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13 hours ago, Loiner said:

What the EU defines as a ‘major concession’ may in actuality amount to naught, and probably will do.
Only 22 more days of posturing to go.


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In the UK many still have the wrong impression that they are dealing with ONE opponent : the HQ of the EU in Brussels and they ignore the fact that any 'major concession' has to be approved by 27 member states (even the smallest of them have veto right)

On 10/1/2019 at 3:15 PM, Max69xl said:

We're talking about one salary in baht. How much can it be?

I was asking this question because a friend came from EU to try and set up a business in Thailand but it failed.  He decided to return home but could not send back about 150.000 Baht left in his Thai bank account. The bank director told him that a solution would be that my Thai wife got the money and then send it to him in several tranches under the pretext "help for family"...and this method worked.  But money speculators move no doubt millions of Thai Baht in and out of Thailand without problems and how do they do that?

On 9/30/2019 at 5:25 AM, Don Mega said:

Withdraw the cash at an ATM ?

I read at another TVF info QUOTE Speculation of the baht has slowed down after the central bank imposed measures to discourage foreign investors form parking their short-term funds in Thailand UNQUOTE

My question : do those investors also go to ATM to withdraw their speculative short-term funds? 

4 hours ago, Saint Nick said:

Will that "political solution" be the equivalent of a bone- saw?

Why make easy if it also works the difficult way ....the only acceptable political solution would that Shia Iran converts to the Wahabbi kind of Islam ????

For those interested in the opinion of a respected neurologist Dr Sanjay Gupta (CNN)

Marijuana was preordained as having "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse" despite plenty of evidence to the contrary. My team and I wanted you to hear the other side, the voices that had been drowned out by decades of this noise.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/27/health/weed-5-cbd-craze-gupta/index.html

5 hours ago, mikebell said:

That'll teach foreigners for besmirching Pattaya's image.

Absolutely.....Melania could have forced Donald Trump to cancel his planned visit to Thailand 

2 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Sand trays. 

Yes for your own cats....but also for cats of the neighbours?

8 hours ago, emptypockets said:

What on earth are you going on about? anti social??? It is one of the most basic tenets of life in asia. I assume you don't live here.

Any further comments by you will be treated with the disdain they deserve.

I only asked about experience of other people facing the same issue in Thailand.  Of course if you live somewhere in a country where you can even put your shoes on the coffee table then you do not understand the severe insult in Thailand and other SEA countries if you do not take shoes off when entering a house.

The leading TVF Moderator on this topic (Sheryl) wrote that the distribution of cannabis oil is not yet approved in Thailand.

She closed a discussion opened by me questioning if there was black market ....as if I wanted to find my way to this illegal market and this absolutely not the case.

This new discussion proves there is a black market and that is indeed scandalous.

We have in our large condo building a regulation (voted in AGM as part of a larger set of rules) : " do not leave the pets by themselves to wander around or disturb others."

However a few co-owners have cats left out during the night and urinating and defecating in the common area. In one case they do it on the shoes which the co-owners leave outside before entering their condo unit...and it is not unusual that then other cats detects the smell and go there to...

Does any TVF member have any experience what can be done about this (except poisoning them)?

I case if the police is called they will laugh...but this is really not funny.

15 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

Instagram model is another term for, someone I have never heard of.

One of the US television channels has a series about people telling their story of being locked up abroad ...may-be she just wanted to be a star one of the next episodes?????

6 hours ago, Berkshire said:

I admire you for making the move instead of just talking about it.  I do wish that farangs who are unhappy with their life in Thailand simply go back home instead of whining/whinging endlessly on TV.  They may realize that their unhappiness really has nothing to do with Thailand but more their inner self.  And if it turns out that they are happiest at home and never return, even better.  Everybody wins!

I am living in Thailand since 1988 and how many times did I write in this Forum that Thailand is not paradise but that compared to other options it is still the best place to stay for foreigners compared to all other countries between Istanbul and Tokyo. I gladly accept the one time in a year bureaucratic hassle the get an extension of my Non Imm O Visa.... Indeed in most other countries it is worse.

10 hours ago, madmitch said:

How's that losing momentum?

 

Hoteliers realise that arrival numbers mean less in real terms than numbers of nights spent in the Kingdom. They've replaced Europeans spending their two week holiday in Thailand with Chinese on 4-5 day breaks. That means, effectively, you need three Chinese visitors to replace one Swede, German or Brit. So although numbers of arrivals are up, the hotel industry could well be struggling.

You mean the 5 and 4 and 3-star hotels? Chinese tourists are happy to stay in cheaper hotels.

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

There was a time when we believed what American officials told us.

That time was long ago.

We all know why the Americans want to blame. And what a surprise, they blame exactly them.

 

Obviously I don't know who attacked. It might have been Iran. But maybe not. Who believes serial liars?

I would think that the air space between Iran and Saudi Arabia is so closely monitored that even a bird cannot cross it without being seen.  The Houthi's claim they did the attack....they are Shia Muslims which Prince MBS would like to wipe out and therefore Iranian sympathy and support for the Houthi's should not be a surprise (or have we forgotten the Catholic - Protestant religious war of 100 years which ended in 1648 ?)

What's next : tax on mineral water ?

The sister of my Thai wife has a daughter (now 25 years old) who suffers from epilepsy since she was a baby....severe epilepsy which may have caused brain damage so that she is now mentally retarded.

When my sister-in-law asked the doctor who is prescribing medication since more than 20 years for this unfortunate child...if she could try (liquid) medical cannabis it was refused under the pretext that there are still too many side effects ...as if the medication sold by big pharma which the doctor prescribes now has no side effects.

However my wife says that several of her former class mates (all mid 50 mid fifties) got the small bottles of liquid cannabis...through "connections" ...for a price of 1000 Baht and more...without a need to see a doctor.

I wonder if there is already a black market...explaining a "shortage" in the licensed hospitals

6 hours ago, pegman said:

Am I the only one thinking a country like India should  have priories like clean drinking water and  proper sanitation before tackling landing on the moon. 

There is nothing new on the moon ....for this reason it is a good idea to let the private sector play with it ...as is done in the USA

4 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Should he not be going to Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi and Mumbai as they were his brainwave tourist targets most recently, or is the shopping in Italy more to his liking?

...do not forget the many tourists coming from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Emirates etc....he should at least visit Dubai

2 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Sorry to hear that hope you are OK.

So, you got cared for in your home country for practically nothing?

But, you are right. Not being responsible and having proper insurance here could wipe someone out.

I still pay taxes in my home country

15 hours ago, usviphotography said:

Kim has sent Trump several incredibly beautiful letters composed in English that Melania has surely also read. 

Beautiful indeed :

Kim's statement about Trump on Sep. 22, 2017

“A frightened dog barks louder.”

“He is unfit to hold the prerogative of supreme command of a country, and he is surely a rogue and a gangster fond of playing with fire, rather than a politician.”
“Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.”

On 8/27/2019 at 7:07 PM, RJRS1301 said:

Amazing the deluded thinking of some supporters, who appear to be incapable of critical thinking, and feel that blatant mistruths are acceptable, I am afraid that Left and Fascist seem diametrically opposed to each other.

 

 

 

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, (does this read like anyone in WH)??

 

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. It typically involves a concern for those in society whom its adherents perceive as disadvantaged relative to others as well as a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished

Very correct analysis ...but you will not be able to convince some idiots and fanatics reading this.

23 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

It is bets to use google or other search engine. type in the search term(s) plus :site:thaivisa.com"

 

Doing that for the term Heladiv yeilds:

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1107587-british-tea-drinkers-of-thailand/page/7/

 

and also

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/883158-heladiv-english-breakfast-teabags/

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/341860-tea-bags/

 

the first is probably what you are looking for

Yes you got it in the first link (British tea drinkers) you mention ....but what kind of words did you use in the Thaivisa search box?

Thank you !

Some time ago there was a discussion about the kinds of tea foreigners (British?) in Thailand like.

I remember one of the tea brand names mentioned was "Heladiv"  ...this is not a common word and I do not understand that I cannot find this discussion when I put this brand name in the "search engine" /  it is not about this particular tea...I simply want to find back the whole discussion