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But if it's second hand seriously investigate / check the status of an owners committee and how action that committee is and the common finances.

I totally agree, don't alienate your kids from the way life is in 2024.

Maybe pick up truck?

Once had a death on my flight. At 3.5 hrs into the flight the Atilalia aircraft was halfway across Australia (Melbourne to Italy). Very early in the morning the Italian Captain had to turn the flight around and go back to Melbourne. No other airports available at that hour. 99% of the passengers were Italian migrants going home to Italy to see parents, old aunts etc. When the food / drinks ran out many of the passengers got very emotional and started to abuse the flight crew. On arrival in Melbourne about 3 hr delay while the captain consulted Aust. authorities, which resulted in not allowing the passengers (full flight) to get off the aircraft so we sat on the aircraft another 3 hrs. And within about 1.5 hrs drinks and food all depleted. Coffin brought on board and body put in the coffin with much wailing and crying (emotional Italians). About 10 Melbourne police and a doctor came onto the aircraft and they physically inspected the body and wrapped the body in a typical white cloth. Family and other passenger not allowed to touch the body or the coffin. Captain did get permission for drinking water to be replenished in Melbourne, and got permission to make an unplanned stopover in Singapore. All passengers disembarked and we were escorted by airport police to an airport employees catering facility at the airport and we were well feed. But only after all passports were stamped for arrival at Singapore, then of course had to be stamped for departure from Singapore. Meanwhile all food and drinks replenished on the aircraft for the rest of the flight. About 3 hrs stopover.

But you could also put a usufruct on the land title deed requiring that you must sign for the property to be sold and this would be valis until you die. And the usufruct can state that you have a right to live in the condo until you die.

Can you us BOLT taxi in your area? Maybe same problem but GRAB and BOLT and the others don't operate exactly the same. I use BOLT several times every week, never a problem.

And maybe she was just too frightened / intimidated by the abbots rank to say anything on the moment direct to the abbott.

Some families see funerals differently and that's their human right. My dad died, twenty years earlier he had disowned his nasty mother, for very good reasons. When dad died my mother and I decided I should call and see if she was still alive and if so tell her dad had passed away. The called happened and we (mum and myself) that we had done our duty and we moved on to complete the arrangements for dad's burial. Dad's mum got her daughter to call many places in our small city and get the dat, place, time of the impending burial. Halfway through the burial, the coffin was being lowered into the ground a car pulled, dad's mother got out and ran to the grave and tried to throw herself onto his coffin. She was held back and went into rant of abuse towards my mum and me and dad's brother who had also disowner her. The funeral director called the police, they came and charged dad's mother with disturbing the peace. Took my mum month's to get up the confidence to leave the house. And sure enough every person she met when she was shopping and other activities tried to quiz my mum on what my mum had done to cause this situation. Truth is she had done nothing whatever. The original argument was between my dad and his mother and went back to when my dad was a little boy, and nothing more.

But it was an honest mistake.

Plus laws and judicial processes which are. fair, balanced, equal and transparent for all citizens. And nobody above the law / no special treatment whatever for anybody (e.g. thaksin right now).

In Sydney Australia 4 years back all the barber / hairdresser shops in 2 malls that I sometimes visited were same price AU$43-for electric clipper buzzcut, same length all over, all done in less than 5 minutes. Luckily I found a retired hairdresser living close by, she did same cut, with electric clippers, for AUS10-.

No doubt true but they also want Thailand to remain in the old mould of military dominance for the sake of the 'glory' they see in that scenario, and not allow Thailand to catch up with any modern approaches to managing the country based specifically on the wishes of the non military populace re democracy and the will of the people.

Seem to me that much of the current sentiment relates to netanyahu's personal attitudes and his lack of any respect for all others / for humanity. He's a monster. His spoken desires to totally obliterate Palestine is to me very worrying and shows his lack of any balance. Further, to me, he well fits the type that claim (with some truth) that Jewish folks have been very badly treated in Europe etc., but at the same time he wants to hit others with the same treatment. In the current conflict his attitude to killing children and totally and deliberately destroying health care and destroying access to food, medicines, aid., etc. is very disturbing.

e.g. Many folks criticize muslim people, and many criticize christians. and all of these religions are bases on unproven / will never be proven words. Plenty of research indicates that: Jesus never existed / that he was born by virgin birth (not possible), he died and came back to life after three days (not possible). Miracles? But research suggests such miracles don't / cannot exist. Could make similar analysis of all religions. Further, many over the top christians say that homosexuality is spoken of negatively in the bible - on the other hand many respected theology scholars for centuries say this subject is not mentioned anywhere in the bible, not one word. Can make same analysis about other religions, based on unproved / impossible words.

And stop gatoeys praying on men on Pattaya Beach. (Remembering of course that Pattaya Beach is quite infamous for this scenario and men who walk around there early morning are asking for trouble.) Also in this picture is that Gatoeys / lady boys who get caught by the police (who are not actively looking for them) get taken to Pattaya police station, fined 100Baht and walk out headed again for the late night men cruising the beach. Also in the picture again and again Indian men cruising this beach early morning wearing massive amount of gold necklaces etc. Perhaps they should be fined for the trouble they make. What's the answer? Who knows?

Actually it was introduced to stop high school boys buying alcohol and skipping school.

On the other hand the locals know where they can buy alcohol 24/7.

From above: Article 18 Pensions and annuities 1. Subject to the provisions of Article 19, pensions and annuities paid to a resident of one of the Contracting States shall be taxable only in that State. And it remains to be seen exactly how the Thai RD / legislation will handle such incoming funds. I got numerous e.mails from of the so called Tax consultants resident in the UK (Carl xxxxxxx) ut claiming to be an expert on Thai personal taxes. I asked him about Thai personal tax on Oz OAP where it was the only incoming funds received by an individual. He said he didn't Know (which shocked me), then said he would ask his contact, a anr officer at the Thai RD. He went on to say his RD contact instantly said 'old age pension' where it's the only income from other countries will never be subject to Thai personal tax.

I'm aware of a foreigner who bought 2 new cars in Pattaya using VISA. Very big dealership, they quickly, through their bank, contacted VISA international and got: - Request for documented proof of the buyer's name etc. - One time approval of a much higher transaction limit. Overall took a couple of hours. But this was 20 years ago.

I confirm that the various ex-service associations (e.g. the VN Veterans association) have staff who have attended /completed no charge training courses conducted by the DVA, all aligned to the subject here. They also have pro bono lawyers in their ranks who are quite knowledgeable about this subject. As said these lawyers make no charges, so perhaps no need to be paying $AU600 per hour. I might also share that the attitude (you mentioned re the AU$600) to money going out of Australia is not relevant and that's absolutely not an attitude coming from the DVA. The DVA's approach is clearly 'if there's an entitlement then how much it costs today or for the next 30 years is not in any way relevant. Another point, to avoid any confusion, the DVA Permanent Disability Compensation payment has several categories and therefore several different compensation rates. NOTE: The DVA used to call this 'the DVA Disability pension' but about 1.5 years back they changed the nomenclature to 'the DVA Permanent Disability Compensation' system'.

Just thought about another point to share and to be careful I'm not causing confusion. The DVA administers many different 'payment' types. The 2 main ones are: - The Oz DVA service pension - applicable to all who served. - The Oz DVA Disability Compensation payments system. Plus there's entitlements for children's education and more. There's also the DVA home loan entitlement, at very low interest. Some aspects of both of the main payments above are the same, some not. I receive a permanent Oz DVA Disability Compensation 4 weekly payment for injuries / lifetime disabilities I suffered on active service in VN, so my message yesterday is in relation to the Oz DVA Disability Compensation payment entitlement. I don't receive the soldiers pension. Again, as well as contacting a service organization and requesting their advice, guidance, help, (e.g. Legacy and more) can I suggest to open the DVA website and look at the list of Fact Sheets which give more in depth explanations on many points. It will take time but that's not the main point. Good luck and keep focused.

Wow, so far so good. One more item. Can I suggest don't put 'all your eggs in one basket'. What I mean is does 'legacy' have the 'capability' that you need in this case or would it be better to contact an ex war vets association. I have no knowledge whatever what Legacy does or what they focus on etc., maybe an ex War vets association might be better 'equipped' to advise you. I emphasise that I don't know anything about Legacy. One other point, the DVA website has a long list of 'Fact Sheets' covering all subjects in full detail, it might be worth taking a look to help build your own knowledge. Good luck.

Certainly agree re Vietnamese pho soup. had some that I pushed away but a few are totally authentic and totally delicious. When I was a visiting lecturer in Ho Ch Minh City the support staff at the uni asked me if I had any favorite VN dishes that they could prepare for lunch / dinner breaks. I indicated Pho soup. The staff brought in 3 offerings from different restaurants, all had a different taste, one was (for me) very very good, the soup had been skimmed multiple times to ensure it was very clear. And it had a large amount of sliced beef, I got that one (along with some side items) for every meal. Great!

Another view could be: I don't pay tax on my old age pension (it's my only income), therefore under the double tax agreement the the tax authorities must follow the same principle and not tax my pension when it arrives in LOS.

Did the sadly deceased war veteran see active service in Vietnam? Is yes then perhaps you could contact one of the Vietnam veterans associations and seek their help. I did this previously and discovered that the VN vets association I contacted was highly professional, reacted very quickly, well informed, focused, keen to help and had lawyers on their 'staff'. This was their branch in NSW. On the other hand if the deceased war vet saw service in another war then perhaps contact the RSL and ask for details of any aligned associations. (Yes I'm aware that the RSL went through a negative period, that's all changed and they are now very alert, professional, prompt and keen to help.) Perhaps also worth sharing, war vets who receive disability compensation payments are entitled (by the legislation) to receive their payments abroard (in any country), paid by the DVA using international bank transfers (all organized / administered by the DVA, every 4 weeks (2 fortnights). No bank charges paid by the recipient. I'm aware that the funds are deposited in OZ and available in my K Bank account about half a day later. Mine is paid direct to my K Bank savings account in Thailand. K bank deduct a small fee each payment, about 150Baht. Easy to set up an automatic immediate e.mail from the receiving bank advising the recipient every 4 weeks that the funds have been deposited in the Thai bank The payment can be paid to a savings account in the name of the approved recipient of a joint savings account (approved recipient and one other person, DVA ask that the second person is related to the approved recipient). If it's a joint savings account DVA don't ask any questions about what signatures are needed for local bank account holders. Mine is a joint savings account with K Bank, myself and my adult Thai son, anybody can sign for withdrawals, only one signature needed, but the DVA don't know this detail and (as above) don't ask questions re this point. Whatever approach you use good luck.