Adumbration

Entirely worthless thread in the absence of photos of the young lady.

Cycling on any road in Thailand, especially at pre-predawn, it tantamount to suicide.

Samui vs Phuket Neither...

borax powder (shopee) an icing sugar. Works for ants and termites as well.

It would appear that there will now be a new class of service to be provided by the immigration agents. Non-O retirement extension, but with no 800K in the bank AND NO tax declaration. I have never used an agent, but for those guys that do, can you please call them and ask what the fee will be for ignoring the tax declaration. Look forward to your replys.

Immigration is already a f**king nightmare here. Just imagine what a sh!tshow it is going to be this year. I envisage massive delays due to ineptitude, corruption and confusion at the Revenue department....and what happens if they don't supply the requisite documents on time....Overstay...?

I came to SIMPLIFY my tax affairs. The seething and rancid octopus that is the ATO already has it's tentacles up every orifice of my body. If I am subjected to any of this nonsense in Thailand, I am out of here. It is not my job to fund the trough of a corrupt government. I have been selling off assets here for the last year now. I still have a few biggies to go...but my bug out bag is nigh on complete.

I never has success with spring onions. What is your secret?

I wonder how much she spent on lip filler?

Logan, statore, coconuts, mullberry, durian, ginger, galangal, pineapples, lemongrass, lime, mongoot, watercress, chili (several varieties), spearmint, peppermint, corriander, aloe vera, lemon, shallots, basil (several varieties).

Cut off point for Aus OAP is circa 850K cash. So no pension.

Most of the staff in my tesco are muslim...customers as well. But happy to take my little bloke with me when I shop if they would let me.

Pfft...Think yourself lucky, they put the pole inside my front fence line. (On two seperate properties as well)

Here are two of mine: - Never waste your time responding to fake content on internet forums. - The amount of fake accounts and content on a forum always increases dramatically when that website is put up for sale.

Man at your work.....Hmm... Exactly where do you work nowadays?...hard to keep track with all of your fictional back stories.

3% for the Thai ecomony is not a dream, it fantasy. All statistics provide by the government here are pure fiction.

Just go early. What have you got to lose. And if there is a problem you can discuss exactly what the IO wants when you return on monday. I always do my extension 45 days early....

Oh I can do better than that @Crossy Roughly two million years ago I was a second year apprentice working in huge workshop of what was, back then, Australia's biggest electrical distrubution council. There was lots of very expensive HV switchgear, lightning arrestors, et al arriving, mostly from Germany, and we had to put each item through its paces before signing off on the delivery. This process was called acceptance testing and it included simulating lightning strikes. A giant variac (about the size of a mini cooper I recall) was used to generate the strike voltage. For those unfamiliar, a variac is basically an iron dougnut which is wrapped thousands, and in this case, millions of times with the same strand of copper wire. The windings are then set in resin or something similar to protect them. After much expense and a very long wait the new (even bigger and more expensive) variac arrived at our workshop from Germany. The head of the acceptance testing department put it through it's paces, gave it the thumbs up, and then telephoned the supplier in Germany to inform them that all was good and their invoice would be paid. A day or so later I was working at my workbench (calibrating meters) and another 2nd year apprentice was standing with me talking BS. The head of the department saw this and grabbed the loafer by the ear and told him to put an asset tag on the new variac. For those unfamiliar, back in the day, large organisations would attach an asset tag to all significant plant so that it could be accounted for. This was well before computers, barcodes, skus etc. The asset tag was a small oblong shaped strip of aluminum about 3 inches long. On it was stamped the asset ID number and at the end were two little tabs that could be fitted into a pair of drilled holes then folded over so the asset tag is well secured. The other apprenctice promptly fitted the asset tag to the variac and then, after lunch, we heard screaming from the lightning simulation bay. It was the head of the department, literally screaming at the top of his lungs. To fit the asset tag, the other apprentice had to drill a pair of small holes each about 6mm in diameter in the 3mm metal sheet outer housing of the variac. But once he punched through, he had also drilled into, and severed, a good number of copper windings that were located underneath.

My personal favorite was watching a so called plumber put a fitting on the end of the pvc pipe and then smear the glue on the outside of the joint.

Hub of flip flops...

Better hurry up and get that foreign income tax in place. Money for the digital wallet scheme has to come from somewhere.

LOL. I saw a similar ad for a job in Phuket the other day. Wanted a degree qualified mechanical engineer with at least 10 years experience, had to be either a Thai or Chinese national, and had to be fluent in both written and spoken English. 6 day work week for 20KTHB. I remember years ago when I first signed up for my brokerage account. My broker, stunningly beautiful girl with near perfect English, with MBA, told me her salary was 12KTHB. However some do hit the jackpot if they can secure employment with a farang company. A guy from my village (he works on off roster) has a job in Pattani with Haliburton (spelling?). He is a mechanical engineer and is on 110K per month. He had just spent 2 months working in the States as well which was an amazing experience for him. He has been with the company for nearly three decades however.

Yes. Absolutely true. Driving or riding on any road in Thailand is perhaps the most dangerous activity you will do in your entire life. Per capita, Threpkrasstri road that runs down the centre of Phuket is the most deadly place on planet earth to ride a motorbike. And that is just using the reported statistics, which we all know are pure fiction. A lot of Thais ride, but they do not do it for the exercise, or to be outdoors, they do it to show off the expensive bike that they purchased. Cycling here is not for fitness...it is for face. I often wonder if you replaced all Thai drivers with monkeys if the road death toll in this country would go up or down.

I wonder what the nut was on his elephant ticket?