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33 minutes ago, BruceMangosteen said:

 

Retirement VISA cost 30-35,000.Baht. That's almost nothing if you have some money. But if you don't, it's three months living expenses. 

 

I've not read the entire discussion, but anyone living on Soi Chaiyapoon is certainly someone who should be looked at closely from a legal standpoint. You don't get much closer to the sewer than that Soi. It also has set the record for most resurfaced Soi in Thailand at the Governments expense and is yet again in need of resurfacing again. 

is that 30k to get it done through an agency? sure a friend of mine paid about 3000thb for the visa and 10 000thb for a letter from the bank.

57 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

It's a shame that some reasonable and fairly well known person doesn't make a  serious run at being POTUS. So many people are horrified at what is going to happen in November (either way). That the odds have never been better for an independent.

cost an incredible amount of money to run so you need some heavy hitting backers. this means  you are no longer really independent as you become a puppet for who ever is funding you. great system for keeping the small man out.

the suspect is a monk now right? surely if he has done something wrong he can say sorry to budda and there will be no need to arresting him.

14 hours ago, Slaps said:

 

 

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There Still Men

 

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ah but their looks can be deceiving, in many ways. 

this project has about as much chance of success as putting the cable mess underground. a private company has even tried to run this service without success. hard to compete with the 400thb mini vans running the service already. at least they have given us 4 years to forget about it this time. 

should be more worried about loosing their freedom. at least they didnt loose that to naughty foreigners.

1 hour ago, Plutojames88 said:

careful, pretty soon this guy will become so powerful it will be illegal to show his image, just  like the one true profit.

not an expert on rapists but it would seem to be a risky move to put anything into a womans mouth during an attempted rape. good effort by the victim.  looks like she gave him a far more fitting punishment than a 500thb fine.

1 hour ago, Pdaz said:

The idea that other countries may have been through this. Have gained experience and may possibly be able to assist and provide insight is totally alien to Thainess.

remember when a group of dutch drainage engineers came over a few years ago to help bankoks flooding issues? they left a report of what needed to be done which was completely ignored and bangkok continues to flood. thais to proud to listen to foreigners. hate to think of the high voltage cables underground during floods. as usual this will be put in the 'too hard basket' and bought back up in a year or 2.

2 hours ago, waldroj said:

Something a bit odd with this report! 

 

It's been running on a number of media sites in UK, Aus,  and NZ. But, there is nothing coming from Thai media! 

it is possible the boss has the media on lock down on reporting any future bombings. guy has absolute control so it would not surprise me.

i have a garmin sat nav but have found it really difficult to use, the translation from thai name to english is sometime hard to figure out. example is the 3 different ways i have seen jomtien spelt. luckily pattaya a fairly simple block sub divided by beach second and thrird roads. jomtien even simpler with just beach and second roads.

you will probably not get any response from emailing a government agency, or any agency in thailand. best to go to a thai embassy where ever you are now. even phone calls can be tricky.

not sure that is such a good comparison however it is good to see someone speaking up on the issue. unfortunately if they cant see the sense in legalizing prostitution then i doubt they will have the sense to legalize marijuana.  

13 hours ago, onemorechang said:

 

Not so sure about that,   if your pension income alone is good enough to

obtain a one year extension of stay,  fine. 

But there are many that is does not,   so they top it up with cash.  ok for some,   not all.

If your married its half prize, or near that.

but more to the point,  there are some that are not married and  don't have the pension yet but are retired,   this requires 700,000 in the Thai bank,    is that cheap,    No.

the cost of extension of stay is cheap   but the requirements

are not.

 

I don't mind the cheap charlies here in pattaya, some are far better that some of the rich idiots,  i have met here over the last twenty year.

 

Btw im not talking about myself here.

 

 

i am on a NON O based on my kids as i am a long way off 50 so i am not exactly up to speed on the retirement visa but from what a friend has told me it costs almost nothing

6 hours ago, Docno said:

 

So are you suggesting that there wouldn't be outrage if a Thai had climbed the rock? I suspect you'd be wrong... Maybe it's not about blaming foreigners, but some foreigner visitors come to Thailand without it cross their minds that a rock might have more significance to Thais than it would in their own country.

 

of course a thai would probably not climb on this rock. it seems to be that thais are more upset about small things foreigners do than they are about major crimes their own people commit. examples are the unwanted baby that was left on an ant nest to be killed or the baby that was raped and then the mother poured boiling water in its mouth to stop it from crying. these crimes did not seem to get upset the thai public as much as some of the minor crimes of foreigners.

16 hours ago, Hawk said:

Shows yet again how unsafe Thai banks really are.

i doubt it is the banks that are unsafe. it seems to be the people running them. 

2 hours ago, tubby johnson said:

 

Some people have no intention of ever leaving Thailand. They're either friendless or no longer welcome in their home country, and have nowhere else to go.

 

If they keep a low profile, stay out of trouble and avoid places frequented by foreigners, then they can live here quietly until they die.

retirement visa is so cheap. surely anyone who can afford to live here can afford the visa.

1 minute ago, waighty said:

Of course they are going to blame a foreigner. IT WAS A FOREIGNER

did not write my comment properly. meant to say crimes and  wrong doings are seen to be worse when committed by foreigners.

53 minutes ago, lor said:

Shouldn't all the police be stopping drivers who use their phone and not just a select 50?

apparently if they see you using your phone they then check the phone to see what you were doing. as long as you werent playing pokiemon you are allowed to go as it is other cops jobs to police that offence. thailand is a crazy country.

i went through a similar experience when i had been here about 6 years. i was reading alot of negative stuff about thailand on the net and it was really getting to me. the feeling did eventually pass as i got kind of numb to all the negative information. i also went through some issues with my work permit which took 2 years to sort out. 10 years in and i love thailand again especially since i stopped running my business. i am on a 3 month count down to leaving myself. sold all my property and just need to sell my pickup. my son turns 5 next jan and i want him to grow up in nz. will be back for holidays and retirement eventually. you may find that this feeling will pass if you can see past the negativity. great if you can go try another country for a while. i would probably choose philipines if i was going to try some  where else.

13 minutes ago, tubby johnson said:

 

Because it's cheap and the chances of getting caught are quite low.

agreed their chances of being caught initially are low but eventually they will need to leave the country right? 2 ways it can end death or being caught on the way out.

45 minutes ago, Foreign Jim said:

A 'sacred' rock in the shape of a penis with a crevasse like a vagina that locals worship:  that rock is just begging to be climbed.  Who gives a toss?

thailand loves to blame foreigners for everything and i guess many other countries around the world do as well. in some ways it is being patriotic believing that ones own people are perfect and foreigners are not, which of course is a little misguided. samui locals might be better off getting upset about the massing of trash that will soon get into their ground water.

gonna use a lot more fuel for each plane to fly further to carry its 20 tons of bombs. wonder if the pictures of the bleeding little boy sitting in shock in the ambulance had anything to do with this. doubt it.  every pilot should have to look at pictures of him and his deceased brother before they press the release button on their next payload. 

hard to say if this was even true. if you saw a suicide bomber would you try to take off his vest, run, or go for a head shot if you are armed? if this is true those cops deserve at least a medal of some kind.

10 days food and 5 days water. 5 minutes without air, 5 days without water and 5 weeks without food. so dying of dehydration it is. good luck to those living in germany, small consolation you have a decent police force and criminal investigation squad to catch anyone committing bombings.