klubex99

Big storm over Korat at the moment and 2 of the three dams here are overflowing.

So how can they say things are improving in Nakhon Ratchasima?

The visit is mandatory for your first non imm O visa, to prove that you and your wife really live there. We also had to supply photos of us standing in the doorway, and at the gate, and also photos of us in our next door neighbours doorway, with neighbours present in the photos.

This is why the Thai system is laughable.

They scammed you for the 500B there is no such fee. But as far as i am aware, every government office is corrupt, including our imm office.

We are a 45 minute drive from immigration.

OT If this is real please call the police, in Bangkok, I would lie low too, remain anonymous to locals who are glancing at the swamp.

Long while back, pre Thai move, used to read a guy named Tony Clifton whose sentiments I wished I'd listened to and now share constantly.

Where is he now....

It is real.... But I really don't think anything sinister is going on. Maybe the glances at the swamp were more that maybe Tony lives in one of the houses beyond the swamp

I think he was probably the gullible victim of a Thai bar girl honey trap shake down scam for his cash and dumped, I don't think anyone would need to bump him off, there is nothing he can really do if he was lured into parting with his cash to set up a business then told to sling his hook.

Edit: Mind you though. There was a Thai guy there who I noticed as looking very thuggish. He kept looking over at me, he was sort of reclining in a very relaxed posture with hands behind his head, like you may expect to recline in your own home while watching TV. He was still there when we left and that was approaching midnight.

maybe Tony was just a bit tired the night you were there, and was off sleeping with the Pla Duk

I remember being in Hua Hin about 10 years ago, an Ex Australian Air Force bloke, Rodney, had opened a small bar with a few rooms. One afternoon he was telling me that he had not seen his Pommy mate for the best part of a week, which he said was unusual as they used to see each other daily. The Brit in question was said to be 'asset rich' in Hua Hin owning some prime land apparently, among other things. Then Rod went on to say that he saw his Ex (Thai) wife driving around Hua Hin in HIS car with a former, disgraced Thai copper in the vehicle with her. he was wondering whether or not he should be concerned. I told him he should ring the Brit Embassy immediately. Which he did.

They found the Brit about a week later face down in a swamp just outside of Hua Hin.

I believe they got the two hired guns that did it, but as far as I know I don't think anyone else got arrested, and that is about as much as I know.

I think you may be referring to the Toby Charnaud murder......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-398630/Brit-killed-barbecued-split-Thai-bride.html

One of the most brutal and despicable of all ex pat murders.

The follow up story with the jail sentences is a much better read.

http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/910918.thai_bride_jailed_for_farmer_murder/

I would only fight to protect my home and family. If anyone came near the place during wartime, I would slot the buggers, and that includes Thais.

Stay where you are in the UK...

Work 18 or so months and save as much as you can.

Let your wife visit you as and when you can, but keep it real.... International travel is expensive when you are saving.

Don't keep flying to LOS... It eats up your money.

When you have 2 or 3 Mil Baht, take a month off and come to LOS.

Look around for a business to start with that capital, if you can't find anything, at least you still have your job to go back to while you use the extended time to think up a good business. I can help you there, i have run a few pretty successful businesses here, it is the true land of opportunity. Making a very good living here with a small investment is simple. I see many good opportunities here. They are everywhere.

There you go..... sorted.

Thank you for your response. It would be useful to PM you to ask your suggestions around business/opportunity there?

Sure.... Feel free to PM me any time you like.

I can even talk you through my newest project and it should give you some very good and solid ideas.

Thailand is a sinch to do business, there is so much missing from here that you could easily fill in the gaps and line your pockets at the same time, and your current skills are great for expansion.

Ridiculous, doesn't save anything, only disturbs feeding patterns animals, humans included.

Oh, and I really hate it when it still is dark at 08am and gets dark again at 16.00, driving home from work.

Luckily I don't work anymore and live in Thailand where there is no need for daylight saving

Actually.... It does save daylight. If we didn't set the clocks back by an hour in October, then by December, the kids would be walking to school in the dark.

These things are for a reason and are thought up by much more intelligent people than you and me.

Just posted a comment in the 'Riding in the back of a pickup ' thread and just as I reply, my wife sends me a link to a pickup smash up in Buriram. I thought it deserved its own thread.... nothing about it in the news section yet.

There were an amazing 23 people allegedly in the pickup.

The pickup was reported to have left the road and hit a tree.

18 were killed and 5 injured and the driver was found to be in possession of yabba.

That's all I know at this point.

IP and my heart goes out to their families.

I saw 3 young Thai guys sat on the edge of the tailgate which was in the open position, dangling their legs over the road, the pickup was traveling on the Korat bypass at around 90 KMH with a bus only about 5 Meters behind doing the same speed....... crazy as hell. The back of the pickup was totally empty and the only thing between these idiots and certain death was a small flimsy chain holding all their weight.

What the hell was the driver thinking to allow that? I wish I had taken a picture, but was driving at the time.

I have also seen a pickup so overloaded, it was swaying from left to right by about 12 inches either way at the top, when I say overloaded, I mean just scraping through the clearance of a bridge.

What crazy stuff have you seen on the roads?

Stay where you are in the UK...

Work 18 or so months and save as much as you can.

Let your wife visit you as and when you can, but keep it real.... International travel is expensive when you are saving.

Don't keep flying to LOS... It eats up your money.

When you have 2 or 3 Mil Baht, take a month off and come to LOS.

Look around for a business to start with that capital, if you can't find anything, at least you still have your job to go back to while you use the extended time to think up a good business. I can help you there, i have run a few pretty successful businesses here, it is the true land of opportunity. Making a very good living here with a small investment is simple. I see many good opportunities here. They are everywhere.

There you go..... sorted.

Did you order a meat dish ?

I had pork balls

Another "investor" who had served his purpose !!

That is actually very rational.

Possibly lured him over from the west (or Patts) and sweet talked him into running a bar to support his stay in Korat/Thailand... The rest is history.

Then too ashamed to admit that she/they rolled Tony and dumped him.

Edit: Or he is going to have a row of houses built on him

In the swamp.

That is exactly what I said to the missus (with a wry smile) almost all of the evening.

The wife even commented on why the girl kept glancing at the swamp, and wifey even noticed that I was doing it, as a gesture to the waitress. As if to ask (without words) 'Why you keep looking in the swamp?'

Come on....

We all know these decision makers have a vested financial interest in the company that is chosen for its rice product.

They have either already been promised a nice bung of cash or they have bought a million shares in that company in their wife's name. Or probably more likely both.

Take back some rice to show your support for exploitation of illegal migrant workers and child labor.

Hi.

Myself and Thai wife are launching a new food product. We already have big interest from Makro and Tesco Lotus on the product. So very promising times ahead. However, we have not yet set up the legal trading entity.

We know that forming a LTD company is the route to go down, and 51% would be Thai owned which I am happy with.

My wife would not be a ghost partner, she is very much hands on in the process of this venture (more than me). But my wife has no money to speak of in her bank account. All our money is sat in my own accounts both in Thailand and in the UK.

How much money would have to be put into my wife's account to show during incoperation? Also, is this money subject to a minimum time frame for it to have been sat in her account? example... 6 months. Or can I just throw some money into her account and that would satisfy??

Also... do we need to show 20 Million baht (on paper), even though I don't have that much.. I was told it can be got around using a standard accountant who will issue it on paper.

What is the minimum (real money) we need to have to form this company???

Thanks for any help.

This article should be locked for being seriously off-topic.

There are loads of threads about the flood situation, but this one meanders away from the main point of the headline within the first paragraph.

Seriously, my kids could produce better.

Been raining here in Nakhon Ratchasima town, moderate to heavy for around 5 hours now.... no signs of letting up.

Make that around 10 hours now, and currently pissing down hard.

Been raining here in Nakhon Ratchasima town, moderate to heavy for around 5 hours now.... no signs of letting up.

Pheu Thai MP Samart Kaewmechai said the ruling party might activate a criminal investigation against the Constitutional Court, as it could have violated the Penal Code's Article 157 on abuse of power when it launched a judicial review on the bill. Pheu Thai's legal team was collecting evidence to charge the court, the Democrat Party and opposition senators for abusing their power and launching unjustified litigation, he added.

mate, you will probably be lucky to find anything of his at all, it will be long gone I would imagine. Between the landlord, gf and neighbours anything of value will have been removed, sorry but that is just the way it is over here. I hope I am wrong but I do not think so, condolences for your brother, hope he was able to enjoy his life here.

That may be true in the case of really horrible Thai people. But in my years here I have not really met any, I think they are a serious minority.

To be honest, I doubt anything would be removed and you will be welcomed to anything. Most Thais would see it as very disrespectful to take (steal) any property of a dead person, they would likely fear the worst from his ghost (that's how they think). Also would bring them bad merit.

There is a very good chance his estate will be intact. Well..... more chance of it being intact, than there is of it being ransacked.

You have to expect a very heavy bias towards the negative if you choose to ask for advice on TV unfortunately.

You and your family have my deepest sympathy for your loss.

Dave.

A good friend of mine passed away last year and the apartment owner told me I had just 5 hours to clear his things. I took what I thought his family would need and then the rats had the rest. When I say rats I mean everyone who works in the condo building. So I would be surprised if anything was still there for you to take.

Well that was unfortunate. Because first off, it is illegal, and personally I would have told the landlord that if he even entered the property before the rental period was expired, then I would be calling the police (and yes, the police do act).

If the last rental period and any future rental period covered by the deposit was actually expired and the property was essentially unpaid at that time, then the landlord is allowed to seize such property as such to secure further rent to bring it up to date.

I trust that the op has secured his financial estate? Bank accounts etc.... Also what about a car, motorcycle? How did he get around? Did he have any in his name? They can't easily have the ownership transferred, if any vehicles exist you need to find out. Even used cars are worth quite a lot compared with the west.

hahahaha you really expected that they will move them away for you ?

You will move first for sure, and maybe with your feet first if you keep making problems...

There is always one poster who tries to make it sound like you will be murdered for objecting at anything in Thailand.

Get a life and get real.... Its not a potential death sentence at every turn in LOS.

If you are that shit scared of Thais, I suggest you move away before you get killed for stepping on the cracks in the pavement.

Stop trying to scare everyone else.