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1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

Last week I worked in my job as a hospital cleaner with another colleague I hadn't seen in a year.

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So you must be Burmese, right? Or you just bait posting from somewhere else....

Where do you get this stuff from (I did white <deleted>, but they censored it, this forum is rated PG9)? Perhaps you  should stop smoking what you smoke.... not good to you.

13 minutes ago, MikeandDow said:

nearly correct 

In 1917, during World War I, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour sent the Balfour Declaration to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, that stated that Britain intended for the creation of a Jewish "national home" in Palestine.

In 1918, the Jewish Legion, a group primarily of Zionist volunteers, assisted in the British conquest of Palestine.In 1920, after the Allies conquered the Levant during World War I, the territory was divided between Britain and France under the mandate system, and the British-administered area which included modern day Israel was named Mandatory Palestine. Arab opposition to British rule and Jewish immigration led to the 1920 Palestine riots and the formation of a Jewish militia known as the Haganah (meaning "The Defense" in Hebrew) as an outgrowth of Hashomer, from which the Irgun and Lehi paramilitaries later split off.In 1922, the League of Nations granted Britain the Mandate for Palestine under terms which included the Balfour Declaration with its promise to the Jews, and with similar provisions regarding the Arab Palestinians. The population of the area at this time was predominantly Arab and Muslim, with Jews accounting for about 11%, and Arab Christians about 9.5% of the population.

The Third (1919–23) and Fourth Aliyahs (1924–29) brought an additional 100,000 Jews to Palestine. The rise of Nazism and the increasing persecution of Jews in 1930s Europe led to the Fifth Aliyah, with an influx of a quarter of a million Jews. This was a major cause of the Arab revolt of 1936–39, which was launched as a reaction to continued Jewish immigration and land purchases. The revolt, which also involved a significant amount of intercommunal fighting among the Arabs, was suppressed by British security forces and Zionist militias. Several hundred British security personnel and Jews were killed, while 5,032 Arabs were killed 14,760 were wounded, and 12,622 were detained.An estimated ten percent of the adult male Palestinian Arab population was killed, wounded, imprisoned or exiled. The British introduced restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine with the White Paper of 1939. With countries around the world turning away Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust, a clandestine movement known as Aliyah Bet was organized to bring Jews to Palestine. By the end of World War II, the Jewish population of Palestine had increased to 31% of the total population.

After World War II, the UK found itself facing a Jewish guerrilla campaign over Jewish immigration restrictions, as well as continued conflict with the Arab community over limit levels. The Haganah joined Irgun and Lehi in an armed struggle against British rule. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Jewish Holocaust survivors and refugees sought a new life far from their destroyed communities in Europe. The Haganah attempted to bring these refugees to Palestine in a programme called Aliyah Bet in which tens of thousands of Jewish refugees attempted to enter Palestine by ship. Most of the ships were intercepted by the Royal Navy and the refugees rounded up and placed in detention camps in Atlit and Cyprus by the British.

 

On 22 July 1946, Irgun bombed the British administrative headquarters for Palestine, which was housed in the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. A total of 91 people of various nationalities were killed and 46 were injured.The hotel was the site of the Secretariat of the Government of Palestine and the Headquarters of the British Armed Forces in Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan.The attack initially had the approval of the Haganah. It was conceived as a response to Operation Agatha (a series of widespread raids, including one on the Jewish Agency, conducted by the British authorities) and was the deadliest directed at the British during the Mandate era. The Jewish insurgency continued throughout the rest of 1946 and 1947 despite concerted efforts by the British military and Palestine Police Force to suppress it. British efforts to mediate a negotiated solution with Jewish and Arab representatives also failed as the Jews were unwilling to accept any solution that did not involve a Jewish state and suggested a partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, while the Arabs were adamant that a Jewish state in any part of Palestine was unacceptable and that the only solution was a unified Palestine under Arab rule. In February 1947, the British referred the Palestine issue to the newly formed United Nations. On 15 May 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations resolved that the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine be created "to prepare for consideration at the next regular session of the Assembly a report on the question of Palestine."In the Report of the Committee dated 3 September 1947 to the General Assembly, the majority of the Committee in Chapter VI proposed a plan to replace the British Mandate with "an independent Arab State, an independent Jewish State, and the City of Jerusalem  the last to be under an International Trusteeship System." Meanwhile, the Jewish insurgency continued and peaked in July 1947, with a series of widespread guerrilla raids culminating in the Sergeants affair, in which the Irgun took two British sergeants hostage as attempted leverage against the planned execution of three Irgun operatives. After the executions were carried out, the Irgun killed the two British soldiers, hanged their bodies from trees, and left a booby trap at the scene which injured a British soldier. The incident caused widespread outrage in the UK.

In September 1947, the British cabinet decided that the Mandate was no longer tenable and to evacuate Palestine. According to Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones, four major factors led to the decision to evacuate Palestine: the inflexibility of Jewish and Arab negotiators who were unwilling to compromise on their core positions over the question of a Jewish state in Palestine, the economic pressure that stationing a large garrison in Palestine to deal with the Jewish insurgency, the possibility of a wider Jewish rebellion, and the possibility of an Arab rebellion put on a British economy already strained by World War II, the "deadly blow to British patience and pride" caused by the hangings of the sergeants, and the mounting criticism the government faced in failing to find a new policy for Palestine in place of the White Paper of 1939.

On 29 November 1947, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 181 (II) recommending the adoption and implementation of the Plan of Partition with Economic Union.The plan attached to the resolution was essentially that proposed by the majority of the Committee in the report of 3 September. The Jewish Agency, which was the recognized representative of the Jewish community, accepted the plan, which assigned 55–56% of Mandatory Palestine to the Jews. At the time, the Jews were about a third of the population of Palestine and owned around 6-7% of the land. Arabs constituted the majority of Palestine's population and owned about 20% of the land, with the remainder held by the Mandate authorities or foreign landowners.The Arab League and Arab Higher Committee of Palestine rejected it, and indicated that they would reject any other plan of partition.[160][161] On 1 December 1947, the Arab Higher Committee proclaimed a three-day strike, and riots broke out in Jerusalem.The situation spiraled into a civil war; just two weeks after the UN vote, Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones announced that the British Mandate would end on 15 May 1948, at which point the British would evacuate. As Arab militias and gangs attacked Jewish areas, they were faced mainly by the Haganah, as well as the smaller Irgun and Lehi. In April 1948, the Haganah moved onto the offensive.During this period 250,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled, due to a number of factors.

On 14 May 1948, the day before the expiration of the British Mandate, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, declared "the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel.

Very comprehensive, and very accurate.

I admit that I did compress and simplify the historical events somewhat, just for brevity.

34 minutes ago, In the jungle said:

Most of the electronics is stupid crap to bump up the price.  My guess is that in time there will be EVs that have an electric drivetrain but without all the touch screen rubbish.  They already have such cars in China.

You're underestimating the GenX. They grew up glued to their telephone touch screen. And they will decide what the consumers want now. I suggest you stick to no electronics ICE. Nissan Bluebird from 1970's would fit you nicely.

1 minute ago, Morch said:

 

I guess you understand that the previous exchange related to air strikes vs. rocket attacks.

Nowhere did I say the IDF does not break international law at all times. The comment was with regards to a specific point. But you already knew that...

What I'm trying to convey here, is that some posters call all Palestinians terrorists, but will justify all terrorist actions by IDF.

44 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

That's a common misconception. Israel does not, generally, carry out indiscriminate bombings. That there are civilian casualties is a fact, but the way the attacks are carried is, for the most part, in accordance with international law. What you imagines the rules to be, and what they are, is not the same.

 

Are you trying to claim much of the Palestinian attack did not intentionally target unarmed civilians? With all the available horrid footage about? And taking pride in it too? Well well....

Didn't know international law allowed killing of children. Like these incidents:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-army-kills-teen-girl-west-bank-raid-palestinians-say-rcna61299

And here:

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230303-israeli-forces-kill-teenager-in-west-bank-says-palestinian-ministry

There are many, many more. There is even video of a teenage girl being taken to school by her father, targeted and killed by Israeli checkpoint soldiers....

But some will say they only defend themselves. From 14 year old girls.... huh!

15 hours ago, Jingthing said:

If Hamas is targeting civilians then yes terrorists. 

What does that make Israelis then? They have been targeting civilians, including children and news reporters for years.

10 hours ago, connda said:

What Immigration office?

The offices I've gone to in District 5 have always required a TM.47 plus a copy of the front passport page, the entrance stamp page, and the current extension stamp page - all signed.

Stated clearly in my post. Prachuap Khiri Khan, Dan Singkhon office. Apart from the passport, no additional paperwork needed.

3 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

If one opts for doing the 90d in person, I don't know what's the big deal in filling the TM47 form as opposed to presenting "just the passport". Maybe 30 seconds? And I don't think they know so well how to use the computer if it takes them 2 minutes. Last time, 2 passports in under one minute in CM. Don't even need to say "90d" since there is a dedicated window. Oh, I don't even need to park since it's a drive thru. Anything else?

So you say that you have to fill in that TM47 form. It takes 2 minutes from the time I walk in. There are only 2 IO in that particular office sometimes only one. We chat for 10-20 seconds too. And sometimes they have a stack of 30 Myanmar passports to process. They just slot me in. It takes 1 minute to print out, sign, and staple. CM huh? Wasn't that the place you had to que up at 3am just to get the appointment number? It might happen again...

Never been, never seen, and don't care much about anything north. To cold and to far from the beach for my taste. 

For the past 8 years, I have just submitted my passport, told the IO "90 day" and walked away 2 minutes later with the new stamp. This is in PKK Dan Singkhon. They never needed a form. They do know how to use the computer.

1 hour ago, BenStark said:

Were the Blue or Green?

 

My WU Greens and Seagates from around that time have mostly failed already.

 

Just had a look at the 2 WU Blue I have in use, and they are from 2009

 

 

Is WU the same as WD? In this case I can say that I junked all my WD drives, both NAS and PC, years ago. Same goes for Hitachi, used to be excellent HDD until WD bought up the company.

Seagate are the only drives I use now.

8 hours ago, WorriedNoodle said:

Lol, gotta love them MBP users. ????

What is an MBP? Never heard it....

11 minutes ago, placnx said:

Isn't there a shop where you can buy an SSD and a separate enclosure to put it? I took my old SSD out of the laptop and bought an enclosure online. You have to be careful to get an enclosure that works with the SSD in question.

There are plenty. Just look here:

https://www.invadeit.co.th/category/enclosure-box/2-5-enclosure/

4 hours ago, Datsun 1200 said:

I got mine at lazada.com and if you don't buy the cheapest, my 2T SSD cost about 600bht and seems good. I use it to backup a MBP with 2T SSD HD

 

IH

I would be very suspicious of a 2TB SSD drive for 600 baht. Such items are just not possible. Probably just a quarter capacity Chinese scam drive with tweaked firmware.

1 minute ago, freeworld said:

No, if you come back and say, spend 10 days more, so 170+10 in the same tax year you will be considered tax resident.

Ok, understand, thanks. So it's minimum 180 days in a tax year.

How do the Tax Resident rules work? If I, say after 170 days in Thailand leave abroad and come back a month later, am I no longer tax resident? 

For backups, I too prefer HDD's. Like this one.

https://www.invadeit.co.th/product/portable-hard-drives/seagate/2tb-backup-plus-ultra-touch-portable-drive-black-sthh2000400-p059049/

The latest and greatest from Samsung. Other capacities and colors also available.

https://www.invadeit.co.th/product/portable-hard-drives/samsung/portable-ssd-t7-usb-3-2-1tb-titan-gray-mu-pc1t0t-ww-p052249/

This is coming in more and more countries.

The next step will be cashless economy, and then everybody, but mostly expats will be royally F.C.U.K ed.

13 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Which immigration office? 

Many offices do it for free.

I sort of agree with you in the sense that if my io insisted on 500b,  I would just go along with it.

 

Similar to some offices charge for certificate of residence and some do not.

"Go with the flow" works for small change. 

 

I am using Hua Hin Immigration office.

You do no argue with the Immigration Police.... Can be detrimental to your health, or future extensions.

It was the same last time I renewed my passport and had to transfer visas. 500 baht, no receipt.

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

He could be, you're definitely not.

And how would you know that, please pray tell. You don't know anything about me. Who I am, where I come from, or what I have accomplished....

While the reply was made in jest, it's not necessarily untrue. 

Th thing I know for sure is that Thaksin is not a member.... he would not qualify.

9 hours ago, MPoll said:

At Bangkok Immigration they allow the bank letter and year bank statement to be up to 7 days old. On the day of the application I would go downstairs and make a small withdrawal and the update my bank book. 

That is my experience too. 2 or 3 years ago, when I was still on married extension, I was sent back for some additional stupid requirement (probably extra photos). I said it's a 2.5 hour drive, but she said that the bank letter was valid for 7 days. This is HH office.