daveAustin

On 3/29/2024 at 5:55 PM, Puccini said:

The way I see it, the foum member "save the frogs" wishes to know who gave the person to whom he refers as "mofo" permission to enter Thailand.

It’s amazing that some on here need this stuff spelled out for them. 

Dunno, but with ASEAN being a thing it wouldn't surprise me if immigration data on undesirables between these nations was not shared. Beer Laos is nice, but. 😉

The powers that be here (lol) will likely be up in arms at this picture because little boy Putin could find out and tell them off, or more than likely because the Thai flag is not held above the dude's head. 

10 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Is it just me or does it seem like the quality of the tourists coming to Thailand continues to drop rather precipitously? I noticed this trend starting even long before covid, but it seems to be very stark these days. 

Thailand continues to attract a shyster element among the world populace, yes Michael, albeit believe at least one of the beauts in this story is Thai. 

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Wan added that Affan insisted on proceeding with legal steps to the fullest extent because she might be unable to use her injured hand like before.

I bet. Am I the first to notice this?

13 hours ago, grain said:

Nothing to do with 2 women, it was 2 blokes, 2 male prostitutes. 

Reckon that's why 'women' was in quotes. 😉

Believe it's generally a time constraint thing. These guys are opening up passports in quick order day in, day out... so they can just grab it, open and stamp away. Same in every country, although the 'proper' ones now don't stamp. It can bite them on the ass, though, since their frivolousness could come full circle when they have to sift through pages and pages to find their old stamp. But I agree, infuriating on some small level... perhaps they should be hung, drawn and quartered for skipping pages? 🙂

How's about a hermaphrodite? What's going on, GG?: last week it was cocks, then you were into bums, and now the other. It's all very confusing. However, since you mentioned Jack Lemmon, you have piqued my interest. One of the greatest actors there ever was. As you clearly have an affinity for G's, did you ever see Glengarry Glen Ross? Conspiracy was good, but that was easily the best ensemble cast there has ever been in the history of movie making, and with a next level dialogue to boot!

But rather be born a girl? Good god, no. I am in no way a feminist, but the sht they have to go through in this F'ed up world, and then there's childbirth. Blokes would likely never be able to handle that kind of pain. But guys saying they would go full on lezzie if they were a girl probably wouldn't do so, since all the hormones are different such that one might generally find a flange piece unattractive. That could just be me, mind.

2 hours ago, Pla Simon said:

 

As a tourist, Bangkok Bank in Central Marina will open an account for you, based on meeting fairly straightforward criteria.

 

Rental agreement.

Passport with valid tourist visa.

 

Although queues and waiting times can be long - Friendly and efficient service awaits for Thai and non Thai speakers alike, regardless of dresscode.

 

I recently helped a tourist friend open an account there, with no more than an atm card fee and 200 thb in the account - wasted time sampling the idiosyncratic delights and policies other Bkk branches had to offer - got a straight 'no' at one branch - a rather flustered manageress who couldn't take having her Thai authority and logic challenged in her mother tongue at a second, and another wanted to sell an insurance policy at around 8,000 thb for the account.

 

It's worth noting these other branches are perfectly capable of opening accounts easily, and were recommended by the Central Festival branch, as they were nearer to Pratumnak.

 

It made for eyerolling and laughter as I told them of my experiences and adventures.

Well done. Certainly not the norm, albeit better chance in places with more tourists. A local Krung Thai was fairly keen to open me an account quite recently without visa etc. They showed me the drill down list for what conditions management have deemed necessary to be met. Things could likely be expedited if you know bank staff on high floors. 

As mentioned, tougher measures are largely to hamper laundering efforts, which is bizarre given the number of cheap Otteri shops nowadays. 😋

On 3/28/2024 at 12:42 PM, sipi said:

Edit. He never did me any harm. I don't agree with his lifestyle, but that isn't my problem.

Sure was entertaining enough.

Me neither. Seemed harmless enough, and entertaining on occasion... seen far worse over the years, albeit he could have been here from day one in one guise or another of course.

Probably already mentioned but your account won't get deleted. Even banned members still mostly have their content left on the servers since it can potentially generate income, while Google generally doesn't like content being removed... the forum owns it as it will say so somewhere if you were to read the smallprint on signing up.  

2 hours ago, Stocky said:

I almost spate my tea over the keyboard - you couldn't make this up

Beat me to it. Also noticed the glaring kok humour 😛

3 hours ago, george said:

I encountered a naked ladyboy. She called me over to her and even approached me. No time to waste. I immediately ran away

Yeah, sure you did dude! lol

Banks have been ordered to open accounts for foreigners only when certain criteria are met, such as work permit or o visa with cert of residence etc. A tourist visa or waiver will not cut it like it used to, albeit Pattaya will be a better bet than most places if you chance it. As mentioned, try an agent. Siam Legal used to draft letters for 5k, but think they've even stopped that now.

9 hours ago, 0ffshore360 said:

Allegedly Japanese?

How disappointed some many must be was not Russian or Chinese.

If they were Chinese, it would be a number two. Always a giveaway. 

Nice tread. Takes me right back. 🙄

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Lawyer’s shocking claims rock Thailand.

Lol As if this claim of illegal activities by the Thai police would be news to anyone here. 

14 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

There's much you can do to improve mental acuity as we get older. The very first place I would start is by creating your own SuperFood that you can consume every day. Start with blue green spirulina and barley green, kelp powder, spinach powder, broccoli powder, and other such superfoods, many of them are available online, and are organic powder. Blend them all together with a little apple juice and voila your brain is functioning at a higher level within a month.

 

Do not expect your brain to continue to improve or even stay the same without feeding it. 

Will alcohol work, too, Mike?

Yes it would be. Lock them all up, I say! But won’t happen of course. I mean, look how the last governments have come about. Shambles. It is best to not even concern oneself with such triviality. Keep smiling and let them carry on. Only the Thais can change it.