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And possibly causes forest fires etc.

I agree with Sheryl. I am employed so my contribution is compulsory and it is via direct debit. I used to receive a paper card many years ago. Different colour every year. I still keep the last one in my wallet 'just in case'. (2556)

No. The photo that you posted was pretty much perfect thank you. Lucky man.

Surely, encouraging drunk drivers and boy racers onto the higher speed motorways during the '7 deadliest days' is contrary to their safety efforts.

Let me help you here Airlines have always 'overpriced' flights during holiday seasons. It is their cash cow. After two years of nothing during Covid, we have to charge even more in order to replace those lost profits.

Half of the drug dealers are cops, so I am told.

Well done khun Kittipong. You did the right thing. Shame that those in the wrong can be so evil as well. The folk in that hospital are digging the hole deeper and deeper.

Cannot. I had to go to Suratthani. Very quick once I was in the building. Parking a car is a nightmare there. I want by motorbike. Longest journey the bike had done in 7 years.

Clever thinking, but another Indian help desk? They seem to have a dubious reputation.

You are OK as long as you have not spent nights elsewhere and they have filed a TM 30. eg a hotel. If there is another TM 30 from somewhere, then you need to update again. Immigration look at the last TM 30 posted.

No. Not an Aussie. I do not have a problem with most other stuff. Snakes and monitor lizards I move to safe areas. Pest control company gets rid of rats that do a 'Riverdance' special in my roof. Snakes take care of mice. I rarely see them. Squirrels and birds live happily in my trees unless the murdering cats get them. I happily share my house with geckos and tokays and neighbours dogs (who sometimes get rid of the cats if they are not quick enough ).

Maybe an interesting side note - I cannot see any 50 baht notes in the photo with Param IX on them. They all show the current king. Many Thais are keeping the lower denomination notes (< 500 baht) with the old king on as they love him and want to keep his memory. "Not many people know dat."

Sorry but in my book, the only good cat is a dead one. We have about six 'wild' cats in the area where I live and they are a real pain. They kill the natural wild life and howl at all crazy times of the night. They are murderers. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/12/cats-diet-2000-species-conservation-study-aoe

It seems to vary for each IO office. Here on Samui, as soon as you talk to an IO officer, they say 'TM 30?' They even go out and do spot checks. (Lots of tourists.) If you do not have a current TM 30, in theory, your landlord will be fined, not you. But I have know IO folk to threaten the individual as well. Again, that is on Samui.

For uric acid - eat low protein. It's the high protein stuff and alcohol that cause the problem.

I can only share my experience re Uric Acid level. Early 20's and having a health check for a new job. Doc said - how bad is the pain for the gout? What gout? You have a very high uric acid level - gout. From me, nothing. So he put me on a 'special' diet for 6 months including no alcohol. Uric acid level still the same after six months (hereditary) so I went back to the normal, torrid life of a 20 something year old. (Lots of alcohol.) Then when I hit my early 60's - gout attacks. Often. Very painful. A doctor friend recommended allopurinol. Start on a low dose (100 mg) and build up to 300 mg per day. Since then - zero gout attacks. I still eat and drink everything that I want to. The allopurinol prevents the attacks for the last 12 years. After my annual health check, doc reads the numbers and I adjust the dosage accordingly. Now down to 150 mg per day.

Sorry - I do not read TAT web site articles. Too much fake news.

So, all of the politicians were born in the year of the horse, and the majority of Thais were not???

Why do you assume that others are 'going around the rules'? I have a company (well actually two) and we hire Thai staff. My accountant handles my income tax, social security, annual accounts, work permit, and visa (which is 'tied' to the accounts and the work permit). She also handles the SS and tax for the staff. Included in her services is the visa renewal, as I said, that is tied to the WP and making a profit, and she includes 90 day reporting and everything else. I go to the IO once a year for the photograph. Appointment made by the accountant, 5 mins max and home again. Before I hired this accounting company, I used to do things myself. I was always asked for a bribe and made to sit in the office and wait for hours because I refused to pay it. The IO people would accuse me of working illegally and even phoned my home to check that there was a business there. Why would I do things myself?

I don't

Wot! No passengers?

After almost two years of 'fighting', the Thai government is 'considering' helping Burmese refugees. A very sad, slow response Thailand. And the UN and the rest of the world says " ". Still it is better than what Prayut did to them - sent them back.

AS you say, it has been around for decades. A friend of mine used to pick up short time girlfriends by going to internet cafes back in the days before mobile phones. He would offer to help them write in English to their multiple boyfriends.

Not according to the people that went. A ratio of 5 professional guides to a max of 12 tourists is a heavy outlay.

I wonder what the Thaksin Haters will do when they run out of senior people to go after. Maybe start to arrest al those citizens that voted Thaksin in as being anti monarchists? They are really desperate.