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May be true...I remember how surprised I was in the US how they build there shackshouses. No wonder they fly away when the wind blows. It's not necessarily bad that way. The walls of my parents' house were 1m thick and would easily last for 500 years - what for?

I saw a pickup carrying a lot of people, 3 days ago, and I realized how rare this sight has become in Bangkok. Yes, every day. Works very well. Better than in my home-country. Big change since the doctor died. And it keeps getting better. These racist undertones are not really helpful.

Thailand is not good value. Some things are cheap, especially what a tourist needs (restaurants, hotels, local transport). Generally, you get what you pay for (unhealthy street food, unsafe taxis, lousy building materials). But you can live very cheaply here. Many things are neither cheap nor expensive (rents in Bangkok, electronics, prostitutes). Some things are expensive (education, health care - please don't compare with the predatory US system, chemists). Example: A generic antifungal I happen to know costs 63 times more in my home-country. Another generic antifungal I happen to know costs 7 times more here. In the end, it averages out.

Usually, at the end of the year the baht is at its highest (tourist season)

India and South Africa are supposedly even worse.

This is worldwide front-page news. The PM has given a statement. Shouldn't AN move it from local Bangkok News to Thailand News?

IIRC @ballpoint once posted that in his case they used LIFO

iirc there is a service to wrap your luggage with sheets plastic. Do they also wrap it using air bubble foil for fragile goods? How much do they charge?

The Gourmet Market closed several years ago. Not enough high-value customers in the neighborhood since you moved away. Yes, it was good. It's another boring Tops now.

I am wondering if I should file a null return every year, even if I am not a tax resident. My local tax office is 5 minutes away, filing a return only for the WHT from interest takes 5-10 minutes. They don't check how many days I was here. Advantage: an audit not more than 3 years back, that's easy. 10 years back - I wouldn't have any documents at all anymore. How frequent are these audits 10 years back?

Another article in the BP today reviews several of the latest killings by these dogs (trigger warning: not nice to read that stuff). They say these dogs are getting more and more popular here, and expect more killings. They then state that these are (quote) "family-friendly" dogs, who love to "play" and "exercise". The owners are to blame. They shouldn't keep the dogs in a cage or restrict them. It seems they suggest letting these dogs freely roam the neighborhood. Just carry your Uzi.

Stat is right. The problem is the wording "government pension" which doesn't fit the German pension system. See my post Saturday 11.36 pm. Most Germans call their pensions from compulsory old-age insurance "government pensions" because they are not private pensions. But they are not paid by the government. Oldcpu is talking about this kind of pension. What you mean are pensions for civil servants, paid by the government.

There is no official answer. But it's not that we just think they don't want null returns. Many people have posted that they were actively discouraged to file null returns. TRD in many cases said "you cannot" file a null return. This is my experience too. Nothing in writing, though. But a lot more than saying " you don't have to ".

Today's BP reports of a man bitten to death in his home by 2 stray dogs, a half-bred pitbull and a half-bred rottweiler. He was old, anyway (49 y.o.). The dogs were taken in by the livestock office. I would like to know what they feed them. Obviously, these cute and cuddly dogs became ferocious animals because they were half-breds. And, as many posters have said, there are no bad dogs, only bad owners. So, let's find the owners of the stray dogs.

German pensions: Most people get a pension from their compulsory old age insurance, which is a part of the compulsory social insurance system for most employees. These pensions are not taxed in Germany if you live in Thailand. And Thailand, until now, hasn't taxed them either. Many former employees also get an additional private pension from their former employer. These are mostly taxed in Germany (as @JimGantjust explained). Former civil servants get a pension from the (federal or state) government, taxed in Germany. Former professionals like lawyers and doctors get a pension from their professional associations (bodies governed by public law, where they paid compulsory old-age insurance). I don't know how these are taxed.

It's called W district. It's not a market, it's a farang-oriented collection of restaurants, bars and beer gardens. It hasn't changed much over the years.

It's not at all sure she has cancer already, it may just as well be a precursor to cancer, eg a pathological PAP smear. Most girls will not differentiate (and won't understand the difference anyway), but the difference in treatment and outcome is huge. She should go to Chonburi Cancer Hospital as suggested, at least for further diagnostics, and probably get the treatment there, too. It doesn't make sense at all to go to a private hospital at this stage, as Sheryl said.

Agreed I was talking about soi 81

So, all the attractions of Soi 81 are not located in Soi 81.

This is a common fallacy in Thailand. Thai youth think "my partner is not a sex worker and doesn't have sex with sex workers, so we are safe and don't need a condom." Many see not using a condom as a sign of mutual trust and love. As a result, "normal" teens have become a main risk group for HIV. ALWAYS use condoms, except in a monogamous relationship. Monogamous means much longer than a couple of weeks. Sex without a condom gets yourself sick and spreads disease to others. (And, no, the chances are not 1:25,000 as pseudo-statisticians claim.)

There is the former Onnut food court, moved to the bridge of Khlong Bangchin. Closes late in the evening, and is boring anyway. KaraOK near Lee Garden. The most popular places at night are the three 7/11. There used to be a streetwalker opposite KV, not sure whether she still works there. A python lives in the neighborhood, quite a big one. There used to be a free swimming pool, closed at night. At night you can swim in Khlong Bangchin and try to catch a lizard. If it's raining, you can also enjoy the flooding near the soi entrance. KV has a porch where you can sit and watch the traffic. The ice cream parlour (2 tables) has folded, unfortunately. You can chat with the motorcycle guys at the soi entrance, 24 hours. You see, it's an exciting area. A while ago, someone posted a video from some influencer. This guy found Soi 81 so exciting, he turned around and went to Soi 50 instead.

No.

No. As a very rough generalization, you can say the younger the patient the more aggressive the tumor growth. In very old people (78is not very old), tumors often grow so slowly that invasive treatment is not warranted. Many AN members will know this about prostate cancer.

A lot of cancers can be cured. Especially with children. But there are also many adults surviving more than 5 or 10 years. A friend had malignant melanoma 30 years ago. Another hat bladder carcinoma 12 years ago. Another had colon carcinoma about 15 years ago. All are well now.

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