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1 hour ago, HappyExpat57 said:
I was an enlisted sailor on the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65). Before pulling in to any foreign port, we were gathered and the fear of gawd was impressed upon us. We were reminded we were ambassadors of the US and any aberrant behavior would result in double jeopardy. The host country would enforce their punishment then the Navy would enforce THEIR punishment on top.
How would YOU feel if folks came to your home country and behaved like this?
They do and they show utmost disrespect for the country in more ways than one, with protests every few days and appearances in the media decrying our country and it's history. I think there should be severe penalties for disrespecting someone's flag, it's an insult to the people of that nation and the penalty should be deportation at least.
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2 hours ago, oustaristocrats said:That's going to be interesting, Thai police against all the worst species they have first invited, thanks to Mr Shretta's free visa policies with countries no other wants to deal with. It's too late, the disease already spread, businesses taken over, underground is already upperground.
Thailand can join the west who've also let in too many troublemakers. Once it happens, it's almost impossible to put the genie back in the bottle.
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4 hours ago, Jingthing said:
It sounds like he deserves it but then again I'm not thrilled to hear about expats being deported as a general thing. I would have preferred some kind of plan where this man was forced to humiliate himself publicly in a super dramatic way. Lost face for life. I doubt he would reoffend.
Deport him! Too many people offering violence in countries that have been kind enough to let them stay and getting away with a slap on the wrist, sometimes not even that. If it were up to me, I'd give him a jail sentence and then deport him. Lefty solutions like holding a candlelit vigil outside his house, group singing "Cum Ba Yah", having a protest march or handing out leaflets would be water off a duck's back to thick skinned bolshy types like this guy.
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On 3/2/2024 at 3:22 PM, Hummin said:Moving to asia without a safety line, is not recommended!
I have met so many expats who do not have any insurance, and many of them is from Uk.
So the choice is move back to UK, get free medical treatment if I'm prepared to wait a long time, but can't afford a decent day to day standard of living, or stay here, self insure because medical insurance is beyond my means (80 yoa) but have a decent standard of living.
From what I see of the UK on the news, it isn't the same place that I left 17 years back and looks like it is only going to get worse. If I end up begging on the street, at least I've got the weather for it here.
theIf I finish up begging on the street, at least the weather's better here.
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6 hours ago, TylerBKK said:
There are some information boxes on the online form where there is no red star to indicate that the information is necessary to submit.
These are things such as Given Name, Middle Name, Stay Visa Expiry, Building Name / Owner Name, and Phone No.
Even though it may seem that some of these boxes of information are not required, if you don't fill in every box, then there is a chance they will reject your online submission.
So it is best to fill in every single box when completing the online application.
Also if you're a Brit, there are several boxes. Make sure you click the right one, I was once rejected and it was because I made the wrong choice.
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9 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:
Well when initally launched it didnt work for over a year, when it did work it was fine for about 2 years, then some dick decided to change it all again yet they still have 2 systems available now . Its the old one that doesnt work, my password and user name suddenly got the same message that you did. You have to go re register and the new site is as <deleted>e as the old which at least told you when to re do the 90 day.
Link to both sites here
1 doesnt work........ https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login
2 does work with reregistering....... https://tm30.immigration.go.th/tm30api/loginExternal.jsp?value=EXT&id=7b5dfbf6112fb757b5d5ebf708f38b0b
The first one worked for me when I did my 90 day last week.
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Our first washing machine here gave us lots of problems and I had to make several trips to their spares shop. Since we got rid of that, we've used Electrolux which has been trouble-free.
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About 17 years back just after I'd arrived here, I was drugged on Beach Rd Jomtien. I mistakenly let a local "lady" who I'd not long met buy me a bottle of beer from a 7 eleven which she handed me opened. Yes I know, she saw me coming, but I was already well oiled and she was a bit of a babe. Better men than me have fallen for this trick. Anyway, she must have been stood behind me earlier when I'd made a withdrawal from an atm, because my account was a couple of hundred pounds lighter when I checked the next day. One of those lessons in life that costs you, but in my case was cheap in the long run.
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On 2/26/2024 at 7:57 PM, LikeItHot said:
Yes. They learned it from Thais. Gotta love the crap for brains guy who often sets off a 500 piece long strip of firecrackers at 7 am behind my house thinking that's normal.
Or the place near my house that sometimes plays loud bass-heavy music from 4am to 8am. What's the mentality of a head banger that does that?
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On 2/26/2024 at 7:07 PM, BigStar said:
No it isn't. But we do love a good Russian bash.
Let's see some photos.
I assume that by making such a definitive statement you went to his building to check.
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2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:Personally, I despise PC. And social justice authoritarianism. I think it represents alot of what is wrong with contemporary culture, and especially America today. It is a major form of weakness, when you allow yourself to be easily offended, and take everything personally. Granted, there are things that can be perceived as offensive, but allowing yourself to be offended by tiny little things people say and do is a bit much! But, the people who are offended daily, by things others say, are just weak, and would benefit by growing thicker skin. Life can be rough and caustic at times, and for those of us who have grown thick skin, it is like water off a ducks back. No big deal, at all. Think what you want to think. It just does not mean anything to those with self esteem, and a sense of who and what they are. Granted, these are just my opinions, and some will take offense to them. LOL.
The US is by far the most tolerant country in the world when it comes to the whole trans, non-binary, amorosexual, decide whatever you want today, if it fits mentality. No other country is as loose, driftless, and as silly as the US.
The notion that political correctness has “gone mad” is familiar to anyone who follows even vaguely any aspect of modern political or cultural life. The phrase, ostensibly referring to language or action that is designed to avoid offence or harm to protected groups, has become a sharp criticism. It is synonymous with a sort of cultural McCarthyism, usually committed by the left.
https://www.economist.com/open-future/2018/09/10/has-political-correctness-gone-too-far
No woman would survive more than 30 minutes in the NFL. Women will not participate in men's sports because they won't be able to handle the physical endurance required, nor the brutality, nor the talent level.
A woman ranked #5 on the WTA could not beat a #758 man on the ATP as John McEnroe so truthfully stated.
Hopefully all this craziness will pass and we'll return to some form of normalcy and indecency.
The term first appeared in the Marxist-Leninist vocabulary following the Russian Revolution (really, a coup) of 1917 to describe strict adherence to policies and principles of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party. “Political correctness” was invented by the communists to camouflage the truth about events and policies in the Soviet Union that had resulted in mass murders, the starvation of millions, and slave labor camps. It was “politically incorrect” to reveal such facts; the “party line” was for all loyal communist party members to promote the same “politically correct truths” about the “good life” under totalitarian government.
When I was in the British Army many years ago, the greatest nicest thing you could say about anybody was "You can say anything to him and he doesn't get offended". They were always the most popular people in the unit. The ones you didn't want in your unit were those who bristled at even the suggestion of an insult, the ones who caused you to walk on eggshells. One of those in your barrack room and all the joy and comradeship drained from the troop. Seems like that sort of woke behaviour is happening and being encouraged all over the west now.
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They already have draconian defamation laws here which must just about cover anything derogatory said or written about the country.
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13 hours ago, Gecko123 said:I wouldn't cycle in an urban area at 11:30 PM. People out on the road after drinking would be my biggest concern. People with night vision problems and driving around with uncorrected vision is a major concern as well.
I live out in the countryside and get up at 3 AM to exercise, including cycling. At that time in the morning there is virtually no traffic on the road, and I am convinced it may be the safest time of the day to bicycle in Thailand.
Terribly saddening to read this type of story. There but for the grace of God.
Everyone here has those blacked out windscreens which make it virtually impossible to see cyclists and pedestrians at night. I refuse to drive my daughter's car after dark for precisely this reason and no matter what lectures I give her to get it changed, she refuses. Even during the day I feel like my vision's impaired, it feels like driving at dusk.
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Big C in Pattaya Klang has an excellent bakery.
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A couple of years back, a very friendly, heavily pregnant tabby cat wandered into our garden and didn't want to leave, so we adopted her. She eventually had six beautiful kittens that we kept in the kitchen until they were old enough to keep under the house, which is on columns. One evening the mother went out and didn't come back, which was strange as she was still feeding her youngsters and seemed like a brilliant mum.
One morning a few weeks later, I went to do some gardening outside the front of my property for about 30 minutes leaving the kittens playing under the house as I'd done many times before. On returning, they'd all vanished. My wife and I scoured the property and the local area for days, but could find no trace of them. There was no blood or fur laying around, everything looked normal.
My theory is that someone passing the back gate saw them and drove them away in their car, because they were all cuties and very friendly. We'll never know.
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On 2/20/2024 at 1:21 PM, josephbloggs said:
The usual idiots will be along soon to say their pitbulls can sleep with babies and wouldn't hurt a fly. I am sure this guy said the same.
The same kind of idiots who say guns don't kill people...."The same kind of idiots who say guns don't kill people...."
They don't! I guarantee if you buy one today and lock it in your safe, it'll be there indefinitely without causing you any harm whatever. Using your reasoning, the same could be said about a broom handle. Bring a pitbull back to your home and the same can't be said.
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2 hours ago, blazes said:
Clearly you have not observed the easy entrance to America at the southern border.
Biden has let in, during his three disastrous years, up to 10 million illegals who have just walked into the country with (as the years ahead will show, I believe) disastrous consequences.
I suspect not a single one of those 10 million has needed a visa!
Ditto the UK with the Channel rabble.
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2 hours ago, hotchilli said:
TAT would like a 21 day bonanza.... it's going to be well short of that.
Except for the local eejits who stand beside the roads in and out of Pattaya who manage to spin it out for two weeks as things stand. I'm sure they'll give it a good go. They're there from morning until night so none of them can have jobs anyway. How come they don't get bored???
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On 2/15/2024 at 4:20 PM, TigerandDog said:
This year the Revenue Department has decided to no longer mail out refund cheques. Instead they send a letter that gives 3 options on how to obtain your refund.
#1. PromptPay
#2. Krungthai bank account
#3.Krungthai e-Money
Revenue will not use #1 for foreigners even if they have a Thai bank account with PromptPay.
So today went to my local Krungthai Bank branch with my e-Money card from prior tax refund years only to be told that this is no longer an option and that the ONLY means of obtaining my tax refund is to open a bank account with them.
Wasn't happy with that response, and not that keen to open an account there as the staff are poorly trained. When I asked about what documentation they required for the account to be opened (knowing full well the bs response to expect) I was told passport, C of R from Immigration and some document from the District Office. My wife asked what about yellow tabian baan, pink ID card. Staff said no, even though the letter from the Revenue Department had my pink ID card # on it, not my passport #.
My wife spoke with the branch manager who advised the staff member that she was incorrect and that the yellow book and pink ID card would be fine, but I still needed the document from the District Office which is essentially a local equivalent of a certificate of residence from Immigration.
The purpose of this post is to give expats that lodge tax returns here in Thailand and who have relied on receiving their tax refunds via the e-Money card that if they don't already have a bank account with Krungthai they will need to open one as that will be the ONLY way as a foreigner that you'll be able to receive your tax refund going forward. Also you will need to have the bank cancel your existing e-Money card and receive in cash any balance that remains on the card.
Good luck if you're thinking of getting a letter of residence from Jomtien Immigration to open a bank account. Last time I tried they told me that they only issued them for driving licences. In the end I had to buy accident insurance from the bank before they'd issue me an account.
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1 hour ago, Pouatchee said:thailand was a retreat for us soldiers during the vietnam war... my guess is sretha is hoping to do the same with russian soldiers now. only good thing is while they are here they are not carrying guns in ukraine.
if only russians were a sympathetic people. all the russians i have seen really want nothing else to do with anyone else... and i say 'seen' cos i have never got to know one of them...
You'd think they'd be ecstatic to be here in the sun away from the hellhole that is Russia, however, every single Russian I see looks like they've just trod on a dog turd.
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13 hours ago, proton said:Our local 7/11 sells out of hours, rings it up a 5PM, they even deliver. Have they dropped the tax reduction as well? I see some drink has shot up, probably in anticipation, eg 100 pipers 8 year blended malt went up 2 weeks ago from 679 baht to 815.
I've stopped buying that brand after the ridiculous recent price rises. I have to shop around now for the couple of cheaper brands of scotch still available.
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I take half a Cardiprin tablet daily which stops my migraines almost completely. I still get the occasional mild one every few months. Before I discovered them, it seemed like I was getting at least one attack a week (the flashing coloured lights, very rarely a headache), which made driving dodgy because I never knew when they were going to strike. I used to take the whole tablet (100 mg) but found that half was good enough, bearing in mind the blood-thinning properties of Aspirin. Cardiprin also contains Glycine which is good for the heart and liver amongst other things. They aren't expensive and I buy them at my local Pharmacy.
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I guess they have to use the road because they have beggar all chance of going more than a few yards here on the "pavement".
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Swiss retiree’s brutal attack on Thai woman sparks outcry in Trang
in Southern Thailand News
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I've run across the Swiss three times since I arrived here. The condo where I used to stay had a Swiss family, man wife and child, all were as mad as hatters and used to cause pandemonium around the condo. Even the little girl who was about three. Then the village I moved to had a Swiss guy married to a Thai, who every time he had a couple of beers, wanted to fight the world. He ended up in a road accident in which he killed a man and his wife on a motorbike and sidecar. At the house where I live now, I heard a commotion on the track outside. On investigating I saw a Swiss guy who lives across the way running alongside a builder's truck shouting threats and obscenities and kicking the side of the truck! The same guy used to drive like someone possessed, leaving a huge cloud of dust behind him which of course all settled across my property. He had several ups and downs with neighbours, but has now left. Now these two recent reports. Are they trying to take top spot from us Brits?