steven100

13 hours ago, tryasimight said:

There's a 300 odd page thread on the Aussie aged pension.   Some knowledgeable posters there too.  Suggest you take a look.  Basically if you want the pension you WILL  do 2 years home detention prior to application so to speak. 

In my case me any the Mrs would have to go back when I am 64.5 and presumably go on the dole for 2 years.  Crazy situation. And not one I'll be choosing. 

 

I don't think any of the obvious 'plans'such as claiming being on holiday or being resident for tax purposes means anything as far as the pension us concerned. Once you get it you can do what you want. But getting it is much tougher now.  The 2y ear residence requirement is quite new.

Now I get it .....  to qualify for the OAP ....  one has to go back and live in Australia for 2 years before even filling the form in ... then submit the application ... if approved then you can come back to Thailand.  ???

Now what if you working life has been out of Australia mostly and say you only worked 20 yrs there ....  would that mean one is not entitled to receive any OAP.   ???

555  .....     sorry I didn't mean go out and buy 555 ...

bye ....   don't forget to write   !  

On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 12:59 PM, transam said:

I can buy a sack of ice for 25bht at my local ice shop...

So a bucket of ice in a bar would cost a few baht..Even at 10bht a bucket they are making a small profit. The OP's 40bht for ice place are not doing their business any favours..

Yes 40 baht is a lot of money, maybe he should stay home and not spend anything.

40 minutes ago, jaiyen said:

The dangers of Internet banking.  In Thailand I always go to the bank when I want money,  Doesn't take long and is safe, never use an ATM.  Too many people are hooked on technology and use their phone for financial dealings and put their details on their phone.  Fine till you lose it !

yes ....   it's better not to use any electronic device near any credit cards or they may be cloned.

16 hours ago, possum1931 said:

"there are plenty of half-wits living long time in Thailand".

Yes, the old, fat shirtless ones showing off their big titties.

just to confirm the above .....  my wife is getting old,  fat ...  and only shirtless in the garden

Thailand has piece and stability, it has economic development. If being allowed to put a cross on a piece of paper is giving up all that then no thanks.  !!

1 minute ago, Becker said:

So Steven, buddy; will you move when voting resumes in Thailand? Come on man, it's not that hard a question!

lol ... will you move now..  and take a few whingers with you       haha  just kiddin.

Tottenham vs Huddersfield ... Sat 03 Mar.    Go Hotspurs  !!    i want Newcastle to beat Liverpool.

Optometrist shop.

3 hours ago, norrska said:

Would not recommend Latin America.  As the OP likes to advertise his millionaire status with others, lots of countries like Mexico, Brazil etc could be downright dangerous (kidnap, express kidnap, robbery, etc)

Venezuela & Brazil were on TV last night .....  shit holes full of immigrants sleeping in tents everywhere.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

recent figures do suggest that the country’s economy is showing indications of improving.

Well ... well .....  I wouldn't have guessed   !      but the TV farang seem to think they know all.  

Thailand's economy grew at its fastest pace in over four years in the fourth quarter, led by stronger exports and a boost from the tourism and agricultural sectors, suggesting the recovery is gaining momentum. The government also raised its forecasts for economic growth and exports for this year.

nothing wrong with a good night on the piss  !        even better if you don't let up ...  hic  .. hic

American democracy failed decades ago—we could argue about exactly when that occurred—but we are seeing that process at work in Europe today. Greece and Italy are now run by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels who, along with the ECB and big private banks, will increasingly call the shots in other countries on Europe's southern rim. Great power is being wielded and corruption is part & parcel of that. The governing process in EU member states is becoming more and more undemocratic every day. If you doubt this, just ask a Greek or an Italian. Next year you can ask the Portuguese or the Spanish.

So my view is that democracies always fail sooner or later. Although the United States never had a pure democracy, it is remarkable how long the old Republic was sustained. But when America became a great global power after World War II, the jig was up. It was only a matter of time until the U.S. became as undemocratic as it is today. What's ironic about this is that the less we live in a democracy, the more those looking to maintain the status quo trumpet the idea of America-as-a-democracy and the importance of voting. Frankly, that's ridiculous, and provides us with yet another example of how crazy life in the United States has become.

So .....   remember,   democracy is not what has to happen. It's not cast in stone.  !!    Thailand is not ready for democracy.  Thailand works better without it.

9 minutes ago, bannork said:

Steven, you seem to have forgotten what someone said some while back.

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.

(House of Commons, 11 November 1947)

And another-

If I had to sum up the immediate future of democratic politics in a single word I should say “insurance.” That is the future—insurance against dangers from abroad, insurance against dangers scarcely less grave and much more near and constant which threaten us here at home in our own island. —Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 23 May 1909

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper—no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of that point. —House of Commons, 31 October 1944

In an ideal democracy where "one person, one vote" actually holds, people's inability to judge ideas and issues would be a big problem. But we live in the Real World, not an ideal world. And the further away you move from an ideal democracy, the less rational the voting process becomes. Here in the United States, party allegiance and voting have become primarily emotional processes. And of course for candidates or those working directly for the political parties or those buying their allegiance, there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

The issues are unimportant, being merely emotional touchstones for uninformed voters. There's hardly anything rational about it for most of these dupes. The advent of Mass Media in the 20th century changed the game in a profound way. Emotional messages can now be disseminated far and wide in 30-second or 60-second spots on TV or radio. Certainly it is not possible to intelligently address a real issue (e.g. tax policy or government deficits) in such a short period of time. Soundbites, not rational thinking, govern the election process from beginning to end.

Thus the scientists quoted above have committed the fallacy I called the Imputation of Rationality in my post Humans Are Not Rational Problem Solvers. If "lack of expertise" (incompetence) was the real problem, we might conclude that democracies always fail because voters can not distinguish between good ideas and bad ideas.

The most incompetent among us serve as canaries in the coal mine signifying a larger quandary in the concept of democracy; truly ignorant people may be the worst judges of candidates and ideas, Dunning said, but we all suffer from a degree of blindness stemming from our own personal lack of expertise.

so you stay 179 days ..  and go out and back in.

I hope they keep using the paper tickets ....   it's just something about buying them at markets, shopping centres and the likes. 

6 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

Actually...

 

What is sad is the abandonment of all principles of democracy and freedom in favour of sycophantic worship of a coup leader.

 

Have a nice day.

 

I've witnessed what democracy gets you in many developed western countries .....    and well   !   quite frankly ....  you can have it in all it's glory.   lol  

10 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said:

What a sad state for the "Land of the Free".  I really hope that the next generation of Thais can come trough the "darkest hour of the nation" and kick these parasites in green and brown out of this country and build a better and greater Thailand.

what is sad is the constant whinging & whining from expats who choose to reside here. 

22 hours ago, impulse said:

 

While I agree with that assessment, their job isn't really complete until they confiscate the illegal wares.  Otherwise, it's just a cost of doing an illegal business.

 

Thailand's either a member of the world community that honors its treaty obligations- including protection of IP, or it's not.  

 

I disagree with your protection of IP.  Multinational corporations ripping of anyone it can sell too ... greedy pigs imo.

They employ the cheapest labour possible in places like India, Bangladesh and other countries. 

And to me a copy is fine ....  

A watch seller in Bangkok sells his copy watches to make money to feed his family. If he has a stall maybe he employs one other guy who feeds his family.

A street sweeper or a middle class worker is never going to buy or can never afford a real Rolex, Guicci or Adidas ....   he can afford a copy.

So what the Multinational company missing out on ?   not profits ....   as the small guy will never buy the original ...   yet he buys a cheaper one and feeds his family.

oh dear  !   keep away from the 83 yr olds ... 

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

said the junta leader is a person deserving respect, or puu yai,

Well said Major General .... however I don't think Khun Prayut is too worried about these comics ....