Sharp

if a foreigner cannot buy land in this country freehold why should the Thai Gov be allowed to buy outside of this country so much double standards,one rule for us and one for them.

Agreed....

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Make promises to give her more - Not directly, rather start suggesting that you think you ought to build a bigger house and perhaps buy some land to plant rubber trees on. Make a list of stuff you'll need, add a pick-up truck and tell her you think it a good idea to buy a pick-up truck for the house build/farm so that you don't have to pay someone else to haul your stuff.

Plant the seed of hope that there is going to be more money, nurture the green shoots of her greed, let it it grow to its full height and watch the expectation of the fruit being picked.

Then run.

And leave her to explain the failed expectations she's already told all her friends and family about.

Actually the spot on advise ......

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you guys can validate this for me that I am being scammed. I have been married for 1 year and my wife back and forth from USA to Thailand and I agree I would take care of payment for her house. $1000 per month while a course her family live there. This time she come back and her attitude change and now she is demanding monthly $1000 for house, $500 for her and $350 for mom. <deleted> and I see she talk to her ex many many times on Skype. She tell me she can thank him for negotiating a good deal for her and I already pay 250000 baht dowery and 10 baht gold and still owe 250000 and she wants to know when she gets it..F'n crazy. She is so stupid now I lose all respect for her and feel she just a prostitute and that the way she will be treated now. But of course not too much longer. I have my plan and if you guys have good idea shoot them off to me.

Get rid man she is F'n taking the piss ,,,,,get out now .......

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Thanks for the info guys, yes I agree about couch thing, not a chance, I got a work permit and a life of my own.

2 final questions:

Can you renew from Thailand if it has only 2 years on it?

It's confirmed, if you got money and you have been living illegally in Thailand, you won't go to jail if you can afford a ticket, fine and or bribes?

Thanks guys, feel like have all the info we need now.

Aiding and abetting my friend dangerous ground

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Any kind of work without a work permit is illegal.

Remember one thing. One does not go to jail for breaking the law, but for getting caught.

No that is not entirely correct. You only need a work permit if you are working for someone.or for a company etc.

You can not get a work permit unless you are working for a company or someone.

If you are self-employed, say like a consultant, you do not need a work permit.

I have discussed this at length with my lawyer and with the local labour departmentt in my city when a friend of mind starting working from his house for an overseas company via the internet.

Flat out wrong don't post info that will get people into trouble! !!!!

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It say's the bottom bars can stay in this PG article.

http://www.phuketgaz...able-16718.html

Yes its says ...

“We recommend that the building [Tiger Discotheque] be torn down, but the bars on the ground-floor level can stay,” he added.

Hard to see how the lower bars can operate while the floor above is torn down. Way I hear it the entire building will be rebuilt, but hey who really knows except the Tiger owner. Lucky he has the new Tiger just about open ..

Spooky wouldnt ya say !!!!!!!

I have biting questions to Mr. Abhisit:

1. When you were in Office, where were you, when you were too busy NOT handling the accumulating flood problem measurements that were apparently to come months later, when you were dethroned by the Taksin organization?

2. What did he do to make the country better? Nothing??

So is he any better than Yingluck???

Whether he was better than Yingluck is irrelevant, Abhisit is in the opposition and his job is to counterbalance the government. Or in other words being critical. Yingluck's performance is laughable, she seems clueless and absent all the time. Her party PT made loads of promises before the election and is being called on them

Would you prefer that nobody questions this government?

Spot on...

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I have biting questions to Mr. Abhisit:

1. When you were in Office, where were you, when you were too busy NOT handling the accumulating flood problem measurements that were apparently to come months later, when you were dethroned by the Taksin organization?

2. What did he do to make the country better? Nothing??

So is he any better than Yingluck???

Are u seriously telling me she's as good as Abhisit....

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Yep i got a 5 million overdraft secured against our house ( Her house its Thailand ) but only because my Thai partner signed for it althought i did have to countersign. Siam Commercial bank.....

Hey Phuket, enjoy free market capitalism, works just like double pricing.

Spot on ....

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First R.I.P. to the victims and sincerest condolences to the victims' families and friends, quick recovery for the injured...

Unfortunately accidents like this happen all over the world, and let's be honest here - it could have been worse!!!

In my opinion, it does not make a difference if the pub was operating after the official hours, etc. as people did choose to come on their free will to stay and party (or hide from the rain, whatever). I am quite sure that most of the forum members who wasted their time typing that senseless babble about "if they would have closed in time, there would be no deaths, blablabla..." have in their lives been at least at one night venue after official closing hours, just enjoying themselves... Did they shout at the establishment owner, telling them to "close right now, you criminal son of a b..ch!" ??? Most certainly not!

Everyone who boards an airplane or a ship, or a bus, taxi or train knows deep inside that disaster could strike at any given moment. Anyone who enters an enclosed nightlife venue, sports stadium, huge shopping center, ice skating hall, you name it, also - deep inside - knows that disaster could strike here at any given time and day... Survivor stereotypes and people who already have escaped death in similar situations will always look for emergency exits and most likely stay close to entrances and exits, but sometimes you simply don't have a choice and suddenly you find yourself amidst the stampeding masses... Fact is: You are never safe, nowhere and that's permanent! Even if one chooses to never leave the house because the fear of a possible accident outside of his comfort zone scares the $#!t out of him, an airplane could crash right into that building and kiil him instantly while he's watching Oprah or similar crap on TV...

Then, when $#!t hits the fan, everyone shouts "Ah and Oh" and demands stricter laws, more regulations and more thorough checkups. On the other hand, exactly those people are just so happy if an examiner, policeman, official of any kind, etc. lets them get away with murder because they were able to just put up their sweetest smile or had such a very good excuse story to tell.

I really hate this blame game. Get a life and remember: Life is dangerous - full stop.

Spot on and logical thinking quite refreshing .....

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If the dam_n placed closed when it suppose to nobody would have died, no one. That's why it's important to say this.

Sure, and if the tourists did not come to Thailand and that bar, they would not not have died. Easy answer, all stay at home! What a interesting way of looking at it you have.

+1

+2

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In Bangkok they are.... Just getting my first down...

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>>The only really successful bar i know of here is the Aussie bar,He set up his new bar straight after the tsunami when there were no tourists and has been expanding it ever since with no bar ladies just paid staff

I think Nikitas is doing OK .

Pity about the food.

Ever since they cut rimlay out of the food, they went downhill.

Ummmm wrong you can take the ladies from Aussie bar.....

Truly miss old Jazz (Miles, etc etc). Hardly ever hear Pink Floyd on the radio. The replays on the songs now at 91.5 is ridiculous.

I also miss stories of songs and how they came about. How the songwriters created them. Band stories, etc etc.

About 7 years ago, on 90.5, they had an lovely old Thai lady that explained Thai music and their musicians (Late afternoon on Sundays). Great intro to their style.

Anyways, just babbling...

Good luck.

Agreed

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About two years ago i went to my thai bank in bangkok and got a cheque nade payable to the person who owned the house for the agreed sum.

I stayed there for around two years doing standard visa runs ect. I obtaind a yellow book for the property in this time,

Some time later when i was not there my partner died, there were to my knowledge no one else living there.

my question is this; what powers do i have over the sale of this property?

the family as far as i know are quite happy with me taking controll as long as i give them something so what powers do i have in this situation?

PM me I have a great lawyer if u need one ,,,

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Far as I know a farang can own 1 rai of land legally. Get yourself some legal help and forget about resolving this online.

yanks only ...

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I am a middle aged Australian and self funded retiree.

I grew up poor. I was raised by my mum in a housing commission flat in a dreadful area of western Sydney.

Much of my child hood was spent hiding from tattooed, drunk, violent and abusive Australian men. My father was one of them.

It follows that I now have zero tolerance for drunken white trash.

In the decades past I used to spend a lot of time on Bali.

I stopped going there because I grew tired of watching senselessly drunk Australian tourists abusing the locals.

I now live in Phuket. I have been here for nearly three years and live in a lovely quiet part of the island.

I have made some wonderful Thai and expat friends and am very happy with my life.

Why I do not go to Patong

One of my strategies for ensuring a happy and safe life in Phuket is to never go to Patong.

In my first year of explorations of Phuket, I went to Patong a number of times. I have even ridden at night, without incident, on the infamous red tuk tuks.

But in the wake of these earlier explorations I now choose not to go to Patong.

My reason is simple: as stated above I have zero tolerance for drunken white trash.

If I wanted to wear a wife basher singlet and mix with tattooed, drunk, violent and abusive white men I could have stayed in the suburb I grew up in, dropped out of school, stole cars, and drunk myself stupid. Instead I lived in a garden shed for six years, worked three jobs, put myself through through university, started my own business, and retired at 45.

Why is Patong full of white trash?

Put simply, Phuket would appear in the final stages of it's product life cycle. Quality tourists have now moved on to more pristine milieus. As a destination, Patong is therefore left to scrap the bottom of the tourist barrel with the assistance of low cost airlines flying out from Australia (and Russia).

Is violent crime against Australians on the rise in Phuket?

Unfortunately, the answer would appear to be yes. The recent murder of Michelle Smith is a relevant example. A well regarded family lady doing nothing more than walking home from dinner with her friend and college was stabbed to death for her hand bag. My heart felt condolences go out to all of her family and friends.

Do some Australian tourists provoke violent responses from Thais?

I will leave you, kind reader, to answer this question for yourself. But to assist you with your thoughts it should prove useful to first have a look at some of the facts surrounding the recent bashing of Peter Hulands.

A few days ago the Phuket Gazette reported that Peter was bashed by five Tuk Tuk drivers. Apparently one driver made a comment about a hat worn by his girlfriend Kitty Cardway. The article is here:

http://www.phuketgaz...ticle16585.html

To be fair to Peter, Kitty, and the Tuk Tuk drivers of Patong, it seemed prudent to carry out some further research on the incident. Fortunately one need look no further than Kitty's own Facebook page.

On Facebook, Kitty writes:

"Some tuk tuk drivers said something offensive about me as we walked past and Peter went back and said "what did you f'n say?" ... and then he was on the ground and there were 5 of them kicking him. That's all that it took ... in hindsight we should have kept walking but can't change things now "

So it would seem that Peter and Kitty's side of the story can be simply stated as follows:

Offensive behavior toward women is not acceptable. Peter's response to the tuk tuk driver was therefore justified.

Or in Kitty's own words from her Facebook page:

"Unfortunately, it doesn't matter where in the world you are, you will always find this element of people who have no regard for others ... so sad "

Yes Kitty, stamping out offensive behavior toward women is important. Mainstream Thai culture embodies this at its core. Outside of the bar scene, a man touching a Thai women in public is a BIG taboo.

The problem for you and Peter however is that morality is reciprocal arrangement. That is, you respect the locals and in turn they respect you.

Perhaps if there were less Australian men, such as Peter, groping the breasts of Thai women in public, there would be less tuk tuk drivers making offensive comments Australian women.

A photo from your Facebook page says it all:

Yeah but that's a bloke .......

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Go with the dealership my friend....

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Why bust the little mum and pop stores, they aren't exactly selling truckloads and what they do sell hardly provides enoungh income to feed the family for a day.

Actually your wrong and let's be fair if the clubs ,bars , restaurants do it the everyone should after all it's their culture ....for me sell alcohol when you like but ...l

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Quick!

Get Chalerm on the case.

I bet he wasn't without his ear medicine the past few days!

FLMAO .....

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so it is possible to do this slowly and also legally, sort of and definately becoming legal when we have sufficient turnover to achieve this, ill look into the ltd firm advice with my ladyfriend

Thanks for the advice so far, its restored in me a little hope that we maybe do have a chance to be together without miraculously winning the lottery or selling various vital organs

Rik,you are or will be illegal my friend no matter how you look at it ,you won't get a work permit for this job my friend tried .Basically you could set up a company with Thai carpenters/labourers and you the owner/director but as so as you go hands on ,in trouble my friend and as been said already you piss somebody off or out of jealously your done in Thailand.

Good luck....

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I'm not sure where to start here, but perhaps to give a little background. My father met a pattaya bar girl 8 years ago, she is much younger than himself (she was 32, he was 62) . Dad came home, she rang him a month later telling him 'my mums gotta have an operation i need money'. dad paid her some money then. he visited her again and they beacme a 'regular thing'. Eventually they moved to her local village down in the south and he built a house on her mums land, fitted it out, got air con, bought a car, etc etc. I visited 'the farm' as he affectionately called it ( i was more inclined to call it a swamp) 3 times over the last few years. As one of his grown up daughters i wrestled with his choices, as i am sure he did with mine over the years, but eventually came to terms with the whole thing. this was dads 3rd marriage, he certainly beleived in enjoying life, but he was wary of women generally and told me once he was sometimes wary of his wife and family, he said he only just trusted her 'so far' he said he would never give her his pin numbers.

to cut to the chase Dad married his wife last summer mainly so she could get the visa to come here for 3 months, it all went very well, we supported dad when other members of the family gave him and wife a difficult time. whilst here he visited a solicitor 3 times to make a will. the first two times, the basic premise was, wife gets everything in thailand, daughters get everything in uk. At the last appointment, his wife accompanied him and it was changed to 'wife gets everything in thailand + 40,000- daughters are the resudual beneficiaries' He didnt have 40k i might add, so this money would come from the sale of the uk property in which his elderly mother lives. Well dad goes back to thailand and within 10 days is dead. We dont really know why, except that he went to hospital with breathing problems. his UK GP, was surprised, having recently seen him and found him to be in good health. by the time my sister and me arrived in thailand, he was embalmed and sealed in a box in the garden. we then watched as the wife visited the cashpoint everyday for our 16 days visit and used his cashpoint cards to take the limit everyday. (she told us he gave her the pin so she could pay the hospital bill) So, what am i asking here?

1] i think his death is suspicious but i also know that bugger all we can do about it, but it would be interesting to get other views.

2] are me and my sister morally OR legally entitled to contest his uk will.

3] we dont want to sell the house to pay the wife cos we will have to evict our elderly gran, do you think wife will agree to wait for the money?

4] if we contest the will, do you think the wife will fight us legally?

Pm me I will give you the name of a good lawyer in Thailand I have used him many times and BELEIVE me do trust him.

Sorry for your loss...

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You need to pay it or you will be cut off and have to pay an extra charge to be re-connected. Just get to your nearest 7-eleven or Tesco Express and pay it.

After the due date u have to pay at the local electric office ...

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