TigerandDog

there were 2 quakes in Myanmar in 2023. 31/05/23 in Mohnyin 5.9 & on 07/06/23 at Ayeyarnwady 4.8. I received text alerts on my Samsung phone for both of these quakes whilst our house in the NW of CM Province was shaking from the tremors.

With all previous tremors I've received an SMS alert (no app required) on my Samsung phone while the shaking was still happening. Not this time.

Once again for the aussies in this forum "Some online tax accountants are advising the Australian/Thailand DTA does not protect an Australian account based superannuation pension from taxation when the payments are brought into Thailand, however the aged pension is exempt from Thailand tax." I have had this confirmed by my District Revenue Office, CM Revenue Office and CM have sought confirmation from BKK and the response was that as the aussie aged pension is actually a social security payment it is NOT assessable income under Thai Tax law.

why would you want to travel to the US with all the crap going on at the moment with ICE. legit visas being cancelled in the Immigration systems and people trying to enter the USA LEGALLY being arrested, placed in a detention center for up to 14 days AND put in chains before being deported. At the very least wait until the convicted orange felon is no longer dictator/emperor of the US.

they may not know who started the fires, so prosecute the owners of the land the fires are on. If it's govt land, prosecute the govt dept. The land owners will know who's starting the fires, so they can dob them in for a reduced penalty.

only a deluded, brainwashed MAGA moron would make such a comment.

we were for the Korean war but we were the right age for Vietnam.

Bob, are you running out of imaginary stories to post. This one is almost identical to a previous post you've made under the same title.

Bob is the one wearing the red cap, and Peter is tucked under his arm.

IMHO I believe there's an ongoing competition between the OP, Bob & Glamma to see who can post the most brain numbing, idiotic topics on ASEAN NOW. Time for the mods to put an end to their never ending stupidity.

My question is, as the 4 arrested are not minors, and they're obviously guilty, why are their faces not being shown.?

it was a PADI course and part of the course rules were that you had to be able to swim 100 metres. At Koh Tao that was done by swimming out from the shore 50 metres and then back 50 metres. It could be freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, even dog paddle, as long as it could be done non stop, and it was not an extra rule, the same rule of being able to swim 100 metres also applied at the PADI dive schools in Sydney too. It may not be a rule now based on your comment, but back then it was definitely the case. I wasn't a strong freestyle swimmer, so I did it breastroke, they even gave me the option of being able to wear fins but it had to be 200 metres.

You can't assume that divers, especially learner divers, are good swimmers. I did my open water course at Koh Tao back in 2010 and there was a group of Chinese in one of the other classes. They all got through the in pool training and struggled to pass the swimming test, but when it came time for their first real dive, the moment they stepped off the boat into the water they all panicked. Turns out they couldn't swim at all, and when they did the swim test it was low tide, so their feet were always able to touch bottom. Needless to say, they were hailed out of the water, taken back to shore and kicked out of the dive school, and lost their dive school fees to boot.

and so it starts. Just tell her NO.

CM Revenue Office do not send out cheques anymore. They'll either send you a letter or a text message which you then MUST take to Krungthai Bank, and if you don't have an account with Krungthai you will need to open one. They will then credit your account with the tax refund amount stated in the letter/text message.