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wcoast

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  1. Just heard this sad news today. Initially in 2010 I joined these TV forums and Joe was the man. A person providing freely a much needed community service with factual no nonsense answers, advice, and help. I sincerely respected his vast knowledge and dedicated community service spirit. Many many thanks and my utmost sincere condolences to his wife, children, family, and friends.

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  2. IDC is very finiky about what flights he will be allowed on. Ideally they prefer a direct flight. Flights with layovers of any long duration won't be booked. Don't expect them to choose the cheapest flight either. Usually the detainee will be held a few weeks while waiting processing of fingerprints is completed and checked with Interpol. Completely agree with Ubonjoe that monies be handled through the relevant embassy to ensure no <deleted>ery. If possible bring food on regular basis.

  3. 1 hour ago, robsamui said:

    A first world nation is one which has reduced, simplified and streamlined bureaucracy and red tape to a minimum. An emerging nation is one which sees a mass of red tape and complexities as a sign of of their own status and self-importance.

    Over the last few years Thailand has been so wrapped up in creating *very important* classes and subsclasses of Aliens and of making multiple rules about rules for 50 different shades of white so that Aliens can be firmly filed away in the right drawers . . . so much so that now that now Immigration is forced to stand up and take responsibility, they can't.

    Because they've made such a complex mess of it all that the now can't remember every single visa contingency that they, themselves, have created. 

     

    They are so obsessed with tourists and tourism that all the farang residents (living, working or retired here) are unimportant and a nuisance. 

     

    So, tough, if you're tangled up in the red tape of extensions and 90-day exits of the the country or stuck abroad because right now you can't return or worried because with no amnesty you are forced to leave Thailand (and then get stuck outside) - this is because of what an important nation Thailand is and they need all these multiple rules and regulation to prove this.

    Because they're the best nation in the world and you are only an mere Alien. So there.

     

    It appears you chose the wrong type of visa for your stay in Thailand.

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  4. 3 hours ago, dluek said:

    Concentrating on the road saves lives but so many of the accident videos that you see in Thailand show a reckless, out of control driver running cars that are obeying traffic rules right off the road. They often have no chance, concentration or not. That's what happened yesterday with the Buriram crash. Totally reckless pick-up crosses median and slams right into an oncoming SUV. There's nothing the driver of the SUV could have done to get out of the way. 

    My feeling is if that SUV were in the left lane instead of the right hand lane it's possible the collision might have been avoided.

  5. 9 line markers were passed from the time of the truck impact till the car impact.

    5 line markers from the time the car decided to brake, no de-acceleration from taking foot off the gas pedal during the event. The car driver wasted a lot of time and made no attempt to slow till it was way too late. Almost 6 seconds elapsed from the time the trucks collided, he didn't brake till 3 seconds later.

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