StefanBBK

The first scratch is the deepest....

I heard about her selling Rice bought from Farmers at Fashion Island on Saturday. 

Anyway, is it even possible to buy rice from Farmers, ready to use? I would have thought it needs milling before?

What is all that fuss about. Just get out. Simple as that.

Cost of living primarily depend on HOW you live, not WHERE. Thailand is not cheap if you have kids going to private schools (equivalent to US public), eat western food, drink wine, drive a German Car, wear quality clothes etc.
Agree however that living on minimum income could be more pleasant in thailand then in the western world, but it would be different life altogether. Lets not compare apples and pears.

well hard to have a discussion if you dont give reasons. thailand has provided a visa for everyone. a great retirement visa for over 50 year olds and a cheap 5 year visa for self funded under 50 year olds. hard to argue with those facts.

Been not following the whole topic, so please excuse if I repeat what may have been said before.
I would not argue with above post, just would like to mention the differences in having a visa and permanent residency. As resident you have numerous benefits, that dont come with visas. Even visa holders can be denied entry at the discretion of the immigration officer. There is no appeal process.
As resident you should not need to report to immigration frequently.

Suvarnabhumi supposedly handles 52 million passengers per year. That would be 26 M arrivals and departures. Deduct from the 26 million arrivals all Thais and other non-tourists and probably around 20 M are realistic. Add a couple Million direct flights to other airports, plus land boarder. I'd say the genuine number is closer to 25 million.
Assuming an avarage stay of 1 week, there would be about 500.000 tourists in the country every day.

7 minutes ago, ElPatron said:

I have got an idea : let's store the rice in a safe place to create some rice shortage, once the price goes up again sell it for big money. What could go wrong?

Jeffe, this is not your idea. I heard it before . Guess we all remember that economical masterpiece . ..

I am not sure what to think about this anymore. Just hope justice prevails in the end, even though I do have my doubts that everything was done right. 

Wish we could know beforehand. may would have placed a bid or two.....

 

50%.

Actually these is a quite accurate statement. 

Fact is  that Rice farming, as it is done now, is no longer sustainable. 

Either become more efficient, or really increase quality to demand higher prices. Otherwise there is only one thing left, to give up rice farming. 

Of course government subsidies are an option, but may conflict with WTO rules. 

Also, how fair is it to sucidize rice farming and not other farming or industries or small businesses? 

I am fully aware that rice farming is major in Thailand and that massive amounts of people realy on it, therefore special considerations must be taken. However fact remains , in the long run it is not sustainable and no longer a viable business. 

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46 minutes ago, bark said:

Isn't that what most Germans want ? Anyway ?

No.

Where are Turkeys available in Bangkok? Checked Makro and Foodland, but nothing, maybe in a different branch? Don't care if Butterball or Norbest, but really would like to have one or two for Xmas!!!!

On 10/25/2016 at 10:41 PM, oldlakey said:

I urge you to stop doing this immediately

Ok, no more short time.... 

 

This is meant sarcastically. 

Short term loans at horrendous rates are widely available in my suburb....

I feel really sorry for that guy. 

Hope the Dutch government does the right thing and works hard getting them both back to the Netherlands. 

One would think that all could be easily recorded once and that's it. Obviously the database is not maintained well. 

I have no issue with any information given to the authorities, except income maybe. 

Luckily I am not subject to 90 day reporting, as My work requires me to leave country regularly. But most of the info is actually given when applying for visa anyway.

Any link to a map that shows risk prone areas ?

Assuming you talk about the line app. Just tried and can't bulk delete either. And on my phone it's also bloody a lot....

Let's do some math here. How like is it that one loses/ forgets large amount of cash in a cab? 1 of 1,000 carrying cash?

That would mean there are 999 others Carrington 500,000 baht in cash by Taxi? I can't believe that. These stories appear far to often. 

Anyway, if it's real, respect to the cabbie for being honest and not tempted. 

Swimming Pools are safest bet.

So there was indeed more to it. Wonder if anything is caught on cctv

To me it looks like the Taxi Driver holding a 1,000 Baht bill together with her purse. Guess he got a tip anyway. 

Happy for the good news. 

I once left a phone in a Miami cab at the airport. Called the cab company within 10 minutes. Had all the cab details , license number, driver name etc. , as I needed a receipt. Still the phone was never found or returned. Last Ping showed it in Nicaragua..... 

Boat owner will have no money, of that I am sure. 

How about the government agency in charge of overseeing this public transport providing company taking responsibility for letting them operate without insurance?