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On 5/26/2025 at 1:30 AM, webfact said:
Minister Espen Barth Eide confirmed the service cut, explaining that it is not a legally mandated duty.
Well, it’s the same with all European governments:
Keep the taxes at the same crazy level or even increase them,
but deliver less and lesser service for it.
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On 1/11/2025 at 12:59 AM, webfact said:
former Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul
well… guess, which category of hotels Mr. Anutin owns where…
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😉 Asking myself, how many of the readers, afraid of MPox, here identify themselves as:
MSM = men-who-have-sex-with-men
and fit the description: „The mpox-positive MSM were older …. and more often lived with HIV… Furthermore, mpox-positive patients more often reported receptive anal sex without a condom, sexualized drug use, more sex partners, and were more often diagnosed with bacterial STI“
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Well… WHO declares a „public health emergency of international concern“ due to 500 MPox deaths in the DR of Congo
- but at they are ignoring, that in the same period 40,000 people died from Malaria in the DR of Congo ….
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Who is this time making money by having the license to produce the (so-called) vaccine in Thailand ? 😇
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Interestingly, he is only mentioning the Chinese …
Quite a number of the Indians carted around with huge busses in Pattaya seem to fit in the zero-baht-category as well !
And did anyone mention the endless numbers of Indian restaurants popping up everywhere, where you never see any Thai among the staff?
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On 6/5/2024 at 1:26 PM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:
Gotcha.... Examples:
If you live in Portugal for 183 or more days in a calendar year, you'll be considered a resident and must pay income tax on your worldwide income. If you live in Portugal for fewer than 183 days, you'll only need to pay on income earned within Portugal.
https://www.expatica.com/pt/finance/taxes/guide-to-taxes-in-portugal-105742/
A resident individual is subject to Australian income tax on a worldwide basis,
https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/australia/individual/taxes-on-personal-income
The example of Portugal isn’t necessarily a good one, depending on the country, you are coming from.
…. quite a number of EU citizens are applying for residency in Portugal to reduce the tax burden from their home country 😉
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15 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:
"Long COVID is defined as a multisystem disease that have a devastating effect on any organ system, with potentially lifelong consequences. Rates of long COVID among people who have contracted SARS-CoV-2 vary controversially between studies and regions, from about 10 percent to a staggering 50 percent of people who’ve had the virus reported as having long term symptoms."
At least 14% of Americans have long COVID, research suggests
The researchers found that nearly half (47%) of people surveyed reported having had COVID-19 at some point, while 14% of the total had had long COVID at some point, half of whom (7% of the total) still had long COVID symptoms when answering the survey.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-11-americans-covid.html
Almost a third of COVID survivors report symptoms 2 years post-infection
A meta-analysis of 12 studies shows that 30% of COVID-19 survivors have persistent symptoms 2 years after infection, the most common of which are fatigue, cognitive problems, and pain.
For the study, published yesterday in the Journal of Infection, an international team led by a researcher from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain, searched the literature for observational and case-control studies of long COVID 2 years after infection.
And I would like to know also:
How many of these got how many mRNA injections,
constantly reproducing and flooding their body with spike proteins and -who knows what- different mRNA...
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„And many of these nouveau-tourists are monied, allowing them, in some cases, to circumvent some of the paperwork required by others, aided by corrupt lawyers, officials and agents who ‘smooth’ over visa and business applications.“
Well … following different Farang chat groups, also for so-called „expats“, I get the feeling, those asking most for agents and circumventing paperwork, are the newbies from:
USA !
So - why should we expect, the Russians aren’t doing the same ?
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21 hours ago, Jingthing said:
It's impossible to know that.
yeah … but one could make an educated guess
(eg. by taking the length of Russian borders into account, by comparing the Russian progress in Ukraine by the depth, they would have to cover on NATO territory, … )
And even those, who nevertheless still forecast a Russian attack,
cannot possibly know that.
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it’s called North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not Pacific Treaty Organization!
… if the US Neocons want to start World War 3 with China:
Do it on your own!-
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Only 400 companies ??? 🤣
That is one of the best jokes this week !
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well, that should be easy ! … I would suggest, to look into :
- all the music bands, a lot of them with Flipper accent
- the endless number of Indian restaurants (where, despite a big number of Indian tourists, there are so many devout of customers that an inquiry about the -real- business model might be interesting…)
- however, I assume, all the Indian staff in the big Indian discotheques on Walking Street has a work permit😉
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On 3/7/2024 at 2:18 AM, sirineou said:
I am not from Jomtien so I dont know of any but If they have them in Khon Kaen where I am I am sure that there must be some in your area,
But if you wanted to get started on the basics, why not an online beginners course?
But I did a google search and found several
1) to get the tones right, you need a Thai teacher to correct you
2) @sirineou was asking for experience ! And especially in the Pattaya area, this is a very valid question, as there are quite a number of „schools“ operating more as Education Visa „enablers“ - instead of teaching Thai.
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On 12/23/2023 at 7:17 AM, PETERTHEEATER said:
An English language report from another source says the ferry was hit by a high sea state including 3 metre high waves which flooded the lower deck causing engine failure.
Also, that navy divers would inspect the vessel.
well… “high sea state including 3 metre high waves” - amazing Thailand
Nobody in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Biscaya would even talk about that wave height ! Sailing with a small 27 feet sailing boat in 3m waves is no problem (so long as … you know, what you are doing and the boat is well maintained).
(Even with a significant wave height of 2m - which would be applied for the 2nd lowest CE classification for boats: C in coastal waters - you have to expect one or the other 3m wave.)
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15 hours ago, VinnieK said:
I wonder how these millions of Sino-thais got to live here in the first place
well - learning a little bit about Thailand‘s history might help … ????
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On 10/22/2022 at 5:02 AM, hotandsticky said:
Same for British Airways.
… you should the see the FinnAir flight attendants first 55555
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On 10/25/2022 at 3:32 AM, Iron Tongue said:
5-year closure?
So this Chinese national wouldn't think of reopening it under a different name or anything like that?
He has already experience in that …
Before, that Club was called “Bone Club” and was closed, as far as I remember, also for 5 years.
It then re-emerged again as One Club.
I assume, the next name will be “Ne Club”:
… Bone Club - (B)one Club - (Bo)ne Club … ????
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The “Zero Baht”-tours are quite well known.
However, with the current invasion of native Indians and the TAT concentrating on India as the next “1 billion plus” country to replace the China tourism,
I am wondering, if Chuwit’s focus on Chinese with his Zero Baht envelope is not blocking the view on the (Indian) Elephant in the room…
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Good to learn that even a short string of RNA
can develop some intelligence! ????
So - the virus is capable to differentiate,
if it is in a cinema or public transport
and decides, to only infect in these places? ????
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8 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:
The problem there is Thai's don't want to lose face, so it will be the usual, "up to you" response, whereas I would like to question them as to why their policy is to wear a face mask, are they disease qualified experts, the government has no mandatory policy, what puts them above the law.
In other words, I like to have answers to my questions answered, most of the times, people can't deliver, and when and if it comes to well if you don't like it, you can shop elsewhere, to which my reply would be but of course, that is a given, but no before I have your name so that your boss, owner knows exactly what you have said and have created, because it is not only me that you are sending away to shop elsewhere.
As you can see, I like a bit of a challenge as opposed to bending over at someone's policy that would have very little substance in holding up why that policy was implemented.
I fully understand, where you are coming from. … And normally, to make people think, would be the right way.
However, from what I observe, it’s interestingly the better educated and richer Thais, who are still sticking to the old Covid narratives.
That guy at the front door is most likely a low salary employee, just “following the orders” of his managers.
Had recently a similar experience in a famous venue in Chiangmai, where they even requested an ATK …. 55555
IMO it didn’t make any sense to discuss with the bouncers, but stated loud and clear, what I thought and spending my money elsewhere.
However: I made also sure to let the story known to others, who are connected with the owner and that our group spent that night ~10,000 somewhere else.
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That won’t help !
Instead of the cans and chairs,
they will just park their <deleted>in motorbikes - or even an old bicycle - in front of the shops …
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On 10/1/2022 at 3:08 AM, 4MyEgo said:
This is somewhat confusing, one minute it says, masks are still being recommended, and some venues and services based on "business" may still require them, BUT....the mandate has been dropped for months, AND it's a personal decision, NOW if someone wishes to wear a mask.
So, if I rock up to Makro or Lotus or Central is some dipstick going to try and tell me that they are above the law and ask me to wear a mask to go in ?
Easy: Vote with your feet.
And state loud and clear, that you’ll spend your money elsewhere.
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1 minute ago, Bangkok Barry said:
It's just one of the things about Thailand that I'll never understand. In a country where saving face is so important, even more than life itself on occasions, we regularly have someone come out with absolute nonsense about something they clearly have no proper understanding of and haven't thought through, making themselves look like fools. It happens several times a week. Baffling.
Well, that’s not limited to Thai government, isn’t it ?
eg. the EU commission and German ministers coming immediately to my mind
- I’m leaving comments regarding US presidents to the US forum members … ????
Submarine Saga: Phumtham Greenlights Thai Navy’s Chinese Sub Purchase
in Thailand News
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only for US submariners 🤣
Average depth Gulf of Thailand: 45 m
Average depth Baltic Sea: 52 m