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Where was the Range safety Officer,
As a former Range Safety Officer with an Army unit with students using anything from pistols, rifles, machine guns and even grenades safety was most paramount
Safety in Thailand - non existent
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I have found that a water pistol filled with mineral turpentine to be most effective can be used at both ends but best results are achieved when deposited on rear end. A couple of squirts ensures that he gives you wide berth in the future. May taake a few lessons but will soon learn that you are not to be reckoned with. 555
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Can any one tell me if a "village" wedding can be registered as an amphoe wedding and a wedding certificate issued
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I also have a Lenova 10 and found it to be excellent, perhaps better than a Samsung, also have found that the Lenova tech service to be excellent
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Here is my recipe for cooking fluffy rice.
First of all get the rice cooker, rice, water and a large glass of good quality whisky.
Put the water in the cooker and take a sip of whisky
put the rice in and take a sip of whisky, stir together and take a sip of whisky
Put the whisky in and take a sip of rice not forgetting to take a sip of rice cooker
Leave until the cooker is soft and take a sip of water
Then whisky a sip of cook
Oh, f#*& it just sit down and drink the whisky
Never fails
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I purchased a computer (about 1500BT) from a well known large store which starts with "T" and paid for it with a credit card. The assistant took my card and went out the back to "put it through the system" When I returned to Australia I received my Credit Card statement which had purchases of over AUD$7000 on it which I did not make. As I only used the Credit Card once while in Thailand there is not doubt that the details were taken at this store. From the variety of purchases at various locations in Australia there is no doubt that the details taken were "sold on". Fortunately the issuing bank reimbursed the fraudulent transactions however I now never use my credit card in Thailand
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Hit a Wombat (my avatar) at about 60 Kilometres per hour, damage to car - one radiator, panel damage, steering damage, floor damage. Damage to Wombat NIL got up and walked away
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In my opinion all volunteers, Thai and foreign, should be considered for the award of "The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant" although I am sure that ALL of them did it not for the kudos but for the feeling that they have helped the Thai people in their time of need
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I guess we will never know but why did the driver of the vios choose to go left when perhaps going right would have meant missing the Pajero or just cliopping it
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My now wife has now a "Permanent Resident" visa which is registered in her passport and in 22 trips to Thailand and back to Australia we have has no further problems
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Reminds me of the first time my wife (then Girlfriend) was going to Aus. Check in girl insisted that she could not go without a visa, pointed out to her that she has a current Multiple entry tourist visa for Aus but she still insisted that she could not go. I then asked her get her supervisor, she wandered off and went to another person I assumed was her supervisor and they spoke and called me to go to them where her "supervisor" also said she could not go. I then asked to see her supervisor and she went crazy saying that her decision could not be queried. Fortunately I knew that the airport has an Australian immigration officer stationed there and I requested that he be summoned. After about 20 minutes the immigration officer arrived and after examining the passport confirmed that it was current and that my friend could travel to Australia. I am sure that the two Thai airways ladies lost face and I was referred to another lady who had no difficulties in processing us to travel. Overall a waste of time for the two ladies who apparently did not know what a "multiple" entry visa was and for us a waste of about an hour of our time
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I am still at a loss to know who appointed the USA as the policeman of the world. Let other nations look after their own problems. To escalate the conflict would only result in many thousands of deaths on all sides.
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As I have said before and will say again it is about time that the authorities showed some guts and CRUSHED the seized vehicles. Until they do this the toll will continue to rise
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Only 17% pay fines. Easily fixed send debt collectors. no pay seize vehicles hold for say 30 days if not paid crush cars/motorcycles and make sure that the crushing is shown on national television.
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I had a similar problem a couple of years ago. Taxi Driver took off before I could retrieve backpack from Boot (trunk) of taxi. Contained some new Clothing, Book, souvenirs, keys (to house and safe in Australia), canon video camera and my International driving permit with name and (Australian) address on it. Total loss about B100000. Taxi was photographed at a Toll point but no number could be identified. The authorities could Identify me in Taxi because of my distinctive white hair but could not identify the driver. Lesson learned - never place property in taxi boot (Trunk)
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My wife (Thai) and I have been going to Thailand from Aus on and off for the past 10 years. On one of our early visits we befriended a taxi driver and I can only heap praise on him for his excellent service. Before we leave Aus we call him and tell him what flight we are on and he has never failed to be at the airport to pick us up. He now knows the hotel in BKK where we stay and we don't even have to remind him where to go. We stay at the hotel overnight before returning to the airport for our onward flight to Khon Kaen, we arrange a pickup time from our hotel and he is always there at least 15 minutes before time. Of course I tip him well and this may be the reason for the excellent service, the tip I give may be a fortune to him but for me it is a just reward for his service
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Do what I did - marry the daughter of a middle rank policeman get visit the "boss" of the large police station and discuss Certificate took 4 days
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2 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:
My experience was/is that as soon as Centrelink is informed that you have a partner/wife your pension will be reduced-in line with other posters experience on this subject.
I am about to apply for an "exemption" and will see what happens...
Please let me know by PM what happens
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1 minute ago, bridge2bridge said:
But if you marry a Thai, and she is NOT an Australian Citizen then you DO NOT get a couple pension.
You only get a SINGLE pension.
I know this because i asked centrelink.
If this is correct then the Australian Government owes me many thousands of Dollars. Secondly do no believe what one person at centrelink tells you. Go to 10 Centrelink offices and you will get 10 different answers
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14 minutes ago, giddyup said:
Not sure they would bother to send someone from Australia to Thailand to check up on my living arrangements.
They may not but you can be sure that there are many disgruntled expats that would only too happy to dob you in if they felt that they were being singled out for prosecution
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8 minutes ago, giddyup said:
Not sure they would bother to send someone from Australia to Thailand to check up on my living arrangements.
Not only you but many expats living in Thailand
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1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said:
I don't know if this assists, but I have heard by many Ozzie Xpats here and there at waterholes that I have frequented over the years in Thailand, that if you are married to a Thai, your pension basically gets halved, suffice to say, I am happily married to a Thai since 2007, we are married in Australia and she has her citizenship, here in Thailand it was just a low key village ceremony and registered at the local Amphur, so I am told.
My plan before the OAP age is to offload some assets, so that I meet the asset test threshold, and divorce my lovely wife, say a couple of years beforehand, return and live in Australia for the 2 years prior to the OAP age and provide them with what they want, i.e. evidence of rent payments, lease, utility bills etc etc, my Mrs will fly in the same time as me, except a day later and will stay with me the whole time, she won't be on anything, won't be using her bank account, etc etc, and I won't know of her whereabouts as far as CentrLink are concerned, last I saw her was in Thailand, we divorced 2 years ago Mr/Ms CentreLink, go after someone else who hasn't contributed and is sponging off the system that my taxes of 39 years paid into.
This is providing the big fella up top says, yep, don't need you here yet, because if I am still breathing and able to fly to Oz by the age of 67.5 years or 70, I want a slice of the pie that I contributed too for 39 years, let's just leave at that, and I really do hope the others leave me some pie, but no skin off my nose if they drop the pension by then, or lift the age to 70, the once referred to term "the lucky country" has changed for the worse, anyways, I am living the dream here, slice of pie or not, plenty of Thai petite's to fill up my appetite when I crave it 555
Before you start offloading assets look very closely at just what your assets are and the assets threshold is, you may be surprised. it is now over $1000000 dollars and if you have this amount you probably would not need the pension
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3 minutes ago, inThailand said:
A more fundamental question...why get married? It's common here not to get legally married?
Marriage does not matter if you are in a relationship and your partner is not eligible for a pension of any sort you would only be allowed a "Single pensioner one partner eligible" rate. presently about $610 per fortnight against a full pension (in Australia) of approximately $870 per fortnight. BTW pension increases start today a whole $7 per fortnight don't spend it all at once
is there a doctor in pattaya who can confirm if a girl is pregnant
in Pattaya
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I have a friend, no it wasn't me, whose girlfriend after six weeks left and a couple of weeks later messaged him with a photograph of a tray of meat saying that this was his baby and she wanted B10000 for the abortion. Obvious that the meat in the photograph was not the result of an abortion and also he did not tell her at the time that he had had a vascectomy 2 years ago. when brought to notice never heard from girl again