Mike Teavee

I personally thought Brexit was a bad idea BUT it's happened so we need to just get on with it & whilst I sort of would like us to "Rejoin" the EU I think the cost of entry would put us in a weaker position than we were before we left so don't think it's an option. But on the subject of Brexit, I did find this funny... Brexiter blames skidmarks on Remainer plot to ruin his underpants A die-hard Brexiter has today blamed his ruined underpants on a secret Remainer plot to deprive him of his underwear. Derek Williams, a retired bench-warmer from Basingstoke, told us that he has had to throw out at least two pairs of underwear this week due to Remainers determined to stop him from having full autonomy over his undergarments. He told us, “If I was given the freedom I wanted – no, the freedom I voted for – then my underpants would remain pristine from dawn until dusk. The fact they do not remain so is not due to any unrealistic expectation on my part, but because Remainers are ruining everything. “And before you say it, yes, I’ve heard it all before – ‘your desire for perpetually clean underwear is a fantasy not based in reality’, but that simply ignores the fact that it is the will of the people – well, me – that it be so. “It’s my democratic right to underwear that remains clean, and the fact that they are regularly stained by an imperfectly wiped <deleted> is obviously the work of hardcore Remainers who can not accept that they lost. “They really need to get over it and leave my underpants alone.” https://newsthump.com/2023/06/16/brexiter-blames-skidmarks-on-remainer-plot-to-ruin-his-underpants/

I find Mod’s over-dramatic acting puts me off her YT videos (same with bananathai) what are the actual online lessons like with Mod?

Have used Cherry a couple of times when Nam didn't have a driver available but mainly use Nam's as we've gotten use to them & the GF feels more comfortable with a lady driver, especially when she's travelling on her own. Rate to the airport for a small sedan is 1,000b BUT I have noticed the past 2-3 times they haven't had a smaller sedan available so the cost has been 1,100b for a medium sedan which is what I've always paid with Cherry (again maybe she didn't have a small sedan available when I booked). https://www.namstaxiladydrivers.com/services https://cherrytaxiservice.com/services-rates/ Have always found Nam to have new (< 18 month old) cars in great condition (very clean), my last one with Cherry not so much so but still much better than your typical meter taxi.

Pure convenience (some call it laziness) for the sake of 8K (1 pay 12K as I get my multi re-entry permit at the same time) I get a hassle/stress free extension each year - works out at less than 17b per day when you take into consideration that you have to pay 1,900b immigration fees if you do it yourself. To give one example where I got my monies worth, my last extension at CW I would have been rejected 1) because I hadn't updated my Bank Book often enough so there were consolidated entries in there & 2) because they were only doing extension 3 days before they were due at that time & I wanted mine > 40 days before it was due as I had travel plans. My Agent immediately spotted the problem with the Bank Book, took me to Bangkok Bank to explain to the cashier what I needed & the next day took me to CW where I got my extension 44 days early. It could have taken me 3 trips (& a cancelled holiday) to do it myself & as I was living in On Nut, CW was 1.5 - 2hours each way so would have been 3 days & approx. 3,000b in transport costs. Living in Pattaya it's a lot easier to get to immigration BUT I still use an agent as I feel the cost is worth it to me to avoid any potential hassles/stress - Others choose to spend their money differently - Up to Them... I do enjoy telling the story of 2 mates giving me a lecture about not doing my extensions myself, firstly they work here so all their immigration needs are done by their company & secondly they were merrily puffing away on their (>150b) pack a day habit whilst lecturing me about wasting money - Again, To Each His Own.

The article says 380 (do I get a percentage if it's a winner ???? )

I did mine at Bangkok Bank Pattaya North Road (I was 30 mins early for my dental appointment next door so thought why not) https://goo.gl/maps/Y3vF5jy4BLV5wEmu9 It took 5 minutes & confirmed immediately that I could uplift my transfer limits (had been blocked since the last mobile app update). Appreciate you might not be asking about Bangkok Bank in particular but if you are, the Pattaya Nua branch is a large branch with (seemingly) not as many customers as branches in Central Festival or Jomtien 2nd Road where I'd tried to sort out facial recognition in the past.

My mate look at Bumrungrad but ended up getting his hip replaced at Samitivej https://maps.app.goo.gl/w8BoYdT5KoeEziEn9?g_st=ic as they (according to him) have the best reputation for sports/bones related surgeries. IIRC it cost him 600K & he was in ICU for 1 day (observation) & 2 days in a private suite.

Better still how about E-Gates for (at least) Non-IMM O/OA/OX, Elite & LTR Visa holders... How many times do they need to take my picture/fingerprints?

I believe you're on a "Marriage" extension & am guessing you don't use CW as your IO. As somebody who's on a "Retirement" extension who used to use CW (Jomtien nowadays) amalgamated bank book entries were not (normally) accepted by them & I would (most probably) have been sent away to get a statement from my Bank had I turned up with just photo copies of my Bank Book... As always, the caveat is that you might get a friendly IO officer who will use their common sense to see the balance didn't go anywhere near below twice what was required, but with my luck I'd have got one that would quote the rules & send me away. As it was my agent sorted it all out & I had a very nice holiday around Phuket, Krabi & Phi Phi when I would (at that time) have had to have been at CW doing my extension...

Can confirm that Danny's Bar was open for the whole of the game, as I suggested would happen, shutters went down around 3am, & music turned off but the game was still on & you could get a beer.

Last extension I did at CW (2021) I had 2 problems... 1) I rarely update my Bank Book (though it never goes below 800K) so had amalgamated entries not acceptable to Immigration & 2) I wanted to do my extension 45 days before it was due as I had travel plans. Went to see my Agent who immediately spotted the problem with my bank account & took me to a Bangkok Branch to get the required letter/statement & the next day they took me to CW where my extension was processed there & then, 44 days before it was due despite CW only doing extensions 3 days before they were due at that (Covid) time. Without an agent I believe I would have been sent back because of the amalgamated Bank book entries 1st & then again because of the 3 day rule at that time & so would have wasted 3 days of my time & approx 2,400 in transport fees. End of the day it's 8K that I have as a budget line item so doesn't bother me... As I've said before, if it was 80b everybody would be doing it, if it was 800,000b none of us would be doing it.

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Cool... Enjoy...

Sorry, you're saying that that you pay CGT on UK Assets bought 25 years ago!!! - Unless you're talking about Property (and that was pre-2016), you need to sack your accountant fella... I've been Non-UK Resident (For Tax) for 15 years & in that time haven't paid a penny in UK Income, Dividend or Capital Gains Tax, my accountant doesn't bother to ask me about Capital Gains Tax as they know it's a completely mute point (5 year rule).

It's not an excuse... It is the reason that the UK banks are no longer servicing customers in the EU & as a knock-on effect are clamping down on other non-UK accounts. It's just a side-effect of Brexit... Nothing to do with whether Brexit is/was a good idea or not.

I'm currently on TOT/NT (they were the only providers & 50/30 up/down was the best speed I could get from them for my Condo) & noticed that 3BB have been advertising a new Fiber service to my Condo so was considering switching. TBH the TOT/NT service has been great and the speeds more than adequate for watching Netflix / streaming via my Android Box etc... but I'm semi-tempted to swap for the 3BB TV packages are these worth having? Somebody asked about the price of the unlimited 10MB AIS SIM only packages, I'm currently on the 349 Flexi (349B pm + tax) which is no longer available but they are pushing the 449 Flexi (449B + Tax) which is 20MB & 5G - Haven't felt the need to upgrade to it as I've never had a problem with speeds on the 10MB package.

I don't have the full story as it was my mate's GF who was having the problem but it seems that my Netflix subscription (Premium 419b) has stopped working for them (they're in Bangkok I'm in Pattaya) so he's purchased his own subscription. Will check with the GF's mate who's also using it in Bangkok to see if it's still working for her. Anybody else find that the block on password sharing is starting to take effect?

That’s a shame as we visited Chiang Mai (& Chiang Rai / Pai) in Feb and the air quality was fine, much better than we had in Pattaya a couple of months back when the AQI was > 150 even at the beach in Wongamat. But the point is you don’t spend 18 years somewhere & suddenly decide the air quality is too bad or taxis are too expensive, you find this out early on & move if you don’t like it.

My (rental) agent insists that I need to do a new TM30 every time I come back from overseas to the same Condo we've been living in for 2 years & I keep telling her that I don't. Never had a problem just ignoring her but the day after I got back from my last trip to the UK I was a bit spaced out (jet lag) & she found out from my GF (They're Facebook buddies) that I'd just got back so decided to "Report me". This was 72 hours after I got back so I've no idea if I'm going to get a fine for not doing a report that I didn't need to do!!! [Jomtien IO & Re-entry permit based on Non-IMM O "Retirement" Visa extension of stay]

Come on City, I’m a Man U fan but from that side of Warrington where we love to see the Manchester teams doing well???????? Was lucky enough to catch the Chelsea game on my last trip to UK where we qualified for next years CL so maybe it will be us this time next year ????

I believe Danny’s Sports bar (Treetown) will be showing the game until their closing time (3am)… Shutters will be closed at 3am, which side of them you’re on is up to you. Do note that Danny’s gets very busy on match day so best to get there early to make sure you get a seat.

The fact that your state pension is frozen is hardly Thailand’s fault & whilst I’d admit I didn’t know this until I read it on this forum nor would I have actively sort this information out, the fact is it there are many other countries (e.g. Australia, New Zealand, Canada & India being 4 other counties on the list) where it would also be frozen. If you don’t like the air in Chiang Mai… Move, Don’t like the Taxi Mafia in Koh Samui (never had a problem there myself)… Move…

That’s easy… Tattie Scones & Lorn sausage I’m English but was lucky enough to work in Glasgow for 3 years, staying in the old Copthorne St George’s square & many a great night out on Sauchiehall Street

Was going to ask a similar question about Aus/NZ/India/Canada how can your average Brit (assuming no family ties) retire to any of these ?

Or be over 50…