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8 hours ago, webfact said:

"Am I stupid to pay a dowry to my Thai wife?... than a week after the wedding, both my wife's grandchildren received new iPhones and iPads."

Yes you are, sorry. But I am interested to know what her children received. 

Go check the painter shops on Thappraya near balihai bridge, on west side of the road, they often have works ongoing or finished for jobs like that. Many moons ago I had a portrait painting done about a personfrom a photo. Was given as gift and was pretty good. Since then have seen some works when just stopped browsing the paintings. 

24 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Crime, disease, mental illness and misery are also thriving, does not mean they are desirable anymore the the sex industry.

Involuntary suffering of any kind indeed is not desirable, on the contrary. 

However thats pretty distant from voluntary exchange of money against sex. Especially when the exchange makes both parties happy. Seems many happy women and men in Pattaya as a result! 

 nakornchai air will go to surin from Pattaya, check with them if they have connection to buriram as near the route. 

5 hours ago, proton said:

 

Paying for sex is like paying a girl to laugh at your jokes, meaningless

Something wrong with mankind then if the oldest profession is in meaningless business - which seems to be thriving. 

The laughing on jokes business seems fairly marginal, at least I have not come across that yet.

Thus, your analogy does not sound solid

When has Pattaya been (primarily) a domestic nightlife destination? 

According to his definition Pattaya has been world class destination from the get-go, and the remarkable worldwide reputation well proves it 

7 hours ago, Artisi said:

you could class it as self-inflicted --  wife / second is certainly a dangerous game.

Oh maybe it is so that taking part to that game and ending dead tied up with acid on face constitutes a suicide in local law if the actual culprit is any of the other participants of the game as that game indeed is dangerous. Not bad actually. 

7 hours ago, mikebell said:

And murder is suspected?

Probably would not be first case with similar findings to be judged to be suicide. 💰

Just the announcement of plans will create boom for amulet makers.

If one day plans are getting close to being materialized, there will be a major bubble in the amulet market. 

Just hope quality of them indeed will be good.  The good news for plant builders is that they can save on cement and safety systems vs western countries.

Maintenance. 

Even university not aware of purpose of that. 

Thailand police no hab corruption 

Pattaya no hab prostitution 

Phuket no hab mafia

Samutprakan no hab gambling dens. At least not next to police station. 

And so on the list of no hab is very long

Thailand hab democracy 

Thailand hab soft power. Especially army hab

Thailand hab police to serve and protect people

Thai mama hab sick buffalo 

Long list of habs too, but not as long as no habs

And thai officials and politicians always tell the truth. Just need to inverse what they say during the translation to get it right 

As usual, reality is the opposite/inverse of what local politicians and govt officials say - in this case foreigners are just getting localised, copying local habits. 

I don't, but my wall neighbor does. 

My hearing spectrum is not perfect any more, but can still attest that they seem to be noisy, esp before and after sleeping time. Sometimes even during normal sleeping hours. 

Have to admit sample size is small. 

10 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Every time I look at online adverts for Pattaya business for sale , the Gentlemans Clubs always come up for sale !

I'm surprised at the sale price they want many 5 to 8 million baht 

So they must be making money ?

I believe can make good money selling those clubs at 8m a piece. 

11 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

The key issue is tax residency in the year the income was earned. If not tax resident during that year, no tax liability exists when the income is finally remitted (subject to the usual criteria regarding tax paid in country where the income arose).

Okay... maybe I understood wrong some earlier communication about this (last year) as I understood the remitted is taxable regardless when it was earned IF earned after end of 2023. Anyway I did my preparations last year for the next 2-3 years so that can wait how the whole thing plays out. But this 'reset' can be done repetitively by staying out 6mo a year every now and then, and fixes the issue unless indeed they would change the legistlation to institute global tax liability.

Seems every time I submit a reply to thread topic now, it appears the reply is not sent after pressing the button. Press second time and still the same. 

Then look at the thread I noticed both replys actually went out. Using chrome on android, any idea why like that? 

No such issue earlier just on past fee days 

51)... However, Income that was earned in a year when they were not tax resident but is remitted in a subsequent year, is not taxable under Thai tax rules.

Was not aware of this, thought would need to be out for 6+mo every year when want to send cash, however according to this, if out 6mo this year, also next year's remittance is not taxable. As long as this rule remains, out for mo every few years will sort out twx issues. 

51)... However, Income that was earned in a year when they were not tax resident but is remitted in a subsequent year, is not taxable under Thai tax rules.

Was not aware of this, thought would need to be out for 6+mo every year when want to send cash, however according to this, if out 6mo this year, also next year's remittance is not taxable. As long as this rule remains, out for mo every few years will sort out twx issues. 

PM is now a airport location scout in a small regional town?

Nothing more important to do? 

5 minutes ago, Olmate said:

I recall it was that the advertiser wanted to bomb  the ads out regularly, George the mod I think said so.

Oh okay - wonder if that gives an indication how they treat and value their customers also after buying a ticket