OnTheLash

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Who told you that BS. It would mean that mine would be OK at 176, when it is average 127. 

The lower number is more important so I was told by my cardiologist, below 80 is OK.

I was also told that heartrate BELOW 55 is dangerous. Mine is average 47. 

176 should be ok at your age. There are other ways of lowering your BP without enriching big pharma if you are that concerned.

Years ago the school of thought was that the lower number was the most important, now they are saying the higher number is the most important.

No BS from me. Only BS from the medical community looking at their bottom line first. 

I will never take any of those tablets. Each to their own.

9 hours ago, harleyclarkey said:

Of all Nationalities the Nigerians scheme and scam their way into any country where they can cheat and defraud. Am I exaggerating? Their own president stated on TV that Nigerians are utterly corrupt.

We have an inordinate number of them in Ireland.  How? As there is no direct flight to Ireland from Nigeria.  You claim asylum in the 1st country you land in. 

I honestly have no respect for the majority of Nigerians as they have fraud and scams in their DNA from birth. 

Pity for a country with a lot of resources and oil reserves of 36m barrels. 

Why does the West, especially,  take the junk from such countries when their despot tyrant leaders steal all the resources? 

 

Couldn't agree more. I have worked there and seen them first hand in all their glory. In my opinion it is the biggest dump on the planet.

Leave any valuables lying around in the workplace and they will be gone, they can't help themselves.

All those natural resources, great weather and fertile land is completely wasted on them. It's all down to leadership.

My cousin married one of them in Ireland. He got the Irish passport and was gone.

The UK is now full of Nigerian criminals. Terrible people.

I had an issue with a neighbour stealing water when I lived in a cr@ppy Thai Soi in Pattaya.

She would lean over the wall and connect her hose to a tap on my side.

She would then hose the road down cleaning all the dog <deleted> up, over a distance of about 5 houses.

She would do this every evening. I think she was 1 can short of a 6 pack.

I let her get on with it.

BTW she has an accessible tap on her side.

On 6/12/2023 at 3:59 AM, clokwise said:

Since you say you are not in CM yet, I'd recommend on renting a condo for 2 to 6 months, and during that time you'll have a chance to drive to all parts of town and get a feel for the different areas. And you won't have to hurry to buy somewhere and possibly regret it later.

 

Surprised no one has mention it yet, the vicinity of the Ruamchok intersection is a really good choice. Right there you have a big wet market, Lotus's, Tops's, Rimping, plus all the usual banks, drug stores and all the other usual stores, plus heaps of great restaurants including farang favorites Dukes, Good View, Salsa Kitchen and Ohkajhu. Plus Central Festival is 10 minutes drive if you want to go there. All ranges of moobans - from the massive cookie cutter corporate style, to the build-your-own estates. Plenty of lo-rise inexpensive condos too. Hospitals nearby. International schools are around there too. Traffic is bad only at that intersection roughly for an hour and a half in the morning and in the evening (much like everywhere else in CM), but otherwise it's fine. Certainly beats Hang Dong traffic. Plus you have easy access to MaeJo and Huay Tung Tao, the superhighway, and the inner and outer ring roads.

 

100% agree with the above. Best area to live in Chiang Mai. 

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’m not sure why you’d want to...  it would cost you 747,500 Baht per year in Tax !!! 

 

You’re far better off leaving 800k baht seasoned in a Thai account. 

 

The only advantages I can nee are: The removal of 90 day reports (irrelevant if you are in and out regularly) and fast track through the airport.

 

The permission to work in Thailand part is extremely vague... its not as if you can just start a business and work, I’m sure there would be ‘work permit hoops’ to jump through. 

 

I thought the 17% tax was for the highly skilled professionals category. 

I thought this might fall under the wealthy pensioner category.

Earning more than 80k USD outside of Thailand. 

What does it matter if the money has come from pensions or earned overseas?

Not sure how they would collect the tax anyway?

Nobody I know working overseas (oil and gas) has paid a penny in tax in Thailand.... and I know quite a few people in that category.

This also includes people working in the Gulf of Thailand BTW.

Would somebody that works overseas (oil and gas), over 50 years old, currently on a retirement visa and earns 120k usd a year qualify?

Any thoughts? 

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Not as a patient no, but I spent a great deal of time this summer on daily visits to someone in hospitals, more than one because they moved twice to different NHS hospitals.

 

 

So tell me, what did I miss?

 

All the immigrants being treated at the UK tax payers expense.

2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

More to do with rapid waistline growth and the ‘Baby Boom’ generation (the clue is in the name) getting old.

 

Young immigrants don’t tend to use the health service until they are old and many do not stay that long.

 

Have you been into a hospital in the UK recently. Lol.

6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Odd you should mention Bradford, with your snide dig.

 

I recommend watching the TV series ‘Bradford on Duty’.

 

It’s a fly on the wall look at people in public service working for the good of the Bradford community.

 

It’s an excellent look at Bradford people from a wide range of ethnic and religious backgrounds demonstrating the very best values of community, real British values.

 

You of course might not like it.

Sounds riveting!

On 7/29/2022 at 12:22 PM, kennw said:

Bought a 2Tb external hard drive for B1600, Windows 10 capable. Did not work when I tried it so I opened the black external case. The drive inside it showed the truth, it was actually 160 Gb, manufactured in Thailand in year 2008, seven years before Windows 10 was released. Lazada help was very good and I got my money refunded, but even though I told them about the supplier scam (Thailand Rangsit area) there has not been any follow up.  

Was it a Samsung SSD by any chance. I have just ordered 2 of them?

1 hour ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

I was informed many years ago that the monies cannot be in a fixed term account. The IO want to see movement in your account. If not, what are you living on? 

Never heard of that before. Thanks for your input.

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

If your bank book has been updated it should not be needed. You could also get a 3 month statement before you close the account.

Top man Joe!!

4 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Show both bank books when you apply to show you maintained the 800k baht. Just be sure there is only a short period of time while the funds are being transferred.

Thanks Joe,

What about the bank statements for the first 3 months? Are they required?

Another question please?

It has been 3 months since my last extension (retirement).

I am currently with the BKK Bank.

I am considering opening a separate SCB account, putting 800k in it and forgetting about it. Only to be used for extensions.

In 9 months time when I come to do the next extension and if they ask for 12 months bank statements  it will only be able to show the money has been in for 9 months and not for 3 months at the start, after my current extension.

Hope that makes sense?

Will this be a problem?

Does a ''fixed deposit'' account negate the need for 12 months of bank statements.

If you have a fixed deposit account with SCB or BKK Bank with 800k for a retirement visa will you need the 12 months bank statements as well as the letter from the bank? BKK Bank take a week. SCB take a day I believe?

Thai's don't like not guilty pleas.

If they say you are guilty then you are guilty!! It doesn't matter what you say.

I think the fact that she was a foreign teenage girl when arrested spared her the "plastic bag'' treatment.

The drugs will be resold by the ''real criminals," we all know who they are.

A wedge of money early on would have got her out of this awful predicament.

If she actually knew what she was signing for is pure speculation and irrelevant, the payoff was not made and the boyfriend scarpered.