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What is your definition of a primitive language? I was told that Hebrew was primitive and I had never seen anything so complicated.
You may want to Google the term ...
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I have heard that the French embassy is relatively easy going about (tourist) visas. However there are certainly still requirements to be fulfilled.
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great information there, Sheryl, thanks. I guess I sort of knew this already but I never saw it black on white.
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Thanks mikecwm for starting a new thread , I seem to be having the same thoughts as you as regards self insurance, I am 64 and have to make a decision soon.
I have found some good insurance companies, but they seem to be mighty expensive (one was ฿13 000.- a month without outpatient treatment). However although it is true that you can have a heart bypass operation at Bumigrad, assuming that you are able to pay for this, you have no guarantee that you won't be in for a long series of treatments or another operation a few years later. I have also learnt that many illnesses (cancer for instance) require a long series of outpatient treatments, maybe for the rest of your life. Any way you look at it, 'good' insurance is going to be the most expensive item in many people's budget, and many people find themselves deserted or priced out by their insurance company as soon as you look like costing them money.
The government hospital variant seems like a good way out, accompanied by self insurance. (If I could salt away ฿13 000.- a month I should be more than ok). An important element in this would be to have a caring family, preferably Thai, nearby.
When I make my move to Isaan in August I will be visiting the local hospitals and doctors to try to work out the best solution for my particular circumstances. Making friends with a good doctor might be a good idea.
I might get back on what I decide at a later date.
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It was a part of Sunday night ritual, listening to the sometimes very bad signal from Radio Luxembourg, Top 20. Under the bedclothes of course.
It certainly beat the BBC Light service
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I hope that you are experienced with dogs, pitbulls can be quite a handful if not handled right.
who are you addressing?
If Op, one does not have to much experience just common sense and time to give for a dog. Not to mention there are hundreds of websites and books to read and learn.
Pitbulls are the most beautiful and loving dogs, it is when they end up in the wrong hands the problems occur.
They are very protective of the family and the house.
If loved and and cared for, they really do make an amazing companion, my girl(pitbull) is just the sweetest dog you ever come across and would never hurt anyone unless they had ill intention
But Op does not need to get pitbulls, any dog, even Chihuahua will protect its own house.
PS. Chihuahua, The origin of this breed is to keep in the bag to protect from pick pockets
Strangely enough, I was addressing the last person that mentioned pit bulls in a post, and the remark by Maidu that he will 'see about implementing some of them'.
I love pit bulls, I just wanted to say that you can't just buy a puppy or two and think that the problem is solved. Some people just don't know how to raise and look after dogs, they also may not realise that they will be taking on another family member for the next 12 - 20 years.
I don't think learning it off the internet is the way to go either if you never had dogs before.
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I hope that you are experienced with dogs, pitbulls can be quite a handful if not handled right.
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How about putting the question 'where are the unfriendliest people in Thailand?' The answer would probably turn out to be where there are most tourists?
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yes,..... good question...
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My advice is; avoid getting involved with Thai women or make sure you choose very, very carefully, with caution.
Ignoring all Thai women would limit the dating opportunities of the OP somewhat as he lives in Thailand (and most women in Thailand are Thai).
When looking for a partner (of any nationality) it is wise to choose carefully and (unlike some foreigners in Thailand) keep your brain switched on.
A lot of bitter and twisted guys here. I went on a dating site, yes I did. After a week or two of having 20 year olds contacting me I changed my profile to 'big heart, no money' or something.
I'll be getting married in August, especially after I learnt that she sold her (unsick) buffalo to get her bathroom up to Farang standards.
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sorry about the BS as you so kindly call it, I gave information for the papers that are needed when you intend to get a visa extension based on marriage, which was what I assumed the post was about.
Using the word BS to well intentioned people is BS
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Right, idiot maybe, but not a complete idiot.. I no longer live in Zürich but I know about the kind of apartments you can rent there for this kind of money. Let me repeat some of the words that you have used here: 'complete idiot', 'bullshit' and 'brain dead'. Try to put your arguments in a rational fashion so that you don't merely arouse aggression in people that are trying to discuss things with you.
I never said you can live like a queen, as you obviously are, on much less, I would have said if I had thought it worthwhile, that you can live well enough on much less. If you answer, let's keep any future insults out of it, shall we?
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Whilst we're discussing cleaning methods, can anybody recommend a product that will kill mould in the shower?
this is a major problem in public swimming baths (the mould tends to harbour other microbes), when I worked in one we tried high pressure spraying + all sorts of toxic products without much success. Hydrochloric acid seems to be doing something to the black gunk in our bathroom but I've been applying it for months now, and although better, the bathroom floot still looks yucky. The acid also does bad things to our septic tank, preventing the desired fermentation or whatever it is from taking place.
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you will need passport, freedom to marry document, proof of income /sufficient bank balance, proof of residence. (you told your embassy that you had moved to Thailand, didn't you? I think these will need to be translated into Thai if you are here on a tourist visa.
Your Thai wife needs Tabien Ban, birth certificate, proof of marriageable status, extract from the divorce register if she is divorced, death certificate of her husband if she is a widow, her passport. These documents may have to be translated into the language of your mother country so that you can get their approval....
That's just the bare bones of the story. Good luck. Why not ask at the embassy or look on their website?
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total BS
and totally stupid. 1 month weve monitored our spending for 10 years and with 2 kids at good school, medical, trips abroad, 2 cars and rest its not possible for less than 250,000 baht a month. Our elec bill alone is near 10,000 but we do have 8 air cons. We go out about once a month and if we go out ot eat its around 1,000 baht for 4 of us. Weve just spent 40,000 replacing 2 air/cons, 30,000 on a minor medical op for one of our children, paid 32,000 for a new set of tyres for one of our cars and 210,000 for 4 return air tickets to USA and thats in 1 month. Not a typical month but this is just total crap.I used to live in a leaking box at end of sewer and ate shit .......... but these days thnak god I can live like a proper human being. Now if I lived with my mother in law thai style I can live fine in middle of nowhere for 10,000 baht or less a month for 4 of us. We do however choose to live a western lifestyle here while still doing a lot of thai things and that is often far more expensive than in west.
deary deary me we are getting into a state aren't we?
You are insulting a lot of people writing stuff like this and on top of that you are making yourself look like an idiot. It's ok if you feel like you need to live much better here than you would in the shit hole - is that the right word? that you came from or rather emerged from.
I won't go into the details of how I live with my wife but we do ok. You are talking about a budget that would see you very well indeed in Geneva, one of the most expensive towns in the world.
I don't hate people that claim to need huge insane sums to live (and thereby inflate their own importance in their own eyes) and don't see why you should come to Thailand with the the intention of living like a Westerner and then boasting about how much you have to spend here. Maybe if guys like you could keep the hate and venom and denial of facts out of your sermons, maybe other people could take you seriously.
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oh boy what fun
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She does if she later on wants to come to Switzerland without a visa or even become a Swiss citizen. If I take her back we get pension as a married couple and not, as now, as a single person. ( a bit complicated), so they want to know that the marriage is legal from day one.
Sorry I thought that this would apply to other countries also.
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there were some second hand ones for sale on the home brew Thailand forum if I remember right.
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sorry, maybe I wasn't being clear. The embassy will issue me a 'Marriage Application' for The Thai authorities, meaning that they have done the foot work for them and making things easier for all concerned. The other embassies don't do this?
I imagine that they do imagine that most people will be going straight back to Switzerland after their honeymoon.
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Hi,
I am Swiss, also a certified idiot, but I guess that as the marriage process will be the same for everyone in Thailand, I'll tell you what I was told when I went to the Thai Consulate in Basel YESTERDAY:
The Royal Thai Embassy in Bern told me that I could do it on a tourist visa, in Basel they told me to get an non-immigrant visa 'O', single entry here in Switzerland, it would be easier for me. (well I would have taken a 60 day tourist visa anyway, I'm not sure that I can get all my act together in 30 days and I would then have to pay for two visas).
According to the printed paper that she gave me, I have, in order to get this visa, to get together:
my Passport (not about to run out).
a certificate of my being able to legally get married (in my case, that I am divorced), not older than 6 months.
a recent, original certificate of my guaranteed income or bank balance (฿40 000.- a month minimum or as you know, ฿400 000.-) The lady also advised me to have, if not ฿400 000 in my Thai bank, at least ฿200 000, as my income for the moment will be only ฿47 000.-, this will make things look better in Thailand, nothing to do with the visa. I obviously want to keep as much money in Switzerland as I can.
The addresses of two people in Switzerland that could give references (not family, I suggested my insurance broker + my bank manager).
I should then get my 'O' visa and won't have to present these documents in Thailand. (or forget to take them with me).
My Thai wife to be, who is here in Switzerland at the moment should present to the Swiss embassy in Thailand, before we marry:
Tabien Ban
Birth certificate (seriously: we just found out that she was 6 years younger than she thought ... how's that for a wedding present?...)
A certificate as to her situation (divorced, widowed etc)
An extract from her family register
An extract from the divorce register (if she is divorced)
Thai passport
Evidence of any change of name
The fact that she doesn't have a birth certificate doesn't seem to be a problem at the moment, we need to get one before we marry though.
These documents must be originals or certified by an official as being correct if they are copies.
I must then get the Thai documents translated into German by an officially recognised translator, they gave me a list.
The first thing that I should do in Bangkok is to announce my presence at the Swiss embassy as a new resident of Thailand. On the grounds that I already had to present the above documents in Switzerland, they can then give me a 'Marriage Application' which must also be translated into Thai, as long as my wife also has the correct documents mentioned above. I then get married and go to the immigration offices for a visa extension. I then go back to the Swiss embassy with two official extracts from the marriage register (not the marriage certificate). My marriage will then be officially registered in Switzerland making any future visits to Switzerland much easier for her., certain questions concerning my state pension will be clarified.
I have to pay money.
I imagine that this is more or less applicable to your case also.
I have the German document that I have just quoted from in Thai if anybody is interested.
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and here is tutsi, desperately needing the toilet and then here is a niece on the throne with a smile and 'kee' and then tutsi dumps his load on the bathroom floor as there is an incontinence problem...
and then the wife comes and scolds the niece and has her assist to clean up tutsi's mess as punishment is in order...
we got 3 toilets in the house but everyone wantsta use tutsi's toilet...little savages...
Well thanks for sharing that magic moment with us, I really wanted to know about your incontinence, feel better now.
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What a yawn. Go and hug a tree.
yes really boring. What we are doing is stacking up a huge bill that is going to have to be paid by future generations. Coming up soon, in your neighbourhood: no more trees, no more fish, and, hopefully, no more humans (or Aussies). I agree, who cares anyway.
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ah good, I thought that I was wrong in wanting to use the word transliteration.
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I am still at the beginning as far as learning Thai is concerned, but I quickly found out that it is certainly worthwhile learning the Thai alphabet at the same time. I sometimes find myself puzzled by transcriptions, occasionally having to go back to the original Thai to work out what word it was supposed to be (not an easy process for me, but I never thought it would be). The official 'government' transcription system seems to have been designed by a well meaning orang utan.
I picked up an excellent second hand book the other day which had another transcription system - this however just confused me further.
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yeah and they are also directly responsible for the destruction of huge areas of rain forests, google mcdonalds + destruction.