Tropicalevo

Just a bit of a warning. In the last few weeks there seems to be an increase in the dreaded 'ATM eating the cards'. This week alone, three guests have reported card losses and asked for our help in getting them back. Most seem to be ATM's for Krungsri Bank. All in different locations. (Bangrak, Maenam and Chaweng.) In my infrequent trips to the bank I have seen tourists at the desk trying to have their cards returned, and about a month ago, two different ATM's, that I use regularly, refused my card and told me to 'go to my branch'. Has anyone out there encountered this problem.

I wonder how many of these 'mental illness' cases are caused by overuse of cannabis, yabba or whatever else is popular in Thailand.

Good old Thailand. Deep in Xi's pocket and now being held to ransom. From the main article So it's 1 buy the sub 2 import even more Chinese goods and then we may encourage Chinese to visit Thailand. (But the criminals are already there.) Mind you, we are not sure that the people can afford the high air fares..... it is up to them if they come.

If only the politicians were as concerned about that police killer from red Bull. He has been free for over 10 years and never spent a day in gaol.

Very sad. At least now they have found peace and are still together. RIP

He lived in Thailand. Why assume that it was a rental bike? From the main article

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I have two houses on about 3/4 rai here on 'the most expensive land' on Samui. Cost last year was just over 18,000 baht. It all depends on size of land, value of land, etc etc

Hey - back to the future khunPer? When I first arrived on Samui there was one branch per bank (and Krungsri did not exist here). They were all in Nathon, as well as the one ATM per bank. Progress eh?

Do not blame this government. The tax man hath been 'comething' for a while. I have been paying house and land tax here on Samui for years now. You have just been lucky to avoid it.

Another (small) win for the TM 30's?

An excellent response sir.

Thanks for the update and good luck When my local branch of Krungsri bank closed (Choengmon) I was moved the the branch at Central Festival. Big Mistake. The staff at the local branch were brilliant. If they could not answer my question, they would contact someone at HO. They were 'can do' people. CF branch - 'cannot. Staff who does that gone home - come back Monday. Cannot do this transaction on weekends - no staff. And so on. Always busy and long waits. It took me three weeks to make an overseas transfer in USD (medical insurance). No one in the branch could do it. When I complain to HO they suggest that I transfer to the Nathon branch. - yeh sure. 40 minutes each way. For the accountant as well for the business account.

His 'pants on fire' methinks. At least it keeps the press happy.

It is very sad that these 'politicians' would rather waste their time on a personal vendetta instead of fixing the country's problems.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-south-african-town-where-penguins-rule-180978901/

Unfortunately for most, it is the only way for them to see animals - live. I am not condoning zoos, but the alterative is say, 10,000 USD to go to one of the African countries.

There is no betrayal. It was decriminalised (not legalised) for medicinal purposes only

No problem thank you. I am pretty relaxed about death in Thailand. I have been to quite a number of funerals. The hardest part was for my wife's family (from the UK) when they saw me collecting the 'ashes'. They wanted some to take back to the UK but the request from them was 'no bones'. I had to sit on the floor with a hammer pulverising the bones for them. (A friend recently told me that it is quicker using a dumbbell!) Now taking the ashes back to the UK via a stop over with friends in Turkey is a whole new TV series. (Clue - suspicious white powder in the suitcase.)

Or they just did not put enough wood and petrol at the head of the pyre. (When my wife was cremated, there was more bone than ash for the urns.)

I have sent you a PM.

The resident doctors here do that. They never prescribe tablets for me - they write the name down and I buy outside. For urology, the doctors fly in for the weekend consultations. There are three of them on rotation. One recognises me from the TURP procedure and does the same as the resident doctors. The other two just do the prescriptions for the hospital.

The bill was correct. Try re-reading the first three lines of my original post. THAT was your dumb mistake

Most snake wranglers release them in a safe area away from people.

It's a shame that the politicians with a conscience have resigned instead of the ones who took the bribes.