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2 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

So 10 years max for pensioners? What then ?

Nice headline but as always lacking detail....

 

... i.e.: the price for this kind of visa. I guess not cheap.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

I always take a mug and bags of 3in1 and use the free hot water in the airports.

I always enjoy having my own mug when everyone else is drinking from paper/plastic cups.

Only foolish people pay for a coffee at airport prices.

...hmm, only foolish people need coffee at the airport.

8 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

This government always try to come up with more schemes to get more money they already get 700 every time you leave the country I guess not enough for them TIT

I think you are right.

Guess how many falangs have to come to Thailand in how many years until all the F-35 fighters for the military government will be payed by this fee ?

14 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

waaw.. new colors... blue, yellow and green... but noboby knows how it works.... Phetchaburi today 23 new cases orange zone, Chonburi 1360 cases blue zone, ???? 

Money talks, not the covid (danger).

Thai police in debt?

That cannot be true. Do you remember the suffocation-story of the police officer in Nakhon Sawan?

The police in debt(?), maybe they never receive enough in spite of the tea money.

But not everywhere. Here in the Pang Mapha area they control the traffic-people only one time in the year: on December 29, the start of the 5 dangerous New Year Days, especially for wearing helmets.

I know 2 police men here in our village. One has his house just accros a waterfall creek, mostly dry. The wife of the other one has a shop/restaurant on the main road. Both have a very good character. Never heared or experienced that they asked for a tea money. We had a lot of mud in front of a bridge over the stream leading to the center of the village, our nighbour helped us to clean. Never high nose.

Typical military:

he sings the song of the top military leader.

Otherwise .......ehm, ehm,ehm.

@Dr.Jack54 forgets it nearly every time for retirement extension:

• if you  have a monthly income or pension of at least 65,000 Thai baht.

Then you don't need so much paperwork, it's easier.

It doesn't refer immediately to your problem, because you have lost your departure-card just after leaving the airport.

After returning to our home every time I make a (colored) copy of it in the same size and save it in my handbag.

The life has gotten more expensive here in Thailand?   Not at all.

Examples

• I give my wife everytime after 3 days 3.000 THB, as in some years before 
• 1 bottle of beer - 60 THB since many years (after they reduced the volume, don't pay more) ....ehm.
• Bread from the Greman bakery in Chiang Mai 60  tHB for 1 package; the same as before
• electricity - much cheaper now after producing electricity by a solar module
• saving food for chickens. After returning from the smoke holiday a lot of chickens had "disappeared", but compensated by now feeding 5 dogs, compared to 2,  1 year before
• saving big money for NOT flying to Old Germany because of the Covid-restrictions
• reducing the volume of my food in order to lose some kilos
• no big New-Year-Party because of Covid
• ............ the money-saving-list goes on

I  only would book flights with Thai, if I could see the costumers entering the plane for my wanted destination - .... and , if the ticket would be cheaper than those of other airlines. Don't want to wait for giving my money back.

I had booked Thai sometimes  about 30 to 20 years ago for flights to SE Asia and was staisfied with the service and price. But trying the Emirates only one time, I stopped Thai.

On 12/15/2021 at 5:03 PM, Enzian said:

Yes the French Riviera is nice, but the equally nice ladies would like to see 500 Euros; there you have it, why you see the guys you do see here in LOS.

I will be in Italy as soon as the "cool" season here is over (and before April!) if it turns out to be practical, but sadly I have my doubts.

And before I forget, China delenda est.

I guess you never have ben in China (out of the very big cities). Otherwise you would not write such a NONSENSE. I have been 3x in Southern provinces, about 20 years ago, and have met a lot of very fine and helpfull people. I think people with a much better character than you.

My best friend is married to a lovely Chinese lady of Kunming. She has learnt the German language within half a year(!). Already 2 years later she got a fulltime job in a company, tranlating German into Chinese language and vice versa! She never brags about her knowledge!

Of course, people like you - serching the brothels (nice ladies ) - would never get contact to people of this kind!

Her father was an engineer, her mother a teacher. Both had big problems during the Mao period. Her older sister a translator in Hongkong, her brother a very fine and intelligent man.

Got it from RAM Hospital for the same reason, black color, high quality, 500 THB (if i remember rightly). I wear it every day. But prescribed by a doctor.

2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

one has to wonder what criteria they use to come up with such a misleading report.... unless there are 2 Thailands, wonder where the other one is

It's the old rule of statistics: give me your wanted result and you will get it ????.

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

I believe the bars are already open.

 

Thank you for the information/s.

Another question: What about the smoke in Hua Hin?

The owner of a guestehouse  in the south of Thakiaep told us there was smoke before the end of February of this year. When we arrived on March 10, it had vanished.

The crazy thing, we want to leave our home in the Mae Hong Son province, when the smoke starts here. Normaly between the end of Febraury and the middle of March. Of course, we don't want to "enjoy" the smoke in Hua Hin after leaving our home because of smoke.

2 hours ago, Jerno said:

And still were told Thailand's the best place to retire, visit or come for health medical procedures.  Why hasn't ChaCha fixed this 2.5 problem, instead of billions upon billions spent on the military?  Wonder why, wonder why.

And the military leader wonders, why should I abstain from my military toys?!

Why should he not participate in the "development" of the island ?

2 hours ago, rwill said:

The local reservoir here is the fullest I have ever seen it in the last 9 years.  A couple of years ago the army can in and made it about 30% larger too.  It's close to overflowing now.  A few years ago it was about 10% full, looked like it was going to go dry.

I guess your "full reservoir" didn't depend on orders of the military government, but on the natural rain.

At least here in our Mae Hong Son Province we have had a lot of rainy days, this year.  Because the nearly daily rain wasn't too strong, the earth could absorb it. The earth was very hungry for the water missing a normal volume within the last rainy seasons.  Since a few weks the rain has stopped here.

Obviously the same happened in your Isaarn(?) province.

Our dog knows more about the climate here in the the North than the military squads. They prefer to stay in their very nice and comfortable houses in the North of Chiang Mai and to "exercise" there.

No cancellations? Yes he is right....... if no bookings .

20 hours ago, berrec said:

Been there a few times lately, at 9 pm it's a ghost town......

It only depends on what you want and need. It seems you need the "night-life". Others don't and like the life in Hua Hin, especially when the smoke starts in the N and NE.

22 hours ago, Petey11 said:

When you do very little testing of population how do you know?

....? Every time LOW numbers ! Surprise, surprise.

16 minutes ago, oznomad said:

Interesting.

How would you type that, sit in the chair, cook your dinner, and anything else, without mining?

Isn't this an excuse for polluting the environment without any sane and health connected restrictions???

49 minutes ago, Bkktodd said:

If an UNvaccinated ( by choice because of infringement of freedom bs or conspiracy monger) so be it….you are are your own. I get infuriated that i got 3 Pfizers jabs, take all precautions possible, pass muster to arrive Thailand 3 times (with a number of quarantines and tests ) whilst an UNVACCINATED expats( never covid tested) selfishly uses the condo pool , gym and lift with glee.  90 day report should include a vaccination card. 

You forgot to say: if you have been able to receive an injection!

Therefore: it's bureaocratic nonsense, the same as the 90-day-reporting itself.

3 hours ago, Clarkey611 said:

He forgot to mention that the real reason they started to rise was that most people have not had their first vaccine yet.

..... or quality vaccine!

4 hours ago, James105 said:

$$$ from taxi

$$$ from test

 

Presumably the hotels still want a piece of the covid action in the absence of tourists.    

.....or the military ?