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1 hour ago, tx22cb said:

All these bombs are taking place in the South for some reason .....

Unlikely to be due to personal conflict.

Authorities have no clue and are not able to prevent repeats.

I would avoid Hua Hin for now.  And be careful wherever you are in Thailand - it could spread.

This is the test run for Bangkok

An ex Thai teacher, that about sums up the reason for this happening.  No brain, pure caveman. 

Been eating Thai street food for 10 years including Pla ra (Fermented fish) in som tom and have never been sick.   I agree that Thai street food is at the top.

3 hours ago, Kabula said:

Open UTube and do a search for, 'pokemon go accidents.'

 

Just scanning the long lists of horrific accidents, and video images, stressed me out.

 

Parents need to see the end game of all this nonsense and warn their children and friends.

 

Intensive care, rehabilitation medical bills and loss of income will send the stress levels over the top.  

It's not the game, it's just senseless people.  If there is a pokemon in reach of you, you get a notification by your phone vibrating.  

I also saw this story a few days ago from my gf.  That girl 'A' is one of the girls that you can see on WeChat "promoting her massage services" except she is quality.  A solid 9 in my opinion, worth taking a look.

Ahh, sorry this one is blurred out.  Worth finding the original if you can.

Was he playing Pokemon Go?

I went to Chatachuk Park to see what all the hype is about the game.  It's good in the sense it makes people be active, counting the distance you walk.  That being said, I was there for probably 30-40 minutes and I put my phone in my pocket just to avoid the people walking into me.  I was dodging left and right in a park, I can't imagine the amount of senseless people that are going to die from stepping out of traffic here.  The amount of deaths from teenagers getting smashed might surpass the amount of farangs jumping out of buildings. 

Stupid is what stupid does.

5 hours ago, boomerangutang said:

I don't know your money situation, but I keep baht in a Thai bank.  That way, I don't pay any fees when I withdraw, and no currency exchange fees.  If that sort of thing is plausible for you, you could avoid some fees.

Yes, thanks.  I try to use my KTB Thai account as often as possible to avoid those hefty charges.  The only annoying thing is I originally opened the account in Khon Kaen and now I live in Bangkok so they charge a 20 baht fee for each transaction. 

6 hours ago, Acharn said:

Don't know who is charging you. When I withdraw money from my Credit Union Visa card I get charged at an exchange rate very close to the posted daily rate, sometimes a little better. I think your foreign bank, or credit card, are the ones who decide on the rate to use.

It was like this for years, however, about 4 months ago it changed and every time I use the ATM it gives me a crap rate.  I have a few different US banks, including Credit Union.  The ATM's post on the menu the crappy rate and asks if I would like to continue.  I have no choice but to say yes if I want to withdraw the money.  I'm actually going to look into this.

I only wish the Thai banks followed the daily rate.  ATM's raping people giving only like 30-32 baht when withdrawing cash.

555, 'ban' on Tramadol. They did make it harder to get but I still can easily find it and buy in mass quantity if I wanted.

They are handling this case well so far, hope the good work continues.

Anybody know a good place to have dinner for the 4th of July here in Bangkok?

I'm waiting for one of the girls who she did convince to go to Hong Kong steps forward to give a real perspective.

So they know he's mentally deficient yet rather than trying to establish properly what his mental state and condition is, they'll just try him as a fit man for the hell of it.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

I agree with you but from the Thais viewpoint it's just a waste of time because they don't have the psychiatrists adequate to give a proper diagnosis. Hundreds of thousands of mentally unstable people just passed through the system at all levels.

Thanks for the GRAPHIC warning

i didn't watch it.

I personally don't think the video is graphic at all. I guess I was expecting more or I'm just getting used to the gory and horrific tragedies in the daily news.

Well it was reported that 90% of the tiger breeding operations are corrupt so Makes sense to close down all of them arrest the operators place in protective custody, then investigate them then let the government take over all of them with international monitoring put in place.

Yes, it makes sense but 99.9999% of Thais lack common sense so this won't happen.

Wow, the longest 1 on 1 fight involving a Thai that I've seen.

It didn't state which school in Khon Kaen on June 3rd so I googled it and sure enough it was the school I worked for previously. In both cases it mentions where the milk was supplied from but I personally would never drink the milk after witnessing it sitting in the blazing heat for 7-8 hours. Even though this is a government school, it's a pure business from the head principal's view. The cost of ice to chill the milk adds up for 1k-2k students. He needs that money to pay for his Benz , massage parlor, gigs, etc.

OK, thanks for the responses, info, and advice everybody.

Edit: In reply to your last post. You could get a 60 day extension of your entry to visit your child.

UbonJoe, a 60 day extension would be great to get my things sorted out. Do you know what I need to do this?

Usually the most reliable and safest of all the bus companies...

I only and frequently take NCA (Nakornchai Air Bus) but seems like they've had a lot of crashes lately. I usually only take them from Bangkok to Khon Kaen (and vice-versa). They've always seemed professional. It's a 6 hour journey and they switch drivers half-way. Anybody else have negative/positive incite about NCA?

Yes, doing more research, I guess the visa is good for one year which I thought I would have but I only get 90 days out of it. My son is actually alone with me for this 7 week trip. I don't watch him full-time, but although both myself and his mother moved on, we are all civil and I'm pretty sure that she would vouch that I do take care of him full-time. He also goes to an International School in Thailand which I pay for and have full documentation from my bank statement. I'm only 37 so I'm not eligible for retirement visa. What would I need to extend it?

6. PERIOD OF STAY

Holder of this type of visa is entitled to stay in Thailand for a maximum period of 90 days. He or she may apply for an extension of stay at the Office of the Immigration Bureau and may be granted such extension for a period of one year from the date of first entry into Thailand.

Well, I've found out one of my questions that the numb-nut immigration officials were so unclear about when I was trying to get this on about 3-4 attempts to Laos. I love how each time I ask a different immigration officer, I get a different answer. Well, I'm now in a predicament. It says I may be granted an extension for a period of 1 year from the date of first entry into Thailand? Previously I was on Tourist Visas pretty much for 8 years, spending some time in other countries and a couple months in the US every year but since my son is nearly 4 and I'm not with his mother anymore, I pretty much have to stay in Bangkok to be close to him. I do get him 3/days week which is good. OK, any advice would be much appreciated!!!

I have a one year single entry Non-O.