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"130 Thai to 50 foreign patients, with Thai patients contributing 55% to the total revenue" 

72% of patients contribute 55% of revenues. Sounds fair, doesn't it?

3 minutes ago, Ste78 said:

do you know if you need all the usual documents (certificate of residence, medical certificate etc..) to update the DLT?

 

I don't want to spend again 800b just for change.

No, I don't - better go ask at DLT...

On a side note, don't forget to update your bank(s) and DLT (drivers licenses) re new passport number, or you'll find yourself in hot water at some later point.

The headline hovers very close to "click bait" - it would be more appropriate to mention that online banking will be restricted to their app, and no longer supported through web browsers. And you might also want to explain that banking through web browsers is an order of magnitude more prone to "unfriendly attacks" than using an app (preferably not using WiFi) on a smartphone. A number of banks have gone away from web based banking already.

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

The sneezing part.

If this wasn't directly targeted at known Israeli officials, then it obviously WAS an act of antisemitic terror. Murdering random assumed to be Jews -- what else could it be?

The sneezing part was a reference to the fact that anything and everything is labelled an act of antisemitic terror by Israel - and that's before any sort of investigation has even begun. Could it have been a robbery, plain and simple? Is that UN ambassador (or we, as it were) judge, jury and all the rest? That's not how legal systems work - all I'm saying.

"Sorry, I sneezed"

"That's an act of antisemitic terror"

I could have sworn that this Police Chief Pol. Gen. is human. 

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Yes, most stupid people instant reaction is to grab it. A sensible person and secure driver, do not panic as well as try the breaks before the bottle goes under and remove that function. And if try the breaks and they work, why not stop?

Other things you try to point out are ridiculous. Just look at the list below:

• Never look left or right: Of course you have to, otherwise you cannot look in the back mirrors or be safe when driving. However, that can be done and over in only 2 seconds.
• Don´t talk to anybody in the car: Why not? You can´t talk to people at the same time as looking at the road and traffic in front of you? Of course you can, and if you need to look at somebody, then that can also take about 2 seconds.
• Don´t look at the radio when changing tracks: Why not? That also only take 1-2 seconds if you need to change tracks.

Now we compare that to reaching down to the pedals in the car while driving. First, you will be totally detached from the road. You will not even know if you drive straight or not. After that a thing like that might take 5 seconds or more........

Do you get it now?

Going at a slow-ish 60 km/h, in two seconds, the car has crossed 33 meters. 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

lingering anxiety from a previous surgery

Could that maybe be a good enough reason for not driving at all? Just saying.

Some mobiles (camera settings) flip the stored image of selfies - i.e. your right eye is now on the left-hand side. A mirror doesn't do that. Makes quite a bit of a difference.

Daily Mail - the source for unpolluted truth and straight recounting of facts.

What are "permissible limits"? I wonder if those would apply to an open-air karaoke restaurant/bar in the middle of otherwise quiet non-entertainment buildings on Pratamnak? The owner seems to be the main guest, and the speakers are rock concert grade - as is the noise, somtimes until 1 a.m.

Now there's a good Monday morning laugh: Starmer to the defense of British tabloids.

I would strongly advise to watch this guy here, and what he has to say. As long as there are no clear instructions from the Thai tax authorities, having someone talk about what's not set in any way (by the proper authorities) makes little sense...!

1 hour ago, webfact said:

To safeguard themselves, expats in Thailand should heed essential advice. Watch out for phone numbers beginning with +697 or +698, as they are fraudulent

While some fraudsters use these prefixes, they are not by default fraudulent, but used by state-owned telecoms (e.g. Germany, Switzerland - that I know of) to route calls to Thailand through SIP/VoIP. SIP is a key part of Voice over IP (VoIP), which is the term for phone calls made over the internet. That's in fact fraudulent in itself, as they charge for a normal international call, and get away real cheap...

At the same time, Thailands national bank wants banks to set the maximum amount for transfers to THB 50k for young and elderly people. What a great idea: not all of us are babies or dement, so it should be that we should be able to decide on maximum amounts. Not nanny.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

leading to issues of human trafficking and sexual exploitation ... can obscure the harsh realities faced by vulnerable individuals caught in this profit-driven industry

Tell me: which "human rights NGO" scripted that once again? Everyone (and her sister) are in this business well knowing what it's all about. They're in it for the money. If they weren't aware of what the reality of it is, they'd be working as cleaning women or factory workers, and making a bare fraction of what they're making in this "harsh reality" in Pattaya, and lots of other places in the country. 

Everything else: delivered as ordered. A transformation from a idyllic village to a metropolitan hotspot is never painless, anywhere, and takes a lot of urban planning and inter-departemental communication (so that roads aren't cut open for long stretches during high season, among many other things). Where's city hall and/or trafic police when baht taxis can't be bothered to pull left, out of the trafic, to let cars pass while loading/unloading passengers? Or pick-ups double parking in neuralgic spots? I could go on for hours. But hey, we have vulnerable individuals to worry about, so the rest isn't really a biggie, is it now?

19 hours ago, billd766 said:

She can't be that stupid as she is a US senator.

 

IMHO the really stupid ones, are the voters who elected her to represent them.

Oh dear - since when is not being stupid a requirement for upper-level US government official, at both sides of the ailes? If that really is the best selection from a third of a billion people, the best s*cks big time.