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Peeglen, Thanks for the reply. 6,000 bht is very do-able.

Just out of curiosity, what would insurance for a 63 yr old man be in Thailand? I will be moving back next October for good. I would like to get catostophic care insurance. I can afford the little things out of pocket. I believe what some posters have written about a serious illness wiping out one's bank account and I of course would like to avoid that. A ball park figure would be good enough. Thanks for any serious replies.

If you go to an open market, you can usually find it there. My wife always finds it.

You may be in Thailand,

If you shipped all your household goods and paid to get it through customs and realized it all cost more than originally paid for all your stuff.

You may be in Thailand,

If you paid 3 times the cost of what a Thai pays to go to a National Park

Just ordered a GoPro Hero 3+ today. I need a hobby and hope this is something I can get into.

My wife's sister got a ten year visa to the U.S.. She was only going for two weeks, but they gave her a 10 year just the same. She never used it again. That was 8 years ago.

Shui experts in China and the US and tells me that if we get married everything must be new because if you live in someone else's house you get their energy and its not good.

Tell her, she must be a Virgin, because everything must be new and that you don't want some other guy's energy.

I guess what surprised me the most, is that in only 17 years, the requirement has jumped by 600,000 baht. Now I am not complaining and I do understand that some are grandfathered in. But, has the cost of living really gone up that much? Or are the early one's living in poverty?

I was on the Thai immigration web site checking out the new online 90 day report procedures, when I came upon this. In bold. Maybe some of you already knew this, but I am sure others didn't.

In the case of retirement:

Criteria for Consideration

The alien:
(1) Must have been granted a non-immigrant visa (NON-IM).
(2) Must be 50 years of age or over.
(3) Must have evidence of having income of no less than Baht 65,000 per month; or
(4) On the filing date, the applicant must have account deposited (saving / fixed account) in a bank in Thailand of no less than
Baht 800,000 for the past three months. For the first year only, the applicant must have proof of a
deposit account in which said amount of funds has been maintained for no less than 60 days prior to
the filing date; or
(5) Must have an annual earning and funds deposited with a bank totaling no less than Baht
800,000 as of the filing date.
(6) An alien who entered the Kingdom before October 21, 1998 and has been consecutively
permitted to stay in the Kingdom for retirement shall be subject to the following criteria:

(a) Must be 60 years of age or over and have an annual fixed income with funds maintained in
a bank account for the past three months of no less than Baht 200,000 or have a monthly income of
no less than Baht 20,000.

( If less than 60 years of age but not less than 55 years of age, must have an annual fixed
income with funds maintained in a bank account for the past three months of no less than Baht
500,000 or have a monthly income of no less than Baht 50,000.

Documents to be submitted

1. Application form
2. Copy of applicant’s passport
3. Evidence of income such as a retirement pension, interest or dividends; and/or
4. Account deposited (saving / fixed account) certificate issued by a bank in Thailand and a copy of a bankbook
5. Only in the case of Criterion (6), the applicant must submit documents equivalent to Clauses 1-4
stated above.

Fees are just Bt50 per adult and Bt20 per child

What is the Farang rate?

A Taco Rack

The baht was worth more in the 70's than it is today. It was worth about 20 to the dollar. So I guess in all this time, what you have has lost some of it's value. Unless of course they are of value to a collector. The funny thing was, I could buy more stuff for less baht. So I guess everything is relevant.

Her husband might have been self employed and carried no insurance. He would not be eligible for Workers Compensation if he was self employed.

Just saying...........................

So, how can someone be called a "Landless Farmer". If you don't have any land, doesn't that make you something other than a farmer?

I agree, it looks like the old photo of Ayuthaya.

As a general rule, Thais don't buy used houses. "Maybe there is bad Karma or something in there"? So, most used houses that the owner moved out of normally becomes unoccupied or a rental. That's great for those that normally rent. But, it also leaves a lot of vacant houses. So, it just goes on and on. New houses being built and used houses being abandoned. If too many people walk away from their house because they can no longer make the payments and it sits empty because no Thai person will buy it. The banks will suffer and then the collapse happens all over again. The government should get smart. Let foreigner buy used houses. The banks will be happy, the previous owner will be happy because maybe he doesn't have to default on the loan, the Falangs will be happy.

And, I thought "Games of Thrones" was worth watching. This is much better!

I remember when I could go from Thailand to Laos and never had to show a thing!

He is not as stupid as he looks. By then the Monsoon rains will be coming and he won't have the crowds anyway. The streets will be flooded and people are not going to want to camp out on the sidewalks. But, he may have plans for when the rains clear out!

Americans are required to own firearms by law--its actually in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights or something.

Can our Thai "brothers-in-arms" make that claim?

BTW, only 25 posts and you are already fishing the big waters with a topic like this.

I see a bright future ahead ;-)

I agree with your second comment re fishing in BIG waters, well said.

Re your first comment you are Way.. way of beat. Have a thorough read of the US 2nd amendment.... somewhat boring to say the least... but never the less informative. A lot of US citizens "think" the 2nd amendment permits everyone to carry arms. If you have the time & patience to read it all, it mainly refers to militia & state organized citizens force to carry arms for purposes of defense. Somewhat different to "everyone" being permitted to be armed at their own discretion.

I realize I'll get numerous attacks from Americans telling me how wrong I am. My main point is to try an offer a basic explanation as to what most people think & what is fact.

Moving on.....

There is like 10 million pages of case law dealing with the issue and millions of arguments before the Supreme court and other American courts. Why would you think reading one amendment would give you a clue?

Who cares. Can we move this thread to the bait Americans forum?

For Americans, guns are akin to sex-toys. They seem to really get off on them. (Not all of them, of course). The relationship is almost obsessional. And "relationship" is probably the right word in some case. Thais seem to be more practically minded when it comes to guns. A gun is more like a hammer or a slingshot... except deadlier.

I can easily imagine an American proclaiming "happiness is a warm gun"; not a Thai...

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