mgjackson69

On 8/18/2017 at 7:48 AM, Justgrazing said:

Yes sure Japan have great experience and the kit you need for these things .. But the jobs going to China for reasons more than to do with quality and expertise .. take a long look at it and you'll see why .. 

The fact that China already owns Thailand comes to mind

I will go this week for my 10th Extension of Stay.

Ten extensions, all in Korat, four different locations.

I liked the location is Chok Chai, it was about five minutes from my house.

Goodbye fast an efficient lines ... Hello 30 minutes to buy a liter of water.

And hello insane interest rates for the people least able to afford them.

The 2% - 3% Visa charges will now be passed along as higher prices.

Why?

Because what has worked perfectly for decades needs to be "improved" so a gigantic Foreigner company can get a percentage of sales.

Borrowing money should be for items one most can not readily afford in one lump sum, a car, a house, a boat. Not a candy bar.

Fast and efficient lines? Which 7-11 do you frequent?

That was 1980s USA, where it was quick to pay cash, slightly slower to write a check, and dog slow to use a credit card.

Now it is quick to use a credit card, slower to use cash (current employees do not know how to make change), and <deleted> is a check?

I have no idea why you all circle back to America.

I have lived non stop in Bangkok for 6 years.

Perhaps I have learned to be patient and go with the flow.

What is absurd in most replies to my post is the concept that the current system is slow and inefficient ,, now wait for the punchline ..

Credit cards will SPEED IT UP!

Please stop and THINK before you bicker with people.

Who the &lt;deleted&gt; was bickering?... My comment was, back in the 1980s, credit cards were slow.

Now, credit cards are about the quickest way to clear a checkout line.

The previous poster was commenting that credit card transactions were going to slow down the current "high-efficiency" 7-11 lines.

My point is that the current lines are anything but "high-efficiency".

Credit cards will not slow it down.

What slows the lines down is people making PEA payments or car loan payments, and the cashiers acting as if every transaction is the first one they have ever handled.

We are in agreement, my friend....credit cards will speed it up.

Goodbye fast an efficient lines ... Hello 30 minutes to buy a liter of water.

And hello insane interest rates for the people least able to afford them.

The 2% - 3% Visa charges will now be passed along as higher prices.

Why?

Because what has worked perfectly for decades needs to be "improved" so a gigantic Foreigner company can get a percentage of sales.

Borrowing money should be for items one most can not readily afford in one lump sum, a car, a house, a boat. Not a candy bar.

Fast and efficient lines? Which 7-11 do you frequent?

That was 1980s USA, where it was quick to pay cash, slightly slower to write a check, and dog slow to use a credit card.

Now it is quick to use a credit card, slower to use cash (current employees do not know how to make change), and &lt;deleted&gt; is a check?

I suspect that the only "legal status" your home country cares about is "taxpayer".

What do you mean by "status"? And which is your home country?

With your home country you are probably just "citizen".

And, some of us don't carry a wallet. At least, not all the time.

I guess if you want to carry ID, credit card, ATM card, etc loose in your pockets, up to you.

Remember he was the start of the economic disaster!

Not quite. The big economic debate in Bush vs. Gore 2000 was how to spend the budget surplus left by 8 years of Clinton.

The budget surplus claimed by Bill Clinton was nothing but an accounting trick, which pushed current expenditures off into later years, after he was out of office.

Strange, then, that even the Republican candidates were debating in the primaries whether to use the surplus to pay down the debt, reduce taxes or fund new programs.

Tax breaks for the rich won out, of course. Tax breaks for the rich and $$$ trillion adventures in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Not strange at all.

Neither party has a problem squabbling over spending money that does not exist. Clinton could "show" a surplus, and the voters would not listen beyond those magic words. It would require too much effort for too little gain, and an understanding of the governmental budgeting process, which unfortunately most of the US public does not have.

So then it became "let's figure out what the voters will like best about how to spend this surplus money that does not exist". Had there been a true budget surplus (more money taken in taxes than spent, in the same year), it should have been used to pay down the national debt. Or refunded back to the taxpayers on a percentage basis. Of course the liberals would not like that last option, because the person that paid zero taxes ("the poor") would not get any freebies.

Remember he was the start of the economic disaster!

Not quite. The big economic debate in Bush vs. Gore 2000 was how to spend the budget surplus left by 8 years of Clinton.

The budget surplus claimed by Bill Clinton was nothing but an accounting trick, which pushed current expenditures off into later years, after he was out of office.

"And especially in places like coal country and inner cities and other parts of our country that have really been left out."

That matches up nicely with "...we're going to put a lot of coal miners out of work..."

The label in the first photo clearly says "Electrolyte"....

In forty countries I have always been able to get cash, either through my ATM card or one of my credit cards (one branded MasterCard, one branded Visa).

I always carry some US currency, just in case...the greenback is accepted nearly everywhere. Similar to our friend OMGImInPattaya, I have not had to use my emergency greenbacks in years...usually I end up spending them when I am in USA, then refreshing with some new bills when I am ready to depart.

500 baht per person daily ? you can get your own guesthouse room for that......fools

Arabs are big spenders in their own country...outside, not so much.

In an apartment in Dallas, Texas I plumbed in a bidet (the term "bum gun" seems so childish...that sort of terminal cuteness that cost the British an empire).

I did it in such a way that when I left, the tee I plumbed into the PVC stayed and place, and I simply capped the outlet, removing the hose and sprayer.

With a bit of creativity it is very easy to add plumbing and make it easily reversible.

You should be much more concerned about divorce costs after you

buy her a house and car, in her name, and 3 million baht cash up front before you

sign on the dotted line.

I may sound pessimistic but based on true stories, my numbers are accurate.

Stay single.

"True stories" you read on ThaiVisa, so they must be true...

People who know nothing about dogs making ignorant comments about dogs and climates.

Of course it is about "Russia"...and any other country that might target nukes against the US or any allies.

Under what pretenses would Russia call it a "threat"?...Oh, you mean perhaps Russia cannot bully Europe?

Most "Thai" restaurants in USA are operated by Chinese, and the food is not really Thai food...more like Chinese with a bit more spice.

If I can go into a Thai restaurant in USA, and someone can speak to me in Thai, then it is worth a second look.

Otherwise, one and done.

I can almost picture the 7/Eleven cashiers on break in the backroom sharing stories about how they netted 50 satang from some clueless farang.

Yep...if they are on the "standard" 300 THB/day "salary", they increased their take home by a whopping 0.17%

Yes, about a cent and a half, no big thing, but

Multiply that by 100's of thousands in a month

And over a year you are talking about another

SCAM! Do the math!

And if you multiply it by a bazillion, you're really talking big bucks.

I can almost picture the 7/Eleven cashiers on break in the backroom sharing stories about how they netted 50 satang from some clueless farang.

In western countries there is often a small tray near a cashier where you can take a few pennies or leave a few to make life simpler when paying a restaurant bill or whatever. It's a way of dealing with a trivial annoyance without turning it into a human rights issue.

Those trays are very common in USA.

I probably leave more than I take....but I will utilize a few pennies out of there when it is convenient.

I have seen people scoop everything out of that tray, then go to their pocket to get the rest.

If they are that destitute, then they should use it...otherwise, if they are just that parsimonious, I would hate to have their life.

How many people, when the cashier makes a mistake and gives too much change, point out the mistake and give the excess back?

I would guess most do not...probably the "it's the principle" types, more than others.

I would not tell her at all.

Do a good job of it, and make it easily reversible.

Hi,

I only moved to BKK this week, so I am not yet too familiar with regards to what is a good/safe place to get a copy of my passport and get it laminated at the same time so that I can carry it in my wallet. Any recommendations? I am living close to Terminal 21.

Thank you!

DUS

All of this messing about with laminated copies etc.

Just photocopy the passport name/photo page and current entry stamp/permission to stay and put it in your wallet.

Some people make things too hard.

You did not "renew your marriage visa"...you applied for a new Extension of Stay.

As far as the requirement for the Kor Ror Song, I believe that "requirement" has been around for several years...but I was only required to show that document when I did my Extension of Stay in 2012. I had done 4 previous extensions of stay and Kor Ror Song had never been asked for.

Since 2012, I have been asked for that document one time (in 2015). I was able to show the KR2 from 2012 and they were fine with that.