Everything posted by daveAustin
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Opinion: Making me pay tax is fine but where does it go?
Would sooner burn my taxed income than watch it go directly into the pocket of some unelected dinosaur here. That is where this bogus 'tax' will go.
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Barclays Bank to close UK accounts for British expats
^^^ You would also need to use banking app behind a VPN and never use credit card if you went down that road. Have always told HSBC where I am since they suspended a card when used here in Thailand as safety measure. In regard to the OP, would suggest transferring to a real bank. ????
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Russell Brand and why the allegations took so long to surface
Took time because the media people went out there chasing down his previous exploits for 'the story'. The bloke is not my favourite; is mouthy, pretty arrogant and has done some rubbish stuff, like dissing Andrews Sachs, and deserves to be punished IF he is guilty. This whole thing of the media passing judgement is disgusting and needs to end. People are having their lives ruined by mere accusation. Take the benevolent Cliff Richard, for example. The bloke is now a complete wreck because one person with low character decided to accuse him of something, and yet they can go about their life like nothing happened. This kind of thing can happen to any of us if a woman/man from a previous encounter decides to change their mind.
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RCBO type B available?
Other way around in the UK... harder to get C at higher amperages. Most circuits should be on B, resistive rated. Typically, larger pumps, welders would behind C and then D rated or you get nuisance tripping on starting. Having a lighting circuit on a C rated MCB/RCBO, for example, is not necessary since there won't me much inrush on switch on.
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Thai health minister backs cannabis ban, citing surge in teen usage
Great idea, let the kids get onto alcohol instead, yeah! So a big pharma-pushing doctor is involved as well now. We all know where their priorities lie. And lumping weed into the hard drugs category? Donkeys. Old men still making decisions over the normal people. Get em all out. Let's move forward.
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How to deal with a chicken problem
If it's on your property, have its head off and eat it... preferably after cooking. If a big deal, speak to the poo yai baan politely with a nice bottle of chianti under your arm. ????
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Google accused of directing motorist to drive off collapsed bridge
Only in America. ???? Sorry, but it is not a paid-for service and will certainly say so in there tos. You've still got to have your brain activated while driving. That is like blaming the maker of a map in the 'good ol' days after you run into roadworks!
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Pita: Move Forward Aiming For 300 Seats In Next General Election
Nice, keep making noise and finally get this this lot out of governance! A Thailand sans grubby dinosaurs with their snout in the trough... One can only hope.
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What is the real deal with proposed foreign income tax changes?
They can F off 'stealing' ALREADY taxed income and pensions though, which was proposed in the original document. That would be obscene Orwellian banana republic behaviour.
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French gynecologist refuses to examine trans, could face charges
He’ll get cancelled and potentially lose his practice. Bit daft really; everybody knows how touchy a certain swathe of society is today, ready to pounce on any sort of action/comment. Wonder if the patient’s name is Pussy Galore, changed from John Thomas?
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Anybody doing casual work in home country a few months a year?
Yes, good idea for a ‘reset’ as well as to earn good coin. Doubly good if you’ve got accommodation sorted. Tax wise, you’ll unlikely hit the threshold of £12,750 (think it is) if they don’t give you the right code, so can claim back next tax year. Real easy through HMRC app.
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Blockbuster movie scares Chinese tourists away from Thailand
Quick, get the sequel out!
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Cannabis Network Gives Health Minister A Warning
It’ll piss a lot of people off if it is flippantly reversed. Not just ordinary, normal folk just enjoying their lives, but people right up. Thailand likes to think it is all grown up and stable when talking economics etc, but is proper banana republic when it makes swift flip-flop changes. Almost childlike.
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105,000 baht windfall goes downhill: Thai man’s road to trouble after purse find
Lost in translation… one would need to be clairvoyant to know how something went missing ???? Shame a crackhead relieved her of it and not one of those super-duper honest cab drivers we keep hearing about. Thailand is still largely a cash society. Very common for office workers n such to draw big money from ATMs. Hope she gets some of it back and perp dries up a bit.
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Gordon Ramsay’s group set to open 14 restaurants in Thailand
Oh, how droll ???? Likely wouldn’t appeal to the boguns among us. Not my favourite person but why knock it? He’s certainly as good as the best Franco-Italiano chefs and produces all that fluffy nosh, having spent time in both places. Thais also love to eat hearty western food. Not bothering to read the replies in this one as 90% will likely be throwaway comments from the beans on toast crowd ????. Good luck to the bloke.
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PM admits political divide in Thailand is difficult to tackle
… because of UNELECTED people like you. Blathering on about helping poor people / the proletariat in order to garner support/praise while being filthy rich and not knowing about real struggle. It is pukeworthy. The sooner the world rids itself of corrupt dinosaurs, the better for all.
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You sold everything!
Same here. Why stress, no one’s getting out of this alive anyway. ????
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Drinking Too Much Water?
Already all been said. Drink it when you need it--heavy exercise in the jungle you'll clearly need more than when sitting around on here, but loads of plain water in big volumes is not a good idea... that's not how we evolved. Read somewhere once that guzzling loads does nowt but dilute electrolytes and then the kidneys dump it to prevent the blood from thinning. You'll just end up feeling lightheaded, peeing all the time and still be dehydrated. Drink when you need it and consider adding some good electrolytes in hot climes... not the cheapo all-sugar dechamp type in 7. /The small packs of Oreda (think it is) seem to be ok though. Also consider drinking mineral water as opposed to always 'dead' reverse osmosis type.//
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Should sad emojis be banned?
Folk getting uptight about emojis (dear me--inserts rolls eyes emoji) is typically an old man thing... the type that has just discovered email / digital communications, must read real books, and is not yet up to speed. Emojis are merely a quick & easy way of expression--sans the tedium of typing out long-assed TL;DR replies--and are part n parcel of today's online world. Despite churning out thousands of posts in short order, that you may draw a high ratio of dislikes should be telling.
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How much alcohol is too much?
That’s not long. Try giving it 6 months. Might also be dehydrated.
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How much alcohol is too much?
That’s not excessive and not hard liquor, but would try to go down to 2-3 a day and have a couple days off.
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Patong Driver Ends Up Stuck in the Sea on Patong Beach- VIDEO
What a donkey. I’ve seen it all now. If he was planning on taking water from there, just as well syphon it out of the toilet and keep your feet dry.
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New Tax implementation on income from abroad, where would you relocate?
Now that is a movie!! Dunno. Possibly spend 6 months out of the country. One thing I will not do is pay tax on taxed income. They can go and do one!
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Fuel Price Cut Eases Public Burden
Well it is petrol/ethanol users that subsidise diesel. The gov does nothing but pass this on.
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Surge in Flu Cases Prompts Govt Action
Who said that it would? ???? Totally different Martians. Not an anti-vac, but again what’s that got to do with the price of fish? They are completely different viruses. ???? If you’d have had the flu vaccine then caught the flu at a later time, it would lessen the illness.