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Thank goodness I am not the only person who was thinking this. If you are only using the machine for surfing, and other simple day-to-day stuff, the latest base model MacBook Air is a fantastic machine. I love mine. All of my Macs have lasted at least 8 years with the only issue ever being the battery needing replacement. That said, the machines are much less "repairable", completely not upgradeable, and finding competent repair shops outside Bangkok is more difficult.

Indeed. If the company is assigning the numbers, then okay. But if it becomes part of the DLT or the RTP, then it will just wind up being the same corruption forced upon the motorcycle taxis. I suspect this is the ultimate goal of this proposal.

Police officers with this degree of lack of self-control and human decency need to be dismissed from the force.

Poor girl. Pain on so many levels.

10 years ago, the mile-long party of street bars down Sukhumvit from Asok to Nana was a truly unique phenomenon. An experience unmatched by any "establishment". However, the current parasites put an end to that 7 years ago, and it still has not recovered to this day. I wonder if it ever can. Very sad. Those here long before I arrived will also attest to the other character lost, like the bar complex in what is currently Chuwit's park, the bars in "Washington" on Soi 22, and many others. Hooters is a self-parody of what I left behind to live here.

The 96.5% gold "bars" sold in Thailand are referred to as "baht gold", because they are sold in units of "baht", which is a weight (15.244 grams). The dealers have a "spread" - in other words, you pay more (when buying) than the spot price, and receive less (when selling) than the spot price. This is typically 100 to 300 baht. I would not pay more than that, and would expect 100 or 200 baht from a reputable shop. Personally, in Thailand, I will only buy "baht gold", as these are the most easily sold. Also note that you always want to sell back to the shop you bought from. Selling to a different shop will often mean a bigger hit on the spread. I have never fully understood why this is, and it is not always the case, but I believe it is simply because the shop "knows" their own bars and can trust the assay, whereas another shop may feel the need to assay the bar to confirm its purity and weight. Of course, major "chains" will accept from any of their branches.

That is correct. And if your overstay is under 90 days, you will not be blacklisted.

The only way you will be arrested is if you are stopped by a police officer while on overstay. If you do not get stopped by an officer before making it to the airport and paying the fine during exit, you will have no problem. Of course, there is the possibility that immigration notices your overstay and sends officers to your residence to arrest you. Unlikely, but possible. That said, I would never risk it. Being locked up in the detention center is a nightmare, and one that I would never risk. I would either get the visa sorted, or I would exit. As for blacklisting, that does not happen until your overstay reaches 90 days, if you are not arrested, but occurs no matter how many days if you are arrested.

I think that depends on which hotdog you placed in the oximeter.

I believe I saw it in Tops as well.

First visit in 2002. Moved here permanently in 2010. Came for pv55y. Stayed for pv55y. Will die chasing pv55y. I like Thai food, I like Thai people, I like the sunshine, I like Bangkok. And I wanted to watch the collapse of American culture from afar.

This woman should be the next PM.

Human nature and the bell curve. The Internet is simply amplifying it. Really amplifying it.

The TAT never cries. They just pull out the magic calculator and generate new numbers guaranteed to bring happiness to the PM people.

Given that international travel from China was allowed six full weeks after all domestic travel was halted, that blame lies squarely with the CCP. That said, more and more evidence is indicating that the virus had already arrived in many countries well before the end of 2019, so it is possible that the pandemic could have been unstoppable by any measure.

And in other news... TAT recently instructed it's staff to review all Thai Airbnb listings to ensure they are prepared for the re-opening. The staff was instructed to use US, European and Russian proxies to ensure they would see the site exactly as the tourists would see them.

Now that is the sort of photo that will get the tourists up and running to the airport...

The airport photo looks like some dystopian nightmare. You could not talk me into traveling anywhere right now.

Luk-fei: "Hey, Pipatpon, can you and your boss handle the phones for a while, I am heading out to get some lunch..."

Yes.

The question is why would anyone allow a bank to dominate their money in this fashion. I would have my money in another bank as fast as I could possibly move it. So it sounds to me like this has nothing to do with banks.

I only insist on washing my hands every time I fondle a girl. So 20 minutes sounds about right.

"Most dependent" and least capable of managing it.

Anyone willingly purchasing these coins needs to be jettisoned from earth.

Ask the government folks to come to your house to discuss. Be polite, explain the circumstance, negotiate a lower payment. Get a receipt.