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State pension increased yearly

Not sure, he was also claiming winter payments as well???????? he just told me he was having to pay it all back

That all depends on where you live in Thailand, Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai certainly but up country in Issaan, half that easily

Just our bad luck unfortunately, to do with having some sort of agreement between countries I believe. Regarding people trying to get around it by having a house in the UK, I would say to them be careful, a friend of mine has been caught, he is paying it all back monthly

I never use online reporting, I think if they see you face to face over several years it is the best way, never see you in person is asking for trouble. JMHO

I have always felt safer in Thailand and now feel even more safe

I flew to Hat Yai in December, no testing, no checking, nothing but I did take my vaccinated certificate

Thought Aetna took over Bupa some years ago?

Christ never thought about that, stand corrected

Personally I don't think there is much difference, there are good and bad ladies all over the world, they probably do have a sunnier disposition

Then for me no problem, she should be able to fly on US passport, if they ? about no return flight, just produce her Thai ID Card, or you could book return for piece of mind.

My wife flew on her British passport some years ago into Thailand, is her Thai I'd card still valid?

Why?

I never drink alcohol when the sun is up, only after if goes down ????

Take a leaf out of Vietnam, excellent beers over there. Totally bored with drinking lager type beer

I worked in the printing business for 34 years. Started as a hot metal compositor (placing single metal characters in what was known as a stick) you will see these in museums now, not many of us left now I think????Then moved on to was called a paste up artist, (producing magazines and books) this was placing film on another slightly thicker piece of film (the end product was a positive or negative piece of film) My next step was Desk Top Publishing (mostly magazines) the ladies on this site may have heard of them, Living, She, Options, Women's Realm etc. Planner/Platemaker was my final step (similar to Paste up Artist) producing 32/64 pages in Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow of thin aluminium which wraps around the rollers of the Printing Press

I would not call friends, have some but many acquaintances, have friends from my home country who have also moved to Thailand. I did not come to Thailand to make new western friends

The way I look at it is that it has been proven that being vaccinated reduces the chances of you going into hospital if you have the virus (my relatives and friends in the UK recovered at home) so that keeps a bed free for more urgent cases

Yes, I do find it difficult sometimes, even though I have been married to Thai lady and lived in Thailand longtime, my friend before, many years ago told me the biggest problem is the understanding/misunderstanding

Yes, they are still on the go and can buy them online

Yes. Sometimes it increases 30% per year, another year it goes down 15%, once it went down 40%, another it increased 50%. JMHO (not expert) ethical funds are the way to go

Normally I ask the cashier if this will help usually they say yes

It is very easy, register, enter the amount you want to send, they calculate, then just transfer to wise instead of Bangkok Bank, pretty sure you will get a better rate

I just go to a smart lab yearly, not fool proof but it gives a warning if the blood test results are abnormal, ie PSA, colon, etc.

I just treat them as any other, look right, then left and right again