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Lots of good advice in this thread before my 2 bits here.
There are probably hundreds of ladies in Thailand as good or better (less kids, better job, more attractive, more honest, nicer and more compatible personality) than the one you met online, many of them would be interested in you. In thailand, you'll be like a kid in candy shop, tough to choose only one. So line-up at least 5 and come for a month. Make no commitments, shop around, pace yourself.
Never send money to anyone whom you have never met in person.
It will be a difficult relationship for the next 5 years, until you retire. You'll only be together for your vacation (1 month/year?) each year. For me, that wouldn't be enough. You might get lucky, and UK gives her a visa to visit you. But never send her airline tickets, ask her buy her own tickets, and you reimburse upon her arrival. I have had too many no shows. But is even 2 months together per year enough, for 5 years? Also, if she doesn't take vacation while you are here, you'll have lots of spare time, while she is working or taking care of her children, etc.
In the Western world, men are starving for love and affection. Use your big head, not your little head, when making a choice.
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I recommend that you and your wife reduce the communications from the toxic sources (TS). Do not accept any calls from TS. If a call is accepted inadvertently, tell them you are too busy to talk now, are driving a vehicle and may call back, or maybe talk later, etc.. Don't accept meetings from TS, tell them any excuse: you have other plans, too busy, not feeling well, are watching TV, working in the garden, washing clothes, whatever, etc..
Overall, you are in complete control of your mind and body, you decide how you will feel and behave. Others will try to influence your feelings and behaviour but you are 100% in control of your person, no one else. Only allow those people, to communicate with you, who make your life better and support you. Surround yourself with positive, supportive, like minded people. You decide what is right and wrong and accept responsibility for your actions.
As for granny, I would take a logical detailed approach. How many children does she have and how many grandchildren? Determine each child's and grandchild's earnings per month. The children should contribute the most since they are the closest, lets say 5% of their monthly wages. Grandchildren contribute 50% of the percentage of the children, so 2.5% of monthly wages, if there are great grandchildren with jobs, 1.25% of wages. This seems like a fair equitable way to help the elderly. If this doesn't work, I like what another person said in this thread: have granny change her Will to leave everything to your wife in exchange for the 2K monthly payment or some other fair mechanism that compensates you and your wife relative to your contribution to granny.
Basically, what I wrote in paragraph 1&2, is what my girlfriend did when her relatives said many of the same things as your wife is experiencing. Many years ago, I took my girlfriend to a Buddhist monastery for 10 days of mediation, to cleanse her mind and body, which helped her get rid of the toxic thoughts and find the right direction of her choosing. Now, more than 10 years later, she's still with me, quite happy.
I have never given money to her relatives. There are dozens of reasons why they needed money, but they always found other sources for the required funds, or the need disappeared or they were able to continue living without the funds.
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Famous Thai build quality. Lucky nobody was killed or injured.
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40 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:
Yes, these are real and valid concerns. But then, everyone has different risk profiles, in life and in financial matters. Some people go rock or mountain climbing, some others ride bikes. I try not to look at what might go wrong but on the positives instead.
I use to buy the most modern innovative car models but no longer. In all cases, the extra bells and whistle breakdown easily, difficult to get the extras fixed correctly, even the replacement parts fail quickly.It seemed like everything was programmed to break a month after the warranty period expired. Parts even failed within the warranty period. Of course, to get dealer maintenance, there is a line-up, and lots of time, there will be at least 2 visits, one for diagnosis, and then once the parts arrive. Maybe a third or fourth visit, when the first diagnosis wasn't complete or correct. I was in dealer's shop every 2 or 3 months, ended up paying about 60% for maintenance of the original purchase price within 3 years after the warranty expiry. The innovative parts can be very expensive and rare. Another downside is, the vehicle is not available for use, when in the shop for repairs. Sometimes it had to stay 2 or 3 days at the shop for repairs. Finally, the engineering or design wasn't complete or correct in the first few years the model was sold, seemed like the design was rushed. Bottom line is you'll spend lots of time at the dealer and won't get use of the vehicle when you need it - maybe buy 2 of the same model.
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5 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:
Another excellent feature of the Dolphin is that you can use it to power your home in the event of a power outage. Or if you’re out and about, it also serves as a power point for a fan or laptop charging or grilling meat on the electric grill :)
The real issue with Chinese cars is reliability and maintenance. They maybe good for the first few years, as most cars are, but after that, watch out. Are all parts stocked locally? How many places can diagnosis and fix an issue, first time properly? What happens in an accident - lots of reports of an EV catching fire due to batteries being shorted, and the fire keeps reigniting after it is extinguished.
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If Thailand wants more American and Canadian tourists they had better start getting out of the Chinese way of living and cheating foreigners and start practicing the norms of western society like enforcing the laws of the land and getting rid of corrupt Policemen and getting rid of dual pricing. That Policeman's daughter who caused a traffic accident in Bangkok killing more than ten people, several years ago, still hasn't gone to jail. Jail in Thailand is just for foreigners and poor Thai people.
Most recent Police killing of a Thai factory owner in Bangkok because the guy wouldn't loan/give money to the Policeman, and of course, 2 Highway Policemen were a short distance from the killing, at the same expressway toll gate, and didn't do anything. Amazing Thailand!
Thailand has long way to go to attract lots of Canadians and American tourists. Sure TAT can make big advertising campaigns but the facts speak for themselves. Come to Thailand during a big holiday, like New Years or Songkran, and see or participate in the huge amount of traffic accidents and hundreds of people getting killed or injured. The only place outside, a tourist can walk safely, is on the beach, without stumbling on a foot path, or risking an accident with a motor vehicle.
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On 12/26/2023 at 1:04 PM, bkk6060 said:Plenty of places. Hops at 13/1 and BR is good. Pizza Big Naklua is decent.
And, the Italian places in town are pretty good. The chain places are just average.
Hops pizza has a soda biscuit crust, some of the worst pizza I have ever tasted. Never again!
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3 hours ago, Bobthegimp said:
I want some of what you're smoking.
The places you've listed are filthy, corrupt, more expensive than Thailand, and, worst of all, extremely violent. Try staggering drunk along the beach in any of those countries and see what happens. You'll be relieved of your possessions and end up in the hospital or morgue.
4 hours ago, Bobthegimp said:I want some of what you're smoking.
The places you've listed are filthy, corrupt, more expensive than Thailand, and, worst of all, extremely violent. Try staggering drunk along the beach in any of those countries and see what happens. You'll be relieved of your possessions and end up in the hospital or morgue.
Try Cuba, world class beaches, super cheap all inclusive packages, even non-package stays are super cheap, food isn't as good as Thailand. Canadians can stay 6 months in Cuba, without paying for a visa. Virtually no guns, drugs or corruption in Cuba. Friendly ladies in all Latin American countries. Lots of islands are very nice too, like Barbados, Puerto Rica, Virgin Islands (both US and British). Costa Rica, Panama are very accommodating for Americans and Canadians. Brazil can be dangerous, but many destinations are safe.
Millions of Canadians winter in southern USA, like Florida, Arizona, etc.
There was a topic on this website that discussed alternatives to Thailand.
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Canadians and Americans do their research before coming to Thailand. They'll discover Thailand has major basic safety, health and corruption issues. As reported in the press, tourists have to pay bribes to police (Taiwanese actor case). Thailand places minimal value on human life, traffic laws especially involving pedestrians( most tourists are pedestrians), Police rarely enforce traffic laws. Families with small children should never come to Thailand.
Most walkways in major tourists cities are a wreck (poles obstruct, surface is broken or heaving, wires dangling below head level, etc), plus motorcyclist drive on the walkways, cars park on walkways, merchant stands narrow walkways so that only one person can walk on the walkway or on the road, etc.. Many streets have no pedestrian walkways, so a pedestrian has to compete with motor vehicles.
All major Thai holidays have extremely high death and accidents rates and are best avoided. Air pollution is becoming a major issue, pollution levels similar to China. Finally, Thailand allows double pricing for tourist attractions and foreigners have to pay the higher price, national park fees are a minimum of 5 times greater for foreigners.
Canadians and Americans have beautiful alternatives to Thailand, like the Caribbean islands, Central America and South America, without many of these issues.
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On 12/4/2023 at 6:14 AM, Thailand J said:
Renewed my 5 year license last week.
Had to goto DLT to make an appointment in person first.
Documents needed on appointment day:
1. Passport, original and copies of photo and visa pages.
2. Driver license, original and copy of front and back.
3. Residency cert from Jomtein , original and copy if you also renew motorbike license.
4. medical cert.
5. Print out of the proof of the online class completion.
Took 40 minutes to get the new license.
I went there the day after my birthday, my new license expires on my birthday in 2029.
They seem to process the car and motorcycle licenses separately. If you renewed both licenses, was 2 sets of passport copies needed, one for the car and one for the motorcycle? Did the medical certificate need to be copied for the second license?
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Lesson of the Day
Women should never begin to date Islamic men unless they are willing to convert to Islam, and perhaps, become one of many wives of an Islamic man.
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52 minutes ago, Mywayboy said:
Typical Thai Male jealousy if I can't have you no one shall have you.
RIP poor Lady as for him rot ,who cares.
The guy's Imam probably advised him to have her converted or to find a new girlfriend. The radical Imams are the real trouble makers in Thailand and the rest of the world. Thailand needs to spy on all Imams, and rout out the radicals.
Imam definition -
noun
- In law and theology, the caliph who is successor to Muhammad as the lawful temporal leader of the Islamic community.
- The male prayer leader in a mosque.
- The Muslim worshiper who leads the recitation of prayer when two or more worshipers are present.
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The online TM47 for Jomtien office is not working for me within 60 hours. I used it successfully many times in the past few years, usually a response within 24 hours. This year I have a new passport, entered with old and new passports, obtained a new "notification of alien stay" at Jomtien within 24 hours, transferred the stamps in October at Jomtien, extended the retirement visa recently. No response within the last 60 hours, which is within the 7-14 days period prior to the 90 day date.
Anyone having success using the online website with a new passport and new extension at the Jomtien office?
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This week, got a retirement extension and a re-entry permit at Jomtien.
It was super busy very crowded. Arrived about 9:30 am with same day bank letter. Lined up at information to get a queue ticket. Line up was out the door, about 80-100 people in front of me. There were 1 to 4 people working at the queue desk, reviewing applications, handing out queue tickets, re-directing people to different locations, answering questions, etc.. Numerous people were in line to just get forms, or do the 90 day report. The 90 day report is done at the building to the right, not the info building on the left. Took about 25 minutes to get a queue ticket.
Inside the main building, queue number was called in about 20 minutes, went to desk 10, not 8 as the queue ticket showed. All my documents were correct and complete. Had to sign 2 extra forms provided by the officer. I was given the 90 day bank balance reporting form. The guy accepting the application took my photo and told me to return next day after 2pm. Total time was about 1 hour, pretty good service.
Next day, got a re-entry permit after picking up the passport with new 1 year extension at about 1:30pm. Copied the new extension stamp, then back to the info line to get a queue ticket, which took about 25 minutes. At desk 2, immediate service, the guy took my application immediately. Unfortunately, the processing has changed from previous years. Last year it took at most 30 minutes to get my passport returned. Got the passport back at 3:45pm. It seemed like the lady in immigration uniform in the desk 1 area, was the holdup, by large (20-25) batch processing the passports, instead of returning them 2 or 3 at a time as in previous years. Over 2 hours to get the re-entry permit.
As always, your experience may vary depending on the day and time you arrive and the correctness of your application documents.
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Lots of Russians use language schools to get extended visas.
Nasty if they get deported, then get recruited upon return into the military and find themselves at the front line with Ukraine in the snow.
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Most of the time, city officials and/or Police don't or won't act until at least one person is seriously injured or dies. But for this one school girl death, neither have taken any actions to prevent more accidents in the same place. Someone else's life doesn't seemed to be valued in Thailand unless you are part of the superior/upper/ruling/richest class.
In and round the heavy traffic streets like beach road and pattaya Klang, especially near the corners, there are about a hundred motor vehicles parked in the red and white or yellow and white curb areas. These parked vehicles obstruct traffic and drivers' views and make the roadways more dangerous. Basically all of the Soi corner areas that intersect Beach road have illegally parked motor vehicles. In past years the cops came around once or twice a year to collect/fine the vehicles, but no visits since the re-paving of beach road. Also none of the pedestrian crossing lights are working on beach road. For some beach road crosswalks, the new cameras don't look at the cross walks and many of the crosswalk remain unpainted.
Finally, beach road walkway on the beach side is still under construction, so people who want to walk on the beach side, now have to walk on the roadway. As usually, there are no barriers to separate pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic, helping to provide safe passage for pedestrians. It seems pedestrian safety is a very low priority for Pattaya City hall, the contractor and Police in Pattaya.
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There seems to be a variety of diesel fuels for motor vehicles, B7, B10 and B20. With bio additives to pure diesel, the fuel degrades faster, with microbial growth and other factors. What level of bio do you use in your motor vehicle?
ASTM D7371
ASTM D7371 is the standard test method for determination of biodiesel content in diesel fuel using mid infrared spectroscopy. Biodiesel consists of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) and is blended with ULSD for use in most industries. A 5% bio-blend can be sold as straight ULSD without notifying the customer (still falls under ASTM D975). Due to its production from fats and oils, it is particularly susceptible to oxidation (environmental breakdown), microbial growth, and has a higher affinity for water (holds more water in the fuel)).For these reasons, it can be important to know the amount of the biodiesel within your tank. Backup power fuel sources sit for longer than normal amounts of time, leading to excessive time for fuel breakdown within the tank.
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With Esso disappearing, being taken over by Bangchak, who has the cleanest B7 diesel? Esso filtered their diesel fuel removing all sediment. I doubt Bangchak will change their formula for diesel. Any recommendations?
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Today, Sunday 10 December 2023, air pollution in Pattaya is unhealthy. IQair.com reports 143 in Bang Lamung at 13:50. Do you have an air purifier in your residence?
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On 12/7/2023 at 1:49 PM, giddyup said:
If the cost of recovering the outstanding debt is outweighed by the legal costs then it's a no win situation. Even if it forces the resident to cough up what's owed, there might still be an ongoing refusal to pay, then the whole process has to be repeated.
Not true. The legal costs can also be recovered from the loser. Also, if the loser refuses to pay, the property can be sold by court order to recover all costs.
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23 hours ago, Artisi said:
just get someone in who knows what they are doing - cheap as chips and saves all the hassle.
I had a recommended company come in to clean and top-up / refill if necessary. Charged me 500 to clean 1500 baht to top-up. The system holds 1.7 kg refrigerant and a 11.3 kg bottle of gas delivered costs 1700 baht. The refill took 15 minutes. The system wasn't empty and was still cooling but not as well as the other unit, I have 2 units the same model. So it probably needed less than 1 kg. of gas, after 5 years of operation. I feel It got ripped off, with this pricing, so I want to avoid another ripoff.
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Does anyone do their own mini split air conditioner refilling? Apparently all AC systems need to be topped-up over time. Unlike USA or Canada, in Thailand, one doesn't need a license or permit to buy freon or maintain AC systems.
In an Hitachi 18K BTU inverter AC using R410A, the low pressure side is 130 PSI while running, is that the proper pressure? It supposed to have 1.7 KG refrigerant but I don't want to recover the refrigerant, vacuum the system, and then reload it. Watched several youtube videos where the guys were saying 110 to about 140 PSI was the proper low side pressure, depending on the manufacturer.
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On 12/4/2023 at 9:11 AM, Gweiloman said:
Servicing means plugging in a diagnostic machine. No need to change engine oil even. As to parts, I assume you mean bits and pieces like nuts and bolts? Not many parts in an EV compared to ICEV.Not just any bits and pieces. Things like the electronic controllers, regulators, motors, wiring harnesses, relays, thermal management systems, battery management system, DC/DC converter, etc. Lots of electrical/electronic parts to fail, and make the vehicle inoperable.
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Major issues with foreign made motor vehicles is service and parts availability, especially for EVs. Sometimes it can take months to get imported parts, even if the vehicle is new and under warranty. If parts are not stocked in Thailand, forget about buying the vehicle. New brand vehicles, like BYD and others, may not have adequate service centres with fully trained staff. Buyer beware!
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Townhouse collapse in central Thailand raises safety concerns
in Central Thailand News
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Are there things like building permits, building inspections or occupancy permits in Thailand? All of these are steps to a safe building for habitation.