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I'm beginning to wonder if the chemicals in tattoo ink may do something to the brain.

Diversity is our strength!

I don't recall ever needing a shower after a "friendly conversation", much less with her still in the room. I'd have called the 3500 baht and $350AUD a learning lump and kept my mouth shut. What's his most favorable outcome? He said - she said? (Besides, what's that in real money, about $25 all in?)

I didn't claim Golden Corral was luxury. I said I liked it. Sunday brunch buffet at some of the hotels in Bangkok are luxury. At luxury prices. I splurge occasionally, though I don't get full value because I don't drink wine or champagne.

I'm not sure what the procedure is for declaring anything when flying domestic. Which is where the OP says he was nabbed. In the domestic terminal.

Well thats not true exactly is it? Skype Credit will remain active indefinitely as long as you use it at least once every 180 days. My issue is that I always kept just a few bucks on Skype credit and it just renewed automatically when it needed to. So my Skype credit amount is paltry and I only heard about Skype going tits up after they no longer allowed adding to my Skype account. Had I known earlier, I'd have added a bunch of money to the account. Or am I missing something?

Maybe he's just a collector of military memorabilia, and he found them for sale in a local market.

If the ship isn't newsworthy, why are we reading about it here? Because it's an electric, the media is fawning all over it. Which is why towing it from Aus to B.A. should be covered as well. But I'll be it won't.

The ultimate humiliation will come when they have to tow it from Australia to Argentina, where it will be used to cross a river that appears to be about 30 miles wide between Buenos Aires and Uruguay. I wonder if the green press will cover the tow, by a tug or tugs powered with nasty bunker oil.

There's a lot of things widely available in Thai street markets that are illegal to even possess. Apparently, inert grenades are one of them. I've purchased several items in wide open daylight markets that I later found out I could get arrested for even possessing. Generally, I gave them to my Thai friends who knew the laws but didn't really care, because of spotty enforcement. They were just happy to get free stuff, some of it pretty spendy free stuff. So I'd cut the guy some slack. Seems like if they aren't legal to possess, they should be going after the vendors selling them to innocent collectors. Good on the airport security that found them.

The months and months of BLM arson, looting and general thuggery make Jan6 look like a class trip gone slightly awry. Here's the data: Here's some more: Here's the link: From the Major Cities Chiefs Association, Report on the 2020 Protests MCCA-Report-on-the-2020-Protest-and-Civil-Unrest.pdf https://majorcitieschiefs.com/ If the link doesn't work, Google the Major Cities Chiefs Association.

Good info. That's promising. Was the TDAC mandatory and in operation at that time? Or still in testing phase?

Not a big deal, but the way the quote feature works with nested quotes, you attributed to me a statement that I didn't make. Someone else did. Personally, I'm a fan of 2 tons of steel and seatbelts for those of us who have that luxury. That trumps common sense, experience, and even the best of helmets. (Or even the best Amulet) That said, I often take scooter taxis for the last mile. But for anything over a few km, I'm either in a car, my pickup, the MRT or BTS or the Thai Railway System. Occasionally an intercity bus...

Out of curiosity, has anyone seen a photo of a "kiosk on arrival"? I've got this mental picture of a huge scrum (if they exist at all). I hope I'm wrong, but...

That's one opinion. I still remember the '90s when Disneyland gave me a resident discount. Only available to local addresses on our driver's license. So apparently some big companies disagree. BTW, I got 2 trips to Disneyland on the same day. My first and my last. It's probably great if you have kids. But not so much for a single guy like me. Even with the resident discount.

How do you explain the popularity of the Sunday breakfast buffets at luxury hotels around the world? Including Thailand. And they ain't cheap. I love a buffet because I can sample from 100 foods. And I don't have to wait for my food. I preferred a buffet even when I was traveling on the company dime. My favorite back home was one we used to call the Hungry Heifer. Though the technical name was Golden Corral. But they were hit and miss in different locations, depending on the branch.

What... Did they start skimping on the shrimp on the buffet? On a more somber note, the fact that these businesses are suffering kinda flies in the face of everyone who claimed that the Chinese tour groups didn't support local businesses.

Mostly, it's the ones with a nice rack. And it's not just in Thailand that they feel superior and entitled.

I claimed Americans can own 100% of their Thai business. It would be ridiculous to think they can own "any" business. Of course we can't own tobacco companies or cocaine dispensaries. For obvious reasons. But, relevant to this story, Nate could be the 100% sole shareholder in his production company. Whether he is or not, I don't claim to know. If he was any almost nationality except American, I would know that he must have Thai shareholders in an LLC if it's operating legally.

Don't feel bad. I, too, have a phobia about taking my shoes off in a public toilet in Thailand.

I tend to think they're related. Before, not so many people bothered going to immigration to extend. They did it by border runs and clearing overstays at the airport for a few shekels. That's no longer possible.

Americans can own 100% of any Thai business? Really? Or is it only certain qualifying businesses? Do you see the word "any" in my statement?

They could do a meme of him wrestling an alligator on a water hazard at Mar a Logo, and the MSM, Dems and lefties would be faux outraged.

Obama? Biden replaced Trump. So he's not wrong...

It wasn't Trump's joke. Somebody on the interwebs did a meme of him dressed as the Pope. When it came to his attention, he didn't get upset and throw a lefty hissy fit and send the FBI to track down who blasphemed him... He chuckled and forwarded it to the world. Proving that he has a sense of humor. The meme was out there, whether Trump forwarded it or not. He may as well make some mileage from it. The only people who took offense are the ones that always take faux offense. And since you can never please them, screw them if they can't take a joke