hobobo

Does anyone know what is the earliest date to apply for Retirement Extension in Jomtien IO? I generally apply 3 to 4 weeks before it is due, but this year I plan a three-week trip up north which means I would have to apply about five and a half weeks early (40 days to be precise). Would Jomtien IO consider such an early application? I prefer not to leave it until my return from Chiang Rai in case some unforeseen event delays my return.

Thanks for your comments and advice.

On 6/27/2020 at 10:58 AM, chrisandsu said:

Seems to me that living in Thailand is like some people’s only chance of feeling like a pop star . Problem comes when the adulation stops and they realise they are just another normal guy with with no money . Very sad . Rip 

Did he confide in you about the shortage of cash? If not, yours is an audacious presumption! If I was a moderator.....

9 hours ago, Martin71 said:

Something you don't see every day..... a thai actually using his indicators...

Must have been accidentally switched on in the fall...

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Daily News did not report the whereabouts of the foreign husband when all this was taking place, notes Thaivisa.

He was chatting online to a girl who called herself Noi……?

19 hours ago, Denim said:

 

Same as 40 years ago , stuck in a hire car. Not much progress in dealing with droughts and floods in this country. It's as if every changing season takes them completely by surprise.

Same as 75 years ago, bullock cart wheel got stuck in the mud and those lazy beasts... you can imagine!

4 hours ago, BobBKK said:

The baht opened at 31.39 to the US dollar this morning (June 9), strengthening from its previous close of 31.40.

 

31.39 is stronger than 31.40?   really?  is this Math Thai style?

Back to school for you, matey. 

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Massage houses are allowed to open but they must refrain from opening sauna and steam rooms while prohibiting the touching or massaging of customers' faces.

Well, they've been told not to massage my face, and I tell them stay away from my feet & toes (too ticklish), so the best is that they concentrate somewhere in between the two ????

5 hours ago, bristolgeoff said:

She had her long plan,once everything in her name bye my love.I don,t love you just with you for your money. how many are playing this long game

 

That's not a game, it's a profession and can lead to a long and promising career  ????‍♂️

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

That update was posted after my post Bob, If I had seen the update then my post would have indicated such.  However, how does a Chinese national repatriate to Thailand from Russia, when only Thai Nationals are being repatriated....

Read ThailandRyan, read again and pay attention

2 hours ago, keith101 said:

If the numbers are true at single digit or zero cases why is the emergency still needed unless the numbers arent correct . 

Perhaps their statements are incomplete - maybe they should read "number of new cases, zero; number of deaths, zero; number of tests completed, zero". Then the lockdown is here forever.

5 hours ago, Oldie said:

Endless bars here in Pattaya have been without (m)any customers even during the high season. I am always asking myself how they survive or if they are perhaps only used for money laundering.

 

I think this bar business is outdated and should be replaced by more appealing things. Could be the right time now to change this sex and booze image. Alone walking on the Beach Road in not Corona times is a sex hassle for "normal" tourists. But even yesterday when I had to walk to the post office - "I come with you", "boom boom" and other invitations for sex. An open air brothel open at daytime already and this even at Corona times. 

You lucky thing!

56 minutes ago, JohnBZ said:

Coming back to Thailand can be a problem.  But I am so bored here and need an adventure outside the country so much that I am willing to take the risk.  I believe that if I can get our of Thailand now and have fun in a new country for a month, by then most countries will be open even if Thailand does not let me come back.

 

Worst case, I can always go back to the good old USA. 

Typical Republican viewpoint. Good luck. Get your excitement on Fox News instead.

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

who told you that? 

Sneaking off to Isaan for a few days? Yeah, I remember you did say there was an acute shortage of fairer sex in Hua Hin… And what did you do with her clothes, you're not a trophy hunter now?

16 hours ago, giddyup said:

In an ambulance.

Or a coffin, more like...

3 hours ago, Davo369 said:

What plane is it then??

Close... Try A329?

4 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Yes, we are pretty sure about that. Here in Thailand they are not very common and most of the mad ones are walking freely on the streets I have been told.

So we blend in, you saying? 

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

what happened to the guy who said he was in the mafia?  

you mean the station commander? I thought he was with the Police? Can he be in both?

A lot depends on what Thailand wants. If it is only the TAT favourite, the absolute number of arrivals, this could be accommodated by the Chinese/Indians alone in a relatively short period of time. However, we all know that neither of these countries love to spend any money beyond the cost of the tour, hence there will be zero employment opportunity for the informal sector.

But if Thailand wants to return to a mix of "feel good" tourists (also known as party animals, sex tourists, even backpackers) as well as a group or two (or a thousand) of Chinese, and garnished with the inevitable "family holidays in Thailand" brigade, the future looks a lot more uncertain. The poor Chinese will come back, for sure (rich ones go to the UK, France, Italy and the US), but "feel good" tourists will not easily forget the abuse they've suffered at the hands of most Thais over the past 5 or 10 years, and will look at the alternative destinations in the region. And the family holidays brigade, well, they never really took off in Thailand.

The picture doesn't look rosy any longer. There will be far more losers than winners, especially from the informal sector. 

6 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Does that mean bars and restaurants will be open even tho it was announced by the government that no alcohol sales until end of May <deleted> is running the show ????

I always felt that Pattaya was rather slow, but clearly Koh Samui must be even slower? Or is it just you?

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

i'm half Cherokee and i take offence already...

And I'm the other half, but take no offence at all! Flick that chip off, ezzra, that's a good boy...

5 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

this seems more realistic. 

and only the strong will survive and it may be much longer than this before we see the level of small business return to pre-virus days. 

i only hope my favorite restaurants in Pattaya survive.

 

Do you mean Soi 6 ones, or all of them?

8 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

probably dont consider a helmet important for 20 kph trip to the end of the soi.

call me old-fashioned, or slow on the uptake of news, but has walking been banned as well under Covid-19 measures? My nearest 7-Eleven is 300 metres away, 600 metres for an all too-short round trip. In 6 years at this address I have never once gone to the shop by bike (I don't go shopping when it's pouring down). The g/f, on the other hand, has never ever walked. And her pathetic excuse - Why d'you buy the bike if you want to walk? Beyond words. She does have one or two good qualities; no, make that a one!

4 hours ago, Mavideol said:

so what's the purpose of having the public holidays

so that we can stay at home (thanks god!), and not having to go to work ?