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Half a gram of K is nowhere near enough for the comedown - bad ratios.
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4 hours ago, onera1961 said:You're right. Ask any multi-national company if you can work outside your tax country. They will simply say no. I worked as a remote worker for Microsoft and my contract specifically said I could not work in any country, except in the US even if I have multiple passports
Perhaps as a direct employee, but not as a consultant. I contracted remotely for many years for numerous large US entities including Microsoft and never once did this kind of clause exist (I wouldn't have accepted it). Pretty much the only limitation is not being an Iranian or North Korean entity.
Can be done either as a C2C contract with a company *anywhere* (I used HK) you own as a supplier and you personally as a named consultant supplied by that company, or simply directly as an individual (often they want you to file a W8-BEN form to cover the non application of withholding tax).
I doubt it's the case as an employee either - I know personally a number of individuals that currently work as direct US employees for FANG companies (and many other tech companies) and who work 100% remotely with constant travel and with full transparency to their employer without issue. It's very, very common these days.-
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25 minutes ago, Emdog said:Shows how disengaged from reality these news bits are. As pointed out, Playoff and Camel are now 60 baht. One might hope reporter with slightest bit of sense might ask "Is this true?". Nope, easier (and safer?) to just regurgitate government BS.
I think maybe you're misunderstanding the article - the price is going to rise so that the cheapest available cigarettes are 80 baht. The "Happy New Year" bit is sarcasm.-
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55 minutes ago, marko kok prong said:What is the cheapest,Krong thip? it hardly qualifies as a cigarette you could get the same effect sticking your mouth over a 2 stroke exhaust pipe.
Camel are 60 these days - pretty decent
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Khanom fits the bill, still quite undeveloped and has relatively widespread TOT fiber, 3BB fiber in some areas I think.
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27 minutes ago, PeterJG said:Probably not an American. One learns to be polite and not let your mouth runoff when interacting with armed policeman.
Shame they don't appear to learn how to read, or watch videos. There was no indication of this person being a policeman, and they weren't in the process of performing their duties. It's a psycho in an orange t shirt chasing a man down after a late night altercation in a bar and murdering him.-
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11 hours ago, HalfLight said:Odd, the people in Leicester seem to think Vichai was a saint, yet most people I've spoken to in Thailand think he was corrupt (for which there appears to be evidence), and otherwise, a pretty magnificent all-around gobshite.
All goes to show, I suppose, that many people (especially those with an IQ like my garden wall), say wonderful things about people who do things they like, however trivial and nonsensical they are...
Same as Thaksin, apparently all you need to do in England nowadays is buy a football club and take large amounts of money off one of the the football tribes and you can suddenly walk on water.
Never under-estimate the ability of people to be dopey I suppose.
Given his family name was royally granted, and his 7 day funeral was royally sponsored, and very well attended, I think it's pretty obvious that the man had many fans in Thailand as well as abroad.
Certainly nobody I know had a bad word to say about him - they usually mention that he was a shrewd and successful businessman - he was. There's no crime in that. Who are these people that you are speaking to?
As for the "evidence" - care to share it? The only legal action linked to him that I am aware of was a civil action against King Power taken by an ex "corruption buster" in a personal capacity, and that civil action was dismissed by a court in September, and the individual that filed the case didn't bother to file an appeal within the necessary 30 day timeframe despite saying he "might". https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/20/thai-court-dismisses-corruption-case-leicester-city-owner-king-power
Vichai's relationship with Leicester City was worlds apart from Thaksin and Man City. 8 years vs 1 year. Much loved and ever-present vs actively disliked. To conflate the two is dopey, frankly.-
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3 hours ago, LomSak27 said:Why would you eat your sim card ?
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9 minutes ago, MrMuddle said:I've used Thai Post for 20 years, and never had a problem, what is it with Thai-bashing on this forum ?
Our standard post arrives in a bundle held together with an elastic band once every quarter - same for many others in the area (Hua Hin). They are dreadful here.
Their premium EMS service works perfectly fine of course.-
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25 minutes ago, chama said:
This was probably his idea and is disappointed that Thaksin employed it before he was able to put it into motion.
I suspect his is in motion as well, and he just provided a handy list of the parties that aren't signed up.
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Windows 10 now has WSL (Windows Subystem Linux) which enables Linux within Windows itself - https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2018/04/09/windows-subsystem-for-linux-and-bash-shell-2018-update/
I shifted back to Windows after 10 years on Mac recently (because the new MBPs are shoddy) and use WSL extensively, have all my microservices, git, node, go, java running under Linux and then normal Windows apps running alongside, also Docker running under Windows with Linux mapped to it - it's actually a really nice dev setup.
That said, it certainly required decent Linux knowledge and research skills to get it all working nicely, if you want to 'play' with Linux in isolation, a VM is probably the way (you can still have VMs alongside WSL though) -
5 hours ago, Small Joke said:
A good time to point out that the late Chairman is not seen in quite the same saintly light as he is in Leicester, back at home.
He may be a darling of the elite in Thailand, but my common as muck other half has angrily asked where were the hand outs to Thailand hospitals and other public initiatives here.
While I'm not taking sides -in that black and white way the Thais see things, she says all his UK handouts were just based on gaining face, but cost him nothing in the grand scheme of billions, I think she has a point.
http://www.pattayamail.com/features/king-power-donates-500000-baht-to-pattaya-orphanage-16169
https://powermag.kingpower.com/power-mag/power-happening/sport-power/
https://powermag.kingpower.com/power-mag/power-happening/happy-restrooms-2/
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/sports/30319826
Most my Thai friends are sad about it, and my wife, however none of them are "common as muck" so they read newspapers and tend to familiarise themselves with subjects before talking about them.-
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Yep looks like suicide to me as well.
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5 hours ago, kannot said:
How about a bottle of water?
There are countless places selling food and drink for consumption that are not controlled by King Power - like I said, they have the duty free concession, not the monopoly on *any* sale. We're talking "electronics, cosmetics, alcohol, tobacco, luxury items" not "a bottle of water and a sandwich".
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5 hours ago, RickG16 said:Lady officer.... recurring theme?
Indeed, Don Muang again. Somebody there has a few issues with foreigners in general, it's becoming a common story with the same theme.
She was extremely abrasive and rude with my friend last year when he got the same treatment - "You know, we have a new [probably shouldn't mention] now, things are going to change for you people" was a specific example.
She wasn't going to let him in, he had the cash but she was demanding to see a flight ticket back to the UK. Then told him he must buy a ticket back to the UK on the internet before she would allow him in. My wife ended up speaking to her on the phone and was of the informed opinion that she was a total and utter <deleted>, but she did eventually relent and "allow" him to book a flight to Malaysia as proof of onward travel once she'd had a nice little rub of her ego.
She also told him he had to leave in 30 days and could not extend, and then couldn't come back for a year. He's still here, perfectly legally - in fact he extended the next day.
She DID put a "mark" on his record though, the officer who did the extension mentioned it in passing as he stamped the extension.-
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13 hours ago, geriatrickid said:
No. The allegations merit investigation. However, they are separate and distinct from this sad event, which took the lives of the 2 pilots, the pilot's guest and 2 employees of primary deceased.
The case (which was a private action by an individual) against King Power was dismissed last month, https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1542202/graft-case-against-airports-of-thailand-king-power-dismissed -
5 hours ago, AtoZ said:
It is sad news, no doubt about it. Nobody deserves this.
But the "low life" comments come from people with brain refusing these "generous" statements. It is easy to be generous if you are still left with $5 billion net worth.
And the money were not earned by inventing amazing products or improving peoples' life. But solely by taking advantage of customers who are stuck at the airport where practice considered illegal in most of the world = monopoly, is in place.
Yeah whenever I'm stranded at the airport due to a delayed flight, I just can't help but purchase bottles of spirits, Bose headphones and mid range watches.
Buyers have a choice whether to purchase overpriced electronic goods or not (duty free is a total farce, globally, in the age of the internet anyway beyond booze and cigarettes anyway), their essential needs of food, water, oxygen and shelter are met in the departure area beyond immigration without them being obliged to give King Power money - they have the duty free concession, not the monopoly on any sale.
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RIP to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Nursara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, Eric Swaffer, Izabela Roza Lechowicz.
The chairman was much loved by everybody at the club, probably the most loved owner in the history of the club, and the club and city are grieving along with his family.
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17 minutes ago, namatjira said:Love the long camouflage pants, match’s his sandals quite nicely.
yes, well dressed......obviously a follower of fashion.
Given the national anthem ends with the words:
QuoteThe Thai people are peace-loving,
But they are no cowards at war.
They shall allow no one to rob them of their independence,
Nor shall they suffer tyranny.
All Thais are ready to give up every drop of blood
For the nation’s safety, freedom and progress.
The combat trousers and bow and arrow demonstrate that he is always prepared - a sure candidate for the "I'm considerably more Thai than you" garland of the year.-
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No soldering required - you need a generic micro USB cable and something to plug it into like one of these (this is both cable and adaptor - everything you need) https://www.lazada.co.th/products/universal-5v-2a-us-plug-wall-charger-adapter-micro-usb-1-i207874475-s312941618.html
I can't remember whether mine came with one or not - I'd have immediately recognised the slot though and just plugged it into one I already have, so quite possible it didn't and I just went onto autopilot. It's quite possible you have one lying around, loads of devices use them, I have about 50 of them ???? it plugs in to the top right bit of the photo you posted, above the C11
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17 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:
I can't see that is a answer about my question but yes booze is legal but drinking and driving is not
Which is obviously why The Manic stated
QuoteThe Decriminalization of Drugs does not mean uncontrolled. Quite the opposite. It means more control just more humane, logical and profitable control.
Given it is possible to have legislation that means alcohol can be legal to consume but driving under the influence is illegal, it is possible to have legislation that means *drug* can be legal to consume but driving under the influence of *drug* is not.
It is in fact what many countries do - there are distinct offences in many jurisdictions around the world that address driving under the influence of substances separately from the consumption of them.
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I just sent my wife with her blue book and the documents, and instructions that she wanted to register an alien staying at her house (she's a tenant, and I told her not to proffer the information that she wasn't the owner) - they didn't bat an eyelid, done in 5 minutes.
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Jawdropping - they need locking up for decades, and would be in most places around the world. 2 months in the monkhood here and a bribe I expect...
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3 minutes ago, Cletus said:
It seems now that "Only Passengers holding First and Business class tickets will be allowed to use the Premium Fast track coupons and channels", from their website.
This one then for 1200 - https://www.limousine.in.th/fast-track-immigration.html
"This service can be used with any type of airplane ticket, not only business or first class tickets."-
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Amazing fall from grace for Pattaya big shot Luke Cook - respected expat to death row in Thailand
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Those tattoos are not the same