Oxx

6 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Pretty sure all banks roll this over unless otherwise instructed by owner of account.

Not true.  Krung Thai transferred my maturing account to my savings account a few years ago.  As a result Immigration decided to cancel my Investment Visa.

15 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

How did it "not work" for you?

Turned off ad blocker, selected "Retirement", then selected various dates in the next 3 weeks.  No available appointment shown for any of them.  No error messages in browser console.

16 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Div 1/Bangkok Imm announced the use of this new system as of yesterday.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work.  There's no appointment available for any date.

21 hours ago, Whale said:

d) State pensions would fall under double taxation treaties

Very much depends upon the country.  UK state pensions are not covered by the Thai-UK DTA.  (Government pensions - those paid to former civil servants - however, are.)

Wife.  As in "I now pronounce you wife and wife."

Just use her name.

โหล (in this sense) is a classifier.  It is used after a noun.  So, for example, แอปเปิ้ลโหล is "a dozen apples".

In a phrase such as "dozen times", "dozen" is acting as a noun, so can not be translated as โหล.  (In Thai terms, "times" is the classifier here.)

Tried Facebook?

Already covered by two other topics at least:

In one of the newspapers today there's a picture with a subtitle "No test, no entry" and following text "A visitor to the Government Complex on Chaeng Wattana Road gets her nose swabbed for a Covid-10 test".

Do all visitors to Immigration there now need to get their nose violated? Or is it just for workers there?

And if the former, is it free?

46 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

For their small population of 4-5 million Denmark and Norway have a lot of firepower. 

But then I guess they don't want to be the next countries annexed by Russia.  If only Ukraine's military had a bit more oomph.

On 1/4/2022 at 9:33 AM, Speedhump said:

Pet dogs have traditionally been fed on human food waste.

And wild dogs will happily eat the grassy stomach contents of any dead herbivore they come across.

2 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

Too bad Taiwan cannot buy a squadron of F-35's.  If this were to occur two things would be certain:  1) Beijing would have a coronary 2) Taiwan would have a fighting chance against the sheer numbers of ROC aircraft.  

Or China would bring forward its plans to invade Taiwan before pilots could be trained to fly the 'planes.

7 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Stupid  suggestion. Just irresponsible

Just keep your ignorant opinions to yourself.  Not interested.

1 hour ago, pablo el sueco said:

I do NOT intend to research this any further by clicking on the links to see what happens!

How about posting the links here?  I'll happily follow them and report back.  (I use Linux, not Microsoft Windows, so really am not at risk.)

19 hours ago, pablo el sueco said:

I am convinced it will try to install malware on your computer.

Most unlikely.  I suspect if you click on the link they'll ask you to transfer the supposed duty to their account.  And the amount is so small than when you realise you've been scammed you'll do nothing about it.  Multiply by thousands and you've got a nice little earner.

3 minutes ago, elcaro said:

I have these posts because it always shows how many paedophiles are on our forum. ????

And I hate these posts because they show how many people are willing to condemn someone who is accused of being a paedophile before the evidence has been examined and had their day in court.

It would be far too easy for someone with a grudge to say Mr. or Mrs. X is a paedophile, and for police to provide fake evidence or testament, so unjustly ruining X's life.

In the case of the original alleged paedophile, he's already been blacklisted from Thailand, even though he and the evidence have been nowhere near a judge.

41 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

In which country is Child abuse normal ?

In Afghanistan and Pakistan buggering young boys is normal.  (I presume this passes as "child abuse" in your eyes.)  They call it "bacha bazi" which translates as "boy play".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_bazi

12 minutes ago, tandor said:

33 minutes ago, Oxx said:

So much for "innocent until proven guilty".

...sure, he will have the chance to give evidence.

However, he's already has already had his visa revoked and been blacklisted.  The kangaroo court has decided he's guilty before there's even been a trial.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

In this case the suspect has already had his visa revoked and been blacklisted and will now face charges connected to children under 15 and pornography.

So much for "innocent until proven guilty".

7 hours ago, EricTh said:

Who the heck invented these misleading terms?

I don't know, but I suspect it goes back at least several decades when the terms accurately described the pitch contours in standard (i.e. central region, well educated) Thai.  The problem is that Thai pronunciation has moved on since then, but the terms haven't changed.

Now that countries are starting to roll out a 4th jab, anyone know what the recommended period between the first booster and second one is? (Google hasn't helped me.)