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What is the tipping practice in Thailand ?
Always Tip My Barber is the name of my new band. -
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Thailand unveils new visa rules, sparks mixed reactions
You have your geography mixed up. He is talking about New Zealand. Not the UK. -
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Brutal assault on Canadian raises serious questions about tourist safety in Pattaya
The 5 years ago was when that particular bouncer made that statement. It's always been like that and still is. The bouncers aren't in it just for the money. Last attack I saw was a few months ago. If anything, they are getting more frequent as the perpetrators know they can pretty much get away with it. Though, frankly, more than a small proportion of it is deserved. -
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5 year multiple entry DTV visa (Destination Thailand) from 2024-xx-xx
It's good to know the country. I cannot get anything close to 5%, neither in Switzerland nor in Thailand. Opening a bank account in the UK is impossible for me because I do not live there and even if it were possible I would not want to take the exchange rate risk. -
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Thailand unveils new visa rules, sparks mixed reactions
So, what if you fly in on holiday, will you get only 15 days on arrival or will it be still 30 days like it used to be and the 15 days apply only apply to land crossings? -
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ICE vs EV, the debate thread
Real degradation, and, older models, different chemistry. 200k miles = 320k kms, or 15+ years for our 20k kms if we continue at that rate. At today's petrol savings of ~฿42k or ฿54k a year, depending if all local driving is charged w/PEA, or latter savings, w/Solar. Total savings over 15 years respectfully, ฿630k & ฿810k. That's the amount we'd save, and also the amount, ฿810k, it would cost to drive the ICE version of our EV, MG ZS. Accurate #s, since owned / own both. So not only did it cost us to buy the ICE version for ฿695k, it would cost another ฿810k to operate it, not counting oil changes (30+) and tune-ups (~6 @ 50k kms intervals) -
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I like JD Vance
Of course you like him. Like sheep at lamb farm love their farmer for feeding them.- 1
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Brutal assault on Canadian raises serious questions about tourist safety in Pattaya
I so nearly added that to my post, but chickened out....555 -
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Using an overseas Debit Card to minimise paying tax for those of us staying over 180 days
There's a lot of information on the forums re reducing your tax liability. When the news first broke about the closing of the loophole regarding remits,I ran my numbers against TH taxable income and I was looking at 60,000baht tax pa. But keeping up with the many posts I was able to determine that as a single,aged pensioner I can claim 500,000 thb as allowable deductions so with out trying to find further loopholes my liabilty is now 3,000 thb pa. With 5 months remaining in this tax year I could reduce my remits to a level where i am tax free. Remember all earnings prior to 2024 you may have saved and remitted are not assesable. -
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elephant population on Samui.
Elephant owners are required to register DNA of their animals with - I don't know - but there is a registration n system that allegedly has over 90% of countries captive population. Not sure it actually says where they are. (I could tell you stories of real estate on Samui that would make you hair curl!) -
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Brutal assault on Canadian raises serious questions about tourist safety in Pattaya
Wow .....what a difference that makes to the story.....looks like he was being a really knob and was just pushed and fell. -
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Potential Collapse of Vital Atlantic Ocean Currents: A Looming Climate Catastrophe
And what do you suggest as a solution? I am not denier but...the reason is that to many people there is no absolute model that does the prediction correctly. There is not just one global warming model but several because no one model can handle all the beginning scenario assumptions of how a Weather Cell will recact under various conditions. For example, the differential equation that concern the amount of radiation absorbed by the Earth against the amount of same radiated back into space. May sound simple and direct but far from it. Does every part of the Earth receive the same amount of energy? Just think of Day & Night, the energy absorbed will be different. Ah, but that will average out as the Earth rotates. Nope, because some weather conditions will have changed which will then affect the amount of radiation reflected back into space. Then scientists have to decide what lattitude should be taken as a starting point/assumption. Some models start with the equatorial portions but others don't. This is only the start and there are already an increase in the number of models. (For example, the lattitude models of Budyko and Sellers start with the assumption that the temperature is is uinform/constant around a given lattitude and then double integrated to find the overall area temperature distribution. This model assumes that Earth is a perfect sphere...which in reality it is not. Earth is an oblate spheroid.) So what you end up with is an overal average estimate with error margins, which is some cases can be significant. All of this if about one item, Blackbody raditaion. And we haven't even mentioned CO2. We need CO2 to keep the surface of the Earth warm so we can surive but of course the question is now, at what concentration CO2 will make the surface too warm. CO2 doesn't come from space (although some does escape Earth through chemical reaction at high altitudes) and this is where a lot of controversy comes in. Like the raditaion models, there are several for CO2 and again many assumptions, averaging etc. Then H2O, CH4 etc with more assumptions, equations and averaging. This can be all very confusing to us laypeople who don't necessarily deny global warming but find it too complicated. Artificial satellites, specific to this problem, will give us better determinations but this, in relative terms, has only just begun. Okay, one solution would be that people give up their private mode of motorised transport (combustion) or maybe rationed to some limit of travel each week. Everbody going electric will not, at this time, solve the problem because the grid would have to produce increased output and enough of the necessary 'non-fossil fuel' energy plants would take time to be built and meet demand. But even if we did all go for EV's would that be enough? During the construction of EV's there are some waste products that are harmful to the environment and there would have to be increased mining for the materials required. More eco systems would have to be sacrificed for the Human need. And don't forget, we are a financial society...all based on money. To make large changes to our lives quickly, could mean financial collapse for those who depend our choices. Thailand for example. How long is it going to take to replace all the 'fossil fuel' aicraft with alternatives? If the current number of aircraft were to be cut by say, 10% at regular intervals I don't think TAT would be very pleased. Yes there needs to be change but it has to be gradual, maybe over years...oh wait, we don't have that long, do we.
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