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Posts posted by Swiss1960
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If you "start thinking"... just means you have not have enough drinks... for a London bloke... Know what I mean?
And my advice... if you wanna know... take her to your room and find out what surprise might be waiting for you... Know what I mean?
Definitely worthy of Farang Pub... Mod's know what I mean
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OP: You did not say what you want to use it for... your spec can be ok if you use it 30min a day to read two or three mails or to look at two or three news articles per day...
But if you really want to use it for surfing, then those specs will
- cause you nervous breakdowns from waiting for the websites to load
- cause you headache from the poor resolution of the screen
- will not allow you to get far away from a charging place (poor battery)
Really depending on your personal use case, it might be worth to take much more money into your hands. Does not have to be US£1'500 for the current high-end Dell XPS12 Ultra, but US£500 for a decent quality last year model will give you much better user experience.
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An employee terminated without a valid cause as stipulated by law is entitled to receive the following severance pay:
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30 days’ wages where the employment period is at least 120 days but is less than one year.
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90 days’ wages where the employment period is at least one year but is less than three years.
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180 days’ wages where the employment period is at least three years but is less than six years.
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240 days’ wages where the employment period is at least six years but is less than ten years.
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300 days’ wages where the employment period is ten years or more.
Problem lays in the introduction sentence.... OP states that the company is closing down... so somebody who knows the law might want to tell us whether closing a company is a valid reason for termination or not? If it is... forget the severance pay...
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30 days’ wages where the employment period is at least 120 days but is less than one year.
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You want to tell us how many days out of the 365 each year you stay in Walking street, so we can decide if you're considered a reliable Walking street expert or not.There is an underlying culture of violence against visitors in Thailand that is not acknowledged by the local safety officials that needs to be addressed.
Just not true... I never encountered any such negativity or attack against me in all my years that I come to Thailand... and Walking Street is on my program almost every time...
So, OP, maybe you should think about why such a thing can happen to you???
Considering you come on holiday, that might be 14 days out of 365 ? Failed.
How about 2-3 months a year for more than 5 years now in every season possible and knowing lot of people who go there / live there and never encounter that kind of problems?
My personal opinion: you look for trouble, you find trouble... and that includes being too drunk in the wrong places at the wrong time of day
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There is an underlying culture of violence against visitors in Thailand that is not acknowledged by the local safety officials that needs to be addressed.
Just not true... I never encountered any such negativity or attack against me in all my years that I come to Thailand... and Walking Street is on my program almost every time...
So, OP, maybe you should think about why such a thing can happen to you???
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OP, Are you drunk.?
Maybe not... but probably forgot HIS common sense at home when he came to Thailand
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khop khun mak krap to all of you! Got enough to think about and discuss with my GF.
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when you arrive; each and every tourst agency has dozens of "tourist" leaflets/flyers of every excursion going........but why not try a "free" tuk tuk excursion.......it would be a shame not to share your experience with friends later..
Hehe... being new to Chiang Mai does not mean being Newbie to Thailand and it's tuktuk "society"
For all others: Thanks for the (mostly) valuable input.
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Thanks in advance for giving me some ideas about things to do in Chiang Mai when I will drop by for 3 days in january. Will be there with my girlfriend and looking for the "must see" of this city. It's our first visit and just want to stroll around and see the main attractions. Any ideas and recommendations highly appreciated.
P.S.: no, not interested in night life and bars and clubs.
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Lending money to a gambling addict is absolutely stupid, everywhere in the world...
Lending money to friends is dangerous, as you might have to decide whehter to say good bye to your money or to the friendship... sometimes both...
But from what I have seen how Thai (women) lend money to each other (giving and taking), not paying back on time is not really loss of face... loss of face is only, if the lender requests the money back in front of others... otherwise not paying back on time is seen as pretty normal...
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Yes... if you are happy
No... if you are not happy
Those girls working in massage shops don't really get a huge % of those 100 Baht... and given the fact that they might only have few customers a day (specially in low season), the really can use (or need if they have kids to care after) tips from their customers.
I normally give 50 / hour as tip, 100 / hour if she does a great job (no... great job does NOT mean what you just thought....)
Edit: Uups... happy also does not mean what some are just thinking
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Copy what?? There are no copies in Apple reseller stores in Thailand. I think you been reading too many novels.
Yeah... for sure... never heard of... that's why it^s so cheap...
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Warranty problems
If the MacBook is legit and the OP get's the warranty papers stamped and signed, then he can get warranty in every apple shop. But then again... smuggling something and having documents to prove that you are smuggling is not so clever...
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If UK customs checked every laptop carried in the queue would be so long there wouldn't be anywhere to park the aircraft.
True... but somehow they seem to smell the sweat of fear of people who smuggle stuff... specially first timers and the OP seems to be one... otherwise he would not need to ask
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Sorry I got my sums wrong a little. It's actually (if you take into account the 7% tax refund) £400 cheaper than the UK price which means the actual laptop is the same price as everywhere else in the world but I'd be saving myself the 20% VAT I'd be paying if I bought it in the UK. (assuming I wasn't stopped in customs)
Just take it back with you. UK customs wont bother you, think about it, they would be asking for proof of purchase for every laptop, piece of gold, rolex watch.. etc etc they will not be interested,
It's the customs, stupid.... what do you think they do with all the people in the green channel that they check... tell them "oh, you have no receipt, you can't tell us anymore where you bought it for what price... but you have such lovely blue eyes, we belive you..."???
Giving an advice to smuggle something and risk a conviction is among the most stupid things I can imagine...
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Don't know about your job, but i would not risk a criminal conviction for smuggling in my record, just to save few 100 pounds... buying (legit) electronic stuff does not make sense in Thailand, only in the US of A. And then, you can safe money even when you go through the red channel, but not if you buy in Thailand. Prices on legit brand staff is too high due to the high import taxes the Thai charge when the stuff comes into the country.
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So... you REALLY think that you can get a MacBook Pro (wich range from £800 to £2'000 approx here in Switzerland) with £700 rebate and still hope to get a real one and not a "good copy"? You really expect any of the SW you get in Thailand to be an original and not a black market copy? If everything is original... well, maybe that machine fell off a truck by accident... That's for one
For your information: Every electronic branded item in Thailand - from mobile phones to cameras to computers - is at least in the same price range as if you buy it in your home country... normed by the brand... so every such special offer definitely is not legit.
With regards to bringing it to the UK, if they check you, the following can happen:
- customs checks serial number, it's a stolen good => will get confiscated and you're in DEEP shit...
- customs checks serial number, it's a fake => will get confiscated and you are in bit troubles
- customs checks, find's it to be new, charge you with VAT on the full UK price, not the Thai price, will charge you for smuggling...
And what ever you do... better don't have ANY buyers receipt or VAT reclaim copies with you... customs loves that kind of stupid smugglers who keep the receipts... and don't underestimate customs... you tell them you bought it in the UK, they will ask you where and ask for the receipt and if you don't have it... see above point 3...
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Income has nothing to do with being rich... you can have a high income, but if you spend all, you'll never be rich...
Rich - for me personally - means to have enough money to enjoy doing all I want to do in the places I want to do it. Therefore "rich" as a $-figure is very personal IMHO.
$2M will be considered rich by most and not so rich by others and even poor by few...
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Nah. You are a Chiang Mai guy for sure.
Soi 6 could be an option for him
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I personally think it comes down to their weak status... lack of social security if they would be on their own again and mostly lack of own assets as well... so mostly I think it is fear of being left alone and not being cared for anymore...
And it does not take much... a mail from the wrong person in your case... not immediately picking up the phone when she calles... calling her 5 minutes later than promised... coming home later than expected (by her, even if you said nothing)...
And there she goes and blows...
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Total proof that this is no longer a third world country. Otherwise a rock would have been used ! So sad that so many resort to violence to settle disputes. There should be a better way, and I would suggest something like the very successful "Small Claims Court" as used in U.S.A. which is free, speedy, and civilised.
Sure... according to the newest statistics of UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), the average homicide rate in the US is 4.8 / 100K (2010), same as in Thailand in 2011... so where is the success again of that small claims court???
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Never been to Pattaya & from everything that I read on here, I never want to!!! Hope the poor guy is going to be ok
Am in Pattaya during every of my trips to LOS and never had such problems and probably never will, as I am thinking with my head and not my d...
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I just wanted a pre-pay visa or mastercard card to pay for stuff online anonymously, like the vanilla gift cards you can get in America. ... Maybe they stopped it to prevent money laundering.
Being you want to be anonymous buying online I assume you are sending to someone other than yourself, and not to your address. It also questions the legality of what you're trying to buy.
If you know someone on the West coast in the USA have them go to a Safeway grocery store, get you a pre-paid Visa card, and top it up then send it to you. The cost is not cheap, but you will be able to remain anonymous.
Not true about being really anonymous: Quote from the VISA Prepaid Website: The activation process varies, depending on the provider that issued your card; however, all program providers are required to collect specific cardholder information prior to card activation.
In Theory, same should be true worldwide and yes, it has to do with money laundering and terror financing.
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I m not usa c.
Nobody want pay tax so if I got problem with irs and they ask me money when this money would be enough for me to live with it in a cheaper country, I will resign my green card. I will go even further, I will look for non tax heaven countries like many eu citizen who are now leaving Europe. I think Thailand is expensive too.
Op: Read what Naam wrote about and forget about your stupid idea of becoming US citizen... you are much better off being EU citizen only... return your green card officially and tell the US authorities about leaving the country permanently. That's the only way to get IRS off your back, otherwise (as UC citizen), they will tax you life long for all assets (and possible income) that you have where ever in the world..
Why would you want to hold US citizenship anyway? Not happy with your EU passport? You write that you want to retire to Thailand, so all the US citizenship would give you is loads of paperwork and tax issues with IRS... none of which exists for EU citizens who live abroad (of course with the exception of withholding taxes for assets still in your EU home country).
Worms, Viruses And Trojans
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Once you get your own computer free of all the stuff that's currently on it, load a decent anti-virus product on it, BUT forget about MS Essentials... they have pretty bad reviews lately about catching malware... free AVG is still much better.
After that, you can connect to your school wifi and should be fine working. However, don't forget that all the programs you use that are located on your school's server might be tampered and deliver your personal data to people you don't want to see, i.e. if you need to connect to the Internet throught a school proxy or if you use school booking systems which are not located on your computer and have to type in your credit cards... then you can assume they are gone for bad...