tomazbodner

On the side of the screen, just now: the fastest way to get a divorce (or get killed) known to man!

In European country I come from, wind turbines are banned because they can't get approvals from locals nor ENVIRONMENTAL groups! They say that birds will get killed by the fans... If anyone ever looked at the wind turbines, he or she could notice that they spin at a meat grinder speeds... NOT. Either these folks think they have the most stupid birds on the planet, or have never seen a wind farm in action. Btw - it was no reservation on building another thermal power plant using lignite, probably one of, if not the most polluting fuel known to mankind, nor resistance in building a nuclear power plant... But then, with so many people there thinking 5G caused COVID, that's hardly surprising. I don't know what happened to that place lately. Like something got released into the air or water or something, which melted away the IQ?

OK, Bob, whatever you say. But... if what you wrote above is actually true, then it was truly awful idea to post this...

But honestly, folks... before Thaksin came to power, it was free for all. Foreigners could just get unlimited extensions of stay by getting to the border and back every month, work without work permits which nobody bothered to check, companies got away with pretty much anything. He put a stop to that, and started making it difficult for the foreigners who weren't following the laws. Did anyone expect that his return would mark a relaxation of rules and making it easier for foreigners to live here? Just think of the name of his first party... it was Thai rak Thai, not Thai rak Farang... Just like other politicians - he's focusing on largest group of people who cast their votes at the local elections. And that's Thai rural folks, not expats, many of whom look down on local population, for evidence of which you need to go no further than this very forum.

From southern Austria.. sign at railway station toilet:

Did someone really blur the dog's face to pritect his identity??

Apparently duct taping them works.

Sentence lacks "UN" at the front.

I'm in full agreement!

Tell your wife about it. And you'll no longer be cheating on her...

The shooter... Nattapol (surname withheld), formerly known as Dick (surname withheld)... Just kidding.

Having dated a real nurse in the past, I can say that there's no way OP's story is real. Hospitals operate every day, around the clock. There's no weekdays nurses only, they work in different shifts, all days of the week. They can have a day or 2 off between switches of day and night shifts, but if they needed more money, they could fill in for someone else to get far more than working at a bar. So her story is most likely made up. Probably the only truthful part is that she's working at a bar in Pattaya.

If this ETA would be same as e-visas, where creating a profile and logging into the system is required, you can more or less forget any elderly foreigners coming for tourism purpose from the "visa-free" countries, as they'd get lost in that page and give up, and switch to Malaysia or Philippines or... many other destinations that actually want them. This visa-free thingy was basically a con. First you tell some countries they no longer need visas, then you tell everyone that the need one. Just called differently. I wonder how long, after arrival numbers tank, this will all become a "misunderstanding". And don't get me wrong - I think ability to check people before they come is a good thing - but this isn't the right way of doing it. Especially troubling visitors to do it every time they travel.

10 Seems to work well in North Korea, doesn't it... 20 Sarcasm OFF

Well it works for others. Without ESTA you can't check into a plane when your ticket is to US. What would stop Thai government from sharing this information system with airlines with flights to Thailand?

Surely a better PR approach from the side of SQ. Otherwise Qatar has a major objection to A350 fleet to the point they turned to Boeing's new 777 generation in protest, and that is possibly far more serious concern over the materials that are chipping... A350 is made of composites, and they've discovered degradation during repainting. Airbus states that's a cosmetic issue, Qatar disagrees. I wonder why we don't hear of this from B787, I would have thought they'd both be using same composites?

And that coincided with 2.5m high tide

I'll certainly remember that!