Moonlover

I agree with H & S. This non alcohol day is observed throughout the country. I've read in other posts about M & P shops selling alcohol. Not so in our village. In fact the village shop is closed completely on this and all religious observance days. My playbook has always said respect the laws and cultural rules of whichever country one chooses to live in. If you can't do that then you shouldn't be here!

You're suggesting that they should have flown all the way to Moscow with the nose gear doors open and the nose gear (possibly) not secure? Not a chance of them doing that!

On the 18th Sept 2023 an article in the Thai Enquirer was amongst the first to announce these amendments (not rules) to the Thai tax code. That article included following paragraph: 'The program will begin January 1, 2024 and apply only to tax residents in Thailand meaning tourists and short term workers will be exempt. Also exempt will be those who have been taxed in a foreign country that has a standing Double Tax Agreement with Thailand'. I repeated this paragraph many times on this forum but it was consistently brushed aside. Maybe now folks will start to take note. https://www.thaienquirer.com/50744/thai-government-to-tax-all-income-from-abroad-for-tax-residents-starting-2024/

DWP only use Citibank for payments to foreign banks, not to UK accounts.

I have 3 pensions paid into Wise and they are all deposited at around 9:30am UK time. (currently 15:30 ICT) If they were to be paid into my UK bank account they would normally be deposited shortly after midnight, so payments destined for Wise obviously follow a different payment route which doesn't begin to operate until the start of the working day. It has always been thus for as long as I've been using Wise.

I agree (once again!). I've sent many registered letters to the UK, including to DWP Wolves' address and I've always received 'proof of delivery'. Sometimes I even get to know the name of the person who signed for it!

Oh I so wish our British counterparts would get themselves into the 21st century!

And wisely so I would hazard! 😄

I rather like to think that this has been caused by an 'administrative cock up' by the DWP when the POL form was last updated some years ago. A mistake that has now been corrected. Like you I have always endeavoured to have a stamp affixed in the appropriate box, whether they insisted on it or not. A small detail now can save a lot of hassle later.

It's a bit difficult to pin a restraining order on a soi dog though isn't it. Nowhere did I read that the police had raided the compound.

So, having settled the issue of the stamp requirement (I hope) @5davidhen1 as your girlfriend's brother is the Phu Yai Ban, he will most certainly know the senior personnel in her local district office. My wife's nephew is our Phu Yai Ban and that is where I go, with his cooperation, to get my form signed and STAMPED. Fill in as much detail as you can in English (You can get the office address, in English, from google maps) and have the senior officer sign and stamp. There should be no charge for this. If you want to be sure that the letter is delivered, use registered post at around 250 Bhat. The above procedure has worked for me on 3 occasions at least now. Hope you find this helpful.

What? The occasional thrown object causes the lion to roar all night! More likely the poor creature is pining for freedom and the company of its pride.

Are you seriously trying to tell me that Life Certificate that I received just last week is not the latest version? I say again, the one I received includes the words 'I have placed my official stamp on this form'. And that other stuff you posted earlier was AI burble which has no official weight at all. It's probably as out of date as the outdated link that you posted!

The latest version of the DWP life certificate does call for a stamp. The witness signs to say: 'I have placed my official stamp on this form'. I completed my own DWP LC form just this week. The O/P doesn't say so, but it's possible that his G/F lived in the UK with her late husband and worked there. In which case she would have accrued NI credits in her own name, thus entitling her to a pension.

What is the age and the milage of the vehicle? Is the exhaust smoky?

How would a photo provide proof that someone has Alzheimer's?

Too many people on here 'shoot from the Hip' and then return to their beer! Good luck to Pattaya. It sure sounds as if the city needs a major makeover.

I'm married to the Pho Yai Ban's aunty. No problem getting my POL certs signed off. 🙂

Kudos to the rescue team here for using their initiative. I'm assuming this poor guy was on the ground, otherwise moving him would have been a very major issue. I recall a BBC documentary on obesity some years ago. An American women of similar proportions had been stuck in her upstairs bedroom for 10 years or so. When it came to moving her out to a hospital, they had to remove the window and a portion of the side wall and bring in a crane to lift her out!

This can only be done if the applicant is handicapped or disabled and I'm sure some evidence would be required. (See page 2 of the TM7)

No one has mentioned the fact that the motorcycle was on the right when the collision occurred. Assuming that he was riding on the left as he approached the junction, if he had stayed on that side of the road he'd have missed the truck completely!

I'm no expert in the macroeconomics of a country, However the proposer of the petition, Alan David Frost, suggests that: '.......... increasing the allowance would boost the economy by giving people more spending power, reports the Daily Record. The petition, advocating for the raise of the income tax personal allowance to £20,000, claims: "We think this would help low earners to get off benefits and allow pensioners a decent income." This seems to be more than just putting a few extra pounds in pensioners pockets. https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2010732/petition-increase-personal-tax-allowance-20-000-all-you-affected

For some people in this world, their glass will forever be half empty won't it.

Nice one. Saved me the trouble. @Elvis Presley. You are an alien, get used to it!

So what are you suggesting? (or implying) That the police drop the investigation against their only 'person of interest' on the off chance that he is not responsible, just to preserve his reputation? An unlikely scenario indeed.