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Lol, that's not going to happen.

There was me thinking it's a TV show, which it is.

Right so it might actually be a loss making company for the first 10 to 20 years - literal long term investment while they build the worlds latest and greatest technology. That's the way things work - if it didn't and companies were taxed on revenue then the world would grind to a halt.

Yeah that one's a real pain I would arrive and then get an O in country.

Are you really fishing if you don't catch anything? 🤣

Consider a mild case of shingles as a possibility as well as the back injury related nerve damage but if you want to see a Doctor then a neurologist is the one. For me I had the same thing but on my back with shingles, no rash, just one or two 'spots' and all sorts of sensitivity to the touch but it started with a sunburn sensation - without sun exposure. I've had sunburn before and it felt exactly the same - just in a small area.

I bought a car for 600k Baht about 12 years ago, still going strong. I don't drive it that much and sometimes leave it sitting for months while I'm out of the country. Insurance is cheap, I have an insurance agent handle all of that and they even collect the tax disks for me. I have no reason to replace it as it just works but one day when it stops working I'll pop along to Toyota and just buy a new one - whatever they've got in stock at the time will do. It will cost 500 to 700k most likely. I will miss the VIOS though, I quite like them for short journeys around town - not so comfortable for multi hour journeys though. I know others who have cars years older than mine - occasional use only - no problems. It's all about the mileage really, plus occasional tyre and battery changes due to heat. I didn't bother with the 10k KM service because it took me like 6 years to reach 10,000 KM. lol

Yeah this check out - I often leave the country for a few months at a time and the bill drops from between 9 and 11k Baht per month (completely down to AC usage in multiple rooms all day long) to about 800 Baht a month - I have multiple fridges and at least one freezer - normally I just leave one of the freezers on while away though. In fact once I returned from a long trip abroad the electric bills directly from the electric company only contained '*****' instead of a price - when we enquired asking what's up with this bill they said it's because your usage changed a lot. We explained that we were out of the country for a few months - in this case it was almost 6 months they cleared it and the bills went back to normal from then on - including another period where we went away for 3 months. This is a house, not a condo - anything goes in a lot of those condos

I suggest you use qBittorrent and forget about the others.

Well if he's buying an apartment in the 'foreign owned quota' then he will need some kind of 'foreign exchange' certificate in order to buy it - suggest checking in the forum where they talk about real estate. There may be tax implications but they are easily avoidable right now - you just send it in a year when you're non resident - ie - less than 180 days in the current year - you're not a tax resident. But that's both this year and now, there are pending changes to laws which will assuming they proceed and become law will affect this very scenario - also nobody knows who will be in government in a few months time, never mind on 4 years time. Is he planning on sending the money prior to arriving - being non resident would definitely be a big bonus here I think - it would definitely be worth discussing this with an accountant in Thailand to make sure everything is aligned correctly. Also the banks will want to know what it's for but I've never sent that much in one go so I don't know what they will erquest or require - I send about $100k once and they just asked what it's for - they phoned me and asked if the exchange rate was ok as well. Planning for something 4 years out with so many legislative and potential political changes pending is not going to be so easy so it's kind of straying into speculation.

Why didn't he just but a load of Thai drones?

Well I'm just hoping the current government lasts long enough for them to reverse the taxation policy with this new Royal Decree which is supposed to be coming before the leftist / socialists get into power which I see as kind of inevitable. So, careful what you wish for.

I don't believe a word ever spoken about this so called 'nuclear football'. Not one word.

That multi entry tourist visa is good for 180 days with multiple entries, not 60 days - that's the cheaper non multi entry you're thinking of there. Might be sufficient ? How having this visa in your passport affects the retirement application is best left for others...I'm sure they will be along and know the answer.

I've been using a Vodafone sim here for more than 15 years and it works just fine, it's one of those pay monthly deals. But there's a problem - if you ever get a new sim it needs to be 'activated' in the UK which means you need someone there to activate it and then mail it over which means that unless you happen to be going back it's a bit of a pain. Probably the same with most UK companies as I think as it's a 'telecom industry requirement' I believe. So don't just get one and have it mailed out here - not without getting someone to stick it in a phone first and 'activate it' - whatever that involves. I still have a larger sim card from before the current size was introduced and I can tell you that they can manually trim them down with some kind of cutting template but if that fails in some way then I'm stuck without the UK phone number for a while which is a bit of an inconvenience as I do use it for some things, so for now I leave it in a really old phone which is still chugging along - they don't sell phones which accept this type of sim any more - even used ones - I've looked and couldn't find any. It may be the same with 'UK activation' for the modern e-sims issued in the UK as well. Activate first then never a problem.... So that's something to consider.

Yeah, I've heard some real horror stories over the years, often due to local government corruption and weird community land ownership rules where land can be 'taken' in some way - but I never did consider moving to Spain so didn't bother looking into it in too much detail.

You can if it was government corruption even if they have 'long gone' = retired due to old age.

I've met plenty of humans who don't even come close to ChatGPT version 3, never mind the new version 5 which came out a couple of days ago. Oh and I wouldn't listen to Hinton too much, he's a raging commie who thinks all AI should be controlled by central government.

Is the conflict still ongoing? I am kind of planning to go back to Phnom Penh with the Mrs some time in October to make sure I don't stay more than 180 days and right now the Mrs is not so keen on the idea....

Yeah they seem to let air into the flow which really gives it a boost. Pretty sure I bought one from HomePro - they are normally a bit larger, but if the water pressure is really low I'm not sure if it will fix it - but it's worth a try....

It's nonsense like this that makes people think twice about their holiday destinations. If this guy is not released and given back his equipment very quickly then it will turn into a big story in his country - where a lot of people live who visit Thailand, also Singapore is full of 'the wealthy' who they seem to crave.

That's where the police investigation comes in, or not - will be interesting to see the outcome of this. If he had no insurance I wonder what would have happened? I also wonder if they demanded a deposit? This is the kind of nightmare scenario which can happen to any one of us at pretty much any time, hence the need for a decent insurance cover which luckily he appears to have planned for in advance of the unforeseen.

I'm sure they considered it but figured they knew best, after all they won an election and are now masters of the universe 🤣🙄 So it backfired in the exact same way similar things always backfire. Just one example - the UK raises Capital Gains Taxes by massively reducing allowances yet somehow they end up with far less money being paid in tax. Well duh, people sell in advance and will hold those assets forever. The exact same pattern plays out all over the world, always has. This time is no different, they're failing to account for the fact that people will control their own money and investments and do anything they can to avoid additional tax - so people are leaving it offshore. Simple really. There's a name for this - it's known as the 'Laffer Curve'

Yep - it's pretty much word for word just a reprint of the old article. So I wonder if it is the new PM reiterating that this will still happen, because a lot's changed since they first printed an almost identical article just a couple of months ago, also in the Bangkok Post.

It's not new, they've been saying the same thing for a couple of months now. Then the PM was suspended, cabinet reshuffle - if they did restate this today then it is significant. I first read about it in the Bangkok Post a while back, many things have changed since then - for now. Edit - link to todays article : https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3081357/law-exempting-tax-on-foreign-income-in-the-offing It does appear to be a mere regurgitation of the older article from a few months back. Same plan, same people but in the civil service, not at government level - which was the same as before. I wouldn't hold my breath but this would be useful, especially if it's a rolling 2 year period going forward instead of a one off - that's the crux of the matter.