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8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Still scratching that 80 year old itch ?

Bernd? German?

The title of the thinnest book in history?: "1.000 years of German humor".

By the way: people and occupied territories still carry the consequences of Heil Hitler occupation.

Visit some places and you can still see the reminders.

These happenings will be in minds and history books forever.

Yes, it still scratches. Sometimes much more than that. 

So: NIE WIEDER.

Seems like Thailand is becoming a copy of Big Brother China, where privacy is 0,0.

And why this plan? We all have to identify ourselves at Immigration when entering or leaving Thailand. 

They have all details in their computer, including our passport picture.

So why this nonsense, that is attacking our privacy even more?

I have been living here for 19 years.

And it is becoming increasingly unpleasant.

This privacy attack is a a red line that they are crossing.

One more reason to sell and leave.

Every day news about a new LED Walking Street sign. Is that priority number one?

Instead why not: 

- repair pavements and streets?

- confiscating loud motorbikes and polluting cars?

- clean streets and land, where people leave rubbish and building material??

- check dangerous electric poles in the streets?

I think these are some of the more important actions to focus on in order to make people happy.

I feel sorry for these massage ladies.  Especially because now is low season.

They work on commission basis.

Many ladies, sometimes days withour customer, Or not every lady gets a customer that day.

So sometimes the ones who got customer and payment, buy food and share it with colleagues, who did not have a customer.

They trust their customers.

And then these Russian quality tourists, who can read the prices,  make trouble and do not pay, 

I hope they get caught and are literally kicked out of the country (a special military operation), after having paid their bill including a serious tip.

Russian scumbags.

Validity of visa free stay will not stop criminals.

TAT loves tourists. For Thai people Money=God, a Thai teacher once told me.

So keep the 60 days principle, let tourists stay, enjoy and spend money.

I think the lobby to return to the 30 days system is also fed by visa-run shops, hotels (jealous of B&B).

It is all about the money.

Quote: "If there was anything wrong that causes dissatisfaction, I apologise............"unquote. 

A diplomatic and false excuse. Because in my opnion his words mean that he himself doubts if there was anything wrong.

If he had been honest, then he should have said: "This was absolutely wrong and I apologise......

5 hours ago, kuzmabruk said:

Maybe she was working the streets of the UK and they were not a happy couple.   Many possibilities in life. 

If you do not know what happened, then I suggest that you keep your big mouth shut instead of making the assumption that she was maybe working in te street. Maybe her parents are also following this article. You have a daughter? Why  are you doing this? Maybe you have used street ladies too much yourseld? Or probably affected by reading The Sun or similar dirty tabloid, full of shady accusations?

5 hours ago, ryandb said:

Yes, I had this debate with a visa agent (I prefer using an agent for the trip and ease of processing even though I qualify) they said fly out rather than extend at Immi and you won't need to pay tax... I said it's not 180 consecutive days it's 180+ days in a calendar year even if I left for a day a week I'd be liable to file my tax return

In my opinion it is 179+ days (so starting from 180 days), that makes you a Thai tax resident.

5 hours ago, UWEB said:

If you are leaving after 179 days and return the next day and it is the same Calendar year you are Tax Resident.

If you are leaving AFTER 179 days this means you leave on day 180 or later.

That automatically makes you a Thai tax resident. You have to be out of Thailand day 179 at the latest.

3 minutes ago, madone said:

wow, i don't like you much either, pedant,

This says more about you than about tthe other person.

If our secirity guard smokes a cigarette in our open parking garage, I can smell the poisonous smoke from 15 meters away.

Simply stupid to not wear the safety belt during start and landing.

Also not very social to put a knee against the seat in front of you, but I guess you wont  have a problem with that too.

15 hours ago, bubblegum said:

Dutch. The Netherlands. On average more polite and less likely to cause a stir compared to most Western countries. Maybe you should think before posting.

Agree. In general Dutch tourists behave well. But every country has its pencils, that are not the sharpest.

16 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I recently flew with Air India from Swampy to Delhi and it was the worst flight that I have even been on .

   80 % of the passengers were groups of Indian "Uncles" , different groups of 10-20 men and they all seemed to be returning for a week in Pattaya .

   They just couldn't sit still , it was constant commotion and noise , moving about and calling the steward relentlessly .

   I was in the aisle seat and as soon as we landed, before the plane even stopped , the India guy next to me asked me whether I was just going to just  sit there and not get off the place . I told him  that we couldn't get off the plane until the doors had opened and that would be about another ten minutes , but he was insistent that he wanted to stand in the aisle waiting for the doors to open 

I had the same experience with an English couple on a flight from Amsterdam to London. I had an aisle seat.

I could not move, but he insisted that he wanted to get out of his window seat into the aisle, opening the luggage bin,

his bag landing on my head. His wife could not get out because the aisle was full, so she hung half over me. Bloody ignorant pigs everywhere. They were out of the plane not even 1 minute earlier than me.

9 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Violence teaches the children that violence works, and they then use it in their own relationships as adults, with their girlfriends, boyfriends and wives. And using weapons here in school to hit the children also teaches them to be cowards and use weapons when they fight, as we see almost daily on the news and which happens more that we don't see. Children get spoiled when you give them rewards for bad behavior, let them stay 24/7 on their phones, and when they do wrong, they are still allowed to live on those phones. Anyone that teaches violence as an answer is a disturbed, violent individual, and we need less of these people, especially as parents and teachers. Being lazy and not talking to the children leads some to use violence as an answer, and breeds more of the same.

Times and opinions change.

Agree that violence can lead to violence.

Daily movies on tv or internet, full of violence, it surely has impact, but most people still know how to behave. But there is a difference between violence and a soft! physical correction, which works like a shock therapy. The risk of being punished, in case of crossing boundaries, can be enough warning.

In Europe we have had a significant influx of people from other countries, bringing their own culture. Some of the 2nd and 3rd generation do not behave and show a lot of disrespect towards others. In the countries, where theiir parents came from, the police will use violence, so people behave.

In Europe several youngsters swear at police officers, threaten people in the street.

I would not object that this riff raff is confronted with real violence from the police.

The ones who do not like to listen have to feel.

3 hours ago, mikebell said:

In the absence of a police force I'd like to apply. I am a retired teacher during those happy days when I could practice my table-tennis forehand smash, (still playing at 82) using a size 9 gym slipper.

I condemn hard physical punishment like in this story. But I notice regular disrespect towards teachers.

Especially in USA, Europe.

Some ideas of dr. Spock, and parents who are not at home due to jobs, resulted in some spoilt children.

A well deserved soft slap in the face at the right time can correct this behaviour very quickly and has more impact than 1.000 words.  Children need to know their boundaries.

In my youth, long time ago, my father used to tell me: if the teacher hits you then you will probably have deserved it. And do not come complaining, otherwise I will give you an extra punishment.

But yeah: that was in the old times.

Such a nice, polite, peaceful Swiss. A real ambassador for his country.

NO> If you see how he walks towards the women who are just sitting there, hear how he shouts, how he uses bad words, then these are signs that he did not slip, but attacked immediately and kicke the lady. Unfortunately the kick itself is not captured on video.

This is an example of people who think they own the world and do not need to show any respect towards other creatures.

He and his partner are really very, very lucky to hear this outcome from the judge.

I doubt it, but hopefully this Swiss coconutty brain has learnt a lesson for life.

Thanks to this sort of guy many Thai do not welcome more tourists. Understandably. And that is a pity. So Swissy, get out of Thailand a.s.a.p., thanks.

5 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Thailand shows again they have no clue what tourists are... Most tourist come to visit the country for 2 /3 weeks, and than return home as they have to work or have  other things. They will not need a 60 days visa.. Who will benefit from it?? in fact nobody as the ones who are looking for a longer stay could obtain a 90 days visa already at the Embassy. Now this is not needed anymore it will cost the Government  money. And the question remains why are people want to have a 60 day visa?? Nobody gets a clue, nobody has control anymore But as usual the Government makes decisions without proper investigations

For normal tourists you may be right. But many tourists also make a tour through Asia, using Thailand as starting point and finish, they will be happy with 60 days. Also I know people who have relationships with persons from outside Thailand; if these people want to stay together for a longer period of time, then the visitors are forced to make visa runs every 30 days. In these cases a stay of 60 days would be a huge improvement, saving time, paperwork and money.

Well done, Casper!

Hope that you are rewarded by good things on your life path.

And that some selfish people may follow your generous example in the future.

On 3/30/2024 at 2:30 AM, Hummin said:

The biggest lie, is continuing claiming  7. October as a start of this conflict! It was just the results of decades of suppressing people with violence, bombing, unjustified revenge,  taking away peoples rights as individuals, being punished for neighbour's actions,  braking international laws, and all this while the international community with power watching and do nothing. 

 

Tired of listening to excuses and defending war crimes.

 

And yes, this conflict is much closer to all of us than any other conflict in the region, because this is not an civil war, this is an superpower against a poor defenseless part, where the children and women suffers more than any others. And we support them with weapons, and also made them a nuclear war nation with help from UK and Norway! 

 

They have no territory to hide or defend themselves from! 

 

Just tired of reading BS from the same Israel apologist over and over, with no what so ever empathy, and say it could had been different, if ,,,,,,, they didnt attack 7. october, but no, 7. october didnt change anything, it just escalated the process! 

 

Well unfortunate Hamas have succeeded, they have the world attention now, even it was a suicide! A suicide hard to understand, 

 

We all understand the complexity of this conflict, we understand the jews fighting for their existence, and we understand those behind 7. October must pay for what they did, and we also understand, Hamas have to lay down their weapons, and surrender! But thats not happening, instead Israel choose to kill civilians! 

 

Our voice will hopefully be heard, and the international community will listen, and makes things happen! 

 

But, as long Usa use their veto right, then, nothing is going to happen! 

 

 

The real cause is the Balfour Declaration and how England cheated the Palestinians. England received the mandate to prepare the Arab population of Palestine for independence. England had promised them their own land if Palestinians would actively support England during WW 2.