Scouse123

It does seem a rarity with all the self entitled arrogance we see, witness and hear about. Sure, all people are not the same and unfair to tar all with the same brush.

It's amazing the silliness and unnecessary risks people take on the roads in Thailand which are ill-advised. They wouldn't do it home, why do it on some of the most perilous roads in the world.

I thought they were Buddhist, not Ancient Egyptians.

This Filipina lady is active, strong-minded and doesn't go in for superstition.

Hi, There were definitely no immigration facilities there as the building is not completed. We arrived early evening. You are aware that there is a designated lane for the elderly, monks, disabled in the main terminal for you, and me as it happens, as I have a registered disability.

A sad ending to a holiday and the mistakes and reckless risks we take without thinking when we are young. RIP.

Somebody obviously missed out on their cut.

I think this group of people need to find themselves a decent hobby.

We had the same problem with a European style house we built and put for rent on our land. My other half's father had died, not in that house, but on the terrace. He never stayed nor slept in the house. Stories by Thais in the village and gossip to any Thais seeking to rent from us, even those who had stopped in the village to ask for directions to our place, saw a few people walk away, no matter how much we reassured them it wasn't true. We have now rented it to a Filipina teacher here, the problem and silly superstitions..... SOLVED!

We came in on a flight with Qatar last week, on the evening of February 5th and must have been dropped off there, as we then had to get the new subway to the main terminal building to clear immigration and collect our bags. We couldn't see very much except the subway train due to giant hoardings around the place. Immigration was quite easy, we arrived at this terminal, took the subway to main terminal, collected bags, cleared immigration and were sat in the taxi from Suvarnabhumi to DMK within 55 minutes.

50K in Isaarn is way over the top for a normal Thai family. Simple as that. It's gambling, drugs, or she has someone on the side bleeding her. My other half gets 15K pocket money and I take care of all bills and expenses, it's enough, otherwise they find uses for your money that gets them into silly situations and trouble.

So, you've been there before obviously?

I don't get a state pension fore another six years. I've always been self-employed, even when I had property and businesses in Thailand. Other cash and monies, except for a decent sized lump in a Cambodia bank, are wrapped up in building projects in the UK at the moment. I can show the properties and projects in my sole name, but they are in the UK. So, I don't think that would satisfy them, would it?

We are all in different positions. If the situation suits you, good for you. Without getting into it, I am still developing and reinvesting cash and capital in properties as well as building them with my sons in the UK, I am only just back here to Thailand, February 6th. These LTR arrangements don't suit me, and definitely not anything that involves investing in Thai bonds and securities. The 800K method suits me, and once a year for a new extension to an immigration office 1 hour away is fine. Private health insurance, I have as a matter of common sense.

I won't be signing up for any LTR or any other poor value for money scheme, nor offers from the Thai government, including their poor return bonds. The income tax, I will just do the wait and see approach, I am in no rush as it appears nor is the Thai government, as they have failed to expand on anything since the announcement. Whatever, It's the beginning of 2024, so anything possibly due, won't be until 2025, and I see no reason for a stampede to accountants, who will try to scare us to death to use their services, nor will I join the chorus of ' I'm leaving, that is the final straw ' brigade, who are, like me, are not in possession of the facts nor implications at this stage. A question for the ' experts ' though, if these rules come to pass, what about all those importing large amounts of funds to purchase condominiums and businesses? Surely, one would think that the government will be shooting themselves in the foot? A friend of mine, who is a long term resident and former UK tax inspector, seems to be of the opinion that this was initially aimed at people who are wealthy, such as Thais, avoiding tax and also aimed at those in the cryptocurrency industries, those working remotely in the Far East with online businesses and those involved in large stocks and share transfers. It's possible retirees are at the moment, until clarification, getting swept up with the sandstorm. I moved monies a long time ago, but I still do such things as new cars and trucks etc, however, I will closely monitor expenditure in this country until I know the full implications.

Was that comment necessary?

Why do posters say things like this with no knowledge of the Thai prison system. The Thais won't give a damn. It is not vilified like it is in the West. That's just how it is.

Cull the feral dogs and the original irresponsible owners who wanted them as puppies but not as grown dogs.

A previous blurred out photo of them sunning themselves showed them covered in female areas, of concern to some. No, they were not topless.

Four officials, a photo opportunity and three days in ASEAN now news. A monk masturbating on public transport managed one, and no photo op or officials. Ha! That's right, it was foreigners!

They weren't in a temple. And they weren't in somebody else's home. They weren't topless or naked. They were two young girls sunning themselves on a grassed out area. Not even worthy of three days in the news on ASEAN Now, but it managed it. Some people need to get out more often.

Why is there this massive security apparatus installed is the question, but you know the reasons why it is there already. Mass murder, and what was committed by Hamas last October? They weren't playing hopscotch

It's never going to be proportionate, it's not scores on the doors, nor is it tit-for-tat mentality. They are now trying to dismantle a vast network that has been built from the vast network of tunnels to weapons stockpiles and bombs over the last 18 years. Schools, residential areas and hospitals are known areas where Hamas keeps its weapons supplies to cause maximum civilian casualties, in the event of an Israeli response, so they can go to the UN playing the victim and trying to widen it into a wider conflict to involve other Arab nations in the region.

Agreed, And also there is this:- In June 2007, Hamas fighters took control of the Gaza Strip and removed all Fatah officials. President Abbas, on 14 June, declared a state of emergency, dismissed Haniyeh's national unity government and appointed an emergency government, and suspended articles of the Basic Law to circumvent the needed PNC approval. You have now militants controlling the country through force, not the ballot box. There have been no elections since 2006. You therefore have a terrorist unelected de facto government. Amazing, Israel gets attacked without any warning and 1300 plus civilians murdered and 248 plus taken hostages as shields, and the world says little. Israel responds to them and they are the bad guys.

No, Thailand is looking after itself as usual. Friends with everybody, but only when it suits them. It was during the last release of Thai hostages that Muslim militants in the South of Thailand were taking credit for their close contacts with Hamas.