JackGats

I once booked Premium Economy on an Air France flight to Africa. Never again! For some reason the seat was more uncomfortable to sleep in than a commmon economy seat. It was shaped so as to make any sleeping posture impossible.

When I was a boy I was fascinated by the words "plastic surgery". I didn't know what it meant. I thought it involved plastic.

The money hand-out might be self-correcting in that it will cause the Baht to plummet and the people who got the hand-out will find themselves owning a currency that is worth substantially less. They might lose, not win, purchasing power at the end of the day.

Because of wokeism (feminism, minority rights, diversity, LGBT ...). As a consequence for instance you get scifi and war movies where women are commanding officers.  Everybody knows that's not the way Society works.

Black-and-white film noirs from the 50s and 60s is what I still watch from time to time plus some western movies, where men are men and women are women.

I think airlines have the right to reallocate a seat in case of no-show.

2 hours ago, Yumthai said:

 

I mean discriminatory in term of tax.

You have to show enough money to qualify and pay no tax. To me, it's a huge benefit and significantly unfair.

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Discriminatory tax laws are legion. Take Belgium with:

- a 50-60% income tax on wages and pensions 

- no wealth tax

- 1% VAT only on diamond transactions (Jewish tax-haven in Antwerp)

It's difficult to imagine a more <deleted>-up tax system than that but still there are quite a few like it in the first world.

The peculiarity with the LTR in TH is that the discrimination  is linked to a visa. But even that is not so rare. Until recently Portugal had a 10% tax on foreigner's pensions while taxing their own national pensions at over 30%. Note that the LTR would be self-defeating if it didn't include a tax clause as the aim was to attract big spenders.

2 minutes ago, Ben Zioner said:

I am with Cigna (UN) too. Who did you deal with to get that ad hoc certificate, your Cigna contact of your HRD?

My plan is managed by Cigna on behalf of my ex-employer. I sent my query to the same Cigna people who deal with any problems arising out of health-care refunds.

I told them what the Thais wanted to read on the certificate, ie "insured for life" and "insured for amount greater than". I explained getting this 10-year visa would be invaluable to me as I would no longer have to renew my visa every year.

Antifeminism, anti-immigration, anti-childtranny ... = hate crime.

Incidentally, in most EU countries the number of days mentioned is 183, not 180. Probably in order to make allowances for flight times.

4 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

Well actually no. Thailand counts any part of any day, according to stamps in a passport. The UK on the other hand counts where you are at midnight. It is easily possible to be tax resident on two countries, on the same day.

Interesting. What if you have a late flight? Where are you at midnight? Waiting to board? Most flight I took from Bangkok have been close to midnight.

3 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

That's a funny twist. My standard insurance certificate doesn't show an expiry date, as there isn't one, but shows that I have been a member of the plan since 1991.

Same on my Cigna standard certificate. I asked them to state in an ad hoc certificate I was insured for life ("until I die"), and they did.

One thing to keep in mind: when you cross a border, only either the day of your arrival in the country OR the day of your leaving the country counts, NOT BOTH.

1 hour ago, off road pat said:

As of today I heard on the radio, it's legal in Germany ! and I hope it's not a April joke !?

It isn't.

Legalise gambling and criminalise cannabis. I don't like the way wind is blowing.

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6 hours ago, Hanaguma said:

Title says it all.

 

I am planning to buy a condo, and send the cash from my bank in Canada.  About 2.2 million THB altogether.  

 

Now my bank offers free overseas transfers up to $50,000 CAD per day, so I would make two transfers. It takes about 2-3 days for the money to hit my bank account in Thailand (Bangkok Bank).  My question is whether this is the best way to transfer the money.  How do I get screwed using this method- bank fees for receiving the transfer? Poor exchange rate converting CAD to THB?  What will the catch be?   

 

I hear all over that using Wise is the way to go, but perhaps that is only for making monthly transfers of relatively low amounts. My case is just once and a relatively large amount.   So, advice and wisdom from those smarter than me would be appreciated!

I do SWIFT transfers from my EU bank to my Bangkok Bank account. On the form I tick "I pay only my own bank fees". I also tick "send notice to receiver bank", whatever that means. 

Very important: I choose to send Euros, not Baht.

Thai banks are very fair compared to banks eg in Africa or South America. Good exchange rate, hardly any bank fees.

The first time I sent money to Thailand I transferred a low amount to test in case there was a screw-up somewhere.

On 3/8/2024 at 4:12 PM, marin said:

That it was, he also has expressed a dislike of Thai's in general. Waste of space with his 1930's outlook on drug laws. 

1930's? If I'm not mistaken you could get cocaine and opium OTC back then, and cannabis was just some exotic herb.

22 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Many of the theories about how long ago things happened are theories, by scientists that might just be mistaken. It's possible. Only way we will know the whole truth is when we die, and you can ask God, if he lets you in, depending on if you believe in him or not.

When you die you will go nowhere, just like anybody else.

Usually the theft of men's money happens through the family court these days.

6 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

How would something come from nothing?

Don't you understand that this applies equally to that thing you call "God"?