AhFarangJa

Ramadan starting the end of June, will it get more violent or less?

Why don't we all work on Wednesdays only....once a month!

What.....Every Month!!!

I hope all works out for you, but I would like to say one thing, all the ATM's I use require you to remove your card before you get your cash and receipt....just an observation.

Not in my experience with Bangkok Bank....you get the cash and then answer whether you want a receipt...then take the card.

To yourself, and also Tywais who posted earlier, I bow to your knowledge, I admit that due to skimming I very rarely use the Atm's now and with my short term memory loss cannot be 100% as to what happened last time I did use a Thai atm. I was talking about where I am presently situated. However, as someone else has already pointed out, it is about time Thai banks changed the order of operation in order to stop this common error. As a purely hypothetical question, I wonder how many Thais do it?

She would better if she bothered to wash her hair.

Couldn't see any hair on them....Duh

Didn't think much of Bruce's Red 2, but these are fine. (uncensored elsewhere)

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Is the sign at the back an invitation?

Judging by the amount of times my wife uses it in a telephone conversation, I would say it represents approximately 65% of the Thai vocabularly

I myself have often asked her what it means and I am told.......yes you guessed it.........I don't know, it is just a word.... so now I just limit myself to taking the mickey.

P.S. guess why my forum name ends as it does!!

Bless them all I say!!

i don't understand the weird yes sir no yes establishment mindset that operates within TV.

Weird, isn't it? But one of the more salient functions of this forum is to provide a space within which its overwhelmingly petty bourgeois membership can assert their deeply reactionary opinions. Why are the reactionary petty bourgeoisie so over-represented in the white immigrant community? Don’t know but it’s interesting to see. Were these people so reactionary before they became immigrants or is it the pressure of group membership which causes such extraordinary uniformity of opinion (and such extreme, and extremely unpleasant, opinions at that).

I believe it has to do with the advanced age of a large percentage of the membership, and the fact that they were never part of the youth movement starting in the late '60's.

Too many grumpy old men. The type that used to write all those letters to the editor, before computers became popular.

Oh you radicals, you. Maybe you and Zooheekock should get T-shirts printed with anti-Army paroles and head for Victory Monument. I am sure you hard-core reactionaries will be well received.

Maybe I have lived in too manny countries where getting involved in local politics could get you in big doodoo? Not like you, who presumably ranting against the man would get you a slap on the wrist at the most.

Sorry for making assumptions about you, but you started.

P.S.: I have never written a letter to an editor in my life..

P.P.S. I will keep an eye on the news to see how you do with your anti-Army demonstrations but I will NOT visit you in jail.

Oh, I don't know, maybe I would go visit just to sit outside his cell with a cold one while the "Boot" kicks him from one end to the other. Zooheekock, I do not know how old you are, nor your life experiences ( if any ), actually I do not care, but it seems to me that you should have been more at home during the Russian Revolution, and look how that turned out for the majority of it's citizens. All you have to remember is that if it was not for a lot of these 'grumpy old white petty bourgeoisie' you would not even have the right of freedom to post your views.

P.S. I too never wrote a letter to an editor, but at least I pride myself that I CAN write a letter without the aid of a computer, spell checker, nor e-mail address...do you know which corner of the envelope to put the stamp on??? I doubt it..

Carried out correctly it is a legitimate tool for disciplining kids.

As long as you don't meet those 'kids' 10 years later and they remember your 'legitimate tool'.

i agree about meeting the teacher latter in life , i got caned at school mid 70s in england , i cant remember what i,d done wrong but i must have deserved it , left school at 15 went to work in the building trade " when it was still hard work and mostly done by hand " makes you a strong lad , i met the teacher in a bar about 8 or 9 years latter , " so i thanked him for putting me on the correct path in life " NO ONLY JOKING i followed him into the toilets and told him who i was , then gave him a good old beating and left him there , was it the right thing to do ? NO but it made me feel much better ...

does the saying go " you reap what you sew "

and that makes you a real bnig man,,

i left him in the toilet,,,lol

i got caned, had the sliper, if the police come knocking on our door asking questions, i got it from mum,,

now in england you cant even give your own kid a smack, and i said smack not a f$$$$ing beating,,

the world has gone to PC,,

left him in thre toilet,, cant get over that one,,THUG,,

thanks made my day,,

jake

Smack on Jake ( definitely no pun intended!) Seems we were brought up the same, and I have to agree the world has gone PC.

Yippee Kai Aye

Couldn't they have prepared for this?

They have,

You have been told nearly a month in advance, that is forward planning and preparation

In my day,we were whipped and then had to lick road clean.

Luxury...

Tha knows,told us at school how lucky we where to av cardboard box t' live in.

Aye, we used 't dream 'o a cardboard box, ba.. dat.

What the woman is doing is nothing short of torture. It is not a quick cane on the hand some of you 50 something olds may have got like me. If I caught a teacher doing that to my child I would end up in jail.

Having just gone back and watched the video, I would be in the same boat as you, but they would have to catch me first, and they would not find her.

I have to ask if anything will be done about this, or will she be left to practice her evil ways?

(p.s. it is 50 something young please.. )

In my day,we were whipped and then had to lick road clean.

Luxury...

So you think it would be OK if your teacher had hit you across your naked back and then got one of your classmates to do the same?

I have not watched the video, for that I apologise, I was only commenting on corporal punishment in general in schools before. Of course there is always going to be some sadistic B****** that takes it to the next level as a power rush. If it is as you say then yes that is wrong. Again apologies if my post was mis-interpreted.

They would go down well in Nana

It appears the thorn in Kerry's backside called Snowden, is making sitting comfortably a bit awkward.

I cannot believe I actually scrolled through to the end....you got me, well done

How many minutes gerry?

They're also sneaky.

They'll list a 4 hour flight as a 7 hour flight. That way, they can be 3 hours late on departure and still get you there "on time".

Kind of stinks when I have to go to the airport 3 hours before the scheduled arrival because my visitor may just show up that early...or maybe not and I'm left picking my nose for 3 hours waiting.

Well, at least you will be in good company there.

The old ones are the best

Sell shares that you legitimately purchased unless you still hold a U.K. address.

Agreed, but you can transfer them to another person.

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Would they not in turn be liable to capital gains as it would be a gift?

I know we are moving a little off topic but I am intrigued by the replies. I have been non resident for tax for 22 years. I bought all my shares through my company schemes (a large British Defence Company ) these shares are managed by a group called Capita, ( sorry if I just broke a rule there) these are the people who keep on informing me I need a U.K. bank account even though I did not have one when I purchased the shares!! If anyone knows anything I do not please pm me. Many thanks.

It is absolutely not true that you cannot legally sell shares that you acquired before you left the UK, and it is absolutely not true that you cannot legally buy and sell shares while you are non resident, using a UK broker. The UK HMRC site in fact has many informative pages dealing with tax resulting from sales of shares and bonds while non-resident, and would not give this information if it was not in fact legal to do so!

e.g. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/international/tax-incomegains.htm

There may be a problem in finding a broker that will continue to provide an account if you inform them you are no longer resident in the UK, but ones that do allow expat accounts certainly exist, as I have an account with one: Charles Stanley.

Moreover if you are absent for five continuous tax years you are not liable for capital gains tax, nor are you liable for any tax on dividends or bond interest payments other than that (if any) already withheld before payment (providing you do not claim your personal allowance in your annual tax return).

The tax benefits for share and bond investors are huge for UK expats, so you should be aware of and take advantage of them, if possible - and not believe completely incorrect information like the quoted post above.

Excellent summary except for the part about tax withheld on dividends, you cannot offset your personal allowance against this even if you have no other income in the UK (i.e. you cannot get the Tax back no matter what) but you can still use the full personal allowance against other income streams (which are considered as coming 1st when calculating Tax) if you do.

I very recently learnt (from another thread on this site) that the tax withheld is the only tax you pay on dividends, even if you're paid enough dividends to take you into the higher rate tax bracket.

AhFarangJa, I don't believe partington meant any criticism to you or your post, if you look at the links I posted you can see lots of Brokers will refuse to let you trade if you don't have a UK bank account but as he & I are trying to highlight, it's perfectly legal to do & there are brokers out there who will happily take you on as a customer if yours isn't.

partington, is that where you're from in the UK as it's not far from where I'm from (Martinscroft, Warrington).

Cheers

JB

JB & Partington,

No offence was taken, in fact quite the opposite. I wish to thank you both for all your constructive information and links, and I will be busy this weekend poring over them with viqour!! I closed my one bank account in U.K. at the advice of lawyers when asking about making a will, long story. My main account is in Jersey, so as you say, that may be the reason ( but was not explained!!)

Again, many thanks to you for your insight, I hope I can repay the the compliment some day soon.

I hope all works out for you, but I would like to say one thing, all the ATM's I use require you to remove your card before you get your cash and receipt....just an observation.