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25 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

I'm now in the jungles searching for gold.

I found some, at the local gold shop so “no jungles were harmed . . . “ ????

45 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

But you would have certain rights of abode in the US

What rights would I have?  

6 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

From Friday through Sunday every weekend the hotel's parking lot fills up with cars bearing Bangkok number plates, the drivers and their primarily female passengers flooding the lobby.

I can corroborate this.  But there are also lots of “tour groups of Thais” here.  And another reason is that the weather here is excellent right now, whilst Bangkok remains very hot.

3 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Most long stayers came in originally on tourist visas and extended those visas based on retirement. 

A doubtful statistic.  Many of us simply retired here without the need for a tourist visa.

13 hours ago, genericptr said:

All because I "overstayed my welcome".

Yes, it is very, very tough.  But you will have “overstayed”, at least on “tourist status” will you not?

But you are not alone.  Many, many others have also suffered various types of loss due to the current worldwide circumstances.

For myself, although I am very happy not to have to return to Europe for a long time yet, my absence, along with other effects of shutdowns and lack of people’s mobility, have caused me to lose a fair bit financially: about 4 million baht in current cash flow (unrecoverable) plus about 20 million of paper losses — hopefully recoverable over some years, depending on the movements in the property markets, financial markets and currency trends.

On 8/18/2020 at 7:42 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

From the other thread referenced above:

 

It's due north of the Impact MMT area and just across the street to the north from the Thunder Dome complex shown on the map below.

 

 

 

An excellent post, with marked-up maps and all.

Very many thanks, John (How tall?)

“Nationality decides your fate!”

’‘Tis the same the whole world over, ‘tis the . . . !!

’‘Twas ever thus !!

18 hours ago, Laza 45 said:

Here is a satellite view.. now... real time.. scroll to change view..

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=15.79;106.38;6&l=satellite

Some really great animated flow lines: thanks for posting!

One can almost feel the singularity.

20 hours ago, Lolothai said:

30 meters water tank

A real giant ! 

20 hours ago, RichCor said:

Even with the Mekong River less than 6km away most of the local hand-dug wells went dry

No leaks in our river !  Lucky?

1 hour ago, pjuk said:

my country

Advice: Give it up.  I would say ‘sell it’ except that ‘you couldn’t give it away‘!  

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

OP, looks by your avatar your Oz. 

Or maybe the by username (unless there is a ‘hidden avatar’ somewhere??).

But the actual origin of the OP has not been made at all clear by the subsequent conversation.

3 hours ago, polpott said:

How would immigration in the UK know that I'd been to Dubai? 

I doubt this is much to do with the ‘UK immigration authorities’?  But unsure as I have not tried it (mainly due to the impossibility of returning here if I leave LOS).

On 3/20/2020 at 7:42 AM, samsensam said:

the solution; simply prepare the appropriate documents just in case,

But, please, what ‘document‘ is ‘appropriate’ (at Jomtien IO) for each of the following:

UK government pension

UK occupational pension

Annuity

Investments: dividends, capital gains, rents, etc.

When must it be dated and what must be stated?  Does it need some official stamps or signatures? 

The simplest would perhaps be HMRC documents but they do not necessarily indicate the source with adequate precision.   Or can I just write it all down and sign it!  

Another method if indicating that the money is mine to send here is my UK bank account statements, highlighting the relevant credits and debits.  Thus is the immediate source of all the monthly payments.

Any ideas welcome, or (redacted) examples of such a complex multi-source case.  TIA.

2 hours ago, genericptr said:

entire legal funds devoted to them

What is an ’entire legal fund’ and how do they get devoted to anyone?

2 hours ago, Max69xl said:

You think that's the only visa they issue in Malaysia? 

And it does not sound like any type of visa at all.

8 hours ago, ezzra said:

Just wondering, how many types of visas this country have? i guess like 2 dozens and even more,

Sure thing!   Pretty much the same number as any other country, don’t you agree?

23 hours ago, FlyingThai said:

stay away from Bangkok Bank when it's about a savings account due to their stupid Union Pay system for debit cards.

Since that era I was able to get a Visa debit card  from Bangkok Bank again.  

More recently they have started issuing Mastercard debit cards, so . . . ? 

33 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

It is less than a pimple on the cheek of a teenager. It will be easily managed.

Mine were not at all easy to manage, as I recall!

43 minutes ago, khastan said:

It looks like every retired UK pensioner is going to get one.

That seems highly unlikely since they are clearly only ever sent to those pensioners who are known to and handled by the IPC, a small fraction of all the many million ‘retired UK pensioners’.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

I often buy 'nom dip' raw milk at the Thai-Danish dairy in CM.

Goes great in your tea and good to drink as well (about 130bht for 5Kg).

In what sense is it raw?  Entire and unprocessed?

And is it actually sold in kg, rather than litres?

TIA for extra info.

4 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

The two I know:

Light blue -  semi-skimmed

Dark blue  -  ordinary pasteurised

White top is fat-free, I think.  Never buy it myself.  

I think that Black top is the same as Dark Blue, from certain brands.

I have my favourite brands but I guess no one wants to know about them.  Meiji is the most like ‘standard UK milk’ but others taste a little creamier to me, having ‘a more continental style’ that I prefer.

[I drink about a litre per day, but unadulterated by tea.]

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16 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Maybe not as BBL changed to UnionPay and you can't even use it in Thailand . . . 

Off-topic, but: They later started issuing Visa ATM cards also, But the latest one I got is a MasterCard!

6 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

 

I did mine at the office here after skipping one in April and no stamp was done in my passport. I only needed the old receipt and my passport and it was done in a few minutes with new receipt to report in November.

Pretty much an identical story to mine, just this morning at Jomtien.  Must have been in the office for at least two minutes!