Dan O

Thats about the only play you have is to communicate clearly but directly about your concerns and why they are concerns. I would try to work on it in pieces so its not overwhelming to either of you and easier to make small but positive changes Don't expect any immediate and quick changes as it will be a process to get her re-invested in the the family and home rather than the card games

good luck with that but I wouldnt waste any money pursuing that idea as you will lose in the end despite what you think about having an "expensive lawyer". Your in thailand and you have no legal standing.

He's using Thai math

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.

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.

Bad advice to suggest bribing any govt offical. You just asking for more problems and expectations in the future

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

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.

No they had it infinitely worse than anything you're experiencing and shouldn't even come into the conversation as a comparison.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

they didn't follow procedure for a reason. Now if it ever gets to court they can potentially get the charges dismissed as they were "denied their rights", bonus not having to name any higher up names (like the oversight inspector that didn't come) that were involved. And where did the money go, into the wind I suppose.

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!

Still no excuse if they are law enforcement of any kind they should have stepped in. Other foreigners connected to bar or not isn't their concern

According to the article there were police or "law enforcement" that witnessed the incident. If they saw it happening why didn't they step in to stop it?

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

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.

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

Yes that's what I said in my post

Yep, but only for people that haven't done the photo update. The time is getting closer for it to "officially" be required, whenever and whatever that means. And it is for everyone not just Thai's

Thats because the courts here are ambiguous and pick and choose who, how and when to enforce the laws.