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Yesterday at the traffic lights on 3rd road and Soi 17 a flipping idiot (sorry that should read An exalted member of the RTP) was manually operating the traffic lights. He seemed to be giving priority to 3rd road traffic. The resultant queue on Soi 17 stretched back to the Lion Bar. The only time I have experienced a queue that long there was after an accident.

Today he's back and the the queue is even worse (I didn't think it was possible). It now stretches passed the Lion Bar to about a 100 yds passed the Caddy Shack. The center of Pattaya is running much the same as normal. Why do they let these people operate the lights.

Thanks for that. I thought it might be the battery but I just thought I would ask people who are much more knowledgeable than me. So it's off to Mityon tomorrow.

I have a 6 year old click (35,000k ) and the Idle stop suddenly stopped working can anybody tell me what's wrong.

Thank you

On 7/5/2019 at 1:44 PM, billd766 said:

That is not correct according to HMRC. If you have more than one pension including the state pension HMRC puts the state pension first, therefore The state pension becomes non taxable. Any more pensions you have are tax free and combined with your state pension UP TO your personal tax allowance. Once the personal allowance for 2019 -20 is £12,500 it gives you the balance of your personal allowance as tax free income before you pay income tax.

 

DWP not HMRC (my apologies ) are the people who pay your state pension and HMRC are the ones that determine how much tax you actually pay and on which pension.

 

I have 3 pensions.

 

State pension tax free

Military pension is the one that is adjusted for the tax allowance.

Company pension is taxed at the BR of 20%

DWP AND HMRC  regulations are written so they are complicated. Surely

Income -12,500 = Tax at 20% is much easier.

I'm sure most people dont care whether their state pension is tax free or not, only the amount they have left afterwards.

53 minutes ago, BestB said:

Sure , just for you, will drive out to siracha , take a photo and draw a map for you.

 

is there anything else you like me to do for you ?

How to make friends and influence people. Excellfriend is a new member asking for help.

I think the simplest way to say this is Take total income (any source) take off your 12,500 pounds tax allowance and what's left is taxed at 20%.

I've always bought mine at the Boots Pharmacy at The Avenue,Pattaya.

When I send money to someone in Thailand I pop into the relevant bank and pay the money (Thai to Thai). Can I do this with Dee money or would I have to go to Bangkok and do it in person.

( No smartphone or internet banking)

As I only live 1 kilometer from Lifecare it comes as no hardship to pop in there before breakfast and then go home to cook my normal Eggs and Bacon.

Anyway I solved the problem of Lifecare being shut on Sunday. I moved my hospital appointment to Tuesday.

With regards to a breakfast at Au Bon Pain I prefer to know exactly what I'm eating and how many Carbs and Calories.

50 minutes ago, essox essox said:

dont they do blood tests at the Hospital and you receive results within the hour???

They do,but at 4 times the price and you have to sit there for an hour while you wait.

37 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Give it a try but they usually do not send the results until 3 or 4 pm.

I normally get there about 10am so if I get there at 7 it gives them 6 hours.

37 minutes ago, JSixpack said:

https://pattaya-clinic-laboratory.business.site/

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Advanced-Life-Lab/362541123827806

Thanks for that, but when I looked they are closed on Sundays. My Doctor's appointment isn't until 1320 tomorrow so I'm going to Lifecare  when they open tomorrow morning and see if I can the results by 1300. So I'm going to have breakfast now. Thanks again.

Lifecare is closed today. I normally have a Blood Test there before I go to see my Heart Specialist at BHP tomorrow. Does anyone know of a similar clinic (and prices) with same day results (or at least the following morning).

This was my first attempt at 90 day online. I only live 5 minutes from Pattaya Immigration and as they are so quick now(3 o'clock, in and out in 5 minutes ) I hadn't even thought about it. It was only after I lost my passport that I suddenly thought my 90 day is due on the 15th.

So I thought do it online this time and by the time my new passport comes it will be back to normal.

4 minutes ago, Tony M said:

It did happen to me once before, a couple of years ago. It was my first online 90 day AFTER renewing my passport.  Immigration told me (at Jomtien office) that I would not be able to use the online system until my new passport details had been logged into the computer on my next arrival in Thailand.

16 minutes ago, Tony M said:

Try changing your browser. Worked for me.

I just did but got the same result. After reading Tony M I realised that it could be the fact that I reported my passport lost to the RTP on Monday.  I thought I could get away with an online report until my new passport comes. I'll just have to go to Immigration with my Police Report next week.

25 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

This what I just did and you can see it shows verified.

 

If you make a mistake you can refresh it by clicking the two arrows by it.

 

I now get that far but when I click on Submit I get a message which says " For further information regarding The 90 Day Report Service at your local Immigration office"

Well I've given up. I've canceled my passport and am in the process of applying for a new one. I have also reported it to the RTP. I had a word with Darren at Key Visa (very helpful) and he said just take the new passport (when it comes) with the police report to Immigration and they will sort it for you. To make me feel better he said it happens all the time.

What am I doing wrong. I cant seem to enter the captcha number. Is there something I should know. At the moment I've tried putting gaps between the numbers (as it looks like ) but I need help.

^{living in Pattaya how do I pay the money to Dee Money}

I've mislaid my passport (UK). The last time I had it was at Immigration after picking it up after my Visa Extension (Retirement) 2 weeks ago.

I dont normally carry it. I have a Thai Driving License. But tomorrow I planned to go to the bank to withdraw some cash. Once a month after receiving money from the UK to keep my bank book up to date and check that its marked FTT. I've looked in all the normal places and am now staring to move all the furniture. I hope to find it.

What do I do if I cant? I know I'll have to go to the RTP to report it. Its the next step, The embassy and immigration I need to know about. My 90 day report is due it 10 days.

Any advice would be helpful. Thanks

9 hours ago, toenail said:

Seeing how focusing on making a fast profit and not thinking of proper city zoning, building codes, and protecting the environment was more important to government crony officials is a sad process to watch. I remember my first visit to Thailand back in ‘82 and the beaches were pristine ( and it really was a land of smiles).
Sad before mass tourism and development took over Thailand could not learn from the Western (developed) countries’ mistakes...but Thailand takes pride “doing things their way”.



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My first trip to Pattaya was also in 82. The first time I went into the sea for a swim I cut my foot open on a broken bottle.

Well I suppose its back to Plan A tomorrow. Golf , Bank, breakfast and a trip to Immigration in the afternoon. I decided it wasn't worth the chance of going there and finding out that I have to go back to the bank anyway, besides the bank is on the way back from golf so its not even a detour.

3 minutes ago, BritTim said:

In fairness, the OP is not the first person to assume that when banks are open government offices will be too. The day of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony is an oddball case where it is not really a public holiday, just a holiday for government officials.

Thay's right. Where I come from there are holidays. Not Public holidays .bank holidays ,government holidays and religious holidays.

Most of the Thai holidays have little or no relevance to me at all. I know the main ones. If the bars are shut i keep enough wine and spirits indoors to to keep me going for days. But thanks for your suggestion and it does look like the most comprehensive list of holidays that I've seen. That should have been a quote reply to Ubon Joe.

16 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

May 9th is the official Royal Ploughing Ceremony and is a Government holiday.

I realise that now but it doesn't help.