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19 hours ago, teacherclaire said:

Being 61 is not an excuse not to teach PE.

it's not so much the age as the milage. ????

18 hours ago, J Town said:

The largest private school system in Southeast Asia has both Thai and NES teachers in all P.E. classes.

this is a government school so the rules are different to a private or international school system.

The problem is also that 8 year old kids are learning they can tell the school and teachers to stick it when they don't want to do something and they get passed anyway.

They've also learned that there is no punishment for their behavior and short of stabbing someone or coughing up blood, the school will NEVER contact the parents so it's an "inmates are running the asylum" senario.

Option 1) Buy the company that's closing and don't close it. 

Option 2) Put 800,000 in the bank and apply for a NON-O retirement visa/extension and continue to trade as a hobby

Option 3) Get married, put 400,000 in the bank, apply for a 60 day NON-O to visit the wife and convert to NON-O married and then start the company and get a new work permit.

Option 4) Go home. get no visa and no work permit and continue to trade online w/o the paperwork hassle.

22 hours ago, BritManToo said:

You should be allowed to consume anything you like.

Even rat poison.

 

All medications should be freely available without a 'doctor tax'.

If they make it, you should be allowed to buy it.

 

The war on drugs is not only pointless but extremely dangerous.

It creates hugely wealthy criminal gangs with the power to topple governments.

Well stated. My only add is that 99% of all drugs ARE legal already, just in different forms and manufactured by the rich. Drugs only kill the user. The need to pay HUGE amounts of money to GET drugs is causing most of the crime. It's obvious that drugs like coke and meth can be made with minimal effort and cost so the government should regulate them and hand them out on city street corners. Won't take more than a couple of years to kill off the weak and save billions on rehab centers. 

we bought a new condo and fully furnished about 2-3 months ago. The price of the condo went down about 1-3% but the furnishing went down by 40-60% because there were still no shopping centers open. 

Example: 55" tv down from 15,000 to 8,000 installed. 2 recliners for 7,000 each instead of 12,000.

The school has the P4, 5 and 6 classes scheduled for swimming atm. I DID try with basketball before the swimming thing as it's hard for me to decline those tiny little faces asking for my help in dribbling, shooting, etc. but it caused me to need to increase my back and shoulder meds which isn't good. I'm looking to retire in 2 1/2 years and don't want to be hurt any more than I already am.

The school has a tendency to "dump" anything the Thais don't want to do on us if it requires thought and effort.

Wasn't sure where to put this so mods, please move to get the best answers. There's a debate at my school because they are trying to assign foreign English, Math and Science teachers to also teach P.E. They have Thai P.E. teachers but apparently not enough because some of the kids are revolting against participating in swimming, basketball, soccer, etc. and would rather play video games, card games. The school director has sloughed off these kids onto the foreign teaching staff and is insisting we add to our schedules and fabricate a special class for the students to get points.

P.E. is part of the core curriculum for 1 thing. Another thing is what could happen to the foreign teacher if 1 of the kids gets hurt. Another objection is that teaching P.E. is a job a Thai can do and therefor could be illegal for a foreigner to do. Then there's the contract dispute where we are all listed in our specialized designation as English teacher, Math teacher, Science teacher and doesn't include P.E. Then there's my personal adversity to teaching physical sports as I'm nearly 61 with back, neck and shoulder issues and playing basketball with a group of 8 year old kids doesn't help that.

Are there any rules or laws that we have on our side to refuse this or do we have to take it in the shorts or find another job?

The movie Soylent Green comes to mind.  I think Japan is on the right path with producing fewer people and more robots.

A lot of courses still require member to pay green fees but at 50-70% off. The membership in many cases also allows you to bring a non-member friend and pay a reduced green fee. All the good courses I've played at require both carts and caddies. It's more to keep people moving at around the same speed as walkers tend to slow riders down.

Joining a golf society can extend your discounts to numerous courses where a membership is usually only good at 1 course. I went on 1 golf society "trip" and for 1 fee we played 4 courses in 3 days including hotel and breakfast/dinner.

Not sure those are happening right now with covid but you can check.

17 hours ago, Banana7 said:

Here is a close-up of mine.

Yours seems to have a strange man trapped inside. ????

Check. Clean things work better than dirty things. Note made. ????

The correct answer to the OPs question is Yes. They CAN stamp you out and in w/o leaving the country. Unless there has been some law written or changed, in times of emergency the immigration department can stamp you out and in w/o ever having to leave the chair in front of his/her desk. The question is; Why aren't they doing that now?

Now, before the masses flame me, this what happened to me my 2nd year in Thailand in 2002. I was working in Hua Hin and we made border runs to the south across into Myranmar but Thailand was in some sort of military dispute with them at that time and had closed the border so the IO stamped me out and right back in while sitting at his desk. This was in a very small, remote spot on one of the mountain borders. (somewhere near Phetchup Kirikhan) Not sure if it's open now or not. I still have my old passport and will try and find the page for posting.

On 9/4/2020 at 7:49 PM, Orton Rd said:

Get the GF or Mrs on the account as a joint signatory, (not a joint account) then they can go in and take money out, the Bank never needs to know you are dead. We did it, works OK and no need for court and probate nonsense

OK, so if you are dead, how are you posting this???

At my school there have been 3 construction projects going on for 2 years now. Crows started showing up near the end of term 1 last year. This year there are dozens of them covering everything around in kee nok. So much so that the director had covered walkways installed around her office building. (we're in Bangkok) Wonder if closing the Dusit zoo last year has anything to do with them coming here.

Do the PhD while teaching undergrad courses in the states. (department head is a better position than teacher/instructor) Then, when you're ready, apply to the international universities here like Webster, Stamford, etc. Also be a good idea to check with the wife to see if she has already made plans for the area you will be living in when you get here. Might limit your options a bit.

OP- I propose you buy ME a merc coupe as a surprise and test out how it all works therefor making your plan a greater success. I'm perfectly willing to endure any hardship, publicity, discomfort, etc. your buying me the coupe may or may not cause in my sincere effort to help you accomplish your goal in surprising the wife. 

Perhaps the mods can find a way to forward this thread to mister Bill "Daddy Warbucks" Barnett so instead of the typical politician BS he was spewing w/o a single clue as to how it should be accomplished, he can read through and consider some of the excellent ideas put forth here. 

The red flag for me is having a work permit and being on a tourist visa. If I'm not mistaken, canceling the old NON-O and getting a tourist stamp voids the WP or at least makes it improper to have. Be careful.

Your list x2 (except fee and wife)  always better to leave with copies rather than finding yourself needing them after you get there.

4 hours ago, CM Dad said:

However, although there have not been any domestic infections for the past 100 days, the vast majority of infected arrivals have been Thai.

This is entirely the point of my earlier post. Those Thais coming in are coming in from mostly western countries that the members on here are from and complaining that they can't get in. Well, the Thais at the present time, can NOT get into your countries either with very few exceptions.

4 hours ago, FalangJaiDee said:

These are the boomer rants that keep me coming back to thaivisa. See you soon pal

Always glad to entertain-I'll be here all week ????