JJ Madcow

Years back when i was painting our wall. The police chief in our area come and check up on me. One of his people have visit someone on our street the day before. And report to him a foreigner was painting/working. He ask whose house is it ? I told him, My wife dad own the house, And we living here. He say that okay, But IF it was not "our/family" house, I was breaking the law. So i do think there is something in it... Kindly.

That might be. But some of them are going to end up in a room with a man for sure ????

The shop from time to time call and ask if we want something else, If run out of XXX item. Some times the driver call for directions. Many times the driver cant even speak Thai ???? We only tip when it is bad weather. Kindly.

If renew inside 1 year after expire no written computer test needed. More then 1 year, Need written computer test. This is for renew my 5 years driving licens, That i was told in Chonburi not long ago. All so when Applied for a queue, There is a option to watch a movie and answer a few questions. It say on the site, That if one do that, One dont need to watch the nearly 1 hour move at Transport Dept.Dont know if that correct, As my queue is 19 July.I did try early to renew, But this year, I was told NO to yellow book as proof of my adresses, So i needed to get a address certification from Immigration.So hope they are happy now Kindly.

My Thai wife and her family talk about it all the time. Not the same as complaining. Father in law get nearly 10k Baht per month to live on, From Government pension, So the price jump is a bit hard on them. Vegetables and meat going up, And i think wife say the rice going to go up all so. Power have going up and now water bill per unite is going up. So it all add up in the end. But they are Thai so i know the adjust to the time we living in and manager in the long run. We can see when we do our monthly shopping at Makro we pay more total. It is fine for us, No surprise for me as this happened all over the world and we know it that way things is. No one need to be rocket science to know this the way it is. Gasolien have jump many times and we can see that every time we need to get a full tank of it. We simple skip a lot of the driving for fun we normal do, Say No to driving people around all the time and so on. Again no complain from me, That the way the world is and have being for every, Things all ways change. And we do few change in our life to match the higher price and the lower Currency for Danish Krone I get right now. Things going to change again and so do we, Well that the way we go about it. Kindly.

Coming to Thailand i belived in the "Fact" that i never was going to get my deposit back. But i learn like many other things, That was 100% wrong. And probably born on a bar stool some where, Like so many other things about Thailand or Thai people. The first 5 years here i move around a lot, Give days / week(s) notices, Move long before contract ends. And all ways got 100% deposit back. And every landlord say NO to get money from me to cover the powerbill coming some days after i move. But i did not take no for answer, And give money to cover that bill. In the +11 years here now, I never meet any foreigner that didnt get 100% back, Or most of it back. But all have hear / read about it. I lost most of my deposit back in Denmark every time i move. So i am very happy about how it is done here in Thailand from was i seeing my self. Kindly.

When moving here i got like 6-8 foreigner friends, But it was not really me. The drinking, smoking, negativ talk about everything in Thailand. Was so boring to listen to all the time, And didnt want to sit at a drinking hole every day/week. Even in my country that dont look good. A few die over the years after being sick/old, 1 jump and kill himself. So i choose to drop all foreigner friends/social live with foreigner years back, And never regeret it. Have many Thai male friends over the years, And even more Thai female friends. Crazy numbers of Thai female friends, Special via my wife circle of friends and family. I love hang out with Thai people, So nice, kind, warm, open mind, And all about enjoy live. Think i go mad if i didnt have all our Thai friends in our life, For me live be to boring away from other people (Thai people). And i do love it that nearly all Thai we know, Dont smoke, Both wife and me dislike being around people that smoke. That Thai get together whiteout have to drink and get drunk was a surprise to me after all i was told about Thai people, by foreigner. I all so talk to nearly all Thai people on our Soi, Like i be doing if i was back home. Great to talk, get invite to sit down, get something cold to drink, a snack, food and so on. For Christmas I give home baking (Wife do the baking) to the neighbor that have small kids. We exchanging fruit with our neighbor from our garden, You know normal (for me that is) neighbor things to do. Kindly.

Same for me. Done this for nearly 11 years now and never a problem, Never got wrong amount back when doing this. I do it all over, Not only 7/11. Kindly.

I know you say you cant change you adresse and mobile to Thai your self. Have you ask your bank ? I am from Denmark and a little over 10 years ago when i move here. I was not able to change it my self in the Bank system. But my Bank did it for me with no problems. Only a idea to try out if you have not ask them. I have since drop my Danish bank total, As Denmark being part of EU the Bank need a lot of paper work nearly every year. To prove that I was me, And got tired of that, So drop my Danish bank, And get my pension direct to my Thai Bank. Kindly.

Bang Saen, Burapha University Hospital have signup some time ago. We (Wife and I) was told that the appointment we got, Was going to be cancel. And it did. But wee need to keep a eye out on the internet for when the hospital write. People that have appointment X-XX date to come for Astra Jab. So on the day we see it online that we can come and get our first Astra jab. Of we go and 1.5-2 hours later it was done. We all so go the appointment for second jab. Was told that appointment date was correct for the second jab. But have to wait and see. I am not 60 years old, I am from Denmark (If that matter). So for me it was pretty easy to get my jab, So no complain from me. Kindly.

I have to pay 37%, IF Thailand take let say 5% i still need to pay 32% to Denmark, That the way it work. There is no way around, This i all ready being through with the Boss of Danish Tax office. To find out what was real, And what was what people think was real. As what i being told be others Danish people in Thailand, was all wrong about how Double tax agreement works. It is not like many thinks it is, That if Thailand take some % in tax, I dont have to pay in Denmark. Or that one can choose to pay Tax in one country only. Sadly that not the way double tax agreement works. The double tax agreement between Denmark and Thailand is so both countrys can take tax. But again, The end of the day i can max pay 37%. (That might change over time if Tax go up / down in Denmark) No need to discuss it, As i know i am 100% correct, As i when through it again this year. To be sure nothing have change when a Danish friend was call into the Thai Tax office about Tax. I dont mind it, That the Tax we pay and it help people at home. So i am more then fine paying my Tax and helping out, It is not a problem at all. I know it was the way before i move, So i have no problem with it. Kindly.

Dont know about Sweden. But i am from Denmark and Denmark know i live in Thailand, +10 years now. Everything by the book for me. And i pay 37% Tax of my Danish pension, That dont change simple by moving from Denmark. If i wanted to return to Denmark (holiday), I need to pay for any medical treatment as i not living in Denmark / EU any more. Even so i still pay Tax in Denmark. Kindly.

Here in the Bang Saen both Makro & Tesco is not running out. We normal go shopping around 10:30/11:00. As we being told by Makro that second time products come, Is around 10:00 (Not the morning product that come early) And they all was putting product where it need to go when we there. So might be the truth. Nothing we need is missing. Kindly.

Wife and I have appointment 8 July at Universitet hospital here in Bang Saen, But that was cancel. The Wednesday my wife see that the hospital have put out on the internet, That everyone that have there appointment cancel. Can come and get the Astra Vaccine, So we rush to the hospital. 2 hours later we left the hospital, I am in my early 50 (if that matter), And our queue number was 703 -704. And when we left, we can hear over the speaker that it was close for that day, And ask people to return next day. I did NOT see any other foreigner there in the 2 hours we was there. Kindly