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7 hours ago, Manny said:

"Damaged Goods, Do Not Except, Ruined ("Sia" ) is the word they use in Thai, which is like Milk that's been left out of the fridge for a week or more and turned into that yogurt bad smelling stuff you then flush down the toilet.

I always understood 'sia' to mean 'broken'

3 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

It is not Thai culture at all to behave like that. I thought you didn't speak to the locals?

I did speak to the locals when I first learned Thai.

Then once I had real experience, I learned to longer interact socially.

Of course I have to speak with the local shopkeepers, but I keep that strictly business.

Best to move your wife away from her former lovers, unless you're prepared to share.

On 5/10/2018 at 10:09 AM, peterpop said:

TRY

Baan Wang Tan for big gardens and stylish houses, restaurant and pool , 

End of the airport runway, jets overhead every 5 minutes 24/7, lots of soi dog pack problems

Houses rented to foreigners at 2x the price of everywhere else.

On 5/20/2018 at 6:38 AM, rooster59 said:

According to Ms Jindaporn the condo was rented out two years ago to a woman and her two daughters who had up until recently been paying 30,000 baht per month in rent.

If they've been renting  for 2 years at 30k/month, they have made a good profit despite any damages.

New toilet is around 2,000bht ........ 

I find it's hotter in the jungle.

Flat ground under shade is much cooler.

Nice outlook though.

Expensive though, about 2,000bht ( ...... or was it 1,200bht).

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

Don't know why this subject has even come up. No one has mentioned the ethnicity of the baby, and why should it matter?

Because if the baby isn't Thai, it has no right to Thai citizenship.

Abandoning the kid, gives it Thai citizenship (apparently), as long as the kid's brown.

And you were the one that brought up 'ethnicity'.

I only talked about nationality.

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

My point is there are so many people that would accept a young baby these days into their lives that abandoning one in a box on the roadside is seingly obscene.

Someone's about to give me their 8/9 year old daughter.

New husband doesn't want her.

This is the way the world works when there is no welfare check attached to a child.

55 minutes ago, transam said:

The only place I need the expense of A/C is in my bedroom, but my bedrooms are upstairs. That floor gets hot but is a heat buffer for downstairs (open plan) where only ceiling fans are needed, plus three sets of "French" doors which can be opened if needed...

Same.

55 minutes ago, giddyup said:

No one mentioned the baby was Thai, but I've yet to hear of a falang abandoning their baby in Thailand.

Quite a lot of Burmese and Cambodians floating around.

Not every foreigner in Thailand is white.

Probably not even 5%.

Monty python thought of it first.

'When I was young I lived in a cardboard box in middle of road'

The kid can do some great comedy quotes when he grows up.

One thought I did have, how do they know the kid is Thai?

4 minutes ago, OJAS said:

 

Far better that he obtained a non-O "marriage" visa while still in the USA IMHO. Otherwise, if intending to travel to Thailand with a 1-way flight ticket in anticipation of receiving a 30-day visa-exempt stamp upon arrival, he may well be denied permission to board his flight at the USA airport of origin in the absence of an onward flight ticket out of Thailand within the following 30 days.

Not if he wants to avoid a  'police check'.

Onward ticket from ChiangMai to HCMC (VietJet) $50, no need to use it.

I'm in ChiangMai, and I now get my 1 year multi entry VISA for reason of marriage from Suvannakhet.

It's easy, no hanging around in immigration offices, no proof of money required, no police checks or any of that rubbish.

You do need your original Thai marriage cert.

I don't find the 90 day VISA jumps a chore, Mae Sai is close, and I like 'little' holidays in foreign countries.

Amphur Office housemaster +blue book + kids (ID cards or birth certs), photocopy of old house book if no ID or birth cert.

Mom needs to be there too (nobody seems to care about dad).

22 minutes ago, transam said:

Ditto...

Folk who buy a place on one of those concrete estates where the houses are only a few feet apart will probably have a problem...

Got one of those, no problem air con works fine.

We just use a fan most of the day.

33 minutes ago, mikegw75 said:

With this felony charge, am I able to return to retire in our home in Chiangmai? 

Yes, you  just don't tell them, arrive with VISA waiver on arrival, buy extension to visit wife..

Then get your 1 year retirement/marriage extension locally or a 1 year Multi to visit wife at Suvannakhet in Laos.

thread 3 years old <deleted>!

On 8/18/2015 at 7:56 PM, haja5 said:

what idiot revived this old thread?

Why?

The Thai government hospitals are great.

MY wife used the government hospital for the birth of our child, and it was way better then the NHS in the UK.

Very thorough and caring, before, during and after. And my misses enjoyed hanging out with all the prospective moms.

They even tested me for diseases that may affect the birth (250bht as I was a foreigner)

Private can be a bit lonely.

On 5/15/2018 at 9:22 PM, tukkytuktuk said:

So do you let your wife look after the money?

I look after my money & she looks after her money.

That's equality.

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

You might to need toughen up, me certainly not. Don't have any Judeo-Christian/Protestant values too. Get along fine with most locals and when not, I don't care. 

I get along with all locals, mainly 'cos I don't speak to them.

On 8/27/2016 at 10:02 AM, muzmurray said:

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What is the Thailand Age of Consent?

The Age of Consent in Thailand is 15 years old. The age of consent is the minimum age at which an individual is considered legally old enough to consent to participation in sexual activity. Individuals aged 14 or younger in Thailand are not legally able to consent to sexual activity, and such activity may result in prosecution for statutory rape or the equivalent local law.

Age of consent is reduced to 13 years old for married women.

On 8/25/2016 at 7:20 AM, muzmurray said:

Sexual Intercourse With A Minor

Section 277 explicitly states that sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 15 who is not the wife or husband shall be liable for imprisonment from four to twenty years. Children cannot consent to sexual intercourse and it is not an excuse.

.......... but if they marry all charges will be dropped.