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Sales gimmick and it forces customers to load the app onto their phone where the bank can harvest information. Knowledge is power. As an aside - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/banking/dont-pay-qr-codes-scam-banks-tell-customers/

I think that you were correct when it first came out, but there have been a number of changes (from what I can find out). That 'evil' PM , Thaksin, was the person who pushed it through in 2002. As I often say, he was the only PM to give to Thailand's poor and not the rich. That is why he is hated so much in the press. Then when he was ousted, the scheme was changed. More than once. So it does seem that the current PM is making it totally free now. Again, I could be wrong. Some articles are not very clear. An interesting quote from the enquirer back in 2020 https://www.thaienquirer.com/12090/the-history-of-thailands-universal-healthcare-coverage-and-its-uncertain-future/

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Great. Yet another mega project from the less-than-thifty PM.

Great. Being forced to use yet another app on the phone that will steal all of your data, record what the phone hears etc etc. Phones can be cloned, lost or stolen. Hacking them is simple to the professionals (ask Prince Harry). I get away from the till quicker than people using cards, apps or any other weird payment method. Cash is almost instant. All the girl has to do is count the money. PS I have a very 'appy phone. Zero third party apps. Just the manufacturer's ones that I cannot delete and never use.

I agree with your comment about honest Thais. Laundry always sends back money that I have left in my shorts. Lost my wallet once - got it back. I often forget my bike key and leave it in the bike. It is always there when I return - except once when a security guard took it for safe keeping. Never lock my car or my house. No issues. The only bit that I disagree with is the local market here on Samui. They rip off foreigners. I have lived here for more than 20 years and they just make up the numbers. Stopped using them.

9 x 100USD? I carry cash so that I can go shopping. Cash cannot be hacked or whatever. Safest form of payment. Go to the local minimart Litre of Pastis Bottle of Mussel Bay Box of Chang Box of Leo No 8 24 x coke 24 x sprite 24 x small cans Chang 24 x small cans Singha I am not going to get that lot with just 3,000 THB in my wallet. That is my typical shopping list so I will take 10,000 THB and still have enough for the rest of the day.

Who the heck gets to 100 kph from the lights in Thailand's urban areas. Almost impossible on Koh Samui's roads unless you are driving after midnight. Maybe consider comparing the 0 - 40 kph figures. I know that the Mirage was great for overtaking. Manual gearbox (automatics encourage lazy driving) Drop to second gear. Get past the minivan/water truck easy peasy. Back to fourth then fifth. Again, during the day, fifth was a luxury here.

Help me out here please - If someone is paying into the 30 baht scheme, then the medical treatment is not free surely. It is heavily subsidised admittedly. Some people pay for years and may not need the 'free' services.

I doubt if the Germans will sell to Thailand as the engines will be installed in a Chinese sub. The Chinese engineers and copying experts would be all over the place if they did.

Perhaps waiting for the final brown envelope payment?

The Beach for Life group are not going to win any influential friends if they are trying to stop corruption.

So, there can be a useful side to the TM 30 reporting.

Your preference of the gayness thing and apparent lack of of comprehension indicates to me that you are trolling. Goodbye. (Now where is the ignore bit?)

I really feel for you. I too have breathing difficulties and the 'puffers' are no longer effective. I am lucky though. As you say - stairs, hills and slopes are my nemesis and I live on a hill. Luckily, I am still OK on the flat. (I go to Chiang Mai Old Town every year and walk 20 kilometres a day ) I did not find a walking stick to be useful but I do have a younger friend who is asthmatic. She does use one at times when walking her dog. She says that it helps. It is not the traditional type of stick - more a longer pole with straps on the handles. Have you had a pulmonary function test? that may identify some inhalers that could help you. I was advised to have one and I had to go to Bumrungrad in Bangkok as they are very good. They prescribed a different inhaler for me and it worked well for six years but is less effective now as probably my lungs are deteriorating with age. I may go for another one sometime. Good luck.

You seem to know a lot about gays. I'm impressed. However, I kept two wives (and a number of girlfriends and 'encounters') very happy for almost 60 years. I still 'date' ladies, but I have no interest in a more intimate relation ship with them. Sorry, no gay experiences or feelings - latent or otherwise. Having had my prostate removed, intimate encounters of any kind are low on my bucket list.

I think that you should look inwards. That is a weird conclusion to arrive at from my post. So you are suggesting that all of the guys that go to bars and do not talk to the girls are there because they are sexually attracted to other men? Would they not just go to a gay bar? As I wrote

So, the anti Thaksin press have decided that Thaksin is guilty. (With zero evidence.) This will be interesting. Will the police come out with chemically laced water cannon as they did under Uncle Tu? Will students be shot as they were under Uncle Tu? Or will the uber rich (who are probably funding this little riot) just let the students invade the hospital. After all. It is the Police Hospital.

Possibly the guys are locals who drink there regularly and are not interested in taking girls home. When friends and I go to the bars (rarely), the girls all know us. We are in our early 60's to early 80's. All are married except me and we never take girls home BUT we go to the bars for some fun and the girls know that we will buy them drinks so they are happy to 'play' with us. It is a bit of a laugh watching the new girls try to get bar fined by the married guys.

She should ask for help from Thammanat. He is an expert at exporting 'flour' to Australia

Aww thank you

What is the point in that? There is a law about speeding - ignored. There is a law about wearing crash helmets on bikes - ignored There is a law about drink driving - ignored There is a law about buying alcohol only during certain times - ignored There is a law about selling cannabis with greater than .2 THC - ignored There is a law about smoking in buildings - ignored. There is a law about e cigarettes - ignored. There is a law about excessive noise from modified bikes - ignored. The list here is endless.

Erm - it is called confidential. Not secret. There is a big difference. I certainly would not want my medical information given to the hate mongering press.

What Thaksin issue? The poor old chap is not well. He has not said that he wants the top place at the trough. The only people that raise this point are the Thaksin haters. Most of the population actually love the poor unwell guy.

For registered hotels you do not need a tabian baan.