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15k is a good monthly salary for a medium level office employee with a degree.

15k goes a long way in Isaan.....unless the recipients of your generosity wish to sit on their arse all day (not bother working), consume copious quantities of alcohol, share their new found wealth with the extended family, have gambling debts, spend a fortune on the lottery, gamble at dominoes or cards, or want to buy a new Vigo and you're paying for it.

OP - you do the math.

EDIT: Or.....maybe your girl is a stunner and made 50k a month at the bar. So if they're accustomed to considerably more monthly cash from their daughter, then in a subjective comparison they could assume you're a Cheap Charlie if you're only coughing up 15k.

Maybe you should look at the overseas bank you are using.

I send money by IMT from NZ (ANZ Bank) to Kasikorn Bank regularly. From the time I email the signed request to my bank in NZ to the time I get an SMS from KBank saying it's been deposited to my account is usually less than 8 hours if I time the email correctly and allow for the time differential.

A few times it has been only 3 hours, but that was from a THB FCA account so maybe no need to convert currency made it quicker at the Thai end.

It's nearly always the same day. Occasionally has been overnight due to the time differential.

If you mark the filter in some way, how do you know they don't just replace it with a used (but unscratched) filter from another vehicle?

Changing a filter and oil is so difficult it can be done by a chimp that's had a frontal lobotomy - buy the kit and do it yourself if you have a fear of being scammed.

OP, I'm surprised that you are only seeing/hearing about this now. Up-country we call this village justice and it has been around I'm sure before people dressed up and pretended to be a police force.

For me, the only downside of this is that it can go too far and end up with someone dying. Personally, I don't believe people have confidence in the police force, and believe in most cases, the penalty does not deter the crime.

I am not sure that I would call it wrong, as I live here now and am not confused about what would happen in my country of origin.............................

No confusion about how it's dealt in my country, as I am aware there are lot of places in the world that are also lawless.

I was not aware it was the same here; I knew the police was corrupted and useless, I just did not realized to which level.

Corruption is endemic in the police force, and the government. Evidenced by the current scandal with one of the top cops. As was stated in one of the the articles about this, every ministry in the south was involved in his web of corruption. The difference being, corruption is from top to bottom in the police force. But only at the upper levels in the government as they are the ones handling the funds. Sad, but true.

With that being said, there are some good apples out there. And they do a great job. But quite a few bad ones also.

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If anybody was to go in search of an honest cop or Jesus Christ reincarnated in Thailand, they would find JC first.

Sounds like he's doing a John Nash re-enactment as depicted in "A beautiful Mind".

Does he look like a potential Nobel Prize candidate?

I was out last night and the BIB scooter checkpoints were going full force.

Don't forget, high season also applies to the BIB. That's when they get a higher percentage of two-week millionaires riding around with no helmet and/or no license to extort their tea money from.

In the rest of the year a higher proportion of the falang they stop are more likely to be residents with a license.

But to be fair, I did note they were stopping everybody including Thais, and including the Pizza delivery dude who thought he was exempt but a BIB risked life and limb to jump in his way. This was at the underpass on 3rd Road.

Had a friend who wanted to know the Thai words for "rewind button". He was getting a car CD player repaired. I didn't know the actual word but guessed it would be based around the Thai word for button, being bpoom.

I found it, and pointed out to my friend that the very next word in the phone app was the Thai word for clitoris.

Missus overheard and says "Mmmm.....I like liquorice".

I cut my drinking by 50% using similar logic. I used to drink JD/Coke at 120B a glass.

Now I drink Sangsom/Coke at 60B a glass.

Cut the coke and you can reduce your drink another 70% (in size).

That's a rocking good idea, I'll give it a crack tonight. And after considering the OP I think I might try and cut down on my smoking as well. I'll smoke every second cigarette normally, but rather than suck on the alternate ones, I'll blow instead.

With the huge saving in alcohol cost I can afford to light up twice as many cigarettes anyway.

I cut my drinking by 50% using similar logic. I used to drink JD/Coke at 120B a glass.

Now I drink Sangsom/Coke at 60B a glass.

I wonder if all airlines have specific guidelines for handling ones nuts?

It's called a Concealed Overhead Transom. If you can find a brand name on it somewhere then you'll probably be able to google instructions.

Yes there is. You also cannot be sure its on your phone. The only way to disable the app is to put your phone in the microwave for 30 seconds. This will delete the app and ensure that it doesn't sneak on your phone again .. good luck!

Is that on Low/Med/High setting?

Goompa - you sure it was 1/600 and not 1/60 ? I can see water drips in motion blur that I wouldn't expect to see at 1/600.

Yep, that qualifies as a naked pic in more ways than one.

Jomtien Jet Ski Championships. Cropped but untouched. Canon 6D 70-200f4 @f4.5 1/1000 ISO100 185mm

Sorry, but you lost me at "I will actually enjoy paying the tax..."

Professional guidance (of a non-accounting nature) may be necessary to cure you of this strange affliction you've acquired.

Gosh, an OTT speculative post on TV. Never?!

Yeah, I got a shock the other day when I saw the small bars at our local 7/11 in Jomtien. I assumed it was a one-off situation so I virtually cleaned them out in case it was never to be seen again.

Let's hope it becomes a stock item.