1 hour ago, WorriedNoodle said:

Can international wires be done in person at my bank without a work permit?

yes you can. work permit is only required for self service on line payments.

if you go to the bank yourself, no need for work permit to send money out of thailand.

1 hour ago, WorriedNoodle said:

My online brokerage in Singapore insists on funds coming only from a bank account in my name in country of my address

that is quite srict, but the solution is simple- to send the money to thailand, than

from thailand to singapore.

maybe you should consider another brokerage like INTERNATIONAL BROKERS

who are more flexible. singapore is becoming too strict while it is full of  scammers and crooks.

11 hours ago, webfact said:

20 guns

why would he need 20 guns when he has only two hands?

7 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Were transiting without going through immigration in Germany in the transit area? If not they was probably the reason for the problem you had.

yes i was transiting without entering germany, just two hours stop over.

they changed the rule just two days before my flight. earlier there was no need

for PCR test for anyone transiting via germany.

so there was no way i could know about it.

best place to check for airport rules is IATA website.

Thaksin is the thai answer to...HERCULES !!!

well, at least she made it back alive, that is allready something these days.

THE only way for Thailand to go ahead is the mexican way.

mexico never closed anything, no lockdowns, no PCR and NO QUARANTINE

for visitors, all airport and all businesses 100% OPEN.

yes, there  will be a death toll to pay, but it's worth  it.

once i was sitting in a cafe, daytime, and there were two attractive woman besides me.

we talked and one of them found me also attractive and gave me her email.

she asked if we could go to my hotel so i assumed she is a working girl but

did not want to do it in the middle of the day.

i had to leave thailand so we exchanged emails and when i came back

we arranged a meeting.

she came with a friend in a brand new mercedes sports car.

i asked where the car from. she said from her husband.

i asked :: "so you are married?"

she she said yes, very relaxed, and said that her husband was a rich farang.

wierd.

we drunk coffee but no more because i never do married woman. i never contacted her again but saw her on t.v. once...

investment in real estate in thailand has not given nice returns over the

past 10 years.

the ROI might be even negative in hard currency like USD or EUR.

48 minutes ago, Eibot said:

A VPN will do nothing in case of Whatsapp, Telegram and Line. These chats are attached to your account

you can open a watsapp account on a prepaid phone no., this way stay annonymus.

illegally, you can use other person identity to register a phone no.

i think that was the case when a thai elderly was sentenced to few years in jail for

posting anti monarchy messages.

to his defance he claimed that he never used a smartphone and does not even know

how to send SMS.

50 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

The data below shows the vaccination campaign in Israel DID work...though there has been a resurgence lately linked to the Delta variant. But look at where hospitalizations and per capita COVID deaths are in Israel right now versus where they were in the past.

 

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-hospitalizations

 

 

https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths

 

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'Vaccines Work, No Doubt About It': Israel’s Top COVID Expert Answers Your Questions

In a Q&A with Haaretz readers, Prof. Ran Balicer explains what Israel needs to do better to stop the next variant from running rampant and says we should get used to the idea of COVID booster shots

 

Aug. 5, 2021

Haaretz hosted Prof. Ran Balicer, the chairman of Israel’s expert panel on COVID-19, for a special Zoom briefing Wednesday on the delta variant’s spread in Israel and the impact of the country’s vaccination effort.

Israel was lauded as a global leader in vaccinations and deemed “the first country in the world to get over COVID.” But in recent weeks, the delta variant has taken the country by storm and its spread has forced Israel’s new government to bring back old restrictions – and even float the idea of another national lockdown.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-vaccines-work-no-doubt-about-it-israel-s-top-covid-expert-answers-your-questions-1.10089311

 

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"As of August 8, the ministry recorded 85.6 severe COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people among the unvaccinated over the age of 60, compared to 16.3 per 100,000 people among the fully vaccinated. This makes the unvaccinated elderly more than five times as likely to experience a severe case than their immunized counterparts.

 

For those under the age of 60, the rate of severe illness among the unvaccinated stood at 1.4 cases per 100,000 people – 2.8 times more than the 0.5 per 100,000 among those who received two doses of the vaccine."

 

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-israeli-graphs-that-prove-covid-vaccines-are-working-1.10101640

 

 

 

well it is just starting mate, just starting unfortunately.

it is happaning right now. double of infections every two weeks.

hospitals starts filing up, some announced they will not get

new patients.

governments will not admit it because it is scary indeed, but vaccines do

not really work. just like we can see in thailand and the U.S. right now.

YOU should consult this mattar first with your employer.

you better inform them about your situation and see if they approve it.

in case of legal dispute (for example, the U.K.  demanding taxes from you, or

you suing for injury while working) it is your employer who will be sued, and

than might sue you for breaching your contract and working from the U.K.

while your contract is in thailand.

9 hours ago, ukrules said:

It's strange at the moment that Israel is on the list considering the very high number of people already vaccinated.

 

Why is that?

Israel had ZERO infections and covid deaths just 2-3 months ago, after a succesfull

Pfizer vaccination campain.

than israel opened everything and lifted all restrictions.

now israel has one of the highest infection rates in the world.

today 5400 new cases were recorded. it is like 150,000 daily in USA.

conclusion:   THE VACCINE DOES NOT WORK !!

yes, hard to admit, but true : VACCINES ARE NOT WORKING !!!

48 minutes ago, tomacht8 said:

The specter of a repressive, police military state is taking on more and more shape. Unfortunately.

allow me to remind to you that it is not allowed to mention the words "military state" or "dictatorship" on aseannow, and just mentioning those words might place you in a black list.

seriously.

i once SMS in thailand to a friend a message that mentioned the word PVSSY more than 20 times.

i wanted to see what will happan.

my phone was blocked for 30 days from sending messages.

oh ho...so now we will be spied on also in private chat rooms?

few journalists got arrested / killed just because things they said on

private chat rooms (not in thailand).

What should worry us in thailand is not so much politics but dirty cops who might use

this software to rob and even kidnap. remember the story of the taiwanese businessman

who was kidnapped and tortured with the help of few policeman, with and without uniforms?

later, i must say, they were all arrested by the good cops.

so now with more spying tech they will have more power...the good and the bad !!
 

Pattaya is a crime  city from head to toe, City that thrived on selling poor woman's vaginas,

attracting all sorts of low life shady sexpats from all dark corners of the planet,

and the faster and harder it will die - the better !!!

On 8/6/2021 at 1:50 PM, GammaGlobulin said:

No worries, of course, because, after the virus has been conquered, we can always return to Thailand, in our dreams.

you made me worried for a minute, i must admit.

2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Any evidence of this or just an over active imagination on your part ?

well, sir, i was just kiddin

18 hours ago, edwinchester said:

'they always get a man'....there, fixed it.

"they allways get the same man"...i think they have the same man for this cases,

he pose for the camera as the captured criminal and than they

release him until the next case. 2-3 yrs later.

47 minutes ago, katana said:

The Daily News is reporting today that the arrested man, 27 year-old Thirawat Thothip, was at one time a Muay Thai boxer known as 'Banglee' who fought at various venues before he got into drugs. He is also the son of a former famous local kamnan (village chief).

this description might fit half the 27 thai man in phuket who own bikes.

the rest, who do not own mikes, were also thai boxing champions who got into drugs,

but could not afford a bike because they are not the sons of head village.

4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Weird how so many suspects confess in Thailand

i once saw a thai policeman smack a "suspect" in hua hin main bar road,

he was without uniform, and he just smacked him over and over , dozens

of times. when i approached to see what is going on, he just said :"i am police".

so what would they do to suspects behind closed doors?