Xonax

He will without any doubt win the employee of the month reward in RTP.

6 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

Does this new rule also apply to motorbike riders ...........................LOL

Forcing motor bike riders to wear a proper helmet, would also eliminate using handheld phones.

On 10/4/2022 at 9:31 AM, vandeventer said:

So what about us when we get old? Can't they work out a deal for us, not only does the insurance cost a arm and a leg when you are over 70 [ as much as some pensions] if you can find the coverage. I'm not saying 30 baht a day just something reasonable so we can plan for it.

Expat pensioners, who are not working in Thailand, are allowed to be charged much higher rates on health care, than Thais and Expats working in Thailand.

So why are the Airlines not requiring all passengers to wear masks?? Almost no passengers were wearing masks on both Bangkok Airways or Thai Smile in September and in October.

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Thanadirek attributed the hike in these numbers to adoption of e-payment by people of all ages and businesses of all scales, along with the country’s comprehensive payment infrastructure.

The few times I have tried to register for e-payment platforms like Rabbit / LINE, sadly I found that foreigners are not allowed to use these.

Not good driving, but pure luck. The pick-up should have reduced the speed already, when the motorcycle came near the middle of the road.

3 hours ago, John Drake said:

Well, this will shut down Boots almost immediately.

The Boots stores I frequently visit here in Bangkok, have always had closed for medicine sale, when no pharmacist in the shop.

How about establishing toilets in BTS and MRT stations first??

People with existing conditions not covered by the insurance companies, should receive a mandatory discount, as they are not fully covered, which means lower risk for the insurance companies.

Tourism tax and othe price increases is a proven way to decrease the number of tourists.  Is that really what Thailand wants at the moment??

Furthermore tourist and expats are already being overcharged at Thailands hospitals. Wouldn't that cover the few tourists, who select to be self-insured, but cannot afford to pay the bills?

Definitely not a Meteorite, but could be a Tektite.

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Oh yes...... have been woken by the heavy rain many times in the last month. 

Is it the heavy rain, or the noise from your neighbours (or maybe even your own) tin-/plastic-roofing to protect your car from the falling rain? We bought at house in a nice mid-scale gated community with conrete roofing. During the first months, we enjoyed to listen to the gentle sound of rain falling on the ground or the concrete roof, but soon all thai-neighbours installed that damn tin-/plastic-roofing, so now we are being woken up, every time heavy rain falls and have to keep doors/windows closed to minimize the noise.

I guess that there would be many more electrocutions, if all hanging wires were burried under ground.

I would have shot the wife instead!

5 hours ago, webfact said:

 

But when she said she wanted to take up with a foreigner, that was too much to bear.

Why would that be worse, than if she had hooked up with a thai man? Don't he like us at all?

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Yet to see a seat belt in a song taew. 

Soon there will be a new law, requiring passengers in the back of pick up trucks and song taew's to be wearing helmets. 

Bangkok taxi drivers are all dreaming wild dreams of getting Phuket Fares.

2 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

It also makes Thailand look kind of retarded. Do they think there's some large percent of the population around the world that's going to spend their last $1000 on plane ticket to Thailand and arrive with literally zero dollars in the bank? They must think they're pretty clever by putting an end to this scam which totally was going to happen if not for that visa requirement. 

There are many examples of people from 3rd world countries, who arrive on a plane without any money, as they are planning to work illegally in the destination country, for as long as the visa allows them to. After that they may continue to work illegally on overstay. Look no further than Chantaburi, where hundreds of africans are working in the gemstone business. A business which happens to be exempted from personal income tax and VAT payment in Thailand, in case you have ever wondered, why there are so many foreigners working in this business. Some of them most likely have staffs working here illegally on tourist visa's. You will probably be able to find other seasonal business here, that need workers for a shorter period of time, and happily employ people on tourist visas.