Smokin Joe

Bank accounts and brokerage accounts in the US can be designated to be Payable on Death (POD) or Transfer on Death (TOD). This is legal in almost every state. The funds will transfer to the designated beneficiaries upon proof of death. POD/TOD takes precedence over a will and does not have to go through probate.

I assume that if a will contradicts the POD/TOD designated beneficiaries it would open a can of worms though. When I had my will made the lawyer made no mention of bank or brokerage accounts to avoid any conflict. Same with Thai assets, no mention in my US will and was advised to make a separate will in Thailand for Thai assets.

I think this has been brought up before and is not available in Thailand unfortunately

6 minutes ago, Jack Hammer said:

I did read the OP.  I used the term “gave himself up” as he was an overstayer  and he didn’t have enough intelligence to keep a low profile. He was begging for money , annoying people and making a nuisance of himself. Drawing attention to himself which required the police to investigate, thus “ gave himself up”

Apparently it’s a term you had never heard of  used in this context.  
Do you understand?

 

 

So when someone commits a crime and then gets arrested you consider that "giving themselves up" ? 

3 hours ago, Jack Hammer said:

They both gave themselves up. Also Mr Botha was a repeat offender 

You didn't even read the OP, did you?

Mr. Botha did not give himself up. He was apprehended by the police after causing a disturbance.

I think the OP must be running out of material if he is recycling 20 year old stories.

Yes

6 minutes ago, quake said:

 

Can I ask,  did you do an extension based on marriage ?.

And was the last statement for April stamped and signed by the bank.

Thanks quake.

It was for retirement and they did not stamp and sign the statement. Nothing to distinguish the statement they provided and the ones I downloaded.

Edit: Of course YMMV. When dealing with the IO's my experience may not be the same as others.

38 minutes ago, Cardano said:

Bank statements issued electronically by the bank always accepted before, and to be honest why are they even needed when your updated pass book is proof definite of your transaction history and balances.

At Jomtien I provided bank statements generated by the TTB phone App for my extension done Apr 29th. I make one for each month as the year goes by and my last one year extension I printed off 12 months of statements. 

The day of the extension I always go to the bank at opening time for the bank letter and then straight to Jomtien IO. At the bank I asked for an April statement so the final month was current up to the day I applied for the extension.

The April statement was exactly the same as the ones I generated in the phone app and forwarded to my e-mail to be downloaded. You couldn't tell the ones I downloaded from the one the bank made for me.

The statements I downloaded were accepted without question.

1 hour ago, NedR69 said:

When you see a doctor at BK Hospital Pattaya,  IME they always take your BP and temperature.  Even when going to dermatology or cosmetic in a different building.

Agree , Always taken when I go to see my dentist and was taken every time I went o see an ENT Doc for a few visits.

5 minutes ago, angryguy said:

You know Elon is not American right? He cant run for president

Elon is a US citizen. But you are correct that he can't run for president. 

I'm starting to speculate that some of our more colorful and controversial posters are actually going to college, and are taking classes in communications.

And are currently in the course entitled  "Manipulating Social Media by Trolling Internet Forums"

21 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Suppose you look like a lady and your passport says MALE.

Are you so dense that you don't understand that it will help such a person at a basic HUMAN level to have the passport say FEMALE?
Or do you like many right wingers lack any sort of compassion at all?

Are you serious? You think issuing fraudulent passports would be showing compassion?

What happens when a woke passport is used to try and enter a non-woke country and the person gets arrested and spends a few weeks in jail trying to get things sorted out.

How about this idea. Issue passports that say "male" to males and passports that say "female" to females. regardless of how they choose to dress.

1 minute ago, Liquorice said:

An IDP is only valid for 12 months, so even a 2-year Thai licence renewal would be easier and cheaper.

True in the case of the OP because he has an Australian license.

An IDP based on the 1968 Vienna Treaty is valid up to three years. However, the UK is the only English speaking country that is a party to that treaty.

Any country that only joined the 1949 Geneva Treaty issues the IDP's that are only valid for one year.

AAA does not offer online IDP's. You can get one via mail though. Having a website doesn't mean they do online applications.

AAA is the only authorized agent fore IDP's for the US. They have a charter from the State Department to issue them on behalf of the US government.

I assumed that FastIDP was a scam but it looks like they are legit. They apparently get you to provide all the required docs, photos etc and then take it to an AAA office or mail it in. Costs a lot more than just mailing it in yourself but 

29 minutes ago, novacova said:

 

Also if anyone is curious, there are online IDP services that can be used abroad.

Almost all ads for online IDP's are scams. And the fake ones are often more expensive than a legitimate one.

7 minutes ago, JAG said:

I was rather thinking of the alligator and pythons really...

Not cruel and unusual at all if they don't try to escape.

And if they did manage to escape it would not be considered cruel and unusual to shoot them in the back with a high powered rifle.

4 hours ago, BLMFem said:

If these assessments are correct it puts Trump (and by extension Netanyahu) in a very difficult situation. He's been adamant that all must respect the declared ceasefire, but if the Iranians can have the enrichment plants up and running in a fairly short time then what does he do? Bomb again? The first bombing was already very unpopular with most Americans.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/video/cnn-poll-us-strikes-iran-poll-americans-digvid

 

"According to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, President Donald Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes against Iran is broadly unpopular with Americans, with 56% to 44% disapproving of the strikes."

"if the Iranians can have the enrichment plants up and running in a fairly short time then what does he do? Bomb again?"

Yes, that is exactly what he would do. If the enrichment equipment is salvageable it is buried under a few hundred feet of concrete. It will take a lot of heavy equipment a lot of time to get down to it. Easy to monitor the progress and just as easy to put a stop to salvage efforts.

And that is assuming it can be salvaged at all.

7 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Most probably means "pay"?

คนเปย์  is a sponsor?

"Payer" from google translate so sponsor may be another meaning.

17 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Its comical he puts so much effort into hating Trump.

I suspect it's because he's Trans. Not the typical Trans, but the kind that are biologically adult males, but self identify as frightened little girls.

11 hours ago, xylophone said:

Just got on RARBG and only found episode 3 with only a couple of seeds.....others were the x265 format which i don't have loaded so will have to investigate that as many downloads now seem to be in that format. More research needed!!

 

PS. Joe, finally managed to d/l episode 3 after stuffing about (by pure luck) but thanks for your help all the same, much appreciated.

That is strange. I ignored what RARBG listed as seeds and actually started it in uTorrent on my computer and it showed 29 there. But happy you got it.

1 hour ago, xylophone said:

Thanks I have managed to download epidodes 1 & 2 but episode 3 is "stuck" and I can't get it to move even using "Force start" ........that's 2 days now and 1337x.to is the same. Anywhere else that I might find it??

You might try RARBG. They have it with 29 seeds. I just checked a couple of minutes ago. All three as one download.

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1 hour ago, novanova said:

 

Father Ray is a good idea.

A few years ago I donated a bunch of stuff to Father Ray's. 

A man who lived in the same condo as I dealt with them regularly and told me they will take anything that has any value. It doesn't need to be items that they need. They take the donated items to an auction site and then make some cash to buy stuff they actually need.

8 minutes ago, LiorW said:

Is there any DutyFree shop that is really a duty free, anywhere in the world?

I think the advantage, in buying in those places, is mostly finding products that aren't available outside the airport.

Duty free does not mean profit free. It is not a scam in that sense, but they can mark their prices up so high that it is cheaper to go to a retail store.