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I took a girl to eat at the Beer Garden a couple of days ago at about 3.30pm. When my food arrived, it was tepid, so I asked for it to be warmed up. The service girl was very off-hand, telling me the food was hot. However, she took it away but refused to take the rice. By the time the food returned, the rice was almost cold! The problem of food being served when not hot happened a fair bit a while back, but seemed to have been solved. Evidently, it hasn't been sorted out entirely. The food at the BG is mediocre, and the only reason for eating there is to enjoy the surroundings. However, I think that is better done with a drink rather than food.

There were 4 or 5 "Indians" in Oasis tonight, and were very popular as they were buying a lot of drinks. I got speaking to one of them; it transpired that they were from Singapore and the guy explained that coming to Patts for a couple of days was a lot cheaper, taking all costs into account, than mongering at home.

I agree with you, but we had that debate a bit before you joined and it appears that it is the minority view. http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/topic/58251-so-how-do-you-guys-like-the-thing-in-posts/ Incidentally, could you tell me how you know who is marking you down, please? I'd love to see who is giving the + and -.

From personal experience, I can tell you that this DOES work. (I'm not Indian but a friend is.)

The Nana Plaza of Pattaya perhaps?

What is the difference between girls/women aged 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, and 78? *********************************************************************************** At 8 You take her to bed and tell her a story *********************************************************************************** At 18 You tell her a story and take her to bed *********************************************************************************** At 28 You don't need to tell her a story To take her to bed *********************************************************************************** At 38 She tells you a story and takes you to bed *********************************************************************************** At 48 She tells you a story to avoid going to bed *********************************************************************************** At 58 You stay in bed to avoid her story *********************************************************************************** At 68 If you take her to bed, that'll be a story *********************************************************************************** At 78 What story? What bed? Who the hell are you? *********************************************************************************** According to the Office for National Statistics 190,374 People are having sex right now 212,130 Are kissing And one poor ole fart Is reading this board You hang in there sunshine!

It's difficult to work out what they are intending to do but, looking at the work again today, I was left wondering whether they MIGHT BE going to enclose it.

The Executor(s) of your estate is/are responsible for notifying the pension payer.

That is simply not correct. It is not your choice; there is no "election" that you can make. Ask the company pension office to quote under what part of the tax legislation there is a provision to make such an election. Edit: Let me elaborate on the above. The pension payer has a legal obligation to deduct PAYE unless instructed otherwise by HMRC. You will have a UK tax liability on the UK pension for reasons I have explained previously – note that the UK/Thailand double tax treaty will not exempt you even if you cease to be UK tax resident and become Thai tax resident. The PAYE withheld will likely be enough (possibly more than enough) to meet your UK tax liability. You might want to take a read of these pages from the HMRC website: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/incometax/tax-leave-uk.htm#3 http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/app_dtt.htm#4

Thanks, MM. Do you happen to recall what the business designations were? Any chance of some go-gos starting up there?

In November and December 2011, I posted some pictures of the work being done at The Avenue Mall. Please see these posts: http://www.pattayata...nt/#entry928451 http://www.pattayata...-3/#entry933203 It appeared that they were, amongst other things, attempting to turn the back of the Mall into an equal front. Work on that seems to have ground to a halt. I was last here in early April and I cannot identify any progress made whilst I have been away. This is how it looks today: This is how it was meant to look and you will see that there is absolutely no sign of the promised restaurants at the back: However, something is happening inside the Mall, with scaffolding going up (and not the bamboo stuff!). Coffee World, Cream & Fudge, and Pizza World on the ground floor are all still closed. Does anyone know what it is they are attempting to do this time to revive the place?

I arrived in Patts yesterday and am using a notebook computer. Although I am logged in, the "View New Content" function isn't working. I get told I don't have permission to do that. It's not a problem I have encountered at home in the UK on my desk-top. Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can fix it, please? Thanks.

.... until they start the building of the enormous hotel/condo complex behind it.

Firth I enjoy your travelogues, and thanks for posting them, but could you put them in context, please. - Do you travel on your own (I note you refer to "I" rather than "we")? - Do you speak, understand or read Thai? Thanks.

1. Re your words I have highlighted, please see my comments above. 2. Re the State pension from the UK, if you choose to live in LOS, you will not get inflationary increases. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Pensionsandretirementplanning/StatePension/DG_10026714 3. If you live partly in the UK and partly in LOS, I suspect you would still get inlationary increases provided the pension is paid to you in the UK. 4. If you have rental income in the UK, it will be subject to UK tax even if you are resident in LOS. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/dtmanual/DT18706.htm 5. If you have interest income in the UK, it will be taxable in the UK unless you are considered to be "not ordinarily resident" in the UK for UK tax purposes; you can then go along to your bank and arrange to have the interest paid gross. http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/faqs_general.htm#7nr If you are considered to be non-UK resident for UK tax, there is a lot of useful information here - http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/faqs_general.htm However, achieving that status is not straightforward. At the moment, the guidelines are based on (often contradictory) case law but from 6 April next year, there will statutory rules. Please also remember about Thai tax. The Thais generally tax income arising outside of Thailand on a "remittance" basis - they do not tax it unless the money is taken into Thailand. Establishing whether it is or isn't could be problematic if the money is added to other funds in a bank account from which you are remitting funds to Thailand. It is easy to get around the potential problems but you should take proper advice. As Jacko says, there are a lot of barstool experts out there - so be careful.

Maybe you can arrange your life and your finances in a way such that you pay tax on your income and gains in one place or the other, or possibly neither. However, you don't have the option in the sense you can just choose. As Jacko has pointed out, there is a double taxation convention between the UK and Thailand and that sets the ground rules regarding which country has the prime taxing rights - and that varies depending on the type of income or gain. Regarding a pension from the UK which you are already drawing, the UK has the prime taxing rights - see http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/topic/10235-pension-uk-tax/#entry122120 However, if you have not started drawing the pension and expect to live full-time in Thailand for a long time, you can research the benefits or otherwise of QROPS

I think so. The rule appears to be : Nude r-rated pics are OK but any photos showing explicit sexual activity will be deleted and the member warned.

A moment after I clicked on that link, I got a message to say that Norton had blocked an attack by something or other. Not sure if the link caused the attempted attack.

Two whales, a male and a female, were swimming side by side in the ocean. Suddenly, the male whale spots a ship in the distance. He recognizes it as the whaling ship that killed his father. Filled with anger, he says to his female companion, "That's the ship that killed my father! Let's swim closer!" When they were close enough, the male said, "Why don't we swim under the ship and blow air through our blow holes and break the ship into a million pieces? That will be sweet revenge." And the female agreed to this. So they each took a deep breath of air, swam under the ship and blew enormous amounts of air under the ship. The ship flew into the air and crashed back to the sea and broke into a million pieces. The pair of whales started to swim off when they realized that the sailors were not dead, but clinging to pieces of wood and floating in the ocean. The male whale was furious and said to the female whale, "They're still alive, but I've got another idea. Let's swim around and gulp up all the sailors!" That's when the female stopped swimming, looked at the male and said, "Oh no... I agreed to the blow job but I'm NOT swallowing the seamen!"

Soon you'll be just M .

Simon Before tallguy gets along to this thread, you might want to express your abhorrence of the burglar's actions . http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/topic/58467-how-to-get-revenge-on-thai-girl-scammers/page__view__findpost__p__958996

An interesting new (at least to me) development happened during my March trip whilst waiting for a Baht bus on Second Road between Sois 13/3 and 13/4. On two occasions, metered taxis slowed down for me until i indicated I wasn't interested. As others have noted in different threads, the buses often do not want to stop for 10Baht rides these days. I just wonder if, in a few years' time, we will be forced to take taxis.

If anyone has assets in Thailand and no g/fs, wives or whatever to leave them to there, they can make a Thai will (foreign wills not recognised in Thailand) leaving their stuff to, say, The Father Ray Foundation. But they have to be informed.

The EVA website has information up to 24 June. The days on which there are no flights are: Mon 30 Apr Wed 2 May Wed 9 May Mon 14 May Wed 16 May Mon 21 May Thurs 24 May Mon 28 May Tues 29 May Thurs 31 May Tues 5 Jun Thurs 7 Jun Tues 12 Jun Thurs 14 Jun Tues 19 Jun I'm now dreading flying on 30 May with no flights on the 28th, 29th and 31st.