GroveHillWanderer

Thanks for the info. In the K+ app I see two options: transfer with account number via SWIFT and transfer with account number via KBank partners. Is there a benefit to using one rather than the other, as far as you know?

He didn't die intestate. As stated in the OP:

The "more" to this story is that the same guy apparently (if the photos are actually from him - and if they're not then something is really off) told an almost completely different story to the Daily Mail just two weeks ago. In the previous version of the story featuring photos of the same person, it was a case of overstay and having been shopped to the police by his girlfriend over a business dispute. So as many others have pointed out, this story just doesn't hold water, in light of the previously-published, totally different version.

I think that's possibly because that screen is for when you're trying to keep your residence country as the US, and all you want to do is confirm your address there. It wouldn't make any sense to change to a different country in those circumstances. To change your country of residence, as far as I can tell, you would need to go to your personal details and update them. When I try to do that, it gives me a choice of all the different available countries, including Thailand.

It's more than 100,000 but I suppose I could send it in several chunks if necessary.

I'd like to transfer some money out of Thailand. I'm looking at using using some kind of online banking or funds transfer app. I already have, Revolut, Wise and K+ (Kasikorn Bank) apps. I've only ever used Wise for incoming transfers, thus far. Does anyone have any experience and/or recommendations on which would be better to use? Or is there another different app which people prefer?

Not accurate. See my post above.

There is a standalone True Money app that you can use, but you can also get it to work with Google Wallet. It's a two-step process. First create a True Money virtual MasterCard (which is free to do) and then link that card to your Google Wallet. I did this and can now make Google Wallet payments using my True Money account balance, anywhere that accepts contactless cards or NFC phones. There are no charges when you top up the True Money Wallet, or when you pay.

Of the five "canonical" Ripper victims, only two are thought to have been prostitutes. There's no basis for believing the other three were involved in sex work. https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/02/things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-women-killed-by-jack-the-ripper

My first car was a 1981 Chevy Caprice. I bought it second hand in 1989 and if I do say so myself, I kept it in pretty good nick. This is a photo of it taken in 2003, admittedly after having recently had it re-sprayed and having fitted new tyres.

I don't think it's a false narrative to say Trump's tariffs will probably cost the American consumer billions. Pretty much every single article I've read about this, agrees on the likely outcome. Here's just one example, with a quote from the president of the US National Retail Federation. Trump Tariff Proposals Could Cost Americans $78 billion https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/trump-tariff-proposals-could-cost-americans-78-billion-annual-spending

Pretty sure that's a still (probably from a CCTV video) taken at or around the time of the altercation described in the OP. Unless I miss my guess, the Irish couple would be sitting at the table at the very top of the image and a member of the restaurant staff seems to be running towards the table, presumably to intervene (since that is what the article states that they did).

No, disloyalty to the Commander in Chief is not called treason. Treason Under the Constitution https://constitution.findlaw.com/article3/annotation24.html

According to this article in the Sun (yes, I know) he intends to return to the UK to clear his name. Husband of ‘Lady of the Hills’ wants to ‘return to Britain to clear his name’ 21 YEARS after wife’s body was dumped https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33045000/husband-lady-of-the-hills-return-to-britain/

That's not necessarily the case. As the article below points out: You Say You're An American, But What If You Had To Prove It Or Be Deported? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/22/504031635/you-say-you-re-an-american-but-what-if-you-had-to-prove-it-or-be-deported Don't forget that in deportation hearings, it's up to the accused illegal immigrant to prove they're a US citizen (if that's what they're claiming) and if they can't do so, they're subject to deportation. In these hearings you're basically presumed guilty and have to prove your innocence.

Are you sure? Man who claims he's a U.S. citizen repeatedly has been deported to Mexico. It's complicated https://www.tpr.org/news/2024-05-30/man-who-claims-hes-a-u-s-citizen-repeatedly-has-been-deported-to-mexico-its-complicated

That's not accurate. The FBI may be mostly concerned with domestic matters but it also operates internationally. Here's an extract from their own website. International Operations https://www.fbi.gov/about/leadership-and-structure/international-operations

Because it's clearly stated in the terms and conditions that these prizes are tax-exempt.

Same in Hua Hin, in my experience. I've done 3 marriage extensions now, and have always been given a date to return 30 days (give or take) from the day I handed in the paperwork.

Not quite accurate. If you stay more than 180 days in Thailand you are considered a tax resident. Based on a number of announcements recently, it looks as though all tax residents are now supposed to file a tax return. However, even if you are a tax resident and even if you file a tax return, it doesn't necessarily mean you have to pay taxes.

Based on your own words there, you had evidently already made up your mind that this was going to be an unpleasant experience before she even opened her mouth. This comes across like a case of confirmation bias. You'd already decided how this was going to turn out, so perhaps unsurprisingly, that's the way things went (or at least, it's how you perceived it). What I can't quite understand is why seeing a female IO would evoke a feeling of horror for you. Especially when you said you've never had a similar experience before, and other female IO's had been very pleasant, why did you expect this particular encounter to be so bad, before it had even started?

I think you have to question the suitability for one of the most important positions in the US government of a man who doesn't believe in germs because he can't see them. Why Fox News' Hegseth Said He Hasn't Washed His Hands In 10 Years https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/02/11/why-fox-news-pete-hegseth-hasnt-washed-his-hands-in-10-years/

You're saying that in twenty years of doing 3 VE entries a year, you were never previously asked how long you were staying, and/or where you were staying (except during Covid)? I find that very hard to credit. Also, have you considered that her short questions might simply betray a lack of English language fluency?

What makes you say Starr is biased? I did a quick look at his background and I'm not seeing anything suggesting a particular bias. Also, what do you mean, "Nothing to say who they are"? He names every single person he quotes in the article. Here's a list of just some of them so named, and this is from only the first few paragraphs. Official Russian war correspondent, Evgeni Lisitsyn Yuri Devich, Duma member Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of the Duma Committee on Defense Commentator Sergei Mardan Loyal ally of Vladimir Putin, Oleg Matveevich Moscow tele-journalists, Olga Skabeeva All in all, he quotes from a dozen or more prominent people located inside Russia. As for for why they hold the opinions they do, I would say their words are self-explanatory.

I posted this link on another thread but I think it's actually more apposite here. Ukraine and Russia’s Collapsing Home Front https://nationalinterest.org/feature/ukraine-and-russia’s-collapsing-home-front-213869