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12 hours ago, AndyAndyAndy said:

No so long ago it was absolutely out of the questing to speak against Jews. I remember very well on Reddit there was "Free Hong Kong" movement that went for months. Then somebody started "Free Palestine" movement which got a huge traction. Withing 12 hours everything was delete, everybody banned and there was no more "Free Palestine" movement. That was maybe 2 years ago.

 

But since January 2024 we are suddenly allowed to criticize Jews. And even encouraged. There are news how they are bombing children. News about anti Jews protest. News about this and that. Just right now if you look in new threads on this website there are 3 active anti Jew threads. Not so long ago you were not allowed to criticize them privately and suddenly mass media itself are pushing against them? 

 

What caused such a dramatic shift? 🤨 

1 word buddy.....GAZA .....  watch the BBC news occasionally.

Not so much the Jews are at fault with this ongoing Genocide of innocent women, children and men, it's the Zionists led by the Butcher of Jerusalem Netanyahu

On 1/17/2024 at 3:00 PM, Andre0720 said:

You are forgiven.....

Being an apologist to wrong just makes you wrong . Apathy, look it up bro

18 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Just more brilliant Thaiger journalism by their editor-in-chief. It isn't only driving that is of a low standard here. It's getting to the stage now where I'm simply not going to read any more of the garbage that Thaiger spews at us. The fact that this is the most frequent source of news that AN gives us doesn't reflect well on this site, believing it is acceptable to publish jokes about injury. Why not add a laughing emoji as well while they're at it.

 

I know that AN is not allowed to change what they re-publish, but if what Thaiger reproduces for us is so poor then why use it at all? Surely there must be a better source of news. A source that doesn't say someone is dead and in the next paragraph talks of them being alive (yesterday) or make pathetic not-funny jokes about serious injury, written with the mind of a child. And that is what their senior staff thinks is acceptable.

Tim Newton on YouTube is my go to for Thai news, he's a gem compared to the Thaiger dribble, a former Thaiger boss but jumped ship wisely IMO

On 1/1/2024 at 5:39 PM, Andre0720 said:

You must be a recent visitor in Thailand.

So please seek help ASAP so you can get to understand posts about the culture in Thailand.

Oh I get it, if you live here long enough you're entitled to be as uneducated and ignorant as the average Thai driver/rider .... 

Forgive me for trying to be sensible 

On 12/29/2023 at 4:23 PM, Andre0720 said:

"The People’s Safety Foundation has made an appeal to the government".

 

This "Foundation" should me made aware that the 'Thai people' are very happy with the way things are here.

And that they will fight against any attempts for changes.

 

And the Thai people will win.

 

Compulsory wearing of helmets: 'No'.

Speed limits: 'No'.

Stopping at red lights: 'No'

Stop illegally using a phone while driving: 'No'

Stop illegally crossing over double lines on the roads' 'No"

Respecting double lines on the roads: 'No'.

Stop illegally passing cars on the roads: 'No'

Stop driving against traffic: 'No'.

 

The main problem is that people here do not have fear on the roads. None. So what would be the reason for any changes.

 

Passengers on motorbikes, are totally oblivious to the way the drivers go at high speed zigzagging between vehicles. They show absolutely no fear, eyes looking straight down on their mobiles, trying to get the latest gossip on their favorite site...

 

But then, I suppose that this Foundation has to emit some kind of narrative, to justify its existence...

So you're a fan of the way things are ?? 

If so please seek help ASAP as you are a danger to law and order and the loss of innocent lives

Target bad Thais you Xenophobes, start at the airport and arrest every cab driver trying to overcharge.

You seriously are dipsticks trying to blame farang for every bad thing that happens, your Police force are up to the eyeballs in corruption and so are most of the Immi' cops, so clean up your own backyard before you endlessly blame farang for all the countries problems.

The Chinese aren't fools they see whats wrong and thats why they stay away, fix it or fail.

5 hours ago, Dcheech said:

 

Economic problems change travel trends. This could last longer than Wuhan Flu did.   

Wuhan Flu ?   WTF!   Incredibly disrespectful to those that died from COVID 19 and their families.....

The Medieval rulers made sure the peasants were kept illiterate so as to avoid any potential uprisings.

Education leads to intelligent thinking, which means people then understand the difference between good and proper government and corrupt, uncaring government

3 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Toyota and Isuzu, and I assume most all dealers maintain service records, and most people have the service done at the dealer, at least during the warranty period. If they have the VIN, they can pull up the service record. 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm!  that would be an interesting experiment for a bit of fun on a rainy day

9 hours ago, Tuvoc said:

Don't some ECUs have a tampering alert on them - the ECU will always retain the real mileage that can be read by a standard diagnostic tool. Later BMWs I was told that was the case. Japanese stuff, don't know.

At the end of the day its all code and if theres good money to be made in breaking that code the dodgy dealers will hire the code breakers every time.

A caring Government with an effective Police Force would fix it but we all know neither exist in LOS

1 hour ago, jvs said:

A lot of times you can tell the km's has been altered by looking under the hood.

When the timing chain is replaced it is usually marked some where.

If the car is fairly new you can just call the main dealer or the importer,if they have done recent service it will be in their computer.

OK thanks, is that usually around 100,000 kms? and is it the same with a belt? any idea if theres a common place they will write it?

On 11/9/2023 at 12:37 PM, lordgrinz said:

 

I would put them in the same category as Budweiser, swill.

An old Aussies opinion:

Leo and Budweiser are both brown fizzy water. I'm on my 3rd try of Carabao Lager and give it a thumbs up, better flavor than Singha or Chang (to me) but still think Heineken is the best freely available here and for a treat I'll grab a Stella Artois 500ml can or 2.

RIP young man, you're a hero

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

To me seems that you have convinced yourself that the non O-X is best option.

I wouldn't take any notice of Sydney information.

You have received good advice in the thread however you seem to be deflecting.

 

There are a few threads re this topic.

Very few take up this visa and some io at airports seem confused as they are not common.

With good reason. 

 

If the funds in the bank is an issue then change to income method.

Those funds can be used to live in Thailand.

No requirement to maintain funds in Thai bank.

 

Alternatively use an agent to obtain your extension each year. 

 

At your age insurance will be problematic at best and if possible will be expensive. 

A lower threshold for insurance is a non O-A.

That visa provides up to almost 2 year stay.

If your travel pattern is to return to Oz every couple of years that would be an option.

Funds remain in Oz

 

Non O-X Silly option imo

 

No I haven't yet made any decisions, just in research mode tbh.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the monthly income stream thing, is that only based on a documented pension or annuity? or can I just arrange a monthly transfer from my savings account back home?

37 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Sydney -  O-X visa page

https://sydney.thaiembassy.org/en/publicservice/non-immigrant-visa-type-o-x

That is a link to non immigrant O-A requirements

Whoopsie!  not at all like Thai immi to make a boo boo 

19 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

Sydney Consulate has health insurance for O-A and O-X as exactly the same requirement of 400k/40k but O-A is actually higher at 3 million baht insurance required. This is shown by prices quoted from approved insurer where O-X is 10,255 while O-A is higher at 13,290 per uear

Yes I picked up on that too, but more homework ahead as i need to be sure there are no hidden traps given how much better this deal is to many other OX offerings

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

This. The Sydney Consulate may just be choosing to list the equivalent amount in AUS$.

Considered that too, so I'm hunting now for an Aussie that has actually got this visa from Sydney so as to get it from the horses' mouth so to speak

42 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

That's the good thing about Sydney Consulate. You can only submit application online and only after they approve it do they ask you to send passport with fee.

 

Of course he would still have paid for police clearance, had GP check and paid for 1 year health insurance but all are valid for O-A application if O-X failed

Nil chance of rejection, I've read the terms and can qualify easily on every level

2 minutes ago, mokwit said:

I would suggest you download the OX pdf from Thai Immigration as that is who you will be dealing with on each YEARLY check.

will do thanks

46 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

 For me it seems like a massive loose loose. The price of keeping 800/400k in a Thai bank on very low interest rates to extend a Non Imm O in Thailand annually far outweighs the PITA of getting retirement visas overseas and having to go thro Thai health insurance programs. Besides in years to come interest rates will fall overseas as well.

Thai interest rates will never ever be equal to Australia's, it will be at least 5 years before inflation is driven down in the West but even then Australia will offer at least 3x better interest than Thailand, currently its 13x

55 minutes ago, mokwit said:

If you want the OX visa you probably don't fully understand its onerous terms.

It appears that every Embassy or Consulate offers a different version and the Thai version seems onerous for sure, same even with the Australian Canberra Embassy version, but the Sydney Consulate version appears to be a good deal from what I have seen so far

4 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

Lopburi3 posted it above as MFA requirement?

 

The money in (a) and (b) must be kept in bank account at least 1 year before withdrawing and, within another next year, the money must be left in the account with the amount of not less than 1.5 million Baht and can only be spent in Thailand. 

I suspect that perhaps wires are getting crossed between the Canberra visas rules and the Sydney deal.

Sydney makes no mention of baht anywhere that I can see