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  1. How does a Jetstar or Qantas flight bring more economic value than a Chinese one?
  2. Thanks a lot! I'm aware that I need to apply for DTV outside Thailand. My non-O is expiring in a few months, and my passport is expiring too, so I'm leaving Thailand next month and will be 9 months away. Hopefully the e-visa won't show on the screen if I try to enter visa exempt in the future.
  3. I'm currently on Non-O retirement and plan to convert to DTV later this year as in the next 3-4 years I plan to be less than 6 months per year in Thailand. Does anyone know if DTV can be converted to Non-O retirement later? I know the tourist visa and visa exempt can be converted, but once I have the DTV visa stamped in my passport I don't think I can enter visa exempt until the DTV visa expires. Also would it be possible to renew Thai driving licence for 5 years with DTV? AFAIK with tourist visa only 2 year renewals are possible.
  4. Prices will go down...good thing! Why are we rejoicing when the price of electricity and petrol go down? Mindboggling why people insist to pay more for shelter.
  5. The Spaniards will buy. It is their country and they are not paying this tax.
  6. The Thais can only blame themselves. They built a reputation of a country where everything goes. Would the scum dare to do this in Singapore? Chain them at the entrance of Bangla road, and give them 100 lashes Singaporean way. Put it on Tiktok everyone to see.
  7. Good move by Sanchez. Flush out the parasites. Houses are for living, not for flipping.
  8. Cheap labour in East Asia....this was the case many years ago. These countries lead in the implementation of robots, China is deploying more than half of the robots in the world in recent years. The reasons for their success is very simple - they study and work harder, and the governments have policies to promote this.
  9. From the English speaking countries only the US still has some sort of functioning economy, albeit constantly deteriorating too. UK, Canada, Australia and NZ only depend on housing Ponzi schemes and importation of migrants mainly from India and the rest of the subcontinent. Close to 45% of the world manufacturing is now attributed to only 3 East Asian countries - China, Japan and South Korea, and possibly Vietnam joining too. They are increasingly churning out more and more sophisticated products and enjoying trade surpluses. You can't grow an economy sustainably with delivery drivers, bricklayers and lawyers.
  10. My gf did both in Bumrungrad hospital around a month ago. Around 37k with 10% voucher discount. The equipment and level of service was similar to the Sydney North Shore private hospital where I did mine 8 months ago. I had a look around and most of the big private hospitals were asking similar prices. Depending on your home country you may be able to do it cheaper there.
  11. Not likely, she looks like a molecular biologist.
  12. I know about them, they have only 1 cubic metre available, and is relatively pricey at 1100 baht per month. The minimum I need is 2 metres length.
  13. I was thinking about it, but I'm not sure how safe it is. I may not be around for months, it could be tempting for the people around to empty the room.
  14. Indeed Australia is at the opposite part of the world. I would expect a topic like this one to be started from someone from a NATO country. Population there may face conscription to defend Greenland under Article 5.
  15. Why would you withdraw cash over the counter? Unless it is many thousands use ATM. Some of the banks allow you to increase daily limits considerably.

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