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  1. Great idea … you can start Thursday. We can’t pay you and you’ll need to bring your own lunch, but tabulate the results and post them here after ‘a couple of hours’ and we’ll give you all the up-votes you can eat.
  2. Context In Australia: a lot of the commentary would be about this bit … Ploy told Channel 3 that the Russian woman’s boyfriend tried to seek help from a local politician in the province to evade charges In Thailand: that bit not yet mentioned but a lot of chatter about farangism, wearing shoes indoors and various nationalities bad behaviour leagues.
  3. Language is so important isn’t it? Tourist : Welcome to Thailand ! 🙏 💰 😊 Foreigner : Hello hello, what’s going on here then? 👮‍♀️🦹‍♂️😞
  4. Sloppy reporting, again … How many ‘counterfeit’ notes? One or two notes? He’s probably a victim not a perp. A whole bunch of notes? He’s maybe dishonest and maybe dumb … those FX places check notes like hawks.
  5. Not true. A (very) smart charger such as Powerex will include refresh and recovery functions that restore near-original capacity to ‘dead’ Li cells. A slow process though - can take 12 hours to complete all cycles on an AA cell. But typically these devices can charge 4 batteries simultaneously.
  6. Rechargeable. Assuming you are talking AA or AAA size … look for Panasonic Eneloop or Eneloop Pro technology (pricy) IKEA-labelled rechargeables are cheaper and reportedly supplied by Panasonic using the same tech … but are lower capacity.
  7. I guess these were all pre-Covid or Photoshopped ... (courtesy of Sydney Morning Herald and Xinhua)
  8. It’s a metaphor … either … Japanese hi-tech transport system or children’s fantasy … take your pick.
  9. Actually three years and for what it’s worth at least one contributory reason for that relationship failing was the total shutdown of Australia immediately after the visa was granted. But thanks for the response.
  10. Thanks for that, I’m aware of most of what you discuss … have you any source for the ‘12 month’ reference there? That’s feasible if de facto needs to be established but our intention would be to marry and I’m not aware of any waiting period there. Would really like to hear from actual experiences - I realise there have been few during last 3 years but I don’t think these 300 visa conditions have changed much.
  11. Hi All I've posted elsewhere ... but here exploring options beyond a tourist visa for Thai girlfriend to visit/live in Australia. I'm aware that an Australian 'Prospective Marriage (Subclass 300)' is as dear as poison and there is an approx 12-month wait and reams of paperwork, but it's the effect on my age pension that's the unknown ... ... at what point does the Australian age pension get reduced to the 'partnered' rate (ie effectively halved)? Is it when the application is submitted? when granted? on arrival? when married? some other point in time? Sharing of any experiences would be appreciated.
  12. Thanks for that. I sense the pain of that $15k 'investment' rightly lingers ... agree with you 100% about Oz attitude to inbound visitors ... still very 1950's and difficult not to compare/contrast with the reverse situation - as an Oz citizen i can show up on arrival in Thailand with a toothbrush and swan around indefinitely. I have a slim hope the huge Oz backlog in visa processing, new government here and a collapsed Oz inbound tourist industry may produce another fluked success for me. Hopefully, DFAT are automating a lot of their processing these days. As an ex-IT guy, i have faith their systems misfire frequently and may yet spit out a 'Computer says 'Yes'' result.
  13. thanks Will for that (gloomy) assessment ... i believe you helped me with advice back in 2019/20 too ... yes, i maintain an optimistic face but likely you're correct. i have seen Thailand before - she has not seen Oz ... better for us to use scarce resources to get her here first ... but meeting her in Thailand is our Plan 'B. Nevermind. I'm happy to 'invest' a small amount in an application - just looking here for recommendations that will give it the best shot.
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