clivebaxter

Bought Macbook Air last week 29600 baht with the education discount came with a free Apple USB/HDMI dongle. Don't fancy forking out 2-3k for an Apple mouse, or getting a piece of rubbish from China for 100 baht. Any decent one non battery available?

Thanks, I did all that last year and eventually the bank stopped charging the tax and after 6 months got the rebate. I still am not sure if they started charging tax on under 20k interest a year for all customers or just for foreigners, mrs never seems to get any tax on her savings. I assume you don't have to do this every year or they start deducting tax again?

Industry professionals- pimps and prostitutes ???? The 1996 law is clear enough no need to amend it.

59 minutes ago, asiaexpat said:

It is a tax report form for next year, just ignore it unless you can complete it yourself to report next year. I always ignore it and go to the Revenue Office to do my report for refunding tax paid. 

Thanks, as I dont pay any tax the bin it is then

Last year got a tax card to get tax back on interest, now they sent me this form. Can't understand any of it and as I don't work here and earn no money here can I just ignore it?

On 3/8/2022 at 6:29 AM, DrDave said:

Link to AXA insurance:

 https://www.axa.co.th/en/axa-sawasdee-thailand-travel-insurance .

 

Coverage includes 750,000THB accident/sickness (including COVID-19), 850,000THB 3rd party liability and 1,000,000THB accidental death, murder!, dismemberment.  Higher/additional coverage is also available.

Like nearly all insurance, it does not cover hotel quarantine costs or hospitalization that is not medically necessary.

 

why wont they let you take it out if in Thailand? no other company has this rule

On 3/11/2022 at 11:05 AM, Kwasaki said:

Well I don't care what others quote me I would rather stay on topic than reply. 

My position still is that from the beginning right or wrong on either side there is unnecessary loss of life. 

What the Ukrainian President rhetoric has been is suicidal.

I believe he thought that NATO would come to his aid military.

That wasn't going to happen. 

 

There are reports than Putin has been planning this for many years and expected the response maybe not as much as has happened in the way of sanctions.

 

All this war is, is food for the media. 

 

I still believe that Ukraine even at this stage should surrender to terms to stop the war and loss of life. 

At some stage Putin will be overthrown and the future could then lead to a better future than the one that is happening now and the way it's heading.

 

 

I expect your advice to Churchill would have been surrender after Dunkirk and for Stalin to give up at Volgograd, good job they did not and neither should Ukraine. How about the Americans surrendering in 1776?

Uninteresting photos to say the least

They never usually give much for anything so it's a good gesture

19 hours ago, connda said:

I find the visceral hatred of the Russian culture, Russian people, and by extension the Eastern ethnic Slavic race within Russia's borders among members of the AseanNow forums to be abhorrent in its lack of humanity.
You people should be ashamed, but you will double-down and keep up this vitriolic hatred probably for the rest of your lives. Very sad. 

It reminds me of anti-Communist witch-hunt by McCarthy-ites in the United States during the 1950s.  You'd think we'd learn from history, but that never happens.  We just keep repeating the same hatred, and in the West, Russia is always a prime target.

Nobody in a county's general public is responsible for their government's foreign policy decisions. 
Wishing harm on the Russian people because they are from Russia is inhuman.  Grow a soul people.  Hatred like this is inexcusable.

Nobody has even hinted they 'hate' Russian culture, however, some things need to be hated such as unprovoked invasions, shelling civilian populations including schools and hospitals, making millions of people refugees. People voted for Putin and most support him so the general public do bear some responsibility for his lies and murders. 'Hate' has become an over used word to demonize anyone with an opinion people don't like.

Just now, orchis said:

Dhipaya.
Hotel was Century Park Hotel
Hospital Piyavate
Hospitel Maitria.
I think i caught it on the Qatar flight, it was rowdy, people running around maskless, no enforcement ven after asking sttaff to intervene, very chaotic boarding deplaning and transit methods.

Thats why I booked business class coming back, less people around you,thanks

Had a look at the AXA one mentioned, states can only be purchased if you are outside of Thailand and def does not cover hotel quarantine, i'll pass on that then

36 minutes ago, orchis said:

I was,
on the basis of a positive test, without having seen a doctor, an ambulance took me from the hotel's underground parking lot to a hospitel where I had to stay ten days with very bad food. I never saw a doctor but every morning a nurse came in to take my vital signs only. Insurance paid everything, about 120,000 thb.  I didn't advance a single satang though this was only confirmed upon day 11 check-out.

It wasn't a false positive, I had my own ATK test kit with me and tested myself; result was also positive.

what insurance company did you use?

Nong Google, the kid round the corner, is only 8 but 45 kilo, even puts sugar on his noodles washed down with pints of Coke, you can't tell them ????

2 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Just out of interest Clive--what does the factory owner(s) hope to achieve by their workers taking English lessons?

No idea so far. Having looked at loads of material, some links by PM I found this one and thought she is pretty good

Qatar

34 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

https://www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk

 

The 'Get Started' link is near the bottom. You can start it any time, but you can't finish and submit it until 3 days before arrival (not 2 days, sorry!)

They must have changed that recently then, it was 48 hours, not much point to it anyway