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1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

The consulate website certainly is lacking info about the OX visa.

Yes!
Thanks, I read that info before heading to the Sydney Embassy.

The reason I just became interested in O-X it is because on a Thai visa FB page had someone who had received the visa at Sydney and said he kept money in an Aussie bank. Cost was A$540

On 6/22/2019 at 5:46 AM, 503726 said:

I had wondered about doing the O-X - 10 year long stay visa application instead. It already requires health insurance and $120k in a bank. Is there any guide to the type of accounts that the sum would have to be in? Is it all required to be immediately accessible. 10 years is a long time, are you aware of what checks will be required on insurance and funds during that time? Annual confirmations seem sensible but undermine the point of the visa type.

Was having a look up about this visa and can't see any requirement from the Sydney embassy about how long it needs to sit in a bank. Anyone find any info?

I wouldn't mind if it was sitting in an Australian bank but not Thai.

Sydney Embassy

Additional documents required for 5-year visa

Eligible applicants: citizens of Japan, Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States

• Evidence of adequate finances:
  • a deposit account of at least THB 3,000,000 (approximately AUD 120,000), or
  • a statement of income with an annual amount of more than THB 1,200,000 (approximately AUD 48,000), or
  • a deposit account plus monthly income with a total amount of more than THB 3,000,000 (approximately AUD120,000) per year
• Evidence of health insurance from a Thai insurance company

On 6/19/2019 at 2:37 PM, Creasy said:

In 2018 Australia the death count was 1143 for the year.

 

My God. Thailand has 7000 in 6 months .

 

Equates approx. to 1 death in 20,000 in Oz or 1 in 5,000 in Thai (considering population)

Goals for 2019:
1. never get on a motorbike

2. research list of current "safest" cars

On 5/8/2019 at 2:18 PM, RobMuir said:

As an Aussie expat, not registered for taxation purposes in Australia we don’t get the franking tax credits which is a bit of a bummer BUT we don’t pay any capital gains tax.

I think you can get both ????

As far as I know you will still get the franking credit benefit with money in an Australian super fund.

6 hours ago, Bagwain said:

Get it done via the Thai Embassy in Canberra. You get 2 yrs with the 1st one.

Wondering what you mean 1st one?

I guess to get a second one, he would need to return to Australia and stay for how long it takes to get an OA visa.

Any idea how long these visa's take to get?

Haven't found anything about the effects of the Labor Government removing franking credits relating to non-residents.

Currently non-residents pay no tax on 100% fully franked shares but if this comes in, any ideas what would happen for non-residents? I'm guessing tax would have to be paid.

49 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

the matress under it isnt quite so important.

Exactly, bought a rock solid matress (~5000B, 6 feet) and a good topper.

I've spent a lot on a full latex matress but the above combination (for my back) is the best and is way cheaper than buying a full latex.

I think a full latex would cost more than 10000B
Latex Innovations

6 hours ago, moreem said:

do you know where to buy the hardest

Yes, we bought a really hard matress plus protector for a good price here:

Shop location

I later added a latex topper, it was so hard ????

On 12/2/2018 at 4:26 PM, topt said:

That's interesting thanks but unfortunately it does not look like it stops FB from tracking you every which way they can......

There are ways to stop it. If you use Firefox, stick it in a "container".
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/facebook-container/?src=search

Maybe someone can setup peer-to-peer lending here (like Ratesetter in Oz) ????

Might it already exist, no idea.

Ratesetter

1 hour ago, steve73 said:

seeing the cam-car slow down without signaling right I can understand why he overtook - although not why so fast.  It was probable he was looking further ahead for oncoming traffic and not expecting someone to cut in front of him. 

With the speed of the overtaking car, even if the M/C had looked over her shoulder she may still not have been able to avoid being hit.

The cam car slowed and kept left for an opportunity to overtake the bike (on the left) incase the bike needed to stop to give way to oncoming traffic.

People saying she should look over her right shoulder, she was probably watching oncoming traffic in order to turn right. Who expects a car overtaking on the wrong side of the road to take you out.

Quote

is the wiring not printed on the black box on the picture ?

Nahh I think that's just the rotary switch wiring BUT I just realised it's under the cover and looks like he hasn't installed the 3 wires to the fan ????

No "OSC" connected.
 

Hi,

Been searching for an installation diagram of a Hatari HE-C18M1(5) ceiling fan as the swing "on/off" doesn't work on all 3 of the fans we have had installed.

Found this but not clear:
https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/hatari-media/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/02210408/Cycle-Fan.pdf

None of them stop swinging when flicking the switch to off. Have told the installer but won't he be coming for a while and wondering if someone here may know the problem.

Just popped the lid off and 2 red wires from the fan to terminals on brown and red wires.
Anyone know if it's wired incorrectly please?

Cheers.

On 10/8/2018 at 5:14 PM, NE1 said:

I have just purchased one of these , I know you can take the head off but I find it hard to clean the blades with the brush  , or am I missing something ?

I just take the head off and blast it both sides with hot water from the tap.
Do the same with the open top of the shaver.
Put the head back on and dry it with a towel.

Never used the brush but one thing I have noticed with the Braun (unlike other brands) a lot of the hair doesn't stay in the head and falls on the sink. Especially with 3 days growth.

BTW I think the Braun cleaner thingy is a waste of money ????

14 hours ago, Notagain said:

other major home stores are better and cheaper.

Yes, Thai Watsadu isn't too far from us but no have.

2 hours ago, longball53098 said:

Have had the card for years. Never get ads or spam that I know of. All cards have a phone number link. If you had supplied the sister's number they could have got her card number in a few seconds

Sisters mobile number had changed a few times since getting the membership card and had no idea what it was.

Just asked Mrs Baanoz again, she had told the salesperson we don't want a membership card and the salesperson persisted looking for the sisters info ignoring that we didn't want one or that we didn't care about points or that we had somewhere else to be for a birthday party and told this to the salesperson and she replied "Happy Birthday" lol

We wanted the item so we were stuck waiting and waiting until they demanded we sign up and that was enough and walked out. They seemed surprised we were upset at waiting.

By the way, at the speed of about one keystroke/10 seconds on the computer, then looking at the screen it's no wonder it takes them so long.

2 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

In the OP's case, the large sale will probably end up with several hundred baht rebate and the staff was probably just trying to help the customer to get that.

Maybe this but item was already on sale and we received an extra discount.

Anyway, have to remember it's amazing Thailand.

20 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Cant shed any light on the card aspect

Thanks, yes probably commission.

This card thing has happened to us in the past when purchasing a washing machine and not living here full time, not intersted in being a member of Homepro.

This afternoon we went to buy a kitchen at Homepro. Spent an hour or more going through options and negotiating.

Happy on a setup and gave the nod.

Salesperson asked us to wait at the front desks and we waited and waited. Ended up walking back and the salesperson had been entering the parts into the computer and wanted to know if we had a membersip card. "No, but our sister has one". Salesperson said that's ok what is the number (privacy?) and she searched and searched for ages for it.

By this time another hour had passed.

Pissed off by now I ended up trying to find what the delay was and apparently we couldn't purchase until we setup a membership card (so we would "receive points") as they could not find the sisters. Setting up a memebership card would take even more time but we couldn't care less about their points.

Had enough and decided to walk out.

As we drove out pass the entrance we saw the salesperson standing there and opened the car window She said we can buy the kitchen now and was crying. As we had invested so much time we agreed to come back inside. Apparently between the time we walked out and returned (3-5mins max) they had found the sisters membership.

Can anyone shed any light on why Homepro insist we have a membership card to purchase larger ticket items there? We supply all details, address, mobile etc no worries but what is this membership card and why is it so important?

Feel a bit guilty about the saleperson being upset but from the time of the nod until we walked out was well over an hour.

 

10 hours ago, Crossy said:

We have the larger EP6500 which has electric start

Thanks Crossy, electric start would be nice. Would have to decide whether to go the whole way and get someting like this beast or just enough to run water and maybe lights. I see your posts about the switchover too.

The outages rarely last more than a few hours occasionally, not having water is a pain but fridge is OK for the time and aircon can live without.

Cheers.

5 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

I have a water tank in the roof, problem solved.

Yes raising the tank another option, at the moment it's under the eaves on a slab so would need moving onto a stand.

18 minutes ago, Crossy said:

For this sort of $$$ you could buy a decent size gasoline generator which would run far more than just the pump.

 

Keep your lights, TV, freezer (and the pump) going as long as necessary. 

Thanks Crossy, haha what was I thinking! ????
Perfect solution.

"couldn't see the forest for the trees"

Hi,

This week we installed a well (~20m deep) pump feeding a 1500L tank.

The tank uses a smaller 300W Hitachi pump for the house.
https://www.homepro.co.th/product/1056436

So during a big storm this morning we lost power so currently busting with no water for flushing. Been a few hours and have been researching dc pumps.

My first thoughts were to battery backup the Hitachi 300W, keeping batteries charged with mains power. I'm a total novice at this stuff but I think you need an expensive setup (because of the startup drain from these pumps) to run the Hitachi with an inverter, batteries and charger.

Has anyone found a good/cheap/simple solution to this? Maybe a separate dc pump for the occasional power outage, solar/battery or mains charged battery with a charger.

I see there are a load of submersable dc water pumps on eBay for less than 20,000B but no idea how these would fit into existing setup.

I suppose the simplest solution would be to have a big water bucket next to the dunny ????

Any thoughts please?
 

I'm not fussy, I use both ✌️

Have had electrics for nearly 40 years. Had about 5 or 6 and were various brands over that time. Latest is a Braun 7 and the best as electric shavers have improved over the years.

I shave every morning before work with an electric. Last thing I want to do at 5am in the morning is lather up and use a blade.

Saying that I have 3 double edge razors. My favorite is a 1930's Gillette long comb which is great for a few days growth and as good as any new DE razor.

Reason for using electric is I rather take the time with a DE razor, brush and some nice shave cream on the weekends.

9 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

That's a question for the accountant ????

True, with all the non-residents possibly selling up their homes shortly. That money needs to go somewhere and in a superfund is as good as any ????

On 9/17/2018 at 8:13 PM, 4MyEgo said:

If you are under age 65 you can bring forward up to 2 years non-concessional cap, allowing you to contribute up to $300,000 at a time, depending on your super balance.

Interesting, I wonder if you could deposit $100K on 30th June then 300K on 1st July :)