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80k/month near Khorat: 4 people (incl. varsity student and 15yr- old), own land, own house, 2 cars; cost positions very similar to many of the above-mentioned. I join others of this thread "Th. is no cheap country at all" still very much worth-while living here and AUD 0.90 for diesel should not be the only high-light of our stay!

your "own business" in Th. would surely be something which you would not include in your financial master plan...! Too many odds re: success / failure and a big visible pot for "start-up and running cost" but invisible leaks of the meager monthly profit

There is also definitely no shortage of women where I am

Where exactly are you then, mate?

"He was charged with illegally carrying a firearm as a foreigner"

can a Thai illegally carry a firearm without being charged?

Just did my 90-day report on Monday in HH. No copies of anything. Just the TM.47 Form

In Khorat, they are more advanced, again: Not even the TM47 is required anymore once you have an electronic history in their system - just passport and finished

27,000 Companies to investigate, it'll take them at least 30 years to get through them all!

and if ever one or the other to shut down ... will reappear under new, mysterious company blanket ...

They must have an excess of idiots in Iran

how does this fit in area- wise?

In 1272, the Arabs invented the condom, using a goat's lower intestine.

In 1873, the British somewhat refined the idea, by taking the intestine out of the goat first.

"Mrs Mouritsen told the Gazette she was stunned that the policy, issued by a major travel insurance company and sold through the travel agent, did not cover injuries sustained in motorbike accidents – especially for people specifically travelling to Thailand"

that is exactly why they do not cover this particular area: "Especially for people specifically travelling to Thailand" !!

That is because they have no idea who done it ! They are now hoping for 2 Thais to hand them selves in

OR hoping to find 2 convenient suspects and shoot them "while attempting to flee", case solved with bravo

and it is not easy to sell the famous German bock wurst under its original name in Istanbul: BOCK translates into SHIT in Turkey language

I am really surprised that the Navy did not plan to catch them and sell them.

sell them? eat them!

Both Korea and Taiwan have these bullet trains that are relatively new and Japan has had theirs for a long time. Why not consult with them on how to do it right.

because the Thai (government, industry, trade) have their blood, heart, and money lines intermingled with the Chinese, not with Korea or Japan

British my arse, and i stick by that even if he/she does have a British Passport..

at bygone times in history, the EMPIRE just could not get enough additional fresh

blood from around the world from all her cozy colonies and they were proud to make

them proud with the Pommie passports. Look at all these distinct- looking Brits in Leeds,

Liverpool, Warrington, Abingdon etc.

Nice touch the Swaztica earring obviously an idiot to wear an earring like that and be German at the same time

no problem (not illegal) once outside of Germany; the U.S., U.K., CAN, AUS etc. (and Phuket, for that...) are full of swasticas. Maybe the guy bought his from a Muslim friend in Jomtien

Buchholz (spelling?), where are you?

...spelling...no worries, just use his English a.k.a. "Bookwood"!

So what I am reading here is that this program will not work because the teachers are out of date

this is for one; then, they have the "no electricity, no internet" issues for many schools. Most gravely, however, is the fact the MOE chummed up with an obscure Chinese producer who in the beginning stated a capacity of 20.000 tablets per day - a figure which they later (without shame) had to reduce to 2000/day. From the beginning, this company also felt insecure about the battery life of their produce and rather did not want to guarantee anything on that item.

How do you keep an eye on a geological fault ?

what they mean is "love it or hate it" or another one (which is also extremely out of context, the way the Thai like it):

"the fault is a major part of our culture, difficult to understand for farang"

The dolphins better not damage the jetski's. They might get beat up by the owners

no worries, the owners meanwhile have comprehensive insurances which also cover

dolphin attacks

Worst of all, they never learn from their "better" neighbours!

right, same with mobile internet which has been an absolutely dumb story over the years (!) already - still the Thai say "in Laos, Cambo, VN they only have 3G - we shall skip 4G and directly go into 5G..." their talent for totally ignoring facts, overrating their non-existent expertise coupled with an acid nationalism is frightening

Does Chonburi have there own number plates or do they use Bangkok ones as it's right next door. ?

Chol(n)buri is an independent province with her own plates

during all of our trips to PP I continue being amazed by the huge number of super pick-ups/SUVs 6cyl. up (Toyota, LandRover, Hummer, Chevy, Lexus and the like) inadvertently driven by young Eurepeans / Australians / US boys and girls ... and parked by the lot in front of the restaurants on Sisowath Quay starting lunch time until very late at night. This successful young breed mostly consists of hard-working international NGOs who obviously qualify for assisted imports of these carriages as well as very lenient working times coupled with attractive "salaries..."

All I can say about that is if I needed surgery I would NOT go to a government hospital in Thailand. All of the decent surgens work for private hospitals, clinics which leaves the less experienced one working in Government hospitals

easy, mate ... There's a big g'ment hospital in Khorat with obviously very skilled surgeons - some of these gentlemen are said and seen to also operate in St Mary's (private hospital Khorat) and Bangkok hospital (private hospital Khorat)

Krabi is a few hours' drive from Phuket.

They have that wrong, for sure.

Bad rap for Phuket.

it is never a mistake to name PHUKET once it comes to thugs, gangsters - no matter where today's particular case really took place

"As a long-term solution, he urged the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) and Department of Special Investigation to look into foreign land ownership and give rewards to people who help police arrest those who break the law."

now, these carpet-buggers will find out amazing things worth-while to be reported to police: The vast majority of investors are Chinese, Singaporean, Japanese, Malay, Russian, Indian, Arab etc. multi-nationals and they put their eggs into hotels, tourism, transport, food, chemicals, cars, electric appliances, electronics. These high-stakers will not be found between Khon Kaen and RoiEt but in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Parks, in Ayuthaya, Bangkok, Hua Hin, Phuket and, of course, in Pity-Ya (centre of lowly fun)

Why on earth did he keep the remains in his house? I perhaps don't have a criminal mindset, but I would attempt to dispose of any such "evidence." He certainly had the time to do it.

typical Norwegian customs in a land with diaspora population?