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The US Embassy does not give advice to Americans who are out of money. They only offer a loan to get back to the US. They will not offer sympathy or empathy. Can you imagine how of these stories the US Embassy has heard over the years? Also, she probably does not have internet access.

The “Stranded Foreigner without money” stories are getting to be a regular occurrence. This causes people to become skeptical. This person’s story could be true but how many stories like this are printed on a regular basis. If she asks the US Embassy for help this will be the standard line: 1)Contact a relative or friend 2) The US Government can loan the money to get back home. If the US Embassy actually loans an American Citizen money a notation is made on the passport. This prevents the person from making an international trip until the loan is paid off.

My experience has been different. When I was living in Kuwait and I never realized an ATM could spit so much money I saw numerous Kuwaitis withdraw stacks of Kuwait Dinar. Kuwait Dinar was almost $4 to a single Kuwait Dinar.

What is the Thai word for Concierge? I knew a few Kuwaitis and Emiratis(you know people who pay $10,000 for First Class Airline tickets) and when they arrive at a hotel they want to be served and served and served.

What narrative. A defendant in a criminal trial can be found guilty. A defendant in a civil trial can be held liable. Also why would I start a GoFundme page for anyone? I believe it is you who has let the narrative get ahead.

Wealthy people from the Middle East are very demanding and have very high expectations. Doubt very few hotels in LOS can meet these expectations.

One is not found guilty in a civil trial.

I don’t watch Fox. What did they witness? The main claims in the lawsuit were 1) Sexual Assault/Rape 2) Defamation.

12 witnesses actually saw the sexual assault/rape back in 1996?

In my past life sometimes we called testify as testi-lie. Some will know what this means,

In civil court sworn witness testimony has more value than in criminal court. In criminal case sworn testimony is rarely enough for a unanimous conviction. But in this case it’s was enough to convince a 9 person jury.

A bond premium is cheaper than actually writing a check. Also, some cases get settled during the appeals process.

The new law might not apply if the alleged assault occurred years ago.

Yes because this case can be used to bolster any and all new claims.

One does not get convicted in civil court. A civil jury can only find in favor of the plaintiff(Carroll) or for the defendant(Trump). Getting a favorable judgement in civil court is easier than getting a conviction in criminal court. Also, civil trial juries are mostly 9 where criminal trials are 12. In criminal trials all 12 jurors must agree and in civil trials a 6 to 3 majority is a win. Today Donald lost but he will not have to pay for many years as he will appeal this judgement for years and years.

She might never see the money. Appeals on civil jury awards can take years. 27 years after the incident so statute of limitations has passed so this was her only course of action. Once this happens the floodgates will open wide and others will file as well.

Reentry Permits have an end date. My reentry permit end date is the same date when my current visa expires. So the end date of a reentry permit based upon a 30 Day Visa Exempt would be the same date.

A re-entry permit would be required to maintain the validity of an actual visa or extension of stay. A visa exempt is not a visa. If you exit the country before the end of the visa exempt period then it is done.

This could have been the old proverbial "trial balloon"? Obviously the temperature in the room got very hot and very quick. This idea will have to tabled and revisited in the future.

Just celebrated a birthday. Went to BKK and did the usual things and got a pleasant surprise: Shake Shack opened at Central World close to the Apple Store. Had the best cheeseburger I have had in a very long time. It was a great birthday. "enjoy the moments for as long you can".

I saw a sign today which stated: No alcohol sales from 600PM on May 6 to 600 PM May 7. Does this mean we can buy all the alcohol we can carry rom 500 PM to 600 PM on May 6th? Just wondering because the alcohol ban was for the election but why not just make from 500PM?

I encountered this problem about a year ago: Some of the US carriers require a 5G phone to work on their networks. Is the Samsung. S10 5 G capable? For ATT a 5G phone is required but only certain models will work on its network. I would suggest researching some of the US cell phone companies very carefully before you leave. I have a 5G capable Samsung phone and so fare T-Mobile has not been a problem. I spent 3 weeks back in California and bought a prepaid sim at a local T-Mobile store..

I'm in CNX and two weeks ago I was locked out of the Bangkok Bank app as well. I called the customer service help line (sometimes it is not so helpful), Through trial and error and in the end the only I can access the bank app was to deactivate the Anti-Virus software on the phone. So every time I use prompt pay or access my account I have to first deactivate the anti-virus software. So far I have not been able to determine why this only impacts the Bangkok Bank Application. I have lived in LOS long enough to know the most important thing when it comes to dealing with Thai People or Thoi companies is: NEVER ASK WHY.

Came back from BKK yesterday and the skies around CNX still looked like the Haze was hovering over the city. BKK had rain for two days the air was a little better.

I even asked some Thai’s “who’s is Tiger Woods?”. The answer is “who he”. I thought for sure at least some would know one of the greatest golfers is half Thai.