halloween

7 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

Yeah, they have prosecuted umm no one? lol......

If you had spent anytime in Thailand you would know that wealthy people like the Ital Thai family are not pulled up for wrong doing, unless their is an ulterior motive.

Its just amazing coincidence that at the time the Govt are in Buriram trying to woo the Bhumjumthai party, that it just so happens that this is the exact day out of 50,000 that they could of investigated them for land encroachment, they decide today is the day.

For someone allegedly 'raised on BS, can smell it a mile away' you must have a blocked nose.

 

i'd love to know where the game warden fits into this infantile conspiracy theory. But i can see how it derives from your Shin apologist stance combined with an inability to admit anything this government does benefits the Thai people.

4 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

These guys must have really p*ssed off someone near the top.

 

Cynics would speculate it is very nice for Ital Thai main competitor Sino Thai Construction, who just happen to be the company of Anutin Charvikul who leads the Bhumjumthai party......

Why is it that every time a prominent criminal is prosecuted, you look for political persecution?

8 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Taxi's are sort of the exemption. But, apparently not here. 

Currently working as a taxi driver in Oz, I think that is pure BS.

3 minutes ago, BuriramSam said:

Not everyone does, nor can everyone, have a gun in the US. Your premise is false.

Thank you for pointing out my inaccuracy. Do you believe US society would be improved by removing those restrictions to gun ownership that are applied?

1 hour ago, 7by7 said:

Not rude; but completely and totally inaccurate.

 

I assume that as you are anti immigration that you live in the country of your birth, or have returned to the country of your ancestors birth were they immigrants.

 

Or do you believe that your race and or religion immigrating to another country is beneficial to that country and it's only towelheads and other <deleted> who should be kept out?

 

 

I live in 2 countries, and in both I am welcome. Care to point out the claimed inaccuracies?

3 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

You are lost. Only here is it invasion of privacy as citizens and us have no rights. In any normal country the passenger is neutral and is never approached. 

I have a GPS. If any vehicle is pulled over for a traffic violation, police will not ignore criminal behaviour of a passenger. Why would being a passenger exempt you from search at a checkpoint?

7 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

The Vikings taught of Nirvana and that fighting a good war with death helped open the door to Nirvana. 

The vikings were Buddhists - who would have guessed?

17 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Police are not going to yank you out of a taxi in any other country and search you. Even Singapore or Indonesia is not going to do that. Less than a gram is irrelevant. 

Where did you get this strange concept that taxi passengers have either more rights or immunity from police action than other citizens?

On 5/5/2018 at 6:09 PM, 7by7 said:

I do not

when I talk about Christian sectarianism and violence; I am talking about the present day. That such violence rarely, if ever, makes into the Western media is a question for the editors of said media. I suspect that, since the end of most of the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, it's because the victims are not Westerners.

 

Just one example: https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-there-are-christian-terrorists

 

Extremists are always intolerant of all others; whether they be religious extremists, political extremists, those who believe their particular race is superior to all others etc..

 

Only another extremist of one kind or another would believe all those of a particular religion, political belief or race etc. share the views and aims of the extremists who claim to represent that religion, political belief, race etc..

 

The rest of us, thankfully the majority, are united in our desire to defeat the extremists and terrorists, no matter their raison d'etre.

 

 

 

 

Would it be rude to point out that before someone becomes a muslim radical/extremist/terrorist, they're are first a muslim? So logically, allowing muslim migration increases the risk of associated terrorism.  Experience has taught us that however nice, and grateful for the opportunity, the migrants are, it is their offspring who become radicalised, causing a problem much harder to eradicate.

The problems most children of immigrants suffer due to lack of home education in basic language and cultural skills, are compounded by the teachings of their religion and the practise of marrying cousins, leading to lack of success and resentment of those who "fit" their society.

While immigration to western countries is great for immigrants, the costs involved to the citizens of those countries are very high, far outweighing any benefits.

i have to wonder at the small-minded view of those who condemn public servants for stealing from the poor, and ignore and excuse the theft of hundreds of billions, from the same people, by those they elected.

14 hours ago, ravip said:

"religious preacher raping a teenage girl"

At the rate these are happening, one tends to wonder if religions are necessary!

 

 

The best thing about monotheism is there is only one god left to forget.

3 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

 

I wouldn't like to be the MP who has to stand up in parliament to defend CL's right to restrict holiday length of near-retirees less they lose some of their rights as a pensioner.

13 hours ago, LosLobo said:

 

My interpretation of the rules is that the 2 years needs to be continuous but may be broken by short holiday periods of less than 6 weeks.

 

This applies to returning residents for both the pre and post OAP application 2 year period.

Interesting. And just who gives CL the right to determine how long a semi-retired Oz resident's holidays can be?

1 hour ago, Gregster said:

Halloween, can you spread the 2 years of residence over 3 or 4 years BEFORE reaching retirement age?

What I have been doing now. Regs state 2 years residence before or after, and I can't see why an Oz resident isn't allowed to take hols, especially when close to retirement age.

10 hours ago, tink2mutt said:

Yes. I think you are right. Even if it is reduced to $19,000 per annum it still makes a big difference.

Remember that the 2 years does NOT have to be continuous. Spreading the 2 years residence over 3 or 4 allows you to maintain ties and relationships much more.

54 minutes ago, sceadugenga said:

Not in my experience but there was a way round it, it's a while back now so I'm not sure how I did it... maybe rang them up...

 

Some years back I had to contact them, I called and arranged a call back. Whether you can do that to arrange an access code..........

17 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

What's the big deal?

 

If the monks in question promise to campaign/support for Prayut, he will see that the charges go nowhere (see telecom industry).

 

Don't the monks understand Thailand 2018?

And you think that situation didn't apply in the past? Where have you been?

Your allegation might have more credence if there wasn't actually revelation, investigation and prosecution happening in 2018.

3 minutes ago, sceadugenga said:

Have you checked back with them?

Sometimes the squeaky wheel...

Currently working 6 days/week so difficult to phone given their response times - but they have announced 1000 new CL call centre operators to be employed. Have tried e-mail enquiries, on 2 different subjects, ~3 weeks ago, still no response. You have to figure they are just as short staffed as phone operators.

Somebody may know the answer to one - will they send the access code for MyGov a/c to a Thai phone number?

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The allegations against the monks will damage the reputation of the Buddhist clergy. These allegations have threatened one of Thailand’s key institutions,” Charoon said. 

The fact that they are thieving scum should not be revealed

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Winai Sawekwi, from the same network, said laymen did not have the power to rule over monks. 

Taking vows, which you then ignore, puts you above the law.

9 hours ago, ELVIS123456 said:

Mate - I read somewhere that you can apply in advance (before eligible), so I checked it out. A person can lodge an application for OAP up to 13 weeks in advance of their age eligibility date. So I guess that means it can take that long to approve - and therefore maybe in a few weeks they will answer you.

 

Assuming your date of eligibility (age) occurs soon, I would assume that this is the date that you would be backdated to if approval is granted past that date. If you are already age eligible, then the payment start date should be the date your application was 'first processed' - this is not the date you lodged it - it is the date it was assessed and accepted as a 'valid' application. 

 

Therefore, if the date you are started on OAP occurs before you finish work, then any income you get after that date will affect how much OAP you are entitled to get if over the maximum - and you may have to pay some back (by having payments reduced). Bugger.

 

Best advice I can think of is to try and call CLink as soon as you get an answer.  If you call them now and ask "what if ............"  they will say they cannot answer hypotheticals. And if you ask "when will........" they will say that the decision is not theirs and it shouldnt be too long (a separate section who dont talk to the public make all decisions).

 

Catch 22 by the look of it. Quit work in anticipation of approval and you may find that you are not approved, or that the payment start date is delayed. Keep working past eligible date and if approved, you will be earning money while receiving the OAP if/when it is backdated. Aint they just grand?

 

Tried to apply 26 weeks before, sent home. Applied exactly 13 weeks before and was given an expected date of approval/decision some 7 weeks later. Now 10+ weeks, OAP pension date <3 weeks away.

If CL sets earliest application date at -13weeks, they should have the staff/resources to process in that time or reset the application date to suit. At the very least, they should have available documentation of your rights, procedures and rules that apply to delayed payment.

A recent news article here about young people being paid ~$18/h, $5 less than the award wage, with the employer facing severe penalties. CL is asking, and forcing some, to work for far less, and this is considered normal?

10 weeks after I applied for OAP and no decision as of yet, but the "your application has progressed" messages every 5 days have now stopped.

I have had 3 people tell me that their OAP took 6 months after application before payment began, back payment was made but allegedly this is at CL discretion (???).

The question is, do I live on my savings (assuming I have enough) or continue working after my retirement party? If I continue to work, will this income be ignored by CL or treated as income while (not) receiving OAP? If the latter, my current income of $1600/fn would then be reduced to <$700 after tax and pension reduction ($80 tax in first $400, then $240 tax and $600 pension reduction on further $1200).

Can't find anything on CL material re late pension payment, obviously they don't want to discuss their incompetence on application processing in the time they have allotted.

BTW tried raising this on CL website. Before you could possibly type the above, the session times out. How convenient.