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2025 - which political story are you not looking forward to?
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Gaza Famine Alert Retracted Amid Diplomatic Backlash & Incorrect Data
I thought UNWRA was a proscribed organisation? FEWS.NET published it. They are a USAID sponsored organisation. https://fews.net/middle-east-and-asia/gaza/alert/november-2024 Check it out. Read the sources. You're just reading the US/Israeli reactions. -
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Australian Man Files Police Report After Being Threatened by Pattaya Motorbike Taxi
I have removed a couple of off topic posts, that are likely to deflect the discussion into personal bickering. Please lets just discuss the topic. -
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Japan dethrones Thailand as top tourist spot
It's hard to call Japan expensive compared to Thailand. A budget stay in Japan is far more confortable than an medium cost stay in Thailand. You can rent a nice flat in Osaka for $20 a night and it'll be well built and organised. Something of the same cost in Bangkok is often poorly built and half broken (even if it was only built a few years ago). It's cold for the winter and houses have no insulation, but at least you can walk on the streets without them being a deathtrap and choking on the fumes. Food is a bit more expensive, but far higher quality. Although stuff like grapes is crazy expensive as it's grown for beauty and gifting. Police is probably similar in both countries and you don't want to get on their wrong side when you're a foreigner. The dream is to live between the two and make the most of the different benefits they both have. -
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Aussies
You don't need to apply for a marriage visa. You can apply as a single person, with 800K baht on deposit in a Thai bank. IMO it is the simplest route, although the most expensive. A marriage visa is 400K baht on deposit. It is a lot more complicated than the single route, because there are house visits, and other bureaucratic hoops to jump through. The income requirement for a single is 65,000 baht/ month. Married, it is 40,000. I'm still trying to get my head around that logic. It can't be even one baht less, so exchange rate fluctuations can make it tricky if sailing close to the wind. One can use an agent, for fees varying between 13,000 and 30,000 baht. The agent bribes an IO. Once you use an agent in a specific office, you can't revert to another method without considerable grief. The other risk is a new broom or a general reform, although that risk appears to be very low. Re pension transfers, the rules are still in a state of flux, with different locations interpreting the tax rules according to what their head honcho says. Much like Immigration. While Australia has a double tax agreement with Thailand, whether it is honored at a local office is open to question. Nobody knows if pensions will be treated as income. There are two rules that seem to be clear. Any savings prior to 2024 which are transferred into Thailand are tax-free. Married to a Thai, you have 550,000 baht in allowances before tax is levied on anything in excess of that amount. Personally, I will not be submitting tax returns in Thailand until an Immigration Officer tells me it is necessary for my next extension. -
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Started walking for exercise, but.....
You know there's a big difference between 64 and 82. I never had any joint problems until I hit 80. -
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Started walking for exercise, but.....
I ought to add that I have always been slim, when I was living in Germany I liked German food and beer and although I am of average height I never weighed more than 74 kg, now in Thailand I only eat once a day and drink on average maybe two beers a week this has brought my weight down to 65 kg, I think weight plays a big role in knee health. -
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Three Palestinian babies freeze to death in Gaza as winter sets in
But as has already been mentioned they do not all want to stay in Palestine. I was also clear on that. As for some going to that members home country, he may not have a say in that, just like in the UK where a blueprint for thousands of them to go has been drawn up.- 1
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honda pcx 2024 for 60,000 is a scam,to good to be true,wake up man
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