Old Croc

I would never attempt it. I hate standing in queues.

I knew what he was at the time, just wanted to check that particular claim to confirm. This guy had many stories of his imagined exploits. He was well known in Phuket and had even been known to collect roadside fines from tourists when working aa a Police volunteer. He inserted himself into our Sunday brunch as he knew one of our party. He provided the entertainment. He didn't realize we were laughing at him not with him. He had the sleeves on his short sleeve shirt rolled up, presumably to display his biceps, and carried handcuffs on his belt. I asked why the cuffs, and he said you never know when they will be needed. He had no response when I told him I carried handcuffs for many years and never felt the need to take them to Sunday brunch. As we were packing up and I said I'm paying the bill, he nearly pulled a hammy in his haste to get to the bar to order another glass of red, despite having a half glass in front of him. Just one of the many pathetic flotsam who wash up in Thailand.

Keep an eye on the Taiwan Strait. They are about to follow Russia's lead.

Make sure to lock the car: Greek travellers in Phuket claim 200,000 baht in cash was stolen from their car | Thaiger (thethaiger.com)

Should have kept it there. Few cars stolen here compared to the west. An extreme example of the idiocy of many government and private institutions in this country. We've all been through something similar when getting a statement or changing phone or electricity accounts. here. I guess it keeps many people in employment.

Name is Bear Grylls, I misspelt in the previous post.

From the link: he was a foreign man with a good face, a model-like body, and presumably the same assailant earlier. he has since come forward to the police to pursue further legal proceedings....

I was a regular blood donor for many years as a young man until Aids came along and the Red Cross decided all men (regardless of sexual orientation) were likely carriers and for a time were banned from donating. Stung by the insult, I fell out of the habit and didn't donate again for many years . When I discovered I had a genetic blood condition that can only be treated by regular donation, my body had already been damaged to the extent that I am now in a wheelchair. I would have, unwittingly, continued treatment for my condition if not for the Aids epidemic and would have had a much different retirement.

I met a Brit in Phuket who climbed Everest. Funny, I couldn't find his name on the comprehensive lists of those who have achieved it. (I can confirm Bear Grills was there)

Not so much a press conference as a propaganda rally. Is Nikolay Goebbels gong to show some videos?

A little bit further back the divider is a couple of feet high. I'm not sure if the loss of control happened from there.

Everything comes to he who waits. Approval email received, outside working hours, last night.

No it's not, there are limits. Under those limits they are not speeding. The road speed limits in Thailand Vehicle Type Within the built-up areas (km/h) Outside the built-up areas (km/h) Within the motorway[3] (km/h) Car weighing 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) or less 80 90 120 Bus and truck without a trailer 60 80 100

Poor maintenance and build quality of buses in Thailand is not a secret nor a conspiracy among members of this forum. It is a fact easily researched on the internet and demonstrated by scores of well documented cases involving fatalities. You would remember all the brake failures of buses on Phuket hills resulting in many deaths. In your arrogant and insulting rants (and calling out typos) you seem to think people here need to prove to you everything they state.

I didn't notice that google glitch when I posted. lol

Thanks. It's been a calendar week which means 5 working days. Submitted 0642 (am) on Monday 7 March. I'll give it a couple more days and try to submit it again.

The new reporting system worked well for me last time around, and when I received a reminder email this time I happily spent a couple of minutes to again endorse it. (This despite thoughts about the uselessness of a system where they complete all the paperwork including my address) However, it has been languishing in the pending box for more than a week now. What's my next move - wait longer, ignore it altogether, go old school and post in all the paperwork (IO is too far to visit for this purpose), ring my local office or something else?

Forgoing theories on demographics, kinetics, Lord of the Flies law making. lectures on glass thickness, flight trajectories of struck bike riders and rich men's "get out of jail free cards", I usually tend to go with the Occams Razor Principal. That leads me to believe that the rich, entitled driver of the exotic sportscar was probably driving very fast and recklessly. This from the link supports my thoughts: "It is reported that Mr Pornmet, the 3rd and youngest son of Ms Jiratha Songmetta and Police General Wirachai, hit the Yamaha Fino motorcycle from the rear while making a sudden lane switch on the motorway. He admitted to causing the accident by carelessly making an unexpected and sudden lane change in his high-powered car."

This is where it happened - opposite view to the camera. It seems the bus collected the dividing curb, took out the pole in the centre picture and then the 90 k sign just before the overpass. Opinions on whether he was under that speed in the outside lane may vary.

I once had a post deleted and was warned about insulting language because I used the word "P-m" to describe a fine English gentleman. (The o is deleted in case someone reading now becomes incensed) My rejoinder that even the BBC uses it on air occasionally was ignored. Try a search of the forum for the word now..

The wife is the one who cheated.

On the same basis I believe Ecuador is claiming Middle Earth.

I did exactly that last year basically for the same reasons. You don't need to leave the country to change your extension from retirement to marriage as long as you entered on a NON-IMMI visa. It doesn't specify it has to be an "O". The "O-A" also allows the change. See section #18 here: Visa Extension – สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง – Immigration Bureau There is a lot of extra work for the officer to process the initial marriage extension and many will be reluctant, lie about the legality or even just refuse to do the change. Palms may need greasing, up to you. The TM7 form is used. I was with my lady for more than a decade so the relationship was easy to prove with many photos, passport movements etc, If your relationship started recently they may doubt your motives. Either way they will visit your home as part of the initial application and take pictures of your living arrangements get statements from neighbors , etc.

As about the forth person to point out that I hadn't addressed the OPs question, makes your post somewhat irrelevant! You failed to read my follow-up post where I admitted that error, and where I pointed out I was answering other subsequent posts that were also not strictly on subject. Interesting that your slightly hysterical, hot and sticky under the collar, attack was centered on me not the others who initially committed the grievous crime.

Probably plenty of members here are ancient enough to remember "The Ipcress File" with Harry Palmer playing spy games in the sixties cold war. A new mini-series has just been made and is available now. He's no Michael Caine, but Joe Cole, in the main role, grows on you. The Ipcress File (TV Mini Series 2022– ) - IMDb