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I think he meant street parties.

I now live upcountry and not one person I have talked politics with support Thaksin anymore. Even former redshirts have had enough and seem to be moving orange. He is past his sell by date, but being the egotistical tw@t he is, he won't step away from his power obsession voluntarily.

True, but we've had enough of "those currently wielding power" too. And that is not limited to the senators. 😉

Had a similar problem. It was registered using my number and subsequently changed to my wife's number (can't remember why) but I am not allowed to change it back to my number. Cannot access my funds so stopped using Lazada. The app was crap too.

If you live in Bangkok, wander round Wang Burapha area and check soe of the shops there. They affer repair services, but not sure whether they could assist with an air rifle of not.

You get that with Ali Express a lot, but I have always received what I ordered, even if a little late.

On top of that, air rifles require a gun permit. A major seller of air rifles was arrested a few years ago for being an unlicensed seller. Since then, it has been extremely difficult to source reasonably priced air rifles in Thailand and the vast majority of websites that used to sell them have closed down. Those sold by licensed gun shops in the Burapha area of Bangkok are overpriced, but they were imported legally. You would also need to obtain a gun permit.

It's much quicker if you drop off the item to the nearest branch of the shipper. I did that with a return two weeks ago. Cost nothing and was returned to vendor in 2 days. That was Shopee though, but assume they have something similar for Lazada.

Up here in north Kalasin I have only seen a few obese and clearly overweight people. When in the local 7/11 I see less than 5 % (very rough guess) of customers that are overweight. What I have noticed is an increasing number of overweight kids, which is probably down to them spending so much of their free time playing on their phones while snacking, instead of being more active and playing with friends.

Reading what is going on now, I can't help but think how lucky I was to submit my application (7 June 2012), as the process started to get cleaned up under Anupong Paochinda after the 2014 coup. Probably one of a very limited number of positives coming out of that regime. Now it seems like it is going back to the Thaksin times when under Purachai Piumsomboon, a nasty xenophobic hypocrite. Perhaps Anutin is friends with Purachai as they both seem to have a dislike of foreigners.

I don't play golf and only complain about the heat in April (this year in particular). 😉

That is my understanding too. I recall there was a bit of a mix up in @Arkady's case as to the basis of his citizenship application, i.e. whether based on PR or marriage, which nearly threw a spanner in the works for him. I think it was a screw up by the SB in his case. Perhaps he could help clear this up.

Get you and understand where you are coming from. My case is a bit different as I own both the land and the house. I might have done things differently if wasn't possible for me.

I think I would get bored pretty quick if I was staying in someone else's house. Having my own house has its benefits.

Been up here in north Kalasin for a year now, working online 3 days a week. I will retire at the end of June and am concerned about boredom. Like you say, the countryside is beautiful, I love my house and wife, but what am I going to do to fill my time. Having said that, I would be the same if retiring in Bangkok, where I lived for 40 years. The only difference being that in Bangkok I would have a social circle (very small but better than none), whereas up here I have none. The only redeeming point is that I can converse in Thai, so there is no need to rely on my wife for communications.

Some regulars chomp at the bit waiting for anyone to post something they don't agree with so they can put finger to keyboard. Such impatience causes them to totally miss the humour.

Nah, morons don't tend to live that long.

85fbfe91-c6fd-4cdc-bc61-0236bb1f1abb.mp4 Had a few storms in my neck of the woods. First a nearly a couple of weeks ago. The school was supposed to open at the beginning of May and it did for a day or two, then closed for a week. The roof was ripped off and the teachers' housing was seriously damaged. 30 odd lecky poles blown over in a near by village, another village had more than 40 roofs blown off, and two guys looking after cattle were hit by lightning. Then the above happened on Sunday (sister-in-law's place) and another sister-in-law's shop lost a few bits of roofing. The first was the worst storm I've ever experienced. My first true summer storm.

I get pissed off with people who can't spell people.

The Land Office is notoriously corrupt. Not that many years ago, it was ranked as the most corrupt Thai government agency. Probably still is. On a related note, I am quite a few years older than my wife so am considering having my name removed from our title deeds. May make things easier for her when I kick the bucket (hopefully not anytime soon).

Usufruct does seem strange in this instance. I think perhaps there has been some misunderstanding at the Land Office. When my wife and I bought our house in Bangkok, registration was very straightforward, probably because there were many more foreign born Thai citizens buying property in Bangkok. However, when we bought some land in Kalasin, it was a bit different. The official handling the queue in the local Land Office initially could not get her head around the fact that I, a farang, could also be a Thai citizen and own land. She was quite confused and initially was not prepared to give the the requisite queue number, so I pointed out that I had already shown her my Thai ID card and that I could actually own land (I did not get uppity about it though). She then got up and went to consult with her boss who thought it was all quite amusing. He gave me a nice smile and told her that she was holding evidence that I could own land and to get my queue number sorted. From then on, it was all good. However, I do not know about the fees for being added as a joint owner post purchase of the land, as when my wife and I did it we were both registered as joint owners at the same time, i.e. upon purchase.

The Land Department is not totally correct. For the Tabian Baan there can only be one person registered as the owner (Chao Baan). However, for Title Deeds (Chanote), it is possible to have more than one owner. For my house in Bangkok, the title deed lists both my wife and me as owners in the title deeds, but in the house registration (Tabien Baan), I am listed as the owner. For our house in Kalasin, we are listed as joint owners on the title deed but my wife is listed as the owner in the house registration. In your case, I do not see any reason why you should be prevented from being listed as joint owners in the Title Deeds (Chanote) for both properties. For the tabian baan, you could each hold one. When taking out loans, it is the title deeds (chanote) which are used, not tabian baan.

The median earnings in the UK is 34,963 quid/year. More down south and less up north east. These figures just show me how out of touch I am with the UK reality. I always thought I was the pauper living and working in Thailand, but it appears that is not the case.

An attempt by Pheu Thai to remain valid. However, this pseudo vote buying scheme will not help them. It is about as much use as a fart in a jam jar, but at least the jam jar wouldn't negatively impact the economy. This party seems to be really good with the money wasting schemes that have more negatives than positives, including the land bridge farce.

Total immersion was the way I learned Thai, but when I came here 41 years ago, I didn't have much choice. Worked out well for me though.