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That is not correct. It was Immigration that refused to let my daughter through at Suvarnabhumi

No! She must go to amphur and get the official form, they will print (and sign) it. I was denied leaving with my daughter once with a written permission, my daughter called her mother and handed over the phone. The mother was drunk too... They let us through with a stern warning, only amphur in the future. The mother asked for and got "no time limit" = valid until majority for us.

None of the friends I have after over 30 years in Thailand are pro putin or pro Russia, not one. The very few Thai's I have heard that like putin are at the educational level where they think celebrity news is news and not gossip and that's the most serious thing they ever listen to.

Sure but it takes years and years to build infrastructure to scale up. Nordstream 2 took nearly 4 years to build excluding planning. And China wouldn't even consider it until Russia is stable.

True but we must remember that the Russian economy is small, only USD1.5 trillion or so, won't matter much.

Need Yes. Very very few have one

Not only, read this https://aseannow.com/topic/1251995-russian-and-ukrainian-tourists-in-thailand-beginning-to-face-financial-transaction-and-travel-problems-due-to-sanctions-invasion/?do=findComment&comment=17228320

Not only. I have worked with Chinese for 30 years, their long term goal is to rule the world. Ask general managers of big multinational companies and they'll answer that more Chinese don't want to speak English when doing business now a days. Listen to some less educated say that they don't have to learn English because all business will be done in Chinese soon. I normally answer 85 percent of the world is hardly going to change because 15 percent of the world want it. Some Chinese get angry when I say it ???? It's sad to say but the war that Russia started with Ukraine is actually a blessing, in one single way only of course. President Xi is sitting there thinking oh sh*t, I may have to rethink what I had planned, after seeing the world's reaction

I have quite a few Chinese friends. What is a surprise to me is how many Chinese who think that Putin does the right thing.

You need a lawyer but it's easy as long as the mother agrees. Max 50,000 baht for the court case in a tourist location like Koh Samui, 30 is OK as it's only half a day's work (start at 9, ready before lunch). Waiting time 3 months for court time. 1 month for the appeals period to expire. Let the wife contact the lawyer

Good post Mark. Not everybody on TV are mean bastards not caring about the future who don't think rationally. They obviolsly can't handle money. Why not do what I had to do with my daughters mother, split whatever money is decided up in 3 transfers. I've heard this style many times over the 30 and a bit years I have been here. It's disrespect, dishonesty, and deserves to be treated that way. It's much also for the disrespectful though. Have they borrowed money? Some even charge "hundred for 10 per day" (for smaller amounts) so interest can be incredibly high. It sounds quite possible. I'd seriously ask the gf about that. Just a note: It's easy to explode when shocked and scream at the wrong person ???? Never underestimate the power of the family in Thailand. You can put a house in a half childs name (except in Hua Hin and a few more places). Depends on how you put your foot down now. That's the solution to all of this Good luck

The family live in a more expensive area so 5 won't cut it where they live, certainly not with a 12 year old girl in the hourse. At the other end, 10,000 only if you are economically comfortable with it. Average 10,000 totally per month is good! (if they have no loans and including school & uniform etc, excluding christmas / new years gifts). As for your gf, she seems nice and is fighting a difficult battle with the family. She deserves appreciation for that and her honesty coming to you. After all, she's basically telling you that her parents are bad. Not easy for her. Would feel nice to help her to get more of the available money. Need to clear current problems first of course but also good to think about the future and give a heads up of what you and your gf together come up with (emphasis on gf up to you), for after covid and after the father has a job again, if it is temporary / could or will change in the future. Your gf will find it very difficult to tell them that you will reduce money if the father doesn't try to get a job when times are better so let's not paint the devil on the wall here. It can wait. Your gf knows best, what does she think? You could sit in as moral support and to strengthen the message even if you don't join the discussion, what does your gf think? Good luck Mark

Read again Pravda, un-self-censored this time

Thai would be considered incredibly ugly. All respect gone forever, only acceptance for their daughters sake, probably the same feeling from the girlfriend to the OP. The OP wants to keep his girlfriend, not chase her away. How would that benefit a relationship that the OP want to keep?

It's a good solution Nino. It's nice of you to help your girlfriend to feel she is helping her parents, it really matters to her. As for the "apparently I'm stingy comment", don't think that you understand Thai's or your girlfriend until you, when seeing it from their perspective, comfortably can remove the word apparantly. Not badly meant, maybe you already can.

I'd agree if the family didn't have a 12-year-old sister. With a 12 year old, not enough

I supported a family of 4 (parents and grand parents) living in a farmers village with 4,000 to 4,500 baht per month and they were grateful for it (they had some rice land). The grand parents are dead now so I support 2 with 3,500 baht per month plus hospital / medicine. They are still grateful. My daughters mother live there too now and I support her with an additional 6,000 baht per month only for her and that's never enough... I ignore her requests for more. I separate it into 2 transfers. Totally up to how people are. I'd say 6,000 to 7,000 baht if they live in that area and don't have loans. Extra for hospital, school fees and school uniform are fair, everything else not. Most Thai's don't have insurance, stop until you get a job again. Normal child support when I was interpretor in Juvenile court last around 10 years ago was 3,000 baht per month (100 baht per day). This comes as a shock for many Thai's but fact is that even courts expect little allowance. I was in court once when the mother asked for 30,000 per month and the judge laughed and loosely translated said 3,000 is more like it. 6,000 is ok but a bit tough for them, 7,000 plus extra for hospital, school fees and school uniform ad they should be grateful.

Just call the Khlong Toei hospital (maternity ward) and ask, they'll advice where

Join the Thai re 650 Facebook group, I post in Thai but answer mostly in English, they're a good bunch. What you describe is a rather common problem, most cases are fixed by just thoroughly cleaning up connections and ground cable. Battery charging plate / voltage regulator? Doubt that. You should check voltage like the poster above suggested. Problem is that Thai mechanics generally have little knowledge about electrics, could be tricky to find one experienced in that area. Could always do it yourself, I'd be too lazy for that though ????

Don't sgree with half done as the title say. Click bait again? I got my booster shot a week ago in isaan, I was early and the place was actually so quiet that I drove over to the hospital and asked if it was moved. Nope, just too early. Went back again and had my free pfizer by 8:30. I asked the nurse in charge and she said. Most in this town have already had their vaccine. I listened to people around me and less than half took their second shot, the rest their third. Sounds much better than half done to me

Not feeling the needle go in has nothing to do with what or how much that is administered. That's penetrating the skin. Some feel others don't. Same in Western countries. Link with evidence of manipulation please!

Well, only idiots can think that they can take an obligatory covid-19 test and then change address so health authorities cannot contact them directly to isolate them if results are positive. Even relaxed Sweden had the rule that you could go anywhere but you had to update the address with the health authorities when you moved. We know that the tm30 process exists, tourists don't. It's irrelevant if they knew if they tested positive or not. It's just common sense.

I have a totally opposite experience from kenny202 in both my marriages here. Sorry but I can't help to think that it (also) has to do with the background and educational level of the family and the person whom we choose to partner with.

Just a comment from personal experience. Kwasaki is correct ???? Just two additional comments. The papers should be signed by the one owning the car according to the blue book. That may not be the one you buy it from. Quite common. Secondly, never ever buy without getting the book. It could be held by a loan shark and you do really not want to inherit that problem.

Charged and deported, well done Thailand. And everyone understands what an idiot he was escaping quarantine so it won't affect tourism. Win-win