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21 is her metric age. convert that to English units and you get 46?

She may move from hotel to hotel and was checking out of the initial one so took all her stuff with her.

I still am unsure what an "Air Hostess" is? Is that the flight attendant on board the plane? Is that somebody that works in one of the airside lounges?

I suspect that getting such a certificate will not be too difficult. Probably get it from the same place you get your cialis prescription!

I like that idea. And on some days if I don't go and pick up the paper I would have no problem if she sold the delivered paper and kept the proceeds. I assume you mean the paper would get delivered to that newsstand? As I may change hotels I would want a central permanent place the paper gets sent to

I always got the daily paper when I visit. Do the daily sudoku. Kill some time in the mall while I grab a lunch or at Took La De or pizza hut or KISS. Lady used do sell the paper next to KISS across from Mike's Mall in that little covered area

The only thing that is more expensive as far as I have ever experienced going back to 2004 which was the first of my 15 trips was eating all western food. Sure there is a Tony Roma's in Bangkok. A hard rock cafe in Pattaya and things like that. But lots of Thai rice and noodle and soup dishes and some occasional German food or a Full English Breakfast now and then along with a Sunday Carvery now and then as well as the specials that Robins Nest used to have such as the Lasagna, suited me just fine, A nice sized 40 or even 50 sq meter condo rents for about 1/2 of a similar thing here in many parts of the USA. My health insurance is now on Medicare so I am paying that regardless of me spending long term in Thailand so that doesn't count in my cost equation. Costs for touristy things like visiting parks, gardens, zoos, etc. are comparable or cheaper in Thailand than in the USA. Certainly are cheaper when you look at what they now charge to go to big corporate places such as Disney world, Universal world, tec. The Dallas Texas zoo was very reasonably priced as is the fantastic San Diego Zoo. Nong Nooch Garden just outside of Pattya is reasonable. I miss the old Dusit zoo in bangkok. That was like an oasis. Yes foreign wine or other hard liquor can add up but I rarely drink that. So if I were to pull up stakes and totally move to Thailand, it would cost me about 25% less of what very similar living and eating here in the USA, and would go down from there if I was really penny pinching. Basically I plan for $3,000 a month, budget for $4,000 a month, can afford $5,000 a month.

Even though it was supposed to be a short trip, she may always take all her stuff with her if she stays in different hotels and had not real permanent lodging in Thailand?

Yeah. Her story is very hard to believe. And her words saying that people were supposed to meet her in Sri Lanka? What people? Two or three suitcase for a short trip? The weight of the cases. The clothes change or not from the night before. I can almost believe her taking all her belongings as she checked out of where she was staying in Thailand and she takes all her belongings with her. I have not checked in any luggage in decades since I had my old American Tourister hard luggage. Remember that old TV commercial with the porter taking the suitcase then he turns into a gorilla and tosses the case all around inside the elevator! Too funny. But that did have a lock and while easy to break open, I always locked my case and I would know if somebody broke into it.

Goodness. She is having troubles? What nonsense.

All the bars now close at midnight? I used to go to Pattaya a lot (15 trips since 2004).

An interesting idea. Having been to Pats 15 times, I never had an issue finding some of those toilets behind many of the bars and paying 5 or 10 baht to use them. But something along beach road in the few spots not particularly close to the side street bars might be reasonable. I do not mind paying a reasonable price

The C 130 Prop pitch really can be changed so much that the plane does generate reverse thrust if you will. It is not done during the landing but is often done once the plane is on the ground. There are videos out there showing it and I have seen them demonstrate it at Air Shows here in the USA

I used to always get it in that little row of stores next to KISS restaurant on 2nd road. One little shop had a few different papers for sale. Pretty sure the fancy book store in the big mall had a paper section also. Been four years since I been to Pattaya

Yes it can take 5 minutes, but it requires documentation and proof of some things that I never ever have done. I have never booked and paid for a hotel in advance. Sure upon arrival the old TM 6 was it, had you write down where you were staying and I would put a hotel I knew of and might stay at. But I learned very early on to always see the room first before I pay. I might be able to get something good enough for the E visa, but it is so much simpler to just do the visa exempt. I first went to Thailand because it was convenient. My contracting jobs never started or ended on firm dates, so just being able to book last minute flights and travel and enter visa exempt got me there 15 times. And while as I read the Evisa has a validity of I think three months, or something like that, before you have to use it, I prefer not to use it. If I have to as they seem to be going that way, then so be it. It is like the old Single Entry Tourist Visa SETV. And being able to apparently get a multi entry up front, it actually is not too bad looking

yes I have read that. I am hoping it stays at least for the next few months so I can at least take advantage of it this year, probably August is my travel time. I would love to get 90 days in or at least the 60 days with little effort. Have done an extension now and then over a decade ago and it was not a big deal really. But 60 + 30 would be the bee's knees,

Load shift likely a contributing factor. I can picture several of the occupants huddled over the pilot and co pilot seats looking at things. Then the mechanical issue (presumably). Too much weight forward to do any stall recovery, if that was even possible. The video seems to show not much control surface deflection

Reports say the aircraft had significant modifications before this flight which included stick and control surfaces. Video seems to show the aircraft had no control surface deflections. If it had done a low speed stall, it is not unreasonable to go nose down and pick up some speed and recover, but I don't think I see anything happening in the way of recovery. The aircraft performance sheet listed a stall speed of 65 mph. Three pilots on board what seems to have been a maintenance check out flight. Maybe inexperienced pilot was at the controls and just didn't know what to do. I personally, being an engineer and ex Air Force Captain in the aviation industry for decades and having been to Thailand over a dozen times, suspect the maintenance work and the follow up inspection and sign off process.

OK thanks. Still wondering why the UK has or does not have reciprocal - agreements with certain countries. I will poke the interweb. Thanks

While I am one of the most above the board rule followers, I prefer to avoid as much imperial involvement as possible. I typically do pick up a cheap Thai phone and data plan while there and just use that for local Thai communications where it does come in handy. I do not do any banking of any importance or purchase anything using my regular USA phone and I plan to continue in that vain.

Very informative post as I plan on doing the exact same thing before this year is out as I semi retire from my contract job in the USA. I plan to go to Thailand on the 60 day visa exempt + 30 day extension. Then I guess I would leave Thailand for a few nights and then come back in and do the 60 + 30 one more time. And I of course will plan my travels so that I am NOT in Thailand for 180 days or more to avoid any involvement with those recent Tax rules.

Why is Philippines not increase limited but Thailand is? For that matter, what countries does the UK increase things and which does it not?

haha. I cut my teeth on WordPerfect decades ago. Didn't realize it was still around

Yes. I too have used that for a long time now. So far it has been totally compatible with WORD and EXCEL documents both that I generate or that I get from real Office Applications. I still use hotmail.com for my email, and that does not require OFFICE 365 or whatever. Of course one can use all sorts of other email domains such as gmail, yahoo, etc..

If you travel or are already traveling how can you get an email and print it out? How quickly is the email sent after you submit the form using the website? Even if I bring my smartphone, I will NOT have service inside BKK unless or until I buy some new SIM card, or buy some travel connection plan