jaideedave

2 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

B15M for a....condo?!?!?

 

Further proof, you don't have to be "smart" in order to be "rich" and "successful". ????

 

 

Yes I just realized that fact also(15 mil) .It must be a whopper of a condo.This chap I assume is quite well off to pay that much for a place he only visits occasionally. One born every minute as they say.

2 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Yes, the best kept secret is the rampant corruption built into virtually every aspect of Thailand. The people accept it as a part of life.

 

I knew a police captain in Pattaya, a Thaksin supporter. He had several nice cars, several condos and a beautiful wife. When Thaksin was ousted, this captain lost everything because he was reassigned to a post where the brown envelopes disappeared.

 

Fine, you want to remove it the corruption? Pay honest wages, make honest, profitable deals. And we all know - T.I.T.S.

I compare being a BIB here to being in the Hells Angels. One HA 81 told me it was like winning the lottery. Only issue was that sometimes you had to do things you didn't like.

9 minutes ago, Kwaibill said:

One issue for sure Is diet. Polished rice (white rice) has a relatively high glycemic index. Guess what the predominant stable diet largely consists of? Sticky rice is even worse.

The transition to more sedentary life styles aggravates this. When more people were working at agricultural employment it was much less of a problem.

Personally down to 90 kilos from 120. Tremendous change in my glucose numbers. Down to one insulin shot per day from as many as five over thirty years experience as a diabetic.

Yes bill...please comment on my observations below..

Part of the Thais diet includes sticky rice. That is very high on the glycemic index if you can even find it there.

A lot of people fall asleep or get drowsy after consuming this. (sugar spike) A senior lady next door to us in our Issarn neighborhood has to get dialysis treatment 3 times a week.Her family hasn't connected the dots as she eats this stuff several times a day.Why don't the Drs give advice about this?  

Please correct me if I'm mistaken. 

13 hours ago, ukrules said:

Thailand is on a list maintained by the Chinese government - it's not a good list.

 

There's some very weird stuff happening over the last few months :
 

It's not clear if this is nationwide or just in a handful of places......

 

"Local police stations are carrying out strict review processes for people leaving China, particularly if they're going to Thailand, Cambodia or other Southeast Asian countries,"

Read this : https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/travel-restrictions-02202023160935.html

My step daughter works at King Power.She says that their Chinese business is down a ton. Your article makes sense now. tnx

48 minutes ago, TheFishman1 said:

Which so much corruption in the two families that run the deal they know who to pay off so the problem odds of this happening I think I’m very unlikely TIT

Absolutely correct. Competition will never be allowed.Like it has been said...corruption is way to deep and inbred in this country.Thats what keeps them back.The average labourer makes what? $10/day...smh 

15 hours ago, Havefunme said:

Buy clippers online give yourself a haircut if your to lazy to go out then it won't matter what it looks like since you don't go out 

 

I have one of these.Very easy to use.Can cut your own hair in minutes.Comes with various cutter options.

Come on guys.Is this really a noteworthy even.A near miss? I almost fell off  my Honda PCX last week.I guess I should have contacted Bangkok Post so they could get a reporter or journalist over to report it.

11 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

You called the primer red lead which dates you to over 30 yrs not sailing. Good luck.

Our friend is about 50 years too late.

The world has changed so much that if he was found on board he wouId most likely be locked up and do jail time.Security is important post 9-11. I looked into booking a cabin on a container ship and it was around 100$/day.

On 5/19/2023 at 10:40 AM, ezzra said:

Either what @Celsius said or that many think that they know better and they can make a go out it where others failed, also, the allure of owning your own business sometimes cloud the cool heads and judgments.

My stepdaughter falls into that category I think. Years ago I put her thru TCC uni in BKK to get a degree in accounting.Which she did. For what it cost me I could have bought her a 7-11 franchise.Her allowance was 15k per month 13 years ago.I covered tuition. Her monthly salary today is just under 15k/month at King Power. wtf? Thats probably why most Thais want to open their own business. She says she'd like to open a coffee shop. I think she'll have to wait for her inheritance for that one.

17 hours ago, BritScot said:

Not a lot you can do when someone hits you while riding a motorbike. Even bicycles are lethal on Thailand roads.  How many "Round the world" cyclists arrive in Thailand on their last leg only to be killed. RIP. 

Over the years there have probably been dozens of cases of just that.Cyclists meeting their maker on the roads of LOS.A very dangerous undertaking where the biggest vehicle has the right of way.

29 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I ordered mine through Ali Express, and also an OEM one via Lazada. Chasing around the shops was too  much like hard work. You can take a photo and the Lazada App can do a search based on that. Or enter the part number into Google Search. 

In days gone by I would run around looking for various items often unsuccessfully due to language barriers and no stock.Since CV 19 I find myself using Lazada/Shopee more often than not.

I have bought replacement remotes for my Mitsubishi ac before no problem.

On 4/24/2023 at 10:26 AM, tropo said:

All your links are written by climate change devoties trying to prove a point. It's not good unbiased data.  

 

Above you wrote or copied and pasted from somewhere: 

 

"The Earth is warming and the insulation level of greenhouse gases are now at levels not seen for the last 3 million years."

 

Seriously? Who saw the temperatures 3 million years ago? This is absolute nonsense and makes a mockery of the analysis.

 

There are not precise temperature readings all over the world since 1880. Maybe in a few limited locations, but not worldwide. For wall we know, the slow gain since 1900 (or so) in some locations, a very small gain, could just be a cyclic variation of 100 years or so. It's impossible to know as the data does not exist.

 

 

Thank you sir for exposing all these climate zealot experts.They've been predicting false disasters for 50 years already.I'm sick of hearing from the doom and gloom brigade.Al Gore went from a nobody ex politition to a muti millionaire climate expert.Phony as a $3 bill along with the retarded Greta "how dare you" what a crock of <deleted>.

On 5/16/2023 at 7:51 AM, AustinRacing said:

Maybe it is just a misunderstanding. Maybe he doesn’t like farangs. Seems subjective reasoning behind it which you can’t really do much about.
I tried negotiating with a few second hand car dealers. The puzzled look on their faces indicated their unfamiliarity with this practice. I was surprised that they did not entertain negotiation. 

Same happened to me years ago buying an HD from a shop in BKK.They told me the price.I decided I wanted it and offered them 10K less...they looked amazed that I had the nerve to even ask me such a question. I bought it at full asking price but they did some mods for free and shipped it to Pattaya for me.TIT

6 minutes ago, Des1 said:

So, you are saying it was a good airline? What about KAL?

I flew Bus class twice with Eva Bkk>TO 777, yes very good.Keep in mind that was 4-5 years ago.

I haven't used KAL for 10 years so can't say.

They were okay at the time.

45 minutes ago, Des1 said:

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. I have flown from Vancouver to Bangkok using various airlines over the years and EVA has been the best. Especially if things go wrong, which has happened on a couple of occasions, flight delays and missing connections etc. Their customer service is top notch. The way they helped people get home during covid, extra staffing at their Bangkok office, was really great. I always fly with them now. I am from Canada and sorry to say we have probably the worst airline in the world .. Air Canada.

Back in the day pre covid I only used Eva BKK>Pearson.Business on their 777 was great.Not cheap but those flights are killer for me.It was just shy of 24 hours door to door Pattaya>St.Catharines.

Previously I used KAL YVR>BKK when I lived in Nanaimo. 

This is turning into a giant can of worms.78 million sent to who,when ? Police Lt Col plus her sister involved and how many more?Better call Sherlock and grab some popcorn.

17 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:

I have assisted many Thai widows with regard to former employer pensions.

Where  a pension payment is made from the UK it is eligible for tax.

As regards the personal tax allowance, strictly, according to the rules, she is not eligible. However ALL widows I have assisted have received this allowance. Anything over the current £12,750 is taxed, starting at 20%.

The former employer, making the pension payment, will arrange tax matters with HMRC. Initially there may be an emergency tax to be paid (up to 50%) but that will come back in the tax year following that in which it is paid.

A widow will need to make a claim from her husbands former employer, and send original death and marriage certificates + her birth certificate together with certified translations, plus bank details for payment. Anything more needed will be requested,

Invariably help will be required as most wives/widows are unable to communicate sufficiently in English, especially in writing.

Nick..A little off topic but I can see you as a valuable asset for the UK expats.I'm a Canadian with a similar issue.My Thai wife is entitled to 37.5% of one of my gov't pensions as a widow.I have downloaded all the necessary forms and filled out most of the details already including addressed envelopes..She's been instructed to have my death certificate etc translated and notarized.It would be next to impossible for her to complete this task on her own.In her case the Cdn gov't withholds a 25% non resident tax.I don't know any fellow Canucks to rely on to assist her. Do your UK contacts do the same? cheers