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I will shortly be renewing my Retirement Visa. Have there been any rule changes since this time last year?

I have used rainwater for the last 28 years and only put a filter on it when my old Mum came over to live here. Never had a problem and the water tastes good. Bottled water tastes mouldy and sometimes of chemicals. I knew a police sergeant in Ta Mai who ran a bottled water business and was filling the bottles with tap water. Today, people are so gullible and go along with what they see on television.

I know this should not be on this topic, although I find it more exciting now, plus the fact I don't know how to start a new topic. Where on television will the Supebike Championships in Buriram be aired, if at all?

If you are currently staying in Thailand based on your job, the last day of employment is the day you have to leave the country. If you want you can apply for a 60 day extension of stay when cancelling your permission to stay.

You can apply for a 1 year extension of stay based on your Thai wife and childen, but must show an income of 40,000 a month (can be from abroad) OR show 400,000 baht in aThai bankaccount in your name only.

If you don't meet thse criteria, you can visit the Thai consulate in Savanahet (Laos) and apply for a multiple non-O visa there, giving you 90 day entries.

But shouldn't the Bt.400,000 have been in his account 90 days before applying for a visa?

His chickens came home to roost.

I just about ran into a pickup today. I was driving down a country road, no houses in this section, no side roads, nice and straight, great visibility, narrow shoulders, but usable. I came upon a pickup going very slow and started to slow down, then it stopped right in the middle of the road for no apparent reason at all, didn't bother to pull over to the side just stopped where he was. Fortunately, I had already started to slow down, and the road was straight and no one was coming from the opposite direction, so I was able to pass him, but why would he stop in the middle of the road for no apparent reason?

Pissed and fell asleep.

As usual. Thailand not keeping abreast of the times.

'It's no use standing on the seat,

The snakes in Thailand can jump six feet'

A sheep being led to slaughter!

So how long before the money sent by Swift from UK will be in your Bangkok Bank account in the provinces? Sattahip for example.?

Yesterday, my wife received a letter from the police showing our car and doing 101kmh along Sukhumvit where the limit is 90kmh. The law was broken so no gripe. But when you consider that most vehicles are doing more that 90kmh along that highway out of the town it was just bad luck that she got caught. Perhaps it would be more beneficial for them to set up cameras at pedestrian crossings where the risk to human life is much greater ?

I think this would be a success if it was done properly, so far only a few half baked attempts have been tried and understandably failed.

A proper fast ferry with the ability to carry passengers plus cars would be a solution that could work, similar to the ferries that run between Scotland/England and Ireland, the distance is about 70km and some of those modern ferries could do that in just one hour thirty minutes, the initial expense being the terminals at both ends able to handle such a large vessel, the ferry could be contracted for a year to see if such a thing is feasible, obviously the fare will also be a big factor, too expensive and it would never get off the ground

the problem I see with all of this as regards fast ferries for cars etc is your water depths, if you start using "big vessels" going to get rather problematic if they are not regularly dredging channels into the terminals, which get very expensive

the only other option is "flat bottomed" ferries and they are not fast by any stretch of the imagination, and what happens when the weather comes up ?

Hovercraft? This would do away with having to build a deep water port. Laem Chabang would be OK as it already has one.

Hovercaft to Pattaya can land on the beach discharge passengers and return to Hua Hin. If cars are involved they can build a dock in Pattaya near the marina, Pattaya visitors don't want to end up miles up the coast in LC container port and then have to endure traffic jams to get down to Pattaya. Less travel time equals more fun time in the bars with beer and babes.

What beach in Pattaya? I reckon that after this years rainy season, if it comes, there wont be a lot of beach left.

I think this would be a success if it was done properly, so far only a few half baked attempts have been tried and understandably failed.

A proper fast ferry with the ability to carry passengers plus cars would be a solution that could work, similar to the ferries that run between Scotland/England and Ireland, the distance is about 70km and some of those modern ferries could do that in just one hour thirty minutes, the initial expense being the terminals at both ends able to handle such a large vessel, the ferry could be contracted for a year to see if such a thing is feasible, obviously the fare will also be a big factor, too expensive and it would never get off the ground

the problem I see with all of this as regards fast ferries for cars etc is your water depths, if you start using "big vessels" going to get rather problematic if they are not regularly dredging channels into the terminals, which get very expensive

the only other option is "flat bottomed" ferries and they are not fast by any stretch of the imagination, and what happens when the weather comes up ?

Hovercraft? This would do away with having to build a deep water port. Laem Chabang would be OK as it already has one.

How would the fare be set? The cost of a cars depreciation, fuel and time saved? Would passengers be charged separately. Maybe I will still be around if or when this comes into fruition.

Wow, like one whole plane?

i think it was this BT-67 plane

This I think is a Spitfire? I they need something to cope with the fire not cause it. A Wellington perhaps?

Wow, like one whole plane?

i think it was this BT-67 plane

Ve haff veys off making you stop! Brink in de army!!

You allowed dog to potentially attack your neighbors on there property and find them being upset to be abnormal? In the US even a human would have been shot. That they only yelled seems to be rather restrained to me.

Well, Some nations are known for their high level of nervousness, shoot first and ask questions after.

As a gay guy I can categorically say that Northern and Isaan Thai guys are much bigger and nice and thick thanks very much! There are lies, damned lies and statistics. End of story!

Who's thick??

I didn't think I was a Thai?? Only joking. Now I understand why so many Thai women get bumped off. For laughing at their men's wedding tackle.

He didn't use his arch enemies excuse of 'It was an honest mistake'.

My dog had a habit of bumping off neighbours chickens that roamed too near my house. Of course, when it came to reimbursing the neighbours the chicken was always classed as a champion fighter. So is my missus, and would never fall for a cock and bull story like that.