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And why the tearing hurry to get the money? Why not follow procedures and wait 4 months?

I doubt if Thais would threaten a store owner in France or USA with violence for selling a Buddha bikini. In Thailand, for sure..

Completely flawed logic. Contravention of 112 is against Thai law and the business is located in Thailand. There is no law here against putting a picture of Hitler or Putin on a T-shirt.

72 virgins?

The proverbial "brother". Wink wink. 🙂

Hi, I had my MOI committee interview on 30th Aug 2024. Over 6 months have passed without any further news. Has anyone else from this batch been called for the oath which I presume is the next step? Does it take so long?

Or Iranian, Nigerian, Cambodian.

He left home without any money, so no honey.

She owns the condo we live un and pays for 100% for all her personal expenses and a small part of common expense like food and schooling.

The Aussie guy un his 50's

Does it really cost $6m as indicated, and is it USA dollars? Sounds far too much money.

The high rise Bangkok condos that I have lived in (including the present one) all have a reasonably large reservoir on the ground level hidden away from sight. The water supply from the mains fills this reservoir all the time. A high level sensor has been fitted in the tank, so the handyman can close the main filling valve if it gets full (I have never seen that happening) Powerful pumps then take suction from this reservoir and pump it all the way up to water tanks at the top of the building (present condo I live in is 40 floors high, with the supply tanks on the roof). Water pipes then lead from the roof tanks to individual units. The lower the floor, the better the pressure due to greater vertical distance which the water falls to. For the 36th-40th Floor, as the water pressure will not be so great due to shorter vertical distance, a special booster pump has been installed to boost the pressure in their lines.

Thailand is full of violent gangs. Japanese Yakuza, British/Australian/Danish biker gangs, Chinese criminal syndicates, etc. It is a magnet for criminals from all over.

Near a place I frequent, I have also been observing a group (4-5) Chinese workers who have been working very diligently completely renovating an old shophouse into a Mala restaurant. They are quite skilled and doing all the cementing, tiling, wood work, glass windows, painting by themselves. But they definitely seem to be co-owners and not hired labourers. They speak Chinese and very basic Thai.

I learnt in school that the spelling of proper names can be altered. Or is it wrong?