Tropicalevo

If your wife does all of the online banking, just give her your password details and your phone. She can then transfer all of the money from your account to hers. This is what I did when my wife died. I used to do all of the online banking and so I had access to her bank account. All of our 'joint' money was there (she earned more than I did). My account was for running the business. When my wife died, I just transferred everything to my account. No one automatically tells the bank when an account holder dies. I asked my lawyer if this was a problem and the response was - 'no - everyone does it.'

I would think that the real number of needy Thais without smartphones is higher than that. Are Homeless Thais not included? Difficult to participate in a digital wallet without a smartphone.

The country is bankrupt. The vote-buying payment is expensive. They are having to borrow money to hand out the 10,000 baht bribes. That is why they are trying to get the BOT to drop interest rates. There will be more delays until that happens.

Stupid is someone who writes comments like the above. No one believed that the water was free, the water authority just stopped sending the usual monthly bills without an explanation. The lady had to contact the water authority to find out what was going on - after the event.

That was certainly a pretty powerful storm. Glad that everyone was OK (no reported deaths or injuries).

This was a common scam back in the day here on Samui. Rent a car or bike, straight on the ferry and up to Bangkok never to be seen again. Easy to stop though. Now, all rental bikes and cars have stickers. If you take a rental on the ferry, you need a letter from the owner.

Yet when Prayut made the same gesture, no one said a thing. Strange that.

Pattaya must be on a different time zone to where I live. Looking at the shadows and the daylight in the photo and the video, that would be in the afternoon here. Just saying.

From what I read, I would guess that she is not enjoying living in the UK. Most Thai ladies that I know do not want to live in big houses, unless there are staff there to look after them. Big houses need more cleaning.

Real activists do not keep their mouths shut.

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Tough decision, but I think, the right one. You cannot look after your ageing mother from a gaol cell. Good luck sir.

Assume make an ASS out of yoU and ME. They may be an ass, but I will not put government apps on my phone. My phone is 'app free' and my telephone plan has no internet usage. WIFI is always off.

AI has made real reporting extinct.

Yet just a light shower or two every three or four days where I am on Samui. Many areas without government water as the drought continues. Mind you, very strong winds blowing everything off the table and desk.

That is one heck of a sick man.

The racial prejudice of some races by Asians has been around for a very long time. Nothing to do with 'Caucasian' influences although those influences may just re-enforce that prejudice..

Unfortunately, in Thailand, lots of those funds end up being diverted.

But it still hasn't happened yet. Three years and counting.

My personal belief is that an engagement ring is gifted. There were no conditions applied at the time.

Pretty naive question. I was often out until the early hours when I was in my teens. Not drugs. Not alcohol. Women Creeping back into mum's place to get an hour or two's kip and changed for work. The funniest moment was me creeping in the back door as my stepfather was leaving for work out of the front door.

Seeing the land title in the photo reminds me of a friend who used to lend money here years ago. (At nominal interest rates.) One lady put some family land up as collateral to borrow to pay off gambling debts. When the loan was due, she could not pay and said to ask her family. He did - the family refused to pay saying that they were fed up of bailing her out. My friend took them to court in order to recover his money. The judge pointed out to my friend that what he was doing was illegal. Friend acknowledged that and said that he was only trying to help the lady by lending her money at a much lower rate that the local loan sharks. He won the case. Family had to pay him. In Thailand, there is the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. Spirit always wins.

There has been flooding there for at least the last three weeks. https://reliefweb.int/report/lao-peoples-democratic-republic/lao-pdr-and-thailand-flash-update-1-transboundary-flooding-landslides-24-august-2024 Only now does Mr Photo Op make A tad late sunbeam.

Death is rarely a good thing, but how you die can make a difference. Hopefully Kh Wichai died a quick and painless death whilst asleep.

I am sure that most folk know. They have been selling illegal stuff since they opened in 2018. Well known for it. They usually play loud music, but quieten down at midnight. The other night must have been a one-off 'we will make you all deaf' party. Not been that bad before or since. I am just surprised that the hotel next door let it continue.