TroubleandGrumpy

They will be removed from the GOP Party at the next pre-selections for candidates - just like Cheney and others who hate Trump - they are RINOs. Get on board or get thrown overboard - that is the clear and present massage to all RINOs.

Banks are required to state where you are paying income taxes when opening most new bank accounts. It has been that way for septics for many years and now for those under EU rules and it is growing across all countries. The bank wants to know where you are paying income taxes to meet their requirements. Say no and see what happens - if they demand you provide a country where you will be paying taxes (and you have a tax ID), then think again.

Yes but however - the 'current TRD lodgement rule' is that unless you have to pay income taxes - allowances and deductions are not enough - then you dont have to lodge a tax return.

Never said that - a bank account is not a 'requirement' - but without one there is no chance of any annual extension - marriage or retirement or work. Those saying ignorant things about all that, are just showing their ignorance. They forgot you need to have money in a bank account IN YOUR NAME for several months to get an Extension - marriage or retirement. That means they only ever arrive here on tourist Visas/Exempts as sexpats? visitors? they obviously never extend? It is OK to do that - it is your lives - but dont tell BS about never needing a bank account in Thailand. I note BS25 has still not answered any of my questions - or anyone else's - just saying.

Have I upset the wokes again - I am so sorry - what a tragedy. LIve in a Thai City - it is great - best of all Thai worlds - modern services but the rural country is close - not many tourists and no sexpats or wokes. Not telling where - dont want you wokes and sexpats arriving - stay in Pattaya mate.

I find it hilarious that the woke progressives will tear down Christianity for all its past faults, and there has been plenty, but they cuddle up to Islam as if it is a wonderful belief. IMO it is the need for narcissists, especially over-educated ones, to engage in 'social warrior' activities to make up for their feelings of superiority - like movie stars adopting children in Africa using their private jets and then lecturing the world about climate change. They see everything in black and white - good and evil - oppressor and appressed - capitalist and slave - etc etc etc/ - and to them Christianity is the Oppressor and Islam is the Oppressed. The truth is that although it is true that Christianity civilised the World and Islam would destroy all that 'progress', there is no perfect solution to anything, especially in politics and religion - they are all wrong - it is just that some are more wrong than others.

The Mrs and I lived in Chiang Mai for several years - it has been 4 years - but on that basis. All the Gassan courses are all good - Legacy best - they all have water. Summit Green, Mae Jo, Alpine and Highlands are all good. Chiang Mai Inthanon is worth the drive and while there, go up the mountain to the highest point in Thailand - great place to spend a day - there are two 'Temples' there worth the look and the views are fantastic. Never played Aritaya, and Lanna is a nutter course - there is a big tree about 180-200 yards from the tees on nearly every par 4/5 whole (what were they thinking). There are two 8 hole courses that are cheap and maybes - Pimantip (OK) and Hang Dong (cheapy). Chiang Mai is the best golfing Province in Thailand - there are lots of courses, many are very good, and they are not a rip-off like those in Bangkok, Hua Hin, Pattaya and Phuket. If it was not for the 'smoke season' we would be living there. Dont book ahead at this time of year - up there the storms can be huge. Book accommodation (not in the Old City) and then book golf games - very easy to get around Chiang Mai - except in Old City part. Go to Doi Suthep too - well worth the drive up there. It is a great city to live - pity about the smoke. We will be there later in the year - will spend 2 weeks and play a few of the courses.

Yep - they are just that - a show put on for their supporters. The decisions are made behind closed doors - then the show is put on. Do you even remember the situation about Bernie Sanders??? https://www.france24.com/en/20160725-democratic-party-chair-resigns-wasserman-schultz-convention-clinton "Lingering bitterness from the heated primary campaign between Clinton and Sanders erupted after more than 19,000 Democratic National Committee emails, leaked on Friday, confirmed Sanders' frequent charge that the party played favorites in the race. In a statement, DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the best way for the party to accomplish its goal of putting Clinton in the White House was for her to step aside after the convention. Sanders had demanded earlier in the day that Wasserman Schultz resign" (which she did). But I know why you Dems supporters think like you do - mass media fake news narrative 24/7. Please bear with me. Read below and check it out for yourself. You would be surprised to learn that many conservatives used to be liberals. But then they 'woke up' and saw what was going on. And then when they see both sides of the argument, they more often than not change sides. There are SFA conservatives that become liberals - usually that only happens because a bloke marries/dates a liberal and goes along with it for obvious reasons. Type into Google this search - "dnc chair resigns clinton selection" Here are what organisation's media puff peace stories you will get from that search - in order. The Guardian France24 NBC News NPR NYT Wikipedia BBC Reuters Vox These are all left leaning media organisations - their narrative is very 'soft' about the issue. Not one link or story from Fox News, Newsmax, OANN, Breitbart, Daily Wire etc etc etc. Not on Page 2 or Page 3 or Page 4 - NONE - CNN, Politico, Bloomberg, WAPO and more of the other left wing organisations already given. Meanwhile type in "fox news dnc chair resigns clinton selection" and you will get 3 stories from Fox News being very critical - but you will also get stories from CBS News, NBC News, NPR, Wikipedia, Facebook, AP News. Page 2 you will get 1-2 more Fox stories and then all left wing organisations. That is what is happening - we are all being 'fed' the woke liberal views on ALL things and ALL stories. The mass media are not providing both sides of any story or event - especially about Trump matters. To find an alternative conservative view on things, you have to look deeper and wider. Try it and you will be amazed. I am not saying the conservatives are all truth and light, and that the woke liberals are all liars and evil. I am saying the mainstream media are very heavily biased towards woke liberal views, and that deluge causes people to believe that woke liberal views are the majority views - when they are patently not the majority. As we also said in the past, the lies are everywhere, but the truth has to be looked for. Or - Seek and Yee shall find.

Says it all about Dems - and their silly supporters just do not see it - nor do they want to see. Many years ago we said you could take a horse to water but you cannot make it drink. We also said that there are none so blind as those that refuse to see. Nowadays there are over-educated idiots getting degrees at Uni being taught BS about 'cognitive bias'. Nothing has changed - but it is sure entertaining listening to horses try to rationalise why they refuse to drink.

What a douce****

You married overseas - and then came here - and then got a bank account. My point exactly. Easy as. The OP's name is BS25.

Hope you have a lot of money to waste on transfer costs, fees and exchange rate rip offs. But up to you. If you have been staying here for most of 2 years then you have a non-immigrant Visa - get a bank account and use Wise or XE or Western Union or whoever - save a small fortune over time.

So Obama, Clinton and Harris were not 'appointed' as the Dems leader?? Obama was appointed by the DNC over Clinton as the candidate because he was 'black' and charismatic. Clinton was appointed by the DNC over Sanders as the candidate because it was 'her turn'. Harris was appointed by the DNC because Biden was senile and she was 'black'. The GOP members elect their Candidates. Like all Communists, the Candidates of the Dems is appointed Leader by a committees. You are starting to sound like a woke delusional person - again.

Do you think the millions of children killed in WW1 and WW2 supported anyone ???

Islam is a cancer - pure and simple. Unlike other religions that have over time being 'modernised' - Islam is a religion that offers and accepts no compromise - it's very existence is to conquer and destroy all other religions - that is its pure and simple core tenet. Just like a cancer than grows and conquers and destroys all cells that it comes into contact with, until it eventually kills its host - it is a abomination that should be excised from existence. Some people will think I am over-reacting and some will say there are many peaceful Muslims. My answer is simple - Malaysia and Indonesia - and the absence of peace wherever Islam exists. How does an Asian people thousands of kilometres away from Mecca become Muslims - by allowing too many in and not driving them out - that is how. Over 100s of years they grew like a cancer and eventually they took over. Name one country where Muslims exist as a minority where there is not violence done in the name of Islam - particularly against Jews and Christians who they see as their mortal enemies. Allow them in and to grow at your own peril - they will never stop growing. The Dark Ages and The Crusades were not what they teach kids these days in the woke progressive liberal schools, and how they are portrayed in the movies. The Dark Ages were when Islam had taken over large parts of Europe, and The Crusades were the killing and driving out of Muslims from Europe, and the attempt to take back from Islam the Holy City of Jerusalem and all the Holy Lands of the Bible.