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Here's a woman who has yet to learn that even massive wealth doesn't make you happy. It does the opposite, though your life will be comfortable. If you marry her, she'll always be screaming and crying: "I need more money!"

I couldn't care less if a war breaks out. Both sides are behaving stupidly and like squabbling children. They won't go to war anyway because nobody would win, and the war would end after a few days of playground stupidity. I have 26 cats to look after, and Catdom is a haven of peace.

It sounds like Iranians want another 40+ years of tyranny. Perhaps people get so used to a bad economy and tyranny that they can't imagine anything better.

Pattaya isn't what it used to be. I wouldn't go out at night there. The bar girls are thieves, and the bars seem unsafe places to go to. If you upset a bar girl in a bar or have a disagreement with the staff, you'll be beaten up. This is the norm nowadays. Good luck, tourists! Indeed, I wonder what the hotel occupancy is like nowadays.

The solution is to make a will. Two, in fact. 1. If you live in a house, your wife should make a will stating that if she dies, the house will belong to one of your children (or a relative if you don't have any children) who agrees to let you live in the house until you die; otherwise, you will have to sell the house within a year after she dies and share the money with her relatives. I have done this mainly because my wife and I look after 26 cats. The cats and I will then be able to live here after she dies. 2. The second will should state what happens to your possessions if you die before your wife. It should also say what should happen to your money if she dies first and when you die afterwards. Make the wills in Thai and English. Have a lawyer stamp them.

1. The whole issue about what the PM said is so stupid. The politicians have sunk to a new low. The storm will pass. 2. Anusorn and Jatuporn are just trying to feather their own beds.

Good idea! I couldn't have used it last year anyway as my 5-year license had expired by a few months. I didn't realise. Fortunately, traffic stops only take place twice a year around here.

I assure you that dual pricing in both government and private hospitals is real. On Samui they have 4 levels of prices for Thais and foreigners.

It sounds like the old, "Tee Rak! My mother's buffalo is sick, and the vet's bill is 10,000 Baht. I don't know what to do ... Tee Rak." scam. She can simply not show up to work one day and go home. Either the mamasan or the bar girl is trying to scam the foreigner. I think that both are probably working together to do so, but certainly the love of his life is. When will foreigners learn not to trust bar girls? ... I guarantee that she will keep squeezing him for money after this matter has been solved. "My brother's motorbike needs to be repaired.", "My dad's hospital bill is (20,000) Baht.", and so on ad infinitum. How many "Tee Rak" foreigners does she have on a string like this at the moment, I wonder?

I understand Paetongtan's good intentions. However, the only way to deal with a dictator is through a position of strength. You can't be nice to them as they see this as a weakness to take advantage of.

The uselessness of the G7 and the United Nations, the wars, global disunity,moral and spiritual decline, and injustice indicate the unstoppable decline of the current world order. “Soon,” Baha’u’llah Himself has prophesied, “will the present-day order be rolled up, and a new one spread out in its stead.” And again: “By Myself! The day is approaching when We will have rolled up the world and all that is therein, and spread out a new Order in its stead.”

I think the Democrat-Marxist supporters here would feel very different about what Trump is doing if Thailand had experienced an equivalent Open Borders policy by the previous Thai Prime Minister for 4 years, and Thailand was now full of 11-20 million illegals, many of whom are terorists, rapists, murders, child molesters, etc., and going out was dangerous.

What an outstanding reply! That will have taken you a while to make. I can't believe that someone gave you a thumbs down.

If you are renting your accommodation, apologize to your landlord and say you'll have to move because of Immigration's requirements. This might make him change his mind. If he still won't help you and you can't talk to his wife (women are more sensible than men in financial matters generally), you will have to decide: shall I move accommodation or leave the country? The answer is obvious.

Thank you for this. I didn't think it would be so cheap.

This is my opinion of travel insurance companies. The part of their policies to worry about are the bits written in infinitesimally small print or in invisible ink. When you make a claim, they'll say: "Didn't you use an iron to read the invisible clauses that state that all claims are invalid? ... That's your fault!"

There might have been a legitimate reason for submitting the homework late, eg. family problems. Punish the teacher by deducting salary and by charging the hospital bills to him, if he can't be fired.

"The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day. Its face is turned towards waywardness and unbelief. Such shall be its plight, that to disclose it now would not be meet and seemly. Its perversity will long continue. And when the appointed hour is come, there shall suddenly appear that which shall cause the limbs of mankind to quake. Then, and only then, will the Divine Standard be unfurled, and the Nightingale of Paradise warble its melody." (Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 118) Something terrible is coming down the pipeline. I think we'll see what it is before 2030.

Which country will be building the railway system? ... China, no doubt. The home of "Tofu Dreg" construction. Which country's engineers built the building in Bangkok that collapsed? ... China. Good luck, travellers!

I have seen on the Thai News over the years I've been here how cheap it is to do that. Hitmen caught say they did it for as little as 5,000 Baht, though 10,000 to 20,000 Baht is more common.

I can understand why hungry people steal. I can understand why drug addicts steal. But I can't understand why wealthy people (who run criminal gangs) steal. To amass more money than they could spend in their lifetime, more cars, more houses, more jewellry, more gold, etc.? When they die and have their Life Review, they will see everything they did, and hear the thoughts and feel the feelings of sorrow, pain, anger, etc. of their victims. People who have a Near-Death Experience talk about the awful regret and sadness they feel when they have a Life Review, and this makes them change their behaviour when they return to their body.

Don't give up. You'll get a new passport in the end. Just keep trying. Eventually, you'll find someone in the HMPO who says: "We are being so stupid! Just give him a new passport!" If I was in your situation, I'd tell them how the UK was different during WW2 and I'd even say to the JobsWorth officials that I had tried seances with the midwife and your adopted parents, but they said that they are unable to give a written statement any longer. (I can't stand brainless civil servants. They might have an Oxford degree, but they lost their common sense years ago.)

To be quite honest, change your bank to Kasikorn or SCB before you leave. Those are modern banks. Krungthai and Krungsri are old-style banks. They probably even use manual typewriters still. I've used SCB for many years. Their online app is very good.

My wife and I have talked about the case. If I found it, I'd tell the Police for sure or else I might be accused of theft ... BUT I don't trust the Police. In this case, the Police are clearly, in my opinion, doing their best to prove that the money isn't the lawyer's. According to the Law, after one year, without any claim filed, the law allow you to claim it as your own provided you've fully complied with the initial procedures. (ChatGPT explains the law involved.)

I feel your frustration. If the above suggestions fail, then try a national newspaper. If that fails, sit outside the UK Parliament and tell the media about what your complaint is about.