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They sent an email confirmation that my application was approved on the sixth of May, so the delay was from their announced holiday. Although I never was able to track it on the website the drop-off process was quite easy and the counter people were reasonably switched-on and helpful. My pickup date is a week from the day I dropped it off. The staff was Thai not Chinese. There does appear to be a mail-back service, and can be done entirely by mail if you don't need to be fingerprinted (10 year visa). I never quite figured that out and will go pick it up myself.

Thank you Sir, I applied on the 29th and missed that they would be closed. Your head's up is very helpful. I'm American - I wouldn't blame them if I wasn't welcome. Hopefully, it is just the holiday delay 🙏 Thanks again!

I applied online as instructed at https://visaforchina.cn/ . My application first said "under review" for a couple of days and now "no data found". The Chinese Visa Center has yet to respond to email inquiry about this. Has anyone been through the process that can advise how the website is supposed to work?

Nah. People who keep cockroaches as pets are recognized as nuts in just about every culture 🤪

It's been more than 30 days since the earthquake, so it seems very optimistic to call it a rescue effort. Perhaps some families are still holding out hope. Thailand could use a miracle right about now 🙏🙏🙏

Mr Trump indicates that the Office of the US Trade Representative is quite busy these days.

I used it years ago - Just dial the 00500 before your outgoing call to get the rate. FYI - 2.5 baht/minute is 7.5 cents, which isn't a good deal. I use Yolla, which is 1 cent per minute. Yolla lets me set my caller ID for my USA number so the banks recognize my incoming calls.

Yeah classy white guy - only three of them. If it were Thais vs a foreigner, we'd have seen an entire group of motorbike taxi drivers pile on. Coulda been worse, and certainly not national news where I come from 🙄

Why not some cock? I'm hopelessly heterosexual, but you are absolutely right. Bangla has something for everyone 😂

Bangla Road and other red-light districts are designed to loads the boys up with alcohol, then get their testosterone flowing with girly shows and roaving hookers. It's a bit absurd that "netizens are outraged" every time the inevitable scuffle occurs. No news here. Move along 🥺

The planet would be in fine shape if not infested with human beings. There are simply too many of us, and we're a completely irresponsible species. We are driving ourselves toward our own extinction which is the best possible outcome now for the planet and the rest of it's inhabitants 😷

Yes of course. Brilliant plan. Americans will pay $3k for an iPhone and 500 bucks for a pair of sneakers. What a stupendous punishment for the Chinese 🤪

The ignore user button works for me 😁

Elon Musk knew what was coming, so you gotta wonder how many billions he made last week short-selling the US market. If he started shorting a few seconds after the news release there's no insider trading crime. Elon probably can't short-sell Tesla but I'd bet he's making a fortune shorting the United States of America. Thanks Bro 🥺

Thais treat their currency with great respect because it carries an image of the King. As soon as they put Donald Trump's face on American currency I know what I'll be using it to wipe my butt 😁

"Old age" is no longer recognized as a natural cause of death by the medical community on a death certificate in the West. We have some ridiculous expectation that with the best medical treatments, we'll live forever. I plan to be stoic and accept the aging process with grace. If I chicken out I'll be posting my go-fund-me page right here 😂

Flop...Flip...Flop...Flip...Gee I wonder what comes next 🙄

We're definitely going to need some bigger little brown envelopes 😂

The girl they fired last week or a rival bar owner?

If I were a sofa I would not turn my back on either of those guys 😁

"The most incompetent US admin in history has been elected" Umm, that would be re-elected. Goes to show ya can't fix stupid 🥺

That would be a nightmare for an old dude like me. I'll be taking a pee before getting on any elevator for the next few days 😊

@837iymho I'm an unashamed snob for great quality weed and I find this popcorn amazingly good for 20g/350 b. I wouldn't have even tried it if a friend hadn't turned me on to a few buds. I ordered several strains and was impressed with all. I'm wondering if the glut of good popcorn weed has anything to do with the thousands of kilos of prime bud being smuggled offshore. I think I read about 1000kg being busted in the last couple of weeks - tip of the iceberg as they say, and they wouldn't bother shipping the popcorn. This was good weed and crazy-good for the price.

Go-fund-me page for poor Ed's bereavement care is coming soon 😉

It's not as if there has been a manhunt all these years, they caught him on re-entry to Heathrow. Sounds like he could have ridden out of his years in Thailand. Dumb move to return to the scene of the crime 😔