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You can't avoid filing the FBAR if you have more than 10,000 total in overseas accounts.

And why, in god's name, would you put all of your cash into banks in Thailand? I think there should have been a course during your MBA entitled: "Eggs and Baskets: Don't put them all in one".

Does the OP have a female Thai friend who might be sympathetic to this alleged situation? This Thai female should make contact with the woman who claims to be a sex slave, and if the Thai woman believes her claims have merit, she should then contact the proper authorities.

So form TD F 90-22.1 is no longer valid?

What's the replacement form if you don't want to file online?

I'm planning to invest in an Aberdeen mutual fund once there is a 10-15% pullback on the SET.

The SET has been down four days in a row and off approximately 5% since I made this post. To those who are long,

Hence the name, "Business Class".

I fly 99% of the time, but if for some reason it came down to train or bus, I'd take the train without a moments hesitation.

Isn't it common sense that common sense can't be taught?

Beds are pretty much the same, and you can't control the AC. The only advantage to a 1st class berth is privacy.

Clint in "The Gauntlet". I think it was mentioned earlier in the thread.

^

Your namesake is just the person needed to work on this problem.

Suggest each bus has a small contingent of armed troops on them.

Bring in the army!

It'll never happen, but this might be a good idea for the first year or so.

It's nice to finally see a government official express some concern, and not just paint a rosy picture.

Ridiculous.

Considering the news out of Cyprus this morning, I'm glad have bank accounts here and not there.

^ Thanks.

since when did Irish bars offer Mexican food.

Do you need snickers to finish a marathon?

Sorry, OP.

Try MBK for discounted items.

^ No, I just missed the huge run-up the last two years, and I think things are a little bit frothy right now. I want to get in on the next dip and hopefully ride it up some more.

IMO, Chiang Mai should be avoided during Songkran. Mainly because it goes on and on for far too many days.

I think a new passport is 125 now,

$110 when I renewed last month.

I believe the term has evolved over the years. In the past I think it was used for those living and working abroad at the behest of a company/organization in the country of their birth. These days I think it can used for anyone living in a foreign country for an extended period of time.

I'm planning to invest in an Aberdeen mutual fund once there is a 10-15% pullback on the SET.

Does anyone know the average price for the collapsible batons sold in the sidewalk stalls on Sukhumvit? I'm thinking about getting one to keep in the car in case I encounter someone with road rage.

If the squatters can show that they have a legitimate right to take up space on the university's land, then a court may support their position.

If they cannot, and have instead attempted to transform a gesture of goodwill that was intended to be a temporary measure into a defacto occupation, then the word vamos comes to mind.

Squatters? You mean students surely?

If I understand correctly either the facilities for a specific study are planned to be moved to Samut Pracharn or the students living facilities. A move students in Bangkok would certainly consider as being send to Coventry. This apart from possible commuting problems if they still need to be at Chula as well.

Again, my understanding is that the technical college's lease expired approximately 7 years ago.

It's also worth noting that the students from this particular technical college are infamous for being involved in the inter-school violence that has plagued Bangkok for years.

OK, I didn't know about the 'lease expired seven years ago'. Does this mean that the technical college is not part of Chula University?

BTW it may be worth noting that students of that college have a somewhat bad reputation, but moving them out of Bangkok doesn't really help in improving their behaviour. IMHO

Some of the students at the Uthenthawai campus consider themselves to be 'at war' with the students from the nearby Pathumwan Institute of Technology. Over the last few years several people have been killed by this inter-school violence, including innocent bystanders. Moving Uthenthawai students to Samut Prakan may not change their behavior, but it will make the streets safer for residents of Bangkok.