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Is it possible to block someone in a way his posts are not displayed to me anymore? (Too much clutter posted by some people)

So what? I don't care if @chiang maiis Mike Lister or Santa Claus. I care about what people post. I am looking at a way that posts of certain people won't even displayed to me, too much useless clutter.

I was hoping for an answer from anyone else, not exactly you. Sorry, I am trying to be polite.

Air tickets, revisited: Buying a ticket out of Thailand to the US and paying with my foreign CC may or may not be a remittance, this has been discussed extensively, at least 3 times. So please don't start this discussion again. What if someone else, living abroad, pays with their foreign CC? I wouldn't even have to reimburse them, they owe me money. IIRC, this also has been discussed a long time ago, and the answer was, - in the UK, HMRS would consider this a remittance - in Thailand, probably too - this would effectively mean all tickets out of Thailand are taxed, and someone recommended to fly to a neighboring country first, and buying the long-haul ticket there Do I remember correctly?

I know this beautiful wall all too well, its a real eyesore. Unfortunately, our area at Prachachuen is flooded anyway, every time it rains. We don't need water from Khlong Prapa to achieve this, we can do it ourselves. It's not that much (less than 50 cm), though, and it's usually dry again within 24 hours

BP reported that the Maserati had no license plate. Interesting that so many experienced accident investigators on this farang forum didn't mention this. Instead blaming a poor Thai kid.

You mean the right side?

The recommendation would be Tadalafil (eg Cialis) 5mg daily. Not Viagra, it is excreted too fast. Cialis 5mg for this purpose is covered by many insurances.

Generic viagra from GPO (called Sidegra) in Bangkok, 20 tablets of 100mg each, 1000B. Generic cialis from India (called Apcalis) in Bangkok, 4 tablets of 20mg each, 400 B. Half of these prices in Western Europe (if self-pay). A fraction of these prices in India, eg apollopharmacy.in

Agreed. Having said that, Gant is actually useful, if repetitive. Others of the disruptors are just so boring I don't read them anymore.

Technically, you are right (not sure about " no country"). Practically, I am right. You cannot go to a country you are not familiar with and expect to pay using the internet. We just had this problem on a business trip, just a couple of days. It was a PITA. As usual on AN, this has degenerated into "I am right! Me, me, me!". Very useful.

So, easy solution: Just feel free to bribe the tax official if they ever want your taxes. Where is the problem?

Many. Not allowed to buy a SIM, not allowed to get a contract for SIM or home internet. That's pretty normal. Of course, you always find a workaround. But do you want to use these workarounds for banking. Public Wifi can usually be used by foreigners - but again, for banking? And you can always use your home country SIM and pay roaming fees, but have to mortgage your house first. I would think that Thailand is the exception where every foreigner can buy a SIM. But I may be wrong, I don't have statistics.

In Thailand, rarely. In home- country, it's usually down. Oh, in many countries I go I am not allowed to use internet as a foreigner. Not everywhere is Liverpool.

There is a website where working girls do (sometimes) publish their preferences. It's common to see "no Indians". You hardly see "no Arabs". The most sought after ethnicity is Korean.

Thx for a useful post (as opposed to a certain guy). So, if you live in a condo or apartment, where packages are just dropped at the office/ reception/ front door without notification, this Check Before Pay service (which is discretionary anyway) won't be of any use for you. It's very useful if you are staying on the farm.

It's people like you who think the US (or Russia, or China) can stop nuclear winter, who will bring us WW III

With "further reading" I meant read the whole article. Maybe not clear enough for you, or maybe too much reading for you.

As air quality yesterday was visibly worse than the days before, and aqicn and BP confirmed it, I just checked IQ air stations around Watthana. 5 government stations report AQI between 55 and 71. They are the yellow ones on the map. Many non-governmental stations report 11- 27, all green. (Some of them publish pictures of their stations, they are indoors) What's the explanation for the discrepancy? Measuring indoors and outdoors maybe?

Artikel in the BP today explained that now the buyer has a right to open the package. After further reading it becomes clear that you have the right to open the package after you paid the money. Very funny. You do not have the right to open the package before you pay. So nothing changed. If it is the way Gottfrid said (where does he know this from?) you now have a third party involved and if you want to get your money back you have to haggle with them. First line of defense will be "farang cannot".

You will be forced to carry your phone always, everywhere. Edward Snowden reminded us, that every smartphone is a bugging device, a tracking and spying device. The only way to avoid the bug in your pocket is leaving it at home. But once the phone is needed as wallet (and as keys for home and car), you don't have this option anymore. You are under permanant surveillance. And if whoever controls your device (remember: that's not you) ... well, pagers and walkie-talkies come to mind. You think that's ridiculous? Hizbollah would have thought so, too, a month ago.

I think so. But to be honest, I haven't seen any discrimination towards me as a foreigner in my (limited) dealings with the TRD so far. Last time, the motorcycle driver who brought me there and me got the same treatment (200B late fee). Difference was, I got a receipt, he didn't.

I agree. But I will make sure that I have some documentation, if asked. What documentation TRD actually wants and accepts, is anyone's guess. If it's a tax certificate translated, certified, and legalised by various embassies and MFA, "signed by 2 directors", my solution is probably leaving Thailand. The Siam legal guy said "you will get a tax certificate" in your home-country - 555. Pensioners here have for decades unsuccessfully tried to get a Thai tax certificate - it won't be easier in my country. What I found disturbing is that TRD has thought about credit cards at all. I find it rather imaginable. My tax adviser in my home country even told me, they would probably introduce a WHT on remittances. I don't believe this, but I mention it to show how tax people "think". Agreed. BTW the Siam Legal guy also explained, that the new rules are not law. The law is ambiguous (this has been discussed on AN at the very beginning of all this). He said, if the law is ambiguous it should be interpreted in the way most favorable to the tax payer. He thinks, if the new rules are challenged in court, the tax payer would win.

The Siam Legal guy was asked whether using a foreign credit card in Thailand would be a taxable remittance. He said yes, and his teacher thinks so, too. This teacher is a professor who is also a judge at the tax court.

Just a reminder: mutual funds cannot be used as 800,000 for visa extension