natway09

We may need another round of "commissions before anything can be inked

VAT does not collect as much as you think.eg: If I buy for 80 Bht & sell for 100 Bht I pay VAT only on the 20 Bht margin Ie: 20 Bht. If VAT was 10% that would only be 2 Bht. If you wanna see where big money comes into Government have a look at what the breweries & spirit manufacturers pay in excise, importers of spirits & fags, & even road tax receipts

Sucked in ?

If you look at history (forgetting modern history where it is a money making business) Most wars are all about religion. Just BAN ALL religions !!

Hardly need grow lights here. It grows like a weed & I live in the cooler area.

Here we go again, shut the door after the horse has bolted. How long will this discussion last,,,,,,2 weeks ?

Very sad & maybe as already stated no excuse but this is Thailand where cautious driving is just not the norm & very surprised that fully grown Thai men would (take the risk) to go cycling on public roads in the dark after sunset or before sunrise in particular in groups possibly two abreast. You just have to knew that you are at the least pushing your luck

Agoda (apartments) Can u handle that?

I do know that the Thai Embassy in Jakarta have some very helpful people aboard. They have assisted me on numerous occasions with a genuine desire to help.

Meanwhile the 2024 unbalanced budget with so called "stimulus packages " Government spending stupidly high with a waft of the wand saying private sector needs to raise this money that we spend. And folks will be surprised with a massive blowout deficit ??? Getting totally crazy !!

As many other Thai islands building it is the easy part. Operating & maintaining it is another. There are many plants on islands just sitting there totally neglected including two I know of donated by the French Embassy

Short answer to your question is YOU. I know of 2 condo owners who had to replace ceilings in units below & lucky little other water damage. Ensure have drainers in kitchen & turn water off when away for any length of time in case of a pipe bursting

Just in case you have not tried, I had bad migraines for many years with the whole box & dice, vomiting, dizzy, horrific headache, needed a dark suffer room for 24 hours etc. Went for a consultation with a forward thinking Dr & ended up having 3 sessions on a body stretching machine 4 days apart. Last 2 days extended stretch & all sorts of cracking in my upper back & neck. Never had a migraine since (26 years)

We all know that the whole thing is one big pyramid system with a vacumn cleaner at all levels

Just got my implant capped last week after human bone graft 3 months wait. Amazing process really, take out the rotten tooth, implant goes in straight away, no blood even & no pain. Korean implant, total cost 55,000 Bht. 4 visits, one a week after implant, just a check

Bangkok Airways developed & opened Koh Samui 10 years before the Government would have got around to it & ran it as a boutique airport it is great. It's only expensive to you because we are spoilt in Thailand & maybe Indonesia for internal flying. Check out NZ or UK for internal airfares of that mileage. I rest my case.

Looks like mainly bamboo construction so time to rebuild with some fire codes or am I dreaming again. Feel for the small shop owners though

The Thai Bight is struggling to stay alive anyway. This just adds to the pressure. Must have recovered a bit though with 20,000,000 less Chinese poos being pumped in

The massive Chinese tour groups before Covid made up mainly of employer sponsered employees & families left little money in the country, Airfares, accommodation & even some restaurants along with chinese transport companies made sure the majority of monies repatriated home. I am not talking about individual chinese travel for leisure or business, as they can spend well. I like the Indian response to this problem of repatriation (export) of monies, they are going to tax at 20%. Very good idea

A worn tail rotor bearing, (good chance it was dry as well) but all maintenance up to date ? Something does not add up

Had the same problem with the "Rats of the Sky" Got a couple of local lads to put wire netting in the shady areas & never had any mor problems until the following year when their offspring who had I believe had been born there really tried for hours to tear a hole to get in. High pressure hose sorted it all out.

Well, I suppose I can say "I told you so" but the best or worst is still to come. Phuket could very well have a melt down. As to stealing work from Thais the police just consider any complaint as a nuisance unless there is pocket money in it. The Labour Dept presence in resort areas are not really equipped to confront the Russian mafia. The other question is how long can Aeroflot maintain their aircraft to keep them in the air for long haul ?

Go have it done. Some comments on here are useful, seriously consider a colonoscopy. Get your heart checked properly & believe me worth it, big hospital in Bangkok somehow missed it but I live in the bush now & they picked up on the fact that I have aortic valve stenosis. Correct medication & diet will at least slow deterioration

From what I have heard the "free" healthcare in the UK is not what it used to be & long waiting lists for just about anything. It must have been a very difficult decision to make, in particular if he has no family there. Cold, miserable & on your own, is there any sense to it at 88 ?

I hope you have had more tests than just a PEA which can be highly dubious in finding anything until very late. Check out the BNH specialists.