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Alwyn

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  1. 16 hours ago, willyumiii said:

    Fine with me.

    I have no use for tourists.

    Most are rude and disrespectful,

     and I  find most from my home country very embarrassing.

    But I do not depend on tourists for my income, so I am biased.

    And yet you choose to live in a country that is driven by tourism. I saw your other post about cheap Charlie backpackers. I wonder how many cheap Charlie backpackers are Maltese? Or Cyptiot? Or from Andorra or Saudi come to that? You're just Mr Cliche man with nothing original to offer up.

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  2. It's actually worse than £18,600. When I came back to the uk I started work where the bulk of the money is commission. I had a small salary of £15k and with commissions I earned just shy of £48k. Before you can apply you have to be earning this and on paye for a year first. So after a year made the application. It was noted on my bank statements and pay slips that on two months I had no commission. So they failed me. They told me they take the lowest income month and multiply that by 12!! When I pointed out that's not what the paper says I was told "that's how we do it". So £1500 odd down the drain and restart the whole process again! Company adjusted my salary to £25k for me just in case of a non commission month. I restart the whole process again in March. It's a joke.

    The rules are the rules if you do not like it don't apply again and just leave the UK and go and live in Thailand and get your yearly visa.

    That's the point. The rule says £18,600 annual income minimum. It does not say lowers monthly income multiplied by 12, it clearly states required annual income £18,600! I would go back to Thailand and I will but I'm getting treatment for cancer so I need another 18 months for it to hopefully clear.
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  3. It's actually worse than £18,600. When I came back to the uk I started work where the bulk of the money is commission. I had a small salary of £15k and with commissions I earned just shy of £48k. Before you can apply you have to be earning this and on paye for a year first. So after a year made the application. It was noted on my bank statements and pay slips that on two months I had no commission. So they failed me. They told me they take the lowest income month and multiply that by 12!! When I pointed out that's not what the paper says I was told "that's how we do it". So £1500 odd down the drain and restart the whole process again! Company adjusted my salary to £25k for me just in case of a non commission month. I restart the whole process again in March. It's a joke.

  4. I think the OP is correct, things have changed but I do wonder if a lot of it is not down to us foreigners? I first settled in Thailand in 2001 and the women were lovely. They were very polite slim and lovely shiny black hair. I noticed a few girls dyeing their around about 2004 and then came the weight gains...., My mates used to say to (I was married when I first arrived in Thailand- for work) "why would anybody want to be with a fat, lazy European woman when you can be with this"? They would also marvel at western girls on holiday here back then "how do they hope to compete with the Thai girls" etc

    Then things got worse, less women now 'wai' to us foreigners than before and there is, as the OP suggests, a lack of 'respect' and an internal ugliness today. I remember my Swiss mate Sam having a birthday party for his young son in Koh Samui, everybody pitched up and a great time was had by his son and by all. With the exception of his Italian mate who came with his dyed haired lady.. Sam being the host welcomed her with a 'wai'. She just totally ignored him. Totally. Thankfully Sam told her what he thought about it all and kicked her out of his home. That would have been 2005 maybe and when I first noticed the changes

  5. Strictly No!

    Why not just ask them to leave.

    And I can't see how a coffee shop makes 1.000 Baht profit with a table in an hour.

    I kind of agree, ask/tell then to leave. But.... let's say one table can sit 6 people and an average spend is 75 baht per person, that's 450 baht ) per table. Usually a person or people will be 20 minutes enjoying their coffees... I make that 1350 baht in potential lost revenue based on one hour. Thing is, these folk will stay for hours!

  6. who cares, marriage is a farce anyway. "Married before the eyes of God" How about "Married before the eyes of Spiderman"? They're both about as real as each other in that they come from books.... How do Kateoys figure in this? How do a-sexual people go about getting married?

    right, but if a nation is idolizing a religion which does not support gay marriage, I call this hypocrisy. I am personally not against religion or gay people but just want to point out this clear hypocrisy in exchange for votes. In my opinion this is treason to one of the two fundamentals.

    As it happens, I am personally against religion, it's the longest running scam in history! In the words of Robert Heinlein; "I've never understood how God could expect His creatures to pick the one true religion by faith - it strikes me as a sloppy way to run a universe. [Robert Heinlein, Jubal Harshaw inStranger in a Strange Land]"

  7. Hi, your option two is the best way. You have have been living and working in FRance (in your example) for a minimum of 3 months and show that France is your domicile. Then your family can get visa based on the EU freedom of movement act (allowing freedom of movement within the EU). It was an Indian guy that first tested this route and unfortunately I don't have time right now to search after the article.

    This will get you started though https://eumovement.wordpress.com/

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  8. I saw what foreign investment did to property prices in Spain during the 80's. It basically made ownership impossible for most locals because of the price hikes, in fact the government stepped in and built homes with mortgages only for Spaniards with the VPO programme. I've also seen the similar in the UK in the 60's when Arabs were buying up London. In fact it's happened again now in London, there is a massive % of building unoccupied that are owned by foreign investors. So, yes to owning a place to live, maybe if married to a local but a big fat no, to investment properties for foreigners

  9. foreigners!!!!!

    never have i lived in a foreign country where there are so many negative...anti social...grumpy..stick in the ass...worthless foreigners.

    THIS ALONE is the biggest deterrent.

    Doesnt matter what country they are from....their own countries are better off without them.

    too bad they had to come to thailand

    Too bad you did, who wants to listen to your whining?

  10. I've worked and lived in more than a few countries and they all have good and bad. What I have observed is that countries with a heavy reliance on tourism tend to be the places where the locals dislike expats the most (with the exception of Brasil). As an expat the thing that concerns me with Thailand is instability. We had a great business going which was started in 2004 and last year's protests and subsequent coup slaughtered us. We had to lay locals off and mothball the company. My partner is on about restarting again but I'm just thinking, why? Reinvest, restart and a couple of years on and another coup or the demise of HRH The King and it all goes west again. Challenging to say the least.

  11. Prayuth must not lose sight of his "proclaimed" goal. Proclaimed syas it all really. His real goals seem to have been 1. Trick the country into believing they need a coup by setting his attack dog, Suthep and his cronies off the leash - achieved! 2. Trick the people into believing I have no intention of being PM - achieved. 3 Trick the people into believing there will be an election soon. - achieved. 4 Trick the people into believing I'm not going to stay in power but will hand over asap when the new constitution is finished - achieved. 5 Trick the people into believing he's going to sort out corruption, the economy and the World in general - achieved. 6 Give his mates all the plum jhobs in government - achieved. 7. Change the law so he can never, ever be prosecuted for his illegal coup - achieved. 8 Cement position of strength by employing draconian measures with article 44 - achieved! Now, what did I miss?

    What did you miss? Finishing up by saying that putting Yingluck or her close male blood relative back in the chair would make all Thailand's problems go away. That is pretty much your usual line, isn't it?

    I might have the opinion that the country would be better off with them than they are right now with an ill-educated, unqualified General running the show. But that's irrelevant as it's only an opinion. The truth is, this guy has the power bug big time and had no intention of fulfilling anything except his desire to stay at the helm which will be done by continuing his subjugation of the Thai people. That's the point. Nothing else.

  12. Good idea but the implemtation leaves a bit to be desired. A photograph of some totyy wearing ill fitting helmets inappropriately will not do the job. Most of the helmets on sale here are nonsense and probably more dangerous than no helmet. Could the government not be a bit more proactive? A campaign featuring some horrendous photos of accidents carnage. We used to do this in the UK when the government brought in the seat belt law - clunk click every trip etc. Maybe include crash helmets with the sale of new bikes? (funded by the government not the bike shops)? Confiscate bikes if there's a rider without a helmet - even if only for a month or a week? Just showing a photo of some crumpet wearing ridonklious lids that don't fit is just plain stupid.

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