Moonlover

27 minutes ago, zzvv said:

I dont understand 3000 signatures for the Tax Exempt site and 300 for the link I have sent ...

Theres 1-2 million brits abroad and everyone SHOULD sign it ...grrrrrrr. 

 

Hahahahahaha

The former is of interest to all citizens, no matter where they live.

Of the latter, there was another petition on this very topic not so long ago. Voter fatigue I think it's known as. 

9 minutes ago, zzvv said:

Moonlover.....I think thats another link....There could be many 

8 minutes ago, zzvv said:

Moonlover....Its actually a DIFFERENT petition !

Yes, there are actually 3 petitions running simultaneously, all of which ought to be of interest to us, which is why I brought them to the forum's attention.

The one calling for relief from taxing the state pension is of particular interest to me. Not only is my state pension frozen, its taxed as well!

A double insult IMO!

3 minutes ago, zzvv said:

Moonlover.....I think thats another link....There could be many 

You provided the link to the 'acknowledgment' page post signing. But I've just revisited it and I noticed that has a link back to the petition page, but some folks might not notice. 

No harm in 'belt and braces'. 😀

The correct link would help!

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/704130

8 hours ago, impulse said:

The USA was under existential threat from the Axis in the '40s and we still held elections.

 

Are you claiming the guy who declared martial law is capable of holding off elections as long as he wishes?   And that's okay?

 

That's a ridicules comparison @impulse. The US certainly was not under  existential threat at any time during WW2. Neither were millions of its population displaced or constantly under bombardment and Its infrastructure being destroyed night after night. None of this was ever a problem for the US.

How can a Ukraine possibly hold elections under such circumstances?

6 hours ago, kuzmabruk said:

Police man crashed his pickup last week.  The back was loaded with hundreds of cartons of vapes.  Thai news commented.  “Aren’t they illegal”.  

I believe it was carrying cigarettes.

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40046375

1 minute ago, matta01 said:

I'm surprised no one talks about compulsory health insurance

What compulsory health insurance? He's came on a non imm-0. It not required.

12 minutes ago, tomgreen said:

 

Thanks, the only money I have coming into Thailand ( to my Bangkok bank account ) is a small monthly government retirement pension . I have a feeling that if I do go to the local Thai tax office and start asking questions , things could end up becoming more complicated. I was hoping that if I don't plan to make any more claims to receive back tax taken from my Thai savings account , I could just ignore the form . 

What is your home country and what do you mean by  'a small monthly government retirement pension?'

17 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

 

Yes, I raised my eyebrows at that comment too.

 

They do have effective treatment here as long as the infection is identified early enough. A drug called triclabendazole is usually prescribed here.

 

Ivermectin is prescribed for parasitic infections, but not liver fluke as far as I know.

8 minutes ago, johng said:

 

Liver fluke is not a parasite ?

Ivermectin seems to be quite a "wonder drug"

The CDC   tweet

“You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Serious y’all. Stop It.”

was propaganda, disinformation the lawsuit made them retract  without fighting the suit.

Ivermectin is used in the treatment of nematodes which are intestinal worm infections such as flatworm or eelworm.

Yes, liver fluke is a parasite but they are not nematodes , They are trematodes and call for different treatment. As I said, triclabendazole is often prescribed here.

1 hour ago, johng said:

1 hour ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

And yes, Ivermectin is recognized as an effective treatment for liver fluke.

1 hour ago, johng said:

 

“You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Serious y’all. Stop It.”

remember that ?

 

well

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/27/health/fda-ivermectin-lawsuit/index.html

 

🤣  🤣  🤣

Yes, I raised my eyebrows at that comment too.

They do have effective treatment here as long as the infection is identified early enough. A drug called triclabendazole is usually prescribed here.

Ivermectin is prescribed for parasitic infections, but not liver fluke as far as I know.

Not just Thailand's banks either. I had to complete a tick box questionnaire regarding my tax situation from my UK bank recently. 

It presented a bit of a catch 22 problem. If I declared myself 'tax resident' in Thailand, which technically I am, it went to ask which country I paid tax in. The correct answer is, of course the UK, but it didn't offer that choice!

So I backed away from that and answered UK and UK! Fortunately I have not registered with TRD for a TIN as I don't owe any tax anyway.

And I think that this is a damn good reason NOT to register with the TRD unless one has to.

36 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

It is completely mind-blowing that after decades, yes decades, of awareness of this solid link, that the situation remains this bad. All you need to do is cook the fish. It is not hard. The alternative is liver (bile duct) cancer.

 

 

There are still old timers in the villages that believe that if they take a good slug of loa khao with their koi pla, they will kill off the parasites and so they won't come to any harm!

I've lost count of the number of deaths there have been in our village that have succumbed to liver/stomach/cancer issues that are, in reality death due to liver fluke.

And it's not as if they are not aware of the problem. There have been plenty of awareness campaigns and free screening programmes, but they tend not to respond until they begin to present symptoms. And by then it's usually too late.

The article would benefit from having a commentator who was just a tad more object. His pessimism, even cynicism is quite clear.

Link below to the original article in the Thaiger:

https://thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/bangkok-to-adopt-beijings-air-pollution-solutions-in-landmark-deal

54 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

What's changed?

30 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

As far as I know Thai immigration no longer makes such visits. 

Did you read the full thread or are you just a 'read headline' and respond type of guy?

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

In happier times. a long time ago, immigration officials, if requested, would visit the homes of sick and disabled foreigners for the purpose of granting extensions of stay etc.

What's changed?

7 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

 

A lot depends upon  how critical the patient is. It may not have been a full crisis. The pilot will have spoken with the medical consultant on the ground and been told where to go and what to do

 

Note that the runway length at  Surat Thani is 2100 M

The (posted) recommended minimum airport length for a loaded B777-300ER is 2,701 M

The distance needed is influenced by tarmac conditions (wet or dry, weight of the aircraft and weather conditions)

 

Even if Surat Thani could take the aircraft, it might not have been able to service the  aircraft. This would have been a hard brake with a heavy load so tires might have had to be checked and serviced. The terminal is not set up for a B777-300ER and it would have been a nightmare to try and manage all these people, especially if there was no immigration capability. Passengers would have had to be put up in hotels if the plane was damaged on landing, and Surat Thani can't easily do that.

 

The aircraft was approx. 20 minutes away from an orderly descent into BKK. Had there been a landing at Surat Thani,  additional time would have been needed to  safely descend from 40,000 such that it really would not have made much of a difference.

 

Plus the fact that the flight was BKK bound anyway. If BKK were able offer a straight in approach, no deviation from route was required and everybody ended up where they should have been, saving one god almighty logistics problem.

4 hours ago, jaywalker2 said:

4 hours ago, Moonlover said:

It's more likely it was an annual fee for your account or card that just happened that it coincided with the day you updated the book.

 

I was caught out thinking that I'd been charged 100 Baht for using an ATM out of province. No, I was wrong. It was the annual card fee that was deducted on the same day.

4 hours ago, jaywalker2 said:

The fee was charged in January and it's 200 baht

If a charge is made for an 'over the counter' service you will be informed about at the time and given a receipt.

If the 100 baht was not mentioned to you at the time, then you've got it confused with some other charge or payment. We all do it on occasions as I've mentioned earlier.