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22 hours ago, transam said:

I at times email them asking if a LC form has been sent to me, they reply, last time was an SMS on my phone.......

When I send the LC form back I copy it and paste to an email to them, pointing out this is in the post, I get a reply...🤗

I will try that next year, mail here in Thailand is very hap hazard sometimes 

very quick other times not so, i have had mail turn up 3 months later, why they can't use email for some things that are not so important, i do'nt know!

Getting back to my original opening post my proof of life letter turned up, it had taken two months to get here, my pension had been stopped, hence the phone call as outlined in the opener, i did write them a letter stating my pension was now ok after the phone call, did't expect a answer and did't get one, civil servants i presume working from home, poor dears, probably rushed of their feet.  

It the ECHR that blocked every Rawanda flight, it has to go!

14 hours ago, johng said:

Buy an end of life cruse ship anchor it just on the limits of UK waters

delver food and water    use the Royal Navy to enforce a no go zone except for food deliveries let the  violent convicts get on with it there  have another few for the "asylum seekers" that cross the channel in boats too..

Yes, what happened to that big barge thing that the tories had, i know that bonehead starmer emptied it on his first couple of days in power, is still aeond i wonder!

9 hours ago, OJAS said:

 

So they accepted your phone call as being the necessary proof that you were still in the land of the living in lieu of a fresh Life Cert? I distinctly recall someone else on here who called them recently but was told that he still had to submit a paper Life Cert by snail mail! A case of left and right hands at the IPC, it would seem.

 

Yes, the georgie woman excepted my phone call after going through many checks, then finally said ok it should take a couple of days for the money to arrive in my UK account, though i'm told it's more than a couple of days!

17 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

You can contact the International Pension Centre (IPC) by email, using the online enquiry form.

It is taking longer than usual to reply to online queries.

You need to report changes to your personal details (such as your address or bank details) by telephone or letter.

Telephone

State Pension

Telephone: +44 (0) 191 218 7777
Textphone: +44 (0) 191 218 7280
British Sign Language (BSL) video relay service if you’re on a computer - find out how to use the service on mobile or tablet
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm

Thank you and others for your quick replies, would you know the email address you quoted by chance?

i try to avoid phone calls as my 86 yr old ears are not so good these days, so email would be a good start!

My UK (DWP) was paid into my UK bank (Halifax Bank) every week without fail, until recentley when it has suddenely stopped, the last payment being 2nd May, has anyone else had this problem?

I thought maybe they (DWP) had put me onto monthly payments with bothering to infom me which under this shambles of a government we've now got, could well be!

Anyone any knowledge of this to put my mind at rest!

Slightly of topic, but seeing starmer standing proudly in front of a union jack flag is sickening, when he does everything he can to put british people at the back of queue for just about everything, unless it's paying taxes the we are right up front!

Don't know if this has been mentioned, when we in the EU this unfair practise was brought up, tony blair that well known so called socialist fought tooth and nail to get it stopped and apparently was succefull (sp) good old toe eh!

18 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

I wonder if China had a hand in creating the mess? Starmer could be a useful tool to them

Don't you mean useful idiot, much more fitting when it involves Starmer!

32 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Looks like the bar scene in Star Wars. 😆

 

The fact that a supreme court ruling was required just shows how far Britain has fallen. Starmer must be confused by all this, I wonder if he finally knows what a woman is?

 

 

Quite, he still looking for his cervix poor chap!

22 hours ago, steven100 said:

yes,  they did eventually after realization set in. 

Yes after the Thai navy seals said they had done all they could, and requested the forein (British) help that was present at the site.

On 12/21/2024 at 2:59 PM, Delight said:

you need to head towards Jomtien with Pattaya behind you.

 

Straight thru the lights witch has the turn left to Treppasit Rd

 

To the next set of lights

 

Straight thru these lights and immediate left. you will see an overhead sign bearing the name of the office that you are seeking.

 

The Tax office comes to view -it is the only  office down there.

 

Past security -office on the right.

Thank you very much for your precise infrmation, and a happy Christmas to you!

Where in Jom thien is the tax office? an what would i need to take with me to abtain the reqired info., an lastly being not very mobile wheelchair bound) could my wife do this alone, being 86 yr old i am at a loss trying to get my old brain around this new requirement !

Any help would be very much appreciated and thank you all

On 12/2/2024 at 9:23 PM, BangkokReady said:

 

I heard a theory about issues with self-image leading to tattoos.  It's something like they want their outside to look like how they feel inside.  Maybe they want people to see them as dirty, as they fear surprise or disappointment when people find out what they do.

Youmean like Avatars (sp) then!

If understand correctly this TIN number can be obtained from your bank, is that correct? and does anyone know where the local tax office in Satahip/Pattaya thanks for any help provided!

18 hours ago, proton said:

 

It's not muslims which is the problem, it's Islam, you know the cult of hate and intolerance which caused 9/11, and over 48k other terrorist attacks since 1979. Islam is fundamentally violent as that is how it started and was spread. The fake prophet was a self confessed terrorist- 'I was made victorious with terror' Sahih Bukhari 2977

Intolerance not according obama,how he said that without laughing i don't know!

1 hour ago, cncltd1973 said:

Muslims won't stop being Muslims, their religion is flawed with violence, intolerance and oppression, so what can England do? it's heading for a civil war and the politicians aren't offering any solutions, very unpatriotic and naive of them.  my sympathies, Britons

"intolerance" not according to exPresident Obama, how he said that with a straightface i'll never know!

On 8/1/2024 at 3:20 AM, CygnusX1 said:

No wonder I needed the assistance of Google and Wikipedia to figure that one out. I’d never heard of J. Arthur Rank, and I doubt too many other people have!

If you were British you would, particular in London Rhyme slang, ie what rhymes with rank?

17 hours ago, susanlea said:

Most Chinese women are butch and not feminine at all. Nothing like petite Japanese.

Not all Japanese, those with the highly whitened faces pretendind to look like dolls are just plain ugly, plus the Japanese preference of looking like school girls is off putting, for me at least, but to each his own i presume!

The strange thing to me is you see Thai people working outside they put on more clothes not less and not even break into a sweat, i understand the bit about not turning their skin black but not seemingly to sweat at all, seems to be a genetic built in trait i suppose, which us whitey's don't have even after living here for years!

19 hours ago, Will B Good said:

I imagine every fat-bellied, gold chain wearing, tattooed Brit always read up on the FO advice before they travel anywhere.

It was in one of the daily papers Mail, or Express, or one of the other quality rags!