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Regional workers (Myanmar, laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) work under different WP rules, and many do have work permits specific to their nationality / jobs etc. Cannot compare to work permits for EU, US, German, Australian and similar foreigners.

Tax on state pensions transferred to Thailand, and the only income of the foreigner seems to be the area where there's very few / zero answers. It surprises me that none of the new 'gurus' have addressed this specific scenario. But I'm guessing these new 'gurus' can't see any potential fees / commissions etc., for themselves in this scenario (Tax on state pensions transferred to Thailand, and the only income of the foreigner) so seems to be the area where there's very few / zero answers. No fees available for the gurus, so it gets ignored.

I'm wondering why there's safety incidents. The vast highly successful, fast, cheap monorail system in Kuala Lumpur (started at least 2+ decades ago) has an excellent safety / service record and is very popular.

"I know a lot of foreigners working in the nightlife industry, the majority of the cases they would love to become legal, but the company they work for does everything to avoid and delay sponsoring their visas." What actual jobs do they do? Are they barmen, waiters, or ???? I'm wondering if you believe that management / owners can support work permit applications for any job. That's not true, there's a long list of jobs / professions which can only be performed by Thai nationals.

Are you talking about getting Thai work permits or the specific visa which is issued after the foreigner has received a Thai work permit? And are you aware of the requirements to gain a Thai work permit?

Just your opinion, nothing more.

Is her weight gain worrying her or worrying you?

and early morning...

Same in every country.

Seems to have been forgotten that dowry is common in many countries and has been for centuries. - In some countries the groom / groom's family pays the dowry. - In some countries the bride / brides family pays the dowry. Ultimately these activities are standard, But if one person doesn't like the idea then that's their personal attitude / choice. Ultimately these things are cultural.

Just like you.

Some would be interested re this activity taking away jobs that Thai folks should have.

That can happen, there's lazy folks everywhere. I am aware that at least 2 major supermarket operators in Thailand have policy that older stock must be at the front. There's a number of points with this: - Shops want to recoup their total costs of selling and they want to do this quickly so they want their ongoing auto. sales / stock analysis* to reveal that older stock leaves the shelf first, and their auto. analysis does auto. flag if the sequence is out of order. And there will be some investigation 'what's going on here?' * supermarkets, department stores, all selling / business activity is analysed to death nowadays and that analysis reveals many interesting points, all valuable in operating successful business. - Shops don't want to risk stock being 'past use by date' which brings more selling administration which costs money. -And there's more...

This reply to my 4 line comment above using a 'confused' emoji. Nothing confusing whatever about my comment which is 100% fact reported hundreds of times in the international media. Do some reading, educate yourself.

So Israel has a right to wipe out a country, while at the same time Israel, for many decades has been severely punishing that country and stealing their land / pushing the rightful owners off that land / controlling the movement and daily life of the people on that land?

Are you saying that supermarket staff / shelf repackers are not polite? And don't allow access to shoppers? Both items are untrue. Yes at one wholesale supermarket occasionally an aisle is taped off and there's a forklift in operation. And the forklift will disappear as quickly as it appeared. Life ain't perfect.

Now you try a diversion. I also use a (compact) wheelchair on some days when my back pain is severe, but I don't expect that life should be structured / re-arranged to suit me. Are you expecting supermarkets should be set up / operated for every person / situation? In fact when I do use my chair I can still easily do my shopping with little difficulty.

I owned a luxury house on Jomtien beach for a few years, rented sveral time to farang expats, their employers paying all moving costs. One renting couple (Britcouple - husband and brit wife) mentioned that they a large full container arriving a few days after they moved into the house. I asked the office at the village where the house was located where the container could be 'parked' while it was unloaded. Answer: outside the village at the footpath. Container arrived, local moving agent had arranged for 4 staff to be available to take each box one at a time from the container and drive the box (5 - 10 minutes, on a fork lift) to the house then open the box and take out the contents. Brit husband (engineer) had gone to work, his farang wife took over the supervision of the whole operation. Each box was opened then Brit wife indicated a). Put the contents in this cupboard, or b.) throw it away. Ultimately the majority of this 'junk' had been transported across the worls, at big expense, to be thrown away. The moving / transport agent got quite upset about the abrupt / demanding way his 4 staff were being spoken to by the Brit wife and he called the company and complained. The Thai admin. officer came to the house and same activity was continuing. He gave a report to the US CEO. CEO was horrified about the whole scenario plus the enormous inappropriate expense. Brit wife (alcoholic, several large bottles of gin, neat, every day) abused the CEO. By this time the company was not satisfied with the husband's work, they were sent back to the UK, and had to pay a large reimbursement to the company.

"... when the isle is blocked off completely with tape while a forklift is in use." For your safety and removed as quickly as possible.

- I forgot to mention cost of hundreds of lights in a night time operation. - The biggest 'roadblock' in supermarkets for wheelchair users is probably other shoppers?

I'll ask. Why bring so much with you,? We moved from a Chonburi city house to Chiang Mai family: 3 adults and 3 kids. I found a moving advice site which helped. We worked all day Sat. and Sun for 3 week ends. Each item put 'on display' and then a quick : - When was the last time we used this utem? - Will we ever use it again. - Is there something on the market, cheap which would be more practical and easy to buy in Chiang Mai and more... Ultimately we threw away a very large amount of stuff. Son spoke to a few local truckies, and got very cheap quotes for on big truck to CM. Son offered a 2 day job to 3 reliable uni colleagues:help load the truck, go with son in his mini van to CM. Move everything a nominated position in he new house. Big dinner when completed, VIP bus tickets back to Bkk. It all worked very well.

Because they have owned houses/ condos there for a long time?

Seems you know very little about the whole subject area. -In modern supermarket operation everything on the shelves sells. The operators study much data before they add an item to the shelves, if it doesn't sell at an expected turnover it's deleted. -Cost of operation is taken very seriously and that includes costs of salaries and benefits. Night shift operation causes increased costs, and it's therefore avoided. And the supermarket is not going to use an 'all night time re-stocking just to avoid a small inconvenience to customers. -I guess you've noticed staff step aside very quickly if they see that a customer wants access to the shelf where they are working. -During daytime there's many supervisors on duty (all areas of the operation and they can quickly fix any issues, regardless of reason. At night time there would to be supervisors on duty just to supervise shelf re-stacking - not doing a multi-function role. Increased costs.

Well not sure about cars but a salt (human) body scrub is quite invigorating. I was offered this at a spa in Ho Chi Minh City, I imagined that it might 'rough up' human skin and be painful but the Spa owner assured me that's not true. It was quite pleasant, not painful in any way, my skin was much clearer and smooth and I didn't ongoing get any rust development.

I have a question, it's been suggested to post the question here: "And still not clear whether the Australian Old Age Pension, transferred to Thailand, is exempt from Thai personal taxation, especially where the recipient has no other income." Or perhaps the question is whether the Oz OAP (alone) is considered to be income under the Thai RD regulations? I'm just guessing but I suspect a few Aussies on the OAP living in Thailand will be interested in this point. Thanks for any advice you can share.