KiChakayan

On 7/24/2019 at 1:50 PM, giddyup said:

There is no doubt the whole system is corrupt. The people who are honest and play by the rules are penalised.

Not the whole system, geographically speaking in some places, namely Buriram, there are no agents. As a consequence for legit people such as myself, the level of pain remains acceptable. But in the current context this could well change.

I dare to believe that this may give us an element of answer. 875 000 Bahts is 72000 a month, so most retiree would/should (roughly) belong to the top 10% household incomes. I could understand if Thai authorities wanted to enforce this, strictly on the basis of cost/benefit/risk analysis.

Then, of course the higher income middle to high income brackets are the main source of income tax, with the obvious exception of the very high incomes who can buy themselves into exemption. So why not having a look in applying that to all long term residents? Therefore, yes gentlemen, we may well face a situation were we would be asked to help solving the income inequality issue.

Interestingly Malaysia has, very explicitly, income tax exemption for foreign retirees. 

125th for personal freedom! Just ahead of some African and middle east countries I guess. The TM30 and 90 days report are indeed very consistent with such ranking.

<deleted> am I doing here?

Looks like you misuse your non O visa. There is no 90 days report, whether it is single or multi won't make any difference you must leave the country every 90 days.

Unless you get an extension of stay, which you must apply for about a month before your 90 days expire.

On 7/10/2019 at 8:44 AM, jimmyyy said:

I dropped True when they dropped HBO and all the other channels i watched.  AIS Play works for me and a whole lot cheaper. 

 Are other AIS  services required to get AIS Play? Fiber, mobile? Or can it just be a standalone thing running off any ISP connection?

The thing is I am happy with TOT, and anyway, it is the only fiber service available in our village.

3 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

And here, at last, we find an honest, and sensible politician ! 

A Thai!?

Have 2 kids in Europe, and now two girls, aged 4 and 8. I got a vasectomy, as planned once we got the second one. The funny thing is that we still have people asking us if we are trying to have a boy, bear in mind that I am 67 ! But T.I.T.

I really love this illustration of Thai thinking: not enough water? drill wells and seed clouds. What about a long term plan for a new agricultural production less demanding on water resources? These guys are just totally reactive, completely unable to think out of their tiny box.

I will abstain to mention their "90 days report" and TM30 solutions to address criminality issues in the kingdom.

Highly ironic that some Ineos (ex Sky) riders are now doing some finger pointing at Alaphilippe, deliberately ignoring the fact that he is UCI's N˚1 rider, after 4 years of linear progression. Unlike some of their riders, the most prominent of which had abrupt upturns in their performance following massive losses of weight, Aicar induced as everyone knew.

30 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

which bank in Thailand does the peg, maybe interesting for me

My pension fund (UNJSPF), gives me that option. Doubt any bank would do it.

Sorry for hijacking the topic somewhat: I can, and might do it, peg my pension to a USD/THB conversion rate range of 31.47 to 33.5, hence losing out whenever the USD goes over 33.5, but with the peace of mind given by the bottom rate. I would not e be allowed to reverse this.

Would you do it?

17 hours ago, webfact said:

The ISOC cannot operate in violation of human rights.

Implies that the NCPO could, doesn't it? BTW where are all the victims?

On 3/26/2019 at 2:35 PM, ubonjoe said:

I would say that the southern part of Buriram province would be the closest to the sea in Chantaburi.

Pin here for a town near the Buriram border with Sa Kaeo province. https://goo.gl/maps/R3VwS57aVyQ2

That's where I am living. Takes two days to get to Koh chang: 5 to 6 hours to get to Soi Dao, and 3 to 4 hours to get to KC, including the ferry. Plenty of mad drivers in Chantaburi, so not a good idea to get there tired.

5 hours ago, billsmart said:

I have a "pink" Thai ID card too, and have found it useful for certain things for which I used to have to show my passport, like checking in hotels

Seems that you go to hotels that don't abide by the TM30 rule.

Used to do a lot of walking in Soi Cowboy, now that I have become an "elderly", I am cycling up and down the Soi to attract more attention.