Andrew65

What's do say that the tax cut will be passed on to the consumer (end user)? Probably be 'absorbed' by the manufacturer or vendor.

Many years ago I think I wandered through some private property in Hua Hin, I only realised after the event, it also was a property that fronted onto the beach. There were no fences or signs so that you could tell, easy to do.

When I used to travel to Cambodia a lot I used to only take $50 & $20 notes with me, never $100. Not sure if they didn't want 100's because it took so many smaller notes to change, or they didn't have sufficient smaller notes to change it, or worries about counterfeits. That's my tip for travellers to Cambodia, never take $100's with you.

I once had my leg-over with the missus at 01:45!😁

Tax reduction to increase profits🤔😊

When they're only killing each other at least it saves the cost of keeping them in prison? And they're obviously no longer selling their poison either.

This guy had no banking apps, no plastic, no cash, no gold....nada. No way whatsoever of getting/having money!🙂

A few years ago I watched a fly-on-the-wall documentary about immigration etc at Sydney Airport. A guy had arrived on a direct flight from Houston (I think) about 17 hours. It was found that he had no money whatsoever on him, and no way of getting any. He didn't even have the A$5 to get into Sydney on the bus. He was put on the return flight to Houston. I thought it was a bit bizarre that someone would do that!

In the UK we're giving free money and accommodation to 'tourists', and there's nothing we can do to get rid of them.

How long before he gets involved in the illicit drugs trade in Thailand and either gets shot or imprisoned?

Somber truth: The invasion of Ukraine is pretty much the same as the illegal invasion of Iraq, a 'war of aggression'.

I had an old Scottish friend in Bangkok and had to sometimes translate for our American mutual friend.🙂 Wally was from the borders area, to my ear never had a 'thick' accent, as some from Glasgow do. I spent some time working in Australia, some of the young Ozzies I worked with had parents who had emigrated from the UK. They used to say mum & dad had Ozzie accents, but only when they weren't drunk, at which point they would revert to Geordie or Scouse or whatever, which their Ozzie kids (my colleagues) could imitate, very funny!😆

Timeline: Maybe 8 years ago Location: Asoke, near the juction with Sukhumvit Rd, BKK (in the vicinity of the Siam Society bldg). Event: Farang man walking down the street as naked as the day he was born. (His hands covering the 'crown jewels'). I saw many bizarre things during my years in Thailand but I think that was the most 'memorable'!😁 (His nationality not determinable).

Somber truth: My comment was in reply to a comment that mentioned Gaddafi.

Ukraine relinquished it's nukes also.

When I first moved to Thailand in 1998 there were quite a few more bar-closure days than there are today. The King's birthday was one, maybe Constitution Day & Chakri Day also. Such days have actually been reduced in recent times.

Fun fact: Gaddafi's death came after he declared that he was no longer trying to acquire nuclear weapons.

...many of my British compatriots would also be grounded!☺️

Very true, it happens quite often on flights to The Med. (Almost always booze-related).

Nah, I reckon he had been out on the p-ss for several hours before boarding the flight.

Are you nowadays wandering the streets with a can of Erdinger instead...😁!?

People in the UK are outraged that local people don't want to do this kind of work. So much so, that last year a BBC journalist investigated. He visited a fruit farm that was quite close to where he lived. The farmer told him that a condition of the job was that he must live on-site, and money would be deducted for rent, probably to live in a shack or tent (even though he lived close by). When he questioned this he was told that he was "not suitable" for the job. An old friend's Thai family had a pineapple farm in the north of Thailand, their labour was pretty much all imported from Laos.

A possible solution: Use the debit/credit cards from your overseas accounts to pay living expenses? Don't transfer funds into a Thai account from overseas?

Many working class Thais don't earn enough to be paying income tax. An old expat retiree friend lives in lower Sukhumvit (an expensive area). He pays around 400k Baht per year in rent, so 800k is a reasonable amount to expect him to have. If you live up in the boonies I expect you could get-by on half that.

Used to be North Korea doing that.