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jaywalker2

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  1. I read they're having orgies at nursing homes in America. Made me feel like checking in.
  2. Third best in the world? Ridiculous. I like kaphrao and make it all the time, but it's basically a cheap street food dish. It's popular but I certainly wouldn't call it one of the top dishes in the world.
  3. Check permissions for all of your apps, make sure you don't allow access to the microphone, contacts, location, camera. Turn off access to location in your Google account too. What usually happens is you download an app that then accesses your data. There have been a number of reports about beauty apps, filters, file managers, etc. that mine your data and sell it to third parties. Only install apps that you are absolutely sure you can trust.
  4. It's become obvious that this guy is just a pretty face for photo op opportunities and has no real power
  5. Contact the tourist police. They should be able to direct you as to what you should do.
  6. Scam. Cards aren't impounded over a fraud alert. They're locked down. You call up the bank and they'll unlock it. This scam has been running a long time. It used to be, "I was taking the bus to so and so and all my belongings were stolen. Can you help me out?" The funniest scam was the Indian guy who used to walk around with a bag of urine strapped to him asking for money so he could buy his medications. If she were really in trouble, why wouldn't she contact her relatives back home and have them wire her some money? Why go around asking complete strangers?
  7. Areas of concern: According to the lawyer in the video I posted, pensions are taxable. If they're not taxed in your home country, you will be liable for the full tax rate in Thailand. Apparently, if I understood this correctly, remittances for the purposes of buying condos will be taxable unless it can be proven an exclusion applies. Even then, if the amount of income exceeds the allowed exclusion, a tax must be paid on the excess. The burden of proof for when income was earned falls to the taxpayer. So even if the new law applies only to income earned after Jan. 1 2024, you must be able to prove the income was earned before this. Same with the tax credit. If a country has a tax treaty with Thailand, in pinciple tax paid in the home country earns a credit in Thailand. However, the taxpayer must be able to prove the tax was paid and in cases when the tax rate differs, the taxpayer must pay the difference. (For example, if the tax rate in your country is 30 percent and in Thailand it's 35 percent, you have to pay 5 percent.) This will be a headache in terms of calculating tax rates, credits, and providing proof for the sources of income. The lawyer noted that negotiations with the revenue department are ongoing but the problem is the government has a habit of implementing unworkable legislation and only backing down once there's a public outcry. Let's hope
  8. New video up with a thai lawyer who specializes in thai tax law for foreigners. If he's right and the law isn't amended, this could be a killer for a lot of people.
  9. Depends on what you're looking for. If you want junk food, ready meals, and carbonated beverages, 7-11 is your go to place. If you're looking to fill your daily grocery shopping needs including perishables, Tops Daily is much better.
  10. If they limited it to whining (or whinging) that would be one thing but it's the obnoxious attitude, the undeserved air of superiority (even when they're working as English teachers in the 3rd world). I saw a Brit at Tops shove an old man out of his way. I've seen them bully store clerks and waitresses. They still maintain that colonial mentality despite the fact that that their own country has almost no significance in world affairs anymore.l Oh, well, human nature I guess. Provoke a German and you're likely to see the Nazi inside him arise. Different nationalities have their own individual characteristics. It seems virtually inescapable.
  11. Why all the insults? His point is entirely legitimate. The prime minister is bellyaching daily about the dearth of tourists. This isn't the way you get them to come back.
  12. The only problem you might have is in the case of shared property. So you just need to make sure that all your assets are in your name alone. Of course, the lack of a marriage certificate also means you have no legal rights regarding the child. So if the mother decides to take her, there's nothing you can do about it.
  13. Dumb suit. Nothing was misrepresented in the trial report Pfizer issued. The methodology and results were clearly stated. How the media portrayed the results is another matter but not something Pfizer could be held legally liable for I would think. Paxton, of course, just survived an impeachment trial and is emeshed in an ongoing securities fraud trial and has been accused of blatant corruption and malfeasance in office. Nevertheless, the suit should play well with his constituents in Texas.
  14. Sounds like you already have plenty of friends to advise you. I don't know why you're asking on this forum
  15. Come on, when you factor in how much he had to pay to buy his way out of all his legal troubles, he's still staring at a big loss
  16. I was being facetious about dark matter but it does bring up an important point, that we don't understand the forces controlling 97 percent of the universe. We don't even know if dark matter is really matter. We don't know what it is. We don't know why the Big Bang occurred or even if it did occur. We don't know what existed before it and we can't explain how the universe magically came into being. Modern physics has become to a large extent the equivalent of magical thinking, with multiverses and the 9 dimensions of string theory. But at least the math works. There are forces at work, fundamental forces, that we just don't understand. Meanwhile, there is a long and rich tradition of mysticism that stretches right back to the beginning of the human race, as some anthropologists believe the cave paintings of stone-age man were mystical rituals. These mystical traditions all point to a reality beyond the material world and our physical senses. It is my opinion that we cannot explain the prevalence of acts of so heinous they make no rational sense, mass murderers, cannibals, genocide, modern billionaires, for example, without recognizing that there are evil forcces at work. They do not have our best interest at heart. And they tempt into doing what is bad for us. Bob Dylan was once asked why kept performing so much when he no longer needed to. He answered, "That gets back to that destiny thing. I made a bargain and I'm holding up my end of it." "A bargain with who?" "The chief commander, of this world and the world we can't see."
  17. Yes, demons exist, although I don't think God gave Satan the Earth as his playground. We become too caught up in symbols and metaphors and as a result can't see the obvious. But there is a supernatural world and does impinge on our world. And there are malevolent forces that will try to tempt us down the path of evil and self-destruction. Remember, 97 percent of the universe is composed of forces that we don't understand, which we refer to as "dark" matter and "dark" energy.
  18. You missed my point. The rich do everything they can to avoid paying taxes. So tax authorities focus on squeezing the people who can't fight back.
  19. If your condo is wired for fiber optic internet, you can go online and make an appointment to have the representative of the company of your choice come and install it for no charge. You will probably have to sign at least a six month contract to begin with (they might ask for a year but legally only six months is required) and pay upfront but after the contract expires, you can go to a month-to-month basis.. You can also ask at the juristic office. Some condo buildings have preferred internet suppliers and they can inform you if that's the case. That doesn't mean you can't use somebody else but you have to find out if the company will serve your building. You shouldn't have to wait long to have it installed, a few days at most.
  20. Give me a break While the rich in Thailand avoid paying hardly any tax at all, foreigners should rejoice that they're going to be double or triple taxed? Ask Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and all the other rich guys how they feel about that. But I guess you would say they lack "public spirit."
  21. I like it as well. Action, ethics, romance, a little bit of everything. I had trouble getting it from EZTV and TGX, but it was a quick download on 1337x
  22. When I was young, I found them endlessly fascinating. Now, I have very little interest. Blame it on the lack of testosterone. What I have realized is how so much of my behavior was determined by forces I had no control over. I was in the grip of my genes and my instincts.
  23. You might want to ask about table top restorations. Like a crown but cheaper and less invasive. I think the girlfriend's cost 12000
  24. It seems Mr. Anti-Corruption bends whichever way the wind blows
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