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Some Chinese soap thing in the living room. Not a regular TV channel. One of the options on the free TV box 3BB provide. Before she took over and I retreated to my man cave, I was watching the news on TNN. Also no problem. We are in Petchabun.

Ours is fine. Working normally. Wife is watching something right now.

Best method IMO. Sold 3 houses in Bangkok without agents. All the adverts I placed online on various platforms only garnered a slew of phone calls from agents offering to do what I had obviously already done. The sign on the gate method produced instant results. Everyone in the neighborhood who saw the sign contacted friends or relatives and a sale followed within a fortnight.

Yes, I would not be sùrprised. Back in the early 1980's , any foreigner living in the country for more than 180 days per year had to obtain a tax clearance certificate from the revenue department. This had to be produced upon departure at Don Muang. The amount of tax calculated was a couple of thousand baht. However, if you could get a civil servant to act as your guarantor, any taxes were waived. There used to be several of these moonlighting civil servants hanging around outside the revenue department and for 500 baht they would act as your guarantor.

As things currently stand , can those of us just living on our pensions depart Thailand as per normal or will we get hassled at the airport for any documents relating to our tax situation in Thailand.

I think we were both lucky to stay there many years ago. Back in 2020 I drove past it with my wife on the way to our hotel in Barmouth. We had it in mind to spend a few hours there but couldn't get into the car park ! Jam packed solid with day trippers which somehow took the shine off visiting. We went elsewhere for a walk.

Yes. A classic of the time. Right up there with Kubricks Barry Lyndon. Kubrick is not an easy man to work with. A couple of anecdotes about working with him on Full Metal Jacket. The second one at 5.00 minutes in is brilliant. I would have loved to have been there when it happened

A holiday to Thailand now has as much kudos as a fortnight in Torremelinos to most Europeans. The country has prostituted itself to the tourist industry and over hubbed itself , all the while missing the point that the ' high quality ' visitors it wants are looking for a more exclusive experience than Thailand now has to offer. The quality of the tourists Thailand is now attracting has spoilt places like Phuket and Chiang Mai and this has not gone unnoticed.

Free accomodation will now be provided at the IDC hotel. Right up his street.

Paperwork requirements ?

Asean Thaigers Now Visa forum ?

In other news 65 million people didn't take a train and at least 1 did not leave his house for 4 days,

Storm in a tea cup.

Great respect for other people's property. So many morons out there .

The whole series used to be on YouTube. Don't know if it still is. I stayed at a 2 bedroomed cottage in Port Merion for 1 night with 2 Thai girlfriends who were students. Great buffet breakfast in the pavilion overlooking the estuary. Driving there from London we were a bit late and stopped at a roadside pub to ask for directions. Everyone was speaking Welsh. As soon as I began to ask the barman the way in English , the whole place fell silent and stared at us. Talk about the elephant in the room. Freaky like a scene from Straw Dogs. This was about 44 years ago so no internet and The Prisoner was forgotten about so we had the whole village almost to ourselves. Jam packed with tourists now.

Thank God. I'll sleep a lot better tonight knowing that.

7/11 has conquered Thailand and made a better job of it than the Daleks could have. A lot more friendly too. Had many an easy breakfast sitting outside some branch or other in the middle of nowhere enjoying a coffee with a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. Lifesavers.

Try to find a lightweight Thai worker and get him to paint the roof Thais white on the outside. This will reflect a lot more of the suns heat. If the bar is outside you are up against since the slightest breeze blows in the hot air.

" HomePro '................... make a good name for a Pattaya girlie bar. Hoys are us ' ............ that would work too Could even have a ' Big ... ' on second thoughts, that might turn punters away. Seriously though , one annoying thing about HomePro is that as the OP says , there are legions of girls loitering in the isles but when you get to the check out there is often only one cashier working, two if things are really cooking .

Oh well , the venal Thais who thought it was a great idea to welcome these kinds of people can't really complain or be shocked. Everything comes at a price. You want their money and this is the price .

Not a problem any more since I bought the safe. No probate , no letters , no hassles.

I asked about this at our bank. They said if one of the account holders dies then legally they are obliged to freeze the joint account until probate has been completed. They just advised that if my wife was given my account pin number she could just withdraw cash from my account until it was empty. This is illegal and they know it but TIT. If doing this anyway , best to learn how to make cardless withdrawals. The safe I bought is bolted and glued to the floor out of sight. Easy to use and bypasses the bank altogether. Not like I'm losing a fortune in interest.

Wow.....just wow. Totally awesome. I think I'll rent a room near there so I can visit 365 days and throw water in a strangers face every single day. You can keep sex. This is how I'll be getting my rocks off from now on.

My other grandads car

6 years old listening to this on the car radio at Christmas