Everything posted by JimTripper
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Sukhumvit Nightlife: Who’s Keeping It Alive?
Having a girl sit with me without a lady drink anywhere has been gone for decades Mr. Leather.
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5 year multiple entry DTV visa (Destination Thailand) from 2024-xx-xx
When asked always give a rote response with the purpose of the visa, no more. Tourism, retired, digital nomad, whatever. Nobody cares, but they want a verbal response on record. No additional info is offered unless they ask more questions.
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5 year multiple entry DTV visa (Destination Thailand) from 2024-xx-xx
Why did you not use the website? It looked like the application process was all online now. You just document current living location.
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How to make friends ... on forums like this (parts 1-2-3 of 9)
Thanks for reporting that.
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Why Do People Nitpick?
By putting other people down, you elevate yourself. Attention is focused on someone else's shortcoming, not your own.
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Drain fly problem.
Yes, my neighbor. I used to call him "the man of many smells".
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Sexual Debauchery
Oxford anthropologist J.D. Unwin studied 86 societies and civilizations to see why some collapse and others don't. What did he find? That sexual debauchery leads to the collapse of a civilization within 3 generations. Without prenuptial chastity, people usually regress into the lowest "dead" category as they become interested only in their own wants and needs. They become slaves to their appetites. Cultures that have embraced total sexual freedom collapse within three generations. They might limp along for a time, powered by some momentum, but eventually, they are conquered or taken over by another culture.
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Should I buy a condo or rent?
Is not very bright though, needs assistance...
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Thailand's Expats Urged to Register with TRD for Tax, Says Expert
You seem to be in a hurry to close the thread. Why don't you stick around awhile?
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Thailand's Expats Urged to Register with TRD for Tax, Says Expert
Unless your family would benefit from moving and saving on taxes.
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Kamala Harris’s Next Chapter: What Lies Ahead After Her White House Exit
I think she ran at all due to a lack of viable Democratic candidates. I don't think she really wanted the Presidency. I'm not seeing any true Statesmen like I saw in the past running anymore. Where are they?
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Oh look! Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop charges against Pres. Elect Donald Trump!
Lick Trump's Bush, George.
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Should I buy a condo or rent?
Actually it is "cheap", in materials & workmanship. The price is also "cheap". Go figure!
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Plan B Countries - Any Advice or Ideas ?
The call them all on fours or something like that here. They extract all your teeth and put in implants. It's all the rage these days...
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Plan B Countries - Any Advice or Ideas ?
Must be nice to never worry about dental bills.
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Should I buy a condo or rent?
You will probably end up wanting to move around, so rent.
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Indian Tourist Assaulted Outside Pattaya Convenience Store
Notice how Thai's can never deal with a situation moderately in proportion to the behavior. It's always either a "nevermind" or an "extreme" response.
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Need Help With Lease Problem
I have always believed that using an agent helps get the deposit returned. I would not have paid so much money for a deposit to just any landlord who could just block my calls or disappear after I move out. They are also suppossed to vet landlords so everything is legit and above board.
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Plan B Countries - Any Advice or Ideas ?
Depends on what your budget is. How wealthy are you?
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Need Help With Lease Problem
No. I will relocate and try for the digital nomad visa as to not deposit money in a Thai Bank.
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Need Help With Lease Problem
I have decided to just stay and keep paying rent as usual, unless someone tells me to leave. I can't find a better place for the price without signing a new contract and paying another deposit to a different landlord. I won't know if the deposit is returned until I actually vacate. I think I would still be legally entitled to the deposit at some point even if the lease had expired and I was still living here in subsequent months. I'm assuming someone won't just come in and remove my things due to some communication issue.
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British Tourist Attacked in Pattaya: Nose Broken, Eye Bruised; Authorities on the Hunt
- Need Help With Lease Problem
That's a good point, but it would probably mean living in a ratty room somewhere. Some of these cheaper monthly stay rooms with small deposits are awful. I looked at one next door in case things went belly up here and it was not for me, to put it politely. I also tried Airbb, but I got tired of moving all the time and searching for places on there and timing the stays just right.- Need Help With Lease Problem
How would that work if I get the full deposit returned (2 months)? That would mean the agent does not get paid, right?- How to make friends ... on forums like this (parts 1-2-3 of 9)
Why go on a forum for that? A scammer could meet people anywhere much easier (assuming they are in Thailand and not Nigeria). Like any expat bar, restaurant, or cafe. Lower down on the food chain any tourist landmark. - Need Help With Lease Problem