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26 minutes ago, champers said:

The Chinese, Koreans and Indians are from Asia. Comparing hotels here to hotels in Europe is of no relevence to them.

No, maybe not,

But it is very relevant to me and the hundreds of thousands of Western tourists that visit Thailand that face very expensive costs for hotels in Europe. They make South East Asian hotels extremely good value for money.

1 hour ago, Gandtee said:

Pathetic!

+1

20 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

I’ve used them in Paris and Penang a few times, well worth it because you can get a whole apartment for less than a low end shabby hotel room, but in Thailand the hotels are plentiful and cheap enough and the service usually excellent as to render AirBnB unnecessary for me in Thailand.

And that is precisely the point of why Thai hotels and I should imagine Vietnamese and Cambodian hotels will be unaffected!

It is because the hotels in these countries are one of the things where the customer really still gets value for money as opposed to Europe.

On 5/28/2019 at 3:13 PM, BritManToo said:

Because they're lazy, and young guys don't have the money to support lazy.

As far as I am concerned the women in the bars, and the young people of Isaarn, male and female, are bone idle.

5 hours ago, chainarong said:

Prayut did the dirty on his long time friend Yingluck , watch him do the dirty on the Thai people.

He has already!

1 hour ago, ubonjoe said:

Yes it does.

The only unknown is how much has to be in the bank after 3 months at the full amount. Some offices have said half of it.

It does seem a tad ridiculous really when the option is 65K a month into Thailand or 800K on deposit. One would think both these methods were proof of a person's funds to take care of expenses for 12 months. After all, the clock and proof of income funds start again at the next request for a 12-month extension.

This borders on impossible for the man or woman with the 800K in the bank when such restriction are being placed on the funds before and after the grant of the 12-month extension. I thought the entire reason for this amount of funds in the bank was to fund your life for the 12 month period, including rent, food, hospitals or whatever, etc With the two months before, three months after and then not allowing the funds to drop below 400K, it is a ridiculous state of affairs for many, who could normally survive, especially the older end, who are asking for nothing really, just access to their own funds.

Such has been the determination to close the loophole on agents funding extensions. that this important factor, and for some, their means of support, has been lost in the knee jerk, ill thought out, rush to stop agents.

Whatever happens, the agents and such will, as usual, find a way to circumvent the system.

56 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

Thanks for proving my point. I pointed out that given your political predilections, it's unlikely that you're "not a fan of Trump". And you reply with a completely irrelevant rant that only further supports my contention.

A good job there are guys like Trump around to counter left-wing, liberal lunatics! ......who all think the moon is made of green cheese.

I understood it all until her having to sign a guarantee for another 870K, that I could not fathom out at all if she hadn't borrowed anything to warrant it?

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

First two sentences utter hogwash.

 

Actually the whole post is nothing more than an emotional off topic rant.

An American Democrat trying to tell me what is right and wrong in British politics!  .......... Get used to Trump, he's going to win the next election too!

Also, I wasn't the person that took the post off topic!

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

Still you claim 'he tells it like it is'.

 

He is up to how many lies now, 10,000+ or so?

Hahaha,

What can I say? He's learning to be a politician!

1 hour ago, bristolboy said:

Right. You don't like Trump but somehow you manage to sound an awful lot like him.

Ah,I suppose you are one of those that support uncontrolled immigration to the U.K.  by illegal and economic migrants?

I suppose you also support them being given housing, money and healthcare whilst our pensioners go cold and choose to heat or eat? 

I am a Patriot and a Nationalist and believe in the UK and I am also ex-services. I believe servicemen coming back from war zones should take priority over all these left-wing policies, that support and want to allow ISIS returnees and filth like that into the UK.

These same people screaming and asking where the Police and emergency services are when they have problems themselves and our stretched Emergency services cannot be there at the drop of a hat because of budget cuts and resources being diverted to look after those that have no right to be in the UK.

19 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

 

When someone says "I am not a Trump fan but" what that invariably means is that he or she is a huge Trump fan but is trying to gain some credibility by denying it. 

No,

Not a fan, but I am changing my mind and beginning to like him!

1 minute ago, Morty T said:

Did she move to Canada ? No, like all liberals of her ilk, she stayed and benefited from the Trump economy, all the while complaining about it. 

No, she moved to Britain and will now enjoy a free ride for the rest of her life!

Mind you, she will be OK there as there is plenty of tree hugging, mindless idle leftie liberals to talk to. They talk a lot but don't do much!

4 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Nice walk-back.

 

Sure, we call it free speech.

 

The preamble of choice these days when trying to explain the *******-addled comments of trump.

 

Sure, this is fine for the average Joe, or failed real-estate magnate, but in Presidents? MAybe an ounce of decency, please.

 

Insulting Ms. Markle (Duchess of Essex) hardly qualifies as a policy achievement.

 

 

1. I didn't walk back anywhere.

2. She is a member of the Royal household and therefore not entitled to free speech, the price you pay for the job!

3. I have never been a Trump fan, so this comment is irrelevant.

4. He is getting things done, he may not be doing it in the presidential way you like it or following the rules of predecessors but that is why the Americans chose him, as a change to the norm.

5. I think she is now the Duchess of Sussex, not Essex. Also, I think it was her that ' cast the first stone ' in insults.

Whether he said it or not or was misquoted, she also had plenty to say for herself as well.

I am not a Trump fan but find it refreshing the way sometimes he ' says it like it is ' as opposed to other US presidents and British prime ministers that bumble through their terms achieving nothing on the world stage except ' kicking the can down the road ' and leaving problems for the next occupant of the White House or Downing Street.

Regards to her, she is now a member of the British royal family and as such should remain noncontroversial and out of politics.

You can't have all the trappings of British Royalty and then shoot your mouth off as a US actor when it suits you.

The Royal family id there to represent the United Kingdom, if you don't like Donald Trump OK, but in her position, keep your mouth shut. Respect the office of the US president and the USA, even if you don't like the man himself.

There are also a lot of people in the U.K. that actually wish we had a Prime minister who would ' grasp the nettle ' although not in the same fashion, as Donald Trump and admire what he is doing not necessarily in the way he puts it across.

Let's wait for the new immigration chief announce that due to the expense of fitting these new enhanced check machines for facial recognition and fingerprinting, there is to be an additional charge put on the price of the air ticket, the same as they did for the last ' improved ' system and shortly, no doubt, to be followed by the health insurance charges etc

The departure tax is now included in the ticket, not long before these additional fees and taxes will cost more than the price of the airline ticket!

Thailand trying to ' gouge ' every baht from every person, tourist or transit.

1 minute ago, Con Peoples Fund said:

ya mate agree with u. those 200baht helmet from big c or teso are known by the rescue services as "Brain Bucket" coz all its good for after an accident it holding the brains. However having said this,i also understand that not everyone can afford a proper helmet costing min 1000baht when they are getting 10k per mth in wages so .... maybe RTP should sponsor?

The problem with a lot of these young guys, and I know plenty of them in the 18-35 age bracket up here, is that they would sooner get their wages, giggle like schoolboys, and spend 2-3,000 baht out of their 10,000 baht salaries for a night at the local whorehouse!

They could buy a decent safety helmet, only the other helmet takes priority!

50,000 baht for murder and given the death sentence!

Considering at the next Amnesty that will be reduced to 25 years, Then he has achieved for his disgusting crimes the sum total of 2,000 baht a year!

Not a budding Al Capone, is he?

What a prat!

When some of you ask ' Were they wearing a helmet? '  

Have you seen the standard of bike helmets worn and used by the Thais and tourists?

Do you think they offer any protection whatsoever? And they won't buy the good quality helmets because ' they cost too much '

2 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

I couldn't name two lounges that cost 500 baht.

OK,

I have just done a quick check.

It seems to have gone up since I last used it to pay for another traveler going with me. It is now 790 baht, still not much in comparison to the restaurants in the terminal.

https://joinfull.com/products/miracle-lounges-suvarnabhumi-airport

2 hours ago, Nip said:

Sadly from experience I doubt he will serve more than two years. 

Actually depends on the number of amnesties given, his class of prisoner status, previous convictions and what for. If he has served time for a similar offense, he will not be entitled to amnesties.