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4 hours ago, mushroomdave said:
The Canadian reply you report in the story is a bit far-fetched. I just paid $1,281.00 Cdn for a late September round-trip flight (nothing even near the reply of $4,000.00 Cdn). It was from Montreal, not Toronto, but they are only 330 miles apart.
Plus, I have flown out of Toronto over 20 times to Bangkok, and I can tell you one thing......NEVER, EVER, you would have gotten a ticket for $600.00, that's for sure.....maybe too much Singha Beer by one of the members that day!! LOL!!!
Well, in fact we just flew Thai and Air Canada BKK to Victoria B.C. for $625 each... tickets bought on Air Canada Website April 22. One way.
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On 6/20/2022 at 6:53 AM, Excel said:
Only in Thailand ????
About a year ago... Took our young kitten to the vet for shots, first thing she did was test it for covid...
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9 hours ago, proton said:
Dog will not even be put down, any dog attacking anyone should be immediately sent on it's way to the kennel in the sky.
As is already the Law in many progressive societies!
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Just now, Dellboy218 said:
Nope, you are digging a bigger hole for yourself. It's a CB500X, not a fast bike, a very practical bike.
Boring bike.... ????
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24 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:maybe he suffered from the farang affliction whereby they think they own the road because they got their license in a "first world country" and that they're automatically better than Thai motorists.
I've experienced this in Pattaya walking up and down the Cow. Thai bike riders will give you a bit of space, even moving wide if they can. they also seem to be aware that you're there.
feral ferrang motorbike riders will hold their line when if that means their handlebars almost scrape your arm. they also seem to stare straight ahead and not be aware of their surroundings.
some of them get so close that I've been tempted a few times to push them off their bikes. I've shouted at a few of them and if they hear it over the noise of their little fart-machines they seem awfully surprised ????
Would say most of the 'feral farangs' you mention are 2 week millionaires that have never ridden a motorcycle before and most likely have a few libations under their bare bellies. All the ex-pats I associate with here are very cautious and also wear full protective riding gear while on their machines.
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6 hours ago, LivinLOS said:RIP Keith.. Nice guy with decades of ride experience..
Theres a certain level of basic road user ignorance that no amount of defensive driving can avoid.I've had at least one 1000 cc sport or sport touring bike here since retiring here in 2008. I'm 75 now been the full length and breadth of Thailand on them as well as Kuala Lumpur with wife pillion. I've also done 5 laps of I.O.M. in 2001. Seen almost all the idiotic driving on exhibit here, had some close shaves, but fortunately have been able to use motocross, flat track, road racing and ice racing skills to avoid 'contact'. Yes, the roads here are as dangerous as they get, and the one situation that you can not avoid may be just around the next corner. RIP Keith
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1 hour ago, thaijoe said:this guy gets 50 yrs, but if you murder someone you can get out in 8 yrs.
Personally met a guy in Hua Hin that put a hit on one his mafia loan shark boss'es customers. He was out 1 year later ????
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1 hour ago, blazes said:Pour décourager les autres.
However, there's not much evidence from our criminal classes that 25 years in clink will be enough to dissuade you from a life of crime.
Need follow up on this to see if he actually spends a day in jail. With the other hundreds of 'operations' he was shaking down, he has multi millions to buy his way out...
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3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:Last week at Kalasin falls in Kachanaburi I was charged 10x's more than the GF who they thought was Thai. Her 30 baht, me 300 baht and then 30 baht for the car to enter. Tried to show my Pink ID card and was pointed to a sign confirming even non Thai resident/expat ID'S not accepted anymore. If your a foreigner your a tourist in their eyes. If you look Thai, like my GF from Myanmar they don't even blink. It is what it is, dual pricing, and a way to make money. Luckily the vendors selling food don't charge the same way.......
Been here 14 years. Been inside 2 National Parks and Wat Po once before they started charging foreigners to get in there, our Thai friends tried to pay for me to enter Wat Po, and I declined their offer, and gave the attendants a piece of my mind, Fxxk that B.S. And yes to those who say 'if you don't like it go home' .... leaving for good in 21 days, been a slice.
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47 minutes ago, ezzra said:
Me think there was an attempt for some kinky sex act where the woman was perched on the balcony rail holding to the fella hair as an anchor and it went down hill from there what with the booz and drugs involved... ( I have a very vivid imaginations)...
Sounds very plausible to me...
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16 minutes ago, Robert Tyrrell said:
Hello ,
1. The inconsistency in Immigration Process as an Expat , When the Thai Immigration Laws state differently then what your local Immigration Office tells you.
Example : The Financial Income Affidavit Letter is no longer required and replaced with Bank Statements, Bank Conformation Letter of your Account, Yet I’m still asked to provide a Income Affidavit Letter in Thai Language and English Language as an American Expat !! Why !!??
2. Banking Holidays delaying Pension Electronic Deposits, Some times 2-3 days on average.
Yet if a individual does a Electronic Bank Transfer in Thailand It’s instant !! Or If an individual sends a Western Union to you in Thailand It’s instant !! This is just plain poor Customer Service for Expats , and Electronic Deposits Period !!
Most anywhere in the Banking World Electronic Deposits are instant or at minimum under 24 hours at most , Thus the term Electronic Deposit !!
3. Driving while Intoxicated, Not wearing seat belts , Speeding , Not wearing helmets with motorcycles and many other driving safety violations and in general The Thai Police rearely enforce these violations !!
Yet rest assured violating foreigners are a walking Atm for Tea Money !!
These are the Top three concerns I have.
TD Bank inCanada has a very cheap and fast money transfer system that I have used to get my pension payments over here for the last few years. It has never taken more than 2 minutes from me pushing the 'transfer' button, until I hear the notification 'bing bong' from my Krungthai Banking app. It is called "VisaDirect". If you have a Thai banking ATM Card with "Visa" on it you can use the service from your TD Bank easyline app. Transfer charges are very reasonably, usually $ 8.95 for my meager pension amount!!
Maybe other countries have banks that provide a similar service.
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1 hour ago, Guderian said:The lack of a formal retirement programme, which means you have no right to live here beyond your current extension of stay, no matter how much you may have spent on property or how many children you may have. It's not really been an issue in the past, but I can see in the future that health insurance requirements to get another extension of stay may change, meaning that some people, especially the older ones, may no longer be able to stay here as they won;t be able to afford the astronomical cost of a health policy once you're over 80 years. The other concern is that as Thailand slowly grows richer I think it's inevitable we'll find all manner of rules and regulations tightened up, perhaps making it more difficult to live the way that we have been used to doing. I suspect it's also likely that the current resentment of foreigners which sometimes surfaces among the wealthier section of the population (our current Health Minister is a prime example of this) will become more common and more pronounced. As with Singapore and Taiwan, say, this won't prevent us from living here, but it will make it more difficult and expensive to do so.
Turned 75 in April, been here permanently since 2008, Thai Wife one Son 9 yrs old. Moving back to Canada June 27 (although would rather stay here! Or other nearby country) Can't buy any sort of insurance here, and will not let my son take the required death jab, as mandated, so he can go back to school.
~85% of the rest of the world are not forced to use scientifically proven ineffective masks (in fact studs in Europe have found wearing masks for long periods is dangerous to health due to aspiration of micro plastics in the masks from the manufacturing prosess) and it just drags on and on here.
Immigration in Pathum Thani refused to re-new my extension of stay based on marriage last time (when I presented all the same documentation that been accepted by them for previous years), had to pay 10k to finally get it. Not willing to do that again either.
Bye bye....
Yahoo Mail document_ Toxic mask microplastics found in our lungs, air, food, and water.PDF
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12 hours ago, juice777 said:
Lol even old school bush weed was about 10 x as storing as 0.3% THC. And now days normal standard weed is about 17-20 THC.Who going to Thialand for that I wouldn't even bother my lungs with that see ya later.
Canada sounds great at the moment A log Hut a lake legal weed on the green list I think.
But I am afraid of bears I must Amit.
Go there if you love Hitler and Castro's treatment of people. I'm Canadian, you have MUCH more freedom here.
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And while you are monitoring rip off food vendors, put all the blatant gouging lotto ticket seller criminals in jail !!
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3 hours ago, AwwYesNice1 said:
Do they even realize how absolutely stupid they look?
Obviously not...
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5 hours ago, chuang said:
The swiss guy must be a expert in close combat....
More likely the burglar was drunk and/or stoned!! An easy takedown...
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On 9/16/2021 at 6:48 AM, jacko45k said:
Fear mongering.
B. S. This guy designed mRNA technology. Would think he knows what he is talking about. In fact I seem to recall he quit his directors job exactly because the company insisted on releasing this 'gene therapy' injection without required testing being completed. They have no idea what problems will appear, normal vaccine testing regimens take 5 to 7 years before final approval!!
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Had a related problem last February renewing visa based on marriage (which I have been doing since 2008 with few problems) most done at Hua Hin Immigration, but this was the third time after having moved to Pathum Thani. I had all the required documents, with translations where needed (same as the document package that the approved for the 2 previous years, but was refused.
I had the exact same form letter that the Canadian Embassy BKK still provides certifying my 'income', and stamped by MFA. After asking why, the new Immigration Officer said you income MUST BE FROM PENSION SOURCES ONLY.
At the CDN Embassy, I had provided my original Canadian Government tax documents for my 3 pensions and my Canadian Bank statements as backup for that, all reported income, was pension income and exceeded the required minimum! Complaining to the 'new' head of Pathum Thani Immigration brought the same reply!
I went back to the CDN Embassy and asked the very helpful and pleasant Thai agent (whom I have dealt with for years) if she could add the word "pension" before "income", she checked with her supervisor and said "sorry, this is a form letter that we use for all income certification requests and can not be changed". She also said "I have never heard of this certification letter being refused."
She then (gratiously) gave me her business card with her personal direct phone number on it, and told me to go back to Pathum Thani Imm and ask the agent to speak directly to me by phone, and I will tell them it is all pension income...
Back to PTImm, talk to same officer, she says, "Sorry I can not do that" and tells me to put 400k in a Thai bank and gives me a covid extension for 1900 baht. Since I was not prepared to do that, I was able to use another Immigration location to secure 1 year extension, although not at the regular listed price ☹????
P. S. The nice lady at CDN Embassy also said that they are planning to 'phase out' issuing the income certification letter within the next 18 months... seems my tenure here is going to end soon.
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On 6/8/2021 at 10:29 AM, Harry Om said:
I'm not a Dr, this is not medical advice, etc etc....
But if I run out of my current supply, and I can't get any more, that's probably what I'll do.
In theory, it should be identical, but it depends on the source, and may not go through the same rigorous standards of testing. But if it's okay for your dog to take, it's probably okay for you to take.
But best to get from a pharmacy if possible, IMO. I'm not sure how hard that is to do in Thailand.
Very easy. Shopee and Lazad have it.
Also many pharmacies 12 pack of 6 mg tabs was something like 800 baht in Kanchanaburi
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On 8/21/2021 at 5:33 PM, tomazbodner said:
Land department, most likely. When you make a transfer, price must be shown in the paperwork, and tax paid on it.
Sold 2 properties here, wife dropped reported purchase price by 50% each time to save tax...
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4 hours ago, HaoleBoy said:
Would like to see the countries and type(s) of vaccine they got too.
Canada, Astra 1 dose 2nd in Oct.
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Obviously he does not know how many 0's in 1 million ha ha ha ha ha
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7 hours ago, ikke1959 said:
Anyone knows what they will give you??? Sinovac or Astra?
My 70 yr old buddy went and they wanted to give him AstraZ, but due to him having Liver problems for many years asked for Sinovac (to avoid possible clotting problem). They gave him Sinovac...
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On 7/16/2021 at 5:22 PM, ubonjoe said:
Canada will still do a statutory declaration for proof of income.
The rules do not mention the countries that do not issue them.
As far as I know only the embassies of the USA, UK and Australia do not issue them. There may be others that don't do them.
Maybe you should get something from the Swiss embassy stating they will not issue you one.
Yes. I got a statutory declaration of income from Canadian Embassy BKK in January with copies of my Canadian bank statements as well as original Canadian tax documents for Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security and B.C. Public Pension Plan amounts totaling significantly more than the required 400,000 baht for marriage based extension. I have used this method for the last 10 years with no problem. Most renewals were done in Hua Hin, but the last 2 were done in Pathumthain Immigration. Seems a new boss in place heading up Pathumtani Immigration since last renewal, that proceeded normally with the letter from Cdn. Embassy... not this time!! Immigration said that the letter needs to state that the funds came from Pension sources, and refused to accept the application. I went back to Cdn Embassy and asked if they would add that they had supporting documentation that the funds were indeed derived from pension payments. The Embassy said no, that the letter is an internal form letter and could not be changed. Also said that they will be phasing out providing this service in the next 2 years. The very helpful assistant at Canadian Embassy said she had never heard of the declaration letter being refused, and offered her personal business card and direct phone number to me. She said to go back to Immigration and while there, to call her and she would explain the documentation I provided for proof of the declaration to the Immigration Officer. So back to Immigration and explained this to the officer who refused to let us call, and also asked to speak with big boss man who also refused. Got a covid extension twice and renewed at a different Immigration office. They don't want us here. So plans to sell up everything here and move back to Victoria are underway. This covid mess will never be reasonably resolved here by inept Thai authorities, in Victoria they repealed mask laws a few weeks ago and a high percentage of population is fully vaccinated... only makes sense to escape the madness here.
Supreme Court orders rehabilitation of Maya Bay using funds from “The Beach” film production
in Krabi News
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Yes, but within a reasonable time frame from the 'damage'