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Two visits only (I elected to use Rajavej private hospital (chiang Mai) as my nominated hospital. 1. A dental check (dental clinic, very well equipped is within the SSF area of the hospital) which revealed the need for one big filling. One week later filling completed. Very satisfied with the work, the dentist spoke good English and he was a good listener, also his assistant (who was obviously being trained by the actual dentist. Dentist spoke nicely and in detail to the trainee assistant and kept asking 'any questions? No charge whatever because the inspection and work well under the annual limit. 2. Saw the SSF doctor (good English) re a urinary problem. Doctor asked some questions then said 'you need to see a urology specialist and he told the nurse to make the appointment. I asked if the appointment could be 4 months into the future, doctor agreed. The urology specialist is on the main staff of same hospital. I asked nurse about charges, she responded: 'Probably no charge at all but we need to wait and see what treatments / medications the specialist recommends'. The charges can be difficult to estimate because the SSF doesn't generally provide for single occupancy private room. But there's other possibilities case by case. Perhaps other SSF members with more experience could please comment re room rate.

Good point, but I have serious doubts that she will get much cooperation from 'those around her'. There can be little doubt that corruption is high on this matter and little doubt those who those around her are receiving big payments to ignore the problem. In other words there will be no action.

What a laugh. Violent protestors are automatically lefties... Make an intelligent adult comment please...

'everybody knows the charges were political'. I don't agree, that's just a quick cop out, and I believe millions would not agree with your statement which is just unsubstantiated fluff.

Mine is paid on 15 of each month by the SSF doing a direct debit into my K bank savings account, and I suspect that what you're referring to. I'm aware of one farang who pays over the counter at his local Krung Thai branch. I have one buddy who I've told him about the SSF direct debit method but he refuses to believe this is possible. Another point re 7/11, if there' not enough funds in your savings account on the 15th of the month you can go to 7/11 and quote your SSF member number and pay cash at 7/11.

Do you now make a personal Social Security Fund member contribution payment of 432Baht every month?

Replaced every fathers day of course.

I add milk and a very small amount of sugar.

Rubbish.

...only hunters... shooting / killing animals for the thrill and then walking away is also hideous. I'm happy I come from a county where 'shooting / killing animals for the thrill and then walking away' was common 50 years ago but now not seen. Plus we had several highly successful gun 'hand in' drives, also successful.

Stay away from Pattaya a better idea.

Further, how does a passenger initially know their seat number? Will it appear on a screen but no document, passenger has to remember his/her seat number. Can the passenger ask 'what's my seat number at the gate? Is there's a seat dispute with another passenger, what happens?

Agree Ignore / blocking is a good move. But keep in mind that whatever you post he will read and reuse it, possibly with an incorrect twist and you don't know he's posted this because you put him on ignore. Some weeks ago I contributed a message with an accurate comment about the policies of the Oz DVA (Dept.of Veterans Affairs). (I know it's accurate because it applies to my personal situation.) He picked this up and reposted it but with a statement which is the opposite of the DVA policy on this subject. The wrong 'information' he posted could well cause a serious problem, even convince a war veteran to not apply for a war service permanent disability compensation payment which that veterans is entitled to. He's a nasty nuisance.

Plus some teachers saying: "Yes I Know it's illegal but we are allowed to do it at this school".

And/or an increase in absenteeism.

Thank you and understood. A new question: If he writes that I made statements in regard to important policies of the Australian Department of Veterans Affairs (The DVA) which I in fact didn't make (I have had serious very detailed dealings with the DVA in regard to my personal war disabilities) can I ask for him to be reprimanded in some way?

Why, was his underwear: dirty, too loose, too tight, wrong brand, wrong colour?

Been mentioned before, he's privately very wealthy, the family wealth goes back decades.

True, in some countries telling obvious lies which encourage others to make inappropriate decisions would be chargeable and incur sizeable punishments.

Many ASEAN NOW members have a serious negative attitude to one member in the Australian home country forum.H e has been warned by the mods several time. I put him on ignore a couple of years ago. I've just been alerted to the fact he's reading my posts and replying (I don't see that because I put him on ignore). Other members tell me he's responding to my posts with inappropriate comments. Again I don't see his comments because i put him on ignore. Further, 2 or 3 weeks ago he wrote a 6 or 7 line summary about me, with numerous errors, and with mistakes about Australian Centrelink and the Australian Dept. Of Veterans Affairs benefits policies. Is it possible please block him from opening any posts that I submit? Thank you.

Well removing the daughter who sits in the PM chair won't affect anything because she's a failure as a PM and she's lost. Next please...

I blocked him a couple of years ago, still blocked.

Quote from above: "This will be for Thai nationals only, so why on earth would any expat worry? This really is a non-news item."resident and non-resident". Keep in mind that many resident and non=resident farang have Thai families and many will be thinking about the best possible future for their wives and their children. Meaning, hopefully, that some / many much more capable Thais eventually (tomorrow) get into senior positions and develop / implement policies and actions which make the foundations of valuable developments and improvements. Perhaps the first item is everything to do with much better education, student centered / analytical, etc. My Thai son and his Thai wife (4 kids) talk about this all the time and it means a great deal to me too.

...move forward...

When in Sydney many many years ago I called the older Oz line and said I wanted some advice about portability. The stubborn female office responded quickly 'there's no such thing, do you really expect Australia to pay you in another currency?' and she hng up. I politely hung up and called again, different pleasant office, I shared what had happened 2 minutes earlier. She responded 'please give me 2 minutes and I can identify who you spoke to, please don't hang up. About 5 minutes later a more senior officer came on the line and strongly apologized. Then she gave me me a lot of information and advice re portability. She shared that the errant officer had a track record of rudeness and wrong answer. About 3 days later the errant officer called me and apologised and shared that she would finish work that day, she had been sacked. Snr officer called very late same day to check that the errant officer had called me and apologized.