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14 hours ago, Justin Side said:

A great man who did a lot for animals.

..he just got too close..RIP.

6 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

If she slept in the dorm then she slept in the dorm. No argument pay 200B.

 

Had he been in a real hotel and brought a bargirl "home", the room service bill would have been more than 200B !!

..the whole dorm would have slept in.

51 minutes ago, ubon farang said:

And what do they do about Thais who do the same every night NOTHING What do The RTP do with a driver who was coming down the wrong side of the road when I was walking at 6 in the morning and the dumbarse did not even have his parking lights on I thought I was going to run over  They do NOTHING Put these  guys in jail but how about throwing the book at the Thai riders who do this also?

..cause they're 'soft cocks'.

9 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

When in Thailand, do as the Thais do.

..looks like a Taxi..dob in a Farang an earn some 'brownie' points to cash in later in your pathetic, miserable life.

14 hours ago, Salamat1 said:

From: Godfree at Thailand Retirement Helpers <removed email address)  "A retirement visa requires you to deposit 65,000 Baht monthly into a Thai bank account. You may spend down that total amount each month but you must be able to show that a deposit is made each month for the 12-month period leading up to the time you apply for your yearly Thai retirement visa renewal.  Or you can make a non-interest bearing 800,000 Baht ($25,000 U.S.) deposit if you reside here alone or 400,000 Baht for those married to a Thai citizen. Three months prior to renewal, the full amount of 800,000 must clearly be on deposit in a bank and you must present the bank document to immigration for your visa renewal. This means that you will not be required to show that you have retirement income of 65,000 Baht each month.  Assuming there are 500,000 foreign retirees here, then they will be lending the country $12.5 billion each year, interest free, and Thai banks will lend this money out for interest income or profit. Nice work, Thailand! "   Seems fairly emphatic it's non interest bearing accounts!

..sounds like 'extortion' to me.

21 hours ago, CRUNCHER said:

Yes it can be in fixed deposit account, but make sure it is one here you can withdraw with loss of interest.  I always do this. It saves getting mixed up with daily money.

..according to the new rule half of it will be fixed.

On 2/16/2019 at 9:43 PM, Sprog71 said:

? GRUMPY OLD MAN AT 50. Wait until you are 80.

In general in the UK you start to be ignored/overlooked at 70 and it gets progressively worse.

In Thailand I have been overlooked /ignored since the age of 40 when I married my Thai wife.

..just wait til your ATM card expires....Signed 'The Invisible Man'.

..we all have a 'use by' date it seems.

17 hours ago, cleopatra2 said:

The wording is clear. 2 months before application , and maintained for 3 months after extension granted. 

The interpretation that it only applies for first time application would make the clause requiring the need to keep 400k throughout the year irrational as it is written.

 

..i agree..you must look at any law/regulation in the spirit in which it was made/draughted..i doubt whether these people could understand such complexity and would rather keep it simple.

On 2/16/2019 at 11:52 AM, jacko45k said:

Cambodia, Philippines and Vietnam are mentioned a lot.

...i might go to Buggery and try that.

23 hours ago, smedly said:

The only issue I have is keeping the balance at 800k for 6 months instead of 3, the rest I was doing anyway

 

I fail to see any practical advantage of the 6month balance of 800k - what is the point of it

..prop up the banking system so they can use your money for investment thus denying you the opportunity.

4 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

looks like there is a never ending supply.

I'm sure they were all gone last time. BJ was around.

Or is it some new type of,  Catch and release scam.

 

..no doubt there is an App for an 'early warning'.

8 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

The true ugly face of Thailand,  riding and driving in the land of smiles. 

No one cares. 

 

 

 

...change that to 'the land of mines'.

21 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Easy, they're crooks

...nothing like drawing attention to yourself.

8 hours ago, CelticBhoy said:

The guy waiting to play his shot on the pool table gets the "Mr. Cool" award.

????

..just another wayward soul.

11 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

Feel the love, and respect. 

we've had your money,  now get out  

The true face of Thailand, in it's full glory. 

Money number one. 

 

 

..as khun Shearer said, "Its been nice fleecing you".

..that's a lot of 'lube'.

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

yeah, and I'm having sex with two blondes in a Ferrari tonight.

..i think you need a work permit for that sort of thing.

1 hour ago, korkenzieher said:

The way I look at it, since there is no way that I can accrue a right to stay, then this moving of the goal posts is a wake-up call on the precarious nature of retiring in the Land of Shake-ups. I would rather make the move now, say within the next 18 months, and on my own agenda, than be exposed to the risk of the rules shifting around me when I am a good chunk older and cannot quite so easily deal with it.

 

I could deal with this change, but the writing is on the wall for me, for sure. Rules could also be changed back either once they realise the impact this has, or once the election is past. But the simple fact is that I don't want my life in my dotage, to be subject to the whims of ill considered (or conceivably malicious) immigration rule changes, every time someone feels the need to impress his bosses.

..good words..i have that uneasy feeling that more changes are in the wind ie increasing the 800k to one million.

7 hours ago, ThreeEyedRaven said:

I hope the guy was using a condom. Sand under the foreskin is a bitch! 

..worse still, being just about on the vinegar stroke and he pops out onto the sand, then run like buggery to the water, then back only to find the mood has died.

..no doubt after the officers crowd around the monitor and view and replay it a 1000 times, they will no doubt come to the conclusion it was a man and a woman, or a horse and a cat..they may even be some DNA left in the new clean sand to analyze and match in the future immigration database.

21 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

I'm just glad I can show a monthly income into a Thai bank for well above the required 65K a month.  With recently printed out deposits from my bank for the past year.  

..is there a need to state this when the masses are struggling to find even the 800k let alone 65k per month..good for you.

14 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

Consider it a 12 day diet, love. 

..the silicone would be getting hot and gooey by then.

10 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

They will also need a Urine sample to check for drugs and a poo sample to check for worms,  i will just leave my underpants on there desk. 

 

..do we have to buy Immigration patterned pyjamas too.

10 minutes ago, Ian Chambers said:

Should be easy to identify:- 60ish, grey hair, glasses and beer belly ????

..with a black bag with a belt that won't go round his guts.