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Crime is getting out of control in Psttaya, it seems. Good luck promoting tourism there!

The foreign thieves can't know what Thai prisons are like. They will be caught soon.

The bearded folks in Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Syria really need to abandon their medieval thinking and enter the 2020's. What's the point of waging endless wars of death and destruction? There is none. The whole of mankind wants peace and happiness.

Wow! Those officials in the photo seem to eat a lot.

Apparently, the statistics of success with The Big Three cancer treatments (chemo, radiation, and surgery) show that 97.2% of cancer patients die within 5 years after having these 3 treatments. Many people treat their cancers in natural ways quite successfully.

No, it's not enough. Obviously, you couldn't live in Bangkok or Pattaya for 14 years with only one million Baht. You could only live on that amount if you had a place to live in a rural area and didn't have to pay rent. My wife and I live comfortably for about 5,000 Baht per month in a rural area in our own house with our own garden for growing some vegetables and fruits. That amount will rise to 1 million Baht because of inflation.

I see that several foreigners are supporting the system. Are they aware that condominiums have a foreigner's price? The Sales Agent won't tell you about it, of course. Thais pay less for condominiums in these new blocks. If you live in a condominium perhaps you got screwed without knowing. Do you still support dual pricing now?

I don't mind paying 10% more, if there really has to be a dual-pricing system, but there doesn't have to be one. It's a system based on disrespect. If I became Prime Minister I would fire in disgrace on Day 1 the Minister of National Parks (or whatever it is called) for disrespecting millions of tourists and resident foreigners.

A very small number of people would start a world war. Maybe 2 or 3 people. Maybe just by Xi or Putin. If mankind can get rid of those (2) people, then 8 billion people plus all other life will not die in a nuclear winter. Populations should think about this.

I'm wondering how he lived here and stayed under the radar for so long. I need to show my passport often even though I've never had to show it to a policeman over my 40 years here. ... If he doesn't have the money for his deportation, he's going to stay in the airport's detention jail for the rest of his life. I've read that the jail there is the Mother of Horrible Places to be stuck in.

Put the scammers in a cell full of actively-gay men for the next 5 years. Then tattoo on their foreheads: "I hate the CCP." before deporting them back to China. That might send a message to all Chinese scammers.

Referring to another of your posts: I hope that your hip problem improves. I stopped jogging a year ago so as to avoid (hopefully) ever having a hip problem.

Agents have a role to play in visa renewals. I'm 68. If I live to, say, 90-100, making the two-hour return journey to Immigration twice might be difficult for me then. I'm dreaming that one day, someone in Immigration will think: "I know! Let's increase the visa period for married and retired foreigners to (5) years instead of each year. All they have to send to us is a bank statement." I like to dream of impossible things.

Until recently, I worked at 4-star and 5-star hotels for 30 years, including in Thailand. You could get better than what you have shown for less than that price. I'm excluding the crazily expensive hotels, such as the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok, of course. (By the way, the Christmas Eve buffet there costs 11,000 Baht!)

It doesn't matter if Dementia Joe pardons Hunter and even himself. The public knows that the Biden family is horrendously corrupt and that they sold out the country for personal gain. That's their legacy even with a pile of pardons.

Firstly, @OneMoreFarang has some outstanding advice to offer you. Mine stems from my age and life experience, and it's for you. Don't even think or care about what others think about you or your girlfriend now or in the future. Don't give them power over your lives. Lastly, if she can't accept what @OneMoreFarang has suggested, then give her what she wants, but tell her that bigger breasts will most definitely not make her feel how she wants to feel for long. A sagging stomach, a spot on her face, her nose, her cheeks, etc. will follow as causes of concern for her as she gets older and her body changes. Just wait until she gives birth. Everything changes then. Self-confidence is created in a very different way, and there are many videos about this.

I had to go to Immigration to do the reporting when I got a new passport. Now I can go back to reporting online in 2 months.

I have a plate with 7 false teeth. I love it! It cost me about 4,000 Baht, maybe 3,500 Baht, 2 years ago. Normally, implants in the province where I live cost about 45,000 Baht. Maybe it's gone up a bit. I don't know. As for 180,000 Baht, wow! ... Actually, I'm surprised that Bumrungrad didn't charge you over 500,000 Baht. Their prices can be crazy for foreigners, I hear.

I'd scan the lottery ticket and then my wife and I would go to a police station to do a "bunteuk prajumwan" about the win. Then we'd go to the Lottery Department wherever that is and my Thai wife would collect the money without any photographs. I don't want to risk someone saying that foreigners can't win the lottery. I would pay tax as required. We would not tell anyone that we had won the lottery. We would spend the money slowly so as not to attract attention, and if anyone asked where we got the money for this and that, we'd say that it came from my savings abroad. You never tell people you've won the lottery. By the way, in my case, there is no need to divide up the winnings 50:50 with my Thai wife. She isn't a former bargirl.

I've lived in Thailand for 40 years. I think that thesetat2013's post is full of common sense and good advice. I would add that your heart seems to have taken over too much and you are marrying a Thai woman far too early in your life. I wonder how much you understand the regional culture of the woman. As for the dowry, I agree with the many posters who say "No!". spidermike007's suggestion is very wise, I think. If you don't understand why, then I suggest you delay the marriage until you are financially stable and you understand Thai culture better. Having lived here for so long and being 68, if my Thai-British son came to me with your situation, I'd say to him: "Are you crazy? You should know better!" Despite this, don't be afraid to keep asking posters here for their advice.

Assuming that the customer didn't throw his weight around with the staff previously, accidents can happen. Not every misfortune has to end in a court case or a public scandal. In the USA I expect that the customer would sue the shop for US$XX million. Also, it's risky to report the event on social media in Thailand. If that shop is the only pizza shop in that location the customer might even be sued for defamation.

Why don't Obama and Pelosi contribute to the DNC staff payments? After all the insider trading.

Why don't Obama and Pelosi contribute to the DNC staff payments? After all the insider trading.

"NO! We want a submarine because the commission we'll receive is more than what we'd get for a frigate." ....... Ooops! Did I let the cat out of the bag?