HauptmannUK

Not an expat or an immigrant. You're just here on a long holiday. That's why you have a 'non-immigrant' visa......

Rather a poor effort...... 1/10..

Looking at the times she must have entered the water shortly before midnight. Very strange time to go swimming. Makes me suspect suicide, possibly following a falling out with her partner.

Future Pensions Centre and HMRC get full marks from me. I was in UK five weeks ago and called the Future Pensions Centre about two years of NI I was short on. I had to hold about 45 minutes. Got through to a helpful lady who looked at my record, confirmed I was two years short for a full pension and calculated that if I paid the shortfall I would get my money back in about 90 weeks. Another 10 minutes on hold while she put me through to an HMRC office. They guy there gave me numbers required to make payment by bank transfer. He said the payment would be processed in about two months. I check online yesterday and the outstanding years are now showing paid (so about 5 weeks).

It seems this insurance co. deny 32% of claims? Also the guy has been involved in some insider trading....he sold a lot of his stock just before co. was subject to an investigation and stock price dropped. A good few thousand potential suspects out there then....

I once had a very nice and nearly new pair of Merrell sandals stolen while visiting a temple in Chiang Mai. I was shocked to say the least, as was my wife.

There is a Russian guy who rides around Jomtien with a Russian flag on the front of his motorbike and with a loudspeaker playing Russian military music. Not much different to what the OP is suggesting. I speak some Russian (as a result of having had the misfortune to work in Russia for an extended period some years ago). The majority of Russians I've spoken to in Thailand are supportive of Putin. I had an interesting conversation one evening last May - three twenty-something Russian guys drinking beer at Bali Hai pier. They were telling me they supported Putin and the war, they just didn't want to get involved in the fighting themselves!

Seems he wasn't actually 'hiding in Thailand' because he came to Thailand in 2010 and allegations were not made until Sept 2023 and he was deported in Dec. 2023. The allegations related to events 30+ years previously.

I think some of you don't understand what had been going on in that room....

I've used it twice. Once when flying with Austrian Airlines and once with Turkish Airlines. Added only a few minutes to overall arrival/departure times. Just wasn't an issue for me....

Seems like its been a mess for a few decades...

Indeed. I've used it overseas before with no issues but this just happened couple of days ago. I'm not making it up....

About 9 months ago I signed my wife and myself to Spotify Premium in Thailand using my Thai address and SCB card. We travel a lot but spend more time in Thailand than anywhere else. Arrived in UK 6 days ago to visit family and yesterday received an email from Spotify saying that 'we think your account is registered in the wrong country. Please change your payment card to one registered in the country where you are streaming'. Obviously they want me to pay UK prices and not Thai prices. I contacted their 'support' and got nowhere. Basically unless I change payment to a UK card they will cancel my Premium account in 7 days. This seems counter to their marketing which says customers can use Premium accounts overseas indefinitely. When I pointed this out, the CS assistant immediately closed the chat. Anyway, I'll let them close my Premium account and listen to Spotify using a free app called 'Xmanager'. Very difficult to have sympathy for these streaming companies when they complain about 'piracy'.

In the OPs circumstances I honestly wouldn't worry about it.....

The situation is confusing. In the past couple of weeks I have had about half a dozen items arrive from Chinese suppliers with values between ฿500 - ฿6000.. No taxes or fees charged. In each case the tracking suggests that the package went via a 'transit country'. In Thailand they were handled by Flash. First tracking point in Thailand was Khon Kaen... Yesterday I received some car parts from Japan. Value ฿2000. The package was sent by Japan Post and appeared in Thailand at 'Laksi Mail Centre'. Then went to customs for a day. Was then delivered by Thailand post. No charges, fees or taxes...