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Lack of waist container is a big problem. Access to 'dumps" where cost is cheap. Media pointing out pride in clean up campaigns. Time for all Thai's to re-think once these steps are in place.

On 1/22/2019 at 8:54 AM, Jingthing said:

She is a formidable candidate.

Not my current favorite but all democrats, independents, and non "trump" infected republicans should be able to support her if nominated.

It's great that so many strong qualified women are contenders.

It does feel after the democratic women wave midterms that the next president will likely be one of them.

The young woman from the Bronx is not running. Don't dignify trollish comments suggesting that she is.

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I back her as the next President of the USA. Beto as her VP. 

I wasted time trying but never again. I just do Thai post tracking out and returned two weeks in advance. Three years now for 36B

Chiang May next PLEASE. Love them crunchy tacos

On 1/15/2019 at 6:24 PM, ubonjoe said:

That is good news.

Just the letter from the bank confirming your account is valid and a statement or bank books are what I have been predicting is all they will want.

Not exactly. You noticed he said monthly deposits via BB. I brought mine over via quarterly transfers ands told to change to monthly. I now have a BB as well as my KTB

I mail mine two weeks in advance and have Thai tracking from the post office. I went yesterday myself for the renewal of my annul retirement. I arrived about 8:30 no line and was  giving a ticket upon Information review in a few moments. I was called up the window after a five minutes. Last year at Promenada I went in at 6:00 and was called up at 4:00.

1 hour ago, TooPoopedToPop said:

+1

Most of 'em are dumb as dirt ain't they?

Almost as bad as us Gringos.

 

Having visited and stayed on both the East and Wester Canada. I adore the people;e I met there in comparison to America. You however must have had different experiences, Prey tell?

1 hour ago, JTXR said:

People say all sorts of nonsense to pollsters.

When Obama was elected, many conservatives told pollsters by God they'd leave the country.  Not many did.  Now many liberals tell pollsters they want to leave.  Not many will.

 

As an Independent tRump supporters scared the F+++ out of me. I decided to see how Thailand compared as an alternate. Respect and the sabai sabai culture persuaded me to relocate. I have many loved one there and fell badly for them. They hate this President with a PASSION. Americans have ZERO respect for opposing views.

26 minutes ago, skatewash said:

You do understand that when Americans leave America they still have to pay income taxes.  Americans and Eritreans, the only two peoples in the world that have to do this and from what I understand the Eritreans aren't really serious about it.  So the Americans living outside of American don't really have the impact on government revenue you seem to imagine.  I'm guessing you're not American, are you?

 

If the people leaving are expecting to not have to pay income tax they may be the most creative and the most wealthy, but for darn sure they're not the sharpest knives in the drawer ????

As an American who has a retirement in the top 92% I have not had to pay either California or Federal taxes while I file each year. Please explain how you can state "not the sharpest knives in the drawer". Thanks in advance.

8 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

The exodus started with Obama....Highest recorded numbers (at that time).... 

Please share the data and source. Thanks in advance.

After the end of year the letters will not be offered. I have proof of income both deposits and transfer in support. Can I use before end of year?

17 hours ago, Bruce404 said:

In November, 2018, did my car and motorcycle renewals at the Chiang Mai Department of Land Transportation (DLT) office, on the Chiang Mai - Hang Dong highway 108, the day after my birthday, when the previous 5-year licenses expired. 

 

As indicated in many Thaivisa posts, I got renewals until November 2567BE/2024AD (one day less than 6 years!).  If one shows up more than a few weeks (?) or months (?) after license expiration, one may be subject to written and possibly even driving tests.

 

For each license, best to bring sets of copies of main passport ID page, and pages showing original visa plus its latest extensions-of-stay, and TM.6 slip stapled in the passport (maybe also copies and one's original red-stamped TM.30 householder reporting form).  An original and copies of a Residence Certificate (TM.18 application form) is usually required, obtainable from Immigration (with up to 5 weeks delay in Chiang Mai office unless "special service" is discreetly sought), unless one brings one's work permit and copies of its main and renewal pages. No Residence Certificate is required for those with work permits.  

 

The only tests required to renew the 5-year licenses one day after expiration were:

 

(1) To identify the colors of circles (in English or Thai) of about 2 and 3 cm diameters, from a distance of about 4-to-5 meters, pointed to by an examiner (using an extended broken-off car antenna?) on a large Ishihara poster, but without any formal color-blindness testing.  If one's visual acuity is poor, one might not be able to figure out what circle is being pointed to, and if truly color blind might identify the colors incorrectly (red, green, yellow, I recall).  [No depth-perception or peripheral-vision testing in Chiang Mai on my renewal day, unlike what the original poster reported above for the Chatuchak, Bangkok DLT.]

 

(2) To demonstrate reaction time in a sitting position by moving the right foot from a mock gas/accelerator pedal to a mock brake pedal when mock stoplights change from green to red.  To fail, one would have to be inebriated, or otherwise quite unsafe on the road. 

 

Finally, one had to watch (as a farang), a quite informative, English-language, one-hour video reviewing the rules of the road and a number of useful driving practices.  

 

All in all, a quite-positive experience that compares favorably to many painful visits over the years to motor-vehicle departments in the United States.

 

I have the instructions from CM office stating a Medical certificate is required as well. Did you forget to include in this post?

AWESOME I save $50 which was such a rip off because they really did not do anything more than their stamp. All you do is get the SSA Income statement from on line. Include proof of back deposits and transfers. <deleted> I'm glad to save for them doing nothing. Hated Thailand thought this was a good idea. 

10 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Thais don't steal bicycles.

So then the witnesses who watched a Thai gal steal mine was not being counted? Your confused.

I live in Saraphi district in Chiang Mai and had my bike stolen by a Thai female during Saturday walking street there. It was found about a kilometer away the next morning after Police reporting. I don't think she could sell it. Possible she just was riding it home too. Very surprised and happy to have it back. 15K baht value.

33 minutes ago, boonrawdcnx said:

 

I just mentioned Malaysia and Singapore because - I hope not - but it will only be a question of time until the first ignorant tourists will cross the border from Thailand with a little bit of “legal” pot - and they will be in for the shock of their lifetime!

Also most of the replies here make it look like they are going to legalize cannabis in Thailand for recreational use??

This is certainly not the case - the “medical purpose” is nothing but an excuse to make money and they are very likely eying production for export and not for domestic use.

And who decides? A Thai doctor? With a prescription? Yes I see a little problem with this - Because most so-called higher educated Thais and that certainly includes doctors consider people taking drugs - and for them drugs include Cannabis - as criminals who should be put in prison.

As for the health benefits - I remember very well working offshore and we used to identify those who where smoking pot by that terrible deep chronic cough they seemed to have all the time .
I was in a car accident in Brazil when a Brazilian friend of mine lost control because he was high on pot - crashed into several other parked cars and we luckily escaped with minor injuries and even more lucky he did not hit any of the people around partying on the street.

I am not talking about people taking it responsibly - when I talked about accidents I am talking about locals jumping on motorbikes and into cars stoned - joining the mayhem that made them win the number one spot in the world for traffic deaths!


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More of your OUTDATED rhetoric. Please <deleted> and stop reinforcing how ignorant  your comments are.

On 10/20/2018 at 8:26 AM, boonrawdcnx said:

Wonder why this suddenly seems such an urgent issue to deal with?

 

One would think this country has more important things to deal with?

 

I can see already the traffic accident statistics climbing to new heights in addition to the drunks , the ones high on meth we will have the rest driving around stoned.

 

If there is money to be made - like with cigarettes - governments don’t seem to care if their citizens become addicted or not.

 

I can see already a huge black market developing not for “medical use” another great tea money earner for the police.

 

Wonder what their neighbors to the south have to say about that?

 

Malaysia and Singapore still have the death penalty - even for cannabis.

 

 

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Proof the OUTDATED comments still are alive. 

9 hours ago, Boon Mee said:

Yup, Kav is a done-deal. 

SCOTUS is now 5/4 ratio. 

It already was as Kennedy was also a conservative, or your not understanding that because he was not alway partisan in his decisions

One word I have that was stuck in my heard after two visits was: Opportunity. USA takes it for granted. 

7 hours ago, murraynz said:

i also like vietnam , similar to the above.i love Nha trang beach--except too many russians there.

viet women dont compare to thai women...a little more educated though...

i will be in Da nang next month,for the first time..

i find the toot-toot-toot style of driving, very strange....

I bet most readers did not understand the toot-toot-toot. I was shocked that from sunrise and throughout the night everybody is honking continuously. Very strange and very annoying.

1 hour ago, Alisa2233 said:

I heard about the awful road safety, and of course, I don't like it. But I know two Thai people and they are very friendly and easy-going, so this is the most wonderful thing about Thailand, because if you feel comfortable in other country, you want to return there again and again.

I think that just the shear number of motor bikes is the real reason more deaths and accidents. The traffic in USA where I moved from was terrible due to so many people. Here they seem to me to be more courtesy from Thai drivers and even safer.

1 hour ago, bubba said:

Couldn't you have it deposited to your US bank and then do wire transfers to your Thai bank account?

I have been doing that and have a profile at my bank for ease of transacting. $35 to transfer 6-10KUSD

37 minutes ago, amexpat said:

Thanks. So far TransferWise (TW) is looking like the best option (for me).