JayBeeee
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Thai people always check their change and I've never seen one give a tip; it's not part of Thai culture. You are given a price, and if you accept it, that's what you pay. I'm sure Thai people think that westerners are pretty dumb, wanting to pay more than they have to for anything. Unfortunately, if you use the same place regularly and they get used to you paying more than you're asked for, they'll just up the price, or simply take the tip as a matter of course because they know you're going to give it to them anyway. In my own experience, tipping is not a good idea in Thailand, and it's only expected because westerners do it. Perhaps western customs should remain in the west!
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27 minutes ago, billd766 said:
Why not apply for a visa to support your Thai children?
I'm covered! I was commenting on his pathetic remarks and thoughtless assumptions.
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On 09/02/2016 at 0:04 PM, eskatonia said:
Brexit has caused a recession which is going to get worse over time. Any possible (unlikely) benefit from Brexit is at least 10 years away, while the short term consequences are happening now.
With that kind of inside information, you should be a very rich man (or woman) in about 10 years.
I'll be your friend!
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On 09/02/2016 at 1:35 PM, muzmurray said:
Naughty, illegal work. :-)
Mai chai, krup.
I onie heawp! Evyting belong somebody Thai!
I onie pay for it!
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56 minutes ago, muzmurray said:
But we did not vote for a recession as "Ronuk" said - we voted to leave the EU, whilst one may be a consequence of the other, it was not as was previously stated.
Has it ever been?
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14 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:
Fascinating ! The emphasis as usual is on how to avoid having to go home ! No detail on why an individual desires to continue stay in Thailand and no evidence of any desire to actually naturalize but seeking to extend fatuous reason to linger.
So is it any surprise Thai Immigration has introduced elements of notification in the absence of reasonable cause?
Perpetually drunk and shagging is beyond the capacity of beaurocratic acceptance now.
What do you know, you superior *****?
"avoid having to go home"????? I AM home! I designed and built my house and a 20-rai farm, in the northern hills, beside a lake!... I have 2 kids, 2 dogs, and a tractor!... I am home! Where I was born is of no consequence!
"no desire to actually naturalize but seeking to extend fatuous reason to linger"
The concepts you subscribe to are your own affair; and what do you know of anybody's reason for anything they do, apart from what your own mind produces?
"...reasonable cause"????
Living where I choose, without interference, is reasonable cause enough for me!"Perpetually drunk and shagging"????
Personally I have 2 or 3 bottles of beer a week, usually after working on the farm all day in the sun... and I've been celibate for 9 years.So, Mr Spock... what do you know about anybody?
What do you know about yourself? I suggest you read your own words and ask yourself where they came from.
Fascinating!
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34 minutes ago, Thaidream said:
If I was single and under 50, I wouldn't put up with this nonsense. There is nothing in Thailand I cannot find somewhere else .
It's not always a case of being in search of something; what of those of us who have laid roots and have a home and a life here? There was a greater degree of security for the under 50s until the recent shakeup. Suddenly people have to find a way to get around regulations which have never been applied. Even after previous rule-tightening exercises, we could be reasonably certain that they would soon be loosened again, but it's a little more serious nowadays, what with the General's attempts to change things permanently.
I don't think wandering from country to country is the answer. Perhaps a change of status in order to qualify for one of the long-term options might be worth looking into. Ubon Joe or Darren would be the folks to talk to for ideas.
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I opened an account a few days ago at the Tor Gor Sor (Agricultural Co-operative Bank). Had a 30-day tourist visa extension, their yellow resident's book and B500 deposit.
Their only concern was that I definitely wasn't American. "If you flom amelcah, cannot have!". My passport says I'm 'British', and once she saw that the smile returned to her face and she started filling in the forms. Thirty minutes and seemingly five thousand signatures later (give or take 4,990), I was out the door with pass-book and ATM card (with B60k daily withdrawal limit) in hand.
I also have a Bangkok Bank account which I opened in Chiang Rai twelve years ago with no more than a 30-day out-in visa from a border run and B500 deposit. I'm going to make a great show of closing that account, due to them being lying, robbing bastards who have f**ked me over too many times, at great loss to me. I wouldn't recommend Bangkok Bank to anyone, especially those who play the currency markets.
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3 hours ago, willyumiii said:This may reduce the cheap charlie and penniless backpackers who visit.
That would improve the tourist experience for those who can afford it and do spend money here.
Maybe not a bad idea.
So, you're saying that people on a low budget don't have as much right go see the world as old people on pensions.
How will it improve anybody's "tourist experience", other than those who think that having more money tban the next person makes them something special, when they are clearly not.
Since opening my bar in 2014, I've got to meet many people, and I certainly know which of the above I'd rather talk to and welcome in, irrespective of how much money is in their pocket, and which I'd definitely rather didn't even walk through the door.
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Nothing to do with Buddhism; purely superstition. I wonder what Gautama would have made of it, or even Buddhism in the world/Thailand today. Not much to do with the teachings of the Buddha; more a routine of ritual, ceremony and superstition. Wouldn't tatoos simply be a bodily adornment and an extension of the ego in Gautama's philosophy?
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That's irony! MCOT didn't, but TV did! (This will probably be removed)
Why are toilet doors (and other doors) opened inwards in Thailand
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I suspect this question is an exercise in seeing how many people will seriously answer a dumb question!