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4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I fairness this is not a question that people ask in normal life. If you've got any suspicions that things are not as they seem then there are more subtle ways of finding out.  

long time ago when I still lived in mainland China I had a friend who returned from R& R in Hong Kong where he tried to visit a "suzie wong hostel" where he went to bed with a beatiful girl....and then he said ...came the shock of his life ..."there was no hole where he had expected"

In our condo my Thai wife is a Committee member and she can indeed be elected by this Committee as Manager if during AGM the required quorum of 25 pct (representative of the complete surface) is not reached.  However if she would be elected first as chairperson of the Committee if then the same Committee can still appoint her as manager.  I have the impression Thai Condo Law does not cover this.

Why does the public need to know?

The cooperation between the authorities in Beijing and their former arch enemy (the Kuomintang) makes me think of the famous words coming from the Prime Minister of King Louis XIII of France who was also a cardinal...He made a deal with the Ottomans to stab the Pope in the back...and when asked how he could do that as a Cardinal he replied :  "France has no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only permanent interests".  Since then many world leaders have repeated this...

1 hour ago, phantomfiddler said:

The money would be much better spent sorting out the service in the existing airport, which must rank as the world,s worst with horrifying delays going through immigration. In Singapore the average time checking passports is around 30 seconds, compared to the up to 5 HOURS spent waiting in line in Bangkok. Totally unacceptable in a supposedly modern airport ! This creates a totally negative impression to any tourist entering the country, right from the start ????

30 seconds ??? Sorry but on 15 October I arrived with TG in Singapore and the passport lines upon arrival took more than 30 minutes...and my problem is that I can walk easily but not stand a long time without severe back pain (I am 76)

18 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

Legislation was enacted a year or two ago requiring private hospitals to accept "30 baht" and SS cases in emergencies and provide care for up to 72 hours or until they are stable enough to be transferred,  without charge to the patient (the private hospitals receive a reimbursement from the HMSO or SS for doing so, but of course at a level far below their usual rates).  They have, however, blatantly ignored this rule and continue to either dun patients/families to pay the private hospital rate or, if the poatient/family can't pay, then   refuse to treat the patient.

 

About time something was done. Too bad it took a death to make it happen.

When will people understand that private hospitals are not in the business of providing health care ...but in the business of making money ?....

42 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

Not correct. Marriage extension is 2 months for first bank seasoning application and 2 months for every year after that. it is only for the renewal of retirement extensions that it is 3 months

This Thai Law Office writes that for extension based on marriage one needs money in the bank 3 months before application 

http://www.thailawonline.com/en/others/immigration-law/extension-based-on-marriage.html

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Immigration will not accept one from an embassy outside of Thailand.

Indeed ...the letter has to be translated and legalised at the Thai Foreign Ministry and here the official has only copies of the signatures of the consuls stationed in Thailand

5 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

Why do you consider Steve187's post misinformation?

 

The OP is married to a Thai national, just renewed his retirement extension, using the income method.

Next year provided he can stick 400K in a Thai bank for 2 months before his next extension renewal date, he can apply for an extension based on marriage. He at least has 10 months to sort out his financials.

 

Where is the disinformation.

 

to be precise : money must be in the bank 2 months before day of application to obtain FIRST extension...for later extensions the money must be in the bank 3 months in advance (correct?)

I had severe esophagus inflammation - which can become cancer - and since then I take omeprazole now available in Thailand at reasonable price

3 hours ago, HappyAndRich said:

Good, they take their time to make the decision. Hope it gets a big no no. I actually thought Thailand could stand it´s ground in this case, and not do like other countries just out of populism for another drug to use. Don´t bother! Not going to answer or reply all the drug lovers.

So neurosurgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta is stupid....and you are a "stable genius"?

3 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

Nepotism by a despot. 

...if Donald Trump got away with nepotism why not him?

There is a japanese company opening restaurant where one can eat in his private boot without any communication / I do not see this happen quickly in Bangkok

https://ny.eater.com/2018/2/5/16973658/ichiran-nyc-midtown-location

5 hours ago, balo said:

Because Thai is a terrible language to learn , and believe me , I have tried.  And also a different alphabet with weird symbols.  

 

If I had moved to Spain instead and lived there for some years I would have been able to communicate in Spanish in no time. 

I speak a little German, French , and my native language is Norwegian. Which means I can understand and read English, German, French, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish. 

But I have given up on Thai , yes I can order a simple dish and I can count to 100 . Nit noi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most important factor is "necessity" ....before settling in Thailand I worked and lived in Pakistan, China, Sweden, Germany and Vietnam : in everyone of those countries I learned to speak the local language fluently...but here I got retired and married to a Thai wife and she is doing the communications in Thai for me. Also I cannot pick up a language from street talks and I need to go to school...but the nearest Thai language school is 2 hours drive from my house.

...and shouldn't we get worried that this guy got in Helsinki a face to face meeting of 2 hours - without any other presence - with Donald Trump

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

That has been discussed over and over again the other topics about the embassy income proof. All 3 embassy are saying that you can prove you income by transfer the required income of 40k or 65k baht in a Thai bank. But immigration have not confirmed that will be accepted.

Not sure why you would think immigration would double the money in the bank. There is no basis for stating that.

 

The Embassies changing their involvement should give notice at least 3 months in advance... better still 6 months

...beware of confusion when instructions are only in Chinese...

For instance Viagra has to be swallowed and not to be sniffed

On 10/28/2018 at 1:19 PM, nontabury said:

The problem was caused by politicians deceiving the people, when they transformed the ECC into the E.U. Without the explicit agreement of the people. 

Thankfully many Germans also now realise what the dictatorial Bureaucrats in Brussels have achieved.

Allthough I’m sure some remoaners on these threads, will try to discredit this persons veiws, based on what they have been fed in the controlled media.

 

 

 

 

I agree that the EU bureaucracy has by all means to be reduced in size but they are not having the final say on any important decision such as accepting or rejecting a Brexit deal : even the smallest member state can issue a veto and they have parliaments a little closer to the people. On the other side returning to the nationalist 1930ies is also not a solution.

I cannot find the name of who wrote the "opinion" in The Nation...because I want to check his or her credentials and if they are as good as those of neurosurgeon Dr Sanjay Gupta whose CNN documentaries can be found on Youtube under the title "Weed" : there is no known case of an overdosis with cannabis...but there are in recent years in the US alone a few hundred deaths documented after addiction to heavily subscribed painkillers....and those can still be sold because the pharma lobby has money to buy influence in Congress.

7 hours ago, Tug said:

I will donate a plastic bag to suffocate the criminal 

why so quick...let his die in a long terrible pain