Pouatchee

Only reason you are getting smiles is cos people can't post CONFUSED anymore. The salaries you state are hardly close to what the actual salaries are. I would like to know what jobs these guys are doing, cos even back home those are mighty fine salaries. I think you are just trying to be inflammatory, or your head is up in the clouds somewhere. Even in BKK these are still not average salaries.????

You can't insure wood houses like back home. definitely something to consider. I am finalizing my house, Pilons, bricks, sandwich tin roof and as little wood as possible. The house I am renting now is crumbling apart due to termites. Le look du bois est peut-etre beau, mais ca vaut pas la peine ici en thailande mon pot... ; )

Jesus, what an autocratic dictatorial and plain obtuse point of view. No wonder some people here like dictators.

What is this all about

You just proved what I said. I doubt they will put you up in the posh private rooms in said private hospital, and I doubt you will get surgery in the hospitals posh operating room.

I think the editor means that Prayut will meet with Daniel Boon in order to bring the natives under his control. Or something like that????

Should get your facts straight. You can choose 3 government hospitals. Not private hospitals, The op you quoted mentioned that Paolo hospital is private and not cheap. I can't say whether this hospital is private or not because I don't know this hospital. But I do know 'Pagan Sangkom' which is the social security you are referring to. They only cover government hospitals and that is a fact I am positive of.

Let the Thai baht decrease in value... this has been the only good news this year

As some of you might have been made aware by Paypal, we will need to register with the NDID something or other in order to keep using our Thai registered Paypal accounts. To do so one must be a Thai national. I have been doing wonderful business with Paypal for the last 5 years and now this. My credit card registered to my account is from my country of origin. I must look into whether I can use an address in my country to register and then I need to find out if I can have my goods shipped here, to Thailand. This is not so cool that only Thai nationals can register. Once again I am a victim of a system that is non-inclusive in its policies. If anyone is in the same boat I am and has found a way to circumvent this <deleted>, please share.