Oceanbat

Not unnecessary
Deadbeats, criminals on the run, paedophiles, psychos and god-knows what else make up a larger percentage of the farangs here than they should.
The authorities want to know where people are.
What came first? 90 day reports or the surfeit of the above-described scum trying to live here for extended periods?

The moment the realisation hits of how little power they have outside of their own little Bangkok world is quite delicious. Impotent bullies comes to mind.

OB


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Rubbish indeed. More child deaths here than pretty much anywhere in the world from kids being launched through windshields and crushed on the ground from motor bike crashes. That's not really the point here. I live here, I have a Thai wife and a Thai born son. We have a child seat on both cars and when we travel we make sure the Hotel that picks us up has a child seat in the car. We are lucky for two reasons. 1. we can afford it and 2. we actually love our son and we would be devastated if something happened to him that could have been prevented by us. Not everyone is born equal and not everyone loves their kids the same. They are FACTS.  Most people don't think it will ever happen to them.  Self worth, the value you place on your children is something very visible. Look around, you can see people who don't give a f..k here everywhere. They don't care about themselves they surely don't give a shit about you. Making car seats mandatory is like the 'Helmet Law' it's there but no one cares or even Polices it.  You are on your own here that's is for sure!  ;-)  Happy traveling!

I love all this baby sir will save your life etc. but, when I was born in1957, there was no seat belts or baby seats. The baby wrap up snug in there cocoon wrapping probably has a better chance of survival than in the seat! plus just in case the new mum drops the baby! Oh! I am still here and kicking. Sure some people have accidents, and some people die. But today in my town nobody crashed, nobody died and certainly no babies died from motor accidents. Sure a few motorbike idiots when down, banged up a bit, but no deaths.and no young children on the bikes that went down because most had a caring parent driving carefully.

It seems that until the Thai authorities have an way of making quality car seats affordable to anyone except wealthy people, the expert's suggestions are a non-starter in Thailand.

Seconded. So many good ones to choose from. I'm quite partial to no idea on Soi 22 these days since Hemingways closed.

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I don't get this argument that buying a car seat to keep your child safe would result in undue hardship. Is this greater hardship than the death or maiming of the child?

I'd hazard a guess the answer is no.

OB


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On 6/28/2017 at 7:19 PM, Thai Ron said:

Cool neighbourhood?

No, "cool" is not an adjective I'd use to describe that part of the Sukhumvit ghetto.

 

What people need to remember is that it was the THAI pedestrians and business owners who wanted them gone . The pedestrians had had enough of these often abusive deadbeats routinely blocking the pavement forcing them to dodge traffic if they wanted to get somewhere and the business owners (who all pay business rates) had to put up with the hawkers blocking the entrances to their shops pretty much all day long.

They were just hawking counterfeit rubbish that you could pick up in any of a million locations anywhere in the country.

It wasn't a "market" - it was "Shakedown Alley" and I definitely don't miss it.

 

Tourists might miss the "spectacle" (if that's what you wanna call it) but BMA don't really care what tourists think.

It's this exactly. It seems to me it's mostly the foreigners that don't actually live and work in Bangkok, who don't have to navigate these formerly obstructed streets (especially with children) by walking on the roads to dodge around fake viagra and sex toy sellers that find this change objectionable.

OB

The TIP report is closed off at the end of March. So they would have known it would have no effect. It might have something to do with an EU fishing inspection next month though :) 

Why do all the white people on here suddenly think this is about them? It's about illegal migrant labour on building sites, in factories, on boats, working in call centres, or tour guides. A number that greatly outweighs the number of "farang" working in Thailand either legally or illegally. Some of the new clauses appear directly related to several high profile court cases involving migrant and immigrant labour over the past year. The new law also formalises contract farming.  If you are illegal, then you are illegal. No different to laws in most of our own home countries. Nothing to moan about. Times are a changing. Thailand is growing up.  

What makes someone a resident as opposed to a tourist ?
 
 

If that is true, then why is this information never shared or published ?

I don't mind it. I go the the one on 15 every couple of months or so and it's always busy.

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Did you end up buying one?

OB

2 minutes ago, wildewillie89 said:

Ahhh. That is only in our situation that number applies to. If work out side of your home city first two years you are entitled to have rent paid on top of salary. If work in home city then no extra money. We didn't have to take that bigger loan to build our house so that extra money will end up paying about 30% of it. Soon as the loan finishes though, the rent money will stop coming. Many government people just keep on adding to their loan. The benefits are why nearly every graduate apply to be government officials, but only small percentages make the cut obviously.

Gotcha..Excuse me I'm just having my usual once a year whinge for the tax I pay here for little or no benefit it seems...

You might also want to check out whether you  need to pay HECS. They changed the law this year so that you do even If living overseas.

OB

1 minute ago, wildewillie89 said:

Where my income also used to go. If our incomes didn't go there, then the country would be as underdeveloped as Thailand is. 

No, I mean here. My tax rate here is 35%. Paying for govt officials houses doesn't leave me with a warm fuzzy feeling.

OB

15 hours ago, wildewillie89 said:

Thank you. Being only 26 with zero money when I moved here, I understood the risks (as I wont get my countries pension probably). And in all fairness to the poster I probably wouldn't have if my wife didn't have the position she does (would have brought her over at our young ages). However, our house will be easily paid off as the government pays 30% of it and the Mrs pension will be higher than my pension would have been from Australia anyway. So really, it was a no brainer.
Also I can use my university degree without having to pay for it as I am not getting an Australian income. Stomach has toughened up, got used to the weather...the only stress is just stupid ways Thai do things lol 

So this is where 35% of my income goes...

OB

16 minutes ago, AndyOz said:

With the greatest respect you have not traveled extensively. I think of cities in Eastern Europe and South America. If a taxi driver will not switch his meter on and the price quoted is too high then go to another. The other taxi will have seen this and will offer a better price. You may need to do this 2 or 3 times but the choice is yours if you don't like the price don't get in.


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OR

Just use Uber and not worry about putting up with this behavior. Easy.

OB

9 minutes ago, SOUTHERNSTAR said:

I think you are confused between transferring and cancelling and applying at the same time. What probably happened was that your old employer cancelled your old WP and your new employer applied for your new WP at the same time. WP's cannot be transferred.

Ah right. You are most likely correct. I just sat there and they did everything. I thought it was just transferring but could have been as you said.

OB

Yes possible I did it about a year ago. What you need though is for both employers to cooperate and coordinate. I arrived at immigration and both HR reps were there at the same time. They did whatever they needed to do and the previous employers HR rep left and I continued on applying for the employment visa and WP stuff with my new firm. Key is just to get both employers to coordinate.

OB

On 4/4/2017 at 1:28 AM, Rc2702 said:

Why do you observe old foreigners and then take the time to discuss it online?

You don't notice people when you are walking around?

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Amazed how many people who comment on Thai visa say "I'm (insert age) but don't look it". Or look better now than 25 years ago. It certainly doesn't tie in with my observations of "older" foreigners living here.

OB

1 hour ago, dluek said:

If the government is serious about cleaning up Thailand's image then it needs to figure out how to provide opportunities in the long term for the thousands of women who have few if any other options, as #136 makes clear. A badly failing education system in rural areas, deeply ingrained social class hierarchy that dictates dark-skinned people should be poor, institutionalized wealth inequality, and institutionalized corruption -- these are the roots of most of Thailand's problems, including prostitution. Perhaps the current government has taken some steps to fight corruption, but as for the rest, few Thais in positions of power will even admit these problems exist. Everyone in the world can clearly see Thailand's true face, except for Thailand itself. 

I've thought about this. I think they are actually happy with the way it is. They have no real inclination to fix these things as it currently provides them with wealth and power. The rest is just noise.

OB

This country is a joke.

OB

No doubt more effort will be put into finding him than on the disgusting yearly road toll carnage.

OB


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