Misterwhisper

Give them a break. They are too busy growing coriander.

Which is nothing short of a miracle.

- "So what are you guys doing when you are not valiantly defending the country against all those enemies that surround you?" - "Oh, we are growing coriander."

LOL that will be the day... and then you are stuck with them for 3 or 4 weeks and have to pay for EVERYTHING.

Luckily it wasn't a dispute about low durian or jackfruit prices, as that could well have resulted in fatalities...

What a confusing article. I now know exactly as much as before... very little. Allow me to recap: - O and O-A are 2 different visa classes - the holder of an O-A visa DOES need the stipulated insurance - the holder an O visa does NOT need the stipulated insurance "because that visa is extended within the country" - yet if the holder of an O visa leaves Thailand for a trip abroad, the stipulated insurance IS required upon returning to Thailand - in fact EVERY foreigner entering Thailand NEEDS that insurance (except WP holders who can prove they are enrolled in the government's flimsy healthcare scheme) So for all intents and purposes, an O visa holder is not one iota better off than an O-A visa holder... unless the O visa holder remains holed up in Thailand indefinitely and never travels abroad, neglecting family and friends in the "old country". So why make that distinction between O and O-A visas in the first place? There IS no difference as far as entering (or returning to) Thailand is concerned. They ALL need a $50,000 health insurance that includes treatment for Covid. And then to think that Thailand still holds on to your 800,000 baht deposit while you are abroad and then cannot return because you are either too old for any insurance company to accept you as a "Covid insurance client" or simply because you cannot afford the steep insurance premium.

Has nobody told those Swedes that Thermae is still closed????

I see. Despite all that "restructuring" still a bottomless barrel.

Waaaait a minute! I thought there was a certain announcement in the Royal Gazette just a couple of days ago. Ah, there it is...

Yeah, yeah, yeah... that is the one and only and sole reason!

Like weeds in the flower bed. You may get rid of them for some time, but rather sooner than later they always return. Always!

Right. It's those migrant laborers again. Not one single Thai person was involved. They cooked up the whole scheme. They systematically began collecting millions of used gloves. They somehow established facilities to wash and "restore" them. They warehoused the millions of "restored" gloves. They packed them, filled out export and customs documentation. They contracted logistics companies and arranged for shipping containers. They also handled the invoicing and established bank accounts to receive payment. Quite crafty people, those migrant laborers.

Upcoming news: "Russell Crowe arrested for illegally importing Thai fruit and krathom leaves into Australia"

You mean the one with the "gun port" in the back fastened by 2 buttons?

I think the magazine title in which this article appeared, CEO World, should give a hint. There is no denying that patients with the financial means and first-class health insurance can receive excellent medical treatment here and are courted like kings. But.... what about the vast majority of citizens, the so-called unwashed masses? I very much doubt they'd blow into the same horn as CEO World. Receiving a few paracetamols or dispensed-like-candies antibiotics in a village medical center, or cueing up for countless hours in overcrowded public hospitals just to get a simple x-ray or change of wound dressing is perhaps not exactly what these people would laud as "among the best in the world." Not that CEO World editors bothered to do any research into that, did they?

According to my own assessment based on these statements, 100% of the education minister needs to get back to school real quick.

Are you referring to the "Super Rigged Poll"?

Thank you for this "update", TAT. According to my sources, brutal fighting has already broken out at Heathrow and Manchester airports as millions of stampeding Brits, deprived of their "Amazing Thailand" experience for almost two years, are scrambling for plane seats.

Compared to the 2 British tourists that arrived in 2021 (not counting returning British expats that used the "Phuket Sandbox" gateway), the potential for improvement is gigantic.

That's what I thought. I am actually quite familiar with TAOT's new factory in Ayutthaya. It's huge and the manufacturing equipment is state-of-the art. There are several production lines. So to claim that a single belt malfunctioning is responsible for a nationwide shortage of cigarettes is a quite inept, unimaginative excuse. They are hoarding in anticipation of the upcoming excise tax increase, pure and simple.

You mean they are Thai'ing each other? Shocking!

Yep, "47 million is not expensive"... because you have to deduct the 20 million in commissions that various parties are going to pocket. That only leaves 27 million as actual repair costs. That's indeed dirt cheap as far as "heavily damaged water cannon trucks with sand in their engines" go, I suppose.

"Please consult your banker or tax advisor regarding side effects and risks."

Yep. I think the third trunk on the right side of the road gave it away to him. It's so distinct.

And to think that I recently received a letter from the revenue department informing me that they had discovered a calculation error in my income tax filing and that I had to pay an additional 78 baht within 10 days -- or else!