GarryP

My son, now 36, has never had those problems either. He has both an English first name and my family name. Always been treated as a Thai. Never a problem getting his first ID card and Thai passport.

I hope you are right that the mind set of the newer generals is very different to the old guard. But don't forget who the military is beholden to (and I do not mean the people).

Not something he needs to worry about. If Prachachon wins the next election, they'll probably be either disbanded through Thai lawfare or there'll be another coup. The military wouldn't accept them. However, perhaps the military's support by the general public is continuing to decline so they would need to tread very carefully. It would be nice if Tacky effed off back overseas though, never to be heard from again, divisive tvvat that he is.

The defence offered by the KC is ridiculous - perhaps trying to reduce his sentence but insane. That is not an excuse. Jesus.

Extremist Islamic nation is highly unlikely to be successful, especially when many of its own people hate the regime.

Going back about 38 years ago, I knew a Thai woman that worked in a Japanese bar on soi Thaniya in Bangkok. She had four or five Japanese sugar daddies. If any planned visits clashed, she would make an excuse for one of them to delay tgheir visit. She was making a tonne of money. 80 percent of the year, those guys weren't even here.

They can act as consultants on foreign laws, but not as lawyers.

Teaching English and maths. Taught at a couple of colleges and language schools before I went totally private. Decided I needed a change in my life and more job security (paid health care and sick/annual leave, etc.) so applied for a job with the law firm.

I got that job when I was 30.

I worked for a law firm in Bangkok for 31 1/2 years. Eventually making a department manager position (I am not a lawyer).

Arrived here when I was 19 and I'm 62 now. Been some ups and downs in my life here, but very happy where I am now. Moved upcountry from Bangkok just over 2 years ago and at the end of this month I will have been retired for 1 year. Speak the lingo so am not dependent on anyone, and also understand the local dialect to a good degree so can have a good natter. The visa stuff is behind me now, which is great. Perhaps the only downside is trying to find a couple more things to do, besides cycling and fishing, to keep me occupied now I'm retired. After all the time I have spent here, I don't think I could live in the UK again. I've only been back 5 times in the past forty odd years so am really out of touch with life there. Thailand is my home, and I will pop my clogs here (hopefully not too soon).

I bought a house which was under a mortgage. As I was paying all up front, it was quite simple. The owner of the house had to get the bank which issued the mortgage involved and I paid for two bank drafts. One was for the outstanding amount on the mortgage which went directly into the hands of a bank official who joined us at the Land Department, and the other draft was for the remaining amount which went to the seller. We split the taxes/transfer charges between us. May be a bit more complicated if the new property is also being bought on a mortgage.

So how do you do it. Tie barrels of gasoline to the roof that feed directly to the gas tank?

Bet the pump attendant wasn't happy about that.

No. The Samsung One UI 7.0 update took a bit of getting used to but all good now. There have been complaints about the new update causing battery issues, but no problem for me.