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Quite. I was stationed at Sharjah in 1970 for a year, rained once for about 5 minutes in August. Used to do compass swings at 6am before the heat got too high.

Bring it on. The number of electricity units I have used during the first 4 months of this year is about 30% lower than for the same 4 months last year. Have to blame it on the weather.

Yes they do, but that is not the point. The objective is advance warning on who will be travelling. There is a another system in place, API(Advance Passenger Information), but it is airline orientated and not all airlines use it. Depending on the airline used some information will now be provided twice. AI Overview Learn more No, not all airlines use Advance Passenger Information (API) systems, but many airlines are required to collect and transmit API data for flights to or from certain countries. API systems are implemented in nearly all countries globally, with the US, EU, and many other countries requiring it. Elaboration: Why API systems are used: Many countries require airlines to collect and transmit API data for security and border control purposes. This information is used to screen passengers before they arrive in a country, helping to identify individuals who may pose a threat. Who needs to provide API: Generally, all passengers flying to or from countries that require API systems need to provide the necessary information. How to provide API: You can usually provide your API information when you book your flight or check in online. Some airlines also allow you to provide the information online using a dedicated form. Examples of airlines requiring API: Many major airlines, including Air Canada, Emirates, American Airlines, Singapore Airlines, and British Airways, are required to collect and transmit API data for flights to or from certain countries. Consequences of not providing API: If you are not required to provide API information for your specific flight, you can usually still travel without it. However, if you are required to provide API information and fail to do so, you may not be allowed to travel or may face delays at check-in.

Delusional.

If you want to believe it was cancelled on price, feel free.

Haven't eaten in there for a couple of decades. Used to stay regularly at the Golden Crab across the road and the night before going back to UK would go over and get a roast lamb dinner and take it back. More than enough for two and certainly the best roast lamb in Pattaya at the time. Good to see it still on the go.

That is a matter of opinion. The fact is it cannot work very well in the long term. If every country took the Trump approach the only outcome would be war. Of course the US is under the delusion it can win any battle.

Exactly. Home grown and tariffs mean inflation, what all Americans are looking forward to.

Exactly. I knew I was tone deaf but thought I would give it a go and did a course at the language school, couldn't hack it. The tutor found it difficult to understand what she was hearing was different to what I thought I was saying.

I would be extremely surprised if it is available to foreigners. Visa status and residency have to be checked, so why build something into the software for a extemely small percentage of the applicants. Will be like the elderly with a medical condition.

You haven't been very clear on what they said on the 90 day. There has been a recent change on that in that you cannot now use online first time after having left the country, I have been using the online since it started with little problem until a few months back. Got online rejection saying must report in person. If as indicated in the OP your brother was actually extending a visa, immigration would have done a 90 day as part of a first extension and then advised the next 90 day should be done in person, any subsequent 90 days can then be done online.

Of course, it couldn't possibly be the US getting the hump with Thailand. Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai confirmed today that Thailand will not move forward with the purchase of F-16 fighter jets from the United States, citing the unfeasibility of meeting the stringent loan conditions attached to the deal. https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thailand-rejects-us-loan-terms-for-f-16-jets

Not a threat, a warning based on a consideration, which obviously you tried to distort.

That's a good one. By "us" you would be referring to the indiginous population. Funny that Americans would prefer to forget where they came from.

I have seen many around here put their fruit in paper bags on the trees. Looks like the bags have been supplied for the purpose being made from recycled newspaper. Don't know any suppliers but Lazada and Shopee would be a good start.

The US is based on bullying, Trump has just highlighted it at a global level. Didn't it kick off with the northern states bullying the south.

I wouldn't trust anything where the CIA were involved, it is not like the US would have it in for China, but feel free to go with the minority. From my previous link The lab leak theory emerged early in 2020 and was embraced by President Donald Trump. It gained momentum in May 2021 when 18 scientists, including Worobey, wrote a letter to the journal Science saying all possible origins of the pandemic, including a lab leak, deserve investigation. President Joe Biden then asked his intelligence agencies to investigate. They were unable to reach a consensus. Most favored a natural origin, but two agencies favored a lab origin. None claimed high confidence in their conclusions.

Please tell us what Trump is threatening out of, GREED? His greed to be the global bully boy knows no bounds. Time the Americans woke up and saw what is coming down the pipe.

Conspiracy is like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. The genetic evidence, the new report contends, supports the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 emerged in the same way that SARS-CoV-1 — which sickened people in 2002-2003 but was extinguished before it could cause a full-blown pandemic — is widely believed to have started, from animals sold in a market. The authors contend the world needs to take more aggressive action to shut down the illegal trade in wildlife to lower the risk of another catastrophic pandemic. “All the data [on the origin of the pandemic] currently available point in the same direction, which is the wildlife trade in the Huanan market. Will it put the debate to an end? I’m afraid it’s unlikely,” Débarre said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/09/19/covid-origin-wuhan-market/

Only a certain mentality divorced from reality would believe that after the war every country in the world rushed out and converted their reserves to USD. If it floats your boat feel free.

Quite. We would have seen the same distorted headline if he had failed to file tax return. Some want to lap it up like blotting paper.

Colour is irrelevant, what really matters is height and air under the covering being able to move.

I had intended that, but when I went the premium service had been suspended due to high demand, not an option at that point in time. Think it was out for about 3 months.

I got married in 2008 and did the first 6 years on ME visas, go back to UK every year. Started marriage extensions in 2014 and a couple of retirements before the embassy threw the toys out of the pram. For one reason or another have had a few new visas during that time, it's no big deal. Each to their own with what's most comfortable. Good luck with passport.

Particularly for some western expats in Thailand. When I first came here, according to some, buying propery using a company with Thai nominee was the more astute way to proceed. Buying in a family name was perceived as having a screw loose. I don't know any personally anymore, all sold up and gone home, but must be some still about.