PatchinExPat

18 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I assume you mean an extension of stay (it is not a visa) based upon marriage to a Thai. No insurance is required to apply for it.

Thank you

Here is my problem, I went for renewal of my retirement visa. 

 I thought I had everything covered. All the little extras they want for this year. 

 But no, I have 800,000 in the bank, but it has only been in 8 months, they changed from 6 month to 1 year on the money. 

The lady said to bad no visa for you. I ask , what if I change to a married visa, she thought and said money is fine for marriage visa. 

  OK cool, but I have no health insurance, not required for a retirement non O , ..

Now I would like health insurance, I have very good back in the States, but none here.

Add to it I have had cancer and do have Atrial Fibrillation and some lung issues.

At 71 with health issues I just don't qualify for health ins at a price I can afford. ....

Question does any know for sure if health ins is required for Marriage Visa?  ..

I am between a rock and a hard place, and I damn sure do not want to go back to the USA now.

That place is a death trap now. 

Thanks for any kind of help in this.

I have only been here 6 yrs and mostly kept to myself,

but I have heard you can get someone knocked off pretty

cheap here. 

I would go that route, the dude will never pay anything

and you know that.

Spend that lawyer money more wisely .

Better pay that debt with Bit-coin , just to cover your tracks.

7 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Nobody want´s that. This is about consistency. When you compare airlines and buses to BTS, the rules are different. How is that going to be seen and understood by the public and citizens? That´s the thing that has to be fixed. It´s not about that the protective measures is wrong. It´s about that they are no consistent. 

Stop and think just a minute, there are 70 million in Thailand, 330 million in USA and 7.5 Billion 

in the world. 

How in your perfect world do get 7.5 billion doing the same thing at the same time to suit you.

In situations like this you try to make rules that make sense for the situation.

5 people per car on the BTS, you may as well just shut it down.

50% less on a plane, you can't keep flying with those numbers,

so you just have to tell people try and protect yourself the best

you can and some times you have to take some risk.

We don't want it that way, but people can't just starve to death 

or start living on the streets.

7.5 billion or 70 million you can't expect everything to be consistent.

8 hours ago, lujanit said:

The same is going to happen if airlines are going to leave the middle seat empty.  The real question is if the rate of infection is so low why this so called social distancing?  The BTS doesn’t require it and markets don’t enforce it.  The government speaks with a forked tongue.  This <deleted> is all about power and nothing to do with keeping people safe.

Brazil is averaging 1000 people a day dying from this disease you call a power play.

I can't understand people with their head so far up their rump, they can't even

admit this is a real disease and it is killing thousands.

Not only that but most experts in this field say it is not expect to burn out

and will be with us for some distance into the future.

No one is dragging you into anything, you really can do pretty much what ever you want 

right now.

Just be content to do what you want to do and stop expecting other people to act 

like you.

Maybe bar owners don't want to open right now, maybe store employees don't you

coming in breathing in their face.

You aren't just satisfied to go your own way, you want others to wait on you,

to carry your bag for a few baht.

You want all your little pleasures back even 

it cost someone their life.

Tuff, grow up.

26 minutes ago, yourauntbob said:

Perfect example of the stupidity of government.  To think a small group of people would be able to guess the nber of eggs needed rather than allowing the free market to run its course.

 

Now there million chickens will be killed.  What a waste

Stupid comment. The article explained very clearly why.

I doubt the excess chickens will be just wasted, there are good markets for poultry.

Have you ever thought the poultry farmers might like an agency that looks out 

for their market and informs when supply or demand is more or less than

 an individual farmer might know, so will be able to adjust to market 

conditions and have large losses.

On 5/25/2020 at 6:21 PM, YetAnother said:

thailand has an 'egg board' ? talk about bloated government !

Yes there is an egg board, most developed countries has one or something equivalent.

When you are dealing with 40 million eggs a day, it make good sense to some control

board to watch for over supply and undersupply.

And know if the farmers are receiving a good price for their produce.

As a way to deal with excess or surplus, better than having farmers have to throw away

 millions of eggs a day.

Even though we are not poor, the local village head man had delivered to us and

all families 2 kilos of rice and 20 eggs just this past weekend.

Everything that happens in Thailand is not stupid or wasteful.

Of course foreigners who hang out here often can't see beyond their hate

for the country they choose live in.

That boggles my mind, why live somewhere that you hate the people and

everything they do.

On the other hand there are some who just hate as second nature and 

even have a grudge against their own D*ck.

6 hours ago, DaLa said:

This is only part of the equation though.  Wearing a mask will not prevent him from picking up the virus from a contaminated surface.  If he is infected wearing a mask will not prevent him touching surfaces and contaminating others.

I wish the WHO and governments would get their act together and come to a consensus on the effectiveness of prevention.

Well I am just hoping you get a good dose of it and then you can tell us how 

to go about not spreading it.

I have Medicare and Medicare part B. When you say supplemental, are you talking about part B

or something through a company like Blue Cross.

I am thinking I too will return some time in the next 12 months.

I was an EMT-Paramedic on the Shreveport fire Dept.

Now seeing the picture, I remember meeting this man once.

I was in "down town" Prachin to get my rice and chicken lunch,

had parked in the parking facing the river.

He was walking near by so I stopped to talk few minutes.

He talked about being an english teacher and a few other

things. Seemed to be a very nice fellow.

He was a small man, looked about 5'8"  and relatively thin.

Not a man you would expect to go looking for trouble.

Really sorry he was killed , such disrespect for him.

Over all I have not had a bit of trouble living here in

Prachinburi . I live here because my wife has a good job

she wants to keep working at for the seeable future.

I have found Thai people here to very helpful to a guy

who has a hard time learning the Thai language.

My memory is not a strong point for me and my hearing

 is not so good, so mangle Thai language just awful. 

Again sorry this happened to him, I hope, but doubt the 

person who did it will be punished.

I got the first $1200 deposited to my USA bank account Apr 13, expect to get the second one

some time in May.

I deserve it. 555

6 minutes ago, bstafford214 said:

Yes, everything is true that you say. This is been bothering me for a long time now and ready to leave.

I intend to give it about 2 more years if my health holds out then take a slow boat

back to the USA. If I was younger I might look at other places in Asia, but I am not.

On 3/5/2020 at 5:02 PM, casey1 said:

I'd be changing your aircon gas company, there is simply no excuse for gas leaking other than poor workmanship; plain incompetence or maybe intentional... stop and think about it, understand it is a closed loop system... there is no rational reason for gas to leak, period...

Well, I do have a gas leak. I bought a 18000 btu Samsung from Homepro, I never thought it was 

cooling as good as it should. At about 18 months, with really little use I had a part time AC guy check

it and it was low on gas, he added some. The next year I had a real full time AC check it again.

This is a living room unit and not used a lot.

Any way, he said it quite low on gas but showed me 

where outside unit was leaking through tiny holes, and said he would not add gas to leaking

unit. The problem is this unit has aluminum coils on the condenser and he said he had seen this 

often before. You could see oil stains on the coils even after I had washed it. 

The moral of the story is , don't let salesmen sell you an AC with aluminum coils, no matter

how much they say it is improved and works just as good as copper.

I do know a little about mechanical systems and do a good of maintaining my things.

But this was just 30,000 baht down a rabbit hole. Homepro said 6 months on the unit

is the max they any responsibility, even if it is a manufacturing  defect.

Copper good, aluminum BAD.

Samsung Bad.

6 hours ago, BobinBKK said:

You sound like one of those people who's presidential candidate lost to Donald Trump ????

No, had I been in the USA 3 yrs ago, I would have voted for him.

What gets in my craw is people who guest of the Thai people

treating Thai people like <deleted>.

That is my gripe.

I don't care how much money you spend, you are still a guest.

On 4/7/2020 at 11:52 AM, outsider said:

It does not matter whether they are locals, tourists or expats. Selfish and recalcitrant trash like these are all over the world, not just in Thailand. Idiots like these make it more difficult for the rest of us who are trying to comply, cooperate and get rid of the pandemic soonest possible. No excuses should be entertained, no sympathies should be given. The authorities should just throw the book at them.

Agree for sure.. I have been in Thailand for 7 years. I am a very grateful guest of the 

Thai people. I try very hard to treat all citizens of Thailand with respect.

I try to keep my interactions with police, Government, and military to a minim.

I try to interact with as many everyday Thai people as I can, with out being 

a bother to them.

I love being here, as long as the hoops I must jump through to stay are manageable

 I will do just that to keep my home and family.

Could I go nuts over things I think could be made better, sure, but why?

I am a guest and I will remember that and try to be the guest that is welcome.

I am not thrilled by the foreigners I come across here, some, especially visitors 

I would care less if the police rounded 90% of them up and gave them

3 days to get out. I get sick of seeing them treat Thai people like they are 

servants or worse.

Thai people are what Thai people are, but this is their homeland, and I respect that.

On 4/4/2020 at 7:01 PM, thecyclist said:

More often than not when a Thai acts with a purpose they somehow manage to defeat that purpose. It's a unique talent. 

Thanks for once more proving foreigners living here have a total 

disrespect for Thai people. 

Just now, bkk6060 said:

Actually, you have several complaints about this place yet you did not mention one thing you like.

?

Your post tells me you may be trying to convince yourself to stay.

Something to think about..

Not at all, I just did not need to do that to make my point.

And what I like about my life here is my business, no need to publish it.

Besides typing is not something I enjoy very much.

On 4/4/2020 at 10:26 AM, z42 said:

No evidence of masks being effective at stopping the spread of any diseases.

 

An appalling abuse of power if this is put into effect. 

Well, you are damned wrong. People can shed virus while simply talking. ,, The idea now goes like this, you can be shed virus days before you realize you are sick. If you don't wear a mask you could be shedding virus everywhere you go. If you do wear a mask there is a good chance the virus you would be shedding while talking or coughing will be caught in your mask.  ,,,

No this does not mean you aren't sick or getting sick, it means you care about other people you could be infecting before you even know you are sick.

And NO, it does not mean someone else can't infect you  while you wear it. 

Wearing is for other people now, staying home protects you.

Why the hell do people throw their back out of joint over every suggestion on how to keep people from getting or spreading this 

virus.

Try for once in your life to just go along.

Try for once in your life to not be the "know-it-all", who really doesn't.

You have other options , stay home, leave and go back where you came from, go live some where by yourself, out of sight of other people.

Granted you may not care if you live or die, but a lot of other people aren't ready to load up on that bus just yet.

13 minutes ago, rumak said:

Do you know any that were not born with a silver spoon ?   That somehow managed to not be "failures" ,  and are now trying to enjoy the fruits of their hard earned labors without a govt. or other entity ( lawyers,  wives,  changing tax laws,  forced insurance as some examples) ... without someone trying to take it away ???

I assure you there are a few guys on this forum who fit that description  ????

I was born 5th of 7 and used an outdoor toilet until I by hand dug the hole for 

tank and field lines. Stated full time work at 17. I have gone a week with no money

for food, finding what ever cans I could. 

I have invested all but pocket change in a business and worked with out pay to see

it succeed.

I do live off my own contributions to my well being, I have insurance I pay for because

I don't care to be a ward of the state. I have paid my debts, my credit is clear, I have 

no one demanding anything of me. I use and pay for lawyers and tax professionals

for their services.

I have no envy of anyones life, I am happy with my own.

I like , even love, to see people succeed and have the life they enjoy. I have 

relatives whose fortunes vastly exceed mine and I am aware of the good things

they do with some of their money. I enjoy knowing they are part of my family,

even though they were raised as the middle class generation and me and my siblings

were not.