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Quite a few years back the then gov't decided to grant an 'add on' to the OAP because many OAP recipients were really struggling to survive. They created the OAP Supplement.

I have portability and I get the full OAP and supplement all transfarred every 4 weeks to my account at K Bank. I don't get the Energy Allowance and I don't get Rent Assistance.

must show, in any way, how important you are to build/maintain a better status level. My extended family lady boy is consumed with 'looking rich and important' / 'the family looking rich and impotant'. This extends as far as him making the plans for a massive Chinese style banquet when I die (I'm not sick). He's even told my son what money he wants to organize and pay for the banquet. Son has told him several times 'there's won't be any banquet and if theere's any 'event' he (son) will organize it'. Lady boy's pleading response 'but we must have a big banquet to show how rich the family is'. No banquet.

Works the other way around too. Our loud mouth mid aged overweight lady boy knows everything. He's adamant that the country immediately above Thailand is Germany. Showed him where Germany is on a good sized globe of the world and a good atlas, everything in Thai and English. He demands the globe and atlas maps are wrong. This all came about when he announced he was going to Germany to work as a massage boy (he's 47 years old and fat). His friend got some ticket prices, he inists the fares must be wrong because it's only 1.5 hr flight Bkk to Germany.

If they were banned this discussion would not be needed.

Transfer times are nowadays sometimes quite short. I did a special Covid- 19 flight Sydney to S'pore, trsfr at Changi then S'pore to Bkk. (Full service AUD620-) Scheduled transit time at Changi was 25 minutes. Team of ground staff at Changi waiting when the a/c door opened. All very well organized. Before landing several announcements and a printed handout that duty free shopping was not permitted on this transit and any purchases would not be allowed into the next cabin. Before landing purser checking all documents for the next leg of the flight. Cabin crew moving very quickly to get everything from o'head lockers and from seatback pockets, all ready to move quickly. Where needed a cabin crew member carried any loose items to the outside of the a/c and then, with passenger alongside them did hand over of cabin bag stuff and the passenger to a ground staff then quickly start moving to next gate. Three bigger size golf carts waiting, ground team quickly/politely getting older folks onto the golf carts and making them comfortable and quickly departing for next boarding gate. Other ground team members helping the rest of the passengers with cabin bags etc., quickly moving to next gate. Document check done smoothly as passengers were getting seated on next aircraft. Team of 2 waiting for me at a/c door on arrival with a wheelchair. All pllanned, I was in the w/chair within 15 seconds and started moving to next gate. As we were moving the 2nd ground staff was showing me my cabin bags and asking 'Is this everything?' On the next a/c within 5 minutes. Before door closed on second a/c a ground staff supvr came on board and politely announced he had done a check and confirmed that all check-in bags has been transferred and confirmed there had been a check of every seat/seatback pocket to ensure nothing left on the first a/c. A/c moved away just less than the 25 minutes scheduled time. Typical of S'pore airlines, all well planned and well executed. Full marks.

He said when first taking the PM chair he would elinmnate corruption. "In his address to mark International Anti-Corruption Day today, he said that corruption in the bureaucracy mainlyrelates to procurement projects, the selling of positions to the highest bidders, bribery and exploitation of legal loopholes." So why have these areas of corruption not been mentioned re specific actions to stop the corruption? Yawn.

Good question and I have no idea of what such places might charge on a 6 monthly package basis. I just asked the guy concerned, he says hopefully between 5,000 to 8,000 per month on a package basis, with contract for 6 months possibly extendable long-term. I have no idea if that's reasonable/possible. I hope it is, he needs to find something soon.

Asking for an old friend with small budget. Trying to find a long-term package rate at a 3 star hotel (3 star is flexible) or small apartment (also with package rate) preferable within 15/20 minute walking distance to CM night market (but this is flexible), maybe 6 months extendable package including: - Room, typical hotel room furniture, twice a week cleaning and linen change etc., electricity, internet, TV with some English channels, some laundry, perhaps breakfast... Any suggestions much appreciated, thanks.

One other point to mention, but maybe you already know this one: - There's many visas that also need exit/re-entry stamps, and these folks can get an exit/re-entry stamp at major airports at the same time they are actually departing Thailand. There's a specific desk for this usually within a few steps of the actual passport booths. - PR holders can't get an exit/re-entry stamp at an airport. It must be obtained at an Immigration office. E,g, Chang Wattana, Chiang Mai, Chonburi etc., before you go to the airport.

There's also: - PR holders, not required to ever report to Immigration or any gov't agency on any regular basis. - Lifetime Drivers License holders, not required to ever report to Land Transport Dept.

and carrots...

There is no requirement at all to renew it before the current exit/re-entry permit expires. Let's put this subject in a different light; there's no legal need to have an exit/re-entry stamp in your passport and PR book until you need it. Many PR holders (an example - those you travel infrequently) don't get the stamp, a single journey stamp, until just before they travel. That's how it's intended to work. This means there could a time period of years / many years with no exit/re-entry stamps in your books. No problem whatever - this won't raise any concerns with immigration because it's the way it's intended to work. The other possibility is that you travel out of Thailand and return many times every year (probably business trips - typically a foreigner who attends meetings/projects etc., regularly in many countries). For folks in this situation it's better to get a multiple entry stamp which covers an unlimited number an out/in trips for 12 months starting from the day the stamp is placed in your books. If you have a multiple entry stamp there's no need to advise immigration in advance for every trip. You use it any date you want but it expires after 12 months. So a question: when do I have to renew my multiple entry stamp if I wish to continue with another multiple entry stamp? Answer: Totally up to you: You can renew it any time before the currrent multiple entry stamp expires, but there is no requirement whatever to do this. You can renew it anytime in the future. Many PR holders in this situation just wait until the next out/in trip comes up and then go to an immigration office and get a new multiple entry stamp. Or perhaps they revert to single entry exit/re-entry stamps. The just wait period could be a few days or a few years. You can find many PR holders who haven't had an exit/re-entry stamp in their books for years/many years because they haevn't travelled, and that's all OK, no concern whatever. I had multiple entry stamps in my books for years. I'm now retired and I have no family whatever left in my birth country. There's a good chance I'll never ever again have a need to have an exit/re-entry stamp in my books. Hope this helps.

Maybe add: onions, potatoes, tomatoes, tenquar, ginger, watermelons, rockmelons, and chickens for eggs ...

I've heard of couriers who offer hand carry from office pick up in some US cities, then hand carry onto first available departing aircraft (regardless of airline name), hand carry during the flight, on arrival same live person transported urgently to hand over envelope to the receiver. Very expensive of course because it includes a return airfare for 'the hand carrier'. Not sure if such services still operate.

Supposed quotes from the bible abound. Many have also been proven to not exist or to be misinterpreted or totally twisted/untruthful. I totally/eventually gave up on the bible through a different event. I was conscripted and went to the Vietnam war. First up 3 months rookie training. About half way through rookie trg we had the first lecture from the camp chaplain (Church of England). He started with words about 'I am your friend' and 'you can ask me anything you want' which he repeated again and again. Thirty minutes later he asked for questions and again 'you can ask me anything'. A couple of questions then I put up my hand and stand to attention. He told me to ask my question. I said 'I'm confused sir about where the bible came from'. His reaction was abuse, 'how dare you ask such a rude question' and he called the 2 training sgts to come into the room. They marched me to the CO's office and I was given extra mess cleaning duties for the rest of my time at that camp. A different aspect; every time we were outside for a few hours or days suddenly a small jeep would appear with a big urn of hot tea and big trays of fresh sandwiches. This was the Salvation Army at work. The Salvos guys never tried to conduct prayer meetings or similar, they did quietly ask if anbody needs left to write a quick letter home. Often enough there was and he would quickly take the young soldier a few meteres away and sit together on folding chairs. Five minutes later all done, envelope addressed and in the pocket of the salvos guy to take it to the camp post office. In Vietnam exactly the same thing but less frequent because many time we were too close to critical situations and too dangerous for activities like this. I still don't really know where the bible comes from.

But be sure she sets up an arrangement with the acountant where they meet for half a day (?) every 30 or 60 days (in a place where there's no continuous distraction) and the accountant explains every transaction and hands over copy or original of every critical document. In some cases Thai business operators also have to have a signed audit every 6 / 12 months. This relates to both Tax and the reports which must be provided to other gov't agencies (e.g. could be Thai companies office, is it's a registered company.). In some cases the accountant can also be the auditor and in some cases there must be proven separation between the accountant and the auditor. This is also worthwhile if there's any future decision / oportunity to sell the business. Thai accountants can also help with other matters: various registrations, licenses and years back I used an accountnat who was well experienced in getting/renewing work permits, as needed. (She's since passed away.) As a sideline she also helped people to prepare Thai wills. But always explained she wasn't a qualified lawyer.

I was making full plans for when I returned to Thailand late Nov 2021 from abroad. I had a small and a big suitcase for check-in and a well packed/ well protected strong folding lighweight wheelchair. Singapore airlines accepted the lot as check-in luggage (wheelchair no charge). I arrive at swampy, met by tranport to the Covid 19 hotel. Next day I tried to book the lot on a flight swampy to Chiang Mai. I spoke with the hotel manager and she had concerns that AirAsia would not accept the wheelchair as check-in luggage and she explained why. She offered to call Kerry and send the wheelchair from hotel to home address in Chiang Mai. My flight landed in CM and immediately a concerned call from Bkk hotel mngr. She explained that Kerry were at the hotel but were horrified re the wheelchair and refused to take it. Hotel mngr then got her staff to take the chair to local Thai post office, readily accepted, 150Baht incl. home delivery in CM. Arrived at home in CM just over 24 hrs later.

In a nutshell 'nobody is above the law' however unfortunately the law doesn't work as a smooth balanced machine and it should never be tit for tat process. The main principle remains 'nobody is above the laws'. Thaksin’s Homecoming Bid May Fall Through ... Was it ever likely to succeed? How could that be? There's many outstanding serious charges against him still unheard, and for many of these cases the evidence has already been made public and shown him to be guilty. And if the correct legal processes of the law are followed he would be arrested when he put one foot on Thai soil at the arrival airport. Or is there some trump attitude emerging here 'I'm special and I'm above the law'?

and ask/check why the driver didn't immediately contact them (the police).

And quite possibll in the background is a relative who cotinously being late is all OK. Had this before when my son and his wife had to go to a 4 day excursion part of their masters degree studies. Son's wife arranged for her full on loud unreliable midle aged lady boy brother to come for 4 or 5 days and get the kids to school, get them fed etc. Turned out: - On day one all three kids got to school 1 hr late. - Day two lady bot has decided they will go to Central Festival for the morning then go to school after lunch. Son called lady boy and said 'why were the 3 kids one hr late yesterday. Lady boy of course claims 'Ohh it's Ok, the school doesn't mind, being late is OK'. And LB refuses to listen to my son or son's wifes' insistence that coming late is totally not OK. Son calls an old friend who is retired and asks her if she can go to their house and take care of the kids for the remining 2 days. All OK. Next morning sons daughter calls him, all 3 kids already at school - 20 minutes early. Son and his wife return, next morning son takes kids to school as normal and son finds the teachers and apologizes for kids being late and not coming until after lunch. LB now tells his sister (son's wife) and my son they don't understand, he claims 'it's up to the parents, not the school'. LB now barred from having any contact with son's kids. More: A week later son's MIL arrives for a quick visit, get's angry with my son 'why did you tell mys on it's not ok for kids to go to school late? He is older than you so you should respect his ideas'. -

.... a lot at bars... Maybe true but there's a much biggger number of foreigners who are getting on with work and many spending most/99% of their time devoted to their family and the family activities. Your choice is to use the word excitement. I'd use words like satisfaction, pleasure, achievement.... My pleasure, and it occupied a lot of time is being with my grandchildren and contributing to their language development, cooking skills, finding and watching and discusing short videos together which are educational in all sorts of ways. Playing observation games, Talking to them about how we can contribute to life being more balanced, explaining what discrimination is and .........

In a nutshell 'nobody is above the law' however unfortunately the law doesn't work as a smooth balanced machine and it should never be tit for tat process. The main principle remains 'nobody is above the laws'.

Well restaurant cars and counter to order found (as per photo) and trolley up and down the aisle is still very popular in Japan and on the hi-speed trains in China. In Japan on Shinkanzen and other trains passengers can call the restaurant car and order and food delivered to passengers seat. Nothing spectacular but the broad variety and quality is worth mentioning. On the trolley service in Japan there's a wonderful variety of very fresh bento boxes and fresh sandwiches. I enjoyed fresh ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches many times and they also carry on their trolley good fresh hot coffee and very cold beer and other drinks. And the trolley comes up and down, all designed/manufacturered so there's no wheel or vibration noises, many times every hour. And you can ask the trolley girl or boy to have the internet point near your seat switched on. And done in a few seconds.

There's many domestic payment websites. My Thai DIL is the family accountant. No matter what bill / new bill / one off bill, she can find a quick easy way to pay online. A few months ago my son was having difficulty to pay for a VietJet air ticket on their site. His wife wrote down some details then a minute later said to him 'transfer xxxxBaht to me quickly' which he did. Half a minute later a receipt and booking confirmation from Vietjet in son's e.mail