Jump to content

HAPPYNUFF

Member
  • Posts

    477
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by HAPPYNUFF

  1. You are looking at the wrong ANZ section re charges.. 3% is charged in the in stance you are overseas from your home country and use your credi card to make a withdrawal on y our home account, (plus tlhe receiving bank charge, usually 500 baht in Thailand( Thats the normal fee most banks worldwide charge Im told. To make an Intermnational Money TRANSFER (as distinct from on overseas TRANSACTION) the ANZ bank charge is FREE if sending less than A$10,000, or $32 for other amounts . It is always best, Ive found to send in Australian dollars, as banks in Oz have low exchange rates.. OK your fee is $32... plius 500 baht in Thailand bank charge.
  2. I paid 6600 baht for wife and I to St Marys private hospital in Korat back in August last year. We were at that hospital In January and saw long queues of people (all Thais) there, Wife asked whats happening, She was told they were getting their Moderna shots. I went and asked at the administration centre when we were likely to get ours. Was treated with abs olute disdain and told simply....later.. Still waiting, no word at all. Wife has been told still hundreds going there, but Thais only. (No we are not racist, we just dont like farangs)
  3. I just love to watch the ladies(?} sitting around south Pattaya area puffing away on their hookas, waitng forAbdul to come home on his camel.
  4. Look on the bright side, if its reported hospitals are now half full. it also means theyre half empty.
  5. I thought 90 day visas are now a thing of the past, having been stopped some time ago, though I imagine one can apply for a 60 day, tourist visa, and once in Thailand get a 30 day extension on that.
  6. I recall seeing on this forum, some months ago, a photograph of a number of the wealthiest men in Thailand at a gathering. All were wearing black suits, white shirts, black ties, and black sun glasses. I think they would have terrified even a Mafia Don they looked so bloody sinister and evil. But hey T.I.T.
  7. Today,in NakonNowhere, and predicted to be the same for the next two days, its cold, with a bleak cold wind as well. Ive got long pants on, a pullover, and slippers on, and Im inside the house.Grey skies, but no rain.
  8. I dont worry about the time now, as I dont drink anymore. But then again I dont drink any less either.
  9. The Thai Taxi Drivers Association has lodged an official complaint, with somebody, claiming they have first rights in finding lost property.
  10. Ha, Ive come across many black haired, brown eyes female vultures in Pattaya.
  11. I live in hope and waiting, as I read recently that the Thai baht is due to nosedive in August........I just cant recall what year.
  12. Lordy, lordy be. The lady?? may lose her job and face criminal prosecution!!! How about they get real strong and give her a good thrashing with a wet lettuce leaf??... And no, she is not a nurse, as has been stated by the hospital administratiion, shes just a bloody common thief.
  13. Lordy, lordy be. The lady?? may lose her job and face criminal prosecution!!! How about they get real strong and give her a good thrashing with a wet lettuce leaf??
  14. Some people just feel the need to park directly outside a shop doorway, so they can just open their car door and fall inside. I really think shops could aleviate this problem for the poor devils b y providing a drive through service. Its a problem not restricted to any one country.
  15. A spokeperson for the Thai Police has announced that, if, and when, the two Canadians are located and detained in another country, Thai police will be sent to seek their extradition to Thailand, and on the way to whereever that may be,, the same officers will detour via Dubai, UK, France, USA, Australia and whatever country they can also think of, to also locate the red bull heir,,, honest.
  16. The Equal Opportunities Act , amongst other statements, prohibits any discrimination based on age. If a person reaches retirement age and decides to keep working, their employer would need to find a damn good reason, outside that Act, to get rid of them. This is one reason a number of companies , when taking on a new employee, now places them on contract. A contract, at its previously stated expiration date, need not be renewed, should the employer not wish to do so, bye bye employee, no reason for non renewal of the contract need be given. I used to wonder why I started see so many small., or elderly, ( in modern day":correct" langauge,, vertically challenged or senior persons)) police officers around in my country, till this Act of Parliament was pointed out to me
  17. I declared myself a non resident when I departed Oz. the only assets I now have there is my bank account, , my superannuation fund and shares in Australian public companies. Interest earned on my bank account is taxed at 10%. Dividend earnings pay me a fully franked sum, that is tax has been deducted at the company rate of 30% prior to me receiving dividends. That 30% is kept by the government. Were I still an Oz resident, I would be able to reclaim that monies back on my annual Income Tax return. In short, if your are non resident, the tax rate applicable is 10% on any bank interest, and 30% on all other earnings, franked or unfranked shares, rental income etc... For those live overseas and sometimes, or pehaps never return to Oz and do not declare their non resident status, simply because they may retain an Oz bank account, or own and rent out a property etc, I fear they live in jeopardy, the Taxation Department may assess you as non resident at any time, and will take steps to recoup any unpaid tax they deem you owe, even if that means placing a garnishy order on any accounts, shares or property you retain in Oz. It has happened numerous times past. It is simply not worth the risk.. This idea that a 6 month absence each year is sufficient is simply untrue. This info has been given to me by my nephew , who, sad to say, is an investigator with the Australian Tax office.
  18. Is it my eyesight , or are their "doggie bags" they carry getting bigger,,,,to compensate for the increased cost of living perhaps??
  19. My sympathies to the lady, and she was very lucky she was only robbed and assaulted. My 3rd and absolutely last holiday to Phuket, offered to buy a T shirt from a markets vendor "400 baht mister". When I laughed at the seller I got a mouthful of abuse. Looked at a crayfish (called lobster by some) about the size of a king pranwn, 1500 baht in a restaurant. Tuk Tuk to my hotel, 600 baht quote. I walked there in 10 minutes. Keep the bloody place, one gaint tourist rip off.
  20. Why buy a condo in Thailand, with all the future problems you will undoubtedly experience. Just rent, if problems arise later, move on.
  21. This is downright racist. What about lemmingtons, bangers and mash, sausage rolls, it should be they are added to the list, along with hundreds, if not thousands of other culinary delights.
  22. Call me a cynic, I prefer being a realist. But if you pay a reviewer enough, they will say anything you want about you, or your product.
  23. A tragedy that a man is driven to end his life. May he find some peace now. As for Thai woman having a Thai boyfriend, amongst the several cases I know of personally, the saddest is regarding a very good friend of mine, who died some years ago He was married to his Thai wife for over 25 years, bought her a house at the darkside of Pattaya, another in her village way up North, and another for her mother alongside that one. Bought a new pickup every few years, gave the wife thousands of baht weekly for her own use (she would drink a carton of Heineken each 2 or 3 days, and bought cartons of beer and cigarettes for (cousins??). She was a simple village girl, had never worked for long, he met her waitressing at a mates of his hotel. She was good hearted, looked after her husband well, but was not the sharpest knife in the kitchen. Always stated when her husband died( he was quite a few years older) she would NEVER re marry or have anything to do with a Thai man. Six months after hubbies death, I ran into her in Pattaya. She had a younger Thai guy wrapped around her. She was extremely embarrased at being caught out, but admitted she was in the process of selling the Pattaya house and moving, with the lover, back to her village. My mate received 2 pensions, he was a retired Army officer, and also on an age pension. On his death the wife was still entitled to one of those pensions, plus free medical care for life, the pension, some years ago, was then about US$20,000 annually, indexed I was told. The Thai guy certainly struck it rich . .He looked a bum without 2 baht to his name. My oldmate would be heart broken if he knew.
  24. To Hammer, querying why I put a "confused" against his post. Another reader has already answered you. Please re read the original post, the guy stated quite cleary his thoughts, suicide was on his mind. For using the monikerHammer, you must be a sensitive little sole to get upset at criticism. As for seemingly destructive comments o n this firum, we must remember quite a lot of us are no longer in the prime of youth, and can get bitter about life as we age. However I do feel most of the posts appearing here are from people who do like this country, and its people, but are bitter about practices and laws that treat the average Thai person badly, to say the least, and are discriminatory to not just us farangs, but the poor Thai person as well . The nature of Thais is not to criticise or complain, thats considered bad manners, whilst farangs reserve the right to complain against injustice and corruption, is that wrong? .
  25. I am of the opinion that the statute of limitations only applies if no action has commenced against an accused person. Should a warrant, or indictment been issued, alleging a crime, the statute of limitations does not apply, and the matter stays in existance until such time as the accused person is captured, if ever., as "an action" has legally commenced. So in this case, if a warrant or indictment for the little flea be in existance, there is no time limitation. Does anyome here know if there is such documentation in existance, I have never seen mention of same. If indeed a "red notice" has been issued by Interpol, there would most definitely be either one issued by the Thai authorities, as a "red notice" requests any police agency locating the accused to arrest him immediately, on a "provisional warrant" issued in the country where found, until Thais authorites attend that country with the original document, to then seek the accuseds extradition. Also it is not always imperitive that any two countries have an extradition treaty in existance between them, the government of the country where an accused may be arrested, can grant the release of the accused to authorities of the seeking country. This has been done several times in the past.
×
×
  • Create New...