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MADNESS!!

"Rail services which normally operate between 9pm and 4am will also be reduced,"

This will just vastly REDUCE social distancing and crown people closer together. What is the reasoning here? (Oh - sorry, stupid me)

Hello all,

This issue of Embassy Certification Letters is now a year old and I wonder has anyone been able to get such a letter or even a retirement visa extension since then?

I'm about to apply without said letter at Nakhonratchasima.

What are my chances?

4 hours ago, poanoi said:

bs, just the 3 past year when i was away they learned a lot of english,

before i had to converse in thai, there was no way around that,

but now almost everyone speak passable english

I agree with poanoi and I'm English retired in Thailand.

Every week I'm surprised by the number of Thais I meet who at least can speak some English.

I struggle to learn the Thai language but what I've found is that you have to use it in everyday situations every day in order to remember and improve.

The problem is as I see it that the Thai English language students (outside of tourist areas) don't have sufficient daily contact with English speakers.

Weak English language skills will persist until there are enough English speakers to practice with.

And of course where are the English language lessons and English language programmes on the TV to help the Thai students?

Same goes for TV programmes for farangs to learn Thai. None that I know of.

1 minute ago, bluesofa said:

These employees must be bored out of their skulls

They aren't "employees". They are self-employed labour.

5 hours ago, khanplayer said:

They obviously did not include the villages in their survey

They didn't do a survey at all. They just used individual countries published official data.

12 hours ago, webfact said:

It has expressed concerns over freedom of expression in the country and has called for a swift return to democracy

Th EU is not a democracy. It is ruled by undemocractically elected beurocrats.

How can it make such stements about Thailand.

Totally agree - based on the fatalities and other injuries as reported on this website - Pattaya seems to be the worst city in Thailand.

10 hours ago, mikebell said:

They can't it's in English.  In any case what happens outside of Thailand, doesn't happen.

Brilliant observation. Well worth repeating. Thank you.

How strange.

I drink a lot but only beer and wine cooler (Spy).

But the last couple of months I have cut down a lot.

Why and how?

It sends me to sleep! Never used to.

Two or three small bottles of beer or Spy and I have to lie down for two hours. And the sleep is blissful.

I wake up and carry on with what I was doing.

Like several posters have said "everybody is different".

On 16/09/2017 at 3:48 PM, rooster59 said:

The “Best Project in Year One” award goes to all those government spokesmen and excise folks for their excellent work in making everything clear on the cigarette and booze tax hikes that came in at the weekend.

I reported in another forum post yesterday (Saturday) how I tried to stock up on beer and cigarettes from our usual shops but one was completely locked up and the other wouldn't sell anything until the new price information was received.

But today (Sunday) I walked to our little local shop and bought Spy wine cooler for the same price I have paid all year!

Maybe that tax price hike information hasn't been clearly disseminated yet?

Saturday morning and went into town to stock up on drink & cigarettes before the prices went up.

The usual shop was closed and locked up. The backup shop wasn't selling "waiting for the new prices from the government".

In all my life I have never been in a situation anywhere in the world  where a forthcoming price hike is announced by a government but they don't say what it will be.

And why don't the shops know what it will be? They can't sell the stuff and after they get the new prices they've got a massive job to update their pricelists/databases/computers.

It's just an unfathomable fiasco.

TIT

If the price of beer and 'normal' whisky e.g. Hong Thong that the Thais drink then there is a chance it will push the Thais to the cheaper alternative drink - that killer white whiskey. At least two members of my Thai wife's family has died from drinking the stuff.

Similarly with cigarettes, more people may turn to rolling their own which will be stronger and more damaging than proprietory brands.

The end result could be a reduction in Thai health not an improvement.

Where are the studies by the Authorities assessing the above mentioned risks?

Hi connada,

Im from UK  living in Thailand and found it dead easy to open an account at https://bx.in.th/THB/BTC/ and I bought a few cryptos from there. I used my UK passport as proof of ID.

One problem I have is that I have to physically go down to bank in town and transfer cash to them then scan and email them the bank transfer receipt.

Also Ive been trying to buy Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash, etc but bx.in.th only seem to serve up BTC, ETH and DAS.

I tried opening accounts at other exchages but either they dont permit this territory (Thailand) or they wont recongnise my ID (UK passport).

I tried to get registered st Coinbase but their system failed to recognise my ID. Coinbase is notorious for this and customer service is a bad joke. Steer well clear of coinbase is my suggestion. Very dodgy.

Im still trying to open an account at other exchanges where I can buy Vertasimo, OMG, Litecoin and Bitcoin cash and others. But its hard work.

BTW my cryptos rose 60% in 6 weeks.

You all know that humans were a cloned version of aliens/monkeys specifically to mine gold in South Africa. We were cloned millions of years ago by the Annuki aliens.

The Annuki wanted the gold to put chemtrails round their planet, Niburu, to stop their global warming.

They had 'slit eyes' and the clones had be dark skinned (to cope with the South Aftican sun) and fairly 'stupid' to be able to do the monotonus mining work.

They also had to have the dexterity to squat on the floor when mining in low tunnels.

'Western' man - Farangs - (white skin, no slit eyes, can't sit on the floor) developed from these early clones. That's why Farangs are a sub-race and inferior to the original clones as seen through their eyes.

Just a light-hearted perspective and sorry for any spelling errors.

On 14/04/2017 at 1:10 PM, marko kok prong said:

Well i love Pussy's.

Ha ha ?Had me in stches this one! Well done mate. Funniest thing Ive seen for a long time.

On 22/06/2017 at 8:04 PM, Father Fintan Stack said:

She's more clever than many expats in Thailand.

 

Do not keep any assets here. Even rich Thais are not stupid enough to do so and that speaks volumes. 

Unfortunately, to be able to renew my retirement visa extention each year, I have to keep 800,000 Thai Baht in  Thai bank for the three months prior to renewal.

That's a large chunk of assets I could do without having it in  a Thai bank.

3 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

Tell me again about the "Peaceful Thai".  They are, without a doubt, some of the most violent and bloody people on the face of the earth.

 

Strange thing to say but sadly its true. I know because I suffer from it on almost a daily basis.

Im trying to teach people (Thais) what they profess to know themselves, peace, well being, 'kwaam suk' and etc.

They all go to the temple but when they leave their buddist training in these matters seems to vanish.

Very sad indeed.

On 08/09/2017 at 1:51 PM, NUUM said:

Led or fled ?

Or still in bed ?

Alive or dead ?

Ah, a sensible post at last. The point is that we dont know the answer to your suggestions.

Maybe sombody or some organisation does but not us.

Thank you for such a thoughtful comment.

At least it seems she had the guts to report this incident, if in fact she did.

Muslim eh? What a nice religion. I thought that under 'shera' (probably got the name wrong there) law the victim of a rape had to be punished further. Stoning or something?

14 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

The only thing I can guarantee about this project - if it ever is completed, and I'll be safely back in the UK then I think - is that within a year or less there will be a fatal train wreck due to an idiot in a pick up thinking he can get across before the train comes ! 

"Safely back in UK". UK is in a total mess and trying to extricate itself from EU after the Brexit referendum. Also UK is a prime target for WW3 -  I'd tather stay here in Thailand which is what I'll be doing.

1 hour ago, oilinki said:

Let's see. 

1) Small accident / incident causes other party to start shelling 

2) As nobody is giving an inch away, this eventually leads to nuclear exchange

3) Depending of the winds, either China or Japan will be under the nuclear clouds.

4) China is not happy and takes their money away from USA

5) USA economy collapses, causing civil war

6) World economy almost collapses

7) Lot's of unrest around the world, Thailand included

 

.. and that's the positive version, without full scale nuclear war between big nuclear powers. That would be the end of life, even here in Thailand. https://tennessine.com/ScienceFunFacts/NuclearWar/NuclearWinter

Agreed. Spot on. Well thought through and articulated.

That's just my opinion by the way.

2 hours ago, RikDao said:

Aside from SK, NK borders Russia (a little bit) and China (a lot). 

 

There will be no US attack on NK. 

"There will be no US attack on NK. "

How do you 'know that' or even think you know that?

What insider information do you have to support your statement?

Without such backup evidence your statement is worse than useless - it is dangerous propaganda. Please provide the backup information to support your statement or withdraw your comment.

4 hours ago, robblok said:

No connection has been made... with Thaksin but with the redshirts and we know who funds the redshirts. Just because you cant legally prove something does not mean its not true. 

If you can't prove it then maybe it is true - or maybe not.

4 minutes ago, catman20 said:

we all know that clever clogs  

Catman20 is not a 'clever clogs'. He is stating a fact and one that most posters seem not to be concerned about.

She is not guilty until the court has ruled - but most of the posters assume that she is guilty.

By the way, just to clarify, I'm not on Jingluck's side here. But I am on the side of the truth, law and justice based on the facts which seem a little sparce to say the least.

Please forgive my ignorance - I am just seeking clarity.

Under normal circumstances (by which I mean a country under a civil government, not under military control) would it be within the law to cancel someone's passport if they failed to show up at a court hearing?

All the posts on this topic assume that it's perfectly OK to cancel Yingluck's passport. But I'm not so sure. I'm talking legally, not morally.

Also - another 'stupid' question - if her passport is 'cancelled' how would foreign countries know about that?