Lacessit

I suspect taxis are not the only vehicles being returned to finance companies in Chiang Mai, or Thailand for that matter. Used car lots seem to be awash with unsold cars.

1 hour ago, Nyezhov said:

On the net, I have no Mouth, but I must Scream.

Yes, Benny.

5 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Regency is Brandy, Hong Thong is rum. Neither are a whisky.

100 Piper's used to be popular amongst my friends but Regency is the current flavour of the month.

They did manage to polish this off yesterday.

Ok, let's get a couple of things straight, shall we?

Whisky comes from Scotland. Whiskey comes from Ireland and America.

I didn't realize there were whisky snobs as well as wine snobs. You're all up yourselves.

I once mentioned Glenfiddich to a Scottish millionaire who owned one of the pure malt whisky distilleries near Edinburgh. He remarked it was a well marketed blend.

AS far as I am concerned, after I have drowned whatever it is in Coca-Cola, my only criteria for quality is whether it gives me a headache or not.

54 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

I love Mekhong. Greatest screaming flopping around triple header I ever had, with a bar girl mind you wiping me and cleaning me up as I convulsed and sobbed and spewpuked and shatmeself and peed, just hunk of semidigested fried crickets and fried rice everywhere, damn that was great, I was laid up for three days!

Catharsis seems to be a specialty of yours.

17 minutes ago, Tingtong2mut said:

I am in exactly the same situation and have exactly the same reasons but I don't nor would I have 800k in the account. I am on a different visa ....400k per year and only required for 2 months. After this time I deplete the funds as living expenses through the year. And yes sometimes in the case of a foreigner the account can be frozen until everything sorted. I have a will covering her, I trust her implicitly, well enough to risk 400k anyway. Any hooo, shouldn't have to explain all the personal stuff. I been here a while, know whats what and she isn't an ex bargirl. Been there done that and yes first chance she would have got account would have been gutted, in fact the first one I had here actually did. Not all people here are like that in fact I would trust more people here, and feel safer sometimes than I would back home. Never had anything stolen. Never really been ripped off or scammed.

 

So what are you saying you did? You opened a new joint account with her or they let you add her as a co signatory or opened an account for her?

I opened a new joint account with her. As Worgeordie says, both signatures are appended to the UV section of the bankbook, although it's not clear from his post whether she actually signed OVER his signature.

Everyone's circumstances are different. Having been screwed out of substantial sums of money by two women whose honesty I had faith in, I am no longer as trusting as I used to be. As a lawyer once said to me, money brings out the worst in people.

I had this situation yesterday; however, I wanted a new account with my GF  a co-signatory on a limited amount of funds, to get her through the probate period if/when I cark it. Passbook only, she knows where it is.

I'd suggest to the OP he might want to copy my example. No way I would give anyone unlimited access to my funds; what happens if they dipped into the 800K at the wrong time in the Immigration cycle?

Not a big deal, about 30 minutes of signing copies and faffing around at Bangkok Bank.

25 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I have been told by a friend that although TM28 is no longer needed, my wife still has to do a TM30 when i return (not leaving Thailand), surely this is nonsense. 

If you are returning to the same address as you left, it would appear so.

For about six years, I went and returned to the same condo from outside Thailand, blissfully unaware I was supposed to file a TM28/30 each time. No-one noticed, until it was picked up somehow doing a retirement extension.

Chiang Rai Immigration was pushing the TM30 app at me fairly insistently. When I click on ubonjoe's link, I'm told the app is incompatible with my systems.

Update for those who are interested. Head office Kasikorn Bank in Chiang Rai said I have to open a new account, no problem. They say I can close the Chiang Mai account - BUT - a fee of 35 baht for every 10,000 baht in that account. That's 2100 baht on a balance of 600,000.

Call me a Cheap Charlie, but I refuse to accept that kind of deal. Next time I am in Chiang Mai, I withdraw the lot free of charge, Kasikorn loses a customer. As they say, you can't fix stupid.

1 hour ago, KC 71 said:

Get a grip man

Your problem is?

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

What, a puppy dog?

Tim "Sharky " Ward has been well known in the Pattaya area. Perhaps he would bring the dog along to lick up the blood.

If your Mrs is telling you about these approaches, that's good. The time to worry about it is when she doesn't.

I tried the route of the signatory being activated at death at Kasikorn and Bangkok Bank, and got blank looks.

My own conscience is now salved by opening a joint account with my GF, and depositing 100,000 baht in it. Passbook only, I keep the passbook where she knows to find it. That amount will easily tide her over until probate is done, she is not a hiso and I've taught her to stay out of debt.

11 hours ago, KC 71 said:

Anyway.......stay on topic

Hands up those who looked at the bottle first.

6 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

The OP is looking for logic in Thailand? 

I live in hope.

4 hours ago, EricTh said:

 

Why did you move to Chiang Rai?

 

I would propose that you open an account with Krungsri instead. I have good experience with their branches in Central Festival and Sansai. They are customer oriented.

 

I didn't have any problem opening Krungsri with my retirement visa.

Various reasons - traffic chaos in Chiang Mai, more polluted, Chiang Rai is more laid back. GF's village is only 25 minutes away, before 3 hours on a road which is a monument to traffic chaos.

I had a VERY pleasant surprise at Chiang Rai Immigration registering change of address. Instead of the clusterf##k we all know and hate at CM, I roll in at 10.30 am, get a queue number 3 away from being called, at the counter in ten minutes. They even provide seats at the counter, full aircon office. About 20 minutes of signing and stamping, and we're done. My GF gets a lecture from the nice lady IO on giving notification if I stay at her house for more than 24 hours. We are smiling to each other because we have not put in a TM30 at her house for about 4-5 years, and it's doubtful an IO could even find her village on a map.

Krungsri seems to get a good rap, so I will be calling in there.

17 hours ago, madmen said:

Why do people assume having a drink = destroyed liver? Reformed alcoholics are the worst, just because they couldn't have a whisky without draining the whole bottle lol. 

It's like anything else, overindulgence is the problem. The Renaissance physician Paracelsus defined it as "the dose makes the poison".

Having said that, alcohol has been accorded Class 1 carcinogen status by the WHO since 1989.

1 hour ago, Nyezhov said:

Yeah dude its YOUR fault I get vacations. You are such an instigator, you are like a friend of my youth who, if I said something like, gee, wonder how hard it would be to burn that shed, would whip out a pack of matches.

Don't blame me, your problem is subtlety is not your forte. The best response is one that goes straight through to the wicketkeeper and is unseen by the batsman.

12 minutes ago, essox essox said:

so how do YOU TASTE the SANGSOM ???

Seems to have a herbal undertone which is sympatico with my palate.

2 minutes ago, Speedo1968 said:

Yes, it's more common to have the females spayed and yes with humans we perhaps have been raised over many generations to think that way with humans.
I mention male castration for male dogs as also useful because where there are many "house" dogs out roaming and feral dogs, the non- castrated male will mate with any female that is in season.    It would go a long way to reducing "house" dogs from becoming pregnant and help keep numbers down in the feral dog community.

 

Many years ago I worked in farming in Saudi.    The farm was some 70km fro Jeddah.    The city had asked for the stray dogs in the city to be removed.    A well known international pest control company was tasked with the job.     The crews used blowpipes which meant that they 'could' kill the dog from a distance.   However they did not like the idea of killing them so they used a knock-out drug, once the dogs were sleeping they were collected up and driven to a "suitable" spot, with the unadmitted hopes that they would not die from starvation.     The farm was far enough away ( many kilometres ) that the dogs could not return to Jeddah nor were there any settlements nearby other than the farm.

There were more than 300 people on the farm but all waste was incinerated and farm staff would never encourage dogs by leaving out food.     Some dogs were extremely friendly and lovable.    The pest control company was finally caught dumping the dogs.

What happened ?

The dogs became 'through need' feral dogs very quickly, learning to make homes in the sand,hunt and eat whatever they could catch.

Things like true feral cats and similar animals disappeared, this caused an increase in snakes and other dangerous creatures.    They breed uncontrollably.  Eventually the dogs became starved and moved into the housing complexes on the farm.    Dogs started to die.  

The farm called the same pest control company to remove the remaining dogs ( free of charge ), the same procedure of blow darting was carried out, the dogs were then put to sleep by the farm vet.

In the following years the original wildlife never really returned......

The Law of Unintended Consequences at work.

2 hours ago, Nanaplaza666 said:

Wow buying a 1ltr bottle instead of a 700ml bottle is really buying in bulk 555555 , and asking someone if they pay full retail when buying a car 55555 do you pay 1.199.999 when it's 1.200.000. good for you .

When I find a point to your 5555 post, I may curl up in a fetal ball. Or maybe not.

2 hours ago, BritManToo said:

"Hong Thong. Smooth and easy drinking, Hong Thong is a golden spirit made from molasses at the renowned Bangyikhan Distillery near Bangkok. The name 'Hong Thong' translates into 'Golden Phoenix'."

Whisky is made from various grains, such as barley, wheat, corn and rye. Rum is made from molasses, so the Thais have succeeded in confusing everyone yet again.

7 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Are you sure they didn't change over to the marriage extension, that requires only 400k in the bank?

 

You need to leave a minimum of 400k in the bank all year around for the retirement extension, that's reasonably new.

Correct. 800K two months before, three months after extension. Then 400K for the rest of the year for singles. Marriage 400K, don't know if that drops to less at some point.

4 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

paper or plastic?

Plastic is OK, provided it is not transparent. See, another poster leading me astray and off topic.

2 minutes ago, Speedhump said:

Comments have gone a long way from Sangsom prices before my comment. 

I probably have a reputation with the mods for going off topic, take that any way you want.

4 minutes ago, Speedo1968 said:

Yes, I understand that this is a way of thinking.

As humans we hopefully have the mental capacity "for ourselves" to understand the consequences of having offspring.    With that we can / should make that decision for ourselves without external pressures.

However there are always two sides regarding dogs ( and other animals ).
1 - if you allow a female to have pups what happens to them ?   If the pups are female if you keep them out of kindness what happens if they become pregnant ?    If the pups are males it means more fighting etc if you are unable to teach them to behave or you may even lock them in the yard.    If the original female has her pups taken away before they are at an age ( mentally ) both the mother and pups will be distressed.

 

2 - if you stererlise the female she will still have a built in instinct to come in to season and this maybe disturbing mentally and physically for her but she will not bring more unwanted ( ?! ) dogs in to the world.
If the males are castrated then they will be distressed but less aggressive ( this may be a down side if you want a 'guard dog' ).

 

At the end of the day as others who have posted here say the animal should be seen and respected as part of the family. 

At the risk of being seen as sexist, it's preferable to have the females spayed. After all, they are the ones who produce litters. Although vasectomies are quite common in humans.

As far as I can tell with two dogs I had spayed in Australia, the only effect is to make them more placid. Hormones are no longer raging.

There are some ways in which Thai thinking is better than ours. IMO this is not one of them.