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Why do so many expats fall off their balconies in Thailand?
Enzian replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Probably this is the guy from Dollhouse in soi Cowboy. The famous Stephen Leather posted the news item on FB recently and I thought it was new, turns out it was from 2016. The original article can still be accessed by doing a search on the Bangkok paper we cannot quote. -
Cold weather forecast for most of Thailand until Tuesday
Enzian replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
How do I find out past 24 hour rainfall for any location in Thailand? I'm currently about 30 kilometers SW of Khon Kaen, near Phra Yuen and right next to a tiny town called Phra Bu. It was an incredible downpour Sunday afternoon and evening, but a google search doesn't tell me the amount. Thanks. (And it's cold here this morning, 17 or so.) -
Does the system accept an online 90 day report the first time after an extension is done? This is what is still unclear to me. I've never used the online system, partly because I used to leave the country often. I re-entered the country and extended my Non-O stay in Dec. '21 and 90 days is coming the first week of March. Should I learn the new online system or will I have to go to CW in person? (And if CW is my base where I've done everything till now, is it possible to do a 90 day report in person in a different province where I may find myself close to the office?) Thanks!
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Police Sued for B72m for Doctor’s Death at Crossing
Enzian replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News Headlines
This is standard procedure over much of the world I believe. I know a actuarial specialist in the states who spends a lot of his time in court testifying in such cases. I hope there will be follow up on this forum and other places and we will all learn something from how it eventually turns out. Good or bad. -
Re-entry Permit. Suvarnabhumi Airport??
Enzian replied to Gee Bangkok's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
So that's an almost irrefutable argument for only ever spending the few extra $ for a multi, skip the singles. What's my time worth? I would want to go to an office, my nerves would not tolerate waiting till the airport. Thanks. -
Re-entry Permit. Suvarnabhumi Airport??
Enzian replied to Gee Bangkok's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Weird question here: When I extended my Non-O in Dec. at CW I bought a single re-entry permit before leaving the building. In pre-Covid times I would have got a multi but the odds are 90% I will only have one exit and entry this year. So if I go to Swampy in say June and figure I will be able to return, and then exit and enter again before Dec., can I buy another single on my way to boarding so that I'm pre-loaded with a spare for another trip before renewal? (In hindsight I should have got a multi, and will next renewal.) -
How to spot the difference between a woman or a ladyboy
Enzian replied to webfact's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
So it was explained to me that when the sexes hold their arms out as straight as possible there is complete difference, in that there is a bend or angle at the elbow in women that does not exist in men. But there are no doubt easier ways. -
I've thought a lot about this, and it seems to me that the essence of the horrendous accident rate is that Thais leave no margin for error, the very concept seems to elude them. (I admit drinking is a separate matter, but that is pretty simple in a way.) But another factor is that many Thais are inconsiderate of anyone they don't know personally; in this they are imitating their "betters", the elite of this country who are conditioned to have no regard for anyone below them on the social scale.
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Prachuap police to launch Valentine’s Day crime blitz
Enzian replied to webfact's topic in Hua Hin and Cha-Am News
The headline indicates to me that the RTP will be committing more crime than usual on this day. -
This happens far more often than one might imagine. In his last year my father wrote himself a close string of $100 checks for petty cash which one of his 3 or 4 caregivers had to have been taking to the bank, but it was far more in a short time than his needs normally called for. But whoever was prompting him didn't have to sign at any point, and they were surely all in on it. Luckily they didn't realize how well off he was, and at most it was $2000, probably less. It was a small town and I knew they would all stick together, so I wrote it off in my mind. Just assume it is going to happen if there is any way.
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The OP says the online system cannot be used if one is completing one's first 90 day report. But "first" calculated from when or how? First from having re-entered the country after years of extensions and occasional 90 day reports done by mail and agents? Or first from having received one's first extension of a Non-O visa? (Before Covid I almost always left the country for somewhere of interest before the 90 days were up. And sorry if it is a dumb question.)
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Pet peeve rant time. For food and booze I can live cheaper and better in the horribly expensive Bay Area than I can here. I care little for most Thai food, and restaurant meals here with some exceptions are relatively cheap but barely acceptable. But peeve #1 is no large economy sizes in any of the stores to speak of: tiny sizes with 100s % mark-ups. And collusion on the prices of everything. Yes it is a drop in the bucket to what I can afford, but I didn't get to that point by being stupid about money.
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Will Western tourists ever go off visiting Thailand?
Enzian replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Cheap is important up to a point, but it is the enthusiasm and naturalness of many of those offering that is the kicker. Yes, more than half are jaded, but the ones who aren't more than make up for it. This is not as easy as one might think to find in other countries. I'm not a beach person, and my view is distorted by living in central Sukhumvit, but I still believe Isaanlife's point is the chang in the room. And that elephant will never go out of style, or go away here. -
It was not a "tragic incident". It was a criminal act.