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2 hours ago, Thunglom said:

Thailand is already "involved" - in any trade war or conflict Thailand will be used by one side or the other as a base - this has been thecae for the past 100 years or even more.

Thailand currently is having a dalliance with China and getting new railways and roads from the deal....perhaps not so good when it comes to paying off loans etc which will put them in debt to china.

 

Essentially China's extension is trade-based but it seems the Xi is getting more and more dictatorial in his dotage and this could lead to serious problems for Thailand

They have USE, European and JAnaese industries here in big numbers - they also have Taiwanese factories - if China polarises the situation, Thailand could have serious economic repercussions.

USE? 

You mean the Eurozone? 

Lol ????

8 hours ago, Baron Samedi said:

I would be curious to know as well. I'm gonna start a survey page to find out. Pretty sure you're right though.

Then please define what you mean by "ex-hooker" 

37 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

That sounds strange to me.

Would such a "good man" stay with a much younger girl at all if he cares so much about her future?

 

In my limited experience from relative rich guys and their younger girlfriends there is just one thing what those girls do after he died. They look for another rich guy.

 

If I die, my wife will get my pensions that I worked for. And I certainly don't care what will happen after I die. I got my will to get cremated in a Buddhist ceremony, and my ashes will be thrown into the gulf of Siam. Period. 

4 hours ago, Why Me said:

Her loving gaze over the dinner table is from happily contemplating what she'll do with all his money when the wrinkly old fella keels over.

And that's exactly what annoys Western women so much. Because they want the money. 

4 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Depends on your nationality, mode of transport to UK, and how many kids you have.

I'm German, and I don't have anything in GerMoney anymore except my pensions that I worked for. I actually disgust GeeMoney, and I have no kids to feed nor a scrounging wife over there. Fortunately. 

22 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

My friend John "relocated" back to the UK. Free housing and medical care over there. He "lost" all his money here with not so wise "investments".

Did he want to move? No. But at least over there he could survive for free.

If I would "relocate" to GerMoney, there would be nothing for free to me in this nanny state that I never wanted. And I doubt there's anything really for free in the UK. 

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

With Cha Cha moving the nation backwards, we seem to be moving in the opposite direction of progressive and innovative. Regressive, is more like it. As much as the  sabateurs talk about wanting the tourists back, they are not offering much in the way of concessions or sacrifices to get them.

 

Tourism will never be the same again here. My heart goes out to those dependent on the industry. 

Maybe tourism will not be the same, but it will still be there. If no Westerners come then tourists will come from Asian countries (eg India) 

3 hours ago, tandor said:

..i think TAT work out of the same office as the Meteorological Department. ????

Easy. TAT gets the numbers from the airlines. 

4 hours ago, ozz1 said:

This is getting beyond a joke surely the insurance companies are going to wake up soon and why would you wear a such an expensive necklace around after all the publicity crazy

I really doubt that this would be a case for an insurance. 

2 hours ago, mrfill said:

Getting in early with the 'it's somebody else's fault' plan.....

Scapegoating is common behaviour in times of crisis and uncertainty... 

2 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Probably more to do with the public being mostly poor and being refused visas on the basis of not enough income or reason to return !

They can get an invitation from someone who guarantees they will not be a burden to Europe. Especially if they have a family here in Thailand they have a reason to return.  That should be enough to grant them a Schengen tourist visa. It's a shame for European countries that they check this while I was never checked when I came as a tourist to Thailand - without a visa. 

1 hour ago, PEE TEE said:

Ritesh Patel ..Yep sounds British

Yes, sounds British. Like the chief of UK Home Office. 

4 hours ago, Broken Record said:

Bar owners would go broke if there was strict drink driving enforcement, most Farangs I know drink and drive on a regular basis, of course none will be members here, they never are. 

It will affect even drunk Farang drivers if they take their cars or motorbikes away. 

12 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I think if you are coming to thailand and worrying about the baht 10 years ago, you may have a few issues

If you are not able to compare conversion rate history, you don't know what you're talking about. 

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

My lilly white bottom it is. £ was 44.01 yesterday , currently it's 43.8 ish. My books the £/baht is about 0.5% difference than previously - hardly an ominous fall

And compared to 10 years ago? 

7 minutes ago, anterian said:

about 14 years ago I applied to open an account with SCB. They said no problem but you will need to take our insurance first, so I said ok and supplied my passport details, Some time later the manager appeared and said sorry their computer said I was too old, I still got my account, 4 accounts in fact.

Too old for an insurance? 

22 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

But why does this tourist visa allow up to 3-month stay? That's way beyond the normal 2-week holiday tourism you're talking about.

2 week holiday may be normal for you. In Germany you can legally claim 6 weeks holiday a year, and if you're smart you can extend it beyond that. 

21 minutes ago, PEE TEE said:

Will you get a policy to guarantee payment if needed . if so why cant the long stay people get a cover for 3600b per year 

Maybe because you get repatriated with this kind of insurance, and long stay people wouldn't like that. I'm long stay, and I certainly wouldn't like to get repatriated to Germany. 

16 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

The real catch is hardly anyone will be able to use the insurance. 

This insurance is for foreign tourists, and they can use it (instead of leaving unpaid bills) 

21 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

Not sure about the, “many Americans”. May well be true  since the U.S. sadly has no national healthcare program so it is a hodgepodge of private insurance or not. What I would love to see is a wrap around Thai healthcare program bringing retirees into the Thai national system for a substantially higher accident policy for 300 baht. If it works to cover the tourist motorbike accident then that would address one major issue.

That would be an additional accident insurance where you can put someone (your Thai spouse) as a beneciary in case you die. Or put in a will.