Scouse123

All the above is good to know and good information.

Some stuff in there I wasn't aware of.

Millionaire by his family selling land not through work or being an entrepreneur

Easy come, easy go especially with the type of friends flashing wealth attracts.

11 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

I don't want a ground floor room.

I do,

Too many mishaps from higher floors.

Also, it negates the need for a 3-foot balcony rail.

21 minutes ago, bignok said:

Lay down n smoke

 Get a ground floor room.

32 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

It's not limited to females. It can happen to guys also.

Agreed,

But solo males are more likely to suffer violent assaults and robberies as opposed to sexual violence and rapes.

57 minutes ago, bob smith said:

Thais are the biggest grasses about.

 

 

Definitely

7 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Ethanol is ethanol, irrespective of whether it is in beer at 4%, or spirits at 40%. The only reason i can think of for avoiding spirits is, when drunk neat, they are more damaging to the esophagus and stomach.

Correct,

And when I had an operation in 2004 at Bumringrad Hospital for throat cancer, the doctors told me not to drink spirits.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

You are in no danger of gaining weight with spirits, unless you mix them with sugary soft drinks such as Coke. Zero carbs.

Beer is the worst in terms of carbs, the term beer gut came about for a reason.

I don't drink sugary stuff and stay away from spirits on medical advice

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55 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Stabbing a worker in their place of work because they were refusing to sell a drunk more alcohol outside of serving times is abhorrent.

 

Of course it is but you dont get the death sentence for it

I have just stopped drinking since November 27th and will not drink now before January 20th when I go to the UK.

My reason is to be comfortable with and lower my weight, I want to lose 7-8Kgs over the next 6 weeks or so,  it is not an alcohol-dependent issue.

I am slightly bored with beer at the minute and I try to avoid spirits. I do like Red wine but refuse to pay Thailand's prices.

6 minutes ago, The Cyclist said:

 

Sure, I can agree with that, with a caveat.

 

This will happen to very few people, for the others it will not be luck or chance, it will have been deliberately engineered.

 

 

You know there are a few I can mention here, mostly British but an American as well.

There was Supermodel Naomi Campbell spotted as a supermarket cashier. EdSheeran was busking on the streets and was spotted by an agency. Simon Cowell was on his parent's sofa, but with his family's connections in TV, they managed through the back door to launch his TV career initially. and then there was Anthony Bourdain, the famous American chef.

It was a woman who was a friend of his mother, who pushed her husband to get his scripts read in the publishing world that launched his book and Television success Kitchen Confidential, No Reservations, Parts Unknown etc

So, all the above had and have talent, but they met the right people at the right time.

Many equally talented don't get there.

I cannot compare myself to any of the above, but I relied and always have, on a sharp eye for an opportunity and hard work coupled with a determination to succeed in my own way.

 Unless somebody can explain how a guy gets through biometrics when his physical appearance, as in his face, and his fingerprints cannot match that of the original holder's passport.

The only other way is that he has had a legal passport made in Australia with the Italian name and his own biometrics.

That would make sense.

16 hours ago, The Cyclist said:

 

Which has nothing to do with luck,, and can be equally applied to every walk of life.

 

As Millions upon millions of failed sportsmen, pop stars and many others will testify.

 

Lack of talent / not good enough is not down to luck.

The right place at the right time and meeting somebody influential by chance has plenty to do with it too.

Of course, you need talent as well, but there are plenty of talented people, some more talented than the rich and famous, who just didn't make it.

1 minute ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

 

"do private planes go through customs?

 

The short answer is: Yes. 

 

Private jet customs follow a similar process compared to commercial flights. You’ll need to present your passport and visa, and you may have to declare certain items you’re bringing into the country."

 

https://accessjetgroup.com/do-private-planes-go-through-customs/

 

Thanks.

So now we know how he got into the country, he hasn't been through the normal immigration or customs checks.

I am wondering with the passport he used how he passed through the biometrics system which is supposed to stop this.

Surely his face and prints didn't match the Italian guy's passport he travelled on.

Even if the passport was used for the first time entering Thailand the prints and face would not match up to what is embedded in the passport chip.

Unless he has completely bypassed immigration checks.

Confused!

Too much mass violence by individuals creeping into Thai society lately.

2 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:

It seems that you have a rogue immigration office (there maybe a few) as there is nothing in the regulations that requires it.

 

However the sensibility of having health insurance in some form is without question.

No. I have health insurance by choice as I believe it to be sensible

He just isn't dirty enough to be in Thai politics.

19 hours ago, pub2022 said:

How come english native speakers do not know how to properly use it's/its and there/their?

That depends on the educational standards of the English native speakers you have been conversing with. I certainly know the difference.

It can be confusing when even immigration officers refer to a retirement extension as a retirement visa. Hence, the confusion for some board members.

I am on retirement extension from a Non-O visa, however, I have and do pay for health insurance annually.

I believe it's vital to live here and a damn sight more important than drinking or hookers.

It's a waste of everybody's time commenting on this matter, even though I am doing just that, we know the Shinawatras are rotten to the core. He has no intention of serving a day in prison.

It won't be long before the current prime minister is removed and replaced.

He's pleasant enough but hasn't the cunning, knowledge or expertise.

Maybe, he's too nice a chap to lead a corrupt filthy government. He looks like he has that extra chromosome 21 as well.