Blue Muton

1 hour ago, JJ Madcow said:

Everywhere i live, Thai as so helpful and never being a problem find people to help out.

Kindly.

Same here, Mrs BM could easily and quickly find 20 or 30 witnesses at a moment's notice, I could certainly think of more than that off the top of my head.

10 hours ago, thaisail said:

Just got my marriage visa extension in Chiang Khan. I was told that there will be a home visit set up for tomorrow sometime. I was told that I need to find three witnesses and have them come to my house when the immigration arrives. They said they will call my wife to arrange a time for the visit tomorrow sometime. I need to know if one of the witness could be my wife's brother who lives in the next village. I have two other witnesses that are Thai friends who live about 3 villages away and they have agreed to come when the immigration will be here. Should I ask the village chief who knows us well to come to our house as a witness? Anyone who has been through this please let me know what to expect.

Our office only asks for one witness, we get my sister-in-law from next door to do it every year and it's always been acceptable. They ask the same things every year like where, how and when we met, how long have we been married, am I a good boy, so it won't hurt to prepare them for that type of question. It's always been very amicable and there's never been any suggestion of payment/tea/petrol money.

1 hour ago, rickudon said:

Good point. I suppose it is just possible he doesn't have an occupational pension, perhaps Evertskram could confirm this?  

 

I took early retirement at 55 and came to Thailand  shortly afterwards. Money was tight at first, had many setbacks (global financial crisis, thai wife's debts, a baby, then Brexit) but lasted until State pension kicked in. But i did at least have a plan and didn't squander all my savings on a woman and then look for help when it was too late - I just cut back on the luxury's of life and budgeted.

Pretty similar story to mine really (except for the debts and baby!), I managed to get out a few months before my 55th, held off drawing my company pension for a few years but had it to fall back on when Covid pretty much stopped my wife's business.  Still a few years before my state pension kicks in. We still have a great life out here in the sticks.

30 minutes ago, recom273 said:

You can do whatever you want - plug your computer into the TV or you can stream them from your computer over WiFi, there is no buffering.

 

But I get you, the best thing is whatever is best for you, and if you don’t have a way to mount all those drives in a central point then it’s difficult. Just saying, If everything is organized and easily visible, then you spend more time watching it over anything else. It’s not like you need to do anything really, the media centre scans the drives and finds the titles, artwork, descriptions and whatnot. 

I'll pm you as I'm a bit uncertain about how this works and I don't want to hijack the thread, thanks.

53 minutes ago, recom273 said:

The best move I made was to use install a media player, my choice was Jellyfin, and make one volume and organise all your files. Maybe even delete some.

 

 

Thanks but I don't quite get this, I don't have much space on my computer? If I upload to this then presumably I have to stream them to watch, currently I just plug in a box to a smart tv?

On 2/13/2021 at 10:49 PM, EvetsKram said:

3.5 years till pension

....until state pension, presumably. As you previously worked as a teacher surely you have some pension from that, isn't there an option to start drawing it early but at a reduced rate?

On 2/12/2021 at 2:42 PM, Will27 said:

Clarice

 

Episode one is on RARBG.

The reviews have been poor.

 

Summary: A look at the untold personal story of FBI agent Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field about a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

 

I watched this first episode and found it quite ok, don't want to "spoiler" it si I'll just say perhaps one character's attitude was stretched a bit far but that wasn't enough to stop it from being watchable and indeed enjoyable. Of course others may have different opinions.

10 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah that's excellent. 

12 hours ago, recom273 said:

Something that had been sitting on my server for a while that I was ignoring - Unbeleivable - from Netflix.

A bit dull in the first couple of episodes, but I was really engrossed in the final 4. 
 

Based on a true story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbelievable_(miniseries)

I don't have a server but I have a few (well six, actually) external hard drives with a combined capacity of thirteen and a bit TB. This show is one of the many on my 'pending' list. With some 550 films and 33,761 tv episodes there's probably more than enough to outlast me.

The problem is you lot, who keep coming up with new things to watch!

I think you might have to compromise until normal service is resumed.

2 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Very interesting, I wonder how the Australian Federal Police became involved?

Possibly stems from them cracking the dark web, great result in any case. It won't help existing victims but should ensure that they don't attack any more innocent kids.

Well dressed?

Driving an Accord?

Surprised the lowly shop staff didn't wai him on his way out!

8 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Oh dear.

 

conviction can also bar him from office in future, so that is the reason for the trial.

 

He is already impeached, twice. This 2nd time happened when he was in office.

 

Why would hillary or obama care, they are not running for any office anyway.

Quite. And one of the basic requirements for a trial is wrongdoing, which there is no evidence of either of them doing.

21 hours ago, hapark said:

Thank you, very helpful

As previously advised you need to check with your local office, the requirements for my office are not the same as this, there's no point in me detailing the differences as I don't know whether or not you use the same office.

You've got a choice really, get on the Highway to Hell or buy a Stairway to Heaven.

2 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

1000 baht seem to be the going rate to get something done

Is "something done" a euphemism for an assassination?

It isn't. Even I can do it.

16 hours ago, kingdong said:

Never mind chomper,it is what it is,short term pain for long term gain,the price of freedom has never been cheap.

You just don't get it, even after all this time. There is no long term gain.

having retired thirteen years "early" to make a new life out here (where I'm chilling and loving live several years later) it just has to be...............

8 hours ago, DaLa said:

I'm a sole trader, my total operation consists of just me. I internationally trade with Thailand and it takes me 2-3 hours per 40 foot HC container to deal with the paperwork in the UK ( it is then completed for me by my shippers).  Then once my goods arrive in Thailand it takes me 1-2 hours to complete the paperwork at this end where our ( me and my customer's )  import agent presents it to customs.

 

Job complete.  The only time international trade and the accompanying paperwork is a problem is when the receiving country wants to make it difficult.

That amount of effort for a container full of goods is one thing, but much of that paperwork is required for even the smallest shipment so is making trading unviable for some small businesses.

You are used to completing the paperwork, it's new to people who have only traded within the EU previously and some of them are taking time to get to grips with it.

1 hour ago, KarenBravo said:

Personally, I have no dog in this fight. Brexit doesn't affect me at all. I have no property, or business there. I don't even have a pension as I stopped living there in 1980 and paid no more contributions.

For me, the snippet below exemplifies Brexit, probably because I travel a lot for work:-

 

Brexiteer - "Look at my new blue passport, isn't it great"?

Remainer - "Yes, but, we now cannot live, or work in 27 other countries"

Brexiteer - "Yes, but its blue!"

 

Apologies to any Brexit supporters.

 

P.S. My first two passports were blue. Nice and sturdy. Nothing flimsy about them.

.....and as we all know, the UK was free to chose whatever colour passport it wanted all along whilst in the EU. Another anti-EU lie.

41 minutes ago, theoldgit said:

 

No that fact you don't live in the UK doesn't matter at all, many UK people on this forum reside in Thailand and then decide to move to UK with their partners.

There's still the income requirement to consider.