StefanBBK

Sheryl's post is the most important and gives you all guidance needed.
8 years ago our second child was born. I had a company insurance with enough coverage for normal or cesarean at Bangkok International. So we went there. Unfortunately we had some troubles including 2 weeks NICU. That cost us (after long negotiations with hospital) still 600k more than the insurance cover provided. Be careful!

Take your time. 5-6M will eventually get you something nice.
Renting is ok for short term. On the long run its a losing proposition.

I would pay THB1.000.000 for lifetime visa. Alternatively, I would also pay 50.000 annually for easy visa. Not sure how much my extension of stay costs me now, guess around 6k with reentry permit etc. Just utterly despise the paperwork, time spent and especially stupid banking requirements.
I would also pay 1.000 baht each time to use fast track, if not travelling in business.

Royal Thai Navy: "If only we had a submarine, then we could easily locate the plug and drain all the water! In the meantime we will push..."

Really funny. Thanks Klaus!

The term "humane" is used by vets, lab techs, pet owners, hunters, etc the world over. For example, it's humane to peacefully put down a terminally ill pet that's suffering. Or to shoot a deer in the head; it would inhumane to shoot its stomach and let it bleed out. It's just basic common sense (and some humanity/dignity).

Thanks, I am fully aware of the term. Did not want to kick lose a philosophical discussion.
Question remains what is a humane method to kill rats in ceiling. Warfarin works for us.

Catch and release traps dont work for me, no way to get them into the ceiling. I have been using warfarin poison from big C successfully. Is there a "humane" way of killing rats?
I find the concept of humane killing to be oxymoron-ic.

I am sure the OP is pulling our legs here. Amazing responses....

Been calling daily to ca mobiles. No problems. Skype app on Android.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Thai_Police (Section on police corruption)
 
As for  teachers, in 2014 I worked with a newly graduated English teacher. She worked with me at a rural school in Chiang Mai. Her starting salary was 8k/month.

Interesting reading indeed.

Annual average is 66 fatalities per day. I'd say 70 is still average....
May they RIP.

Dancer

A quick google suggest 24,237 traffic fatalities per year in Thailand. That is about 66 per day. So we are on average....

This a rear end accident....the motocy is wrong.

Get this. My wife parked her Vigo quite legally on the site of the road. She even left the warning lights on, as it was twilight and the road lights seemed not to go on.
Anyway, shortly after a motorbike drove into her Vigo at quite some speed and nearly killed himself.
Traffic police tried to blame my wife and took the case to court.
Luckily it was ruled the bikes fault. Btw he had no insurance and ask my wife if he could pay the damage in 1000 baht a monthly installments. Our insurance objected...
Nothing is clear cut here. Best to have good insurance taking care of things....

We just went for a couple days to bang saen. Close to bangkok, mainly domestic tourists, excellent fresh seafood. I have never seen the place so empty as now.
We also visited quickly Silverlake vineyards and a kart track nearby. Same there, extremely few people around.
Only place jammed were the roads.
To me it looks like another low "high season".

Close it down NOW.  Make it quickly a private TV lounge etc.. Stay away for a while if you can.  

Best to keep valuables spread around. Few 1,000 in this pocket some in the suitcase lining and some elsewhere. 

 

Sorry for the victim though.

Not sure what official fares in Phuket are,  but compared to bangkok it seems expensive.

I get an attack every 9-12 months. Usually 2+1+1 Colchicine 6mg gets it solved. 

Just went to the pharmacy and tried to fill up my emergency stash... Guess what, no longer available?  Anybody any suggestions where to get it from? Even mail order would be OK. 

Rest in peace! sad news indeed.

We will have a great family Christmas. Good food, decoration, presents, maybe going out...

Not again. Guys be serious. If you want to live decently at a standard comparable to Europe, you need to spend same money here.

Here loaning is in Indian hands. i think if you borrow 6,000, you have to pay 300 baht a day for 25 days. 

These are small loans, short term, almost always to workers who would not get any money from the banks. I often said to my wife that it is tempting to do that business. 

Also know of a thai loaning 25 k and charging 5 k interest per month, until paid back. 

This is going on all over the place. guess the German did it a tat too professional. 

So, I got the Tesco Turkey's. (sounds somewhat weird) 

Ordered a medium and a large. Price tag was exactly like described online, makes me think it was not really weight... Anyway, small stuff. 

Whilst better packed than any Thai Turkey I have seen before, fact remains, they are Thai!. I have attached photos below.  

On the weekend I will try and roast off the smaller one. Might end up rolling the Legs and Roast the breasts separately.  May even have to brine them. If that works sufficiently good, then we will have Turkey for Christmas. If not, we will have Duck! Period. 

Will keep you posted. 

 

For now, Happy Thanksgiving !

 

 

Could somebody please enlighten me as to how voting will be done? how will the parlament seats be filled? is the PM still elected by parlament?