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The police should be required to turn in their gun when their shift ends, and sign it out when starting their shift. I know that they may have another gun, but this could help save more lives from drunk policemen. There have been way too many shootings like this happening lately. Do I expect them to do this? No, but they need to do something.

It seems that most teachers use the don’t ask, don’t tell theory. I used to get upset when my son came home with homework, but didn’t know how to do it. I asked him why he didn’t ask his teacher to explain it? He would just tell me that he couldn’t. I was very confused and upset about this and went to the school to ask the teacher. She just said he can ask a friend if he doesn’t know, because she was very busy getting ready for the next class. ??? Then my son got upset saying that she will be hard on him because I spoke to her, and she was. Another thing I learned, the hard way, is not to correct the teacher’s mistakes on their English homework assignments. Heaven forbid the teacher loses face for incorrectly correcting his homework. I’d cross out her x’s and rewrite the correct spelling, or phrase, so my son knew which was correct. I did look up the answers, just in case I was wrong, before correcting her mistake. Wowza. I was called into the school to discuss “proper behavior of a parent “. Well they got an earful from me and after listening to their BS. I then went to look at a few other schools, and speak to the principal and teachers about my situation and concerns, and promptly took my son out of that school and transferred him to a new one. I felt bad for my son, but I am spending good money on his education. I didn’t want him feel that he has to accept ignorance, judgment and harassment for asking questions, or questioning the “correct answers”. Q&A is one of the best ways to learn new things and improve your knowledge and skills.

Thanks JB but I’m single now. I guess I’ll have him look into it and see what we can do. He’s been asking for years, but I knew I couldn’t do it when he was under 18 and I was single. Now he has brought it up again. We shall see. He is and will always be my son, with the last name or not.

My foster son, who is Thai, just turned 21 and wants to have my last name and adopt me. I am single now, but wondering if this can be done or just explain to him that it I would love it, but it’s just not possible?

I’m afraid that if the dinosaurs change the results of the election through any means they can, people will go to the streets and it will get messy. Then the military will come in and take control and another coup will happen. I hope it doesn’t go this far, but we all know Thai history and what happens in these situations.

If you take any loan, you must pay it back. I worked my ass of to get mine paid. I never expected anyone to pay for my education. It was my choice to go and it was very clear how much it cost. I worked 2 jobs throughout my college years to start knocking them down. Then slowly paid them back for another 10 years. Sure, I had to sacrifice some vacations and the latest and greatest phones or cars etc. if they forgave all those loans or gave them a $10,000 reduction, where do you think they would get the money from? We would be paying for it one way or another. the only thing I would agree with is reducing the interest rate on student loans.

Why don’t they do it like most other countries and do it prepaid. Most everything else here is prepaid. Why not this. In order to get a pass you need to put X amount on the pass, and then receive a notification when it is below a certain amount. If they don’t top it up and go through tolls, then they will get a fine. You’d think that they would have a picture taken every time the light was red showing they didn’t pay, but that would require more work, and we all know that’s not an easy task to accomplish. It sure would cut down the traffic a lot if they promoted this and let people know that they will pay less by having a pass, and made it idiot proof.

I went on a cruise from Laem Chabang years ago when Star Cruise was operating from there. It was one of the best experiences I’ve had. Used as a port to leave was fine, but I couldn’t imagine coming there as a stop to visit Pattaya or Bangkok. It’s just too far away from anything and looks pretty bad. Certainly not what people would expect if they were to visit Thailand.

I would never condone harassing the children of the Senators, but shaming the Senators and their wives for what they’ve done wouldn’t bother me and might make them change their stance.

Sick woman should be locked up. Poor kids.

If you can’t afford to pay a lawyer 6,000 baht to do a proper Will for you, and you have property or a personal savings account, it will be in probate for at least 6 months and up to 2 years. This is from personal experience with a friend who passed away. The executor was no longer living in Thailand so we had to track him down and he signed that over to my friend. He had an old Will and had just written his new Will to be done by a lawyer, but passed away before he got it completed. They would only recognize his old Will, done some 15 years ago. His ex was in the old Will along with other friends that were long gone from his life. He also bought a couple condos and a car since, and he clearly stated in his new handwritten Will who gets what. Didn’t matter. The ex, and old friends got it all. It was a 2 year nightmare, and the lawyers fees to get everything sorted were insane. So do the Will as you wish, if you’re not concerned about the hell it could cause. Also more importantly, make sure you have it updated and given to your trusted friends and family. Otherwise the New handwritten Will may disappear if your family or ex has the original one, and may not be so happy with the new one. Just my opinion.

My insurance here, which originally was BUPA Thailand and has been acquired by several companies and now is Allianz Ayudhya cannot cancel my policy. I’m not sure what age you have to have started it, for this clause, but well worth looking into. I only have IPD and they have always paid the bill, minus a few sleeping tablets or something that is not really required. I may have to pay 800 baht or when I have been in longer with a more serious condition it may be as much as 8,000 baht that they deny. I have also always been reimbursed for any appointments or required medication for the 30 days after release. You just need to read the policy and ask the important questions. I only have high blood pressure as a pre existing condition. Any that happen after I had my policy are never added to the list when I pay for the next year. They can increase it max 10%. You’re still young enough to get a good plan that will cover you if you don’t have a lot of pre existing conditions. I wouldn’t risk it. International plans are always much more expensive and most do not cover the US. The devil is in the details so just cross your t’s and dot your i’s. Good luck.

I use Thai Aetna, which has now changed to Allianz Ayudhya and have the IPD only. I have unfortunately had several claims over the years, but it is still only 72,000 baht per year. 5 million baht coverage per ailment and have been extremely happy with them. I’m a couple years younger but I’d still look into their plans. They can only go up 10% max per year if you have claims, but if you don’t have any claims for the year they will discount it by 10%. I never get the OPD as it is pretty much baht for baht. Plus if you go to the emergency room they cover up to 20,000 baht if not admitted. Also a note that if you get the international plan it is much more expensive. So, if it is just for you while living in Thailand, don’t waste your money on an international plan. You can always get travel insurance if needed. Good luck.

Well, when you give the Thais a money incentive to buy, when they really can’t afford it, what do they expect?

Don’t take all of them out. Issue licensing for a few and get rid of the rest. I hate the all or nothing stuff here. Plus we all know it won’t last long. Typical Thai laws. Only used when needed.

As much as kids hate uniforms, they are cheaper than going out and buying them all sorts of clothes to wear. Plus they will want to wear what is the latest fashion trend, which is always changing, and that will cost even more. If the parents can’t afford the new clothes then the kids may be laughed at and teased. I think they should still wear a uniform, but only 1 style instead of a different outfit for each day. I agree that they should be able to wear their hair as they wish. I hated to have my son come home with a teacher’s note saying it must be shorter by tomorrow or he will be penalized. Crazy and I don’t agree with military cuts for kids, unless that’s what they want. JMO

Just demolish them and get the other side paved. Should be easy enough to do at the same time. This has been going on way too long. Do they even try to use logic in anything that they are doing? Rhetorical question. We all know that answer.

Well Pheu Thai is definitely showing it’s colors. Demanding things they shouldn’t. If they won, do you think they would be giving MF party these demands? ???????? I don’t think so.

Still way too many obstacles for most people who want to buy a property and live here. Property taxes can an have changed recently. Immigration hassles and laws, or requirements can change at any time. Everything can a will change depending on the government and their thoughts about foreigners coming to, and investing in Thailand.

Thai monk hood has been going downhill ever since they let convicted cons and troublemakers in to get away from facing justice from the courts. They need to weed out the drunks, druggies and child molesters ASAP. Then maybe they can get their respect back. Just maybe.

He needs to be locked up or it will only be a matter of time until he does it again. We must protect our children.

He should still have been locked up for abuse at minimum, but I’m sure he just gave a wai and apologized and let go. She was lucky he didn’t do more harm and should stay away from him.

Good to see vaccinations are working so well. It’s generally just like the flu these days and should be considered part of life. JMO

As long as you have the proof a TT3 of sending the money here you can easily send that money back. If you end up selling and making a profit, it will be a bit more difficult as you only officially own 49%, but you can still find a way to get the funds back to your home country.

They really need to look into these cops mental health. It seems there are more and more cops shooting wives or friends while drunk.