sandyf

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.

Indeed, I had booked and paid for mine before I left Thailand, although my slot was still available the day before. Even though 5pm on a Friday evening didn't appear to be popular, still took an hour to be seen, about 6.30 before I came out.

In Sept 23 I went back to the UK to renew my passport and used the one week service. I did it at Liverpool and went reasonably well, new passport in 5 days. The one thing that caught me out was at Liverpool i was told the old passport would probably be about 10 days later than the new passport. That was a bit disconcerting as I had assumed they would come together and the timeframe went past my return to Thailand. I decided to apply for a new visa which only took 48 hours, sod's law being what it is, my old passport came back the day I got the visa. I then had the choice, return on the re-entry permit or the new visa, I decided on the new visa. Came back and did my marriage extension at the 90 days, about same time as original would have expired. No stamp transfer, TM30 or 90 day required, despite what many will imply, there is no "starting over", the process is the same. Depending on your circumstances and whether you already have the re-entry permit, it may be worth considering a new visa.

The Idiocy is someone thinking they could tell the difference between standing under a white roof or a black one.

You can hardly compare Victorian railways to modern day systems, they effectively started with a blank canvas rather than negotiating existing infrastructure. The HSR in the OP is part of the Trans-Asian Railway Agreement, Thailand pays China for materials and expertise.

Not sure what you mean in first sentence.

Your words. "Three decades later, the dollar officially became the world’s reserve currency" Three decades from 1914 would be 1944 and Sterling was the reserve currency.

The reality is it didn't happen as envisaged.