JeffersLos

It is part of why I left the States. 

24/7 bombardment of meds, health insurance and how to sue people everywhere you look everywhere you go.  

If you don't take meds you will die!

You will lose everything if you step outside your house without health insurance!

Somebody looked at you? You can sue them! Contact a lawyer now! 

My younger brother is on about 17 different meds a day that I doubt he even needs. 

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

That is not my understanding. Usually, a trickle-charger is generally used when you are not going to use your car or boat or whatnot for an extended period. 

Fair enough. 

1 minute ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Your one isn't a trickle charger however if its left plugged in its not going to overcharge. 

It charges up the battery,  either by trickle or non-trickle. 

Using it once or twice a week should keep the battery healthier and last longer, right? 

13 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

You're going to charge your battery twice a week for six hours? Why not just get a new battery?

7 minutes ago, JAS21 said:

Buy a CTEK and put it on every time you get home ...its designed for that anyway.

Yeah, isn't that the whole point of a trickle charger? Use it while the battery is still good so it stays healthy and lasts longer? 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

the police plan to posthumously charge Bunjong with trespassing and attempted rape.

Making sure that his family cannot bring official charges against his killer? 

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

You're going to charge your battery twice a week for six hours? Why not just get a new battery?

Why would I, it's working perfectly. 🙂

3 hours ago, 2long said:

Five posts so far and none of them Brit bashing!

Thankfully he isn't smiling and my iPhone screen is still unshattered. 

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Thats like taking coal to Newcastle, bring that here 

You think cocaine is made in Thailand? 

On 4/29/2024 at 8:38 AM, JeffersLos said:

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/12v-start-car-battery-charger-i4142282698-s16247497948.html?

 

270 THB.

So far this has brought a scooter battery back from the dead, and indicated the car battery has half full, which it is now trickle charging, and will do so for 6 or so hours twice a week. 

16 minutes ago, theblether said:

lie screaming in pain as your broken hip grinds every time you move on your festering bed. Rely upon strangers to wipe your ass as you cry tears of humiliation and agony. No ambulance will collect you as no hospital will take you, You can't fly home as you can't bear the agony of getting out of your bed never mind a twelve hour flight to your home medical service. 

 

How about the guy I know who flew to Thailand to celebrate beating cancer - fell off a motorbike, was rendered immobile for six weeks and, goddammit, his cancer came back. Uninsured, broke, we raised his travel money home with a gofundme. 

 

Or maybe you'd prefer a rapid onset brain tunour. Faculties destroyed, a gibbering wreck, no airline will certificate you to travel. An issue that a certain coterie of clowns, likely you are one, have never thought about. Denied boarding - sent to the medical centre at Suvarnabhumi and the doctors certify you unfit. 

 

How about falling off the back of a motorcycle taxi, unaware that the rider was drunk. Broken back, paralysis in one leg. Oh, how about the guys I know ( more than one ) wandering around with untreated SYPHILLiS - that most ancient of diseases, caught from unprotected sex with a random pin-cushion bar girl. 

 

Or would you prefer a run-in with Dengue fever? Maybe just a wee broken ankle, or a head smashed when you slipped in the shower. 

 

No, you're right. It's always the wise thing to do. Travel 10,000km with uninsurable conditions and wander around a fundamentally unsafe foreign environment full of weird viruses without medical cover. 

Live in a house wrapped in cotton wool. Never venture outside. 

The worry alone makes me sick. 

50 minutes ago, john donson said:

after divorce or death of spouse, you will have nothing as you officially own nothing

Foreigners can be left land in a Thai will, after 12 months the land office can sell it and keep 5% of the selling price if it hasn't been sold or transferred to a Thai within the 12 month period. 

2 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Guess it depends which one is most likely to finish first?  With an extension based on working it ends quickly when the job finishes, one would hope that the marriage would be a more permanent thing.

His wife will be living with him at that stage.

Get an extension based on your work permit and contract. Your new job is providing all work permit and visa extension services yes?

If you ever want or need to change, simply get the next extension on marriage as you will be living together. 🙂

16 minutes ago, decline said:

due to me starting a new job

Get an extension based on your employment.

You are legally employed with work permit and contract? 

Blood test for alcohol? 

19 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

I brought this up with my wife and she thinks a traditional will is the correct thing to do.

You can be left the property in a will, but if you don't transfer it to a Thai within 12 months the land office can sell it at a price they see fit and keep 5% of the sale. 

A usufruct gives you full rights of the property until you die, and costs the same a bowl of tom yam goong. 

30 minutes ago, topt said:

Do you have this written into your agreement?

If not it is my understanding that the owner could sell but that the usufruct remains in place. As a consequence unlikely that anyone would want to pay or accept as collateral.

Excuse me, the owner can sell the property but the usufruct stays in place until death. 

https://www.samuiforsale.com/real-rights/usufruct-property-rights.html

https://www.samuiforsale.com/family-law/usufruct-in-a-thai-marriage.html

Another use is if the foreigner survives their Thai spouse. 

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Don't get married in Thailand until you've lived here for 5 years. 

Don't build a house until you've been married for 5 years. 

Don't marry someone you can't trust 100%

Put your life savings into crypto. 

17 hours ago, anchadian said:

Some sick individual in this thread.

I'm sick that I wasn't there.