JohnAllan

'This development has spurred considerable concern, particularly among retirees who have enjoyed years of tax-free income.'

There's a CONSIDERABLE difference, between tax-free - and THAI-TAX-FREE!

So ... do the Thai authorities 'plan' to agree double-taxation agreements, with the requisite countries?

Or do they 'hope' - in TYPICAL Thai fashion - that the expats won't notice?

In Bangkok ... DEFINITELY!

In Chonburi, where we're now living ... I really don't KNOW!

If you've a mind to cook them, then you'll find what you want, in Villa Market.

Or you can buy and cook your OWN!

Big C/Lotus are possibilities.

Villa is a DEFINITE!

15 hours ago, Eano said:

Can I apply for a non O visa while visa free (first 30 days) or do I have to wait and pay for a 30 day extension before applying?

Unless things have changed, you need to leave the country, in order to obtain the non-O.

You can EXTEND in-country, one time.

6 hours ago, 2long said:

... I get the feeling there's another side to this story, and maybe the customers expected more than he deserved.

There most often IS another side!

Perhaps Thai would care to give ITS version!

On 4/26/2024 at 11:34 AM, shunter said:

Perhaps a wiser move would be to stop handing out assistance to those who are flocking to the shores of the cornucopia of endless benefits known as the UK, for which they've contributed nothing to nor in the greater majority of them will contribute nothing to whilst they lay in free leeching comfort in the UK. The state sponsored theft of pension payments to some 550,000 ex- pat pensioners  payment is indeed a disgusting and paltry act, penalizing those who have paid in full. Look after your own first please

The clue is in your use of the adjective 'wiser' ... it implies wisdom came into the equation, in the FIRST place!

Something that most certainly was NOT involved!

6 minutes ago, outsider said:

Utter BS by dumb authorities - again. What about returning Thais who travelled abroad? Not a day goes by without some brainless idiots trying to find something to target foreigners.

Oh, they aren't brainless.

They just need to remember to stand up, from time to time ... in order to let the air circulate.

'Locals, with their presumed stronger resistance to regional ailments, will be exempt.'

TiT!

Truly ruddy TiT!

37 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

 

It's literally in the first line of the article...

 

 

facepalm

It's actually in the third line.

But I think you missed the irony.

3 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Good luck to all the "I own a home here" folks. 

Foreign nationals CAN own shares ... they just can't own the majority in a company!

17 hours ago, tomgreen said:

So over time I have had 3 blood tests all at the same Thai hospital ( different doctors ) 

 

1. Blood test was on 12th December 2022       ( A ) 
2. Blood test was on 19th of September 2023  ( B ) 
3. Blood test was on 5th of March 2024           ( C ) 

 

The first blood test done on 12th December 2022 ( A ) showed that I had high numbers in several areas , so the hospital doctor prescribed 20 mg of Atorvastatin , once a day and made a new blood test appointment for the 19th of September 2023 ( B ) .

 

The second Blood test was done on the 19th of September 2023 ( B ) , and the results from that blood test showed that my previous high numbers had now come down , due to me taking 20 mg of Atorvastatin , once a day . On seeing the reduced numbers in that blood test the hospital doctor said to me that I could stop taking the Atorvastatin if I wanted to , so I made the decision to completely stop taking the Atorvastatin. The hospital doctor then made a new appointment for a blood test for 5th of March 2024 ( C ) 

 

The Third blood test was recently done on the 5th of March 2024 ( C ) and the test results showed that my numbers had gone way back up. On seeing those blood test results the doctor prescribed 40 mg of Atorvastatin , once a day . And a new blood test appointment was made for the coming 28th of May 2024 .

 

The blood test results are shown as screen shots – A / B / C .

 

So it seems that I may have made a mistake by accepting the hospital doctors choice to stop taking the Atorvastatin on the 19th of September 2023 ( B ) when in reality I should have just continued to take the 20 mg of Atorvastatin on a daily basis . 

 

During all the previous times I was taking the 20 mg of Atorvastatin I did not alter my diet or life style, but the doctor who looked at my recent blood test results on the 5th of March 2024 ( C )  did say that I should look at altering my diet .I’m 74 years old , Five feet Seven inches tall , my weight is 79.1 Kg , my blood pressure is 117 / 71 / 65 , a non smoker / non alcohol drinker . I am not really physically active . ( Lazy ) 

 

So looking back at my past blood test results , there could now be a possibility that I may have to take the prescribed drug Atorvastatin for the rest of my life . 

 

I’m now wondering if any one here has had a blood test done and the results showed a high level of LDL cholesterol , and if so did you rely on drugs to lower the high  LDL cholesterol number or a combination of diet + drugs .

 

Any advice , suggestions or recommendations very welcome. 

 

 

Thanks - Tom 

                  ________________

I have high cholesterol; and I'm not overweight. Plus I exercise, fairly regularly.

                                                              I'm older than you - and a few inches taller - and I started out on statins, but am now on Norvasc.                                                                                 It's just a part of my daily routine, and I really don't notice it.                                                                                   Diet-wise, I eat what I want, in general ... though I don't overdo the fatty stuff; and I don't eat the fat on the likes of meat. 

17 hours ago, tomgreen said:

 

 

 

'Right now, in every area in Phuket, the police are taking offences committed by tourists seriously. We want the people of Phuket to trust us.”'

The RTP MIGHT care to remember that it wasn't FORMED to address offences committed by foreign visitors!

So ... it needs to deal EQUALLY promptly with those committed by Thai nationals!

Which STATISTICALLY, are going to outnumber those committed by foreign visitors!

On 2/28/2024 at 11:15 AM, georgegeorgia said:

I have been on this Amlodipine blood pressure meds for about 10 days 

 

Lately I have been feeling fatigued,tiredness lethargic etc 

 

I'm thinking it's this 

My BP before Amlodipine was 140/87 

The dr said that's too high go on the Amlodipine 

 

I went to the doctor told him I missed the gym the last 7 days 

 

He suggested a blood test ,will know the results later ,he had no answer

Wouldn't blame it on Amlodipine 

But I'm sleeping better just I have no energy 

I'm pretty sure I was on Amlodipine.

I don't recall having an issue with it.

But I'm now on Norvasc.

On 2/28/2024 at 8:43 AM, rexpotter said:

Please help

 does anyone know of any eyeglass shop around northern Pattaya area or Bang Lamung, Hospital or whatever, have wasted an enormous amount of time gong from one place to the other.

 

'Do you speak English? A little Bit..Clueless.

 

please help

Try an international hospital ... I'm pretty sure there's a Bangkok Hospital, in Chonburi.

Alternatively, a major shopping mall will quite likely have an optician/opthalmologist, with a sufficient grasp of English to help you.

4 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Only by court order!

That is the present law!

 

Please remember you are  getting stuck up with a draft bill, last discussed in December 1923 which in it's present form has no chance of getting thru the House of lords and has little or no chance of getting thru all it's stages before the General Election!

As I have said before "cool down" it ain't going to happen this year!

Well, if they last discussed it 100+ years ago ... it isn't going anywhere, in the coming decades.

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Does this not suggest that she died?

Beat me to IT!

Just now, JohnAllan said:

I would normally use Samitivej - perfectly good - but, on this occasion, Chulalongkorn was more convenient.

 

A rectal tumour - checked, shrunk, and surgically removed; and no subsequent issues, to date.

On 2/2/2024 at 7:14 AM, Roo Island said:

Yup. Sitting in the sun while young is catching up to me. I was told a few years ago to be careful but one spot is starting to bother me now. Need it looked at.

 

I normally go to Samitivej on soi 49. But wondering if there is a better place to go. This could be serious.

 

Thanks in advance!

I would normally use Samitivej - perfectly good - but, on this occasion, Chulalongkorn was more convenient.

A rectal tumour - checked, shrunk, and surgically removed; and no follow-up issues, to date.

On 2/2/2024 at 7:14 AM, Roo Island said:

Yup. Sitting in the sun while young is catching up to me. I was told a few years ago to be careful but one spot is starting to bother me now. Need it looked at.

 

I normally go to Samitivej on soi 49. But wondering if there is a better place to go. This could be serious.

 

Thanks in advance!

I've generally used Samitivej.

But I had a tumour removed in Chulalongkorn. 

Excellent nursing. And the doctors DO know what they're about.

23 minutes ago, Showtime said:

Talking about wimps.  You can't make this stuff up.  What is the airline thinking?

The clue is in that word 'thinking'.

He couldn't work out where the LIFT was!?