Old Croc

I was making comment on their astounding error considering the type of business they are in. I'm still considering how I will work around the tax conundrum.

The most dangerous are those in charge of countries with a capability and a willingness to bring major war or economic ruin to others for reasons of power, greed, racism, religious differences or seizure of territory. Obvious names are Putin, Kim, Xi, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Trump if re-elected.

A bit difficult accepting advice from a company that gets their math so wrong (even allowing for a different exchange rate when published.) From the XE link: ฿100 million THB (about $335,000 USD), ฿20 million THB (about $67,000 USD)

Firstly, an apology. I did use the word "complaint" in my initial post. Sorry I missed it in my review. Secondly, the words in the brackets in my subsequent post were a direct quote from yours. See your full post quoted above. It seems we both have some comprehension difficulties. However, I won't punctuate this message with an insult.

A simple, extremely helpful answer for people who now find themselves liable for tax. 1) Don't bring in enough money to attract tax, or a heap of it to buy a rich man's tax-free visa! 2) Don't continue to live in Thailand. Thanks a lot for some valuable tips that most wouldn't have been able to work out for themselves.

You didn't use the word complaint, nor did I say you did. You did ask the following question (Why should Pattaya be singled out? It's the same all over the country.) I simply explained it for you. I'm sorry you had trouble understanding, and felt the need to stir things up.

I agree with another poster that the backing plate doesn't stand out like the blue sign attached to it and that deceives the eye of pedestrians. The situation is not helped because it appears the placement of a fern bush on the pavement makes walkers swerve towards the offending sign. And of course, there's this:

Because the thread is on the Pattaya forum and is about one particular hazard there that has injured 10 tourists. Posters have subsequently decided to share their experiences about all sorts of things, in many other places, which makes your complaint even more puzzling.

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It's probably just me, but I often interpret headlines here in a different way than they were intended,

Why don't you follow your own reasoning and show your alternative facts that you claim disproves my research. You're too lazy to even make a decision on which of the 3 different points I made that you claim to be false. You're just trolling.

Harden the f... up. You should see what the idiots have twisted my nik into over the years. Several can't be repeated on this forum.

My point was a rejoinder to another's incorrect statement. What was your point in highlighting just my answer and making a comparison even more moronic than your name and countenance?

I think the upsurge in these threads on here is led by people from one particular country which is fast becoming a Christian theocracy in the style of an Iran or Afghanistan.

This appears to be a hard, violent version of the "romance" scam. The perpetrator has been identified as American and it seems he has behaved in a similar fashion in his own country. Hopefully, he will soon be located and meet justice. It's a pity a vagina faced; xenophobic Brit feels it necessary to display his puerile humour at other nationalities, and sad that so many of his countrymen find it hilarious.

They're called tuk tuks in Phuket. Ergo that's what they are. The smaller 3 wheeled contraptions are not suitable for Phuket's hilly terrain. This has come up on the forum a number of times over the years.

Look it up yourself, I'm not interested in catering to your demands. It is of little concern to me If you choose to disbelieve my posts. I've explained my processes in providing the information.

Believe it or not, your Christmas was just another day where I now live in Issan. I'm happy to say I didn't have to endure a single silly song, decorated tree or outlandish costume. I didn't feast nor drink on the day or even think about it being something different. I always had trouble understanding how all that festivity fitted in to religion. The same with rabbits and chocolate at Easter. New Year was a different story! My kidneys are still recovering. When I was a worker, I did appreciate the gazetted religious holidays, if not the reasons for them. When I worked shift at airports, I was the guy who swapped shifts so others could do their thing for their god. I gratefully raked in the huge allowances for working on those days. At other times, I did eat, drink and reluctantly exchange presents without ever thinking it was someone's birthday. I appreciated the bacchanalian aspect of my secular Christmases. Easter was always good for taking extra days off to go fishing or camping for a week.

It's been many a year since you've had a go at me, Tipp. Good to see you are still around.

I think an idiot is someone who resents an opposing view on a thread asking all about their beliefs, opens a new thread to troll those people, then gets upset when they troll him!

Thank you to both for presenting this guide to the tax régime now being implemented. I had already studied, and appreciated, Mike Lister's post on the other thread. This thread could be a valuable tool for those of us who now find ourselves having to re-enter a life with a taxation burden to add to our visa and health insurance woes. Please keep it fact driven and free of nonsense.

. Which of the 3 statements are you having trouble with? I do my research before posting using google. With this, I wrote a very similar post a number of years ago after some Chinese tourist drownings. I still rechecked my facts before posting again. For future reference, when quoting statistics, I do my research first because after 18 years on this forum I find there are many people of your ilk who will disagree just to troll. If you want to argue the premise do your own research.

Another yaba fueled tourist conveyance operator.

Individual Chinese swimmers and snorkelers have been drowning here every season for many years. It's a fairly common occurrence. Drowning is a leading cause of death in China. It is the primary cause of death for Chinese children, exceeding even car accidents. One more individual dying on holiday will not raise a blip in China.