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2 minutes ago, HeijoshinCool said:

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You are actually asking strangers intimate details about their sex life.....?

 

Seriously?

I thought voyeurism had died a natural death thanks to the internet age.

7 minutes ago, theoldgit said:

 

I did an online 90 day report yesterday, my confirmation of approval was instantaneous.

You were probably lucky enough to find that 38 milliseconds that it actually worked. I'll keep trying as often it just "works" even though it didn't work 5 minutes previously. 

I suspect Thai websites have been constructed from legacy software that was once used in the early days of online gambling.  So if you try often enough, you'll eventually get the poker machine to fall in your favor.

I'll put them at the top of my list for future investments. 2nd on the list is an unbelievable opportunity to buy the Brooklyn Bridge and have it relocated to Khon Kaen.

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Correct, as to the 90 day online is working I've tried again now, due date 30th Oct... not working for me beyond 1st page info... it requests a visit in person yet again.

Last time it worked for me was Feb 2020... exactly the same info each time, very frustrating.

 

Ditto.  Due the 30th and online not working. Tried every trick re cache, Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, laptop, phone, dropdowns, include/exclude flight number. 

It's forked. You'd think I'd be used to that SNAFU feeling by now.

1 hour ago, PadPrikKhing said:

Wait, I thought putrefying dead crabs are one of the things Thais love most...?

They're only angry because it requires them to bok-bok-bok about nine tonne of papaya to go with the crabs.

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

Yep....thinking along this lines......it is just the retribution you invite that scares me off....for the moment. at least.

The idea would be threaten (or politely suggest) that this is your intention.  An alternative may be to threaten (or politely infer) that you'll be erecting a huge noisy pump that may upset his patrons.  Either way, you have negotiating power.  At the moment you have no weapons in your arsenal.

8 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I agree with all you said, except the lefty part. It is not just the dems. It is all of them. All politicians seem to be nearly insane, and likely pathological. Especially here. 

Yeah sorry - I used the term "lefty" only because climate is their thing.  You're correct in that the liquorice allsorts of politicians of all persuasions are as loopy as their counterparts.

I think the terms left and right are/have lost their meaning.  Perhaps a better frame of reference is collectivist and individualist.  I don't view left and right as a location on a straight line anymore, nor on an x/y graph if you want to interpret the amount of authoritarianism either ideology exudes. 

I now consider political views on the circumference of a circle or a compass.  The centreists who are prepared to have dialogue and reach consensus are between NW (the left) and NE (the right).  The ideologues with a lesser tendency towards tyranny on the left are at NW to SW and on the right are at NE to SE. The loopies of both persuasions are either side of S and are so close together in their rabid hunger for power by different methods they are the same animal - one has spots and the other has stripes. Neither have a plan other than to gain or hold on to their power while getting rich at the same time.

Yep, some solid rain in Jomtien but persistent as opposed to a full-on tropical downpour as yet - it looks like it will get worse. 

I'm trying to convince the missus to venture out and leave me in peace for my routine Sunday sport catchup.  But she only got the truck washed and detailed yesterday and is adamant it's not getting dirty just yet.  

17 hours ago, johng said:

Can the "officials" please also do a ‘round up’ of the homeless dogs too...not just in Pattaya but nationwide  before the tourists return...thanks.

They can start on Pratamnak hill where some old alcoholic witch living in a shanty has a pack of about 30 dogs running wild.  She sits on the street begging with her dogs barking and snapping at the heels of any passers-by.  

I'd go and suggest an alternative business plan to her, but it's too much fun watching the odd farang shake a stick or throw a kick at the 3 dogs yapping at him, and then the other 27 come bounding out of the jungle.

She left the car number plate at the scene of the crime.  Priceless.  

Knowing the ability of Thai people to give clear and succinct directions to a location when asked, these blokes were lucky to be found this side of Christmas.