Issanraider

You are absolutely right. Thais seem to like to wear t shirts with English words on them without knowing what they mean. I saw a girl in a Khon Kaen market recently wearing a t shirt that said “Jesus loves you but I think you are a C@@t”!

IMG_5252.mov A nice drive in the Issan countryside today!😂

If you are still receiving salary from your employer, albeit half as you are on standby, my opinion is that you are still employed and accordingly still need the work permit. Your employer should be able to assist you on this by contacting the relevant Thai employment office

Yes you clearly are. Allegedly he forged her signature on documents to obtain a duplicate title deed when the original deed had not been lost. He then allegedly forged her signature in order to sell the company in who’s name the title was registered.

Why is he still hog tied in the photo?

Sorry to contradict but the first McDonald’s to open in the Uk was in Woolwich South East London on 13th November 1974 unless of course that is the one you are referring to

As stated above the photo reveals that they were not doing sit-ups but squats and not very well by the looks of it. Too much gai tord in the BIB’s diet methinks! 😂😂

Sympathy not your thing I assume!

Thankfully we are a bit too rural for that to happen!😂

I I recently cleared an overgrown area in front of our house in Khon Kaen and laid grey gravel on it which was delivered by a small pickup truck from a local sand and aggregate company but first laid a black pvc liner on the soil as if I hadn’t grass and weeds would eventually grow through the gravel. Was very happy with the result but not sure if the gravel I used would be suitable for you. The whole job cost about 4,000 baht plus a couple of days graft by myself!

I have just returned to the tranquility of Khon Kaen after a 3 night visit to Pattaya to see the fireworks festival which was spectacular beyond belief. The city was mobbed and I’m sure that fortunes were made by everyone from the beach chair operatives up to the hotels who seem to treble their nightly rates. Can’t believe the transformation of Pattaya since my first visit in 2001 however nothing has changed with the infrastructure with constant gridlock on most roads although to be fair there was an exceptional amount of additional traffic due to the fireworks festival. It must be an age thing because I happily lived in Jomtien for 7 years from 2005 but after just a couple of hours in Soi Diana last Thursday I concluded that I no longer want to be in the company of masses of pissed up farangs anymore. 😂

After spending over 30 years in the legal profession in England, I was employed in 2005 by a law firm on Kho Samui. My Job entailed explaining to English speaking clients the procedure of purchasing land in Thailand by way of setting up a Thai majority shareholder company which was the accepted practice at the time. The nominee shareholders were all employees of the law firm and the foreigner held 49% shares in the company and the Thais 51% The foreigner controlled the company by virtue of the fact that their shares were preferential shares with a voting power of 10 votes per share and and the Thai held shares were ordinary shares with a voting power of one per share. This was the accepted practice for numerous years and all foreigners, including myself as an employee of the law firm, had no reason to believe that it was illegal. The momentous event that caused this practice to become scrutinised by the Thai authorities was Thakin’s involvement in a huge telecommunications company in which nominee shareholders had been used and millions of baht of tax had been avoided. As we know that eventually led to Thaksin’s exile but it over night stopped the accepted practice of foreigners using the law firm’s employees as shareholders and the clients I was dealing with were told that they had to provide their own shareholders which needless to say led to immense problems. The point I am making here is that the French lady who is the subject of this article was probably unaware that her companies had been set up illegally and it is the unsuspecting maid that will be the loser. I am interested to know the name of the law firm involved here as it would not surprise me if it is the one I was employed by.

And they say romance is dead!😂

Religion in all its different forms has been responsible for the death and suffering of millions of people throughout history and will continue to do so. What right does anyone have to think that because one person doesn’t believe in what he or she believes in they have the right to kill or harm them? No there is no god and religious beliefs have only been invented by those that are scared of the fact that when you are dead you are dead with no form of afterlife.

I haven’t lived in Thailand for 12 years but have made regular visits during that period. I haven’t been looking for gold shops in the past but good to know that there are some although take the point that it may be better to buy elsewhere but wanted to give my wife a surprise present. Looking forward to my retirement in October in LOS before Mr Starmer announces his “painful “ budget! Thanks to everyone for their helpful replies here.