mran66

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

I guess she really wanted that parking spot.  I would have picked one closer to the entrance door myself.

She succeeded in what Putin at least so far has failed, even if he did pick the spot right next to entrance. Straightest path is not always the shortest maybe. 

6 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

 

As is the majority of Sois in Pattaya.

 

But this has more to do with Soi Buakhao becoming one way, than Soi Diana Inn and Soi Honey Inn.

When will the one-way Buakhao happen? Have details about the traffic arrangement somewhere? 

Immediate reaction after seeing the headline was that now they want to do the same smart  "name upgrade" thingy as they did for Bang Sue station, but seems not. So far anyway. 

3 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

How does a Thai get cash by selling air as water when the state collects the money? 

 

If air is passing though the meter, nothing after the meter is going to change that. 

I understood from the OP (maybe erroneously?) that water was being supplied by truck to cover for water shortage, and concern was air possibly being mixed to get bigger meter reading for the bill from that guy. Just like the tuned taxi fare meters running double speed.

After the meter sure nothing changes. 

On 5/7/2024 at 2:44 PM, IvorBiggun2 said:

Can a water pump move air?

 

You cannot use a water pump to pump air.

If a thai is in a position to get cash by selling air as water based on baht/cbm deal, certainly there is a solution to this.

if nothing else then a separate compressor! 

If water level in your tank is low enough so that the foot valve is not properly under water, 100% sure you get air mixed in.

If you just want to know if the water pumped  to your house has air mixed in, disconnect the bum gun from the hose and put the hose into a bucket that has enough water to keep the hose under water, and open the valve so that water can flow to the bucket (keep end of the hose under water). If you don't see bubbles, not (at least much) air. If see bubbles,  has air mixed with water. 

You should also hear it by listening the pump, it gets noisy if air mixed in. I would expect to be able to hear it also e.g when toilet is filling, not quiet any more. 

1 hour ago, AreYouGerman said:

Crypto was and still is to some extent giving power back into the hands of the people.

What kind of power crypto is giving back to people?

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Why would I NEED to have a crypto account?

Isn't that required to support people selling crypto? 

23 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Guess we’d better do that before we get swept up in the new stringent crackdown 

... Or before account in your name used to receive bribes, drug or gambling revenues or something of that nature  once your daughter gets a bit older and gets assimilated to local business habits (if she lives here)...

5 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Most 'mule' accounts are opened by Thais

You must be misinformed. It must be dirty farangs, or at least farangs. Or possibly farangs disguised as Thai. 

How else could you blame someone else? 

I would reckon Pattaya Beach should be higher on the list for the very reason the writer thinks it mayeb should not (not have stunning beauty), actually Pattaya Beach have many stunning beauties. At a fairly affordable rate.

What Beach can beat that? 

On 5/3/2024 at 9:12 AM, ScotlandtheBrave said:

I suddenly started receiving the annual tax bill on my condo a few years ago, 500 Baht at the most. This year I have not received my bill from Pattaya City Hall. What should I do? 

You can just go to city hall, tell your condo address number (123/456 Moo 00) and voila they print the invoice and you pay cash on the spot. Did for myself and 3 of my neighbors (none of who had received the invoice, nor me) after Songkran

One down. 

2 hours ago, KhaoNiaw said:

This may be completely unrelated. But it would be interesting to know if those experiencing rejections have updated their TM30 to the latest version of that system. I used to receive seemingly random rejections from the 90-day system but since registering on the updated TM30 system, all has gone smoothly with every 90-days submission. 

I had reported my tm30 (myself online) day after my arrival in Feb. Officer did not say anything about tm30, just said new system such that every time after coming to thailand, can not do first 90 day report online. TIT

On 4/30/2024 at 1:11 PM, mran66 said:

 

Filed a new one Monday morning with same results, came back rejected afternoon. Need to pay a visit to Soi 5 some day. 

Just out from immigration for the 90 day report. Asked why got rejection even if always worked OK online for many years. 

Answer was that hab new system (software) and now need to do first 90 day report after returning to thailand in person, after that presumably can do online. Stupid if you ask me... 

Before was so that you had to do in person after entering the country with new passport first time, after that ok online. 

... And if you are in Jomtien, and if the part is steel, this shop off watboon probably can fix it (weld) too. Or possibly make replacement one if some special alloy that can not weld (try if magnet sticks, if it does it is steel) 

https://goo.gl/maps/KnA837WVWmGkrdvm9

3 hours ago, Deerculler said:

Same happened to me after I have been doing it for about 2 year's.

Filed a new one Monday morning with same results, came back rejected afternoon. Need to pay a visit to Soi 5 some day. 

Some european countries did similar move some years back. To deal with that, Alibaba created a system that they handle the VAT payments automatically for all the millions of parcels the sellers sell on their platform. No work at all for buyer.

If you choose such euro country as your shipment location, price is different than e.g Thailand, and stated that it include VAT. Parcels come home in mail like before, just VAT added.

So this is actually (relatively) favourable to Alibaba as they have system in place, whereas some smaller sellers may not. The question how will Thai govt officials enable that system to be connect to their system, as if all done automatically, not much chance to extort bribes from buyers. Alibaba sure need to pay something to customs to compensate the losses of course...but to block off Alibaba from selling to Thailand, wont happen as big brother will come remind who is big brother if they try!

So, as long as they allow the IT systems to talk, this is no issue, and fully understandable for Thai govt to do it, though of course I would prefer to buy tax free.

Talking about hats and politics, anyone seen baseball hats with pics of local top politicians for sale? (like prayut, Prawit, anutin, srettha and others) 

Would be cool to observe reactions wearing such. 

Submitted couple of days ago, application was accepted by the system 

But came back rejected next day. First time for me since using the system (many years). Try again Monday, if fail need to go immigration to ask what's the issue 

16 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

 

Pattaya is jammed with traffic and non quality tourists and it will just get much worse.

Pattaya mostly has quality tourists by thai definition (spending) , but many non quality retirees 

Pattaya tourists, those one week millionaires, usually spend a lot on hookers and booze every day, thus qualify as quality ones!