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He said, she said. Or should I mean 'he said, he said' Handbags at dawn!! Don't mess with a gaggle* of cheezers!! *(Does anyone know the collective pronoun for ladyboys?)

I might have scrolled through quicker than I should have, but has anyone considered that the OP is likely trying to enter a third country (already assumed to be Vietnam) with less than six months on his passport, unless he's going here with 6 months and a few days, because he wrote 'a short jaunt.' Personally, I see it as very risky and wish him luck.

There are two sides to every story. It infers that the 'pilot' is connected to the police. Does she drive a manual car that requires all five digits to change gear? As others have already said, it looks like she's trying to milk this for all it's worth, and I would say 17k isn't such a bad chunk of compensation. Ok ok.. that wasn't 'compensation' as it paid the expenses, but she's not whiter than white in my opinion.

So, it's news that the police need to enforce laws because it's a long weekend? I'll drive like a <deleted> for the rest of the year then... but not this weekend. Am I safe?

Sad and disgusting. This demon has no place near children, ESPECIALLY in his position of 'respected elder, educator and protector' which is what a teacher SHOULD be. As a previous member already wrote 'cut 'em off'... a leopard doesn't change its spots and he will do this again, given the chance.

Really? To be honest, this would be perfect. Is there a link to a thread for this? Thank you in advance.

For the last few years airlines have become wise to - the potential problem of people changing seats as soon as possible, such as when the doors close or when the seatbelt lights go out. - the good business sense in charging extra for these seats. In their defence, they make it clear on booking what you get and can choose from. Sadly, some people still feel it's worth risking not paying and making a dash for it to get the seat others didn't pay for. I recently sat in a nice seat right behind one of the better ones and a guy did just that. The air hostess was incredibly professional about it, and even though the guy tried to convince her he worked in airlines for many years, .... he was returned to his assigned seat. And the air hostess continued to talk to him really nicely even after that. I mean like a conversation that wasn't necessary, but made the whole situation lovely.

Thanks guys!

Been here nearly 24 years. More than 23 years on a Non B with work permit (same company). Decided to try to get residency, which my wife is doing the donkey work for... for now. The local authorities (Chaeng Wattana, I think) have told her to get our UK marriage certificate translated into Thai, and get this translation (but I think they mean original) legalised/certified/stamped by the British Embassy. - I was in the UK while all this went on, and got the info from the ladywife, hence the lack of clarity - the British Embassy are worse than useless, and it appears the only way to get this done is by sending the original document to the relevant UK govt. office. Any help, ideas, or experience is very welcome. Both for this document, and the process in general. I'm sure that there are plenty of other similar threads, but my 'searching patience' isn't great. Thanks in advance.

I've always been happy with VFS. I believe that they say 'up to 11 weeks' considering #1 Covid and #2 school holidays clogging up the system back home. My mate just got his turned around (back in the UK) within a week. Now the schools are off, anyone that needed a passport for the summer will have got it. So turnaround times are likely to be shorter.