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  1.   10 hours ago, Grouse said:

    "I have yet to hear from any Brexiter how they will benefit personally; short term or long term. The average Brexiter has no idea. At all. Idiot savants at best. I should clarify that I exclude most, but not all, Brexiters here. Many have strongly held, cogent views. But en masse, My opinion stands.

     

    We need to change our electoral system in many ways. One is to limit those that are allowed to vote not by age or wealth or breeding but by cognitive ability."

     

     

    And,of course, your arrogance automatically, in your eyes, puts you into the category which is allowed to vote, as opposed to the "idiot savants" group?

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  2. 1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

    Gerard Batten got it right when he described the marathon Brexit talks as an "elaborate charade", aimed at ensuring Britain remains tied to the EU.

     

    This is becoming increasingly obvious as Remain poacher-turned-Leave-gamekeeper Theresa May and her EU cohorts take the faux "negotiations" down to the wire and the mass media dutifully hypes the fear of "crashing out".

     

    Only at the last possible moment, when enough Parliamentary sphincters have started twitching, will the people's elected representatives be allowed their say.


    The Brexit leader who burnished her Brexit credentials by declaring "No deal is better than a bad deal" will shamelessly ask them to vote for the same lousy deal - possibly tweaked with a few face-saving clauses - they overwhelmingly rejected last month. 

     

    It will be a defining moment in the history of our democracy.

     

    Anyone going to bet me they won't bite her hand off?

     

     

     

     

     

    The EU will give way on the back-stop, but the change will be announced in a way in which they save face, since they, along with the UK, want to avoid a "no-deal" scenario at all costs.  The EU profess to be on Eire's side, (as a continuing EU member)

    and want the so-called back-stop to secure no return to controls at the border with N.I., but fail to realise that now that the British Parliament have rejected the back-stop, failure to agree an alternative will inevitably result in the dreaded "no-deal". 

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  3. 14 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

    Time for the PM and her cabinet to place this in the hands of Parliament.

     

    She and every member of her cabinet have failed, while the Brexit zealots on her back benches have sat and done nothing, knowing they want her to take the blame for a Brexit that cannot be delivered.

    It can and WILL be delivered, despite your enthusiasm for the EU.  Sorry to disappoint you.

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  4. 5 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

    I'm surprised she has not resigned before with all the pressure from the EU and British cabinet ministers lack of willingness to compromise.  Enough already!

    With a very difficult job to do, with a lot of opposition from her own party, most of whom have offered nothing but non-constructive criticism, she has stuck with it and proved to be easily the best of a poor bunch.  I believe she will get an acceptable deal from the EU, of course at the eleventh hour.  The country will thank her but she should not expect any thanks from the non-loyal members of her own party.  Even so, I would not be at all surprised to see her lead the Tories into the next election and win, with Corbyn totally discredited over his stance on Brexit and his untimely and utterly selfish calls for a General Election.

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  5. 7 hours ago, KiChakayan said:

    Seems that the Germans and northern west Europeans are the only ones who remain governable. I'd love to see the emergence of a European Federation, that could include the Swiss too. 

    Italy, Spain, Greece are gone; France is on it way; Britain getting more eccentric every day; US turns into a zoo; Australia looks more and more like a banana republic...

     

    If your claim of Britain's eccentricity is based on it voting for Brexit, you ought to be prepared for more eccentric countries over the next ten years, as the EU slowly falls apart and eventually reverts to just a trading organisation, as it was originally and sensibly intended to be.

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  6. On 2/8/2019 at 9:15 AM, Michaelaway said:

    OK, THANK YOU, GOT IT:

    (Siam Legal) Qualifications:

     

    • Applicant must be 50 years of age or over

       

    • Must meet any of the financial requirements:

       

    1.   Security deposit of THB 800,000 in a Thai bank account for 2 months prior to the visa application

     

     

     

    I understood it to mean 800,000 2 months before the Visa application and 3 months after, but assumed it still meant 3 months prior to extension and 3 months after, with a minimum of 400,000 being maintained throughout.

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  7. 5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

    What would it take for you to jump out a window? does it seem inconceivable to you?

     

    he must of had some real money, depression, health and possibly drinking problems for his wife to leave him. 

     

    Panic disorder or anxiety can make dealing with even the most simple things very difficult to do. 

     

    I have said many times on TV that I suffer from mild depression. And it is one of the reasons I don't live in Pattaya. And why I don't drink. 

     

    It is hard to understand if you don't suffer from depression, but the worst thing you can do is live in a "fake" party town like Pattaya.  

     

    Visiting is OK. :clap2:

     

     

     

     

     

    I must have missed your previous comments about your own occasional mild depression bouts.  I now apologise for my previous light-hearted comments about your "girlie" stories, which I took to mean that you were anything but suffering from even mild depression and in fact were enjoying a really care-free life.  

  8. 31 minutes ago, alation said:

    That's a pretty heavy thing to say, maybe now with all the stone throwing he has received he does feel as though and maybe even understands he may have made a mistake, I don't think that there is anyone alive that hasn't don't forget he is still a sick young man.  I wish you well mate but be wise and careful with this wonderful kindness people have afforded you.

    I think your advice is a loan repayment, a telephone and a pick-up a bit too late.  If he is as sick as he claims, he should have used the money for the purpose for what it was donated and possibly save his own life.

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  9. 12 minutes ago, poohy said:

    Although i dont necessarily wish him dead it must also  be remembered he is a mixture of con artist, and both stupid and self centered.

    Seems phones mothers debts and pick ups are higher priority than using the money for what it was  GIVEN to him for.

    Certainly he deserves all the criticism hes getting, hope  all his spending does not effect his longevity!

    Longevity?  As another poster suggested, his purchase of a pick-up will no doubt hasten his demise long before the medical problem would otherwise kick in fatally.

  10. 1 hour ago, DoctorG said:

    Hey! If you re generous/stupid enough to donate money to a stranger you really have no reason to moan about how they spend it.

    Of course you do, if the money was given for a specific purpose.  If you gave a million to a little-known hospital towards a new department and then you learnt that the director had used it to help with the purchase of his new mercedes, you think you would not be entitled to moan?

    I have certainly felt annoyed when "lending" (i.e. giving) money to a relative of my ex-Thai wife, supposedly for an operation for their daughter, only to find that she did not need any treatment as she was fine.  

     

  11. 8 hours ago, Rugon said:

    He can't complain, he's had a more than average innings. If he doesn't have family/friends here that he can borrow 15k to get a visa through an agent, then he really shouldn't be here as he must have gone delally.

    What a sick response.  No respect at all for old age and also no respect for the law.   It is the disregard for the law by those using agents in the way you describe which has caused all this hassle for many law-abiding ex-pats.  

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  12. 16 minutes ago, allanos said:

    Welcome to the Third World! 650 million, yes, 650 million Indians defecate in the open EVERY DAY.  Do NOT expect First World hygiene standards in places like Africa, the sub-Continent or Asia.

     

    Having said the above, I once knew someone operating a mobile fried potato chip van in the United Kingdom.  It is a "hand intensive" operation.  No toilets nearby, but he had a large bucket on the floor in which to pee in when the need arose.  Who knows what he did if the call of nature was stronger, and where he cleaned his hands afterwords.  Personal hygiene is a world-wide problem.

    The difference is of course that in the UK, if that vendor had been reported by a member of the public, or spotted by a Hygiene Inspector, he would have been closed down immediately.  Food establishments in the UK are very closely monitored for hygiene and safety standards, which many people believe to be far too draconian, as in many cases, the customers do not even have that standard at their own homes.

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  13. 13 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

    Have gone to many public restrooms and found myself in a bit of a pickle...no paper...no sprayer...and a dirty butt...Now carry paper from home everywhere I go.

     

    These same people leave the toilet and go food shopping where they handle displayed foods with unclean hands.  Yikes!

    I was asked at a hospital to give a stool sample for analysis.  When I went to the hospital toilet, there was no paper, no soap and no way to dry my hands.  If that is how hospitals treat their patients, what are the chances that a street food vendor will expect anything different from ordinary toilets.  Then lack of hygiene simply becomes a habit.  I have seen toilets at some village schools and they were disgusting, so pupils do not learn good hygiene habits even at school.

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  14. 12 hours ago, Kenchamp said:

    For those that don't have any health or accident insurance, having 800k in the bank is not a bad idea.

    But if you use that 800,000 for medical purposes, how do you get your next extension?  If your answer is to transfer another 800,000 from your home country, then you could have done that in the first place to pay your medical expenses.  The 400,000/800,000 in a Thai bank account is simply money the banks can use but effectively you, the owner, cannot.  In addition, of course, according to the Thai Government, ex-pats need another 800,000  per year to live on, slightly more than the average Thai.

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  15. 1 hour ago, MadMuhammad said:

    Everyone seems to be making out that 800K is all they have to live off and that’s it, nothing more.

     If that’s the case I’d be more concerned about the rest of my life than a visa extension. 

     

    Clearly, Immigration believe that ex-pats need an income of 800,000 per year to survive in Thailand.   In addition to that yearly income, they now also need a minimum of spare cash (400,000) for the whole year and a minimum of spare cash of 800,000 for six months of the year.  If the idea is that non-insured ex-pats here would then have cash available for emergencies such as hospital treatment, that simply does not make sense, since they would only have 400,000 available for six months of the year and then that sum would have to be replaced prior to their renewal application and left there for a total of 6 months again.

     

    It seems that it is a plan to increase deposits in Thai bank and that is all.

     

  16. On 2/2/2019 at 2:18 PM, wazzadg44 said:

    I'm fully aware that I could lose all 500,000 under certain circumstances. Under certain circumstances,not necessarily the same ones, you could lose 800,000. I'm not specifying how or when it would happen,just that it COULD.

    So, you are suggesting that the Government's guarantee that foreigners who have cash in Thai banks will be safe currently up to several million bahts (but possibly limited eventually to just one million) is worthless? I think that even a Thai government would think twice about reneging on that particular guarantee.

  17. 2 hours ago, Aforek said:

    You speak of 800000 bahts on a fixed account ?; I  have one like this and I wonder if it works for the new requirements ; for me, it would logically work because money is before, after extension and always more than 400000 bahts all year around 

    It will work as long as you are able to withdraw money at any time, with just loss of interest.

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