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Correct statement. A lot of harm has been made in the name of religions. Even from Buddhists. Jainism may be the most peaceful religion of all. I am a Lay Tibetan Mahayana Buddhist. This does not contradict the fact that all religions (I am actually not so sure about the Muslims) are there for one purpose: To be of benefit for the people. At least this is the idea. One should distinguish between the teaching and the people who act in its name. The latter may include some black sheep who do not even understand the religion in which name they act. And some teachings may be simply erronneous. Especially for you as a scientist the following short slip from YouTube might be interesting. No, its nothing sectarian - just a very entertaining speech of Sam Harris with the title "Science can answer moral questions". You might enjoy it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww

I cannot but add one more entry to my list above: Tampopo (The movie is even available on YouTube in full length (Japanese with English Subtitles) It helps to enjoy the movie if you have been in Japan yourself, then you will understand many of the fine jokes better. But highly recommended.

None for the last 50 years. Before that I remember the Avengers (John Steed and Emma Peel) and I had to look Bonanza every Sunday because my dad was a fan. But all in all I dislike TV Series. Well, Twilight Zone was not bad actually.

Then I obviously misunderstood @digger70. Nothing about God and Hell here although to your beliefs as I know it you would make a connection to *religions*. And by the way "religions" have nothing to do with the drugs you mention. Even not with Ayahuasca I think. Religions are for the benefit of people and to promote understanding. Nothing about some Creator God. There are other more serious and more subtle teachings. Psylocybin or LSD make ultimately more confuse than promote a correct understanding of the world. Timothy Leary, pls. forgive me, but the confused and half-knowledge times are over.

@digger70 is right. The proof ? Experience, the best proof there is ! There are other reasons than to get something back for any good deeds immediately. But the seeds of your beneficial actions stay with you in a subtle way. But better not elaborate on that, its one of the most complex topics I can think of.

We will see how complicated it will really get. If you are right I would better engage a lawyer / accountant as well just to be sure to prevent misunderstandings with bigger impact. Actually I do not see any arise but as you know ....... The problem will be to find the right one. Needs to be specialized and professional, willing to confine time, speaking English very well and have lots of experience with the authorities. And this all in Chonburi. If you find one pls. drop me a PM. I will then check him out. Thanks.

Of course we do. And the sequel "Babe: Pig in the City". My wife and myself are collecting pigs from all over the world. We even own an original Haekelschwein (one of about 15000 worldwide all hand made by a German Granny alone). No idea how many we have all in all. That's a 68 year old higher educated guy with a place of childhood in his chest. We (that includes my wife) love our pigs.

The English film titles are "Gran Torino" and "No Country for Old Men" as per my list above. Both are great. My list contains many well known movies, but I suspect that not many might know "Cypher" (2002) which I regard as a insider tip. Spirited away is a Ghibly Studio animated film which won the Oscar and is regarded by many as the best hand drawn Anime ever.

More than 3 (not in order of preference). Just pick the ones YOU like the best: Snatch Gran Torino 12 Monkeys My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no totoro) Spirited away (Sen to Chihiro no kamakushi) Pulp Fiction Leon the professional (directors cut) Wild Things Mulholland Drive Lost Highway No country for old men Fargo The big Lebowski Cypher True Grit

And only accessible via Facebook. Again a company which looses my business (a company without proper website is not acceptable to me). But maybe there are Bratwürste from this company sold at Villa, too. But Villa (and TOPS) have Bratwurst-prices in the criminal range.

I give up. My post is now two times displayed but maybe only for me for it says "hidden" in the upper corner. If anybody is interested I could give them a PM if this would be allowed (I dont know - any admin please advise - I would like to benefit the community but only if I am allowed to.

My original post is back ! Obviously someone reversed his judgement. Thank you for the benefit of all.

I had posted the full details and now they are gone. Before it was published it showed a message like "....needs approval ...". Maybe my post was deleted but I did not get any message that this would be so - because of that I try again in the next post. If someone does not approve what I post, then pls. give me a short message.

I gave you the contact details as requested. Call them up or visit them. I suppose you do not want me to post a transscript of our wills and living wills - but if I recommend them please take it as that. You may call me bugger if you do not like what you get from them.

For the admins: The above post is no commercial but a genuine recommendation. ???? I am in no way affiliated to the company.

And here it is: Thai888 Law Company Pattaya View Talay Building 5D Office Number 10 & 12, Ground Floor Thappraya Road, Jomtien, Nongprue, Banglamung, Chonburi Thailand 20150 Tel: Jeab 08 6376 0527 Thai & English Kelvin ++ 66 (0)8 0102 8978 English International FAX: 038075543 Email: [email protected] www.thai888.com I had as well recommended this company to a friend of mine, and he came back delighted. Dont be put off by the building and place - they refrain from representative decor - instead they are experienced and professional and produce superb results. We are more than happy with them.

This may well be, but only applicable from 2024 on if there are changes. Everything else would not be possible from a juristic viewpoint.

Great post and spot on.

That makes this thread so difficult to interpret - the US and UK seem to have special rules (as well as DTA) as others of the 60+ (or is it more) other countries and sometimes even the wording in the DTA differ. Only chance is to wait for a precise ruling applicable for all (I think it will be for all then, doubt they make 60+ versions of their order).

...........unless it was remittance to the wife totalling not less than 20 Mio per year, from savings (provable but difficult) and on top taxed fully at the point of origin in the year before the remittance (in the past before 01.01.2024 the old rules apply).

We might in the future think about Solar and since we live in the country of good customer service I would like to have everything out of one hand. I suspect that the planning has an optimum where the ROI is greatest. Now this depends of course on many parameters, but the only thing I would like to tell any prospective Solar provider is how long and when we use which device. I wont even tell him the power consumption. He can find out by himself. He should then plan the optimum system with the said optimum in mind (for him to find out where that is). We live in Chonburi. Any idea where I could find a specialist company (A Solar ?, Solar Power ?, Residential Home (nearest to us) ?) that is professional enough to be able to fulfill this task ? I am aware that this would cost a bit more than a DIY. We then have to talk to PEA as well since we are told that our power consumption is not sufficient with only one phase - we would need 3 phase. I would like that PEA explains me why - we did not even move everything into the new house. So currently we have a brown out if we operate some devices together. The only "big" thing is our 36000 BTU aircon for the living room and we have 2 water pumps with 1.5hp each which run very occasionally. But my name is not Watson so I need a professional Sherlock (maybe with the help of PEA).

This law office is in Pattaya. We live in Chonburi. Per forum rules I am not allowed to publish company names, telephone numbers etc. (probably because of marketing reasons) on the forum. But I can send you a PM if you are still interested even if it is in Pattaya. Just tell me. But you would have to wait a few days since I do not have this data with me where I am sitting right now. We are preparing the move to a new house. But I would not forget it (if you are still interested). They are really professional but are rather active in the local environment here (incl. court etc.). Unfortunately I have no experience with anybody specialized in BKK.

Who does not want to optimize taxes ? Everywhere around the world. Freeworld sounds like a former government employee. All of the people I know contribute a lot to Thailand - whatever their tax situation might be. This includes me who has spent many many millions here. But I stay here because of my family only and of course I want to be conform with the rules but not because of the reasoning displayed above

You are right with your asessment - I have a bit of (bad) experience. Before my wife and me came here I had as well to clarify some tricky questions and was on the search of a lawyer. So I had contact with two locals and some of the most renowned big ones plus a private one in BKK. Some wanted to take advantage of my Newbie status, some could not exactly tell me what I needed to know and the private one in BKK had a price tag like the best in Switzerland. It was in fact very disturbing but in the end I managed to clarify my questions after a lot of work. One thing I managed to get perfectly done was the Thai Wills and Living Wills for my wife and me. From a trustworthy, competent sympathetic and even very reasonable small company.

Thanks a lot for your consolation. The assessing of the situation may currently even be difficult, but in 2 months or so I hope it is clear and then all I need as someone assisting me at / with the RD. And I would wish to get one of the best. I am prepared to face difficulties with that.