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That the TM6 is a useless waste of time goes without saying. But that has nothing to do with the rest of what you say about posters on this thread. The system is here to stay. Some of us are adult enough to recognize that. I can't change the system. But after a tiny bit of investigation I can help and encourage those who are having problems with it and find it daunting, so they don't have problems when they finally do have to deal with it. Because deal with it they must regardless of what you say. You aren't helping them at all. Just a humble sheeplethought.

No. I didn't. But you knew that didn't you? And your response bears me out. Bloated, arrogant, loud and lacking in self-awareness like all those who claim to be smarter than the rest they think they're above. But I don't care. I just think us sheeple occasionally need to let people like you know that we're not as dim as you think. To give you a chance at self-improvement. I accept that's wasted on you but couldn't care less.

I prefer assisted suicide.

Half-constructed buildings collapsing worries me less than completed buildings with cracks and bulges all over the place. How long will it take to seriously assess the structures? How many qualified people will it take and do they even have them? As pretty as the city looked, I'm convinced those bright buildings weren't constructed to 7.7 standards like in Taipei or Tokyo. Noone ever expected something like that, especially at the brown envelope contracting stage. Apparently though the Sagaing fault is expected to shift dramatically every 30-50 years, with a few smaller shocks between. The last major shift was 1956 so a big one's been expected (by geologists) for a while. Wonder how LA will stand up when the San Andreas fault finally gives.

Totally different scenario. The tsunami devastated the coast, they carted off the bodies, cleared away the wreckage and built a whole new bunch of high/er end, low rise resorts with a 'tsunami warning system' to tempt people back. Dozens if not hundreds of structurally compromised buildings, with gaping cracks in them, facing weeks of aftershocks is not a tempting scenario. Even I'm reconsidering my Bangkok travel plans. Problem is I don't trust the authorities to be competent or efficient enough, or uninfluenced enough, or well enough staffed with the right training, to be making unbiased decisions about widespread building safety when they urgently want to tempt the punters back. Bit of wait and see how they perform here.

Yeah I'm (at least was) planning to stay in a high rise hotel in Bangkok in a couple of weeks - 20 floors - not so sure now. It would be interesting to know if some level of earthquake resistance was baked into any of Bangkok's (undoubtedly non-enforced) building regulations. Even if it was, the regs here won't be anything like as strict as places like Taipei or Tokyo. Could affect tourism if there's any serious repercussions and aftershocks.

Nice response.

Unlike superior trailblazer types of liberty, decision making ability and individuality like yourselves eh? Pfew!

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There was a time that books were also seen as the devil's tools and threatening the cohesion of society.

Just tried it out online. Piece o' p*ss. A lot easier than the e-Visa because there are no uploads. (I had to resubmit a couple of things recently.) However it seems it'll only let you fill it in a couple of days before arrival. Right now 'Date of Arrival' is only available up till 01.04. That makes sense. I transitioned to smartphone back in 2012 when a guy who had one used it to book a carshare I was walking towards with only a swipe card. 20 meters away he literally snapped it away from me electronically when I was a mere 5 meters away. Dammit. We both laughed but that decided me. Wouldn't be without one now. I grew up in the Dixon of Dock Green era - where the cops said ''Evenin'' all' and you could only be fingerprinted as a suspect. Now I have to accept fingerprinting just crossing a border along with all my data being read off my passport. No point in fighting fights you can't win. Not at my age anyway. It just makes your own life uncomfortable for no reason and no win. I have no doubt that my prints are on the US NSA server somewhere. Can't change it. Sleep easily.

Duck Duck Go took me straight there - can't see why Google shouldn't. https://tdac.immigration.go.th/arrival-card/#/home Notably missing from the article.

Good decision as far as I'm concerned.

The Brits as well?

I look forward to Webfact posting the story 🤣

It won't. Sadly.

Sadly it's not just Trump. It's also the insanely incompetent popinjays he's put into government office. Complete non-entities who have the gall to complain about 'DEI'. They are only there because 'qualifying' for Trump means simply kissing his ring (piece). But the chaotic way things are going it might not be too long before the other bunch behind Trump think it's time to act. They are the really sinister ones and it all falls into place for them. Vance as president, Johnson next in line (both utterly spineless puppets and toadies notable for being 'yes men'). Vance is beholden to techo Peter Thiel who has protégéd him into his current position. That's who'll be giving him instructions when he's in the WH. Then it's full speed ahead for Project 2025. There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth, and not only on the left believe me. There are also many decent people on the right like Liz Cheney (I know some others) who are mortified at what is unfolding. They will also suffer much injustice (as Liz has done) and carry the deep shame about what has happened and what is obviously coming down the pike.

Looking at the posts of the last few months I suspect no tax office in Thailand would have any idea about this 555. The Finanzamt would. But I'm not going to bother them because I'm keeping my tax residency in Germany. I'll probably be resident in Thailand for 179 days next year. But I won't be ruffling the Thai revenue service's feathers as long as they don't ruffle mine. I'm pretty sure they aren't interested in farangs who are only drawing a pension anyway.

And perhaps my post again 555 I rest my case.

Like Trump, many third world tin pot potentates, millions of Magas and others with such low frustration thresholds, it's only democracy if they like the result.

When I wanna go I wanna decide when and how and with who (if they want). As long as it's properly regulated it's only humane. The fact that any system is prone to occasional error is not an argument against assisted suicide. (Is euthanasia the right term? Strictly speaking such patients aren't 'put to death'. They are - often directly - assisted in suicide.) The main thing is that such instances remain exceptions and that the hundreds of others who desperately need this final act of mercy have it available and are protected from abuse.

Witness this thread. It's not too hard to understand that if I sock a Sikh because based on the color of his/her skin I think s/he's Muslim, then s/he is by definition a victim of my islamophobia. I'm highly unlikely to be smashed in the face for being a Muslim 'cos I'm white. Coloured people are most at risk. Fact is most Muslims in the UK (or anywhere else for that matter) are people of color. So the haters hide behind the 'Muslim is a religion' trope to deny their racism.

It looks like the two pathetic man-children found each other, no?

Try another look at the Thai-German DTA. https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Standardartikel/Themen/Steuern/Internationales_Steuerrecht/Staatenbezogene_Informationen/Laender_A_Z/Thailand/1968-07-26-Thailand-Abkommen-DBA-Gesetz.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1 You'll have to copy paste the link. Scroll down to Article 18 §2. (§1 is irrelevant for common or garden non-working pensioners like me at any rate.) My take says Deutsche RentenVersicherung (state paid, national contributory from lifetime earnings, old age) pensions are only taxable in Germany and non-taxable in Thailand. The same applies to corresponding Thai pensions which cannot be taxed in Germany. I can confirm that my DRV pension is taxed in Germany (as is my NI pension - being part of my total income there.) But that's because I haven't officially given up my tax residence there. The German tax threshold for pensions is about €1369/month gross - but pensioners still have to file a return even if they're not liable. If I gave up my German residence for tax purposes my pension wouldn't be taxed in Germany but I suspect might then become liable in Thailand. Or perhaps not - it is after all up to the Germans whether or not they tax a pension. Not taxing a pension does not in my mind automatically give the other contracting state - Thailand here - the right to levy a tax according to the Art.18, $2, DTA. It is also worth noting that if you do officially give up German residence for tax purposes they have the right, and actually warn you, that they may reduce the amount paid out to you based on where your residence is. Which is effectively a form of tax but doesn't count as such: officially it's just a reduced entitlement. But those last two paragraphs are something for the legal department to chew on.

I was referring to the felon himself not his guards. You guaranteed someone wouldn't say something to his face. I certainly would. As far as physical attack goes the felon is definitely not a fighter. He's a coward who relies on those he bullies and humiliates and harasses or buys into silence. Right now he's humiliating 70m people - quite an achievement. I am not a blusterer. As for your question, I've proven myself many times against the odds, I don't have to here. You should stick to medical stuff. It seems you're good at that.