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Refugees are seeking a better life, either as a result of war, or poverty. By 2050, conservative models are showing the flows of water from the Tibetan Plateau will be halved, and that's without the Chinese building thousands of dams. Climate change. The Tibetan plateau is the source of water for the Mekong, Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. About one billion people depend on those rivers for their food. You think you have mass migration now? Wait for it. https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/china-approves-construction-of-world-s-largest-dam-over-brahmaputra-river-124122601219_1.html

You don't need to apply for a marriage visa. You can apply as a single person, with 800K baht on deposit in a Thai bank. IMO it is the simplest route, although the most expensive. A marriage visa is 400K baht on deposit. It is a lot more complicated than the single route, because there are house visits, and other bureaucratic hoops to jump through. The income requirement for a single is 65,000 baht/ month. Married, it is 40,000. I'm still trying to get my head around that logic. It can't be even one baht less, so exchange rate fluctuations can make it tricky if sailing close to the wind. One can use an agent, for fees varying between 13,000 and 30,000 baht. The agent bribes an IO. Once you use an agent in a specific office, you can't revert to another method without considerable grief. The other risk is a new broom or a general reform, although that risk appears to be very low. Re pension transfers, the rules are still in a state of flux, with different locations interpreting the tax rules according to what their head honcho says. Much like Immigration. While Australia has a double tax agreement with Thailand, whether it is honored at a local office is open to question. Nobody knows if pensions will be treated as income. There are two rules that seem to be clear. Any savings prior to 2024 which are transferred into Thailand are tax-free. Married to a Thai, you have 550,000 baht in allowances before tax is levied on anything in excess of that amount. Personally, I will not be submitting tax returns in Thailand until an Immigration Officer tells me it is necessary for my next extension.

Off topic, the thread is about how the domestic aircraft system is falling apart, and shipping. Putin's support would melt away if he starts conscription in Moscow and St. Petersburg, why do you think he is importing North Korean soldiers?

Agree. You can post facts until doomsday, and they are ignored as an inconvenience. Usually, it is trolls.

If you want to be dismissive about what I post, go ahead. It's fairly obvious you were not taught good manners as a kid. Dragged up, not brought up.

"This animal is dangerous, it defends itself when attacked". I am only mean to people who are mean to me first.

Medicare is free. However, in the public system, one can wait months or years for elective surgery. My experience with Thai government hospitals has been been very good. A recent emergency department admission here (pneumonia ) was a lot faster than any ED in Australia. Opinions differ, Australia is boring for me, Thailand is exciting even after 14 years. There's no better way than being on a scooter in Thai traffic to ward off Alzheimer's.

Border Force notifies Centrelink when you leave Australia, although you are supposed to notify Centrelink before you leave. The supplements stop after 6 weeks, and the pension card is cancelled. They are restored when you get back to Australia, but you do have to re-apply for the pension card using mygov.

Cough syrups containing dextromethorphan are restricted in Thailand, due to the potential for abuse. Diphenhydramine may require a prescription. I doubt Customs would get their knickers in a twist over 150 mL. It's not like you are bringing it in a 44 gallon drum Brown Mixture Ingredients: Sulfogaiacol, Sodium Citrate, Glycirrhiza extract. Maybe the opium got removed from the formula. A small sip, roll around the mouth to dilute with saliva. Swallow. Do not drink anything afterwards. IIRC 40 baht a bottle.

The one with a brain.

About 50% of the time, a link I post is dismissed by the person asking for it as Western propaganda. I have stopped feeding trolls for that reason. What did your last slave die of? If you are too lazy to check for yourself, who put me at your beck and call?

The Ursa Major sunk in the Mediterranian after engine room explosions Two Russian ships damaged in stormy weather over the weekend have spilled about 3,700 tons (3,350 tonnes) of low-grade fuel into the Kerch Strait in Russian-occupied Crimea, Russian state media reported on Monday, threatening an environmental disaster in the biodiversity hotspot, Date December 19. "Damaged" is a bit of an understatement. As I understand it, both ships broke in half.

He sent a 50 km column of vehicles to take Kiev. First it ran out of fuel, then food. The soldiers manning the vehicles had to walk back to Belarus. Facts are so inconvenient. I don't know whether Putin will lose, or not. I did use the word "if" in my post. Apparently you are more certain, are you believing what the Kremlin tells you?

I feel sorry for you, having an attention span that cannot encompass a single paragraph in the OP. Who is twisting your arm to read it? Easily fixed, put me on ignore and I won't trouble your tired brain cells any further.

I would not want to land this woman, even if I could. Petite Thai women with a caring attitude are more my speed. Quite apart from the fact she could legally take half my assets in the UK. Not here. My GF is 23 years younger than me. I am as likely to get a woman that much younger than me in Australia, as I am of becoming an astronaut, but why would I want to?

IMO Ukraine won't surrender. They are fighting for national survival. Like most Eastern Europe nations, they remember what being under the Kremlin yoke was like. Putin is fighting for survival too. Lose this war, he is dead meat. The Ukrainians have repeatedly demonstrated they are quite skilled at assassinations. If Trump sells them out, he would do well to remember that.

It's not their fault they have been brainwashed by an evil regime.

150 mL in checked baggage should be no problem. I carry 700 mL of good Australian wine. The limit for hand carry liquids is 100 mL. If you divide it into two bottles, IMO you would be told to discard one of them. Have you tried the brown mixture, readily available in Thailand? It works a treat for nagging coughs with me. Contains tincture of opium. It is extremely unlikely you will be stopped at Thai customs for medications. I have been coming in with 6 months' worth for ten years without inspection.

I would prefer Putin stopped sending young Russian men to a meat grinder.

Waist 38 inches, what's yours? Santa suits are too hot for this climate, and the reindeer would all have heat stroke.

I employ massage ladies for massage. My GF provides happy endings. My main massage lady is 62. When she is unavailable, she assigns one of the other women working in her shop to me.

Journalists are students of history? They can't recall past the previous edition.

I thought you were fluent in Thai? " Feed the ducks" is a well-known Thai expression, for when jealous wives and girlfriends cut off a sleeping male's todger, and throw it out the window for any lurking yard creature to consume.

The OP should post photos of his wife and the old flame, so we can offer informed advice. Old girl friends never feed the ducks, Mr. Neville is all too likely to do so.

We get more of that type of day in Chiang Rai, without the traffic jams.