listen, for a moment, to the Chinese Premier:
"Citing the hoped-for benefits of his administration's policies, Wen quoted a modern Chinese poet: "If you ask me what happiness means, I tell you to ask … a river that's no longer frozen."
the day of the Chaldeans and Babylonians. It is as phony as numerology,
phrenology, palmistry, alchemy, the reading of tea leaves, and the practice
of divination by the entrails of a goat. No serious person will buy the
notion that our lives are influenced individually by the movement of
distant planets. This is the sawdust blarney of the carnival midway.
-- James J. Kilpatrick, Universal Press Syndicate

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And you can see it too, by the rising of the gas prices. It takes more US $$$$ to buy anything with every passing day. 6 May, 15000 Thai bhat costs $418. Then 3 days later, $424. 10 days later, $430. And it's been like that, though not as fast, for months.
I look forward to conversing with you next month, Mike. Me from Thailand, you from Australia. And knowing others the world 'round peek in from time to time. Stay safe, my friend!