richard_smith237

5 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

I am looking at changing my nationality to Thai.

Speaking with you reminds me of why.

Best of luck with that...  if living here long term its a smart option to take IMO... 

However, changing your nationality does not remove bigotry...   

5 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Why do you say that? Maybe he would have been driving without belt and same thing happened. Can die easy if have accident without belt. Also, there are different rider regarding motorbikes. some are totally unexperienced, other are nervous at rush hour. After that we have risk takers, and speeders. At last we have the experienced drivers, that always have control and can handle their bikes. So, some will have a long life riding bikes all their life in Thailand. I am one of them, that have riding different 600-1100 cc bikes for about 25 years in this country. I also drive car when taking the family somewhere and sending kids to school.

Completely agree... 

There are lots of different types of riders, and while riding here in Thailand clearly carries an elevated risk compared to driving a car or riding a motorcycle in our home countries, we can remove ourselves from the elevated layers of the risk profile by riding within certain boundaries..  (not riding at night, not speeding, not drunk, wearing kit, riding defensively all the time etc) - thats not to suggest this guy wasn't following common sense rules... the story could be a complete fabrication, the deceased can't defend themselves...    or he could have been riding recklessly, no one knows...

... but I think most of us know by now that witness statements are one of the most unreliable forms of evidence.

RIP to the Brit....

39 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Probably not wearing a helmet.

It seems half of them don’t around here.

in Patong so fair chance alcohol involved also, maybe some weed.

He was overtaking to mix that with a bit of speed.

Heroin addict too ??...        

5 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

The bias I now have is against you, as whenever you make a negative comment about a British person

I am a British person and you admit you are biased against me and have made several negative comments about me now.

 

People in glass ceilings shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water.

Oh dear...   you are unable to prevent your lack of critical thought from betraying your true absence of intellect... 

My bias is against fools, regardless of nationality...  and yes, I've made several negative comments about your comments, not your nationality.

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Don’t make excuses for this snitch Richard.

 

A snitch is a snitch wherever he came from.

I am not Brit bashing as you have imagined again.
 But I hope the grass can fight better than those Brits down in Soi 6 last week, because if that Aussie gets hold of him I think that Aussie will be wanting to do a bit of real life Brit bashing.

 

I'm not making excuses of any Brit... Your binary thinking cannot deal with that - I'm calling you out on your bias so you may recognise it yourself - instead you are burying your head further into the sand. 

You have no idea the Brit snitched, possibly he did... you have already judged.

Now you bring other Brits who've done something wrong into the discussion... and now you dream of them fighting the Aussie and hope they loose.....  

Just now, MalcolmB said:

7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

are you worried that you'll be tarred with the same Brush ??.

Yes.

So you are worried that other Thai's and other foreigners will look at you and treat you with some negativity because an idiotic minority of British reach the second rate social media headlines ?.... 

But you have no concern whatsoever that other 'Western looking' foreigners don't attract similar negativity towards you?

Can people tell you are British just by looking at you ?

Additionally - its very fortunate that most people are not bigoted and don't tar all with the same brush...  Hence, I have no concern what other white-guys, Brit or otherwise get up to, because I don't believe it reflects poorly on  me because I believe most people aren't stupid enough to be as openly bias as some posters here are.

Just now, MalcolmB said:

7 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

yet hardly commented on any of the other threads involving other nationals who have found themselves in the media for the wrong reasons.

As a Brit in Thailand obviously I will be drawn to the Brit in Thailand threads.

And none of them have been good.

Not a single one.

Yes, you are drawn to the 'Brits in Thailand' threads...    thats because of your negative bias, you don't even know you are bias. 

You've only been a member for a couple of weeks - how many negative Brit stories have you found ?

There will be a story every week...    thats the nature of this forum, a lot of it report on what foreigners get up to. 

Also, when looking at 'news'....  negative stories attract more attention, thus more ad revenue...  this is why most of the stories are about someone behaving badly...  and that includes people of all nationalities. 

Just now, MalcolmB said:

If they had of been good I would have been proud. But I haven’t read anything to be proud of. Have you?

Why would you be proud of someone you don't know ?

There have been plenty of stories in the past of foreigners doing good deeds in Thailand, plenty of Brits etc... but all these are by far outweighed by stories of foreigners reaching the headlines for doing the wrong thing - you seem to be concentrating on one facet of that bigger picture and only focusing on negative stories of Brits. 

4 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Tenuously linked? 
Blind Freddy can see the Brit has grassed up the Aussie after being arrested.

I don’t like snitches Richard. 
Don’t make excuses for him Richard.

No excuse - the Brit was also scum...   You failed to make any comment on the Australians situation, your input was only about the Brit...     this is where your anti-British agenda is clear for all to see.

I don't make excuses for anyone who behaves poorly....  And now, I'm calling you out for doing the same thing on this forum, only your negative behavior comes in the form of bigotry.

Anyone of an intellectually critical and balanced mind would share similar opinions on other stories involving different nationals, instead you focus on the stories involving the British.

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Oh, dear. 
Have you been smoking something?  You sound paranoid.

Just opening so many threads and reading your anti-british comments...  calling out your bias and toxicity.

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

 

I posted one single article that was recent news. One. Not “ every news article”

You have made numerous anti-british comments in numerous threads, yet hardly commented on any of the other threads involving other nationals who have found themselves in the media for the wrong reasons.

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

After I saw it last night, then as soon as it was pointed out that it had been previously posted I apologized and admitted I had never seen it before.

As soon as you saw a 'bad-Brit' thread, like a ;fat Auntie to an all you can eat shrimp buffet' you couldn't resist...  

Its interesting that the pattern generated by posters such as yourself does not include commenting negatively on other nationalities who've reached the headlines for the wrong reasons.

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Maybe to make yourself feel better and to calm yourself down you could check the posts on that thread.

You will no comments from me before last night. I had not seen it before.

You've forgotten your comment in other threads then and the fact that in just a two weeks a number of posters have have called you out for your anti-British bias.

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

These Brit bashers are embarrassing to me, you are also starting to embarrass me by the way you carry on to be honest. 

Why are they Embarrassing to you ?...  you don't know them...     are you worried that you'll be tarred with the same Brush ??...  Why are you not Embarrassed if its an Aussie, or Russian, Spanish, Swiss or German etc...  

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

What happened to the stiff upper lip?

Something you failed to exercise when shooting your mouth of on here without thinking.

8 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

21 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

I think its perfectly acceptable to call you out on your negative agenda to highlight 'bad brits'

While making excuses for the actual real Brit bashers, the ones that go around bashing people from the south to the north of Thailand.

 

Your logic is bizarre.

 

Might I remind you that someone has lost his life.

100% Wrong and more bigoted and bias rubbish from you.

Where have I made any excuse for any Brit, or other national who's been shown to behave violently towards anyone else...     there is no excuses for a violent reaction at all, even if / when there is a back-story.

Here is another example of your Brit-Bashing bias...  A story about an Australian and the only comment you have is about another British Man tenuously linked to the story. Its very apparent that you have an agenda.

1 hour ago, MalcolmB said:

I am embarrassed by it. Sweeping it under the rug won’t improve the situation.

Please remember that we are guests here.

You are so embarrassed that you keep drawing additional attention solely to issues regarding Brits - its very much as if you have an anti-British agenda.

I do agree, the British enter the news a lot in the Thai Media for negative stories, but so do other nationalities - focusing on and only highlighting a single nationality shows a degree of negative bias affirmed by a repeated rhetoric over the past couple of weeks since you joined, as it does a number of other posters who struggle to contain themselves when a British idiot does something stupid. 

13 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

What do you think of snitches young Richard?

Depends on what they are snitching on doesn't it...   

In the context of your behavior on here, I think its perfectly acceptable to call you out on your negative agenda to highlight 'bad brits' - just like another poster does. It could be you are the same poster as he's gone quiet over the past week...  Switching log-in's is a possibility... (hence the IP address comment).

Thus, if your intention is to derail every topic you can with an anti-British rhetoric and dig up every news article, even older stories that show Brits in a negative light - then this form of toxicity should be handled. 

7 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

Do you have a link to it?

You are over a week late jumping onto that bandwagon... 

I wonder if the Mods could see your IP address they'd be able to find out which Brit-basher you were before the 28th-May...   (when you joined)... 

13 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

21 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

As a member of Thailand Elite, they have failed me on two separate occasions to provide me with accurate visa informatio

Don't direct your advice/rant to me..

I pushed the OP post as he did not receive reply.

Hopefully your info provides good advice for OP. 

Simple summary to advise OP would suffice 

Perhaps step back and chill a little...  nothing directed 'at' you at all...     

Well done on pushing the Ops post so it gets attention - but its a fail on being a bit too sensitive and getting the undies in a twist for some unknown reason.

I've given the Op sufficient detail of first hand encounters to provide him with the information he needs.... a basic summary wouldn't be sufficient and would lead to more questions or confusion. 

I use Meji - dark blue top....      In addition to taste, I think the Op is talking about achieving the silkiest micro-foam for his latte... 

When using a wand, I find the Meji Dark Blue top to be the 'best of them' I've tried so far, but still find achieving that 'silk micro-foam' difficult, such that I often revert to the aerocino (nespresso foamer) but its not as silky. 

Like the Op, I too wonder if the milk is not good enough to produce the ideal foam, or if there are inconsistencies in it - its probably more down to my flawed technique when I'm not paying sufficient attention. 

5 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Why not ask that company for support advice. 

As a member of Thailand Elite, they have failed me on two separate occasions to provide me with accurate visa information / advice under situations with which they are not familiar with on a daily basis - they also failed to respond to letters of complaint written to their management after I found myself in potentially costly situations as a result of their incorrect advice - I would advise members of Thailand Elite, not to trust the advice Thailand Elite Provides and source multiple sources of confirmation.

To answer the Ops question: 

I have been in this situation (holding a Thai Elite S.E. Visa and taking work an thus wanting to transfer to a Non-Imm B).

The Thai Elite Visa (S.E. and P.E. visa types) cannot be transfered or changed in-country to a Non-Imm B.

The Op will need to exit the country and re-enter on a Non-Immigrant Type B visa - having gone through the application process an a Neighbouring Embassy (such as Singapore - plenty of documentation required).

Regarding the longevity of existing Thai Elite Membership and Visa: 

That depends on the Ops membership duration - if the Op has a 5 year visa, and doesn't need the membership & visa, it may be possible to 'extend' or place a 'hiatus' on his Thai Elite Visa status and membership, particularly if on a 1 year renewable visa (with the 5 year membership) - that has to be discussed with Thai Elite and what they'll allow.

(I have lifetime membership - so this was never an issue for me).

Regarding having two open visas:

Yes, that can potentially cause issues and I have encountered just that. 

I had an Open Extension of Stay (based on work / work permit) and also an Open 5 year Thai Elite S.E. Visa (people have argued in the past that you can't have two open visa's - you can, I did).

While outside of Thailand the project I was working on was completed and I no longer needed to re-enter Thailand using my Extension of stay based on work (also the extension of stay was also only valid until the day after I returned so I definitely didn't want to use it !!).

The immigration officer wanted to stamp me in based on my 'extension of stay', thus giving me 1 day... I argued the ridiculousness of this, that he should stamp me in for either 90 days (conditions of my S.E. Visa) or Visa Exemption on arrival - both were valid options. 

His [the Immigration officers] opinion was that the extension of stay based on a Non-Immigrant visa superseded the Thai Elite Visa.

We disagreed and I wouldn't accept him stamping me in for one day, I'd have to fly out again the following day and then return again the same day to get my 90 day stamp, which was preposterous situation, but the Immi-officer was being particularly awkward.

I pressed the issue refusing to give in, two Immigration supervisors got involved one agreeing with the junior office, the senior immigration officer recognised the ridiculous of the situation, and I entered on my Thai Elite S.E. Visa (for 90 days), no further issues.

1 minute ago, Doc Undies said:

Yawn back at ya

Yup... that lack of education further highlighed with a 'nothing' comment.  Well done.

1 hour ago, kidneyw said:

8 hours ago, webfact said:

He asserted that the electrocution did not occur directly on the tagada ride but was instead caused by electricity leakage from a decorative light.

Cop out already. 

Indeed....     'he' may have been working out how to 'fit brake failure'....  'slippery roads due to rain'.... or 'lap-nai'.... in there....    

Obviously couldn't...  So blamed the lighting because the ride was working perfectly well !!!! 

In other news...  a Ferris wheel broke from the mountings and rolled down the hill killing all those riding....   the owner reported there was nothing wrong with the ride, it was working perfectly well but the bolts used to secure the ride are at fault for breaking...   (at this stage I have to point out the parody of the above comment just incase someone like LL wants me to quote a source)

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

That is not a drill

.....  This is a Drill...    

9 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I pretty much plan on carrying my passport any time I'm doing any transaction more than buying milk at 7/11. Better safe than sorry.

I carry my passport around with me as little as possible...   'better safe than sorry'...... 

... so it remains in the safe as soon as I get home, and comes out of the safe when I travel again usually within a month or so... (either out of province or internationally).

Not wanting to start another Pink ID debate, but this is where one comes in handy... Having opened accounts with the Pink ID (and yellow house book), this is all I've needed as proof of ID when going to the bank to execute a transaction, of course, I still need to get into my safe to take out my Bank Book - in which case I may as well get my passport at the same time, but then there is the slim chance I forget it in my car or drop it etc etc... not worth the potential hassle for me.