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    Calls to ban smoking in condominiums in Thailand

    in Thailand News

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    10 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

    I was a smoker for around 35 years, and quit just under three years ago. 

     

    Ban smoking in Condos? Hell yes!

     

    Ten Reasons to Quit Smoking (in no special order)

     

    1. You won't smell anymore. Apologies, but there is no polite way to put it; smokers stink. They smell. They reek. Their breath smells like an ashtray. Their clothes are foul and gross. They leave a putrid miasma in every room they occupy.
    2. You will regain your sense of smell and taste. It is truly an amazing thing; I lived and/or visited Thailand for more than 25 years, but after I quit smoking, Thai food became twice as good. Seriously, twice as good!
    3. You won't look like a dried-up lizard. Smoking makes your face/skin look old; quitting smoking means putting 'lizard-ness' off for a decade or two.
    4. If you quit smoking, you don't have to listen to people like me, your spouse, your kids, your friends and complete strangers telling how smoking is bad for you. Wouldn't it be nice if we all shut up? If you didn't have to hear us?
    5. It is easier to pull/keep chicks. Simply put, it is easier to pull and/or keep a hot chick as a non-smoker rather than as a smoker. Nuff' said.
    6. You won't get sick as often. Yes, I know, perhaps smoking helps with c-19 and perhaps it doesn't. But, a non-smoker will catch fewer flus, colds, infections, etc. than a smoker; it is a scientific fact.
    7. You won't hurt those around you. Second-hand smoke kills about 50,000 people a year and damages the health of many, many, many more; don't you want to stop hurting your wife? Your kids? Your friends? Your neighbours? Strangers on the road?
    8. You'll have more breath. Smokers; when was the last time you climbed three flights of stairs without panting or wheezing? Without some shortness of breath? Without stopping for a sec to catch your breath at the top?
    9. Money. Cigarettes are expensive and you get nothing (literally nothing) for your money. One example; by quitting when I did, I saved approximately 190,000 Baht. What would you do with an extra 190,000 Baht? Whooo-Hoooo!
    10. Impotence. It is a medical fact that smoking reduces the lead in your pencil. Further, it is also medical fact that the more you smoke, the more the lead in your pencil is reduced. Simple question; what's better? Smoking or sex? If you chose sex (and you really should have), then it is time to quit.

     

    And a bonus #11; you won't be an addict anymore. Being an addict, whether it is Nicotine, Yaba, Alcohol, Opioids, Meth, Heroin, Crack, or anything else, diminishes a person.

     

    If you quit smoking, you'll be a better person to be around, your sensations and pleasures will improve, your health and appearance will be better, you'll do better with the girls, you'll have stamina again, you'll save huge amounts of money, and your sex life will improve.

     

    If you keep smoking, your stink will drive people away, you won't enjoy food and drink as much, your health will decline, you will become 'Lizard-like', hot girls will laugh at you and throw rocks, you'll be awful in the sack, you'll be poorer and no woman will want you.

     

    Ban smoking everywhere!

     

     

    Nothing on this planet worse on a reformed smoker. And BTW I quit 20 years ago

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    In ASQ fancy a few beers.......now!

    in ASEAN NOW Community Pub

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    2 hours ago, Nurseynutcase said:

    Would they allow Heineken zero?  Not too bad after the first mouthful.

    My hotel would not allow it. I have never tried it, so I figured would be a good time to do so. So I asked hotel and they said no alcoholic beverages allowed. I replied that it was zero alcohol beer as in no alcohol. They said doesn't matter, no alcohol allowed. I gave up at that point. TIT

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    Exclusive: Top official on U.S. election cybersecurity tells associates he expects to be fired

    in World News

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    4 hours ago, BobBKK said:

     

    Be careful what you wish for. Biden will probably send USA to war again, the libs will screech about minority rights and attack the silent majority, and the debt will go up and up and the libs tears will go down and down. The pendulum will, inevitably, swing back one day. Biden is a much nicer man than Trump, undoubtedly, but he's going to be a figurehead as he fumbles his way through his 4 years (if he makes it to the end).

    Much nicer than Trump? Is that so?

    Lying dog faced pony soldier. I don't work for you. Look, fat man, Liar. 

    Yep real nice guy.

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    American passport holder can apply STV in Seoul thai embassy

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    Beijing has basically the same requirements with one small exception:

    #5 -  I needed to show only 75 days hotel accommodation at hotel after ASQ hotel. ASQ hotel 15 days + subsequent hotel 75 days = 90 days visa entry

    On another note; if you show a copy of a lease for a condo that you intend to stay in after the ASQ hotel, they will possibly ask for a copy the Landlord's ID card and his tax ID number. My landlord understandably refused with the tax ID number. So, I used Agoda to book a hotel. Agoda has useful policies......

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    Thailand has relaxed issue of tourist visas, says TAT

    in Thailand News

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    16 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

    Utter nonsense, the visa conditions got even more confusing. Apart from all the Galaland ideas the boys have like a $100'000 insurance specifically for Covid-19, the expensive quarantine and the other things they could come up with they now insist on a tourist's bank details. At least that is, what the consulate in Frankfurt announced two days ago. Based on that, some friends decided definitely not to come to Thailand. 

    You want foreigners to spend money here then start looking at the world through their eyes. Westerners do NOT show off with their money and as much as you dont ask about age you also dont talk about how much money they earn or have. 

    Nowhere else on the planet a tourist is required to show a bank statement confirming a minimum balance of Baht 500'00 (or EUR 15'000) over the last six months (paragraph 1.4).

    Good luck with that one; the entire hospitality is really glad to have such professionals promoting their business and survival lifeline. 

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    I can sympathize with that. I applied for an STV in Beijing and handed in all documents asked for including 100000 USD medical insurance with Covid coverage. Also copy of condo lease with owners ID card copy. Staffer said all good. Got a call 5 days later telling me that I needed to have 40000 baht out patient coverage as well and that I also had to provide condo owner's tax ID number.

    Same as dealing with any Thai bureaucracy, never ending requests for more paperwork and extras. And they wonder why us old time farangs show up at any desk with an entire file drawer full of documents including the proverbial kitchen sink.

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    Have to include ASQ and COVID insurance when applying for visa?

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    16 hours ago, 5ilver said:

     

    If you don't already possess a valid visa (that's eligible for you to apply for a COE) - most RTEs (and I say most, because different RTEs around the world are running with slightly different variations of requirements locally) will require you to submit a paid ASQ booking and COVID insurance as part of your visa application.

    The Beijing Embassy required both

    STV - anybody got reply from Longstay?

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    1 hour ago, Peter Denis said:

    The four scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland) are offering STV.

    But you need to have a passport of the low-risk country where you are applying.

     

    Note: Applying for the STV is only indicated when

    - NOT married to a Thai national, OR

    - under 50 years of age.

    When you meet 1 of these requirements (also when applying from a high-risk country) there are other - easier - options to get hold of the COE.

    I assume you mean the O-A Retirement visas and their onerous requirements like the Police report and medical certificate? Where I am, it would take 4 months just to satisfy their terms on the police report. Go to police station and give prints and apply, wait, pickup and take to Notary public for translation, wait, pick up and take to Ministry of Consular affairs for authentification, wait, pickup and take to Thai Embassy for their Authentification. Wait again. 4 months estimated total.

    Can I apply for a tourist visa now?

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    16 hours ago, Xavi said:

    No matter how I contact them, I can't reach them.

    E mail...

    Phone number...

    Facebook messsenger...

    Here is a little secret: take a look at their webpage and on the bottom right corner you will see something like "for Thai" and there will be a phone number written in Thai numerals or Thai script. Copy that number, go to google translate and then call that particular number. They will answer, thinking it is a Thai citizen. Then continue from there......

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    Is your country applying for an STV visa?

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

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    After trying for several days I finally got an answer when calling the Thai Long Stay Company. I had sent in an application for a STV two weeks ago and had not heard back. The fellow on the phone told me point blank that the Thai Government has not approved any STVs as of yet and they were still waiting for the first approvals. That is for all applications from all countries. He was quite clear on that.

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