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Lazybones

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  1. Last month I applied for an extension based on marriage using the bt40,000pm method using Wise. Normally i use retirement for which i have no problem. My SCB statement showed the transactions coming from the Kbank so the IO said not ok, had to show coming from my Australian bank. I finally printed out 27x2 page Wise transaction confirmations and gave them that. These show the transfers coming from my Australian bank to SCB with a note saying that they go via the Kbank. The application goes from my local IO to Chiang Mai for ratification so that's why they were picky. I have to wait for 30 days to see the result. I also had to undergo a visit from immigration (bt2,000) as I had changed from retirement to marriage. Bank to retirement next year!
  2. I use Yolla. It let's you call land line numbers in other countries as well as mobiles and is very cheap.
  3. And i-phone and i-pad instead of cell phone and tablet which seems to be the thing in fiction novels now. I think the authors get a kick back
  4. Atually you can send net codes to a Thai number from CBA. I do that. But you need to phone the bank and get them to change the number held in their data base. You cannot do it yourself online.
  5. Live in Phetchabun, half way to CM from Bangkok. My 2 story house swayed back and forth for about 1 min. No damage. Quite frightening. 32 6 metre piles onto bedrock,2 per column. Could have surfed on my fish pond. Took me back to my days in Wellington NZ
  6. No point in lowering prices if it sends you out of business. As a thai restaurant owner, admittedly in Melbourne, the above reference to 5% profit is probably a little high. What people here are focusing on is the rise in prices without looking at the cause. Overheads nowadays have risen exhorbitantly, particularly salaries, energy costs, insurance, rent. Owners need to take some action to keep afloat.
  7. And also, that's not what the law says!
  8. When i asked that question i was told that, because of the narrow roads in Thailand, they want to clear the main road first so they let the right hand turners go first. Hope that provides some sort of answer to your question.
  9. I changed from money in the bank marriage to monthly transfers of over bt65.000 per month for retirement here in Phetchabun last month. No problems. I did have over bt400,000 in the bank as a back up at the time of renewal. The IO supported my switch to retirement. I've been in marriage for many years but retirement is much easier. SCB no problems with the bank statement and letter. 30 mins.
  10. I attended a local Thai wedding where the brother of the bride had a tshirt on which said 'go f*** yourself'. I asked if he knew what it meant and when he said no i suggested he might want to go change which he did.
  11. People who keep raising this issue need to shut up a you are just giving the Thai government ideas. The government have been seen to not really be interested in taxing falang overseas income so why keep raising it as an issue?
  12. What are these so called scams and who are they scamming?
  13. Would help if the op could post a recording of the sound as, from what he described, I don't think any of the responses are correct. Except maybe the one who said it may be a frog as we have a frog here that sounds like that.
  14. Not true at melbourne mate. I get through in 2 mins Max
  15. Just wondering if an extention from Chibadan to Phetchabun is in the offering before my demise?
  16. Coupled with MS Access, which is included and very powerful, it is worth paying the money for the real deal.
  17. I'm 83yo and renewed my licence online about 3 months ago but it appears to be for 3 years only
  18. Sorry mate. I misread. Senior's moment
  19. Get a fire extinguisher. Sorry for the glib response but the number of these bikes catching fire is astonishing
  20. I see many mentions of the bus being double decker but the photos show only one set of windows.

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