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Just one example, I was recently shopping at Rimping in Chiang Mai. An older farang asked me if I buy Aussie beef. I replied 'YES and also Thai beef'. He responded 'this has to stop' and after some diatribe 'trump will fix these issues when he gets re-elected'. I asked 'why would anybody vote for trump?' His response 'He's a good honest man, respectful to everybody'. The shopper continued, 'trump totally fulfilled all his promises to all Americans and more in his first term.' ... and 'trump has such international respect he can and will stop the war in Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas with one meeting about 1 hour each.

Well if the law can be 'adjusted' to allow a Thai drug runner who did 8 years in an Aussie jail to become a Thai minister then probably not difficult to adjust the law so that the paymaster can again be the PM. And there's plenty of his scaly unethical cronies who will attempt it.

I'll never forget flying in biz class with my 18 year old son. After dinner finished, everything packed away my son politely asked for a glass of Coke. Biz waitress (cabin crew) continued walking and yelled back at my son "go and ask in economy class".

Nice points, however the way I see it is fairly quickly a lot of political / party chaos and re-organizing and quickly the paymaster back in the PM chair.

I'll google, thanks very much.

Sure, and yes they should meet their obligations as much as is possible. However withdrawing the group support and telling putin to go ahead and attack / bomb them is off the point. NATO countries will continue to support and protect each other well into the future. One day trumps nasty outbursts will come back to hit and hit him right between his eyes. Hopefully soon, and I want to watch!

Nice attempt at diversion, sorry failed.

Another option could be to open the account as a joint savings account, you and a local Thai friend: - Either party can sing withdrawals, no limits. or - Maximum withdrawal one time is 100Baht - Second signatory holds say 6 withdrawals slip all pre-signed by the first signatory (person who started the account.) Perhaps different amount: 100Baht, 150Baht, 200Baht, 120Baht, 180Baht, 90Baht. Plus also written on the withdrawal form on the amount line (this withdrawal amount cannot be changed by anybody). - Check you online banking every 60 days to see if any withdrawals have been made. If not speak to the second signatory person and request that person urgently make a withdrawal using of the the pre-signed withdrawal slips.

Is that every Thai and foreign bank in Thailand? Any evidence of that?

Agree some Thai banks automatically charge an 'account maintenance fee' if there's no transactions. And, as mentioned just above, debit / credit cards usually have an expiry date, which could produce card cancellations.

There's also quite a few who do everything strictly according to the law. Get PR (if you qualify) then 99% - 100% of issues needing some 'tweeking' no longer exist.

You didn't mention trump continuously asking his naive MAGA followers for very big donations...

Good points. Worries me that the Dems can't see the obvious, he's done some quite good things but he's too old to continue for another 4 / 5 years. Having said that the same must be said regarding rump, he's already too old also a He continuously makes statements which show he's not OK for another 4 / 5 years. I'm hoping that very soon (should have already done it months ago) the Dems appoint a new candidate. There's several good options.

Thanks for your reply. No real explanation, I showed many photos indicating the quality of the boxes and no problems and clearly showing the way the current doors align to the boxes etc. Also clearly showing the current hinges / locations of hinges etc. Just pushing for a bigger job, It's a big kitchen so much bigger cost.

But do your research about charges imposed on using ATM cards / Debit cards in Oz, cards issued by foreign banks. I discovered that ANZ bank imposed very small charges for withdrawals in Oz using K Bank Debit card. On the other hand all the other Oz banks have bigger / quite steep charges. One Oz bank charges me AU$34- for using my K Bank debit card in their Oz ATM. I can't remember which Oz bank it was so I'll not guess.

Moo Baan Don Chan area. KItchen has western style cupboards, after 9 years many doors are degrading, especially at the bottom because of poor quality. Boxes and granite top are seem to be OK. Just the doors need to be replaced. Already visited Homikitch and 1 other place. Both claim will have to build the full kitchen again at enormous cost. Doors will need to be custom made to specific non standard sizes and fitted with soft close / full close hinges. Looking for good quality expected to last long-term. Any suggestions very much appreciated, thanks.

Yawn.

The 2 years back in Oz to re-establish a home in Oz starts from the day you arrive in Australia. I landed at Sydney airport late morning. early next morning I went to the local big office of Centrelink to gain a get a Centrelink personal Reference number and to prove my ID. I asked many questions to ensure I had the correct information, I lodged my OAP application forms about 3 days later at the same Centrelink office. I learned clearly that: - The 2 years starts from the date you physically arrive in Australia. At the airport they ask no questions whatever about why you have been outside of Oz for many years and they ask no questions whatever in regard to the OAP or APPLYING FOR THE OAP or any matters relating to Centrelink. - The 2 years DOESN'T start from the date you apply for the OAP. - The 2 years DOESN'T start from the date your OAP is approved. Further info on this: My oap was approved and I received fortnightly payments into my OZ bank for around 2 years. About 10 days after the 2 years back in Oz I called the older Australians line 132300 and asked I I was entitled to Portability. The officer check and said YES, you gained this entitlement about 10 days ago. I responded 'but I haven't received the OAP yet for 2 years. The officer responded clearly 'Portability is not based on how long you have been receiving the OAP,the 2 years starts from the day you arrive back in Oz.

Yawn...

Seems to me there's several DEMS who would be good candidates, so why hasn't the DEM machine got on top of this and already started serious campaigning to build the credibility of the next candidate? Already noticed several very positive comments re Buttieberg as a pres. candidate. Seems that him being gay hasn't stopped him from having a very big dem following, and neither it should.

Trump has an appalling track record of not paying many contractors and hotel employees etc., and for not pay dozens of lawyers but has no hesitation to make statements re NATO countries. He's an Idiot.

Not a good question - how do you ensure new farang employees (anywhere) are not lazy?

You mention 'direct experience'. Well I'm 80 years old in a few months, I'm not a believer and never will be, here's my 'direct experience with christianity: 1. I went to a government school in Australia for primary education. At that time it was compulsory for children at attend Christian education for 2 hrs a week on Wed. mornings: - Every child selected what 'group / religion' class they wanted to attend.-- Most kids played for the 2 hrs. - Many kids jumped from class to class, and/or attended whatever class most of their friends attended. from - There was no consistency / progression if a child attended the same christianity class every week. - Most 'ministers' or whatever handed out candy to encourage kids to attend their class. -There was no 'class' for roman catholic kids, it was assumed all roman catholic kids went to convent or marist brothers schools. My mother had completed a degree in education and in he day it was compulsory for teachers to complete courses to teach christianity but they didn't teach christianity because of the 2 hrs a week mentioned just above. There was some drive from trained teachers and those doing their degree for the christianity courses to be dropped. Why? The thinking was that gov't schools should focus on the 3R's, physics, chemistry etc, and there should not be any religious teaching. Ultimately it was dropped from the teaching degree course and at the same time the 2 hrs every week at schools was totally cancelled. 2. At 20 yo I was conscripted and went into national service and to the war in Vietnam. The first 3 months was rookie training in Australia. Near the end of the second month we were told that we would be attending a 1 hr lecture by the camp chaplain. We had to ask 'what is a chaplain?'. In this case the chaplain was a Church of England minister about 40 years old. We marched in and the polite smiling chaplain told us: - 'I am your friend' and he repeated again and again 'I am your friend'. And 'today you are very welcome to ask any questions, any questions at all and I will answer your questions'. - He continued about 'don't worry about going to war 'god and jesus will take care of you and won't get injured, god's love will ensure that doesn't happen. And I give you my personal guarantee you won't get hurt or injured. Near the end of the 1 hr he asked for questions and pushed, and eventually 2 or 3 boys asked simple questions and their questions were answered by repetition of 'god's love will ensure you don't get hurt / don't get killed etc. I stood up and then the chaplain asked me 'what's your question?' I replied 'please chaplain sir I have never understood where the bible came from'. The chaplain went into a rage came close to me and yelled 'how dare you ask such an insulting question, then told the 2 training NCOs and the platoon commander* sitting in the room to march me to the camp commanders office tell him that I had spoken in an insulting way to the chaplain. The camp commanded instantly said 'you will do extra mess duties every morning for the rest of your time in this camp. Report to the mess at 3.30 am, help get things ready for the cooks, scrub the pot and plans etc and get back to your own barracks in time to shower and be on parade at 7.00 am. I wasn't given any chance by the camp commander to speak. * The platoon commander was a Lieutenant who had recently recently completed his tour of duty in VN. About 2 days after the 1 hr one time session with the chaplain our platoon commander spoke to us and said 'there is danger, death and injury in Vn and nothing can protect you, and the chalain should have been more honest'. Later the same day our platoon commander spoke privately to me and mentioned that I had done nothing wrong. We never again heard anything from the chaplain or what was available if needed etc., etc. There's more to this incident but for this post it highlights why I have never been a believer.

Take a look at the human genome, it’s too complex to have just happened by accident. But is it true that nature is so powerful it can create new scenarios and adjust 'things / life' that need adjustment?

Got your point but it's a different point and I say again, Thailand is very unlikely to want to engage Australia in discussions / changing legislation etc., about this subject. Why would thay? Thailand should be focused directly on matters directly affecting the Thai populave, not the OAP for Australians.