Albert Zweistein

16 hours ago, LivinLOS said:

For all the slagging, theres a huge market out there and Thailand has many of the appeals which could make this work.. 

What they need to do is have crystal clear rules and a system of enforcement that works in real world practice, to enable this through visa, work legality, and any taxation or tax waiver. 

It would be very simple for example to covert the current 'media' visa for freelance media professionals into a similar visa for freelance / online workers. They could hold a deposit against taxation for min wage for the duration of the visa issued and make 2nd year contingent on accepted simple accounts.

These things are possible but it requires vision, consistency, clarity, rules that are applied nationally etc etc. Which is why so many see it as impossible. 

They could hold a deposit against taxation for min wage for the duration of the visa. Hahahahahahahahaha.

17 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Another day, another hub... 

I can't hub it anymore !

1 hour ago, 86Tiger said:

Just a hunch, but I suspect there will be an increase in electrical fires sooner than later.......

I remember years ago a fire in a disco caused by an out side transformer.............

On 10/13/2020 at 1:43 AM, Fat George said:

Thai Airways still owe me a refund of my return flight to the UK which they cancelled in June. 

 

I don't believe they can or should be flying anywhere until they clear their debts. 

 

But my guess is that they may be doing so in order to bring stranded Thais home. 

Just have their aircraft confiscated when in London.

How can one tell if a Thai official is lying ? When his lips are moving !

4 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Everyone except Thailand. 
 

They have had it so good for so long they have totally lost all sense of perspective and reality.
 

It’s not surprising Thai women think foreigners are all millionaires and have 6 months holiday a year. 

And a tree in the garden that grows 100 Euro bills.

6 hours ago, Ganesh108 said:

The world's wretched and destitute? ???? I didn't know that Somalian pirates, Liberian lepers and Bangladeshi beggars are amongst us in the guise of tourists. 

You forgot the IS terrorists.

7 hours ago, Fairynuff said:

So that plane that was about to take off?........... 

It disappeared like MH 370.

8 hours ago, steelepulse said:

A tribute to Eddie Van Halen, nice.

 

Where have all the good times gone.

 

 

 

I think the first one was Marlene Ditrich, Van Halen wasn't even born yet at that time.

Altough I have been many times to the land of l1es and always enjoyed very well I have deleted it now from my bucket list. Once the world opens up there will be many more and better options than a country run by a muppet show.

13 hours ago, ukrules said:

Sure, according to the government statistics some ~3.5k people have had COVID and are probably immune to a second symptomatic infection which does anything more than give you an annoying sniffle due to long term B and T cells which are created during recovery - these create fresh antibodies quickly on re-exposure.

 

Compare that ~3.5k infections with other countries who have had millions of cases and therefore millions of people who are robust against the virus.

 

The situation is in no way comparable.

 

The less people who become ill with the virus the harder it is to spread among the population.

 

Even without vaccination it would 'go away' not because it's actually gone but because there's a lack of vulnerable hosts available in a geographic area, if it can't find new hosts quickly then it dies out.

 

Without a vaccine the only way to build immunity is through infection and there's hardly been any infections according to government figures so Thailand remains more vulnerable to an outbreak than countries who have had large scale epidemics.....

 

 

Scientists are saying that immunity is disappering after 3 - 4 months.

12 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

You are both wrong. She's had no surgery and doesn't have fake boobs. The show wasn't rigged. If it was she wouldn't have won it as she is new to the 'scene'.

How do I know all this? She's the girlfriend of one of my best mates. And she's a lovely girl both inside and out.

Even best mates lie sometimes or don't know all the ins and outs.

More then Trump.

On 10/9/2020 at 3:42 PM, lungbing said:

Thanks to the left who wouldn't accept the results four years ago because Hilary thought it was her turn.  Then instead of getting their act together and  bringing new policies forward that would be acceptable to the voting public, they spent 4 years trying to discredit Trump by one stupid method or another.  And finally, after four long years, the best they could come up with was another elderly rich white man.  And I'm English, so I do not even have a horse in this race.

Anyway Hilary got 3 million votes then Trump. This brawling man is a disgrace to mankind and I am not American.

On 10/9/2020 at 4:31 PM, 2 is 1 said:

This is the same vaccine what they waiting in EU also. Have read report that it can be ready when they say. Same vaccine what they stop test whit people when somebody coming very sick from it. Then they get permission to go forward. EU has paid already 2 billion € for it so i think Thailand not see it before EU is done! And that is not early next year!

You'r right except the € 2 billion, acually it's € 300 million.

12 hours ago, meechai said:

Man-O-Man  I would be upset if I wanted to/needed to go back now...Because this smells like their holding your real estate hostage

 

The fact that #1 requirement is to prove you own it is fine...After that there should be no further requirements

You own real property (most likely a condo) & you want to return to it. If you have a proper visa etc then that should be it.

What is the reasoning for this further blackmailing of owners?

 

I think it has finally dawned on them that when this fiasco is over & it eventually will be over

Many that were trapped out will be back to sell condos & empty bank account of the previously required 800k baht

 

I know many always say foreigners mean nothing in the bigger picture of Thailand but I think this slide will be felt

 

So again I ask....What is the reasoning for this further blackmailing of owners?

 

 

 

Many expat condo/house owners have a wife/GF and many of them a car as well. When they can't return to LOL because of those new requirements the property ends in the hands of the ladies. For those unable to pay their mortgages the bank will claim the property and sell it cheap to the Chinese.

19 hours ago, Enzian said:

I don't fully understand all the details of this article, but the basic idea is that one buys corporate bonds from say a hospitality company and if the  company defaults one can recover from a government fund. So: what would be involved in getting the government to pay in case of default? And what kind of returns would we be talking about? This would seem to be "junk" with a capital J.

Who is stupid enough to buy Thai bonds ?

16 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

So all dirty infected foreigners will be required to load this tracking App on their phones?

Yes and therefore I will bring my little old Nokia.

19 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Go and ask the bar girls see what they say, I see one complaining the other day she's not had sex for 10 weeks

Did you help her ?

10 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Wait, wait, wait, wait.......... No....

 

You can accept even one million , if somebody want come. Your coverment not let them come!

They want eat salad!

And the jobless Thai people grass.