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If visiting him is what you're going to do, have him show you around. If not, find a Korat boy on the apps and arrange the same thing with him. The local boys always know the best places to go and you'll probably get to see and do things most farang, even those who go there as tourists, never see. For sightseeing, it's been several years since I was last there, but i believe 2 or 3 days there is plenty.

"Yellow Bank" is Krungsri Bank, aka Bank of Ayudhya. The Thai banks are all easily identifiable by their various color schemes. For example, Kasikorn Bank, aka K-Bank, will be green. Bangkok Bank is dark blue. Siam Commercial Bank is purple with yellow lettering, etc. However, "Yellow Bank" is the only bank often referred to by its logo color. Nobody refers to the other banks by their logo color or color scheme. They are simply referred to by their names. I have no idea how Krungsri came to be commonly referred to as "Yellow Bank", but there it is . . .

And I hope scared shitless . . .

Maker of modified blank guns arrested as police crack down after mall shooting by THE NATION October 5, 2023 A former convict was arrested on Thursday at his Bangkok home where he used to make modified blank guns for use with real bullets, police said. The 41-year-old suspect, identified only as Werayuth, is a resident of southern Phuket province. A search of his home in Bangkok’s Thung Khru district yielded more than 40 pistol barrels and magazines to be used with blank guns so they could fire real bullets. Police also found dozens of bullets and a small amount of “ice” crystalised methamphetamine and drug-smoking equipment. The arrest was part of a police crackdown on modified blank guns following Tuesday’s mass shooting by a 14-year-old boy at a Bangkok luxury mall, which left two people dead and five others seriously injured. The teen suspect reportedly used a modified blank gun. Assistant National Police chief Pol Lt-General Samran Nualma, who was among the officers conducting the search at the suspect’s house, said that the place was used to make blank guns fitted with pistol barrels and magazines so they could function like a real firearm. “The Metropolitan Police would conduct further investigation to determine from where the suspected gun assembler got the components and who his customers were,” Samran said. The officer also said that the suspect was among those arrested in connection with Tuesday’s mass shooting, along with two suspects from southern Yala province and another person from Bangkok’s Don Mueang area. They were being questioned at Bangkok’s Yannawa Police Station, he said. Police interrogation of Werayuth, the suspect from Bangkok’s Thung Khru district, revealed that he had finished a vocational college in Phuket many years ago and initially worked as a mechanic. His interest in BB air guns drew him into the hobby of modifying imitation guns so they could fire real bullets. The suspect made about 30,000 baht per month from selling those guns, according to police. Part of his income was spent on buying narcotics, they said. Werayuth had been arrested in 2015 for making illegal firearms and had served three years in prison. He was also jailed for possession of methamphetamine. In the latest arrest on Thursday, the suspect was charged with possession and production of illegal firearms as well as having narcotic drugs with the intent to sell. Story and photos: https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40031646

In my opinion the article shows the boy is definitely crazy, but not insane. He knew exactly what he was doing and planned for it. We don't know why he did it, but he did it. Mental issues or not, that's just not enough an excuse. I think he needs to one way or another be locked up and stay locked up for life. ________________________________________________________ 3 arrested for selling blank gun, ammo to teen shooter by Wassayos Ngamkham and Online Reporters October 5, 2023 Three men were separately arrested in Yala and Bangkok for allegedly selling firearms, including a blank gun, and ammunition to a 14-year-old boy who went on a shooting rampage inside Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon. The incident left two foreign nationals dead and five others wounded. A team of investigators from the Provincial Police Region 9 apprehended two of the three suspects at a house in tambon Sateng of Muang district in Yala at around 1am on Thursday. Suwananhong Phramkhanajarn, 45, and his 22-year-old son Akkharawit Jaithong were wanted on arrest warrants issued by the Bangkok South Criminal Court for colluding in illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and selling firearms and ammunition without permission. Seized from the house were 209 rounds of ammunition for blank guns, 33 metal parts, two bank accounts, nine magazines and other items. The two men were being taken to Bangkok for questioning. The third suspect, Piyabut Pianpithak, 30, was arrested in Bangkok. The arrests came after Pol Lt Gen Thiti Saengsawang, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, ordered Yannawa police to gather evidence and seek court approval for issuing warrants against the three individuals involved in the illegal sale of firearms and ammunition. A police investigation found that the 14-year-old boy contacted an online gun seller, expressing his interest in firearms, and they had online conversations. However, the suspect hesitated about obtaining a real gun due to the relatively high price. He then placed an order for 9mm bullets a cost of 1,000 baht and transferred the money for the purchase. A few days later, he rreceived a parcel at his condominium room in Sathon district, which contained real bullets. The teen subsequently ordered a modified blank gun, later used in the deadly shooting at the shopping mall. The investigation also found that the suspect lacked sufficient funds to acquire the blank gun. He then borrowed money through an online money lending application and later transferred 16,000 baht to the seller, who later sent the gun to his condo. During questioning, Mr Suwannahong and Mr Akkharawit denied all charges. A police source said the teenager had transferred the money to Mr Suwannahong’s bank account, and the man later withdrew the funds at an ATM booth at a petrol station in Yala. It was revealed that Mr Akkharawit was running a Facebook page to sell firearms online. The page had been opened for about five months before being shut down around 10.20 pm on the day of the shooting rampage. Mr Piyabut was involved as he sold and sent 9mm bullets to the teenager. Chaos erupted at Siam Paragon on Rama 1 Road in Pathum Wan district close to peak hours on Tuesday, with hundreds fleeing as gunshots rang out. The dead were two women from China and Myanmar. The teenager was arrested late on Tuesday shortly after the shooting spree. Maj Gen Samran Nuanma said the suspect had modified a gun designed for firing blank rounds to enable it to use live ammunition. The boy facing murder and other charges has been remanded to a juvenile detention centre where he will undergo a psychiatric assessment. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2658098/3-arrested-for-selling-blank-gun-ammunition-to-teen-shooter

That question already has been answered in the media. He actually bought it legally. He bought it online, a gun capable of firing only blanks, like a starter's gun - and it turns out that is perfectly legal. But once he had it, he manged to find someone who was capable of modifying the gun so that it would shoot bullets. If they can track down whoever modified it, that person deserves a very long prison sentence too. That tells me, mental issues or not, he knew exactly what he was doing and planned it long before he actually carried out the shootings. Whether he belongs in prison or in a mental institution is up to the courts, but whatever they decide, I hope it will be for the rest of his life. It is too dangerous to ever turn him loose again. I don't think the death penalty should apply to someone his age, but if it were one of my friends or a member of my family who was killed, I'm not so sure I would feel the same way. Of course he has mental issues. Someone who would do such a thing, even at his age, definitely has serious problems. But two people are now dead because of his problems. Not only does security need to be tightened, but Thailand's gun laws need to be tightened too. People all over Thailand are shocked by this incident. Meanwhile incidents like this happen practically every day in the USA, to the point it is unusual if no such incidents happen on a particular day. At least in Thailand, something like this incident is quite rare.

Do you get to do anything with them beyond just looking?

It must be interesting when the cleaning ladies show up to do the rooms . . . Why do I think most of the naked people who would be there are likely to be in the, shall we say - advanced age bracket? I have no idea whether this kind of operation is legal in Thailand. I hope it isn't a raid waiting to happen. For me, full nudity turns me off rather than on, so I wouldn't go. Everyone reading this should be very grateful for that. Seeing me naked would more likely be a traumatic experience.

Under certain circumstances, yes. I don't believe living in Thailand under the retirement visa is one of those circumstances. I think what most of us on the boards who stay longer than 180 days per year in Thailand are concerned about is the retirement visa. As long as I've lived in Thailand, which has been under the retirement visa from day 1, I have never been asked to apply for, notified, had anything mentioned to me by immigration, or anything else about a TIN. No mention by any news articles, postings by legal authorities, embassies, banks, or visa services, about a TIN. Apply for a TIN? I doubt it works that way. If you need a TIN, you would be informed and assigned one. In other words, I don't know who is required to have a TIN, but obviously not required for the retirement visa. I would guess that foreigners in Thailand for business purposes are the ones who might have to have a TIN. If those of us under the retirement visa are ever required to pay this tax or asked to obtain a TIN, I'll be very surprised. I don't even know who you would have to contact, what you would have to do, or where you would have to go to get one. I suggest that people worried about it stop worrying. I've lived in Thailand probably much longer than most reading this and nothing about income tax, a TIN, or anything else about paying tax has ever been mentioned to me. If retirees were required to have a TIN, I would think we would have been informed many years ago. I truly believe few, probably none of us, are going to be subject to any upcoming tax regulations.

Moral panic takes over the expats and Thai taxation furor By Barry Kenyon September 23, 2023 The fear that retirees and other non-working expats are about to be taxed on their overseas pension income has created a field-day for internet warriors, click baiters and nervous long-term visa holders. But calmer reality suggests it may be premature to start packing your bags in utter disgust. The Thai revenue department has recently stipulated that, from the next calendar year, “earned income from overseas” will be liable for personal income tax for those (Thais or foreigners) spending up to 180 days a year in the country. This is, in fact, an old revenue rule but has been updated to close the loophole in which those liable delayed transferring their income until a later year. To pay personal income tax you need a TIN (tax identification number) issued by the revenue department. Without that there can be no income tax liability and, one assumes, most foreign retirees have never heard of a TIN and certainly haven’t got one. The latest move is clearly aimed at currency traders, those involved in stock market trading and anyone holding earned foreign income in an offshore account for over twelve months to avoid tax. They have always been the target. The new ruling has nothing whatever to do with your visa which is irrelevant to tax status anyway. Let’s take a simple example. Those holding an Elite visa or an annual retirement extension might, or might not, spend more than six months a year in Thailand. There is evidence that many Chinese holders of Elite regularly come in and out of Thailand but do not clock up 180 days per annum. On the other hand, a tourist Brit or an American (amongst others) could easily reach 180 days by entering the country by air several times via the 30 days visa-exempt rule, extending at immigration and making an occasional visa run. Thus the issue is whether or not the revenue department has now extended the residence rule (180 days in a year) to include permanent sun worshippers, expats married or with families to support, adult students learning Thais and a diverse assembly of pensioners in their 60s, 70s and beyond. Thai law and financial regulations are often kept deliberately vague and the 100 words of the Thai language devoted to the subject in question in the latest revenue announcement certainly don’t provide a definitive answer. Nor do the translations in English provided on social media. Many active on social media are advising panicky expats to wait for a broader explanation from the revenue. Fine, except that there may never be one. If the sole purpose is to catch those TIN holders who have delayed sending their income to Thailand, there’s nothing more to say. But if there is a real attempt to punish financially all expats, as suggested, one can only imagine the bureaucratic chaos, daily huge queues at revenue offices (with too few staff to cope and knowing nothing of double taxation treaties) and the total collapse of international financial confidence. Within days, a Thai general would appear on the TV, accompanied by somber military music, to explain why tanks were in the streets of Bangkok. Apologies for the inconvenience. https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/moral-panic-takes-over-the-expats-and-thai-taxation-furor-441317

I suggest doing what I do. No communication or responses of any kind to this proven troll. Let him say what he wants. That's how trolls like that get their jollies for lack of anything better to do, but don't respond in any way, shape, or form. They thrive on getting responses. Sooner or later he'll get bored talking to himself and disappear - if he doesn't get himself banned first.

I'll worry about that if and when it happens - and if those already retired in Thailand for x number of years would have to face increases too. From among all the advice I've ever received, the one I like best is "Don't worry until you have something to worry about." So far nothing to worry about.

You probably won't find it in restaurants. It is primarily a Thai street food. Look for it in the morning hours. It is available just about anywhere, usually for 50 or 60 baht. Included ingredients vary, so check around for the one you like best.

The optimistic part is, as far as I know, the only one who has even mentioned anything about increasing the requirements is Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn, aka "Big Joke" and I've only seen that he mentioned it once. I have seen nothing from anyone else - police, immigration, politicians, saying a word about it. And "Big Joke" doesn't seem to be actively pushing it, although his word does carry a lot of weight in Thailand, but he does not have the authority to unilaterally impose any changes. Even if the powers-that-be become interested in doing that, it won't happen overnight. By the way, in his nickname "Big Joke" - joke does not mean joke as in humorous or funny. It refers to joke - a popular Thai breakfast dish. How or why that became his nickname, I have no idea - but there it is.

I hope those kinds of thoughts will extend into expats and retirement visas. I doubt many expats are thrilled with the idea that financial requirements, and perhaps other requirements as well, may be raised. I hope the new administration will realize that tourists are not the only ones who spend money. and a lot of it, in Thailand. What about us expats, many of who have lived in Thailand for years and spend money here virtually every day? That never seems to be taken into consideration. I can understand wanting to get rid of the "bad guys", but what about the "good guys" that make up the vast majority of retirement visa holders living in Thailand? Punish the majority to expel the small minority? I hope not.

If I've learned nothing else during my years living in Thailand, I've learned, especially with money boys, no matter how much you give them and no matter how much you help them - it's never enough . . .

Of course it is. After all, he didn't take me up on my 1000 baht offer . . . He did say he has a "kink" for paying. Not so. It's more like a "kink" of getting on boards to be a troll. Some people are driven to do that. The rest of us don't put up with being taken for a ride.

In that case I'll be glad to let you hook up with me - and I'll charge only 1000 baht. If you are particularly good, I'll discount it to 800 baht . . .

If you are only 30 years old and decent looking, what do you need with money boys at all? You should be able to use the hookup apps or just pick up boys just about anywhere in Thailand and not be asked to pay them a thing. I doubt you would have any problems about using a condom and asking the boys to use a condom. Unless this is just another hoax, you should place yourself, with photos, on the apps right now. You'll have more offers than you can handle before you even go.

That's right up there with my own favorite photo - a beauty salon that was on Pattaya Tai, just outside of Center Condo. Unfortunately the shop disappeared years ago.

Well certainly. After all, you wouldn't want fake fake watches, would you? Don't be satisfied with anything other than the genuine fake. Speaking of underwear, another good place to try is Lucky Underwear in Bangkok's Platinum mall. It's mostly bar boy sizes, but they also carry sizes for us folks who have somewhat wider girths . . . http://bangkok-wow.blogspot.com/2015/09/underwear-for-guys-platinum-mall.html https://www.facebook.com/people/Lucky-Underwear/100071222963403/

Cynical? Me? Moi? Surely you jest. Maybe it took 3 days to shut down that one because they ran out of tea money. Must have been Da Hong Pao tea . . .

Visas won't be your problem, assuming you're serious and this isn't your idea of a fun way to get people falling for a hoax. The problem would be work permits, which you definitely can forget about. You know why I don't believe a word you wrote? Because unless you are a total moron, you already would be working with a Thai attorney who absolutely would have made it clear that you're not going to legally hire foreign bar boys. The police would probably shut you down the day you open. What makes you think customers would give a damn about what countries the boys come from? Bar customers care about how the boys look and how they behave. Maybe I'm wrong and if it turns out I am, then I'll post a public apology, but I smell a hoax here - a Bad Boy Billy type of hoax.

Why am I not surprised?

Why do I think few, if any, of those successful (so far) relationships began as customer-bar boy?