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11 hours ago, ozimoron said:

But the same people don't make the connection between anti muslim extremism and wearing of crucifixes. I'm not saying there is a connection, merely pointing to the absurdity of the of the connection. Any excuse to justify bigotry.

When I lived in Pakistan long time ago, I did not like local women to enter the swimming pool "fully dressed" without taking first a long shower : indeed those dresses can contain a lot of pollution

2 hours ago, huangnon said:

Maybe didn't see a doctor because he wasn't here legally?

 

Poor fellah. RIP.

what if he had no money to pay the medical fees applied to foreigners ?

Like in Thailand, prostitution does not exist in the UAE ...because it is illegal ????

On 6/9/2022 at 1:26 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Stay calm everyone, this applies to visas from abroad, not Thailand, so doesn't apply to non imm O applied for in Thailand and extensions

Does this mean that a person like me (78 years) - with Non Imm O extension - who cannot get any health insurance will have to stay in Thailand without possibility to visit family in Europe?

Are the co-owners of a condominium also loan sharks?

I live in a condominium where too many co-owners fail to pay on time their common fees but when the Juristic Person Manager finally goes to court (as is his or her legal duty) the judge considers the interests (penalties) of 12% and 20% allowed by the Thai Condominium Act Section 18/1 as interests imposed by a loan shark.  The allowed penalties are reduced to 5% without consideration for the fact that the condominium degrades because lack of money for maintenance.

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Section 18/1 In the case where a joint owner fails to make payments set forth under Section 18 with the prescribed time, such joint owner shall pay surcharge at the rate not exceeding twelve percent (12%) per year of the amount unpaid without compound interest charging provided, however, that this shall be in accordance with the requirements set forth under the Bylaws.

A joint owner with an amount in arrears under Section 18 from six months and upwards shall pay surcharge at the rate not exceeding twenty percents (20%) per year and may be suspended from receiving common services or using common property as set forth under the By-laws including the non-existence of the right to vote in the General Meeting.

UNQUOTE

What's next an alternative Saudi funded world championship football (soccer) to compete with the one in Qatar?

What was the crime ? Why not go to the bank first ?

40 minutes ago, proton said:

Large supply of wax earplugs from Boots!

I can only write my experience but it happened in 1989 after our marriage in Belgium

1) city hall issues a copy of the marriage certificate

2) Foreign Ministry in Brussels legalised this

3) Belgian Embassy in Bangkok legalised the above

4) we got a translation in Thai language by of professional Thai company

In 1989 the Thai Immigration still accepted this

5) it could be that now a legalisation of the Thai document has to be done at the Thai Foreign Ministry at Chaengwattana

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

The OP stated.....

"What i am hoping to do -- Is to retire in Thailand on a Marriage visa -"...

 

He is just using incorrect terms.

The word retirement should not be in his OP.

Nor should "marriage visa".

He wants a Non O based on marriage and a 12 month extension based on marriage. 

You are right : a visa is a permit to enter the country issued by a Thai Embassy or Consulate which can then be "extended" every year at a local Immigration Office in Thailand.

My Thai wife is preparing all the paperwork but as we live not too far from the Immigration Office she goes every year 2 or 3 weeks before applying for an extension to this I/O in order to get the latest set of papers.

As OP is still in the UK he should take care to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate (if the marriage took place in the UK) and if possible get it legalised while still in the UK so that it can be easily legalised at the Thai Foreign Ministry (where there is also a translation office)  Then get the document registered at the local city hall before using it at Immigration Office.

3 hours ago, nexus99 said:

This is the most stupid post ever. Of course its worth it. We get annual flu shots too. The anti-vaxxers are probably going nuts over this trash.

I got my 4 jabs / 2 Az and 2 Pfizer / no waiting lines during afternoon hours at Bang Sue Station and it was each time free of charge

This is a greater problem if the younger generation has to work "husband + wife" to secure a decent income.....and without social welfare as in most EU countries.

In the old days each household had enough children to have a few available to take care of the older generation but this is no longer the case.

Are these poor buffaloes living in the wild ?

Or is their owner who cannot afford to feed them?

30 minutes ago, rick44 said:

Article doesn't say what kind of medicine. Perhaps Fah Talai Jone, the Thai herbal wonder medicine?

No more condoms ?

12 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

 

Not many people may know why Islam follows the food rules of Judaism (kosher/halal) except for alcohol :  the Jews were drinking mostly wine but my guess is that the Arabs were also drinking badly distilled moonshine (methyl alcohol) which is poisonous and can cause death or blindness.

It explains why verse 4:43 seems to assume that drinking  alcohol was accepted while the later verse 5:90 strongly rejected it

Quran 4:43 “Do not approach prayers while you are drunk.”
Quran 5:90 “O you who believe! Intoxications and gambling, (dedication of) stones and (divination by) arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handwork: so avoid it that you may prosper.”

18 hours ago, mokwit said:

Eating fish is a very difficult way to get enough omega 3. Farmed salmon may or may not have Omega 3 levels depending on whether it was fed on fish or soy pellets. if you must eat fish then Mackerel (small blue and silver (Paa saba) has the highest levels and is the most cost effective fish.

 

l looked at this and realised to get meaningful amounts i.e. 1,000mg/day i had to buy capsules.

I can read that you too did some internet research but I concluded that poached salmon was an excellent additional source of omega-3

I concluded that Omega-3 capsules have good absorption in the body ONLY if they are re-esterified. Then the capsules become expensive but I still import them.

https://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/heart-health/re-esterified-triglycerides-contain-more-omega-3s

According to many sources 3 oz (85 gr) of salmon deliver 1.8 gr of omega-3 to the body and this as much as 2 expensive re-esterified capsules deliver.

It is obvious that there are still many open questions but I am going to take - as before - 1280 mg capsules daily and eat 3 times a week 3 oz of poached salmon  :  by mid May I have to see again the cardiologist who wants my HDL to go up and my triglycerides to go down.   By that time a new lipid analysis will show the result.

Mackerel delivers also omega-3 but many sources report you cannot eat it too frequently because of the mercury content

I am going to start eating salmon to decrease my triglycerides and increase HDL

The fresh salmons I buy is in packages of 300 gr 

I would like to cut it in 3 pieces of about 100 gr and after poaching eat them every 2 days.

Does somebody know if poached salmon is OK if kept in a refrigerator 2 and 4 days after I ate the first portion?

Will this lead to a ministerial post for somebody who really "knows it from inside"  i.e. Khun Chuwit Kamolvisit

1 hour ago, vandeventer said:

Yes, and when she turns 70 years old she will get 700 baht per month and if she is lucky enough to hit 80 years old she will get 800 baht a month as so on. But you have to remember a lot of Thai's don't pay any taxes.

Yes how to pay a pension to people who never contributed a satang to a pension fund / I paid in my EU home country for 40 years from age 25 to age 65.

6 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

She has ruined her career and reputation for 4,500 baht.

she probably hoped for much more ????

12 hours ago, Seik said:

"Saudi Arabia is seeking eight million skilled workers in the hotel, healthcare, and construction industries, and the Thai government suggested it has the human resources to contribute towards filling Saudi Arabia’s labour needs."

...and they cannot find those skilled workers in Pakistan or India ?  

What is they are selling now in the "traditional medicine hospitals" is called Ganja oil and is not more effective than snake oil ...that why my Thai wife got it for free as a treatment against pain from a rather unqualified person in a government hospital. 

yes but I am surprised by the positive comments given by some of the buyers