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6 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

Very concerning drug adoption rate - more than 50% of patrons. Country has a huge problem by the look of it.

Pretty skewed statistical sample, don't you think?

What do you think the percentage would be testing patrons at an event at the temple?

[ actually, now that I think about it, maybe it would be 70%! 555 ]

On 10/18/2023 at 9:12 AM, Chris Daley said:

You will be sitting around a canteen and playing cards.  I'm pretty sure you can keep in touch.

I believe the reason he stated he can read DM's, but not reply, is because there is an information lockdown.

Simple messages from a war zone can unintentionally reveal sensitive information.

If you can find someone who is willing to assist you, 500 THB per day is reasonable.

13 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

Because I feel sorry for you and now realise you don't have the ability or wherewithal to use google, here are the links you desperately wanted, if only you had told me!

 

"All persons earning income are required to file a tax return no later than 31 March of the following year for hardcopy filing and 8 April for online filing, except for individuals whose income from employment is THB 120,000 or less (for single persons) or THB 220,000 or less (for married persons) and in the case of having income from other sources (with or without employment income) of THB 60,000 or less (for single persons) or THB 120,000 or less (for married persons)".

https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/thailand/individual/tax-administration

 

If you stay in Thailand for the total of at least 180 days in the tax year, you are considered a “resident of Thailand” for tax purposes. You have to file a return on the income that you received if you meet one of the following conditions: (1) Your total income exceeded 120,000 baht in the tax year.

 

https://www.rd.go.th/fileadmin/download/english_form/030265guide91.pdf

 

See number 5 in folllowng link

 

https://magnacarta.co.th/home/faq-section-2/new-personal-income-tax-structure/

 

Goodbye.

Oh thank God! I was starting to worry that @scottiejohn was about to ignite the Spanish Linkquisition.

As I have been told many times by my attorneys, "get the proper insurance".

Insurance is the only solution for "what if...?"

Price some insurance that will cover your worst nightmares.

Then build the cost of that insurance into the rent.

8 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

The night is for the vermin.....

I resemble that statement.

27 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

As it is a question of speed there could be a few reasons for it.

1. The network devices are under rated for the traffic it has to handle or

2. the system uses networks for the transmission, e.g. AIS, DTAC etc., and there could be undersized.

Or, 3. The VPS running the platform is seriously humping to rebuild the site's metadata and such, which takes cycles away from feeding pages.

17 hours ago, daveAustin said:

Cue boring boomers whining about getting wet 😂

This topic never fails to rouse them.
It is a good idea for entertainment purposes (gov is thinking about keeping the proles happy and revenues from visitors) but bad mainly for road accident casualties. Forget about water usage. In CM, where it has always gone on for a week or more, they draw it from the klongs. I hope this does happen, if only to wind up the boomers. 

I'm a boomer. I love Songkran. The memories I have are priceless.

This year my brother came for his first Songkran. It was fantastic!

Still, three days is plenty of time.

On 12/2/2023 at 7:11 AM, brianthainess said:

So no on board extinguisher, safe and trusted Thailand.

And everyone wonders why my backpack is so cylindrical and heavy...

6 minutes ago, peterpaintpot said:

Yes, I agree with you I did not look for sloppy reporting, I concentrated on the Official Comments and clarifying what other comments I saw. And also tried to point out the need for blood donations.

Blood donors are the "invisible" saints among us.

It is difficult to imagine the modern medical establishment without them.

3 hours ago, peterpaintpot said:

Their is no such thing as a service charge in Blood Donation The blood donors are offering their donations, not having a treatment for their health. If you must have a service charge it needs to be paid by the companies that use the blood.

As I understand the OP, the "charge" is paid for by the recipients of the blood, not by the donors.

As it should be. I would certainly not complain about 2,100 THB for life saving blood if I needed it.

On 12/1/2023 at 10:18 AM, webfact said:

but the use of condoms is often overlooked due to the perception that it diminishes sexual pleasure.

Perception?!

52 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

would that be akin to having unlicensed or fake software on computer systems ? 

About 8 years ago, companies like mine were all notified that the Business Software Alliance was "on the prowl", and we were informed to review all company computers for pirated software, and that we could expect some sort of "inspection" by that organization at some point. How, and under what authority, these inspections were to be conducted was not explained. The inspection never happened, and I believed the notice was the entire "attempt" by the BSA. In other words, "these notices will cause some XX% of compliance for the least possible expense". It was a 6 month phenomenon, and never heard of again.

1 hour ago, BE88 said:

 

And now the main problem is that this dangerous individual, not having the red notice on the immigration police's computer, can easily return to Thailand

 

Actually, in the AJ report (if I remember correctly), action was initiated to extradite the German back to Thailand to face the charges.

Will have to see how that unfolds. But, if he is extradited, I doubt he will be getting a refund on the bribe.

Hopefully the Thai banks are ready for the HK/Chinese hackers - they are not rookies.

Just flew to Phnom Phen in October, spent the night, flew back into Suvarnabhumi.

No request to see an onward ticket, no request to see 20K baht.

Just stamped in "visa exempt" in under a minute.

Prior to that, I had extended for 9 straight years based on my work permit.

The IO's only question was "Why no re-entry stamp?"

As @Chelseafan mentioned, unless you have been border hopping in an obvious

attempt to stay long term without a long term visa or extension, they are unlikely

to even ask about the onward flight. If they do, as @Keeps suggested, they are

likely to accept an explanation for the onward flight being farther out than 30 days.

You could even suggest you plan to take a train to another country and back, then

"fly home" with the onward ticket. These IOs are typically trying to process 100's

of people as fast as possible. Unless the passport "tells some story", they just want

to get you through as fast as possible.

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

96.7% were made from environmentally friendly materials

The occasional success story. It is nice when they come along.

6 hours ago, newnative said:

    Where I lived in the US, a huge house sitting on 20 acres of land actually would be considered a 'mansion', regardless of the interior decoration.  In my area, outside of DC, it was popular at the time, perhaps still is, to buy a little cracker box of a house on a small plot of land, but in a good location, tear it down, and then construct a huge monstrosity of a house way too big for both the land or the neighborhood of other small bungalows.  There were also new developments of way too big houses on way too small land plots.  These were what we referred to as 'McMansions'.

And, I do believe, that is precisely where the term McMansion originated from.

When I worked in Darien CT, my boss frequently pointed them out.