again because of the cheap charlies we are now paying a price.  same thing happened with the embassy letters.

what's down with these Thai male?  meet them everyday and they seem to have an attitude.  woman are very different.  how did the males get so messed up.  just pathetic, useless, lazy dullards. 

20 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Whilst I understand that military forces around the world need to be in a state of readiness, I would like to point out that the Stryker is a substantial armoured vehicle designed for battlefield operations.

 

I am confident that this is yet another in a string of military hardware purchases that will never be used or need to be used to even a fraction of its potential. They will be left to rot along with the submarines and the aircraft carrier, the fighter jets and the tanks until there is no longer the slightest hope that they will ever be returned to anything approaching usable condition.

 

One would think they could come up with a way to rort the budget without so much incredible waste. Let's say half is creamed off. That's $US 40 million. Why not just take the $US 40 million and not bother with the armoured vehicles. It would save the country the other $US 40 million.

toys for boys.  fix the #$^$ infrastructure.  stupid.

time to roll over and play dead????

how did this happen?

will never buy insurance here or a used car????

3 hours ago, Lenny Jones said:

A poll with insurance company bias written all over it?

Has to take the prize for the weakest fake news try of the year!.  This is absolute rubbish!

"Joe Blow said - - - - - - "  How many times do we read these sort of garbage statements in advertising - - -

The first Thai visa news item is now up to 77 pages and there is a very large majority hating this guvmint rule - - - - -

naturally the Thai government thinks we will believe this baloney.  they are dealing with a educated people here

3 hours ago, Thailand J said:

"mandatory health insurance of over 50s"

 

while the short term tourists don't? They are the ones renting motorbikes looking for adventures.." Guess what i did in Thailand.."

 

yeah we old men need insurance in case we fall off the bar stool.

the kids can't ride like some of the old guys.  i am 69 and still surfing and skiing.  it's all relative. 

makes more sense than putting 800k in the bank for a #$% visa

9 hours ago, Sticky Wicket said:

Not many people get away without paying . They would nail you to the bed if needed be. 

 

Only people who die with nothing leave a big fat bill.

 

I knew a guy who died, long story short, he owed 500k due to his ex gf moving him from govt to private while he was in a coma.

The hospital were absolutely beside themselves. Umpteen meetings  and people getting fired. They didn't even cremate him, left him to rot in a temple until he was just bones.

Jesus, get cremation insurance

9 hours ago, masuk said:

..ae nd how about the uninsured, 4-week tourist who is knocked off his motorbike and in hospital for weeks??

the kids who come over here get on bikes with little or no prior riding experience and act like idiots.  a license issued in their home country that specifically states they are motorcycle rated is the only solution.  also they must buy local insurance at the time of rental.

1 hour ago, david555 said:

I know and understand your point and that is why I have my Axa expat with repatriation  12500€ as only my home country national insurance shall keep me alive as long possible (lol) 

 

Remember Schumacher coma time …. you think your expensive insurance can pay that time in Thailand Bangkok hospitals ....... Are you a Schumacher $$$$$$ one  All insurances have a limit 

I only try to keep up with immigration requirements ...

you can create a living will that will authorize you being unplugged and put on the barbie.  who wants to be a veggie?

9 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

If over 65 they (P Cross) need a medical. I had one and the results were so bad I never got the insurance thinking any claim would result in pre existing conditions get out for them. Went home had the tests re done- no problems showed up at all. 400k minimum cover of course is no where near enough if you develop serious illness like cancer or heart problems, you need about a million in cover.

i can put that on just one Visa card.  so what's the problem?  never buy anything that i can not pay off in one month

22 minutes ago, TMNH said:

And you are privy to the plans? And your comment that the taxi drivers and bus drivers can relax "obviously" asserts that any alternative transportation is "obviously" opposed by you. So why is that?The logistics of a proposed train service may be short-sighted, yet the overall (albeit not thoroughly thought out) is a start. Unless of course you like the congestion...the daily death tolls...and most importantly, the lack of any driving skills.

 

So....whether the routes are questionable, the idea to attempt to curtail the carnage due to inferior skills re: drivers, then perhaps you could come up with a better plan? Nope....no relaxation to taxi drivers nor bus drivers. You either are open to a positive change OR you will be forever be cast as 3rd world country....ad finitum.

a Thai train?

i wonder who's hands are in who's pockets

3 hours ago, MellowYellow101 said:

wow, it really seems like they are trying to push the old Westerners out of here. First it was an increase in the amount of money in the bank, money you cannot touch essentially, and now mandatory health insurance with a set amount in terms of coverage. There is also the identity scanners they hope to put in immigration, as well as those tracking bracelets they dreamt about lol - looking forward to seeing what happens next month

more money to the "agents"

26 minutes ago, jesimps said:

You're correct, ridiculous and insensitive statement. I've put him on ignore.

same with Medicare.  i still pay into it every month.  

all in the family