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14 hours ago, Jumbo1968 said:

Exactly I had to set a special account up for the deposit in the U.K., no such law exists in Thailand.

In some states in Australia the deposit must be paid quickly into a bank account managed by a government agency. That agency quickly advises the tenant they are holding the deposit.

When the tenant leaves the tenant advises that gov't agency who immediately request a completed form from the landlord.

On arrival, if in order the gov't agency refunds the deposit direct to the tenant.

2 hours ago, LukKrueng said:

 

I'm pretty sure it is not possible to revoke citizenship that is received through birth right. Those who were not born to a Thai person but got naturalized can lose the citizenship of they commit server crimes

I recall some time back there was an item on this site about:

- Thai person self cancelled Thai citizenship.

- Thai person easily regained Thai citizenship. The person involved was born to Thai mother and father, in Thailand.  

1 hour ago, john donson said:

was he even qualified to be a teacher and buy yourself out of pedo sex for 25k?  

 

why no mandatory jail time of 10-20 years to start

"why no mandatory jail time of 10-20 years to start" This is spot on, the law should specifically require he be punished as per the pen code, negotiation not allowed.

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

People just don't realize the kind of money involved, for the top clowns in the RTP pyramid scheme, like Torsak and the Joke. It would sure be nice to see some of them convicted. It would demonstrate a true step forward. 

 

As the wife of a crook, she should pay a heavy price for his crimes. Same applies to their kids. They benefitted from the ill gotten wealth. At a minimum they should be subject to great humiliation and outed. 

QUOTE: "... or the top clowns in the RTP pyramid scheme, like Torsak and the Joke. ...."

Why do you mention 'the Joke' in your comment?

18 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

Lucky him.. Why would one want a Thai nationality?

What a stupid rude ignorant comment and not your business, grow up. 

20 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

AMORN Electronics Tukcom Pattaya,

Electronics retail and repair shop, next to TOPS.

 

Also have several shops in Chiang Mai.

On 4/25/2024 at 9:36 AM, proton said:

Would not touch an Acer at any price, how many old ones do you see on sale? none, they are all Dells, Fujitsu or Toshiba's. Had a top of the range Acer a few years ago, lasted 3 years.

Bought ACER 13 about 5 years ago, still works like new. 

At purchase Banana changed the hard disk drive to SSD with much increased storage. Never a problem. 

4 hours ago, malibukid said:

the closed their office up here in Chiang Mai, no wonder

Maybe AirAsia has set the new model - customer not allowed to contact the airline by phone or by e.mail or whatever.

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Indeed….  Pay that amount of money for a business class seat and it doesn’t recline he has every right to be upset - a full refund or equivalent miles should be the very least of the airlines response.
 

On numerous TG flights have had screens not working - no biggie as I carry and pad - low expectations!!! 

Seems strange that the biz section has been fitted with seats that can't recline.

In fact difficult to believe.

How could that be, and how come it's not been noticed before?

2 hours ago, lom said:

No photos, company I bought the panels from did the install, I'm too old to enter the roof.

Roof was once covered by leaf tiles (temple type tiles) so it has 1"x1" horizontal metal beams every 10 cm from top to bottom, the tiles were replaced by OSB board and shingle a few years ago. 

The guys mounting the panels understood the 10 cm distance between the beams and screwed solar panel mounting rails through OSB board into the beams.  I've been up in the attic a couple of times to check for leaks and haven't  seen any.

Thank you.

59 minutes ago, lom said:

32 x 445W Longi panels installed by company  200.000 baht

Do-it-myself:

Deye inverter imported from China  96.000 baht

40 KWh ESS battery imported from China 280.000 baht

Various install material  20.000 baht

 

Total 600.000 baht, reduced PEA bills of 90.000++ baht/year so 6.5 years until ROI.

Can you please share some photos of how you fixed the panels to your roof.

Asking because I have concerns about roof leaking after panels installed. Heard several interested farang talking on the same point:  want to install but frightened the roof will leak.

Thanks.

On 4/25/2024 at 11:02 PM, Danderman123 said:

Back in the day, it had a big impact on stupid people.

And a big portion of the populace:

- believe what they want to believe, and

- refuse to believe what they don't want to  believe.

12 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

TG business class 747 had that weird configuration of the galley parallel to the right window. 

I never booked any seat on the right side 

Yes it was a strange configuration, could never understand why any airline would do that.

4 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Are those hotel prices for the night or for the 59 days ?

That is extraordinarily expensive for one night , but quite reasonable for 59 days .

Why did he have to have hotels again ?

Phuket?

5 minutes ago, Bobydog said:

Australian pension policy is simple in that if you do not own a residence in Australia and don't live in Aus but reside in Thailand,  then your Australian pension will be taxed at 35% as un earned income. That totally killed my aspirations. 

Really?

On 4/26/2024 at 5:05 AM, Dean1953 said:

This is my electronics shipment. Anything that I might need in Milwaukee tool products, I stock up on over the period of a year.  I take advantage of Christmas sales, last minute sales, reconditioned tools and all sorts of blades    I would love to bring a Milwaukee lawn mower but it weighs 70 pounds. I’ve probably made at least 10 trips in 10 years.  I have all the clothes and tennis shoes that I would ever need. I have a teak house, so any tool that cuts wood is fair game for me to bring. After this trip, I have maybe 3-4 more trips before I move back to CM in 3 years. I let my wife have use of my suitcases on the way home. Usually, she wants Thai food stuffs that are legal to bring back to the U.S., along with spices.

Maybe better if you move your teak house to Milwaukee and stay there. 

On 4/10/2024 at 3:02 AM, webfact said:

Paetongtarn’s Instagram account

Paetongtarn Shinawatra has apologised to those who were unhappy with her Instagram post, showing her father, Thaksin, playing with her children in a swimming pool.

 

She claimed she just wanted to show the happiness of Thaksin and his grandchildren, adding “I did not mean to offend anybody with my post. I apologise.” She then insisted that she would cease posting.

 

The post featured Thaksin, who is released on parole from a prison sentence he was serving for corruption, in a swimming pool at his Chan Song La residence with Paetongtarn’s children.

 

Many people expressed doubts about Thaksin’s true health condition, as he was paroled due to old age and “serious illness”.

 

The Corrections Department’s parole regulations stipulate that a prisoner must be over 70 and meet criteria for sickness, including being unable to perform daily tasks without assistance.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2024-04-10

 

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Are those 'weights' real? Seem to be floating.

Same as trump, can't believe anything the paymaster or his kin say. 

On 4/24/2024 at 2:52 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

Before Kennedy's death in 1963, the American press didn't expose his womanising, but people now don't say that was wrong. Seems that it depends on who is "in" or "out" with the American media who they cover for. Remember the media cover up of the Hunter laptop before the last election?

And I recall there's been several stories / reports that hunter biden's laptop contained very little illegal etc., content. 

15 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

News that the Thai police force allows sexual predators loose after paying a small fine doesn't do well for tourism or expats living here , especially with children. Do they not understand the world sees what goes on here more and more?

 Should not have been any option, should have been automatically taken to the local police station and charged and held.  

18 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Hard to beat this lowlife.

Decades ago in Australia, a news item a 12 yr old boy died of massive blood loss when his drugged father penetrated the boys anus and broke the internal skin which caused massive bleeding.

Investigation revealed the anal penetration / intercourse with the boy had happened several times before when the father was high, with minor blood loss.

Also revealed that the mother (always drugged) always performed oral sex on her 12 yr old son whilst the father penetrated the boy. And the boy also drugged by his parents.

Both parents jailed for something like 30 years.

The only somewhat positive point was that they had no other children.

On 2/26/2024 at 12:21 PM, daveAustin said:

 

Reread it. They said they would be happy to pay. Management are being typical in turning this down because it is the easy option and they will not lose face. If they entertain the topic and thus show their ignorance in not understating correctly, they will lose face which as we all know is very important here. I would get a Thai to negotiate with them on your behalf and offer to pay for the socket and for the electric. If they will not budge, sell up and tell them to go and do one (in a polite manner). More condos here will need to conform as this is the way the world is going.

Not an answer however let me share; there was a senior cop owner / resident in my old condo in Bkk, very pleasant balanced guy spoke advanced English. Always asked good questions / made valuable comments at annual / extraordinary owners meetings.

One additional attribute of the sne cop, if there was a specific discussion and the chair person tried to jump to the next agenda item / another subject the snr. cop would stand up and say 'wait, the discussion right now has not been completed, I suggest the chair person ask for suggestions and then take a vote'.

I can just imagine the snr. cop now if there was a discussion about EV chargers, he would insist (alway calmly), there is no decision the meeting cannot move on until there is some voted resolution. 

This guy bought his condo second hand, he attended owners meetings immediately. First meeting he attended there was a mention of the continuing lack of repairs to the pool. Snr. cop asked for a summary of the situation from the  of the paid condo manager. She tried to abruptly change the subject. Snr. cop responded with 'who would like a summary of the situation', then 'do you have any handout on the progress of getting repairs', then 'don't cut off my discussion point, owners are entitled to ask questions and get complete answers.

A snr. bank employee (new owner) then said 'Can I propose we take a 1 hr recess and I will pay for coffee and snacks, then the condo manager give an up to date summary re the pool'. 

Bank manager also said to the condo manager, 'please task one of your staff to take names of owners and their tel. no's and tell the employee must call each number when the meeting is ready to continue'. Paid manager responded with abuse and 'don't tell me what to do'. Many owners pushed the paid manager to do as suggested by the bank guy. 

One hr later meeting restarts, paid manager says she needs 30 days to make a report re pool repairs.

Instant response from 90% of owners 'No, now'. (Pool had not been functional for 2.5 years.)

Snr cop suggested that a vote be taken to remove the pool repairs from the paid managers responsibilities and an owner (if willing) be appointed to manage the pool repairs.

Vote taken, all agreed. Then a Thai engineer (unit owner) spoke and explained his qualifications and experience and offered to be the pool repairs project manager. Vote taken all in attendance agreed.

The crunch: The new pool project manager asked for the file re reports / quotations for repairs. Turned out the manager had not kept any file.

Next: a vote whether condo paid manager be dismissed. She left the building 1 hr later, not allowed to remove any documents.

6 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

Donald Trump might know 

 But only is you can catch him awake.

1 hour ago, Sigmund said:

I don't mind as long as the bikini clad cabin hostesses are there, as it was done before for Viet Jet Air.😜

Not now.

2 hours ago, Bill97 said:

A guy who has a house here and brings stuff to fix it up.

 

 

And/or regularly brings from abroad large supplies of basic foodstuffs all available at many outlets in LOS. Often same bad or equivalent quality local manufacture.

Seen this many times. Recall one farang wife who brought massive supplies of very size of ziplock bags from the US. And a Brit guy who brought suitcases of meat pies in cans from the UK.