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The OP is mixing with the wrong people, perhaps a case of 'birds of a feather...' I've never met an expat that he describes, some tourists, yes. An expat who doesn't assimilate to a certain degree doesn't last long here anyway.

Everybody??? What about those of us who don't give a <deleted>

but actions taken by them later showing that they had lied means losing German citizenship

But he reacted like a silly teenager.....'catch me if you can', nothing easier than that and with that remark he's pi$$ed off the BiB.

I've had a disastrous day with a happy ending :- (A) 3x I tried with Klarna sofort pay, but it didn't work so I canceled them all, later I received an email from wise saying Klarna was having difficulties transferring to Thailand but wise was working on it. (B) I tried with my visa debit card, after giving in all the info I received a message about using an app concerning visa/mastercard security check, I tried but didn't know what I was doing....it failed (C) next I tried a direct transfer from my German account to a Belgian Wise account but my antivirus program refused to let me open my online banking account because 'it was infected with phishing' (D) I loaded a different antivirus program and uninstalled the old one. (E) I tried one last time with Klarna and it worked. (F) I tried online banking with my German account and I was able to open it, no problems. (G)Wise told me I would receive my money on the 27th and I drank a beer.

I didn't use my name as recipient, I gave the name and bank details of the other person (but same address), with her email address, when it came to press 'send' I noticed in the details that I was the recipient but the bank details were for the other person. I started a new transfer to myself but the procedure looked different, normally I would be directed to klarna bank and using my German bank info and a QR code then the revolving Euro sign would appear, this time, apart from asking for method of payment, I klicked on Klarna and up came the the revolving Euro sign without the intermediate steps.

Anyone having problems with wise today? I attempted to send money to somebody today but I was named as the recipient with the bank details of the other person so I gave up and tried sending money to myself but all I get is the revolving Euro sign, the QR code requirements (pay by Klarna) seem to have been by passed. I now get the info that payment was paused and nothing else is happening.

It was only eradicated in western Europe, eastern Europe still had/has it unless they are in the EU which upgraded the health care, it is still present in many countries and the types immune to antibiotics is increasing. It isn't the death sentence it once was in Victorian times although I did know a Thai girl who died of it on Koh Samui.

Tuberculosis.

I don't know, perhaps that was what the local hospital was giving her and she lost patience with the slow progress. We've probably progressed a lot in this field since several variants are immune to antibiotics (due to upheavals in the Baltic's etc treatment was often discontinued allowing the pathogens to develop immunity, an urgent problem for Europe with its guest workers). At any rate the new treatment came at a high cost that the doctor didn't disclose to us. Incidentally TB is a big problem in Thailand, I read several years ago that free tests done on shoppers in supermarkets in Bangkok found as many as 3 cases of open TB in every place tested.

There is a joke in Thailand that says the 30 Baht scheme covers all illnesses....but to get treated for free you have to have all of them. I also think you get sub-standard treatment under this system. When my wife caught TB she opted for treatment under this system although she is privately insured (didn't want to pay up front) The treatment went on for 6 weeks with no improvement so we went to a private hospital. The doctor looked at the medication she was taking and said "we can do better than that" and treated her with a European medication, it was cleared up within 2 weeks. The cost though was so high that the doctor said we needn't pay up front, he would deal with the insurance himself.

It's a porky then.

A believable lie is as good as the truth here and his department wants to investigate the matter swiftly and fairly

For illness, doesn't cover accidents.

Old.....so no, he doesn't count.

Not just some people, since smart phones and Facebook etc it's become a way of life, the young just take it to the extreme, it's a sad condemnation of society in general. Life has become shallow and empty when the loss of an iPhone can produce symptoms similar to those of PTSD, it's a material world taken to the limit. There seems to be no role models left, no leaders worthy of respect, nobody cares about anything anymore, humanity is buried under a veneer of woke hypocrisy and greed.

They usually touch inappropriately.

I'm not getting old....I am old.

It seems a little medieval at times.

In Germany I would have 3 or 4 beers after work, on a Saturday in summer I would be in the beer garden all day and put away several liters. I've been here 20 years but now rarely drink, why I don't know, maybe 1 beer every fortnight at home but I really feel it, it makes me sleepy, however on the rare occasions I continue with another couple of beers I feel fine, I've just lost all desire to drink except in company.

A non event, no swords or guns, not a drop of blood just a boring argument.

Well there you go, ride the dragon and get bitten. Repatriation seems a waste of money, send an urn with his ashes would be cheaper.

Seems a bit desperate.

His name and his religion indicate that his roots lie further afield.

So not a very cunning plan on his part.