Moonlover

3 hours ago, Adrian78 said:

I downloaded the app a while ago and registered and then uninstalled it and haven't used it since about 2017. Could they still contact me to ask for Sim card verification?

It's been well publicized that the account holder's name must match the name registered with the phone number. If they haven't contacted you then you're probably ok.

6 minutes ago, Adrian78 said:

Good morning.

If we use the bank's app, does the bank know it or not? What I don't understand is how the bank knows if someone uses the app and asks to verify the sim. Thanks.

Yes, the bank does recognize your device. Your device has to be registered with the banks system before you can access your account. Kbank for instance recognizes me and I can even check my account balance without having to enter my PIN. 

4 minutes ago, Hummin said:

16 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Start him off on a motorcycle with side cart.

4 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Absolutely not, you going to make him looking stupid for his friends?

Yes I agree, a motorcycle/sidecar has no 'street cred' at all. Plus the fact that they more difficult to handle than a solo bike. I agree with @fredwiggy above. A scooter is the best starter machine for a youngster, but I would suggest finding a riding school to teach the lad initially. 

8 minutes ago, johng said:

or you can just ride the thing without it being registered in your name which is 100% easier and totally legal... again why does it have to be in your name ???

Exactly. Just as I have been doing with our 2 motorcycles for the last ten 10 years. (I still say that the Aerox is mine though)

2 hours ago, Tuco Ramirez said:

It's the same old spiel, time and time again when one is forced to interact with a local.

 

Is this how they are taught to interact with foreigners when they are at school?

 

 

I've been asked the same question (slightly modified or course) thousands of times, in dozens of countries during my travels. There's nothing odd or sinister about this. They're simply curious.

And what's wrong with that?

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

"The risk of death from COVID-19 for adults ages 75 years to 84 years old is about 140 times higher than for adults ages 18–29."

 

"The risk of death from (insert any ailment you care mention) for adults ages 75 years to 84 years old is about 140 times higher than for adults ages 18–29."

19 hours ago, Shocked farang said:

Yes, but Paracetamol is seen as a medicine, alcohol everyone knows is toxic, specially for the liver. Alcohol can only be processed in the liver. 

And Paracetamol comes with clear warnings, such as 'do not exceed the stated dose'. I've not read that on a can of beer or a bottle of whisky. If fact, from the point of view of the suppliers the more you drink, (poison yourself) the better it is for them.

Bottom line. Paracetamol is safe providing it is taken correctly.

28 minutes ago, Shocked farang said:

I would like to advise everyone that Paracetamol is a poison for the liver. Don't take it, ever. 

Thank you. 

Do you issue the same warning when it comes to alcohol?

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

And I don't feel the slightest bit worried. I said it from the very beginning it all comes down to your immune system, your diet, your lifestyle, and your health. If you have a healthy strong body, it fights it off like cold or flu and the symptoms are fairly mild, especially now that the virus has continued to weaken. 

 

This applies even more so if you're not a heavy drinker and if you're a non-smoker. 

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

Where did you plagiarize that from, Id like to check the sources cited

I see no plagiarizing there at all. @spidermike007 is simply expressing a commonly held believe and one which I completely agree with.

2 minutes ago, jas007 said:

For sure, many people are brainwashed at an early age, nut not everyone. 

 

In any event, what do you say about the people who can recall past lives?  People who can recall people they've never met, places they've never visited, all in perfect detail and all accurate.  Or what about the time travelers?  Some of those people tell stories that are pretty convincing.  

Yes indeed. There's a very interesting article right here on the subject of reincarnation. And it is quite compelling, even for a sceptic like me!

https://www.thesouljam.com/post/is-this-undeniable-evidence-for-reincarnation

With your symptoms and age, I would consider trying a course of acupuncture. It's none invasive, pretty cheap compared with standard western treatment and importantly avoids the need for medication with their almost inevitable side affects.

It has a very good track record as this website indicates.

https://bestofchinesemedicine.com/specialties/bph-treatment/

21 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

if i'm not mistaken "wing yip" isn't even Thai, its chinese ,    If she could not find a Thai shop she should have visited one of the many Thai owned "rub and tug" establishments that the capital boasts

The article does not suggest that it is a 'Thai store'. But as the countries leading supplier of over 4,500 authentic and quality Oriental ingredients, there can be no doubt that it imports a lot of produce from Thailand. She wouldn't be visiting there otherwise would she.

10 minutes ago, piston broke said:

The mobile phone was started several years back and his ex girlfriend registered it in her name - how would that work ... ?

 

I cannot offer advise regarding agents, but he might just find this to be an issue. It's been well publicized that the registered names on bank accounts and the mobile number associated with the account must match.

He needs to get that sorted.

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

 

did not notice the asean now thread from 2024... not very observant of you.

 

 

Not only did I see it, I was the third person to post on it. Not very observant of you @Ralf001!

50 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

I'm not a Brit so probably didn't take much notice of it back then, it wasn't until I watched the documentary that it seemed incredible that he could have lived alongside so many Brits in Phuket without being caught

Only trained observers can commit a face to memory from a photograph. All he needed to do was lie low for a while until there was no more publicity and then ease his way into the community, using his assumed ID of course. He was clearly a very remorseful chap.

I did like the comment by the judge when it was pointed out that Burrows will probably die in prison. -  "I don't suppose there'll be anyone who'll mourn that."

5 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

I just watched this BBC program on a UK pedophile who lived in Phuket for 25 years.

 

It was apparently a pretty high profile case after he jumped bail and fled after getting a passport under an assumed name.

 

He led a pretty open life, never tried to hide, in fact Tim Newton was interviewed and said he was very active in the community.

 

Now Newton can be forgiven, he's Australian, but surely given the fact this guys face was plastered over British media not one UK resident on Phuket recognized him in 25 years!

 

Somehow beggars belief

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j1098y8no

As this was a VERY BIG story on this forum back in March this year and you were a member back then, it just proves how unobservant people can be!

27 minutes ago, Barnet1900 said:

Those that show no respect or gratitude get caught up in the own wrongdoing.

Karma

It seems you're not the only one who thinks that way.

16 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

A local resident, Mr. Mongkhon Sukprakhon (60), said “He once cut down a 100-year-old bodhi tree and an old sugar palm without performing any rituals.”. He believes it was bad karma that killed him.

 

47 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

These announcements never mention DTAs, I notice. 

 

Presumably because the planning relates mostly to Thai nationals earning income from outside Thailand. But the effect is to alarm unnecessarily MOST non-Thais living in Thailand.

 

 

Read the article in the Thai Examiner. 

'Crucially, it would still honour Thailand’s tax treaties with more than 60 countries. In short, some income streams would be exempt depending on the country of origin of the taxpayer'.

Thai Revenue planning new decree making remitted foreign funds within one year tax-free for residents - Thai Examiner

7 minutes ago, impulse said:

Sad story, even if the guy brought on his own demise. 

 

Lots of tragic and near tragic videos all over social media of people cutting down trees, with very unintended results.

 

 

There's a couple of nerdy posters around here I would like to see a tree fall on!

1 hour ago, Drumbuie said:

Aspirin is better for COVID as it dissolves blood clots. But it's out of patent so nobody is pushing doctors to prescribe it. 

Paracetamol is also out of patent. It expired in 2007. Also the idea of 'popping a daily aspirin' to keep the blood thin is well out of date as well.

13 hours ago, ronnie50 said:

If she's telling the truth (if), then this is what I think happened - and it could have happened on air-side after the bags have been checked in and sent down the conveyer belt. The bags are manually removed from the underground conveyer. Her contents removed, the cannibis take their place, and the bags are then sent on to be loaded onto the plane. There would of course need some baggage handlers in Colombo to also be in on this. They'd just remove her tampered incoming bags from their conveyer belt and her bags would never reappear. Pretty simple really. Just needs some coordination and pay-offs of supervisors for shift changes, and/or broken/unplugged CCTV in the conveyor area. 

Not a chance of that! The baggage handling area is probably the most secure part of the airport and for good reason. It's the most likely area where an explosive devise might be secreted on to an aircraft. Baggage handlers go through rigorous security checks, going into and out off the area. 

The baggage goes through intensive automated X-ray screening for explosives automatically and only if it gets flagged at that point does it come under more intensive scrutiny.

I did read in The Guardian yesterday: 'Of the 750 smugglers arrested at airports in 2024, the NCA said that 460 had arrived from Thailand'. Obviously outbound drugs are not their main concern.

2 hours ago, Presnock said:

 

US banking, FACTA in reporting includes IRS form 7 where one would put the tax number of whatever foreign country he is a tax citizen of  other than US and if no tax number there is a bracketed area to explain why - i.e. having no assessable income in Thailand for me.  My US bank has not asked for any Thai tax number and local bank accepted my info which I recently checked and they said all was in order.

Similar with my UK bank. They asked in which country I was tax resident, which is Thailand. They then asked in which country did I pay tax, to which I answered (truthfully) the UK.

And that was it. No further questions.