BritManToo

Even 2nd rate actors know how to run the world better than their elected government. Not sure anyone would class him as a 'Hollywood A-lister' though.

Unless you bribe the government officials not to check. And with a 'new' car it will be 5+ years before anyone looks again.

They buy metal detectors that don't detect, submarines without engines, aircraft carriers without aircraft. And yet, you expect them to have fingerprint computers better than the FBI and the London Met.

So they should be cheaper than the UK price if they come from China.

Total rubbish. The FBI and the London Met take at least 2hrs for a fingerprint search using the latest technology if the search is their No.1 priority (normal non-urgent search results are 2-3 days). Yet you believe the Thai Immigration services using a pirate version of windows 3.1 on an old PC can do it in seconds.

38 fits a revolver, 9mm fits a semi-auto. Different shell casings.

It's very easy to make friends with western foreigners here. Join a hiking or cycling club. Sit in an expat bar, play pool. I've made some really great friends here in Chiang Mai.

I always buy the cheapest paracetamol I can find, it's medicine same as cannabis. 30bht/100 is good enough. I don't need real ale either, Leo with some ice is good enough. Nor expensive wines, Full Moon dark wine cooler (25bht) does the same job

5.50 GBP (225bht) retail for a Heinz baked bean six pack in ASDA. Vs 480bht (for the same six pack in Thailand). So not quite sure what you mean in your post. Normally shipping across the world doesn't mean a 100% markup.

I'm the oldest, most educated and richest person I ever meet in Thailand. So, by their own rules, they should always wai me.

Don't wai anyone, you aren't a serf or a lord.

The biometrics only compare the name in your current passport with your fingerprints for that passport. There is no other search, it's just to stop different people using the one passport. It can't find any details used in a previous passport in a different name. It doesn't search a national fingerprint database.

Thai Government minimum insurance covers everyone for 40,000bht (maybe a bit more) of medical care in the event of an accident. Which is usually enough to cover most injuries if the victim is treated in a Thai government hospital.

But unlike Biden, Kamala (probably) knows where that border is and where she is.

I don't want any buzz at all, I just want my joint pain to go away, which 4bht/gm Lao Brick does as well as 500bht/gm flowers.

It's because experience is something you need to gain for yourself, other people telling you doesn't work.

A 10" tablet gives the same viewing size as a 55" TV.

A bit like ALL your posts.

But you're an experienced old guy that's travelled all over the world, and not a 20yo woman with no previous life experiences.

Best for her to resist extradition and not co-operate at all with the authorities.

Not worth the price. Buy yourself a 1/2Kg of Lao brick for the same money, it will last you a year.

Only a fool thinks journalists and the media broadcast/publish the truth. I post this after working 20 years in the business, and only broadcasting what the Brit security forces authorised.

I think they moved because of rent increases. Plenty of them still around in Chiang Mai and around the outskirts. Students couldn't afford the prices there anymore. Went to 'Auf der Au Garden' last week, all you can eat German buffet for 220bht. It was very busy an an amazing choice of food, price includes breads, cakes, tea and coffee. Also went to 'RajDarBar Indian restaurant' 220bht for a Masala curry and plain Naan. Too many places to choose from!

Baked beans have always been overpriced in Thailand.

Nope, I have a weight loss problem so only eat food likely to bulk me up.