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by STEVE G
Sat Jun 01, 2024 10:28 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1710
Views: 126252

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

OK, it's the Daily Mail but it's an awesome headline: Plus-size travel influencer who's demanded free extra seats for fat flyers slams airport staff for ignoring her after she got stuck in a revolving door https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13482341/Plus-size-travel-influencer-whos-demanded-fr...
by STEVE G
Sat Jun 01, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Thailand changes visa rules to boost economy urgently
Replies: 14
Views: 1211

Re: Thailand changes visa rules to boost economy urgently

Siam Legal are reporting something similar:

https://siam-legal.com/travel-to-thaila ... announced/

This DTV visa seems reasonable if it happens as reported.
by STEVE G
Sat Jun 01, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1929
Views: 382966

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

I did see an add on with speakers under the bonnet (or electronic exhaust") where you could choose your engine - a V8, a V12 a Flat 6 or even a clapped out 1.3L I think!! :thumb: :D Last night in the bar we were discussing the possibility of fitting one of those exhaust speakers to one of thos...
by STEVE G
Sat Jun 01, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread
Replies: 1929
Views: 382966

Re: Electric Vehicles (EV) Thread

^Yes, I drive EVs at work sometimes and they seem to get around so effortlessly.
by STEVE G
Fri May 31, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Tax residency in Thailand and taxing overseas income
Replies: 223
Views: 100181

Re: Tax residency in Thailand and taxing overseas income

I'm also no tax professional but something has just occurred to me in that for anyone with a wife/partner who is not working, it seems that there should be some scope for transferring half your income to them so that they can claim their exemption allowance as well. If that is allowed, it would mean...
by STEVE G
Fri May 31, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1710
Views: 126252

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

Man with suspended licence joins virtual court hearing — while driving When Corey Harris of Ann Arbour, Mich. joined a virtual court hearing over his suspended licence, the district judge was left speechless. The defendant was clearly driving a car. When Judge Cedric Simpson called the case, Harris ...
by STEVE G
Thu May 30, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: News of the Weird - this just in!
Replies: 1710
Views: 126252

Re: News of the Weird - this just in!

People lick supermarket eggs in hopes of getting food infection, receiving compensation YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Web Desk) - After the owner of a Russian supermarket chain announced that he would be paying 1 million rubles to each person proven to have gotten food poisoning from the store’s products, ...
by STEVE G
Thu May 30, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Thailand changes visa rules to boost economy urgently
Replies: 14
Views: 1211

Re: Thailand changes visa rules to boost economy urgently

Thinking likewise, 6 months per year in Thailand will suit me when all this tax bullshit kicks in, and annual visa renewals here become a massive headache with the additional paperwork. The new nomad visa also looks way easier to get/renew than a marriage visa! A lot of countries in Southern and Ea...
by STEVE G
Wed May 29, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Thailand changes visa rules to boost economy urgently
Replies: 14
Views: 1211

Re: Thailand changes visa rules to boost economy urgently

^I'm pretty sure that they're talking about 180 days a year but I'm starting to think that my retirement is going to be half in Thailand and half in Europe so if it's tax free and easy to get, it might be a useful solution.
by STEVE G
Tue May 28, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: Science & Nature
Topic: Global Warming 2
Replies: 1128
Views: 70613

Re: Global Warming 2

^Temperatures like that, depending on the humidity, are approaching the limits of what is actually survivable for humans.
by STEVE G
Sat May 25, 2024 7:27 am
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: The Recommended Movies Thread
Replies: 2794
Views: 149977

Re: The Recommended Movies Thread

My favourite film of all time is Viv Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End.
I'd never heard of this movie before but after reading about it on here I watched it on YouTube the other night and it is intriguing, it's either madness or genius, I'll have to watch it again to decide which!
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: 223
Views: 100181

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: 1126

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: 4775
Views: 493795

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: 1126

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...