digbeth

where are you, there's garbage mountain in Samut Prakarn and depends on the wind it could be smelled far away

if they found this unconstitutional, if anyone would bother making the case, various aspect of immigration law like being married to  a Thai male vs female benefits in becoming citizens might count too

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

Is it possible that you simply saw a sale price?

 

The manifestation of the reduced taxes should be reduced prices on imported wine across the board.

Thailand's alcohol law means they can't advertise the fact that it's on a 'sale' or 'reduced from previously...'  a sale would come in the form of temporary price change, then back up again

Talked to the girls and they say it's not a 'sale' 

so the current law is that if a husband cheats with a woman - the wife can sue for damages and divorce

but if he cheats with a ladyboy or a man - scot free

how do you filter tinder to only shows ladyboys? or would one have better success on grindr? 

is it rude to ask if they're intact? what if one prefers it that way

26 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

The final bill for the Tesla crash in Myanmar. 

 

not in Myanmar, the driver swerved to avoid crashing into burmese on motorcycle 

depends on the models, most a/c in Thailand has no heater core plumbed in, even in supposedly climate control models with temperature readout, whereas proper climate control models will have mix in heat from the heater to lower temperature while keeping the a/c running, useful to remove moisture and fog from the windscreens on rainy days while not needing to set the temperature to too cold 

actual report before it went through layers of chinese whispers was that the plane was due to refuel at Utapao anyway, and there was no emergency, only that the pilot reported the front gear was reluctant to turn at the end of the runway, hence the plane was sitting on the runway for a while and tow vehicle was requested but the issue was corrected, no emergency was ever declared 

the ones who are here aren't as nasty as the ones that made it to the 'west' got a business, thai restaurant maybe, halfie kids that can't really speak Thai, the good ones exist but the bad ones over there are worse

On 6/13/2024 at 9:23 AM, JBChiangRai said:

 

Adjusting that figure will destroy the value of the HiSo's Mercedes Benz cars, it would be a very unpopular move.

Look at all the HiSo's current models that has equivalent EV 'trim' from China with 0% tariff, BMW iX3s, Volvos XC40, the importers seem to keep the margin to themselves either to protect the ICE market. Same with locally assembled BMWs and Mercedes, price never come down 

18 hours ago, vi2004 said:

Thanks again for the answers. This is very helpful. I am starting to get the idea.

- How is that house book requirement even working in Bangkok? I can only image that there is a 7-figure number of Thais living in Bangkok Metro who are registered in other provinces and are not in the Bangkok landlord's tabian ban. Do they travel to their home province for treatment or when they are pregnant? Do they all pay themselves in Bangkok? 

- Just to clarify if I understand it correctly: Being registered at a government hospital in Bangkok has the advantage that one can go there if any health problem arises. Without registered hospital these exams would not be covered. But: Emergency visits can be done at any government hospital and will always be covered? Does that include complications from pregnancy?

- And lastly because I think this question got somehow lost here:
If my girlfriend gets pregnant there would be no problem to pay for monthly checkups and a birth delivery package in a decent private hospital. That is all good.
My concerns are only regarding the case - which hopefully never happens - where the mother or the baby (!) need an extended stay at (N)ICU or something like that (which can in some cases be financially extremely tough).
Is it even feasible to go to private hospital during pregnancy and birth and only switch to the assigned government hospital (or any government hospital if that qualifies as emergency) in case of the mentioned complications?
Or does it make more sense to do it all at the government hospital from the beginning and maybe pay extra for a Special Clinic that government hospitals seem to have inside?

Thanks again all

If they're working, they'll be on social security where they can select their own hospitals, most that'll accept new registration for social security in Bangkok are private, which will either have a 'social security/30 baht scheme' wing with longer wait for service 

For pregnancy, if you're registered at a government hospital, there's also a way to secure extra 'special' service of a doctor, where you pay the doctor and you either see him at his private clinic, but delivered at the government hospital where he has privilege, you'll get preferential treatment and the same doctor at every visit at the government hospital, whereas if you didn't pay for 'special' you get whatever doctor is on duty that day, plus you can arrange private rooms and cesarian in advance

Some view the special clinic as a bribe to the doctor as the hospital aren't billed for this 

As a farang, you'd rarely come into contact with the wrong side of right wing thai policies?

most of the things moaned about here are:

- no alcohol days?

- restrictive immigration policy, yet you're here in droves what makes you put up with the 90day run around - couldn't afford to live elsewhere? 

- not being able to own land

for those that can afford to come here they'd have enough money that these minor inconvenience shouldn't be a problem 

10 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

BYD has 4 months of falling y-o-y sales. Supply issue or has the brand lost its appeal for Thai buyers?

Words from the sales girls are that the banks are more restrictive to give out loans now, could also explain the shortfall in registration numbers vs bookings numbers claimed at the motorshow 

9 minutes ago, Hummin said:

When younger I lived in the same building as "service workers", freelancers, and also other proffesions, as well all kind of genders and sexualities. That was a good experience to meet them with their guard down and the human behind the proffessional mask, and we had a good meeting point at the first floor which was an internet bar/shop, just to bad there is no places left like this anymore. 

Nirun Grand in Pattaya? 

Plenty of other working class condos / apartments in Bangkok too 

For the universal 30 baht scheme
It's not gonna be easy to change your 'primary care' hospital according to tabien ban (blue book) would mean needing to find a destination near the ideal hospital to move to, and a willing housemaster ie. landlord that will let you 'move in' to the tabien ban, which ideally they have to but in practice not always

or find a friend that's willing to have you be on their housebook 

Another complication is that the big provincial hospitals won't even let you use the 30 baht rights unless you got a referral from the Amphur hospitals or the 'Health Center' which will be the closest to your registered address first 

I've seem to read somewhere that it's new TIS standard, mandatory on newer tubes now, but in actual use they're hard to pull once installed, so just pull them up before inserting and we're back to square one

the twist type tube holder are safer than the spring loaded one in this regard

but aren't there types where one side is L and other side is N, and other case where both L and N are on one side and the switch bridges the other side for use in the other case, I've seem to burned out a light due to being the wrong type

55 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

I will be DeadExpatOilWorker by then 😁. 

I think you are right about your Atto 3, just don't take the IP67 rating for granted, just because the manual says so.

Your wish for a flooded Atto 3 is my command. 

 

IP ratings are usually done with distilled water too - real condition water with sand and dirt in them could blast through seals and whatnot 

4 hours ago, MeePeeMai said:

I have a female friend who graduated from a university here in Udon Thani last year and got a job teaching at a government elementary school (she was shipped way, way out to the sticks in Sakon Nakhon). 

 

She didn't receive any salary at all for the first 2 or 3 months it does happen here.  She also had to spend 6000 baht on her uniforms before she started work and also had to rent a place to live near the school (no teacher housing there).

 

It's sad what most Thai's have to go through just to get a "good government job" which pays peanuts and the promise of a very small pension someday.  

medical benefits for the family (parents, child and spouse) which is way better than social security in private jobs or the 'free' universal healthcare seems like a good deal in exchange for peanuts pay, 

Government pensions are also a lot better than private company scheme

6 hours ago, rabang said:

It is narrow, crowded, cramped and generally uncomfortable compared to similar systems internationally, except for countries that have none.

 

Good thing is the ticket is cheap. But you get what you pay for.

The express trains uses the same seat as British Rail class 360 used in the east midlands

flying over Thailand, these 'community' stations are a source of nuisance as their poorly maintained transmitter are encroaching on aviation radios, most of these channels are advertisements for various 'snake oils' magic juice and diet pills 

concerning the audience on this forum, some english language stations like a few in Pattaya are operating under these 'community' scheme which technically they're not allowed to commercialize