Lemsta69

she was flat out on a stretcher mate so pretty hard for the journo to interrogate the poor dear. I doubt they'll do a follow up unless we pester them to.

Have you looked at their website yet? Goodness me what a disaster. OP should really do some legwork and browse the last 3 pages of this forum. There are a couple of recent-ish posts from Canadiennes who have applied for Tourist Visas. I forget the dates or the titles but I think the posters were CanadianSnowbird, DezLez and dj230.

He's a Scot, frae Leith I believe.

I guess what I meant was, is it a Centrelink rule or something that the politicians came up with? I've never really delved that deep into it as I'm still a few years away from the pension age and with luck my investment plan will mean I won't qualify for it.

Is it Centrelink or Canberra? I still don't get why you have to be in Australia to get something your taxes have paid for. Because they're afraid of all that money leaving the country? They should worry more about what Choina's gunna do with all that iron ore that Gina and Twiggy are digging up and sending to them by the shipload.

And if you don't have much money then you find out pretty quickly how cruel this world can be. The story says the Australian Embassy has been contacted and hopefully they can help her out. With luck they'll live to the reputation they created for themselves in "The Embassy" TV show that was on Channel 9 a few years back. https://www.newmandala.org/the-embassy-a-review/

Where can I get unbuffered UHD/HDR stream of the World Cup? I've got 500/500 True fibre but they didn't send me any offers and I CBF looking for ways to get high-def stream of the games.

Ladyboys aren't gay.

Think of it this way ... anyone who used one of the current crop emojis for that post is what I refer to as "ignore fodder". These people have no souls, best to hide anything that they have to say... https://aseannow.com/ignore

No it was you that said it was made up by a Thai journalist, ie. fake. Even if it was made up I'd still believe it over anything you've got to say.

I've been reading this and other forums for about 20 years now. In that time I haven't read all that many reports from people claiming they were randomly stopped by the cops and asked to produce their passport. When it does come up it seems to be, as usual, all about location, location, location. Eg. many years ago there were a bunch of reports on here of members getting hassled by the cops in a specific area of Thonglor. Iirc Big Jok might have shut that nonsense down. On the very first page of this thread, RafPinto says he was recently stopped whilst out driving in Pattaya and asked for his passport (DL not good enough). Sounds like he might have got caught up in Pol Maj Gen Suwanlaong's little "crackdown". I simply refuse to believe that all those reports are made up. If that's the case then every word on this forum is a lie. So there's no doubt in my mind that from time to time foreigners will be randomly stopped and asked for their passport, even though I have never been asked myself. I did however show a policeman at an APEC checkpoint a photo of my passport on my phone (I don't have a DL etc), and the swipe card from my condo. I don't really care for trying to be difficult in those types of situations so I had the pic ready as the motosai was pulling up to the checkpoint.

That hotandsticky fella says it's fake because it's Thai journalism. Apparently I'm meant to independently verify every word that is said in the press and on this forum.

Well apparently that article is fake news so you just broke the forum rules too.

TPN is co-owned by a farang. I've got just was much reason to believe his media outlet as I do anything that you post in here.

It was reported in The Pattaya News. I have just as much reason to believe that report as I do anything you say.

Arrest doesn't mean going to jail until you're bailed out. It means you're detained by the cops, ie not free to leave. Which is what the Pattaya News reports state happened. "Some of the foreigners were unable to present their passports and they were taken to the Pattaya Police Station for questioning."

Turkey? Yuck, give me bacon sanga any old day of the week.

Where did I mention jail? I said arrested and have already posted a link to an article from the other day on this very topic. If you have any issues with the information contained in that article, the related articles and the embedded videos then take it up with Adam Judd.

If we bother to read the news we do. Let me guess, this is fake news ???? https://aseannow.com/topic/1278418-nightclub-goers-tested-positive-for-drugs-in-pattaya-entertainment-venue-crackdown-passport-inspections-for-foreigners-to-continue/

Yet we hear reports of tourists being arrested in Pattaya nightclubs for not having their passport, or at least a copy. So it does happen.

Sure thing Rambo. Added to the list.

So what happens when you're older and you get the Old-timers Disease and start losing your marbles? Will you be so cocky then señor?

In one of the pics he's got a big ol' stick in his hand. Most other countries he'd be tasered, shot, or wrestled to the ground with a knee in his back. What did you expect them to do, give him a six-pack of Leo and tell him to carry on his merry way?

Hopefully he's got the dosh to buy a flight home otherwise he'll be in IDC for a wee while.

Good point. That's one more thing to add to the list of condo requirements when the time comes.