Langsuan Man

11 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Why do you not direct your whinging to the root cause, those that do not pay for treatment.

Simple answer, does not fit with the Thai bashing agenda.

A minimal problem for which all are being blamed.  Next you will claim that the mandatory O-A insurance is because long stay visitors don't pay their bills

If they don't, they don't get their passports back 

Thanks Pib, here I was thinking I was special ????

14 hours ago, Chiphigh said:

The evidence is blatantly clear that the fbi conspired

I am sure the learned judge will take that red herring into account when he thinks about why Flynn pleaded guilty if he wasn't in fact guilty 

It's all about numbers with President Trump, never about people

I sure would not brag about the total number of tests when I looked at the numbers of reported cases and the number of deaths, but he has to have bragging rights no matter what

Would be an interesting way to find out how the boys in brown really feel about "BB guns and such" 

2 hours ago, jeffandgop said:

 Immigration offices may have different nuances

That is a polite way of saying that each Immigration Office is it's own fiefdom that does what they "think" the law and rules are 

Interesting that Manafort was released and he is staring at substantial time in the poky.

Yet Michael Cohen, Trump's fixer,was supposed to be released to home detention for the same reason and he only has several months left on his sentence but for some "unknown " reason after Cohen's release was announced it was suddenly revoked  

Guess it helps if you have friends in high places 

3 hours ago, Crazy Alex said:

No, you're wrong.

 

"Criminal charges are filed by a prosecutor because they believe that they can prove their case, but the judge or jury may not agree with them. ... Only the prosecutor or the arresting officer is able to drop charges."

 

https://www.yourphiladelphialawyers.com/criminal-charges-dropped-dismissed/

 

 

The article you quote is first of all is an advertisement for a law firm, and secondly does not address a situation where the prosecution is finished, it's part is over. The case is now in the hands of the Judge because of the guilty plea 

The sentence was only delayed by the court to assist the defendant (Flynn) to allow him more time to continue to assist the government.  It wasn't even requested by the defense but was offered by the judge as a warning since he stated that he felt that there should have been additional charges and Flynn had better provide more evidence of his cooperation to the court before sentencing 

Does anyone read here ?

The announcement says the US urges 

Not orders, not requires, not tells

If I am urged to get a haircut by my GF that is a suggestion, not an edict

I have a Capital One credit card obtained in the US prior to coming to Thailand and I put a travel alert on it over 5 years ago,  and have never removed it  

I leave it here when I leave for the summer and my girlfriend uses it for gas and certain groceries and so far they have never said a word, so long as I pay my bill every month via my online US bank, since it is swiped no one has ever checked the back for signature,  which I have left blank  

SPIN

Any optician can make a new lens for you.  They all have blanks for popular sized and branded lenses.  You probably won't get a RayBan lens but will save a lot of money.  Ray Ban is selling a brand, not necessarily any greater quality than any other manufacturer , especially when it comes to lenses

Now if you are talking progressive lenses or "photochromic" (transition) lenses it could be more, but never as expensive as Ray Ban 

15 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

No insurance is required for an extension based upon marriage.

Can it be done in Thailand (change over to marriage) or do you have to leave Thailand to break the original O-A ?

9 hours ago, northsouthdevide said:

I was under the impression that a prenup wasn't worth the paper it's written on in Thailand 

 

Your impression is wrong, it's just a contract signed by both prior to the marriage and is recognized by Thai law and don't ask me to cite it.  Just like murder, I can't site the law,  but am pretty sure there is a law prohibiting it 

54 minutes ago, Crazy Alex said:

1) First off, your claim of the CDC being "one of the most trusted agencies" is without any evidence as such.

source: https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/01/federal-agencies-americans-most/144881/

 Anecdotal experience but I sold a house in Pennsylvania last year and wanted to use my Thai lawyer who is a notary and I was told in no uncertain terms that the only acceptable notary overseas was the US Embassy 

The only wrinkle was that the deed transfer was in my name using only my middle initial, which is common in the US, but the Embassy would only accept my full name, middle name spelled out, like on my passport.  solution was to place my full name on the document with the annotation AKA (also know as) as well as the name on the deed transfer 

21 hours ago, moontang said:

of course the insurance they required me to buy doesn't meet the current requirement, but I am willing to bet the requirements will at least be doable by November,

Your a far better man than I am. My bet is that the insurance requirement moves to all  non immigrant visas and extensions of stay 

I have been in Thailand for way too long to think or hope the government will change anything.  Once they make up their mind about something there is no changing it. Change means someone was wrong, and no one is ever wrong in Thailand, it's all about face

53 minutes ago, alex8912 said:

Why not just fly Cathay non stop to Boston from HKG and then just have a one hour flight to Philly instead of six hours from Seattle? 

Probably because that routing probably wasn't available using FF miles.  They don't offer the best routing when "they" are paying for the fare using your miles 

I doubt if you will be able to find a LPG generator here in Thailand. 

These day long outages are only recent due to the planned expansion of the electrical grid along Sukumvit from the new intersection of the highway at the marina all the way into Sattahip proper,  but that being said,  another major project is in the works since they recently erected long range transmission wires running parallel to Sukumvit about 1/4 mile East of the highway.  As you can see,  they haven't installed the wires yet 

12 minutes ago, Crazy Alex said:

So how does the judge proceed when there is no one to finish prosecuting the case?

Easy, pronounces sentence and the US Marshals take control of the convicted felon and deliver him to the Department of Corrections to serve out his sentence.  You don't seem to understand at this point the DOJ is no longer needed

I can answer the question about the electricity and the frequent outages are because electricity is provided by the Navy Welfare Fund who run the electric grid in Sattahip, parts of Na Jomtien, and of course Bang Sarey 

Don't know if they generate electricity or just purchase it wholesale and then re sell it retail.

Day long outages are frequent when other electric utilities are working on their lines but plenty of notice is given before the cut off.  But electrical outages are a way of life here in Thailand so you could have the electric problem no matter where you buy  

On 5/1/2020 at 3:14 PM, kzyswd said:

Dell Thai said its EOL

Whatever that means but I had a similar problem when I wanted a Dell square monitor, like they all used to be, but was only able to get it via US Dell Business division, not the retail site

Don't know if Thailand has them broken down into divisions but it would be worth asking  

35 minutes ago, jeffandgop said:

Where on Earth did you get the information that " it is prohibited to actually start one from out of country"?

Probably from the same person that told him he needed a Social Security Consultant 

I set up mine directly from the site the OP went to set up his "fake" account for which he did not need a VPN, just the correct US business hours to log on