Jelli

This is such a laff.

Chinese property market has imploded and CCP jailing execs.

Billions are owed to overseas investors

Just now, transam said:

So you can't answer my question, how surprising..................

I did.

It cannot win. Therefore, it has lost. The only thing it can cling to is US military and financial backing. It has lost that.

Ukraine has also lost the good will of it's neighbors.

This war was started by Washington and its lapdogs in NATO. The OLD rules based order

You can believe it or not I really don't care.

34 minutes ago, AAArdvark said:

Perhaps it was a temporary thing, I couldn't even get the usual "not available hours" notice. I will try again later. 

As far as what good is it, I have to show my payment amount every year and I guess it could be used to change bank deposit. 

Aren't we supposed to be using Manila?

7 hours ago, Thailand J said:

It is true there's very little you can do once you have a foreign address.

Still, knowing my account is in good order is worth something.

I've just logged in without using VPN.

What can you do with a US address? Nothing.

In fact, here's a great idea. Send every pensioner a printout at 62, 65 and if not yet taken 67. No need for ten million dollar website that stores millions of names, addresses and tax ids

Before I stated 10 million. I bet it was 15 and prolly costs a million to maintain each year.

6 minutes ago, paul1804 said:

It just goes to show the intelligence of the new government,

Agreed

And huge budget given to TAT which they were also awarded some prize for "best tourist campaign" - can't make that up.

Cut reliance on tourism by half or more. It's wearing on the nation and people. Just a few big dogs and thousands employed at pittances. Just read in this dire economy a shortage of tourism workers. Been like this forever.

Thailand is so behind the curve scientifically and technologically that the only thing that it will have left after the next 5 to 10 years is tourism

What Thailand needs is to bring in Singapore and Hong Kong Universities, create a master plan to rebuild education. Send an army of teachers here. Privatize every school - remove it from government reach. Current privates as well. Create magnet schools.

Let 1000 flowers bloom

6 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

This is the reason Putin wants to meet with the prime minister... to tell him "NO"... Putin needs the draft dodgers sent home now to bolster his troops. 

Except the war has clearly been won.

Especially now Israel in the mix for US fiat currency ????.

Maybe you could explain how Ukraine gonna funds it's continued meat grinder. I practically lose sleep over the death and destruction which the vast majority here on this forum applaud.

25 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

you assume people with non immigrant entry have licences ?

No. But I do assume if you're renting a vehicle you have a license from Thailand but at least from home country

I assume any foreigner that drives transportation is 100% legal. You certainly wouldn't rent to someone without a license. In western countries you'd be liable for their damages and probably the idiot as well

28 minutes ago, bunnydrops said:

And what else would you want from the site?

Ability to start drawing social security, ability to make changes. For instance typical moron bureaurat entered my BD wrong by one day.

I bet that site cost millions and millions. Why do you even need to know exactly? It is what it is. Decide your year and that's it provide a site that will fairly estimate a ballpark payout for you if you need more call or visit.

Bet that site was over 10M

On 10/15/2023 at 9:00 AM, expat_4_life said:

I'm a US citizen retired here, my gf has had 3 visas (B1/B2) to the US. First time around she got a single entry, 2nd time they gave her a 10 year which she renewed a couple of years ago.

These days the application is online, they will advise if they want an in-person interview. Most recent visa she got took around 2 weeks, no interview required.

Main things I can think of that were requested were employment and bank letters and travel history.


 

This is similar to my wife's story

She had a US Visa on Thai cultural exchange prior. Applied with me about a year into our relationship and renewed two years ago. All fine.

She needs

A real job, preferably in Bangkok

Letter of guarantee for that job

Itinerary of travel that involves more than sitting in Pennsylvania and screwing you every night.

Self sufficiency money wise. Not beholden to you

Interview dressed appropriately

Just enough English to pass the interview

No children (imo)

You might have all the girls book together. Buy tickets together and you alone. They enter together. I think it smells of something not the least trafficking

IMO all of you together looks very sketchy if they are attractive. Prolly nags anyway.

Lithium batteries are heavy, toxic and highly explosive, expensive. Failed technology sold to public on false premise

Batteries are banned on undersides of planes but idiots will get in cars and do 150 kph

Only women and homosexuals drive cars with batteries. I am proudly neither.

So, if you're looking to get some head in while driving your ICE just look for the driver of an EV and give em a wink

Fix to all this is easy.

No rentals to anyone on exempt or TR..

sooooo easy

40 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

I guess the Chinese don't fancy Thailand at the moment.. 

too may scams, injuries and deaths, plus things back home are going down the pan.

Keep the Russians here for as long as possible.

Chinese economy is in the toilet. May not recover for decades.

Just now, jacko45k said:

Those milky looking sweet drinks (iced coffee?) they leave all over the place instead of disposing of properly?

Exactly. Right next to the worthless mask on the ground.

Picture should be fish sauce not table salt.

I'm thinking sweet drinks more problematic. Seems every young Thai I see has some drink in one hand / phone in the other

9 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

"Nothing good happens after midnight"

 

Just getting that out of the way before the curtain twitchers show up.

Nurses in hospitals work after midnight. Bus drivers get poor people about after midnight.

On 10/15/2023 at 10:01 AM, Guderian said:

diclofenac

This works well but is serious medicine with containdications

I fixed my back that went from spasms to some days of zero pain in a few months.

Start diet to lose weight.

Roll back, forth and around on your lower back. When you're up for a bit more...

Start stretching. Touch your toes as you can. Look on internet for specific exercises.

As you get better add in cardio like jumping jacks and running in place.

14 hours ago, Jingthing said:

This shouldn't be any surprise to anyone at all that has spoken to a few Thai people that are willing to talk in the last decade. Of course understandably Thai people don't usually want to talk about such things with f-rangs.

Nor should they. What the the benefit? Nothing. What is the cost? Depending on what's said can be absrdly serious

24 minutes ago, Thailand J said:

It is true there's very little you can do once you have a foreign address.

Still, knowing my account is in good order is worth something.

I've just logged in without using VPN.

What does it get you?

All I see is the age and amounts I'll personally receive. What am I missing? I don't even see how the is much of value certainly not after you start drawing

I think it allows address change but ?? Is that for payments? They don't send hard copies of age/payment any longer

Try walking in with international equivalent of 200-300k THB. Let them do the exchange and deposit into account

Bangkok neigh impossible.

I guess all the guesthouses can take down the NO ISRAELIS signs in Thailand and India now.

20 hours ago, RandolphGB said:

Anyone who lives in, or even visits, Thailand, is paying a lot in taxes to varying degrees, that funds this s**t show. We all have every right to criticize them. 

 

 

 

 

No they don't. A person spending 60k pm barely pays b150 per day in consumption tax. In most US states that is equal to their sales tax alone or less. Bank account interest is 15% of like 1.5%.

I pay tax 20-25% tax here plus VAT. You?

The exact same mentality blaming guns and not shooters. It's not hunters that spray malls and schools with bullets.