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I used my OS-based MC at Pran Buri Honda last month, no problems.
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I just read a similar article online about Recall.
Very worrying.
It is getting closer to the time when one will be forced to abandon Windows forever.
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Dream baby dream.
Maybe more airports would help, and what are the chances that Don Muang and Suvarnabhumi could be seasonally under water by 2037?
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On 5/14/2024 at 7:32 AM, Mike Lister said:
Only if you want to live on beachfront, otherwise there's plenty of property available to rent in the OP's budget.
https://www.ddproperty.com/en/property-for-rent/in-hua-hin-th7707
Beachfront + about 100 metres?
I stand corrected.
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I think you need to increase your budget by 50%, at least.
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15 hours ago, SingAPorn said:
Why not ask a reputable pool firm to come over and check ?
Many years ago, way back in Ozland, I took pool water samples to my local pool shop ever month for a comprehensive analysis - much better than the cheap home kits which generally only check a couple of variables. Maybe you could do the same.
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The good olde (sic) conservative far right rant again.
If great mother England (a phrase I was taught in school in Australia in the 1960s) did not decide centuries ago to colonise and exploit foreign lands centuries ago, to subjugate and exterminate the peoples of those lands, then England would not have his "issue".
When the chickens come home to roost, karma can be a bitch.
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"... around 9.25 million people, or 13.2% of the country’s total 70 million population, live unofficially in Thailand."
No. They live officially in Thailand, they just do not reside at their registered address.
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"Sufficiency economy philosophy tends to require people to be happy with having next to nothing. A bowl of rice and a shack is 'sufficient', apparently. Unsurprisingly, it is generally supported by those with extreme levels of wealth." Agreed.
Rama IX The Great received a UN award for his "Sufficiency economy philosophy", and rightfully so for its attempt to improve the lives of impoverished landed rural folks (read the last phrase carefully).
Nevertheless, it is difficult, if not near impossible, to view examples of this philosophy in urban settings. Can anyone name any Thai politician or senior government official living by this philosophy?
Having recently read about half a dozen books (not banned in Thailand) by Thai scholars, both Thais and non-Thais, concerning modern and contemporary Thai history (ie basically the past 100-odd years), one repeatedly sees Thai history and political behaviour repeating itself.
Is it thus any wonder that the Future Forward Party were, and the Move Forward Party are, so popular amongst the Thai population, especially youth?
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Great, but. Which strains of HPV does this kit test for. For memory there are about 70-odd strains of HPV, with strains HPV 16 and HPV 18 indicating a high risk of developing cervical cancer.
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On 5/8/2024 at 2:49 AM, Luuk Chaai said:
yes.. cut and dry 1-2-3 ... "but" watch what happens when you actually use the policy and then renew .
that big discount for not making a claim is gone .. plus a surcharge ...
stick it in and break it off !
I am aware of what happens when one makes a claim; over the years that I have been here I probably make monthly visits to hospitals/clinics for minor issues; I have been admitted to government hospitals twice - once for a minor operation with 5 days in hospital and once a similar period for IV treatment for an inflamed prostrate. Paid by credit card (around Baht 20-30 thousand), and did not make a claim as it would end up costing me more in lost insurance no-claim bonuses. If I had a Baht 500,000 claim, then I would probably claim.
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Since has an ED Visa counted as a tourist visa????
Seems just another way for people to get into Thailand and stay/work here illegally.
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I am 68 years young, just renewed my policy with Pacific Cross. No new medical questions this year - just sign a coverage form and fill out a payment form. Emailed Pacific Cross with a request to renew day 1, received a reply and forms day 2, returned signed forms day 4, received acceptance email day 4. Package to be sent out to mailing address within 10 days.
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By the time this goal has been achieved, most of Bangkok will be under sea water.
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Nice article heading - which is technically correct.
But, unfortunately, the Thai scientists are not the first scientists to "discover" fossil fuel pollution in Antarctica's soil, Australian scientists based in Antarctica did so several decades ago last century!!!
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Of course Thai government officials and politicians have never ever damaged Thailand's peerless international reputation!
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I have noted the sample "problem" in Hua Hin with some agents.
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Only 30 heatstroke-related deaths this year? A nice round figure, which seems rather low to be considering the current "heatwave".
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I have had "issues" with my 3BB home wi-fi for about 2 weeks - signal dropping out. At first I thought the problem was with my computer, but I checked my phone and it also had no signal. Usually the problem lasts for about 10-20 minutes.
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Same problem in Lotus's Hua Hin.
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Every country and probably nearly every community has its nasty and violent members, and Hua Hin's expat community is no different.
Those of us who are "long-term" expat residents of Hua Hin have heard "stories", know of cases or witnessed incidents involving local expats who have been involved in "shady"/dishonest/illegal business activities and others who are prone to violence.
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Dr Nicha at MedPark. I have been going to see her for years. Extensive skin examination over about 15 minutes.
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As an older person with COPD, Legionnaires’ disease is sometime to worry about.
I hope the local health authorities take a full history of where these five people visited over the past few weeks, and also, as a priority, check the air con systems in the major malls in Hua Hin.
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A most interesting, but largely uninformed, discussion.
May I go slightly off topic.
In high school in Australia, back in the 1960s and early 1970s. I spent 5 years learning Latin and French. The former I rarely used, the latter I can still read with some difficulty. My five years of learning French spent little time in speaking French - which I have used in Laos and Viet Nam in the late 1970s, and briefly in Quebec, Canada, in the late 1980s (native speakers had difficultly understanding me, not unexpectedly).
At university in the mid 1970s, I had many Vietnamese friends (and later a Vietnamese wife). At that time I spent an hour or so every day learning how to read, write and pronounce Vietnamese words. By the early 1990s I was proficient enough, but not fluent, in the three main Vietnamese dialects to be able to do my PhD research on Vietnamese communities in Australia by conduction about 450 interviews of families in the Vietnamese language/dialects. After the research finished, I very very rarely had the opportunity to speak Vietnamese again.
In 1976, while studying another degree at university, I was required to learn Bahasa Indonesia, which I found difficult at the time.
In 1996-1997 I spent 7 months in Thailand, attached to several research projects at a major Thai university. Over this short period I learnt enough central Thai to carry on a basic conversation.
Almost 12 years ago, I returned to Viet Nam for the first time since 1985, and tried using Vietnamese again for the first time since 1993-94. After a few days "words came back to me" and after about 2 weeks I was able to carry on a very very basic conversation and read signs.
Arriving in Thailand to live just over 10 years ago, I started, for the first time, to learn how to write and read Thai. I persisted for a year, until I gave up. The Thai I had learnt in 1996-97 did not return. And I admit, after a few years here, then in my early 60s, my native English ability slowly declined, despite my reading English works for hours every day.
A detour. I had a friend at work in the early-mid 1980s. He was in his 50s, a retired Australian Army major, who had be an intelligence officer. Bruce (his name) wanted to learn Pu Tong Hua (Mandarin Chinese), but no institutions in China would accept him - he was too old, people over 35 were nor admitted. Every day, he would spend hours trying to lean how to read, write and speak Chinese, but he never advanced beyond the very basics.
In conclusion - our brain's plasticity, declines as we age, our ability to learn new skills, also declines over time - for some of us, this decline is very slow, for others it is fast. Some old people find it easy to learn new skills, new languages, but others amongst us find this task difficult, if not impossible. For young people, it is easy to learn a second, third, etc. language; for us older people it is much harder. As a university student in the 1970s, I was "stunned" at how many of young student friends from continental Europe fluently spoke 4, 5, 6, languages, or how some of Chinese Malay/Indonesia/Brunei friends not only spoke English and Bahasa, but also 3+ Chinese dialects.
Some of us older people may desire to learn beyond basic Thai, but our ability to do so may not match our desires.
Thank you for reading.
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Poll/Survey: Expat Tax Residency Status
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Spot on TroubleandGrumpy.
For at least the past 50-odd years, whenever there have been changes to Australia's tax laws, policies, procedures, etc., the changes have been published in the media or in specialised tax publications (eg the annual Master Tax Guide, etc.), and for the last few decades on the ATO website. So the average tax payer in Australia can access information on what changes are happening and how the changes will impact them. And for some decades, tax information has been available in a number of "community" (read immigrant) languages.
Meanwhile, in Thailand .... the hub of hubs of hubs ....