TroubleandGrumpy

Same thing happens in the West - all the time. After a divorce with kids, inevitably the ex-Hubby has to pay 'Child Support'. That money goes to the ex-Wife, who spends most/a lot of it on herself - and not all of it on the kids.

One problem is that funds in a Thai bank are only 'Govt Guaranteed' up to a total of 1 Million Baht. It used to be 15 Million, but the Junta gradually reduced the guarantee over the years.

I am with you mate - I did the same, so that I could get the Pension with portability and then go back to Thailand. If that is why you (or any others reading this) returned to Aust, and just in case you have not heard/seen this - it is imperative that you make it very clear by your words and actions, that you intend staying in Australia forever. If you alrady know this - then AOK. CLink cannot deny you getting your Pension without extreme reasons, but they can deny Portability if they think you never intended to stay in Australia. If you are there for the Pension, and plan to then return like so many others do, make sure it looks to everyone that you are staying long term. Join in some local activities, join golf club/RSL etc., make sure all your communications and everything you do makes it clear you are staying. Do not start telling blokes at the club/pub or anyone else, that you cannot wait to get back. I have a lot of knowledge about this (worked in ACT for 20+ years) and CLink can get access to all your social media posts, and the number one way they find out is by being dobbed in by a fat ugly feminist bitch who hears from their hubby/friends that you are desperate to go back. There is nothing a fat ugly feminist bitch in Aust likes better, than stopping old blokes from enjoying their lives overseas with much better looking feminine ladies. Trust me, CLink is full of them, as is the whole of the ACT. Do not trust anyone mate. Talk about where you are thinking of buying a place in Aust when you have enough money - that you might move to Sydney or Brisbane etc etc etc. The Pension is a 'right' but Portability is at the discretion of the CLink Delegates. And then once you have the Pension - wait. Give it a few months before you start saying to people and on social media that it is very expensive living in Australia. Never say anything about the fat ugly feminists everywhere and you hate the place. That was the hardest thing for me - telling people I knew that we were staying in Australia, and not ever saying that I could not wait to get back. In the end all the family and my mates accepted that I was leaving and that it was the right thing for us to do. Having a Thai wife helped that is for sure - plus it means we can both go back if ever needed later in life.

That article is from a Lawyer who wants you to use their services and not the Public Trustee. The QLD Public Trustee (and NSW and all others I believe) publish their rates and charges up front. Fees and charges - The Public Trustee of Queensland (pt.qld.gov.au) I was surprised at your statement so I did some research. That report you mentioned was about the Public Trustee and 'disadvantaged' people. It was not a very negative outcome - there were some mistakes made, and it suggested that for poor people they should charge less. There is not one comment about they are more expensive than a private Lawyer. opa-public-trustee-fees-and-charges-report-executive-summary.pdf (justice.qld.gov.au) I have been involved with 2 Public Trustees - QLD and NSW - plus as I said, I used the QLD office to write our Wills. There were all far cheaper and more 'professional' than any Lawyers I rececived advice/quotes from - for both my Parents and ourselves. Lawyers delegate this sort of stuff to their 'Juniors' and some of them are not that good/experienced - same as for property conveyancing. Lawyers are about making a profit - they are never cheaper than the Public Trustee. And if things do go wrong you can take the Public Trustee to various Govt Appeal Tribunals for free, and also to the Members of QLD Parliament. Good luck taking on a legal firm in the Courts when you think they got it wrong or over-charged you.

Anyone arguing against that point you made - is either ignorant of the truth, or is a woke progressive liberal (genetic). How I shut them down - and it works every time - is to simply ask them 2 questions:- 1. Did Muhammad ever visit SEAsia? 2. How come Indonesia and Malaysia are Muslim countries? When the over-educated amongst them come back with 'Jesus never visited Sth America etc', I say YES Christianity took over there, and then I ask them - So are you OK with Islam taking over here? Because I am not !!

The death penalty is always a problem - if anyone is executed that is later found to be innocent. That is why the process takes so long in most countries like USA - to allow for innocence to be established. However, it still makes errors and some are executed that are later found to be innocent. But - the death sentance is a viable deterrent and suitable punishment in some cases. Perhaps rather that take the death sentance off the Judges - perhaps add an additonal process where an independent group reviews every death sentance with the view to establishing if the death sentance is appropriate. Judges and Courts are 'controlled' through many years of rules and precedents - I think that there should be a review process above the Courts (not the High/Supreme Court). One step could be to establish if the defendant wants to be executed or not after a suitable period of time - some psychos want the notariorty of being a 'martyr' (good riddance). If the result is 'death' then so be it - if their choice is jail then put them in solitary confinement for life - after a while the guilty ones might take the offer to end it - if innocent then they will fight forever to prove their innocence. Maybe do things to those that are given the death sentance that are otherwise 'unacceptable' (hypnosis, drugs, etc) as part of the 'review' process after sentencing - the innocent ones will say 'yes please'.

Get in contact with the appropriate State Public Trustee and tell them of your situation and that you want to make a Will and appoint them as the Executor. It is free - any advice and writing of the Will - they take a fee from the Estate (much lower than a Lawyer). Ask them what to do - you and the partner may have to go visit Australia and sign some paperwork - but maybe it can be done using the Aust Embassy in Bangkok as a witness JP. We did all that before we left - and they were great and very helpful (I used the QLD Public Trustee - my last address). If you do have to visit Aust, make sure you tell CLink (International Group) before you go - explain why you are returning and for how long and that you will still be living in Thailand going forward (they might decide you have returned otherwise - portability issues then).

LOL - well said. Many countries started going down that path, and are now finally realising that was not a good idea. Even Sweden and Francxe are starting to look at deporting them. But woke progressive liberals and the UN still think that a boatload of 20-30 year old males are refugees. Refugees are like those fleeing Myanmar - mainly women and children and old men.

Only if he did it once and got lost - all good. But if he does it a lot (trail jogging by himself) then 'pay up dhead'.

They have been saying that about Japan for decades and yet they are still doing just fine - currently third in the World. The dangers of a declining population are no where near as bad as they say - otherwise Japan would be much worse that it is now. Japan's population has been in decline since the 1980s - and yet they are doing just fine - 3rd largest economy in the world - a far more civilised and happy population - costs of living stabilising and no massive property price increases (overall) - readily available resources (medical etc.). Economists are full of over-educated rubbish - a declining population means many good things as above - especially much more stable costs and more available resources and services - plus it means no constant additional need for more and more resources - and no increased costs due to providing new services for all the new people - population growth massively increases the costs, especially of housing in a country with limited land availability. Bringing in 100s of thousands of innapropriate immigrants (non-assimilating) every year has proven to be bad policy for the existing peoples in most western countries - rampant population growth and subsequent economic and taxation growth is not the answer to a sustainable country - in fact it has been a total failure, because there is no problem to solve.

Thailand will become the Hub of safe friendly Sidewalks !!

More lies from TAT - Vietnam won Asia's Leading Destination - 3rd year in a row. Asia's Leading Destination 2023 – World Travel Awards Thailand won a few awards - but not many. Asia Winners 2023 – World Travel Awards No mention of any 'best outside Europe' awards.

Oh do go on - what a ridiculous post - please go and do it somewhere else. Far more chance I am right and not you - can you prove he is not a nature nutter - do you know him? The giveaway for me was the term 'trail jogger' - implying that he regularly goes jogging in the remote forests/s. Up to him of course - like someone that does not wear a helmet when riding a bike - but he should pay the costs of finding him. Or as someone suggested - give a big donation.

Quote "Trail Jogger" - I know the type - full of 'the joys of nature' and no idea how it is (until they come across a Lion/Tiger/Snake etc.) Same as all those 'sailors' lost at sea - they charge them now for the costs of saving their stupid backsides. I hope he did pay some penance/merit - they deserve it.

Cheers - a separate Division within the Police Force. I hope that one day they might be abolished and replaced within the Dept of Foreign Affairs. Maybe then they would be more 'influenced' by the Govt, and maybe 'encourage' Expats, instead of treating us like paroled criminals.

And six decades is 60 years. More than enough for your 'prediction' of 46 years.

It always amazes me how 'nasty' people who suffer from left wing delusions are, and yet they dont see it in themselves. If any of them are 'listening' - allow me tell you something to prove that point. At both funerals of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan there were left wing protesters throwing abuse and things at their cavalcades. Their hatred and abuse was unbelievable - it was totally 'inhuman' and a disgrace. I have never seen right wing supporters do that - and they will not when Obama and Pelosi and Biden etc die. Being left wing is OK - one of my best mates was left wing (RIP) - but there are many who have gone far too far. As my mate said - they are doing nothing for the cause, if anything they are damaging it. The liberal left wing media and woke organisations and the Politicians has caused this divide in people. But that is no excuse for the absolute vitriolic abuse that comes out of left wingers sometimes (especially when they lose). Just look at all the protests after the Supreme Court overturned Wade Vs Roe - they hate losing and never accept it.

Big Joke is again back in the Office - probably be for a few years while this 'raid' on his House settles down. I expect he will be back, bigger than ever in a few years. Anyone know what group the Immigration Police comes under?

As long as they do not 'resort' to 'innapropriate' Immigration to rectify that situation, like the West foolishly did, then all will be well eventually. It is amazing how predictions of bad outcomes from academics/scientists are often many decades away - but of course they should be paid/employed to continue their analysis. Seems to me that if the bad outcome that the academic/scientist predicts is decades away, this is a great method to get 30-40 years of paid employment to continue to 'monitor' things. I always wondered the same about all those climate academics/scientists. What a brilliant scam - the world is ending because of (insert dogma) in 3-5 decades - give me a useless job/career to study more and prove that my useless job/career is justified. Seems to me that some Churches follow this very same approach.

No - but I have some advice. IMO Thailand dentists resort to root canal treatment far too quickly (money?). Years ago in Chiang Mai I saw a dentist for a clean/check and he said I needed root canal treatment. I had no pain and there was no obvious signs of root infection. I had already planned to return home for a few weeks later, so I said maybe after I get back from my trip. Went to see my dentist back home - he said the tooth was decayed and needed filing/crown, but not root canal treatment. Because I have Sjrogens it is common for my teeth to need filing/crowns - but root infections have never been a problem. Seems to me that Thai dentists believe/taught that most tooth decay is caused by a bacterial infection in the root. Get a second/third opinion maybe - look for a dentist who has trained overseas.

They do have good prices on website. Do they provide cash on delivery?

They are both relevent and appropriate. Unless something is done about them, that dog and snake will continue to do what they do, and eventually someone is going to get seriously huirt or killed. Israel is going to kill all the dogs and snakes in Gaza that have for decades committed acts of terrorism - because their latest atrocity was so bad, that they had no choice but to respond forcefully. Israel will not stop until all dogs and snakes are killed - and their supporters/enablers. IMO the ceasation of this step in the Israel military campaign will be the lock-down of Gaza and all of its people. Israel did that in the past, to stop the terrorists from making random acts of terror against Israel. Israel left and Gaza become self-governing - under the PLO they were still commiting acts of terror but they were moving towards a peaceful outcome. But under Hamas (who removed PLO after Arafat died) those acts of terror have escalated and all attempts at peqace have failed. Failure to act by Isreal would mean more and more future acts of terrorism, perhaps even worse than the current atrocities. Hamas has demanded the release of all their terrorists currently in Israel jail, in return for the hostages they took during their latest act of terrorism. Israel will not agree - because Hamas will just continue to do what they have done since 2006. The time to end this is now, and this time Israel will not give up the Gaza Strip again. They intend to cleanse the Gaza of all vestiges of Hamas and destroy all military capability, initially through this war, and then through an ongoing military lock-down and a total trade blockade - Hamas did not mnake their weapons. Hamas and the people of Gaza caused this - they are going to pay a huge price for what they have been doing for decades.

Apparently there is nothing wrong with indicriminately firing thousands of rockets into Israel - because they are destroyed by Israel's Iron Dome defence system. You need to do more research and ignore the pro-Palestine woke progressive narratives. Hamas wants Israel destroyed and all Jews killed - their latest act of terrorism has forced Israel to take decisive action. The Leader of Hamas has gone on TV to declare to all the people of Gaza that their deaths will be a victory for their fight to remove/kill Israel. Israel has declared war on the Gaza Strip. The rules of war apply - not the lunacy of woke liberal progressives always looking for another 'oppressed minority group' to virtue signal about - that time is over. Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups have fired more than 4,500 rockets toward Israel since Saturday's deadly attack, according to Israel Defense Forces. How Israel's Iron Dome intercepts rockets - CBS News

Total Khrapp - those figures come from Hamas. Same as their lies about Israel bombing a hospital. I dont believe anything Hamas says, nor the silly people and media mongers that quote them.

Not deliberately - No. But if Hamas hides behind them - so be it - that is on them. I ignore all quotes about women and children deaths from anyone or anything associated with Hamas. They bombed their own hospital and then blamed Israel - they are evil murdering terroritsts and will be destroyed. Israel has declared war on Hamas and is going to destroy all Hamas members. Israel troops will not deliberately kill non-combatant. And they will not cut of the heads of babies and kill innocent civilians at a music festival. Israel and the civilised world has had enough - it is time to take action.