billd766

I doubt that he is a moron, but I do believe that he is far smarter than you will ever be. Of course if you are so smart, why have you not come up with any strategy to fix the problem? You seem to be quick to cast the blame, but nowhere to be seen when solutions are needed.

Thank you for an interesting read.

And is Thailand more or less Democratic than when Thaksin was removed in yet another illegal and undemocratic military coup. Have there been any free and fair elections since under a military government? How many politicians and political parties did Thaksin ban. How many people were jailed for LM offences under Thaksin's rule?

How do you get a Thai CC? AFAIR you put in the maximum account that you think that you will need into a separate account at the bank and then you will probably get a Thai CC. Again AFAIR when you close and return your CC, you then wait a further 3 months depending on the bank, before you get the balance of your money back. The bank then has the use of your money less what you use by using your CC.

A few years ago I was working in NZ and the lady in front of me wanted to pay by CC or debit card for her groceries. She went through seven, yes 7 cards to get enough for about NZD$40. I paid in cash and got a thank you and a smile.

But we are not in London or elsewhere but in Thailand, where IMHO, especially in rural Thailand, in markets, wet markets, small shops and even 7/11 they will always take cash. Even BigC, Makro, Global House welcome cash and don't bother about ID checks and CC. Perhaps if you are paying in excess of 100,000> thb cash they may want to see some ID. Go to a noodle stall and try to pay in bitcoin for 40 or 50 thb and see how far that gets you.

Me too. Cash almost always works. If not I simply say sorry and shop elsewhere.

Do you mean the same JFK that ordered the ill fated invasion of Cuba in 1962? https://www.britannica.com/event/Cuban-missile-crisis Same countries, swap Ukraine for Cuba, same problem but different leaders. Biden seems to me to be careful and rational. Putin however IMHO is a certifiable homicidal maniac.

Who made you top dog? It is a discussion forum open to all. If you post expect all sorts of replies.

Well I first came here to work in 1993, then Qatar, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Thailand, Indonesia, Thailand for 3 years, Sri Lanka and a few more countries as well. In my 50 years of working life I lived and worked in 38 countries, a few of them as short as a month, some nearly 4 years. Some you cold take your wife and family to but that would depend on the company you work for, the position you hold, and the contract length. Some companies your wife and family can come on holiday and several countries I didn't even want to go to myself. One job I had an armed security guard with me as I left the hotel. No I didn't take my wife with me as a lot depended on the contract length. The problem with assuming that somebody just ups sticks and moves depends a lot on the work commitment and the company you work for as an expat.

Can you please tell us all exactly how many other ex presidents still have any White house records? If you don't know, please suggest a way of checking those records. How do YOU know it was a complete failure? You claim it, you own the claim, now prove it.

But France is already a safe country, so there is no need to make the dangerous journey across the English Channel to the UK. That is of course if they landed directly in France. If they landed in a different country and then made their way to France, then it is the responsibility of the French to return them to the first country.

Thank you very much. I found the second one by snipping out most of the text. It is definitely the sort of thing I am looking for.

Expats can, but can, and will the families sell up all they own, leave their families and friends behind to follow their husbands? Some will and some won't. If they don't want to leave, what should the husband do? Wives and children are no longer goods and chattels, to be dragged about the world at their husbands beck and call. Most husbands don't own the land and houses, business etc where they live. If the husband leaves he will necessarily travel lightly as he will own very little here in Thailand. If you are from the UK and married to a Thai, IIRC you will need £23,000 to get your Thai wife into the UK and she will need to pass English language tests at varying levels. You will also need £5,000 per Thai child unless the child has dual nationality. You will also need accommodation to go to. If you die within 5 years, your wife and Thai children will be deported back to Thailand. For dual nationality children I am not sure Unless you already own a property in the UK the price of houses is well past the silly stage and into the ridiculous stage. You may also need to pay the doctor and hospital bills for your wife and children and university fees, though I am not sure about ordinary schooling. Is it still that simple?

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately I live about 350 km from Bangkok and Central. I suspect that nobody in the local hospitals will know either as that sort of stuff will be handles by the Min of Health.

I have also been looking for a set of scales similar to the ones in hospitals, where the readout is around waist level. I can't find them anywhere. I have just read down and found this. Sadly the response from Lazada was Honor Scale 2-809 0 items found for "Honor Scale 2-809" Sort By: View: Search No Result We're sorry. We cannot find any matches for your search term. I started to look at weight scales but there are 60 pages of them.

When I first came here in 1993 there was NO puritan PM. Since then there have been 3 military coups and the latest and current lot are the worst. We expats have no say at all in who will be the PM. Neither do the Thai people.

I wonder if the countries that the "refugees" pass through have also read and obeyed the treaties? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53699511

Our Moo Ban is about 3 km long but is the only road in it apart from a small square area with about 30 houses on it. My wife's old shop is registered as 9/4 in our Moo Ban, except that is actually in the next Moo Ban along.

We live in 9 moo 8, our next door neighbour has 9/3 and 9/5, my wife's old shop is 9/4 but is over 2 km away. There only seems to be 1 postman who knows where 9/1 and 9/2 are. I think that they allocate house numbers on an as and when basis instead of marking on a map each 40 metre wide frontage in sequence.

And who will pay for all this extra stock?

It is a criminal assault on a child. The teacher should be suspended with no pay, and if he is found guilty, immediately sacked, ALL benefits cancelled and given the maximum jail sentence. All of his supervisors and the school director should be suspended,and placed on half pay and lose half their pension rights etc for life.

His family are also a part of the cartel of big businesses that own many of the cannabis concessions.

Mine is 630 a month. Neither of us has an internet connection as found in a hotel with multiple rooms and guests who must have the fastest internet. It will depend on the number of rooms served by the internet, the number of routers required and the number of guests. IF the hotel has been shut due to Covid the may still have to pay the yearly fee until renewal time. If they cancel and the supplier takes all his kit back, they will have to re-apply from new and that won't be cheap, even for Thais.

Was your WiFi for a single router and what did it cost? I have no idea of the cost of WiFi to cover even a small hotel but it will be a lot higher than for a single house. In addition the contract is usually for a year at a time. Just the cost of a single installation is expensive, though cheaper if you are Thai.