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13 minutes ago, Limey125 said:

If, for instance, the holder travels 5 months after the visa issue date, and wants to stay for more than the one month remaining on the visa validity, he can apply to do so ( in the UK, but only up to a maximum of 180 days stay in total). The cost is around 1,000 GBP for the extension application.

is that price for real? 1000 quid strikes me as a lot when you can do 180 days 'visa exempt 'with the fly in and 2 border runs. ie 30 days each time plus extensions at 1900baht a go, gives 60 days each time x3......I know it's not for the lazy but the cost is only like £133 doing it that way, yeah ok I guess depends on location but somewhere like Chaing Mai is only 60 odd miles to the border in any case, that's a nice bike ride ????

9 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

then here is a link to an article addressing the topic from The Guardian, a rag that many of you might find annoying:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/03/can-monk-mode-help-improve-my-productivity

understandable though, when a load of woke eejits are telling us how to live our lives and do things like stand on yer doorstep clapping for 'c u next tuesdays' at the useless health service, doncha think? do you miss england at all?

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

MONK MODE

yes sounds like me, although I haven't heard that expression before.....the western world is broken with the TV and social media induced BS..

we don't need sugar and carbs.....OMAD for me.......and I might go on a long long bike ride when the weather cools a bit....

Peace out brother (or sister) monk ????

7 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

My budget is $2000  Australia dollars including the airfare 

very kind, I could travel around the world on that ????

ie flew to Bkk from Germany <€300 return

use airbnb and agoda to get accomodation <€12 a night

bus to Pattaya from the East Bus terminal - 131 baht

pickin up 'loose women' Thai Friendly app (advice from an acquaintance)

getting around and keeping fit, really decent Giant bike off faceache €160

not being overweight and understanding OMAD - priceless ????

1 hour ago, Tiber said:

Got nothing left in UK, but if life is short span, yes go back 

how do you know you won't wait months to get treatment through the NHS? source https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/pressures/nhs-backlog-data-analysis

The latest figures for February 2023 show:

• around 7.22 million people waiting for treatment;

• nearly 3.0 million of these patients waiting over 18 weeks;

• around 362,500 of these patients waiting over a year for treatment – which is around 169 times the number of people waiting over a year in February 2020, before the pandemic began.

• a median waiting time for treatment of 14.5 weeks – nearly double the pre-Covid median wait of 7.5 weeks in February 2020.

45 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

IF buying the MG EP

i must admit I quite like the look of that new ES model.......the EP looks like a 'grandad car' in comparison lol

why are they doing 2 models that are based on the same body?

2 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Why would you be stuck in traffic for hours on end? 

errrr maybe because the cities are overcrowded? go on then, name me a Thai city that doesn't have 'traffic issues'?

38 minutes ago, jwest10 said:

Yes  thanks all  but computer viruses etc and clean and repair on Total AV and others there is only an option for paypal and no credit card and have noticed this a lot recently???

why don't you migrate to linux? it's free and you don't need any AV baloney (says the guy who was a 'Windows Pro' and hasn't used it for donkies years cos I realised it's just 'consumer carp')

PS use ublock origin as a browser plugin and you don't even see ads on 'crappy websites' nudge nudge wink wink

On 4/17/2023 at 9:11 AM, Andrew Dwyer said:

Looking for a great little city car, this could be worth waiting for

for real? it's bad enough driving in a city in Europe, never mind Thailand......or do you like being stuck in slow moving traffic for hours on end?? ????

17 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

We have the MG ZS EV (฿949K)

that strikes me as a bloody fortune when you can get a new MG 5 (which is a good looking car IMO and will drive a lot better than an SUV) for ฿585k

at how many miles will the EV actually be cheaper than the MG 5? quite a lot I would have thought as the price difference is £8500 worth of petrol to begin with!!! (for the UK punters, dunno if you're a Brit lol)

12 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Disagree, except for the smog, if living Hua Hin or above.

so is the climate agreeable south of Hua Hin? (currently in Bangkok but looking for somewhere else to 'hang out' lol)

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Average about ฿8 per kWh,

wow that is cheap! must admit never been convinced by an EV even though I have been looking for a car over here (they all seem to be overpriced garbage and/or boring auto).......how much did the thing cost in the first place though? (will tootle off to the EV thread lol)

20 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Visa application very simple.

hi bill, how easy is it to get a 6 month visa? looked on their website and it only mentions the 30 day one....

23 hours ago, KhunLA said:

affordable EVs & CS cost

CS??

15 hours ago, moogradod said:

If anybody is vulnerable - I am. What may be a mild symptom for you could easily be deadly for myself.

why are you 'vulnerable' if I may ask?

23 minutes ago, jwest10 said:

computer subscriptions

eh?

ps paypal are one of the worst companies in the world.....haven't used them for years and i still manage to use a computer (non microsoft) ????

On 4/12/2023 at 2:08 AM, FarAngMoh said:

but for now the USD is a currency that is too big to fail and a collapse would be a catastrophic event for the entire planet.

that's what they said about the banks and look at the mess it has created now.....what mess? well why are half the eastern world fed up with the US and deciding to create there own 'monetary systems' outside of USD, swift etc.......

On 4/11/2023 at 12:31 PM, Neeranam said:

Almost 100% this year alone. I said before that it will reach 50k very soon, and 220k in the next 2.5 years

ok soros, is your crystal ball relying on the 'fed pivot' or continued IR increases? which will almost certainly bankrupt some cuntries (not that they ain't bankrupt already eh lol)

On 4/8/2023 at 2:27 AM, pomchop said:

For all the doomsday about how horrible the US economy is under Biden it certainly appears to me that the vast majority of Americans are doing just fine, living in nice houses, driving nice cars, going on vacations, dining out often, house values at record highs, unemployment at record lows, wages creeping up, and on and on.  Sure there is inflation and that is a problem but I really don't observe the doom and gloom and the sky is falling.

the stuff I see on rumble and twitter etc ie not the wealthy controlled BS media you get on telievision, the US is the most divided cuntry in the world right now, is being taken over by lardy woke eejits and folks in the government who are solely intent on 'raping the nation' and incurring as much debt as possible.......the UK is the same, will be lucky not to be begging to the IMF in less than another year and the EU isn't far behind......Disclaimer; I hold a UK passport but don't normally live there cos of the state of the absolute hovel....

On 4/6/2023 at 7:01 PM, uncletiger said:

 

What options are there, from Thailand and only using Thai financial instruments, to hedge $25K for 6-9 months?

just open up a spreadbet account and short USD/THB ????

19 hours ago, Kwaibill said:

Anyway, I have these “ hobbies”,  but there does not seem to be much Thai interest in such.

yeah I have a few hobbies now, like not eating carbs and sugars and not taking *****........and being 'skinny'......

I imagine me/we are very much in the minority around here....

I can cycle to visit you for a chat and a glass of water (I don't drink either) if you're not too far away? lol

19 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Ceramic water filter to clean the buffalo pee from the klong behind my house.

did you know that fluoride is poisonous and it helps calcifies your pinneal gland? Descartes said your pinneal gland is the root of your soul ????

Just now, ozimoron said:

Because Russia isn't printing money?

 

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/russia/money-supply-m2

so what, sure ALL governments print FIAT, but Russias is backed by gold now.......what's yours backed by? oh yeah, guns and the threat of nukes.....

Just now, ozimoron said:

Which country with money would loan it to Russia?

 

 

you don't need to borrow money when you can be 'mostly self-sufficient'.........I think you're falling for the western 'money is debt' narrative sir