JackGats

I don't think this is typically Thai, quite the reverse. Countries like France, Germany, Belgium ... have this vital interest thing explicitly written down in their tax rules. Such devious flexibility means they reserve the right to ensnare people into their tax net who make it a point of staying less than 180 days. At the same time, those who stay over 180 days are toast, for how can you stay over 180 days per year and not have your "vital interest" within the country? It's a win-win for the tax man. As for the Thais, they have repeated on several occasion that tax residents were people who stayed more than 180 days.

Now what is this "center of vital interest in Thailand" thing? I thought the Thais made it clear they were going by the 180-day rule.

Apt analysis, though the baht might find some support in the demise of the digital wallet.

Could it be that the Thai elites were not happy with his taxation plans? Come to that, I wasn't either.

Booking and Agoda are part of the same company, only Agoda has its head office in Singapore. The point of this I think is that Agoda is not required to play by EU rules. Agoda jacks up the price at the last click. Agoda refuses to charge in Thai baht if you pay with an EU credit card, so instead of getting the good Visa exchange rate, you get the crappy Agoda exchange rate. IMO Booking runs Agoda as a non-EU compliant subsidiary.

Not sure about that. Often the price on the hotel's website is higher than the price on the booking platforms. Also, if you book through the hotel website there's no cancellation policy except once you pay the money is gone.

Hillary Clinton was winning in the polls until the very end, remember?

This is not strange. Idiotic men from the US will fight to the end against "the vaccine" yet they will have long relinquished their sexual rights. It's not ok for the government to push for covid vaccination but it's ok for a man to go to jail if he says to a woman in the street "I give you one hundred and we have some fun in bed together".

I'm more concerned with another part of me on cannabis.

Is the fact that capsaicin from red chillies can rid you of worms also a myth?

No wonder you don't find it, it's called Dulcolax.

What is sad about all this is that they should be sitting down to implement a few safe crossings for pedestrians in Pattaya rather than try and devise ways to speed up traffic. In Pattaya you may stand 50 meters from a 7/11 but you might as well be one kilometer away. Of course the whole of Thailand is like this but Pattaya sets out to attract crowds of people who don't drive and there are zero provisions for their road safety. Even the few meters to hop into a Songtaew can get you injured or killed. It's surprising motorbikes do not ride inside restaurants and bars. Maybe that's because the curb is too high.

One way means speeding and more serious accidents. Two-way was what made it only moderately dangerous for pedestrians.

If you use your foreign credit cards 180 days per year outside Thailand, problem solved.

Yes, some here are still maligning Prayut. They are eager to get taxed on their worldwide income and happy that their hard-won retirements visas are made a mockery as every nationality except Farang get showered with free 6-month extendable visa waivers.

Why hopefully fatal mistake? Not all Americans I'm sure want as Commander-in-Chief a person who just happened to be "black" or "brown" or just happened to have a vagina as their sole qualification in life. Many Americans feel safer having Trump to push (or not push) the red button of mutual assured destruction. Trump is a freak all right, even a scowndrel may be, but he is not totally incompetent. He climbed the social ladder in his own right. He was not coopted into power by anyone. He can keep the World alive and face bullies.

"However, her ticket was for a standard business class seat on a Boeing 777-300ER, which does not feature Qsuite or Premium Economy seating as she had thought." So the standard business class "does not feature ... Premium Economy seating". Not much of a business class if it's below premium economy.

I'm pretty sure that's just the kind of drugs that will not be OTC in Thailand. Antibiotics no problem, psychotropics no way unless you are medically connected. 40 years ago pharmacies in TH would sell you Captagon literally "over-the-counter". They would also show a pack of Temazepam for you to buy together with the Captagon as the two drugs made for a very euphoric combo. Those were the days.

You can order Regaine foam online from Lazada. They don't sell the foam in pharmacies in Thailand. The foam will cause no itching.

Love foreign men? Do they? I wish they did more, especially the young hot ones!

"Other pharmacological options explored included PDE-5 inhibitors, bupropion-SR, and low-dosage combinations of amfetamine and dexamfetamine." I see the AI doesn't know the correct spelling of amphetamine, neither does it know that amphetamine and dexamphetamine are the one and same thing pharmaceutically. Amphetamine = hard drug. Fat chance of that becoming available. Besides, since when can amphetamine or methamphetamine (= yaba) further ejaculation. Those drugs have always been known to be detrimental to both erection and ejaculation. PDE-R inhibitors? Viagra, Levitra. Good that these are finally explored, decades after flooding the world market. Well-done AI. Soon nobody will bother to read anything on the WWW anymore.

Again, how is this a U-turn? Cannabis has been decriminalised and will stay decriminalised. This is not a U-turn. This is continuation.

If you want to have a clear conscience you could get a certified translation into Thai of your German driving license. It should cost you around 1000 Baht.

Tizanidine (Zanaflex)? I have used it as a pain killer and sleeping pill at the same time. It is classified as a muscle relaxing drug. No idea whether it's available in TH. If it is, then surely not OTC.

Lol, Tramadol does nothing for me either, whatever the kind of pain (muscular, headache etc.). Kratom can make for a good night's sleep without pain. It is not harmless though.