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19 hours ago, sungod said:

If you are that concerned then there are ways of saying things rather than sarcasm and trying to look clever at the expense of others.

Does make you wonder why someone who feels that way even reads the "Real Estate, Housing, House and Land Ownership" section of this forum right? 🙄

16 hours ago, Woof999 said:

 

As I stated earlier, I'm into this eyes wide open. I fell in love with a country that looks after its own but that doesn't mean I have zero rights. I'm about as legally safe here as I can possibly be, but there are still risks. Those risks are not unique to Thailand, and whether the property is or is not legally mine makes not one ounce of difference to how I will feel.

 

A very good friend of mine was recently turfed out of a house he had just completed building in the UK. He is set to lose more than £500k. In reality he ended up with no more rights there than I have here (property wise at least). If everything went tits-up and I lost everything, then the total amount of money involved would be the equivalent of a 3 bed semi in Shepton Mallet. It's not something I'd regret. I'm not saying that it's peanuts, but once the risks are analysed and understood there is nothing to be gained by constantly focussing on them.

 

Most people that I meet in life who dwell on the negatives (are glass half empty types) typically never really amount to much. All they see are the hurdles. Most really successful people that I meet have taken risks, have enjoyed the process as much as the outcome even when things go wrong and, if they do, they pick themselves up and go again. Much respect for those.

 

I fully understand that there are risks involved. For me, they pale into insignificance compared to the rewards. For that reason, I will no longer comment on the matter. I appreciate the heads up from people, but there I will draw a line. If there is ever a need for a fire sale in the future, I'll let people here know and they can happily mumble "I told you so" while I get on with the next chapter in my life.

Hear Hear ! 👏👏

Quite a few Thai folks from Chiang Mai posting bloody tissues on Social Media. Claiming their noses are bleeding due to this pollution.

5 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Will it be a condition of Yingluck’s return that she has to eat some of this rice? 🤔

It should be a condition that those like Prayut & Prawit eat it the rest of their lives in a small jail cell...Since it was one of the claims they orchestrated to overthrow a legally elected government  ...Oh but wait they also created that Get Out OF Jail Free card 🙄

I just logged in both on my laptop & with phone app

No such questions

Hopefully yours was not a password fishing scam/bug?

I did note there was a update available for my Android phone app so did install it

Good Luck

I have not read all the replies so sorry if this has been mentioned already

Things I found interesting in my own searches about cholesterol

Regular statins like those mentioned here efficacy is 85% benefit at 25% dosage

Once this is realized folks can avoid many of the side effect/complaints many have for statins

Which is why many informed doctors now reduce statins dosage to 10-20 daily doses & sometimes even every other day

compared to much higher doses previously

ApoB which can easily be checked in Thailand is a better indicator than LDL

This is a simple video on ApoB

I do not know if you folks have these drugs in Thailand & they can be expensive but are better than Statins & considered "Pro Drugs"

Because they do not affect your whole body but instead target liver

Things like

PCSK9 Inhibitors like Repatha or Praluent a 2x a month self administered injection slashes ApoB / LDL to very low levels

Also other new drugs like Ezetimibe lowers LDL 13-20%  & Bempedoic Acid

Nexlizet is a drug that combines Ezetimibe & Bempedoic

The newest drug is called Inclisiran & is a twice yearly shot that silences PCSK9 gene in the liver

In any case I highly recommend videos by Peter Attia

Also check his other videos on diet, longevity.. etc

Also as some have said diet does help but for many myself included it still may not be enough.

I am plant based no oils except a tiny amount of extra virgin olive oil, no dairy, no sugar & yet my LDL is still 100-124 I may be starting PCSK9 next month

I also am a life long endurance athlete which you would think is great but at the same time many of us endurance types have high CAC scores because after all heavy exercise is a form of inflammation to your heart at extreme levels too & causes calcium.

BUT.... about CAC scores IMO they are pretty useless as they do not differentiate between calcium inside the artery or outside. But they tend to alarm folks right away. Better instead to acknowledge it & follow up in many directions. Checking ApoB, Doing Duplex Ultrasound checks of carotid, aorta,legs etc

This is a Good Peter Attia video on the subject

10 hours ago, bristolgeoff said:

This whole case is very strange,Something is being held back and not being said yet

Yes I agree & do wonder what is going on

FIRST OFF....I will say nothing justifies a man beating a lady for any reason period

BUT....what I cannot understand about this case is it was in a mall yet police say no CCTV coverage was possible but they have many bystanders that witnessed it & testified

This being Thailand if there were many bystanders who testified then there are many phone videos of this altercation.. we know this is a fact in Thailand & most of today's world.

Lastly I have lived in Thailand long enough to know there is no way in H#LL Thai people would stand by & watch a falang beating on an older Thai woman...No way period. ....Even Thai girls would have been on him kicking the crap out of him

So either that story about witnesses watching is false or for some reason those watching had a reason? for not jumping in??

But I agree with you there is something missing from this story/event

Light him up with the Defibrillator then ask him again or ...let him pay his bill? 😂

5 hours ago, john donson said:

what do you expect in this me me me culture

 

and not speak out off course, because could lose face and consequences...

 

only 10 million?

My wife often comments on where we live most of the time...(Not Thailand)

But so often on the roads when cars stop & wave our car thru or when we cross roads & they stop for us etc

She always asks why do you never see this in Thailand? I always reply as you did & say it is a me first culture there.

Probably because they were raised with that whole face thing & a hi-so/lo-so class system

23 minutes ago, ThaiPauly said:

For me.....it's not acceptable and to avoid the "if you don't like it move" comments.

I have moved.

We did the same & looking back we are glad we did. Life is too precious to be breathing air such as that.

Yes you can hide & use a filter in a room but that is not living & that is not as purified as folks like to think. That you even have to wonder about the safety level of exercising outside was unacceptable to us so yes we left.

We do return yearly from Oct to Jan (we have a home there) but even last year it was already starting in December 🤔

On 3/4/2024 at 8:34 PM, bob smith said:

How long have you been here?

 

bob.

Seems at least 3 weeks now 😉

3 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Wow, what is wrong with people??

I know right?

Don't know whats going on with Swiss guys but here is another & this one seems much worse

A Swiss Man Seriously Hurts Thai Woman in Trang Supermarket

10 hours ago, HauptmannUK said:

Also those of us with Thai family will switch away from 90-day Non-O to multiple 30-day entries.

Same thing my wife & I initially thought we would likely do if the prices wen 500% up like their suggesting.

But after we thought about it paying $2500-$3000 avg for our flights then staying only 30 days instead of 90?

We think that juice is not worth the squeeze.

So if this goes as suggested with $488 prices on a Non Imm 90 day visa based on marriage to visit family & our home there...We we think we would switch it from yearly to once every 3-5 years

Sad though as we would like to visit family & out home there...but really it would not be worth it when so many nice alternative destinations exist

On 2/27/2024 at 1:49 AM, gomangosteen said:

But still the option of 30 days visa-exempt. Minimal impact,

Well that 30 day visa waiver may be because they want to take part in the visa waiver program.

If they pulled that they might lose benefits for Thai's wanting to go to other countries in that program too. Although Thailand is not one of the 41 countries currently in the program I'd imagine they aspire to be

That aside ...sadly the 30 day visa waiver is probably exactly the type of tourist Thailand wants...Come bring/spend money then get the H*ll out

18 hours ago, farangbuffalo said:

So no confirmation yet if this is worldwide or just NZ?

There is no way it would be only NZ

The only explanation is someone at NZ office jumped the gun posting it...but if true & goes into effect in NZ it will surely be enforced worldwide

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

It wouldn't be just NZ so it's either fake news or the others will follow 

I'm guessing but...I think NZ just jumped the release gun & posted on their site sooner than the rest

In typical Thai new rules fashion they were probably all supposed to wait till March 18th 😉

But yeah agree no way it is just NZ & looking at document sure seems real enough.

57 minutes ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

Has been discussed already. https://aseannow.com/topic/1320861-new-visa-fees-beginning-on-19th-march-2024/

Yeah sorry didn't see that but the thread you posted is also closed already

In any case I think these jumps are over the top but expected as after the Junta drained the rough the new govt needs to find ways to refill. Seems their preferred methods will be tax the Falangs & raise visa fees for starters.

Anyone think the 400/800k required will not also be increased? 😉

This is the latest.... 

Stickman Bangkok reported that the Thai embassy in New Zealand published its new visa rates schedule online.

Scroll down to pages 3 & 4 for English & note prices are in New Zealand dollars so convert to your currency

It is pretty dang hefty IMO

Where I use to pay $80 for my 3 month non imm visit yearly it is now going to be about $500 USD

A one Year Multi entry Non Imm is $1222 USD

It seems this is due to start on March 19th 2024 & NZ just leaked it a bit earlier than the news being reported