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Because of regular train delays, the ticket offices for local trains will only begin selling tickets 10-15 minutes before the train is expected to arrive. Nothing wrong with "these people", which is more than I can say for "NoDisplayName".

If the Buddha figure was within the tree trunk, it wasn't "unearthed". Untrunked, or unboled possibly. Definitely not "unearthed".

This doesn't make sense. Bang Pa-in to Bang Bua Thong is 55 km on highways 32 and 9. How then, can one have a "34.1 kilometre motorway project, linking Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi and Bang Pa-in"? It sounds like this is, in fact, a partial renovation of bits of highway 9. Not a bad idea if it increases capacity. The road gets very congested at peak times.

Chinese ones do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_frigate_Yuyuen

I simply can't believe that Trump wrote that statement. Writing "the data are false" is a level of grammatical understanding that is way, way above Trump's third grade level of English.

Almost total tosh. Following the sacking of Angkor the Siamese brought all the court dancers back with them. Thai dancing is a direct descendent of Khmer dancing. And the gestures do have meanings.

https://www.government.nl/topics/income-tax/filing-a-tax-return

No. IBKR doesn't report to the Thai tax authorities. There is no tax on capital gains tax in Thailand. There is no tax on foreign dividends in Thailand (provided you don't bring the proceeds into Thailand in the same calendar year). Of course, all of that might change next year.

The Skeptoid podcast covered this subject and concluded "My favorite source for authoritative visual information is the website of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. It's a source regular Skeptoid listeners might remember from episode #740 about blue-blocking glasses for people who work at computer screens, their data was very clear that all such products are completely worthless scams, and computer screens do not harm your eyes in any way unless you give yourself eye strain — which blue blocking glasses don't help with." https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4740

One of the fallacies here is that religion and ethnicity are closely associated. Hinduism is not the sole preserve of Indian people, and you can't conclude "there is a big genetic contribution from India". It's a bit like saying that Europeans are descended from Semitic peoples because they are Christian and Jesus was a Semite.

(1) To get the best rates of interest you need to lock up the money for a number of years. You can't pay into an account monthly. (2) A compromise might be something like Krung Sri Bank's Mee Tae Dai account which has limited withdrawals, but allows frequent deposits and pays a higher rate of interest than a savings account. Other banks have similar products. (3) Why are you doing this? By keeping your money in cash you won't be getting enough interest to even cover the cost of inflation.

It's spelt "felons".

Given the possibility of tax on money coming into Thailand, I'm contemplating moving a significant lump sum here before the end of the year. I was therefore wondering whether anyone had any experience to report of Krungsri Exclusive, and particularly whether they give you a credit card without having a locked-in deposit.

As has been said before, the DTA does not cover personal or state pensions - they are (at least theoretically) taxable in both countries, so yes, they could.

Great idea, apart from the fact that Wise doesn't let you hold balances in baht.

It's a bit more complex than there being a tax agreement in place. The UK Double Tax Agreement (DTA) does not cover state or pension income, so even now it would be possible for someone to pay tax on their pension both in the UK and Thailand with no relief. Of course, the UK DTA does cover government pensions - pensions paid to former civil servants and the like. Funny that the civil servants cover themselves, but are perfectly happy to screw the little people.

Are you sure about that? The email says "However, you will need to register again at our new website."

Samitivej Sukhumwit and Samitivej Sri Nakarin both have laser removal of warts. However, you'll need to be insistent. Doctors at both hospitals are much keener on liquid nitrogen. And if you email them asking about laser treatment, the reply will be (or at least was in my case) "don't have - we use freezing".

Each font file contains a limited range of characters. If it doesn't contain the character you want to display, it'll substitute an alternative of its own choice. You need to (a) install a Thai font file, and (b) select that font for the Thai text after it's pasted. If you go here you can pick your favorite font and download it to install on your device: https://fonts.google.com/?preview.text=สวัสดี&preview.text_type=custom&subset=thai&noto.script=Thai

Can't be that because you're not allowed to spend the money. More like a scheme to prop up Thai banks, or a scheme based upon a general loathing of foreigners. If they were concerned about foreigners having sufficient wealth to sustain themselves here they'd look at the person's global investments. I particularly loathe the 800K in the bank because it's money wasting away. It doesn't even come close to matching inflation, let alone making the sort of gains I could get through stock market investments.

Not Isaan food. It's Northern Thai.

I'd like to see them try that sort of antics in a mosque in, say Iran. What is it about TikTok that causes people's brains to shrivel and die?

Better than the British Embassy, then. They don't even provide passports. Outsourced to a private company with a ludicrously inefficient "service". As for healthcare, nada. Even as other embassies here were arranging Covid shots for their nationals, the British Foreign Office did sweet FA.

Really? Back in August it was 45.28. Now it's 44.08 - a fall of 2.7%. I wouldn't call that "held up well". (Source: xe.com)

Because they understand exchange rates change. The GBP interest rate may be higher, but that suggests that the value of Sterling is likely to fall relative to the baht. You may get a few more coins in interest in Sterling, but against the baht you'll probably lose capital value. Keeping surplus cash in baht also means that (assuming future expenditure is going to be in baht), there is no exchange rate risk. And given that exchange rates frequently swing by 30% in a year, one's avoiding the risk of losing a substantial part of one's wealth. Of course, if it's only interest rate you care about, why not invest in Zimbabwe with a deposit interest rate of 110%, or Argentina at 74%? Makes Santander's 5.2% seem pathetic.