@BrianLejambe he did the same thing to me. Haven't seen him since...then he popped up to give you his brilliant, incisive riposte.

According to my husband, we are in the top percentile of highly taxed nations. People just look at income tax. That's high enough. We pay capital gains if we have one house and sell it before owning it for 2 years. Not an investment house. A home. Then there's GST which comes on top of massive import taxes 'cos we sold out and now have to import food. That is why we will be in Thailand in 5 weeks to retire. They're talking about inheritance tax AND a death tax. Not the country I grew up in. I lived in London for 23 years until 2015 and it was still cheaper, barring rent. Now rentals in Australian cities (at the arse end of the world) are on par with cities that offer far more. But there's no housing for people so it's a moot point.

@Detlef **********

Yes, I see your point of view. It's hard when you see people laughing at someone on these sites.

This person sounds like he's in turmoil. Whatever we think, I don't think laughing is fair.

@Andreas ********

If you like, you can book the longest cooking class and pay for it and I'll attend for you. I like to cook. 😃

Thank you Frank. I know it's a fair bit of work to figure this stuff out.

@Jim *******

We are tossing up between the two. The DTV seems a bit confusing.

It's used in the same way Japanese use their rice wine to help balance the flavours (salt) in dishes that might have soy etc.

It's crazy isn't it. I'm still in a kind of disbelief.

I asked Siam Legal and they said there is a fee to extend after 180 days. Other than that I still don't get it.