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- March 28, 2024, 11:11 am
- Forum: U.S. Politics
- Topic: Private Property Rights
- Replies: 12
- Views: 199
Re: Private Property Rights
People have gone on extended vacations, come home and find their homes broken into and occupied by squatters who have changed the locks. Following the liberal laws takes them more than four months to recover their by then severely damaged homes. The liberal laws stink to high heaven. I wouldn't blam...
- March 28, 2024, 10:51 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Future energy sources?
- Replies: 175
- Views: 9543
Re: Future energy sources?
The world will NEVER run out of oil. There are many new proved deposits discovered ever year. The doom and gloom reports that oil deposits are finite is just ignorant or maybe stupid to increase oil prices. Oil usage will eventually fall due to environmental problems and not because of shortages.
- March 27, 2024, 10:58 am
- Forum: U.S. Politics
- Topic: US Presidential election odds
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 130090
Re: US Presidential election odds
I won't be voting this election. I would be ashamed to vote for Biden or Trump. The only other option would be RFK and he is insane. Dirty corruption in politics is now the norm and the country is suffering from it.
- March 27, 2024, 10:37 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Do you smoke marijuana?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11942
Re: Do you smoke marijuana?
I have a good friend who is a pothead. He was diagnosed with liver cancer. He went through all the chemo therapy and went so far as to have a radioactive BB put into his liver. He appears to have beat the cancer. He said that the pot was his only relief from the sickness. I myself don't use pot main...
- March 26, 2024, 10:37 am
- Forum: U.S. Politics
- Topic: Private Property Rights
- Replies: 12
- Views: 199
Private Property Rights
These home owners have a deed and their taxes are paid up. How can that property be considered abandoned?
- March 26, 2024, 10:01 am
- Forum: U.S. Politics
- Topic: Private Property Rights
- Replies: 12
- Views: 199
Private Property Rights
Squatters are in the US news lately. It appears that the squatters have more rights than the legal property owners due to liberal laws, especially like in NYC. What has it come to when a person has no rights to protect their legally owned property? I can see that home owners will soon be going to ja...
- March 20, 2024, 5:09 pm
- Forum: Thailand News
- Topic: Foreigners behaving badly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 611
Re: Foreigners behaving badly
Just a couple of spoiled brats from a wealthy family.
- March 16, 2024, 2:25 pm
- Forum: U.K.
- Topic: Vote wisely.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1049
- March 14, 2024, 7:56 pm
- Forum: Money, Banking & Investments
- Topic: Bank Account Opening
- Replies: 15
- Views: 733
Re: Bank Account Opening
I had a friend who retired here. SCB refused to open an account for him. He wanted that SCB branch because it was close to where he lived. I took him to the Immigration office in Jomtien and told a guy working there the story. He wrote a very short note in Thai on a scrap of paper and told my friend...
- March 12, 2024, 10:31 am
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: TAX on Income from Abroad
- Replies: 283
- Views: 22413
Re: TAX on Income from Abroad
I still have my untouched nest egg in my US bank. I also had a substantial balance in my expendable savings account. I did put a large dent in that account by buying a nice condo in the farang ghetto of Jomtien and depositing the 800,000 baht in my Thai bank. As it is now, I have a very comfortable ...
- March 11, 2024, 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: TAX on Income from Abroad
- Replies: 283
- Views: 22413
Re: TAX on Income from Abroad
Speculation is the same as guessing. Thailand actively encourages new retirees and taxing pensions would certainly affect retiring here. It is true that Thailand wants retirees who can afford to support themselves. That's the reason they require 800,000 .baht in a Thai bank or 65,000 baht monthly in...
- March 11, 2024, 3:14 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: ICE THIEVES
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1431
Re: ICE THIEVES
This may come across some what contencious but hey ho ... more n more when out n about im seeing this piss take of free ice in places WHY SHOULD ICE BE A FREE,, WATER ISNT Thai bars n restaurants are quite happy to charge 10 - 20 - 30 - 40 bt for ice and its openly n readily paid by everyone Thai n...
- March 11, 2024, 3:05 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: TAX on Income from Abroad
- Replies: 283
- Views: 22413
Re: TAX on Income from Abroad
All posts are pure speculation. We won't know anything until the dust settles and then we still won't know for sure. I seriously doubt that Thailand would risk losing future retirees by taxing pensions. This whole thing has blown up while I think this new tax was aimed at wealthy people dodging taxe...
- March 8, 2024, 2:37 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: Conspiracy theorists
- Replies: 132
- Views: 15819
Re: Conspiracy theorists
The deniers may soon have to switch sides. How can they possible explain the strange weather patterns.
- March 4, 2024, 1:57 pm
- Forum: Travel & Transport
- Topic: Big increase in air fares
- Replies: 57
- Views: 3154
Re: Big increase in air fares
The only flight from the Loei airport to Bangkok is to Don Muang. Ten days ago the ticket cost me about 1,000 baht one way. Yesterday the flight from Don Muang to Loei one way cost me about 2,000 baht. I don't understand the huge differences in price. The airline was Air Asia.
- February 27, 2024, 5:00 pm
- Forum: U.S. Politics
- Topic: US Presidential election odds
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 130090
Re: US Presidential election odds
Glalt "Apparently you keep much closer track of Trump than I do. I don't bother watching his business practices because I don't care." Dont understand this comment, as you have posted 11 entries over the last 3 pages. This surely indicates the opposite Oh goody, a post counter. And Kenr has done 8 ...
- February 27, 2024, 1:13 pm
- Forum: U.S. Politics
- Topic: US Presidential election odds
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 130090
Re: US Presidential election odds
Apparently you keep much closer track of Trump than I do. I don't bother watching his business practices because I don't care.
- February 27, 2024, 9:53 am
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: TAX on Income from Abroad
- Replies: 283
- Views: 22413
Re: TAX on Income from Abroad
I just read an interview from a blogger interviewing a Thai lawyer. The lawyer plainly stated the US Social Security and pensions would NOT be taxed. I doubted that the Thai government would shoot themselves in the foot by discouraging future retirees from retiring here in Thailand. We already pay o...
- February 27, 2024, 9:18 am
- Forum: U.S. Politics
- Topic: US Presidential election odds
- Replies: 1522
- Views: 130090
Re: US Presidential election odds
If the odd million means nothing to Trump, why has he stiffed his lawyers, why has he stiifed a ton of subcontracters, why is asking for time to settle his legal judgements, why is he selling sports shoes, why is he selling ridiculous souvenirs and even more ridiculous collectors cards? Regardless ...
- February 26, 2024, 7:56 pm
- Forum: General Udon Thani Forum
- Topic: Ants
- Replies: 67
- Views: 7246
Re: Ants
I had a submersible bore hole pump powered with a 5,000 watt generator. It was used for irrigation so it was not used during most of the year. My wife told me the generator would not start. The starter would try to run but the generator would not turn over. It also wouldn't turn over with the pull c...