Closing down

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Originally Posted by William

RC - sorry to read of this mate, it really is the shits. Make sure you give us a call in Bkk before you go off anywhere

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Good idea - a TD send-off party!!! :)

Sorry to hear about the problems, RC both with the business and the visa. Don't give up the fight with the embassy, though - just keep on providing documentation to counter their concerns. Take it a level higher if you think that will help.

I am going through the paper mill with my own embassy right now, for my wife to obtain a tourist visa for this summer. She has been there before, but the amount of papers they require each is ridiculous. Sometimes I think we'd be better off if she applied for asylum - then she'd get accommodation and pocket money for a few years. Go figure.....

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Originally Posted by Lily

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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

No matter how difficult the Thai authorities make things and how much we whine and whinge, they can never be as fukking difficult as the British authorities.

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But it seems so inconsistent.

They let bargirls in and honest wives are refused.

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and i mean looking at the native girls in england even a bargirl would be an improvement to the gene pool

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Originally Posted by kingwillyhggtb

and i mean looking at the native girls in england even a bargirl would be an improvement to the gene pool

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Well said

Shit, sorry to hear all this from you.
Seems you have been hit twice.

Hope things improve for you
Best of Luck

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Originally Posted by kingwillyhggtb

Sorry to hear about the problems, RC both with the business and the visa. Don't give up the fight with the embassy, though - just keep on providing documentation to counter their concerns. Take it a level higher if you think that will help.

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I don't intend to, I've already ladged a complaint with the embassy (probaly a waste of time but never mind). Just waiting for some info for the appeal.

Probaly looking to go back some time in April, although if my misses is'nt going it might be sooner. I've got a couple of applications in for places in the Middle east, but I'll probaly have to be in the UK for an interview anyway

RC: coming from a dairy farm in NZ I always admired you for taking this on in thailand where not only are you venturing into something new - certainly different from your aero background -but doing it in a foreign environment...

so i'm saddened to hear that you have had to pull the plug...the TB thing is a bastard and there's no assurance that you will get a clean bill of health even with a new herd...

adding to your woes is the visa thing...and complain as we, like we have to face the fact that our own beauracracy is much more difficult than the Thai system...the embassy is not bound to give reason or interviews...they can just say NO...cvnts...

if you're in Bkk be sure to give me a call before you leave...check your PM...

cheers KM

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Originally Posted by MeMock

Wow - thats full on RC.

Please keep us posted and don't dissapear totally.

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I was originaly going to call this thead "a new direction in life" but someone beat me to it :)

Klongy, Thats when I am happy to be a NZ citizen, I applied for residency for wifey when I intended to go back. All approved with no fuss in a reasonable time, even tho I am now broke and didn't have any accomodation on tap, not much likelyhood of getting much of a job either.

RC
A couple of notes: Amazing the response on TD vs. the OTHER channel.

Does your shop provide an income yet, - not to say your rushing things - but some 'settle' time might do you some good. Seems like your under substantial stress at the moment.

Hope all works well for you, I've appreciated your inputs here and on growing makua and other stuff on the OTHER channel.

Rgds
E. G.

This sounds like a good opportunity for another get together to say hoo roo to RC.

How about it?

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Originally Posted by peterpan

Klongy, Thats when I am happy to be a NZ citizen, I applied for residency for wifey when I intended to go back. All approved with no fuss in a reasonable time, even tho I am now broke and didn't have any accomodation on tap, not much likelyhood of getting much of a job either.

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this probably isnt what NZ taxpayers want to hear though :)

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Originally Posted by Lily

They let bargirls in and honest wives are refused

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tsk tsk

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Originally Posted by El Gibbon

Does your shop provide an income yet, - not to say your rushing things - but some 'settle' time might do you some good. Seems like your under substantial stress at the moment.

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Yes mate, in itself it's nowhere near enough. We can survive on what it makes but thats not really the type of life I want to live long term. I'm still young enough to go out and get some work, hopefully to provide a comfertable living here later.

To give you an idea at it's peak we were doing about a ton of milk a day or 11500 bhat/day worth, roughly half that was profit...most got ploughed back in :(

It's not the end of the world just a new chapter in my life....there have been a few of them so I'm used to it by now :)

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Klongy, Thats when I am happy to be a NZ citizen, I applied for residency for wifey when I intended to go back. All approved with no fuss in a reasonable time, even tho I am now broke and didn't have any accomodation on tap, not much likelyhood of getting much of a job either.

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this probably isnt what NZ taxpayers want to hear though :)

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Well they can get F###ed, I wasn't always broke SBF, in the financial year of 1972, I paid in excess of 350,000 in income tax. BIG money in those days.

Good luck with every thing RC.

RC - re the wife's visa, why not give this lot a try Thailand-UK Forums - Powered by eve community they look pretty helpful bunch and being located in the UK will likely have more recent practical experience

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Klongy, Thats when I am happy to be a NZ citizen, I applied for residency for wifey when I intended to go back. All approved with no fuss in a reasonable time, even tho I am now broke and didn't have any accomodation on tap, not much likelyhood of getting much of a job either.

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this probably isnt what NZ taxpayers want to hear though :)

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Well they can get F###ed, I wasn't always broke SBF, in the financial year of 1972, I paid in excess of 350,000 in income tax. BIG money in those days.

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I wasnt even born then! :nana:

but i think i may have been a twinkle in my fathers eye.....

i must admit i didnt realise there was that much money in the world in 1972

^he didn't nominate or declare the currency. I think he was talking NZ$ss, which I think equated to tuppence ha'penny (also legal currency of the time) :)

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Originally Posted by William

RC - re the wife's visa, why not give this lot a try Thailand-UK Forums - Powered by eve community they look pretty helpful bunch and being located in the UK will likely have more recent practical experience

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Cheers mate, I've had a quick scan, I'll have to register to view the posts there, my mate over the other side will be online later and I'm sure he'll have some advice :)

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Originally Posted by slimboyfat

i must admit i didnt realise there was that much money in the world in 1972

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What I am trying to say is that for many of us that want to lead a life thats a little different, there is likely to be some ups and downs.

At stages of my life, If I wanted a break I would buy a couple of 1st class tickets and head off for a week in Mala Mala. (it used to be 250 USD a nite, 30 years ago) So I could have stuck with the overly well paid corporate job, while watching myself go down the corporate ladder even faster than I went up, Or do something that was dream.

As a consequence of following the dream, I currently would have real trouble getting together the 600 baht for a bus ticket to BKK. But no regrets, I console myself with the thought that there isn't any further downside so from now on its all gotta be up. I just know that it will be.

RC is a much younger man than I, with good skills and education and a good attitude, despite a body blow or two, he has a lot going for him. Personally I think if he sticks with his vision, he will come right.

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i must admit i didnt realise there was that much money in the world in 1972

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What I am trying to say is that for many of us that want to lead a life thats a little different, there is likely to be some ups and downs.
At stages of my life, If I wanted a break I would buy a couple of 1st class tickets and head off for a week in Mala Mala. (it used to be 250 USD a nite, 30 years ago)
Currently I would have real trouble getting together the 600 baht for a bus ticket to BKK. I console myself with the thought that there isn't any further downside so from now on its all gotta be up. I just know that it will be.

RC is a much younger man than I, with good skills and education and a good attitude, despite a body blow or two, he has a lot going for him.

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yes i know what you mean. i wasnt trying to be nasty. i even put a smiley after the comment about the NZ taxpayers, and i rarely do that.

Sorry to hear all this RC.

Do you know that they are crying out fo Dairy farmer workers in NZ,especially couples?Money is good by NZ standards and normally free accomodation etc.

EG:A mate told me that on one of the larger farms in the South Island,they were paying a couple NZ$100K....

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Originally Posted by RandomChances

It's not the end of the world just a new chapter in my life....there have been a few of them so I'm used to it by now

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So speaks a survivor !
Wish good luck to you and the family.

Frank finks there are worse places to work for a while than New Zealand.