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4 hours ago, spermwhale said:
Dummy. I just don't understand foreigners who have a bad attitude about living in Thailand and treat the locals with such disdain.
And they do exist.
Two+ decades back there was a regular 'event' in the big supermarket in the basement under Robinsons Sukhumvit Bkk. I saw this event several times.
A big overweight loud EU man, I guess 50
+ years old would be walking, meat, fresh vegetables etc., and all other areas of the s'market, smoking a big smelly cigar. Staff / managers / foreign and Thai customers asking him to put out the cigar or leave the store, often with quite some abuse, mostly from the western customers. He always ignored their comments / requests.
Eventually he got to the cashier with his shopping, paid and then left. All the time with more abuse from locals and foreigners which he totally ignored.
Often he would then enter McDonalds, stiff smoking his cigar, order food wait for his food, still pumping cigar smoke over everybody.
His food would come then he would sit in MCDonalds and eat, still smoking his cigar.
Always lots of abuse and McDonalds mgr / supvr and customers asking him to leave. Most of the customer abuse was from westerners.
He ignored it all, finished his meal then left the store still pumping out lots of cigar smoke.
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I guess there's regulations / laws covering 'what is the the birth country of the baby?'
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Just now, JimTripper said:
Maybe it meant a horn blaring to warn him to get out of the way, not a siren.
Don't know bout today but 20 years ago many business / private citizens had such sirens with flashing light installed on the roofs of their pick up trucks / cars / luxury cars.
Then an accident and it became a complex argument which revealed that there were no laws on this subject. In other words no laws to stop anybody from installing such sirens /lights.
Then laws were passed indicating that only police cars / fire engines / ambulances etc., were allowed to have these items and with a license.
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On 3/3/2024 at 9:43 AM, dingdongrb said:
Zebra crossings mean absolutely nothing in Thailand. That's a fact based on my personal experience.
Ask a few Thai folks about this, many will say 'you can't ask drivers to stop at such crossings because it would interfere with the traffic flow'.
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3 hours ago, Gandtee said:Dr Anand was a ray of light when he was Prime Minister. After his tenure it became a downhill journey, and still is.
I met Khun Anand many years ago at a seminar. He speaks perfect English, good listener and great conversationalist
When Khun Anand was making his presentation the sound system blew up. The company providing the sound system had no replacement on site but they did have 2 young technicians standing just to the side. Khun Anand quickly asked them to help and they quickly did an inspection, K. Anand politely asking in Thai 'do you need any tools etc?
The 2 boys quickly advised him they could not repair the sound system but they knew there was an exact replacement at their office about 10 km away.
He gave them his phone, the 2 boys called their office then Khun Anand took the phone and explained who he was and that the replacement was urgent.
He then instructed his driver to take the 2 boys quickly to their office and to buy anything they needed and quietly put 5,000Baht in his driver's hand.
He continued his presentation using a small loud speaker unit, OK but way less than what was needed.
Then one of his colleagues whispered 'the 2 technician boys are on their way back and they have the replacement system.
He then waited at the door with 2 of his staff and made a big fuss when the 2 boys walked in. He proclaimed loudly in Thai and in English 'please welcome back my 2 new best friends'.
The 2 boys quickly started to reinstall everything and at the same time enjoying some good snacks, coffee, pepsi etc., ordered by Khun Anand.
Khun Anand then interviewed the 2 boys 'do you speak English he politely asked'. 'No sir'. He continued 'never mind we speak Thai'. And he made them feel comfortable.
We learned later that after the seminar he sat privately and talked for some time with the 2 boy and he he had privately offered the 2 boys good jobs with good benefits. And they accepted and both went on to university to study in the electronics field, all paid for personally by K. Anand.
A very nice man.
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6 hours ago, Gandtee said:In civilian life you only need a gun if you live in the sticks to provide food for yourself and family or to reduce the number of animal predictors. And sports shooting maybe.
But NOT just the thrill of shooting / killing animals then walking away.
I saw active service in the VN conflict and saw many human being killed, maimed, lose their limbs, dreadfully disfigured etc.
I returned to OZ and never again touched and type of firearm and I never will.
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1 hour ago, bob smith said:It’s none of their business what visa we are on.
bob.
It's their country, they are entitled to have some details of who the gov't is allowing to stay in their country.
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Why would anybody buy a ticket from an airline which totally refuses to communicate with it's customers?
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6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:
The justice system is weak??? No there is no justice system.. it is a system that is corrupt, and only for the poor and the unwanted. Elite, and people with money can do as they want even as the treatment of prisoners or suspects by the police...Examples more over.. Thaksin case, look how they treat hungerstrikers, the prisoners in the Covidperiod, and in normal cells which overcrowded etc etc...With the corrupt judges and the influence on sentences of Government and others by them there is no justice.
And don't forget the red bull absconded boy.
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8 hours ago, BillyBloggs said:
There's more details.
If the pensioner has qualified for 'portability' then that pensioner can receive their OAP payments transferred permanently by international funds transfer from C'link directly into an offshore bank account of their choice every 4 weeks for life.
Mine goes directly into a K Bank savings account, every 4 weeks.
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7 hours ago, hotandsticky said:
You need to learn that the background is largely irrelevant; it is where/what you finish up as that counts.
Plus your deserved / proven reputation for honesty, helpfulness, promptness to provide assistance, sincerity, etc.
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23 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:
Nothing new, really. If the pension is specifically mentioned, in the double-taxation strategy, it is not taxed. All other income brought to Thailand will be taxed. LTR visa holders are never taxed. All others will be treated equally. US SS won't be taxed because it is specifically mentioned in the Double Taxation Treaty. If not mentioned, you pay tax. Plain and simple.
But: For Australian Old age Pensioners the payments are not subject to tax (but if the person has other income then the situation changes).
So for Aussie OAP recipients with no other income residing permanently in Thailand does the 'not subject to tax' mean that tax has been considered by the Aussie system and not taxable, therefore the 'not subject to tax' flows through to the Thai tax scenario?
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3 hours ago, david rucker said:
Recent trip to VN. Prior Visa on arrival approved. 1.5 - 2.0 minutes per approval at immigration desk. No biometrics or camera shots. Was impressed.
Same, many times at both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city international airports.
- Get visa and pay for visa on line, easy.
- Join any passport arrival line (and there's officers watching the length of the lines and asking arrivees to change to another line if the line they are in seems to be slow). Very new well designed super clean airports.
- Show passport and printout of visa approval received by e.mail.
- One minute all done and down the stairs to collect check-in luggage (always seems to arrive quite fast). Currency exchange right there (and the VN central bank created rules years back to ensure there's no rip off in terms of exchange rate).
- Go outside and take taxi / meet friends etc.
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3 hours ago, mikebell said:
Isn't any burning against the law? Black smoke from diesel burning cars is an offence which the police also largely ignore.
And there's been many police campaigns to stop vehicles with black smoke and fine the drivers etc., but it's had no effect on the smoke levels.
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5 hours ago, bradiston said:
What a total shambles. There's Srettha running around luring 1000s more tourists and the airport can't cope. Totally Thai.
Well he has clearly twice said publicly that he is not satisfied with the service at the airports and demanded change.
I'm wondering if the minister and senior officers involved are just ignoring the PM.
Also, there would be no doubt all of these activities involve corruption and collusion.
Perhaps the snr. staff at the airports are reticent to make changes because it would upset the corruption 'system' already in place. And quite possibly the ministry and airport staff are intimidated by the 'leaders' of the corruption process and therefore there's no action for change.
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But let's wait and see some actual noticeable improvement.
Plus even 30 minutes to get processed to enter the country is way too long. Changi airport has very large crowds of arriving passengers all day, I've never waited more than a few minutes to get stamped in and Singapore is /has already embraced hi-tech processing to further improve processing time.
Further, why aren't these items already in place months ago at Suvarnabhumi?
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4 hours ago, Freddy42OZ said:
I wouldn't be friends with the type of Farang who would be married to a Thai that cannot speak very good English.
Discrimination.
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On 2/26/2024 at 8:04 AM, Skipalongcassidy said:Unlike you I do have an advanced degree from an accredited university... TDS is a mental disease... help is available but you have to want to get better.
What's your point?
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46 minutes ago, mikebell said:
I can see this team advising farmers on why they shouldn't be setting fires next year BUT the police need to act immediately they see a plume of smoke visible for miles.
Sure as a first response and responsible to lay charges where due, but I'm suggesting that there should be a unit who are knowledgeable specifically about this subject who should be monitoring this subject and advising the RTP in laying charges.
I'm guessing that someone calls the RTP because they see a massive cloud of smoke, the RTP arrive and they all scratch their heads because they don't know what's burning and therefore don't know what specific laws have been breached.
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13 hours ago, BenStark said:
She : I like movies for which I have to take out the tissues.
He: Me too.................
Lets' get that right, it means 4 or 5 tissues, and possibly several wet wipes.
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14 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:
Nothing to do with the situation I'm talking about.
But as that incident seems to have disturbed you enough to remember it.
And the psychology behind that is you are not used to it , if you are abused by street drug addicts/ mental illness every few days as I am it becomes the "norm" ,
I encourage you to walk in the late hours around that area rather than use "avoidance" but you won't
Of course you will blame that Canadian city when in reality you could walk in Sydney Australia and get the same thing in the early hours
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You will continue to have that PTSD with that incident,there is no evidence he was of any harm to you ,just shouting abuse , it's you wernt used to that situation , you must get used to it and continue to walk to confront your fears !!!.
if you can't fight then keep walking , it shows your weakness in confronting these situations, learn Krav Maga or boxing !!
"... you must get used to it and continue to walk to confront your fears !!!. "
Not your business to be telling others how to conduct their lives / manage their thoughts etc.
You do this repeatedly, your arrogance seems to be limitless in telling others how they should think about life / how they should think about various situations in life.
After I submit this message I will immediately block you forever.
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8 hours ago, nikmar said:
so what do you suggest we do. Protest? Become vigilantes? Farang action groups?
Reality is that farang being violent with Thai wife is common.
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5 hours ago, brianthainess said:
Couldn't agree more, 4 hours to make my marriage extension & that was from when I got the forms to fill out, 61 signatures, having to take our witness along (lost wages to her), almost 1 hr. to get all the copies and photos printed (12), Bank & Amphur the quickest say 1hr all up.
So 6 hrs. all up.
And then the immigration officer had the Audacity to tell me it's to much paper work, as if it was my fault. 🙄 I still don't understand why they can not just scan all docs. into their system, it makes no sense, since once they have all the copies they then scan and upload into their system Thailand 0.0000004
Many other countrie are now close to paperless, it can be done, Singapore is a good example.
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On 2/26/2024 at 3:20 AM, webfact said:
On February 24th, 2024, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin posted a message on X regarding an unofficial evening visit to Suvarnabhumi Airport without prior announcements to inspect airport services.
Srettha stated that he visited Suvarnabhumi Airport in the evening when there are many passengers. Srettha reportedly timed the airport service time from the checking-in system to the immigration checkpoint and thoroughly inspected all the services which were still reported as slow by many visitors and tourists.In response to the airport services, Srettha instructed relevant agencies to find solutions for spending less time in the checking-in process. Srettha also stated that he would perform a surprise inspection again by himself.
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So he's now done 2 surprise inspections and not happy at all with what he observed.
Seems to me the minister should be sacked immediately and replaced by a person who previously had no connection to this area, and should be a person who is not easily intimidated by people / gangs who don't want any disruption to their gravy trough, not forgetting these folks will likely have no hesitation to be ruthless / violent if needed.
Perhaps a very detailed corruption investigation is also needed to gain total proof of where every budget Baht is being spent and why?
Thai banks to charge for transactions abroad
in Thailand News
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A little twist.
A mainstream very old bank in Australia charges a 'fee' for withdrawals using debit cards at their ATMs in Oz, cards issued in other countries, mine issued in LOS and linked to VISA.
Also, same bank charges another fee because the issuing bank is abroad of AUD34- per transaction.