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by STEVE G
Fri May 24, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Tax residency in Thailand and taxing overseas income
Replies: 210
Views: 96668

Re: Tax residency in Thailand and taxing overseas income

Did he explain how it works, because that is well in excess of the Thai income tax threshold? tax.png It's covered by Gift Tax https://www.expattaxthailand.com/gift-tax-2024/#:~:text=Gift%20tax%20rates%20in%20Thailand,to%20amounts%20exceeding%20this%20threshold. But there is technically a problem t...
by STEVE G
Fri May 24, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Thailand's coral at immediate risk from rising sea temperature, expert warns
Replies: 8
Views: 922

Re: Thailand's coral at immediate risk from rising sea temperature, expert warns

Thai dive instructors fear for coral’s future and their livelihoods https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2024/05/19/2003818058 "Underwater photography can only be done by divers and we can tell the truth about the situation,” Yukinaga said. However, she said it is hard not to feel help...
by STEVE G
Fri May 24, 2024 12:10 am
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand
Replies: 4762
Views: 476113

Re: Weather in Hua Hin & Thailand

Dannie Boy wrote: Thu May 23, 2024 3:28 pm It seems to be the thing these days - in the UK they issue “warning to life” when it’s no more than what I’d call a normal storm!!


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by STEVE G
Thu May 23, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Thailand's coral at immediate risk from rising sea temperature, expert warns
Replies: 8
Views: 922

Re: Thailand's coral at immediate risk from rising sea temperature, expert warns

^Yes, The end of coral reefs as we know them https://www.vox.com/climate/24137250/coral-reefs-bleaching-climate-change “What we are seeing now is essentially what scientists have been predicting was going to happen for more than 25 years,” Manzello, who leads the agency’s coral bleaching project, to...
by STEVE G
Thu May 23, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Thailand's coral at immediate risk from rising sea temperature, expert warns
Replies: 8
Views: 922

Re: Thailand's coral at immediate risk from rising sea temperature, expert warns

12 Marine National Parks closed to combat coral bleaching Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP) has announced the closure of 12 marine national parks on the Andaman Sea and the in the Gulf of Thailand after it was found that 50-70% of the coral has been expe...
by STEVE G
Wed May 22, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Hua Hin Speed Cameras
Replies: 33
Views: 3439

Re: Hua Hin Speed Cameras

I'm pretty good at spotting them.....
To show how these cameras can be hidden, here is one in Luxembourg in an election poster:
by STEVE G
Wed May 22, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: One dead as airplane makes an emergency landing in Suvarnabhumi
Replies: 17
Views: 874

Re: One dead as airplane makes an emergency landing in Suvarnabhumi

I've always worn the seat belt loosely buckled for over twenty years after hearing of an acident when an autopilot was accidentally disconnected and a passenger was killed when the aircraft violently pitched down. I forget the airline but I think it was an MD11 aircraft.
by STEVE G
Wed May 22, 2024 2:35 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1919
Views: 379168

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

Dannie Boy wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 2:03 am I’m sure it’s going to take a lot of testing to convince the majority - regrettably it will probably take a serious crash/fatality to convince them it was wise to be cautious!!
The average SE Asian taxi driver doesn't convince me that humans have a monopoly on safe driving.
by STEVE G
Wed May 22, 2024 1:27 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1919
Views: 379168

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

I've read articles about the technology behind self driving cars and apparently one of the main problems is the unpredictability of human road users. If the roads were just full of self driving cars it would be much easier because they would all act logically.
by STEVE G
Wed May 22, 2024 1:01 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1919
Views: 379168

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

^Yes, self driving at that level is impressive.
I know that some companies are interested in the idea of car subscription services with cars like that. Basically instead of owning a car, you would order one when you need it and it turns up at your door.
by STEVE G
Tue May 21, 2024 8:18 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1705
Views: 124741

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

PeteC wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 4:17 pm Be cautious of the New York Post, they're about one step up (or less) from the National Enquirer. Key words: confirm, confirm, confirm.
Yes, I don't normally use the New York Post but I found the story elsewhere and the Post had better pictures.
by STEVE G
Tue May 21, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1919
Views: 379168

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

^Exactly!
I think those two old boys would have been happier with this '69 Plymouth Roadrunner that I came across in Luxembourg yesterday:
by STEVE G
Tue May 21, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1919
Views: 379168

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

^In my opinion, self driving cars only make sense when the technology has got to the point where they're capable of doing it without human intervention. When they're basically a driverless taxi that could be used by a non-driver, a disabled person or is capable of making journeys by itself to pick s...
by STEVE G
Tue May 21, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1705
Views: 124741

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

Here's another entry for the Darwin awards: Teen rapper accidentally kills himself on social media video A teenage rapper accidentally killed himself while filming a video on social media after he pointed a gun at his head and pulled the trigger. The rapper, 17, was found dead in Suffolk, Virginia, ...
by STEVE G
Tue May 21, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: South Of Hua Hin
Topic: Khao Tao Lake
Replies: 304
Views: 57457

Re: Khao Tao Lake

^Some of those monitors in that lake are huge. I was once cycling on the small road behind it when we had to stop to allow one to cross the path. I remember saying to my friend that it was the first time I'd had to stop cycling for a dinosaur!