parallelman

Er 'USA"? why did you say that? I don't know how the USA revenue department works. I am well aware about Thailand and its procedures having lived here for more than a quarter of a century. I know what I will do regarding the current topic but I am one person and others will act according to their own judgement. I am just highlighting/discussing important issues.

Again, this assuming that that all expats use modern devices. This isn't the case. It might well be discussed on Financial Sections in the Thai media, but how many expats will watch/read that? IMHO it is easy enough for the Thai government to set up the a system for expats (who haven't previously had a tax ID) and get the address/details from immigration the alert the expat accordingly. When I read an extract from Siam Legal one paragraph said this quote. 'As of 1 January B.E. 2567 (2024), the Revenue Department has enforced its department instruction P. 161/2566 to tax any Thai citizen or a foreigner with Thai residency, who receives an income within Thailand. Sources of income earned outside of Thailand are excluded from taxation, however.' This almost reads like it is strictly an internal affair and that it is the departments responsibility to do the necessary. I appreciate your written guide very much but as you can see but it doesn't answer the question of what procedure the Revenue department is going to use to inform ALL foreigners about the change and the liabilities thereof.

Two main types of meditation, active and passive. When most refer to 'meditation' they mean the passive mode but as most experienced martial artists know concentrating on technique(s) (especially combination)s) is active meditation. One must free the mind and just 'do it'. Passive meditation depends on what your aim is; If you want to know who and what you really are you can start with the 'who am I' repetition;if it is calm that you seek focus on a word, say 'relax', or an object that represents (for you) ease, and continue with that. In passive meditation you should use the stomach muscles to breathe whereas in active meditation it is usually expanding the chest

Perhaps I can put a different way. An OAP not a member of this forum (or any other) and previously not filing tax returns, how will that OAP know that the rules have changed? Is it possible that notification will be through immigration or bank although I can find no mention of such a process.

Eternal life? I think the company paying me a pension might have something to say about that

Even if no charges are brought the School Board itself should, at the very least. have this teacher investigated (has he done this before?) and discipline the him accordingly. I hope the 12 y/o recovers quickly.

Well, in reply to the OP, IMHO there is no Thai women that comes close to my second (British) wife. From day 1 of the short marriage she put her plan into motion. I did a lot of O/T at work and my bank balance was very healthy indeed. I won't bother with early details but in the final couple of months I was alerted of forged signatures both from a building society and the my bank. She had no previous convictions but had one by the time the divorce was final. When dating/living with a Thai woman (perhaps with a large age gap) whose financial situation is wanting then we know, or at least think, that it is just an 'arrangement'. But so what! If she takes care of you in old age and she gets 'a few bob' for doing so, then that sounds good to me. Or if the chap is much younger I'm sure he can find love in Thailand and perhaps there are a few on this forum who can vouch to that. (I have no experience with 'same sex' partnerships in Thailand but perhaps some here can comment on that.)

IMO the future of EV's is that once batteries are significantly reduced in size it will pave the way for other technologies already being designed. The EV is just the first step (I don't include the 'flying' type). Magnetic systems/technology are thought to be another step. Whether or not future technologies will be cheap enough for the 'average family' is a problem.

According the figures given by by GT-Rider last year fatalities were 317, so that 212 is almost a drop of 1/3

Painful way to die. I am no expert on dogs but weren't Pit Bulls originally bred for fighting way back a century or two ago? But then are there not other breeds that were bred similarly? So I suppose the bottom line is that if you cannot provide adequate restraining mechanisms then don't have such breeds.

Is the cost in travel the same?

Thank you, sounds good to me. I do keep track of research I have no doubt that in the future the batteries, motors, inverters etc will decrease in size yet overall have a larger travel range. Perhaps in the next generation or so EV will outsell the combustion engine. However, I cannot find (online) whether or not in the final assembly and additional 'housing' is built around the battery pack or whether the battery pack itself (as one unit) has included such a protection. That is, that in the former case damage would simply be a replacement external housing and battery pack is unaffected or in the latter case external damage would mean a replacement battery pack. I think it would be the latter as the former would mean extra weight. I am just curious.

Off topic? Just because I don't intend to buy a EV doesn't I'm not (or must not be) interested This is the EV thread isn't it? More like you are avoiding the question. I'll rephrase the question and perhaps someone else knows/has experience in Thailand with EV repairs. In Thailand, do EV repair stations regard the battery and housing as one unit. That is, if the housing becomes damaged replacement includes battery also? Samsung in their technical sheet talk of the (battery) cells, module and pack but don't specifically mention 'housing' in the final assembly.

I was keeping the discussion relevant. If you had read the post correctly you would have noted that the video I saw made me think of the recent motor show in Thailand raised increased interest in EV's and was asking how a similar situation in Thailand would be dealt with. Perhaps you know and if so simply write and answer. Do you think Thai insurance companies write the vehicle off, bypass the dealership and go direct to the vehicle manufacturer or some other process?

What? You only drive on the main roads then, missing all the beauty that awaits you in local villages and back roads.

No, not click bait. The video does show the damage to the battery housing and I thought that with conditions on Thai roads that damage might be more severe. If battery replacement is going to more than the EV is worth, at least that's what the video mentions, does this not put a short life span on EV"s?

I don't intend to buy a new car EV or otherwise though I am interested in the progress of EV technology. While I viewing varies topics on line I came across a Canadian youtube EV car (practical) car problem. It concerned damage to the underside protective housing of the battery. The EV was a year old which, according to the content of the video, was now outside the warranty period, the EV purchase of 50,000 Canadian Dollars. Photos showed what was considered slight damage to the battery housing but the dealership garage quoted 60,000 Canadian Dollars for a battery replacement (documents are shown during the video. The insurance company apparently decide to write off the car. ( haven't posted the URL of the video in case in broke any forum rules but I would supply if there was a request. My thought was about variable conditions road surfaces in Thailand particularly off main road lanes (Soi) Certainly in the area where I live that although holes are regularly filled with black pitch, they are bumpy rides to say the least. I just wonder how EV's will fair in Thailand.

Yes. Sumeria and areas nearby were always fighting each other as well domestically. Thy may have been the first to put their language in writing (although the Shang rulers were close behind with that), with organised cities but the fight for power and land persisted.

My thought is that formal teaching wouldn't do much good because once they are on the road ego takes over, 'me first', road etiquette goes yo zero and rules are ignored.

I suggest that the OP go to the appropriate Immigration Office and tell them about this (mythical) 15 month extension. That the OP appears not to have done this already suggests to me that he is just trying to stir things up.

Additives are the worse part. If the beeswax has a hint of honey it is probably paraffin free but if there is a hint of crayon wax then probably paraffin has been added

At low altitudes water H2O (vapour) is by far the biggest GH gas threat and at those levels the H2O molecules considerably outnumber CO2 molecules. However, as we all know, H2O readily condenses forming clouds and rain but CO2 does not. Earth's gravity prevents CO2 escaping into space and so the 'blanket' gets thicker but it's the lower layer of CO2 that absorbs most of the energy. The higher layers simply keep the energy for longer and that is the problem. The current CO2 level is about 0.04% (trivia-Venus is the hottest planet in the SS but its atmosphere is around 99% CO2 ) CH4, N2O and O3 are GH gasses to a lesser extent. As well as agricultural products humans and other animals (cattle for example) produce CH4. Wind Farms, Solar Panel areas aren't supplying and cannot supply right now, the demand for electricity and fusion reactors, it seems, won't be near supplying the grid anytime soon. So we've gotten ourselves into a bit of a rut. Well, what can we do? We could ALL stop using our combustion vehicles, stop using aircraft for holiday trips, stop using...That is just not going to happen! We have to face that our 'needs' have outrun progress in technology-for example the weight of the batteries in EV's is roughly 40% (give or take a little) of the total. The batteries will become smaller as research continues but it isn't going to happen overnight. The dinosaurs were eating their way to being doomed, the asteroid/comet strike just made it sooner...is it now our turn? I think we are intelligent enough to avoid it. Of course it might be just one big conspiracy to make us all bow down...everyone has to decide for themselves.

Achilles would probably do a better job

The guy in the foreground from San Francisco but someone has pinched his flower...

Does that apply to Flat Earther's too...the last part I mean.