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1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

nutritional food and vitamin supplements for mothers and their children, promotion of the learning of foreign languages and development of language skills among students.

They should a right not a gift. 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Meanwhile, in terms of compensation payments to victims, Suthipol Thaweechaikarn from the Office of Insurance Commission, says the regional office will assist victims and family members to claim compensation from the relevant insurance firms.

 

It’s understood two of the Thai nationals killed in the fire had life insurance policies with 200,000-baht premiums and medical expenses of 10,000 baht.

 

Ten of those injured had policies with 3 insurance companies, totalling 1,330,000 baht in accident compensation, 1,000,000 baht in life insurance, and 2,000 baht in daily compensation, according to the report.

ehhhh? Is that all they can think about?

59 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has thanked all related sectors for helping realize the government’s policy on tourism growth, which is essential for the country’s economic recovery.

I hardly think anything the Government did resulted in this forecast. Its just the ending (we hope) of covid.

I have amazon, banking etc etc in the States and theres no need for me to use a VPN to access and use them.

Only sites I have issues with are the streaming TV sites in general. Amazon, HBO and nearly everything from the UK. Amazon gives you an alternative (as in the individual package "Amazon Prime TV subscription").

Its the way of the world.

22 hours ago, simon43 said:

(about 150 GBP per year).

I was showing someone this the other week (from the NI website) and their quote was about 800 a year.

I read something interesting this morning (Guardian) in that even 6 years on, UK and Spain/EU have still not resolved the agreement for a post EU Gibraltar and the deadline is looming or its a hard brexit for Gibraltar. 

Did the UK vote for this ............. quote below from Gib authorities........

“This will be a different world where our interactions with Spain and with the EU will be more cumbersome, bureaucratic and time-consuming than anything we have known before.”

9 hours ago, it is what it is said:

this is not a thai problem as such, tourists/foreigners  get sick, have accidents, need medical assistance in every country in the world. i've visited 50+ countries and non has had a mandatory insurance requirement.

I am not disagreeing but Thailand makes it possible for foreigners to stay without insurance. Thailand should sort this out by making its visa system work equitably re insurance and stopping IO corrupt interaction with corrupt agents.

7 hours ago, RAZZELL said:

Apple Store or https://www.drmacbook.com/

 

RAZZ

Gets my vote as well. Location on Suk Soi 33 is also very easy for me.

On 12/29/2022 at 8:43 AM, Enzian said:

It does look like someone is following the new policy of not reporting the nationality of foreigners accused (and convicted?) of crimes.

We got a name though, its on the police board Mr. Zhao.

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

Go home to England with temps at -5 C, 10,000 baht monthly electricity bills, beer 200 baht a pint and apartment rents 40,000 a month. No women under 60. No thanks.

Temps -5 ... be real, how many days a year is this? 

10,000 baht electricity bill ..... my last one (nov) was 131 pounds, in June my bill was 34 pounds

beer 200 baht a pint,.... its just over 3 pounds in County Durham. .... At the supermarket you can get 10 big cans of spectled hen for 73 p a can.

rents ..... cant comment but defintely higher in UK

no women under 60 .... at my age it does not matter.

Never say Never

7 hours ago, London Lowf said:

Same here - nowadays I listen to the TV on headphones after 11pm as I have to have it cranked up so high on the speakers that it would annoy the neighbours.

Me too

On 12/27/2022 at 9:41 AM, Black Ops said:

No, their constant complaining and negativity

Its because they saw an absolutely beautiful Thailand 20, 30 and 40 years ago. Now they just stare, despondent, at never ending concrete and macdonalds. 

Everybody is different, I would choose Phuket every time over Patts. But thats me.

22 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Decide if you are tax resident in the UK, ie >183 days per year.

The SRT is a bit more complicated than that :+)

Its wording and explanatory notes have tied me up in knots for years.

I found it even more complicated as a retiree trying to figure out how many days I could get. I am still not sure :+)

Its a confusing question, are the HSBC questioning your tax status or questioning your residence status in the UK, as non-residents are not necessarily allowed to open/have a UK bank account. 

Seems strange they are questioning you based on HRMC, when its all part of the regulatory requirement of KYC (know your customer) which is the banks responsibility. 

HSBC are particularly strong on KYC as they have been fined billions for issues associated with "dodgy dealings with dodgy customers", thats why I left them ... the KYC process was exhaustive and intrusive I found. I found that UK internet based banks have very simple KYC (as in nearly none) compared to HSBC (which was about 8 pages long and required a telephone interview and many back and forths for me).

I am not so shocked by the incident (its a perverse incident, I get that) happening, whether one likes Patts or not, one cannot argue that its reputation and seedier side have to be an attraction for degenerates of many ilks and persuasions.

There are pervs everywhere of course, but one would guess there has to be a higher percentage of pervs per capita in Patts than many other places. Same for crims, fraudsters et al. 

You can avoid it but you cannot get away from it as its part of the town's DNA.

1 hour ago, Boomer6969 said:

Below 20 Million Baht a year one shouldn't read this s....... So how many of us?

Don't look at me, I partly fund my travel from savings using TESCO club points.

3 hours ago, Mickeymaus said:

You have to watch the video in the original article.

Holy cow, thats horrific, she did not stand a chance.

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Shouldn't they be from families? 

You've never been t Yorkshire?

Is he from the Yorkshire beer family?

1 hour ago, Boomer6969 said:

Dunno how you can say that. These are the fares I was used to before Covid, even somewhat lower. And that's a shame, governments should step in and heavily tax, the planet is burning. 

Same thing occurred to me immediately, internationals have already reduced their fares for 2023 travel vis a vis 2022. My return ticket to europe's return leg was significantly cheaper than my inbound leg (to Thailand) a few months ago.