tails

Hmmmmm... interesting.....

If the system is not online, they must have some very long cables connecting all the office then :D

edit: lol, well seems someone beat me to that Captain Obvious comment

First time I have ever heard a Thai Government official suggest  in any way that Thai's were actually responsible for this nightmare. It's normally the Tourists fault!

Could this be a baby step in the right direction? Oh no wait... it's just a news article, not action.

LOL it was 32 million back in October

On 30/11/2016 at 11:12 AM, nchuckle said:

You don't understand indirect tax then. Far more VAT through higher value of purchases is paid by foreigners.

Well I was referring to income/company tax.

So you're saying because a few thousand foreigners bought a bigger TV, that means foreigners contribute more than 30-40 million working Thais do?

And the head of maintenance was quoted in saying: "mai pen rai... bai seven, su elephant glue... khun farang ting tong, kruengbin ok kap" :D :D

5 hours ago, Oldkhwaay said:

Don't change it in Australia, you will lose between 2-3 baht per dollar.

Awesome, thanks OP and others! Sounds like you guys have saved me $100-$200 WOW... beers are on me I guess 

These kinds of stats have and always be here, plus will probably get worse... the only thing us normal people can do is vote with our wallets. We all make hundreds of small decisions all the time on which shop to go to, which brand to buy etc. Sure this is only one part of the issue, but hey... focus on what can be controlled...

1 hour ago, Micbozy said:

And where most of the foreigners contribute more taxes than the local Thais do I guess the percentage would be much higher if they include us the here-for-good-expats in the equation

How do most of the foreigners contribute more tax than local Thais? While I do realise many Thais pay little or no tax, I would have thought most foreigners were either retired, a tourist or working illegally and therefore not paying tax at all...

2 hours ago, gavinreynolds said:

Just to reiterate - exchanging THB for GBP, and I guess for Euro, outside Thailand is very expensive. 100K Baht is not a lot, but you might be at least 50Euro short compared with exchanging it in Thailand and bringing, or transferring, the money. So unless you really want Baht in Europe, or can get a private deal with e.g. future tourists, exchange it here.

Interesting point thankyou.... you may have helped me here also

I'm heading to Australia next week and also have 100k in cash. I was planning to just exchange it on arrival but from what you're saying I may get a better deal by exchanging it in BKK before leaving.

Have I undersood you correctly? Cheers

that beach cant possibly be in thailand! :D

22 hours ago, ukrules said:

So they go to the computer and generate a list of where the foreigners live.

 

They should be able to see that their visas are up to date and a valid TM30 is on file with immigration so they then decide to visit the address, to check what ?

 

They already know the foreigner has complied with all the regulations based on their computer records.

 

Or perhaps they're only visiting foreigners who they know have not complied with all the rules, like those who don't have a TM30 against their record in the immigration databases - that would make more sense.

 

 

 

Com.. poo.. tar? 

I thought they carved the immigration records into stone tablets here?

The One Straw Revolution

www.onestrawrevolution.net

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-16/japanese-road-reopens-one-week-after-giant-sinkhole-appears/8028756'

After a number of recent posts about potholes, poor roads etc... seeing this made me laugh.

If only...

Normal for Thailand and unacceptable for sure... but hang on let's not forget two things here...

1) bus drivers in cities all around the world rank very high in terms of occupational stress and mental health

(http://www.busvic.asn.au/images/uploads/links/A_Review_of_Mental_Health_and_Well_Being_of_the_Bus_and_Coach_Industry_-_January_2015.pdf)... and

2) when was the last time you saw a Thai driver 'let someone in' on the road?

Yeah the guy needs to get off the road and be suspended, but I argue that the root cause is well beyond this one driver. Do you want his job?

I normally do commbank to bangkok bank, $22 fee... wasn't aware of bahtsmart, thanks guys/gals! will check that out also

The backyard

Absolutely horrific, no child should ever experience such pain

I have to wonder though... what made the parents are target? Yep there are plenty of crazies out there, but hey let's be honest, it's very unusual for someone to open fire on a random unknown house with M16s

These women ARE NOT beautiful! The second you cross the 'too much makeup' line, or start begging for attention based only on your looks, or have any form of surgery you go straight to the UGLY PILE!

haha, it's always the "first time" when someone gets caught!

Depends on the province, Loei got as low as 4 degrees in January this year

3 hours ago, rkidlad said:

I've always said that simply telling people not to litter is not enough. 

 

People have to be taught 'why' littering is bad. And it's not as simple as it's ugly and bad for the environment. There's so much more to it that will help you connect other dots. The bigger picture.

yep and appropriate punishment with a functioning police/legal system too

Rip off maybe (probably?)... but pricing labels online/offline are often wrong

Ok sure my example isn't $34k but yesterday in Tesco I bought Mach3 Blades which had three facings on the shelf with three different prices (230, 440, 520). My understanding is that in Australia if the item is labelled incorrectly, you pay the labelled price (my mate manages a bunnings store and said something about a similar big screw-up once over power tools).

So in short... yep, good on the guy for fighting it... he should win!

How is a video of someone drowning in Bangkok publically available on the news... while True Visions goes as far as blurring out an unlit cigarette in movies?

clearly a lame blog writer

58 minutes ago, mcfish said:

Oh you will experience rampant unemployment if your returning home at 40-70 as an ex expat. Just tune into the Pattaya forums for a bit and ask about the lady boy wallet grab, surprised you never heard of it.


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yep heard of it, just never experienced it because I tend to avoid such places

i guess I am lucky on the employment front also... but yep I do get your point though, can be tough for some (many?), thankfully doesn't apply to me though