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sandyf

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  1. You are free to put whatever interpretation on what was said, but that would be making things up. "Gosh, we've been moving NATO closer and closer for decades, and Russia just sits there, minding its own business." You should consider more carefully what has been said before making your insulting comment.
  2. Obviously you do not understand short circuits. My wife asked me to replace the battery in her phone, burnt my finger as soon as i connected the new battery, short in the phone but it was the battery that got red hot. Of course you would think the battery was at fault for not storing the power that created the heat to an acceptable standard.
  3. The use of power banks on board should be banned. A fault in the connected device can lead to a rapid discharge and overheating. I cannot understand why airlines have not insisted on power banks being fully discharged before being allowed on board.
  4. Obviously McCarthy never died, the legacy lives on. It is quite infantile to see NATO as a country that wants to take over Russia. As for minding it's own business, what rock have you come out from under.
  5. There is a saying about true words and jest. Russia took a large part of Europe after the war, only the naive would think they don't want it back.
  6. It is more obvious you failed to understand the answer.
  7. Nobody thought that there would be still be conflict 3 years down the road. The US put something like 80K troops into Poland following the invasion. What is different now is that Trump has taken away the catapult and it is back to the drawing board. If Ukraine falls, where will the Russian advance stop? All a bit ironic, like the Red Scare never existed.
  8. Tell that to Greenland. If Trump wants to stop sharing information then he should be denied the ability to collect information via other nations. At least when the US gets out of NATO, no need to move the HQ, just the bases.
  9. Delusional, quacking like the duck.
  10. I can only assume you have never seen the HSR train stops in Laos, all part of the same project, Kumning to Singapore.
  11. Indeed. Getting people to sell up and move wasn't as easy as they thought. U-tapao has scaled back expansion on the basis it may never happen. From the EEC committee meeting 4 years ago. 5. The progress of high-speed rail linking 3 airports, expediting the handing over of land, opening up the areas for construction and ensuring the project’s completion as scheduled The meeting considered the on-going progress of the high-speed train linking 3 airports project, noting that the project was progressing according to the plan of the committee that has been assigned to expedite the project. The progress includes the relocation of public utilities to allow for the construction work to commence. Most of the land will be ready for handing over by the end of March 2021. As for the handing over of the land that will need to be expropriated, the matter is now at the stage of concluding the purchase agreement by the Railway Authority of Thailand, which will then hand over the land for construction of the railway by the end of September 2021 at the latest. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.eeco.or.th/en/filedownload/2762/file-the-1-2021-meeting-of-the-policy-committee-of-the-eastern-economic-corridor-eec-special-development-zone
  12. Indeed, in this day and age new rail projects have a lot more hurdles to deal with than previously. When it comes to screwing things up the UK is a front runner on HSR.
  13. But the US needs the world or it wouldn't have over a hundred military bases in over 40 different countries. Time they packed their bags and moved to Russia with their new found mates.
  14. Pattaya has always been an alcohol consumption zone, free entry with large Changs in bars at 70 baht. Should have been called Martini Town.
  15. The US is only wealthier nation because they, unlike European countries, didn't have to rebuild after WW2, just enjoyed the spoils of war. It should be the international community dealing with Russia, not Europe or anyone else. The US however is not interested in an international community, only themslves, history has shown that only too well.
  16. I have never had a re-entry permit stamped on entry, but then they are always multiple. Obviously the OP is unfamiliar and it may or may not be stamped on re-entry.
  17. Auto gates can only read the bio page and do facial recognition and possibly fingerprints but cannot read anything else in the passport. With departure gates not too much of an issue but why entry auto gates are normally restricted to certain passport holders.
  18. Remind us how much US infrastructure was destroyed during WW2 and had to be rebuilt. There is no dispute the US won the war but not in the way they would prefer to believe. In WW3 physical location will not be the defence it once was.
  19. Yes, but they didn't do themselves any favours moving to Jomtien, many saw it as an additional hoop to jump through. Sri Ratcha has recently moved out of town but fortunately it has knocked some miles off my journey, rather than adding to it. The new regime seems a bit more organised, I was in and out in a few minutes for my 90 day.
  20. There is a saying about summer and swallows. In 25 years I have come across a substantial number that have little idea on the visa requirements, with the view they don't need to know. That attitude combined with the perception that Thais cannot do anything right means there is a potential problem the moment they walk into immigration.
  21. You are drifting away from the qestion that was originally asked about paying tax in Thailand. You said you were, probably because you have not paid in the UK. Chances are that most who have already paid in the UK are not liable again. It is all about circumstances and income from 2 different countries can hardly be seen as the norm. I should think that what concerns most is do they need to file or not, looks like the jury is still out on that.
  22. Jomtien probably has the worst clientele of any immigration office in the country and cannot be taken as a benchmark. I am in the same province but use a different office and the difference is quite substantial. The combo requires the income and funds to be presented in a recognised manner, something that some seem to find difficult which in turn frustrates the IO.
  23. If you haven't paid tax in the UK any remittance from there could be liable in Thailand.
  24. I think what the poster actually meant was "Has anyone, other than those working here or with locally derived income, paid any tax?(having paid tax in another country)" So as far as your response goes, 7000 THB? and have you paid any tax elsewhere? At the end of the day it is all about personal circumstances.
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