billd766

I agree. There ought to be a mandatory retirement age of 65 for ALL politicians world wide and that should include reaching the age limit in the current political term. If you chose to stand you MUST retire on your 65th birthday and foot the entire bill for the by election for ALL the people standing to replace you, including the government costs, from your own personal funds

For exactly the same reason that the Trump supporters on here do the same, every time president Biden makes any small mistake. By the time I made my comment he had already seen a doctor.

That might be considered a cruel and unusual punishment. OTOH he does seem to eat a lot of junk food.

If as you say that you know about it, then you are contradicting yourself when you say that nobody knows about it Either nobody knows about it, or many other people as well as you know about it, in which case it isn't a secret.

quote "Russia has a tech industry that nobody knows about". If Russia has a tech industry that nobody knows about, how do YOU know about it, when according to you, nobody knows about it?

The first blackout was scary. I was sitting up at the kitchen about 25 metres from the house one lunchtime, and my wife was in the big village 6 km away. The next thing I remember I was in hospital in Kamphaeng Phet having gone via thee local hospital 13 km away. It seems that the emergency rook took one look at me and shipped me off there. I had no real idea of what happened, where I was, what the time,day or month was, how I got there or anything. From what I pieced together from my wife the postman called and found me unconscious on the floor, couldn't find my wife so called the neighbour who took one look and called the ambulance who took me away. The neighbour told my wife when she came back and she eventually tracked me down 65 km away in hospital in KPP. I have no memory of the emergency room at all and only a vague memory of how long I was in hospital, somewhere between 3 and 5 days I think. It is still a blank area to me. I think it was due to low blood pressure and I probably stood up too quickly and fell over. I had no history of it happening before. You may need a time machine. I believe that Dr Who has one. Croesus Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Croesus croesus from en.wikipedia.org Croesus was the king of Lydia, who reigned from 585 BC until his defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 547 or 546 BC. According to Herodotus ... Lydian: ????????????????????????????????; (Krowiśaś) Reign: c. 585 – c. 546 BC Father: Alyattes of Lydia Born: 7th/6th century BCE; Lydia Kingdom

37 for the IO at Kamphaeng Phet and another 37 for the IO regional office #5 at Chiang Mai for the marriage extension. I have no idea why Chiang Mai needs a copy but if it keeps them happy and quiet, it is not a problem once a year,

If you have spent time in hospital in Thailand you have to pay in cash. I have had 2 blackouts this year and spent time in hospital which took a pile of money that I had not planned for. Not every expat in Thailand is as rich as Croesus. Croesus' legendary wealth leads to the expression 'rich as Croesus' and according to Herodotus, Croesus was the first monarch to mint gold and silver coins. Explore the evidence for this from the Hestia texts and other sources

I have no idea, but according to Wise the monet "should be in the BBK around 10am on Monday and clear by 2 pm. The transfer has been done and I am just waiting on Monday afternoon and BBK. https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays Rest of the year. 2023 Date Day of the week Bank holiday 28 August Monday Summer bank holiday 25 December Monday Christmas Day 26 December Tuesday Boxing Day

At 79 I normally take a nap in the afternoons knowing that the state pension will not arrive at Wise UK until after BBK banking hours. so I can take my time transferring it, knowing that it won't be available until just after 2 pm on Monday afternoons. I use BBK as my marriage extension is based on income, and that every transfer shows up as an FTT in my bankbook for the IO at Kamphaeng Phet. I could go to my KBank joint account directly but that would mean ringing the call centre every time to get a confirmation email, and to be honest it would become a PITA. Add the fact that it does not show up as an FTT in the bankbook and that then becomes another pile of paper (twice, once for KPP and once for CM IO). As it is I print out 37 sheets (twice) every year.

But only if the bank in Thailand is open during Thai banking hours.

It is a Wise transfer from the UK to my BBK account in Kamphaeng Phet. From there I transfer it to my local KBank joint account using internet banking on my pc, and from there to my son's bank account. Wise have done their bit, and it should be in my BBK account on Monday afternoon about 2 pm. I used to use Swift but found it cumbersome, slower and more expensive than Wise so I went over to Wise in 2018. The weekend problem is due to my state pension arriving at Wise on a Friday afternoon too late to transfer to Thailand.

Why is that? Because you use Fox as a news source? You do realise that President Biden came back and signed the order, or had that escaped your notice in your efforts to throw mud, hoping that something will stick, and grasping at any straw that you can find?

quote from the link "Fox News took notice of the moment, with conservative media figure Alex Lorusso sharing a clip to Twitter on Friday afternoon. In the clip, the president can be seen standing with the audience before announcing: "I'm coming back to shake your hand, but I forgot I didn't sign the order! All that talk and no action." Biden then returned to a desk to sign the order during what was his first trip to Maine as president. He won the state in the 2020 presidential election. So he actually DID sign the order. A confusing and inaccurate headline, and then I saw that it was by "Fox News" More daily rubbish by the Fox Entertainment channel.

I am sure that you will be missed.

Who said the RTP don't have a sense of humour?

I hope not, as I will be transferring some money to my son for his uni living costs in Chiang Rai. If the bank transfer does not go through on Monday, neither of us have any idea when he will get the money.

It is easy to understand. What is not so easy to understand is your use of the term "WE". You can speak for yourself as I can. However you do NOT speak for me or perhaps many others, simply by using the term "WE". quote from your post, " Is that really so difficult to understand"?

How strange that you say that. He won his first election in a free vote by all Thai voters, served as PM for 4 years, the first civilian PM to do so. He stood for election a second time and his party won an overall majority and the ONLY way he was removed was by yet another military coup. In all the military coups since 1932, not even 1 general has received as much as a slap on the wrist. Yet he won 2 successive free elections, yet not 1 general has ever stood in an election. They prefer to steal the entire country at the point of a gun and with tanks backing them up. The generals first act is to tear up the constitution and write a new one in their favour, and their second act is to give themselves an amnesty for all past, present and future acts. Something That Thaksin and the few civilian governments NEVER did.

OK. It was just a thought.

Some of the bits are interesting and useful but you NEED to be in a country with a reciprocal agreement. Thailand is NOT one of those countries. I think he is talking about a single person with no family attachments anywhere. For a family I think it may cost more in the long term than the gain you will get. I have no idea of the cost of flights or accommodation but I think that if I could do that I would not make any extra money out of it. A couple of things he did not mention were what happens to your family while you are away as they will also need money to live on. Also if you have more than one pension you will be paying extra tax at the basic rate of 20% on your extra income. This is only my thoughts and opinion. For some people it may work but again, IMHO for a lot of us it won't be worth it. If it was that simple and that easy many people would already be doing it.

Most of the generals would fail unless the question were on history and military coups.

A simple internet search found me this link. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-migration-bill-factsheets/illegal-migration-bill-overarching-factsheet#:~:text=The current broken asylum system costs the UK around £,government and other local services. Key facts Over 45,700 people arrived in small boats in 2022 There were over 40,000 asylum applications in 2022 from those who arrived in the UK via small boat. There were 74,751 asylum applications (main applicants only) in the UK in 2022, more than twice the number in 2019. In 2022, there were 110,171 individuals in receipt of support, 30% higher than 2021. Over 45,000 asylum seekers are currently being accommodated in hotels located across 200 local authorities. Between 2015 and December 2022. The UK has offered a place to 481,804 men, women and children seeking safety via safe and legal entry routes. How much will these measures cost? The current broken asylum system costs the UK around £3 billion a year and rising and around £6 million a day on hotel bills. Doing nothing is not a cost-free option as the continued arrival of tens of thousands of illegal migrants each year places new burdens on central and local government and other local services. There is also no price you can put on saving the lives of those currently drowning as they attempt unnecessary crossings of the Channel in the hands of dangerous gangs. I am sure that if you try, you will find a link or 3 denying this from the UK government, but that is up to you. Can you personally enter and stay in any country without a visa? Not only that, but expect that country to support you for the rest of your life if need be. How about this link then. https://fullfact.org/immigration/hotel-accommodation-asylum-seeker-cost/ Or this one https://childhub.org/en/child-protection-news/each-illegal-immigrant-costs-gbp-1m-according-study?language=hu The “Daily Mail” reports that according to a study commissioned by Migrationwatch each illegal immigrant who would be granted asylum in Britain would cost the government 1 million pounds over their lifetime. This revelation comes as thousands of churchgoers, trade unionists and charity workers prepare to rally in London in support of an ‘earned amnesty’ for 450’000 foreigners. The coalition argues that providing permanent residency for those long-term illegal immigrants who meet certain conditions would bring in more than £1billion of tax a year. The UK Border Agency spokesman however stated that their policy is unchanged: ‘Those here illegally should go home, not go to the front of the queue for jobs and benefits.’

It is your opinion and you are welcome to it, just as my post was my opinion and has an equal right to stand alongside yours and the other posters. You obviously have not read all my posts or you would find that I don't criticise everything. You are welcome to search all my back posts right back as far as November 2003 if you wish, all 27,849 of them, and I wish you luck with that, As for actually living in Thailand I have been living in Thailand since 2001 full time, working offshore when a job came along. I started working in Thailand in 1993, again in 1994 to 1997, again in 2001 to 2004. I think I have a reasonable, though nowhere near a full understanding of Thailand. For any extra information you may need to talk to my Thai wife of 23 years or my 18 year old son.