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20 hours ago, essox essox said:

are there ONLY 2 SMART CARS ?? Thought I had read somewhere that there is one on Phuket, or down Krabbie way !!!

I saw two red plate liveried beemers at jomtien IO monday, FWIW!

Slight deviation from the opener so hope it's OK to hi-jack his thread, my Thai wife has ILR in the uk and must get stamped in at least every two years she is planning to fly to the UK in May this year to keep her ILR alive, more than a two year gap she will lose it, if UK comes up with a block on Thailand visitors i wonder if the UK will make allowances for such a scenario, she would hate to lose it for something completely out of her control, again apologise to the opener!

21 hours ago, baansgr said:

TAT figures are available....Westerners still make a large percentage of tourists...what's the point of the post, I went to Jomtien immigration yesterday, was full of foreigners, not a Korean or Chinese to be seen....maybe the Chinese over estimate their importance...much ado about nothing really

That is true i went to Jomtiem IO last Monday 24th don't recall seeing any Chinese types there at all mostly it seemed to me to be Eastern Europeans this was at their marriage extension counter and being Monday morning it was banged out, but saying that we were in an out in 45 minutes, home visit today 27th took about 10 minutes!

 I would blame the father more than anyone what was he doing in the house that he could'nt keep an eye all the time on an 18 month old baby, even by simply closing the doors would have saved this tragic accident, RIP to the little one, and deep sorrow for the mother who must be devastated to have this happen to her while driving!

Are Vauxhall's still made in the UK they are/were GMs, or have they pulled out there too, also Opel and maybe a few more all GMs just curious!

3 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

The reality is even worst than most people imagine. Zuckerberg is one of a new breed of billionaire "surveillance capitalists" with unprecedented influence over every aspect of our lives.

 

The ability of these social media giants to monitor and ultimately control the behavior of entire populations makes them potentially more powerful than any government. And time to curb their imperialistic ambitions is rapidly running out.

 

https://time.com/5602363/george-orwell-1984-anniversary-surveillance-capitalism/

 

 

 

 

Exactly as Malcom X said a couple of years back!

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

You apply for an extension of stay up to 30 days before your current permit to stay ends.

There is no 5 days after. You are on an overstay after your permit to stay ends.

Thanks Joe was'nt sure!

Slightly off track but at Jomtien you can report for extension (marriage) one month before due date and one week after due date, is this correct?

3 hours ago, Binger said:

Hi ya i live in si sa ket providence and had to have 2 witnesses as well but my son’s wife was able to be one who lives in same house so may be your maid + gardener can be the witness then again never know from one Immagation to the next ????

As far as i remember the witness will need their own housebook our visit last year (March) was a couple of weeks after our visit to Jontiem IO they phone a couple of days before hand to let you know!

2 hours ago, tso310 said:

He's a big Gary Glitter fan -

 

I'm the leader, I'm the leader, I'm the leader of the gang, I am
I'm the leader, I'm the leader, well, there's no one like the man I am
I can take you high as a kite every single night
I can make you jump out of bed standing on my head

If you're from the uk and old enough you might remember the song "I'm a wa...ker" much more apt!

2 hours ago, Artisi said:

Do not worry, our leader has it 100% under his personal control along with everything else that ails thailand. 

 

That was last week, by now he will have forgotten that, he must move on and take control of more pressing items busy man! 

13 hours ago, Salerno said:

Only to you 

Sorry my post made you sad,  but the comment that obviously flew clean over your head was not about being robbed in London, but about reporting it in Brussels, is that any clearer to you, i hate to make people sad, and i hope you have a wonderful day!

So it seems they got robbed in London but had to go to Brussels police station, or is that where they discovered they had been robbed, seems strange!

(She said she didn't want to talk much about losing nearly 200,000 baht in the theft. She said she had to go to the police station in Brussels (the capital of Belgium).

When they visited us from jomtiem IO they rang the day before visit presumably for you to get the rquired witness ready, took about three photos did'nt enter the house at all never said a single word to me, in all the visit took about 20 minutes, no problem really!

14 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I for one being a resident farang would gladly kick his fat backside all the way to airport and back to where he hatched from. As for his missus she could do some time in jail to reflect on her actions to a fellow countrywomen.

Thieving at best is bad enough but from elderly shopkeepers who showed them an amount of trust and good service didn't deserve this!

From the opener they are both reported as being foreign and she certainly looks foreign so stealing from her own country women does'nt really come into it, unless i misunderstood your post!

16 hours ago, kickstart said:

Triumph TR6 Trophy. 

Are you sure. if i remember correctly it looked like a Triumph 3T (350 twin) which was very popular around the time that film was made, I would like to see another picture of it, but don't remember any upswept exhaust pipe of the trophy TR 5/6!

46 minutes ago, Yinn said:

Very stupid thread question.

 

Thai people not care/think about/ interest/talk about “westerners” much.

Thai intersted/care about there family, friends, neighbors, pets more than “westerners”

 

Sorry, you not important like you imagine yourself. 

In your home country, people talk about Thai people every day? Or not?

 

Q “Which countries in SEA dont blame westerners for everything”

A  Every SEA country. 

Welcome back Yinn, agreed seem's a strange question in view of this horrific robbery! 

11 hours ago, dvg said:

2 month ago I had foto nr 2 and 3 and was send back home for a 3 th picture in the bedroom with the two off us.Here in Chiang Mai.

Strangely enough at jomthiem i have never been asked (five times) for bedroom photos, but as already stated big variations at different IOs so best for the opener to make sure what exactly is required at the office he intends on using! 

If you are using a vpn turn it off and try again, worked for me! (In answer to Gillyflower's post)

On 1/3/2020 at 8:41 PM, Oxx said:

 

"I think"? Clearly you didn't "think".  Why make up a stupid lie that is so easily disproven? Some pathological hatred of the UK? Or just of its navy?

 

There one Admiral, five vice admirals and 22 rear admirals, compared with 75 commissioned ships (including submarines) and additional ships in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and under contract.

 

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/documents/useful-resources/navy_directory.pdf?la=en-gb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ships

Sorry if i upset you there and thanks for the info, the reason i said think was because it was something i had read a while back, but could not vouch for as i did not know if the info was correct or not, as for hatred of the UK i was born and bred there 81 years ago and certainly no hatred for it or the navy, not as you seem to have when answering a post, can you actually hold a discussion before accusing people of lying and stupidity accusations?   

On 1/2/2020 at 12:57 PM, overherebc said:

I would agree. Even UK forces it becomes less likely to be involved up the sharp end if ranked higher than major. In some of the more specialised units Colonels may get involved but that's tied to specialist training and experience.

Coming through the ranks to reach comm' off' status it's also unusual to climb higher than major. Positions above that are usually filled by Sandhurst production systems and the old boy network meaning you fit into the 'forward, he cried from the rear' system.

UK I think now had about 80ish total Brig's and Gen's

I think the UK also has more Admirals than ships, so not only top heavy here in Thailand

On 12/21/2019 at 9:13 PM, Mac98 said:

Because the pre-existing conditions loophole means you will not be covered for what is most likely to put you in hospital. You will have paid thousands of dollars for absolutely nothing. And if a retiree makes it to 75 he can't get insurance anyway. Offer a decent policy and i will buy it. They should have an inexpensive "catastrophic" policy that covers costs for anything and everything, but only for the part of those costs exceeding 200,000b. The hospital should collect your passport and not return it until your part of the bill has been paid.    

Exactly, some posters come up with these none thought out reasons for not having insurance, just try getting insured at 81 with existing conditions see what it costs if you can get it, and what you are covered for, as the swaying goes "words are cheap" the actual doing is somewhat different!

2 hours ago, Chazar said:

actually you can quite easily in the Uk once youve gotten in

True, as long as you don't try and do it the legal way then you will get all kinds of problems just trying to get in!

Would love to have seen Yinn's take on this posting, still time though!