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21 hours ago, myprivate said:

Been looking into this a lot myself lately. Assuming you have 13.6M baht as implied in your first post, then you could put this into a Multi-Asset Income Fund like the one I copied below (actually better to split it into several funds to share the risk). It is currently paying 4.3% income which is about average for this type of lower risk multi asset fund.

So if you put your 13.6M into it you'll get 584,800 per year or 48,733 a month, and you won't have to touch the principle amount except for emergencies like healthcare costs.

https://www.hl.co.uk/funds/fund-discounts,-prices--and--factsheets/search-results/f/fidelity-multi-asset-income-income-inclusive

Don't you have to be a UK resident to use these funds?

Will repair/fixing long out of order traffic lights come next?

Is 0.002% of the population statistically significant?

I brought everything except my car but wished i had brought my stock of wine and liquor. i sold it for next to nothing because it was illegal to import but i did not know then about tea money.

1 hour ago, parallaxtech said:

If you are retired in Samui with money and a lovely place to live then it's still paradise, even more so now without the aggravating tourists or hoards of Covid bots.  I was enjoying the pristine Chaweng beach yesterday, when the jetski mafia arrived and told Thais and farangs to clear off their patch.  Most of us were hoping that this business would end, but they probably spotted a few farangs who needed fleecing.  Samui will return one day, bigger than ever, along with all the greed and corruption.  No lessons will be learned.  I still love it, relative to living in Florida, and have no plans of ever leaving.

I agree completely.

In South Africa many insurance companies are refusing to pay out to businesses that had a Policy against business disruption, claiming that pandemics are not covered. Typical.

Reminds me of the lady who claimed when her electric blanket burned her. They wouldn't pay out because she was not fully covered. ????

Do expats in Samui tolerate fools less gladly than elsewhere?

1 hour ago, Camillof said:

 

I think you are mixing different issues here. Non-Imm O visa holders are not "tourists". Those many elderlies who reside here with or without a family also bring all of their retirement money here, besides the small capital necessarily deposited in a Thai bank. Thai authorities have all interest in keeping that group here as long as possible IMHO.

True. But what if the Non-O visa holder has to go overseas for medical reasons and then return home to Thailand?

22 hours ago, kevinsan said:

Gotta love the Insurance Lobby. They have been pressing this issue for years and have now conquered.

As per the old saying, "it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good".

Good for the insurance companies.

Even if you have a Non-O visa?

On 6/8/2020 at 3:03 PM, sahibji said:

why is ko samui so infamous for murder?

Is it really? How many have there been in the last few years?

19 hours ago, OJAS said:

So you still had to wait 9 minutes for your number to be called, then? Highly unlikely, therefore, that I would be singing Samui's praises to the very highest heavens as if they were the best thing since sliced bread if I had been in your shoes - particularly as presumably there weren't too many others submitting 90-day reports in person at the same time as you in view of the current suspension!

The main thrust of my post was the use of the screen to show ticket numbers, not the 9 minutes wait. perhaps you missed that.

3 hours ago, Max69xl said:

Your 90 days report was done in one minute, but the whole process took less than 10 minutes? Que? 

first get ticket number then sit and wait for number to appear on screen. Comprendre?

According to Estate Agents, anything affects the value depending on whether you are selling or buying!

On 5/22/2020 at 9:56 AM, Peter Denis said:

No hand luggage?

I would be very hesitant to put my laptop-computer in my suitcase as checked baggage.

Even with a FRAGILE sticker on the suitcase I would be worried whether it would survive the often rough airplane luggage-treatment.

Or its disappearance!

On 5/16/2020 at 12:59 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

What brand/label are those cuts carrying in Big C?

 

Fresh or frozen cuts?  Upcountry only, or in BKK also?

 

Samui big C also has.

Why does You Tube get away with showing misleading and fake pictures to encourage viewing which have no bearing on the actual content of the video?

Apart from the meds issue, what about the risk of getting the virus in infection loaded Bangkok?

On 4/24/2020 at 9:53 AM, JoePai said:

Domestic fares are not expensive so even doubling the price will not affect those who need to fly

I don't know which domestic air fares you are referring to, but certainly not Bangkok Airways which are already more then double any other airline, not to mention their monopoly to and from Samui.

On 4/21/2020 at 10:45 AM, Kwasaki said:

Remember getting on for 20 years ago diesel B7 was 14 bht per ltr today B10 diesel about 16 per ltr.

My guess is it won't get any cheaper. 

Funny how it goes up in price immediately oil goes UP.

4 hours ago, The Barmbeker said:

Is this the new "Taxi driver gives (insert fantasy amount of money here) back to forgetful customer" - feel good about Thailand- story?

No, this one is:-

https://bloghuahin.com/corona-virus-has-confirmed-that-moving-to-thailand-was-the-best-decision-i-ever-made/