JimHuaHin

I received a letter from my Australian bank yesterday, dated 15-09-24. But still waiting for voting papers for the March 2024 Queensland Local Government elections.

Short answer "No way"!

Nevertheless, some imported foods - such as jams and spreads, and frozen vegetables - are 2-4 times more expensive than the prices listed at Coles and Woolies in Australia. And even when the Thai Baht increases significantly against the Ozzie Dollar, the Baht price still goes up!!!

Vegemite at several Thai outlets (eg Gourmet Market, Villa Market (?)) still costs Baht 169, which has been the price for 11+ years).

Thailand - hub of corruption. Thai Prime Minister moved to tears over the 23 deaths. Well Prime Minister, what are you going to do to solve this problem? Or has daddy said, mai pen rai? The ball is your court Prime Minister.

Where did Visa do their survey? Bangkok CBD?

Dr Nicha at MedPark Hospital, Bangkok, is excellent, in my experience (trained in Boston, USA).

Very dark clouds in Hua Hin now, 1630ish.

Response - Option 3.

Thailand, the land of corruption, cronyism, scams and unrealistic hubs, where powerful business families and local marfia families will exterminate any threat to their profits.

I rented a high-end condo on Sukhumvit, Bangkok for 7 months (on a monthly basis agreement) back in 1997. I informed the management 2 months in advance that I would be checking out on date x. Upon checkout, the management informed me that they were waiting for approval from the owner to return my 2-months deposit, and would send me a cheque. It never arrived. I rented a house in Hua Hin starting about 11 years ago; about 5 years ago the house sold. The new owner, a farang, from a small northern European country, who wanted to move into the house with his family, drew up a new lease permitting me to stay for a few months while I searched for new accommodation. No damage was done to the house, and I paid for house cleaning upon departure. The new farang owner claimed there was damage to the house facilities, which he could not identify (the house was in exactly the same condition when he inspected the house prior to purchase), so he only repaid half my 2-months deposit.

Maybe the gods/spirits are sending a message - no more Shins in power?

The heading does not indicate what was stated in the article " He confirmed that no major storm is expected to impact Thailand within the specified timeframe."

As some have noted above, mission impossible. There have been many books and countless reports and articles published on this topic of recent decades, which would take hours to summarise. But to keep it simple - major attitude adjustment and effective policy implementation required. Change the tax system, and tax the Thai billionaires' of wealth. Increase the human capital of all Thais via life-long education. Provide all workers with a minimal living wage and all on welfare with a living benefit. Reduce the number of foreign workers in Thailand (especially those being paid less than minimum wages). Every adult resident in Thailand MUST be issued a TIN, and all subjected to tax (although many on welfare will not have to pay tax). Use more technology in government operations, thus reducing the size of the civil/public service. Change the laws - anyone involved in corruption will receive 5+ years in a real prison plus their family will be fined 25% of their assent; increased punishment for repeat offenders). And deal with the marfia families; Taksin did it with drug dealers (not so well), but I am sure all good devote Buddhists would like to see an end to marfia operations.

Firstly, georgegeorgia made no reference to sexual intercourse, why are most the responding replies referring to sex? Although HIV PrEP is useful in prevention HIV infection (if taken within 72 hours of sexual contact) and doxycyline (100 mg twice a day, for 7-14 days, depending on the infection and is complexity) is useful for some STD/STI infections; to my knowledge, there are no medications that prevent the spread of HSV1 or HSV2, both of which can be transmitted asymtomatically. Secondly, and finally, antibiotics should be used sparingly, under medical advice, and with care. There is in the world, today, an over prescription of antibiotics and an associated growing number of non-viral infections that are resistant to antibiotics. By needlessly taking antibiotics one is developing a tolerance to these antibiotics which will reduce their effectiveness when later use is required, and increasing the change of antibiotic-resistant bacterial and fungal infections developing.

Is it 1 April already?

Short answers, from a fellow man from down under - no (unless you slip, slop and slap), yes, yes.

Father died at 66, liver cancer; mother died at 74, natural causes (although she was a heavy smoker and drinker).

This is not rocket science, nor is it quantum mechanics, it is relatively easy to do IF the computer systems/programmes have been set up in a way that they can communicate with each other effectively. Clearly, this is a "problem". Maybe it is time Thailand tendered more contracts to foreign computer experts to solve the problem. This article gives me hope that the implementation of the proposed taxation of foreign incomes will not be effectively implemented any time soon, at least not in my lifetime.

Same old same old; it is attractive to be a middle-upper level Thai government official, there are just too many ways to "rig" the "system" to make extra money.

It appears, from your first picture, that I had exactly the same filter for my pool in Australia. I used to clean it monthly using a garden hose; more frequently when cyclones passed through leaving the pool full of tree leaves.

I have not been to Pran Buri DLT for five years, but I do know that the requirements changed from 11 years ago to 10 years ago, to 5 years ago. Two years ago I took a friend to renew her license at Cha Am DLT, which had different requirements and set-up to Pran Buri. I plan to visit Pran Buri DLT, in person, early next month to find out what the current requirements are; you could possibly do the same.

From one old man with a denture to another in the same position, go and see a good dentist.

Slightly off topic; moderators please delete if necessary. A close Thai friend works at a 5 star hotel in Bangkok. This week she complained that she was very stressed at work. Many of the staff at the hotel have been resigning over the past 6 months and the hotel cannot recruit enough replacements. Low pay and enforced overtime is the problem, according to my friend.

TAT appears to be living in dreamland, or a drug altered state of mind. Does TAT have any comprehension of what is happening locally/globally with respect to economic/financial situations? TAT appears to be dreaming up incomprehensible programmes to justify their useless existence. Abolish TAT, and use the savings to help those Thais in real need.