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Are they still planning on introducing the biometric boarding passes in the next few months? If so, I suspect there may be a drastic reduction in the numbers flying out of the country as they'll all be stuck at the departure gates where "Computer Says No!" lol

This is where it pays to have a samlor rather than a tuk tuk. A samlor is classed as an illegally modified vehicle, so there's no question of having a valid licence to drive it. lol

My Buddha! There's prostitution in Thailand, who would have believed it? lol

and yet... Oh well, that's what an addiction to Thai lakorn on the idiot box does to you, too busy watching nonsense to notice her granddaughter coughing up blood a few feet away, lol.

I'd have thought that, as long as your funds are obtained honestly, then who reports what to whom is secondary to where you are resident to pay tax on your income. I've been non-resident for tax in the UK for over 20 years and HMRC shows not the slightest interest in my money offshore. They do, however, want their slice of my UK pensions, and that's fair enough since they gave me a decent tax break when I invested in them (except the state pension, but that's just a Ponzi scheme). The banks in the UK and offshore know that i live in Thailand and have my TIN, so the information is available to the TRD if they ask for it and, as I'm currently tax-resident here they can assess it for their share. If, however, I was to stay here for less than 180 days in a year like the OP then I'd be non-resident for Thai tax and whatever data was reported to the TRD via CRS wouldn't matter, as I would not be liable for Thai tax.

Yep, it looks like Thai Airways might be getting some swish new aircraft, but that same old Thai disregard for the paying passengers is still deeply entrenched.

Is that the acting PM or the actual PM?

In case anyone else is interested, I decided to try Tee Shirt Express on Thepprasit Soi 3 to get some custom shirts printed, it's not far from my house. I took my designs on a USB and the guy let me try on an unprinted shirt to check the size is right (3XL as it happens), and then said to come back in three days. I ordered three shirts with different designs and I'm pleased with the results, it's almost impossible to find tee shirts with nice, original designs in Thailand, it's all beer makes, or Same Same but, or Good Guys Go to Heaven, or similar nonsense. I just picked them up and I'm well pleased, I think they were 410 Baht each. Here's one example:

Incorrect. Savings held abroad prior to 1/1/24 are not assessable when remitted into Thailand.

I think it's Pattaya's version of Darwinism. If you can survive, say, five years of strolling along the city's many streets with no pavements/sidewalks, as well as the more up-market tourist areas with pavements/sidewalks that are often atrociously maintained, then you'll find that you fit right in here, bulletproof. Alas, many do not make the grade and end up going the way of the dodo. lol

Well, that puts me off ever flying into Phuket again! lol

There's a water filter shop halfway along Thepprasit on the north side, between Soi Kopai (Soi 6) and the PTT station. You can take the photos and whatever else you have along there and they should be able to tell you what you need.

Well if they do this then I hope they'll also rescind the stupid ban on beer on SRT trains.

RIP, but this has happened many times over the years. They put horrible pictures of illness and cancer on cigarette packets, and are talking about doing the same for booze. Maybe they should do something similar for big bikes, plaster them with photos of the horrendous physical results of a high-speed crash.

The motorbikes will just park on the pavements instead (that's sidewalks to our friends from the Gulf of America, lol).