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just in case recently a new treatment clinic for all kind of addiction was opened in Bangkok

http://www.thecabinbangkok.co.th/the-cabin-Bangkok/index.html

Before my retirement I was a Dutch speaking diplomat : during the 1970ies and 1980ies I was living in China, Sweden, Germany, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

I kept Dutch as the family language because I did not want to cut them from my family of which nobody spoke a foreign language.

I raised 3 children and sent them to a French school

While playing in the street with other kids they learned all the languages of the other countries fluently.

Learning a language becomes more difficult I guess from the age of 10 when the children start to reason...

I am amazed that in Thailand, how often criminals get a pass and their lawyers go to jail. Seem a complete reversal of the way things work elsewhere.

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T.I.T this is Thailand

The problem of thinking that you are covered by an insurance!

I payed 80,000 Baht a year for an international insurance before. Then they refused to pay when I broke my arm in an accident. The reason they gave why they refused to pay... I have psoriasis and they claimed that had effected my bone(s). And then they went on to informed me that I could not claim anything from the insurance company because of my psoriasis! so basically I had spent 480,000 Baht over 6 years for nothing thinking that I had a good cover!!!

So you had to face "the death squads" employed by health insurance companies i.e. medical experts or lawyers paid to find loopholes which allow them to refuse insurance payment.

Why does she have to give them anything above and beyond the insurance payout ?

compare with the compensation of 100.000 Euro ( 3.5 million Baht) offered by Lufthansa to families of the Germanwings crash victims : this was certainly a criminal crash.

look at Bill Maher show on this subject (it's only 6 minutes)

https://youtu.be/-Sx0P6XHvE4

I am far from being a Trump fan, but I must admit that it was pretty obvious that the moderators were out to get him. The Republican establishment (which includes Fox News) is doing everything it can to discredit Trump. The polls, however, tell a different story.

The Republican establishment will push so hard until they force Donald Trump to run as a third party candidate...and we know what that means.

http://www.haaretz.com/beta/1.669390

Retired top brass Israeli support the Iran deal : are they idiots or enemies of Israel ?

some retired Israeli top brass think that Netanyahu should accept the Iran deal which is not only with the USA but also with China, Russia, France, Germany and EU

http://www.haaretz.com/beta/1.669390

Is not Thai law to split 50/50 whatever is gained during marriage ?

All what I know is that the real estate he owns is registered in his name only.

But if it was purchased during marriage, which is not hard to check, then she would be entitled to half of it

Thanks for your valuable input.

Consider consulting a back specialist and doing an MRI. This would probably give you a more precise idea of your condition. Pinpointing the problem will help determine the proper treatment.

I agree with Hayduke : I suffer since 6 years from back pain - with ups and downs - but I know exactly the cause after an MRI was taken in my home country under supervision of a qualified back specialist. As I am more than 70 years old I have decided that I will live with it rather than undergo an operation which is not always a good solution. My doctor advised me to move more : swimming or bicycle because my "sitting live in a front of a computer" is not what is the right thing for a back bone.

What city does the sister of your Thai wife live?

She lives in Bangkok

Is not Thai law to split 50/50 whatever is gained during marriage ?

All what I know is that the real estate he owns is registered in his name only.

A sister of my Thai wife has been married for 25 years with a husband subjecting her to mental cruelty and providing her the very minimum of money to take care of herself and a severely mentally handicapped daughter which is now 22 years old.

Last year she went to see a lawyer who told her that according to Thai Law there would not be enough evidence to obtain divorce with a monthly alimony imposed by a court (her husband owns several houses worth in total at least 5 million Baht).

A week ago she was at the end of her tether and she went to city hall with her husband to declare and sign divorce papers and she went to live with her 82 year old mother.

Her husband told her he would take care of the 22 year old daughter because he said that he knew the mother had no money and no income (why this has all been done without a lawyer? Only people knowing Thailand will understand)

However a few days ago the husband came to the house where his former wife now lives with the old mother and dropped the 22 year old handicapped lady and left without any promise of financial support.

At city hall they told her that in Thai Law there is no stipulation for child support from the moment the child becomes adult...but this young woman is so severely retarded that she does not know who she is, she cannot speak, she cannot eat without being forced, etc...It means she requires non stop assistance from a caring person and in this case this can only be her mother.

Can somebody provide advise on how to force to cruel husband to pay at least for the care of the daughter? (does Thailand have NGO to assist women facing a trouble as the sister of my wife does?)

$ will go stronger vs Thai baht. Main reason: divergent monetary policy. BoT likely to further cut interest rates, FED likely to start raising interest rates.

....and then what happens, four, eight, twelve, twenty four months hence, that's the question really being asked?

If you have a correct reply to this question you will become as rich as George Soros

A new coffee plantations requires average 8 years before the first harvest : can a poor farmer wait such a long period?

It will be interesting to find out if China with its powerful Central Bank can escape the general rule that : an economy is good as long as the people believe it is good and it becomes bad as soon as the people believe it is bad.

This is a surprising trend, since only a few months ago it was in the news that more middle class Thai women are remaining single.

this information reflects what was written some time ago about the Singapore middle class women who want to be equal partners in a relationship but they are not accepted as such by many "kings of creation"

first castrate him then cover him with a burqa and send him to Afghanistan to live there as a woman

Not sure anyone should go to jail for defamation, but if anyone should, it would be Prompong.

Why doesn't he get a flu and makes a run as other Thai criminals have done?

I cannot wait for the GOP debate of August 6th ...to see the Rep candidates trashing each other and then being insulted by Donald Trump.

Unfortunately the Dem leading candidate is Hillary Clinton and not Elisabeth Warren

Looking at the present forecast from Windguru, much more reliable than TMD, it looks like the warning is not justified.

They've been forecasting rain in Bangkok every day for weeks. At least where I live in lower Sukhumvit, hardly any! (That goes for the BBC forecast also!).

We have heavy rain in Pathum Thani right now at 17h20

The actual chaos in the Middle East has a lot to do with the "mapping" expertise of Sir Marc Sykes and Francois Picot when they carved up the defeated Ottoman Empire...who would trust their successors in London and Paris?

“expand the culture of dialogue to all levels and all members of both parties, and to our children and the next generation of Cambodians.

...and to our children who will be the dynastic leaders of the next generation of Cambodians...

Sam Rainsy and his wife Saumura Tioulong (who I know personally) left a comfortable life and lucrative career in Paris about 20 years ago to serve the Cambodian people with their talents : if their children will make the same sacrifice for their country it will be a blessing.

As soon as you make a booking error with Air Asia get on the phone to them or visit their office at the airport. They can fix things up. It depends on the person you deal with but i know someone who ending up booking twice on the same flight (he had computer problems). Air Asia cancelled the dupe booking and gave him the ticket cost as credit for future flights. Depends on the person but can vary between free of charge to no help at all.

I had the same experience after making a mistake in the online booking : I got on the phone and they corrected immediately.