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Beat me too it, but I might add, Hope he has an armoured car, he's gonna need one. Peace

In addition seven pubs in Bangkok were checked. Some 329 patrons were checked for drug taking, but just one was positive. Yeah Right..............

Youi can feed it Village Soi Dogs, solves two problems at once...................Peace

Yes he would make a great leader.............Unfortunately we have seen what happens to Business Men that become PM in Thailand, and relatives of Business Men as well - they don't last long - become Coup Bait.................hard to imagine a Thai PM without a uniform on.

Are they talking about Thailand?? Sounds like the USA in the early 2000's..................lend money to people that have no way or intention of paying it back, then the Govt bailing out the institution................TIT France is doing the same, my sister in law just bought a new electric car - she doesn't have a steady job due to the poandemic and is on Govt welfare.............but still able to buy a car?? - pay off is 12 years Peace

I think brown envelopes have been replaced with Bitcoin Debit card, very hard to trace..................I saw a Bitcoin ATM in Siam Square once - boggles the mind. Peace

Oh, well I donated all food to Staff before I departed.................Peace

The most important one has all the beer and Vintage Drambui in it................????..........Management cleans and checks every two weeks...............

I know, it ain't a fair comparison, I am not in-country at this time, so only the fridge's are running ???????????????????? but my place is smallish, only 60 sq meters and even when running all aircons never went cost more than 22-2800.............Peace

Yeah, my electricity bill has gone up from 185 baht to 245 baht - a whole 60 baht more a month. Don't know how I will be able to stand for that....................Peace

I would say Vietnam is a Communist/Capitalist Country............the people are not Communist minded, only the Government, the people are capitalist...........big difference. mind you, I have only been living/associated with Vietnam since 1999 so what do I know. ???? I don't count the two tours during the War '69 & '71-72...........was a little busy to worry about politics back then. Peace

Because they know how to make money!!! Something thwe current administration hasn;t a clue, they only spend it. Peace

I used this office, they had people that spoke 6 or 7 languages, and their prixces are reasonable, then again, what price is love worth?? http://thailawoffice.com Scandanavian Law Office in Jom Tien, Pattaya. They have affiliates in a few other major cities in the Kingdom. For my piece of mind it was worth the 12,000 baht I paid for my will, it is ironclad. SCB told me directly, Banks fall under different 'rules' - a will doesn't automatically grant someone ownership of your account, you need to make them a co-owner, as @Jim Grant sugests, its better to make the party a C0-Signitaory on the account. We will do that on our next trip back to Thailand. I only did it when a Aussie owned bar I used to frequent owner died, he didn't have a will, his mia noi (???) came out of the woodwork with a video of him saying (rather drunkingly) that he would leave her something when he died..........she got control of the bar from a judge..........bar went belly up because no one would frequent it after that, but you get my drift. Peace

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It is actually ILLEGAL in Thaland to use someone elses ATM Card - with permission of not..........I already tried that with my bank account, My wife is from Vietnam, I asked for a 2d ATM card for her, they said sahe could not have access to my account as it is against Thai Law, she would have to qualify for her own bank account. Of course, nothig to stop her from using it if she has my Pin, but technically, it is against the law. Peace

Plain and simple, The Thai Will that is in English language will have to be translated into Thai. Otherewise it is not worth the paper it is printed on. We have had stories on this forum over the years of wills being contested - with success - because they weren't properly adjuducated - and you should be aware, a will for any property in Thailand has to be lodged with the Ampur's land office where the property is. Do you think any Ampur will accept a will not in Thai?? One poster suggested you have a Legal office write (or re-write) your will in Thai - don't know where your property is, but my will was (re-written) by the Scandanavian Law Office in Jomtien, Pattaya..........had it read by a Thai lawyer friend, he said it was "perfect" Save your girlfriend a big headache after you die, and do the due dilligence with the Wills. Peace