ChaiyaTH

Because linux was lacking too much for the average user and that now is no longer the case. And it is still just very few anyway.

Try vietnam

Sounds like they did that by design. It is often done like that on purpose, to let the foreigner walk away. Then they can keep all and say; you wanted to end it.

So just hire some girl to be your maid or nurse? You seem to not have financial issues and that solves what you need. Next.

Maybe that is a hint right, to do something? A classical hard drive would just stop the running process or get errors when it is full too.

Let's be real, who is gonna stay here if those taxes really are as they were introduced and enforced on people like us. It's would be insane to stay, unless earning almost nothing or for some other exceptions paying little to zero tax regardless when having to. I would pay less in my own country in Europe in that case + get all kinds of benefits. Would not worry too much about this with buying a condo for now. Not sure it is a smart time in general to buy property now though, I'd rent.

I've got enough seeds to grow for a few generations so I'm not really concerned.

Assuming you have either serious capital or else this is likely income, and being American, you could get some credit right. So I would buy a 40-50K USD sailboat, then start living on that boat in one of the cheaper mooring areas in florida, aside from doing the trips to the bahamas and beyond in the season. Out of the season I would maybe store the boat if possible and then visit Thailand during hurricane season. Know a few doing this there right now and they have only 2.5-3K a month.

I would go to somewhere where the weather is good, I think florida.

I need 4,000$ a month in Thailand already, assuming I save up for a pension and save up in general, and live a very basic middle class life with 1 child in Thailand... Guess if you say it is just for a single person, well, were would you not go in the world. The school fees alone are 8K a year (some on this forum live on that annually, hard to believe).

Yeah the sales style they have in Thailand will not work in Europe, they would see trough it it lacks contents/details/facts/decision making and everyone nows whatever that guy says can be changed in a week. The weed law is just the most recent proof of that. Nobody wants to do business with unneeded additional risks factors. That's why for a few sectors like automotive or exporting stuff from Thailand it is fine, as that is kind of 'stable'. But otherwise, not really. But sure Burriram wants to do races since years, so it would be indeed very cool if Thailand could host some events. He is not wrong, he just has to make it happen. It could have a serious significant and lasting impact on Burriram and the places surrounding it in terms of jobs, hotels, more flights etc if they had like multiple big events there every year. Opening a bar there could be big business for the retired expat there hehe. I only went there once, for my first girlfriend, when I was 20 years old and I got chased away by 10 thai guys on the first night. Was also my last.

Yeah that is for sure some nonsense quote, I doubt it could be more than 75,000 baht with all the stuff they listed. The marble table being the most expensive of it, else it should be even less.

Just depends where you from, if you were English it was totally different.

He asked an agent and they charged him 200K for an extension, so he decided to think over it with some drinks, and realized this was faster to get a visa extension pending trial.

Yeah most airports it's done really fast as long you bring the paperwork etc. Usually there is nobody waiting in front of you for stuff like that in Bangkok or Chiang Mai too.

Being caught for testing positive aside with like some weed was before it was legal already 5K by judge decision in court. It's just gonna become a money grab for the police, where you think the complaints come from to begin with, they want a piece of the pie. So they will soon charge all shops, and perhaps randomly take bribes from tourists too. Generally speaking I doubt any Thai nor people like me would care if it changes, keep smoking at home. I mean, they just finished building the 2nd biggest seed plant in Mukhadan, in the world. Seeds will be everywhere.

Could be counterproductive, too much time also allow people to take time and file for VAT returns hehe.

I never come too early anymore, most people do that already anyway, unless it is like peak high season. I do make sure to be there like at least 2 hours before if it is a more expensive international long haul flight though, in that case I usually like to hang out in free duty areas and a lounge beforehand anyway. On domestic flights I now can leave home 45 minutes before a flight, and still be in time, parking my bike at the airport for free and checking in online. It's almost like taking a bus hehe, just pay for a 1/5 row seat, then not have to deal with the rest of the herd loading and unloading too: 15 minutes driving and parking max worst case 25 minutes security worst case 5 minutes walk to gate

Funny, I mentioned exactly this in yesterday's post about sim cards and the scam calls. They re-use old numbers here too fast without a cool down period. Has nothing to do with a random shop she bought it for. It has everything to do with how thailand manages their SIM cards + how they enforce illegal callcenters spamming / scamming people. Basically, like everything else, they mess it up. I broke a phone last year while abroad, with a less important but still many years used SIM card for me (its mainly about the data for me), so when I came back to Thailand to get a new ESIM for my new phone, to replace it, I got told the number is now owned by someone else. He likely get calls of my contacts. All this was like 2-3 months only too.

What is it with americans always talking gross numbers if it comes to how much they can earn and make while in reality they are often broke + need to go to work again. It always sounds like America is this amazing place where everyone earns 6 digits, while in reality everyone lives on creditcards.

Plenty of assumptions, you clearly didn't meet many pilots, seen enough look like him. Secondly, modern commercial flights, as he said he was, have plenty of space.

Have to say it is a very valid big annoying part of daily life in Thailand: traffic. The amount of people driving double lanes alone, that basically causes the traffic jams... I find myself ordering out often just to not get agitated and lose time due to this, while I love driving and nature is great. Last time I was counting for fun, assuming I would be recording, how many times I would fine people doing insane stuff, on a 15 minute scooter ride. I lost count really, but it was over 40 times, 40 different people and at least 5 near accidents.

It's already too late for this, Thailand is like the worst in the world, as all numbers and names in database basically have been leaked. So unless changing to a new number, they keep calling it again and again, as no enforcement for illegal phone call sales / advertising here too. Even with a new number, you likely use a old number of someone else. I get at least 4-5 of these calls a day sometimes, it is just that bad, I basically never answer my phone. Same with SMS messages. Easy hack: just turn off your sim card for calls etc and only use it for the data. Also when losing your phone or whatever, you better be fast, to get a new sim card under your own number, or they already gave it to a new customer, even these numbers are nowadays often linked with 2FA! There is barely any cooldown period!

Ehh, you must be really not knowledgable if it comes to technology, if you think we need cash, to learn more about you. Every time you walk insidea 7/11, in theory, your phone unique ID is already logged, and therefor, known to have been there. All these small data prints can be identified in seconds by systems that run on big data. Sure in the most simple example I wrote above, they would in theory still not know, what you exactly bought, but the reality for all data prints in total is different. To worry about cash is only if it comes to tax, else it is kind of silly already to use as a argument. Most launderers and criminals even use digital money in 2024 lol. If you want to live a normal life, there is nowhere to hide. Same to hide from USA, almost any financial transaction passes 7 banks of which 1 will be USA. The only issues governments or insurances have now, is enforcement; limited by employees. Imagine how that changes if laws change to allow AI doing it.

No wonder, there is barely anyone in Chiang Rai in terms of tourists. Flight routes to the north are getting worse and worse though, except if it is to Bangok. I used to be able and fly almost 2 times daily from Chiang Mai to Surat thani as well. Now it's often only 1 flight which also causes you to have to stay one night in surat thani instead of making it to the islands the same day. I am pretty sure this is all by design, they think they can force tourists to do what they want.