pauleddy

I was reading somewhere that we must declare to Customs any items being taken on holiday by residents of LOS (items not bought here).

I have a Laptop and 2 dress watches originally bought in Kuala Lumpur 2-3 years ago. When I go to HK or KL or SG for 3-4 days, I take these for my own use.I have no intention of selling them (foolish, because would only get 30% of original price anyway).

Has anybody been asked to do this declaration and pay duty? I have no intent to avoid the law in any land, although I suspect that being stopped to fill forms would be a pain. Or is this just a rumour and "it won't happen" for small and obviously used items.

Eddy

As I always say, hang em high at sundown once you give them a thousand cuts and wheel them thru the streets of Pattaya to be whipped. If they are not dead by then, use Ol Sparky as well, then give their livers to the black crows for all eternity, to feast upon.

My toe jams and smeg are much tastier than your boogers.

1. I fly into there every 4-5 weeks. Since the last big hoo-ha at Xmas, it seems better. 30 minutes or so.

2. Don't queue with the tourists for a cab 2 hours + 50b more. Walk up 2 floors to departures and get some guy who is dropping off. Ignore the police. It's all a racket. Old hands have done this for donkeys'.

Eddy

PS The 65,000b per month income has been stuck at that for years (Ive been retired eight). It does not go down to reflect inflation.

But TIT--I paid my maid 500 a day for years but increased it to 600 for merit, this year. In Thailand, most people do not get 3pc a year for inflation.

very easy if Brit. Go to the Embassy webpage and print out your income declaration. Takes about 5-10 days to send it (you pay the EMS express 240b) BUT, unlike the USA where you can raise, your hand and swear, we Brits must send in our pensions advice, bank interests and anything else which takes you over 65,000b a month income. In about 5 days you will receive an embossed letter stating your sworn income proved by your papers and accounts and pensions advice.

If you dont have that income you must put 800,000b in a Thai bank SOME TIME BEFORE your visa and the get letters from the bank the day before that you have 800k.

Yes, you cannot be under 50.

DMK is a cakewalk. Just go upstairs to departures. Cabs who are dropping people off will gladly take you. Don't worry about the police, they ignore you. It also means that you don't need to queue with newbies and tourists.

Presumably there is some kind of mafia, because the police ignore the pick-ups system. There were warnings of a clamp-down about 4 yrs ago, but nothing happened.

The same thing can still be done at Swampy, but it's more difficult because of the turnstiles upstairs. Still, it's not impossible if you are nimble and you hand your bags to a waiting cabbie.

Eddy

Sit on my face and I will tell you your future for the next 3 hours.

I can pick the exact lottery winner. 30 million.

fantastic. I also see the future. 2000b per sitting.

All of the big programmes/apps which you see in Fortune T or Pantip costing 130b (not 5,000b) are cracks.

My MS Office for Mac (with excel, word , PP and the whole lot) cost me 120b five years ago and is still going like a trooper. It even gives me the upgrades or tweaks issued by MS.

I don't have 87,000,000,000$ like Mr Gates, so I am quite happy.

Bring back Mathausen and Sobibor and Zyklon B for this perversion, I say.

Hang em high and flog em, I always say! 24 hours on the rack and then waterboarding to recover! I know the Good Ole Boys on here agree 100%. Yipee!

Once again, hang em and flog em! Then draw and quarter them after 24 hours on the rack! Isn't that what you Pattaya Dotards want????

No HOMOSEXUALS? err......well USAs 1.2 millions worth or 6,25 Thailands placed end to end worth. Not to mention the 50% of UK teens who are not 100% gay but admit to kissing other boys and having "plays" with the same sex in the showers or the clubs, according to a new poll.

Bring back Mathausen, I say! And Sobibor!

Always for Pasta. Sometimes make Nescafe with it. I'm near Chatuchak.

I know folks who drink it raw. Presumably it has been chlorinated etc.

Does anybody know the real truth? avoid or use? why??

I just bought new MacBook 2017 in KL.

The shop price was 5% less than BKK. Also you claim 7% at airport. So it paid my plane and my hotel.

Im no gamer or coder, but all the top specs are there.

Mac is probably not what you want but the support is good. I called Chicago and Auckland in recent years for tech help.

Here in BKK seems good for Cracks. My Office for Mac Full Suite cost 120b AND gives me the updates. Lunacy!

many thx

Ta!

I have a valid current MULTI reentry stamp.

Im going to KL from DM this week.

daft Q--do i need to do the form TM8 again for all departures, or can I simply breeze through with my valid stamp?

Eddy

Flog 'em and hang 'em high, I do declare!

As a non-racist gay white guy I can swear on a stack of bibles that the ghetto from Soi 3 to 13 in Nana is full of Africans ALL doing something dodgy--pimping, drug-peddling, running errands for dealers and sometimes picking pockets. I would never wear my Lange or Patek there. In fact, whoever stated that sitting on a hot wall for eight hours equals bad dude, that is obvious.

I have walked in Brixton, Barcelona and Bangladesh at night. Give me Brixton over Soi 3-13 any day.

Dunromin is correct! Jump from 3rd Floor and you can sometimes get away with broken ankles and hip dislocations.

You need 21 floors----at least, I knew somebody who wanted it so he went up 21.

PS--I worked in ER for 12 years and I have seen more flyers (down) and One Unders (train and tube) than all of you amateur balcony watchers. But I feel better now that people have started to jump again. We had a long dry patch (not a sticky patch...).

Eddy

If they dropped the price, it's a cert that they are trying something dodgy.