Everything posted by Dan O
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Divorce and runaway kids
It seems there is an issue more with the son than the mom. If the boy hates being at your house to the point he runs away like you describe that's where attention needs to be shown. I would be working on the issues with the son and resolve that as that's where the problem is.
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When does it become time to put money aside in a separate account and self insure?
The term "Self Insured" is an inaccurate term in my opinion as it implies that you have sufficient assets set aside just for Medical Emergencies. Oddly there is no guide or directive that shows how many assets you must have set aside for "Self Insurance". Self pay is a more accurate term to be used unless you have assets segregated exclusively and sufficiently to cover the major medical expenses that could occur, which I'm betting most people dont.
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Not working, just helping the wife
Bad advice to suggest bribing any govt offical. You just asking for more problems and expectations in the future
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How to deal with an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Thai people.
Do you have a filter in your brain that checks what you think before you write it? Read your own comments and responses as if someone else wrote them and I think you will see most of the discrimination is within you and your projecting it to others
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How to deal with an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Thai people.
Nowhere in what you wrote shows any discrimination so you may want to review your thoughts. It seems more like your focused on negative actions to the point that anything that happens you automatically associate it to discrimnation against you. Focus on your own actions and don't worry about what others do as they may be reacting for different reasons than your imagining.
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How to deal with an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Thai people.
No they had it infinitely worse than anything you're experiencing and shouldn't even come into the conversation as a comparison.
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How to deal with an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Thai people.
You can't control what others think or feel, only your own actions. If someone is uncomfortable around you and you aren't doing anything to promote that issue then it's on the other person not you. Not sure where you live that you have such experiences but maybe a change of area would show you a different reaction set. What you describe is nothing remotely like you portray about blacks and the civil rights movement.
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Train Travel.
They post the time schedule at the station when you buy the ticket. Did you not look to see the schedule or just want to complain.
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Whose responsibility is the power cable between meter room and condo in a large condo building?
In a condo structure you own and are responsible only for items inside your condo, interior wall to wall and floor to ceiling. Any service running to your condo, water, electric and gas are common area elements and building responsibility untill the service enters your condo.
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Who is responsible for the balcony railing on a condo?
Your getting a variety if conflicting info here. You need to establish who the juristic entity is and get a copy of the Condo docs\regulations. You should also have a board of directors to hold meetings and interface with the juristic entity. Those docs should spell out what you own and are responsible for. Condos generally it's interior wall to wall and ceiling to floor with all exterior envelope owned and funded by the master condo entity from your HOA fees. It should also spell out what are considered common areas, what are considered restricted use common areas (typically balcony's, terraces or patios) as well as having proper financial budgets set for monthly operating contract expenses and repairs, a annual capital expense budget for common area maintenance and upkeep and a reserve capital plan and budget for long term maintenance, typically a 25 year plan. My guess is your building like most here has next to none of those and is a financial disaster waiting to happen.
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Builder refuses to change down pipe connection from upstairs toilet
It's not correct or even close. Im not seeing a vent line off the waste line ( forget about ever using a p- trap) and without one in this configuration you may well have problems with that many 90's in a short run. They should have moved the ceiling hanger and piped it properly. Not surprising though as rarely is done to any code here for plumbing or electrical.
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Retirement extension Bangkok using income
No where to start. He was outling what he did successfully so need to explain how he should do it as it was done already
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Officers warned of a thin line between crime and policing as the force confronts extortion case
Am I reading this correctly? They made the statement that they needed to draft a law making it illegal to extort money or accept bribes from criminals and that it would be very difficult but that it could be done if they added a clause that gives descretion on a case by case basis. WTF!
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Opening a bank account on tourist visa right now
Yes the Russian added to the problem. But it was the Grey market Chinese business' that got caught and all the fake accounts that had been opened for them that started the ball rolling
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Raimon Land unveils 18 billion baht luxury projects amid bolstered high-end market confidence
One story says real estate market is booming next story says opposite. The "rich" will do well as they use other people's money to better themselves. Meanwhile there are properties sitting on the market since the beginning of Covid and still not selling. My advice, invest your moneyy wisely cause you may never see it again.
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Illegal oil transport scandal leads to excise director’s suspension in Thailand
Probably true. The question I have is who called the Excise Director about the stoppage of the tsnker or how who got him involved. Let's hear that part of the story