Dirk Z

I have multiple credit cards on a retirement visa. But they are not really credit cards, because you have to secure a deposit for the max spending amount. So it's more like a debit card.

On 9/9/2024 at 3:23 PM, Will B Good said:

 

 

How did you unblock it?

I used an antenna cable, also poured water in from the other side and it returned some slimy stuff. After that I made sure the drain was not completely horizontal. 

10 hours ago, lungbing said:

Arrived in UK on an inflateable boat did you?

Your sophisticated sense of humor is very subtle. But actually there are people here that just tell the truth. 

Neurosurgeon. 

I had the same problem. After unblocking the drain pipe problem solved. 

4 minutes ago, maesariang said:

As if I care. Go annoy somebody else.

So go do the same as you? At least I take some satisfaction from the fact that you are annoyed.

14 minutes ago, maesariang said:

I post facts. What do you do? 

Doubt these facts.

On 9/1/2024 at 12:20 PM, maesariang said:

No achievements in 3.5 years.

Just a question from a relative outsider: do you dump your garbage here 24/7? At least it looks like there's not a minute of rest behind it. Take a break!

Yes, I remember this. It was inevitable to do as a country in between others that have right-sided driving. As opposed to wrong-sided 😉

7 hours ago, maesariang said:

With jobs being revised down, rising unemployment, inflation still high, 2 wars and border chaos Harris needs to hide away. Got nothing to say.

Then please say nothing.

For bank: you can do it one day earlier if necessary, but make a small withdrawal from an ATM the same day and keep the printed slip. It has date and balance and in my case has always been accepted together with the bank letter. Twelve months by the way.

Liv Ullman and Marie-France Pisier

On 7/30/2024 at 11:34 AM, JTXR said:

I'm looking for a good dentist in Bangkok for what I think will be extraction of a molar followed by an implant.

 

I DO NOT WANT one of these huge, multi-floor factory-like clinics that seem to be recommended to "international patients".  I visited one of them recently (on Ratchada Road but best remaining nameless) and I had a very bad experience with the initial consultation, which involved being shunted from one doctor to another, none of whose names I even even have now.

Since 2007 I have been going to a dentist with a small practice, very gentle hands, very good explanation, never over-treats and has visiting specialists for endodontology and implants. I had quite a bit work done over the years. No one else to work in my mouth. Pornsak Dental Clinic. Sukhumvit soi 49 Bangkok.

Very instructive video. Great camerawork and detail....

I don't know about Thailand but in Europe they issue three different models of international driving licenses. 1949 and 1968 if I am not mistaken, the older one only works for Somalia or so. Japan is 1949 model, but e.g. Korea 1968.

5 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

You need to rethink that strategy because it's tax evasion..

I disagree. It's following the rules. 

5 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

It's true that the receiver of the gift owns the money and can do what they wish with it. But the giver of the gift must not receive any benefit from the gift, otherwise it's not a gift.

Isn't that what I said? 

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

So sending a portion of my pension income directly to my wife's bank account  as 'housekeeping' and then accepting food in return would be regarded 'benefiting' would it?

A gift is a gift, whatever the wife does with it. And there is no obligation to give anything in return.

Our money, or at least part of it is in a bank account in my wife's name. I have full control and a credit card for this account, so I can almost use it as my own. I transfer from Europe to this account with Wise. There is this wonderful rule: If the value of the gift does not exceed 10 million Thai Baht (THB), the receiver does not have to pay personal income tax for the received property. So the money is a gift to my wife. I can manage to keep my spending under 10M baht per year.

Thai wife (many years already), weather, food, quality of life that I cannot get in Europe for that price. And for now also a sense of safety with mr. P. from M. rattling at the doors.

They love copies of everything. The more paper the better. Ever noticed the stack of forms that piles up over the day at any office?