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Perhaps the OP should consider psychiatric help, his reaction to what most other people accept is not normal. My comment is not intended as an insult, we all have phobias.

I am going back to Australia in late March. For 6 weeks. My extension is in early November. I may get nailed by the 180 day rule, maybe not. How does the Thai tax apply, when there is a double taxation agreement with Australia?

Yes. I paid in cash for my condo in Chiang Rai.

I got a retirement visa about ten years ago. I have never put in a tax return in Thailand. I have not put in a tax return In Australia for the last 3 years either. Who is going to ask me to start doing one?

Fruit juices are high in sugar, would it not be better to stick to water and coconut water?

There is a choice when dual pricing occurs. Either accept it, or walk away. I don't get my knickers in a twist about it, whatever choice I make.

I stated about 0.5% of the world's population are educated in thermodynamics. If you want to take that comment as impugning your level of education, it's your problem, not mine. I would have thought radiation chemistry would actually be radiation physics, I could be wrong. Just as I could be wrong in assuming at the level of science you were engaged in, a training in thermodynamics would be an automatic inclusion in the syllabus. About 95% of scientists accept global warming and climate change as fact, based on evidence. When you accuse me of naivety, it is disingenuous to suggest every scientist has their hand out for a big grant. What percentage of scientists are actually in that field? I'd suggest 10 - 20% at most, and I am not one of them. I retired from private industry 15 years ago. I have never been in any research grant cycle. You also don't seem to consider the possibility naysaying scientists could be getting funding from sources with a vested interest in the status quo. IIRC, quite a few scientists work in the tobacco and alcohol industries. You may be right about nuclear being part of the solution, I don't consider it is all. Case in point - Norway is 97% renewable energy. It has no nuclear reactors generating electricity. You are also misrepresenting what I post. When I used the term cold fusion, I was referring to a scientific hoax. Time will tell if your speculative money is well invested, although CSIRO in Australia has poured cold water on the economics of SMR nuclear plants.

Climate change is not a hoax. Anyone with an education in thermodynamics knows that. The problem is, only 0.5% of the world's population have said education. EV's are not the solution to climate change. Number 1, if the entire ICE vehicle fleet on the planet were replaced by EV's overnight, it would only reduce CO2 emissions by 9%. Number 2, there is simply not enough lithium being mined to manufacture that number of EV's. It's about 20% at best. The real problem is electricity generation, where fossil fuels are still in use by 70% of total power plants in operation. The hoax is not climate change, more some of the proposed solutions. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) leads that charge, like cold fusion and Piltdown Man. Despite the billions poured into CCS, there is not a single plant on the planet that is operating to design specifications. It's a fact politicians ignore science in favor of economics. It's also a fact insurance companies are ramping up premiums across the board to cover their climate change risks.

I agree with the OP. The relationship with my GF evolved slowly. At this end stage of my life, I could not get a more devoted companion. I am assisting her grand-daughter through university, although I do not want or expect any return.

There is a coffee shop in the gasoline station, opposite the Riverside Condo in Nong Hoi, Chiang Mai. I still go there when I visit CM. I get a large cup of Americano with a dash of milk. . What would be called a flat white in Australia. 50 baht for a very good coffee, way superior to the watered-down stuff purveyed by Starbucks, Tim Hortons, Amazon and Black Canyon.

Poor is people who make less than 3000 baht/month, working in the rice fields. Poor was my GF walking to school 2 km away barefoot, the family could not afford shoes. Many of the Hilux owners you see are up to their eyeballs in debt. I don't know how many rural Thais drink coffee, it would not be many at Starbucks prices. 155 baht would feed a family of five at a village restaurant.

I don't understand the sugar shortage, as I understand Mitrapol has bought out all sugar production in Australia. Him with a capital "H" is a bit of a giveaway.

The range on my Vios is about 600 km. My point really is it's much easier to refuel an ICE than an EV in isolated areas. Yes, they will come. I see no reason to be a lab rat in the interim. EV's vary in quality of construction. Apparently there is one EV where the battery cover is also the floor of the vehicle. I understand big repair shops have equipment for straightening a chassis, although the same may not apply to monocoque bodies.

In case you have not noticed, I already have. Perhaps you could return the favor by giving electric Jesus a rest as well.

I would buy an EV if most of my travel was around town. For long trips, I would prefer an ICE due to range uncertainty, and the possibility of a breakdown. Not many EV mechanics out in the boondocks. I am not sure insurance premiums for EV's will stay comparable with ICE's, because the consequential damage they can cause in the event of a fire is considerable. There is also the fact any battery damage in an accident means the vehicle has to be scrapped.

I understand most of them are in America, where 50% of the population still believe in angels.

Found it on Lazada, thanks. The Indonesian stuff is 2300 baht for 200 gm, I guess I won't know the quality until I have tried it. I remember the Vietnamese kopi was very good.

Understood. Did you read my post in full? There ARE two executors.

A good link. What happens if the buyer does not accept the goods, or refuses to pay the sight bill?

Buy a HD from a bricks and mortar shop here, one can always go back to the shop if it is a dud. Buy something on the internet, good luck getting a refund, even if the seller is still trading in the same name. Some change names like they change socks. I only buy stuff on the internet where it's no big deal if things go wrong.

I have two wills, one done in Thailand, one done in Australia. They are not different, because they both say the same thing, in Thai and English. Any assets in Australia will go to my son, he is the executor there. Any assets in Thailand will go to my GF, she is the executor here.

It does baffle me why so many posters seem to enjoy jumping to conclusions about another poster they have never met, on the minimum of data. The order I placed for Kopi Luwak was about 3000 baht, not really Tiny Rowland territory. When the deal fell through, my money was refunded to me.

Never been to the Philippines, was in Jakarta about 30 years ago and not a big coffee drinker then. I stand corrected, although I am not sure how I am supposed to know the difference between Vietnamese and Indonesian when I have not learned either language.

I suppose if one is at peak sperm production, and takes a double dose of Cialis, nothing is impossible.