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Probably prevents head injuries, people not being thrown around. Many years ago at work I went in a roll over machine. It's basically a car body set up on a rig. You sit in there, put on your seat belt, and then it inverts completely, the seat belt holds you tight into the seat. It really shows the value of seat belts.
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Disgruntled Thai man takes revenge - four shot dead in horrific spree
Andrew65 replied to webfact's topic in Eastern Thailand
Happens occasionally in many countries. -
Disgruntled Thai man takes revenge - four shot dead in horrific spree
Andrew65 replied to webfact's topic in Eastern Thailand
A lifetime in a Thai prison's probably worse than being executed.- 132 replies
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Number of foreigners on retirement visas
Andrew65 replied to biervoormij's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
I have an old friend who lives in BKK. His rent's 400k pa, plus 200-300k for other expenses, so he needs close to 800k pa in money in Thailand. -
Number of foreigners on retirement visas
Andrew65 replied to biervoormij's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Are you saying corruption's legal in Thailand? I spent 20 years living in Thailand, so I've got quite a good idea of how things work over there. -
Number of foreigners on retirement visas
Andrew65 replied to biervoormij's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Only from the moment that they give a backhander to an immigration officer. -
Number of foreigners on retirement visas
Andrew65 replied to biervoormij's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Depending on your lifestyle and where you live, you might need the thick end of 800k to be in Thailand every year anyway. Plus the knowledge that you're totally legal. -
Number of foreigners on retirement visas
Andrew65 replied to biervoormij's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
I had an old friend who had gone from a retirement visa, to a marriage visa, and then back to a retirement visa. All things considered he thought the retirement visa to be better. -
Hope everyone's OK. I grew to really like Soi 8, plenty going on, but not OTT. I
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Get 'involved' and you could be the one who ends up in the joint rather than the crims.
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Pub-like Eateries to Be Closed at Level 4 COVID Alert
Andrew65 replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
The only thing with bars and alcohol is that they're not essential services and products. Although I agree with what a UK politician said recently, we can't carry on like this indefinitely. In the UK the furlough scheme cost the taxpayer £70 billion, we can't afford too much of that. A balance has to be found between managing the virus and not destroying the economy. -
'You joking?': UK woman's Thailand holiday turns to quarantine horror
Andrew65 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I think she was going to see family in CT, so probably not absolutely essential. I last left Thailand on March 27th 2020, 11 days early, so as not to be caught out. That was just as the pandemic was getting going! Thailand was starting to shut down, so not much point in staying anyway. -
'You joking?': UK woman's Thailand holiday turns to quarantine horror
Andrew65 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
A week or two ago I heard a lady on the Jeremy Vine Show on Radio 2 in the UK. She said that she had been flying from London to Cape Town (about 12 hours). She said that whilst flying the rules in South Africa had changed drastically, and by the time she heard the news, I think on the day she landed, every flight from SA to Europe had been booked up, for a long time!