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Regardless if they are crackpots, my wife spoke to different immigration officers on the phone, that's two calls, one was a female, the other a male and both said she was required to advise them that I returned, even though I had a re-entry permit, so my point was, if married best to check with your immigration office. The above said, if my wife didn't advise them and got fined 2,000 baht, what would her ourse of action be to get a refund, how long would it take and how much agro would it cause ?

No, you can return the product and get your money back, happens to us a fair bit at Big C, we check the price, they charge us more, we take it back after check out, although last time, there was a special on chocolate, down from 98 baht to 59 baht, I took a photo of the special price and small print of the date from and to, and we were within the sale date and they still charged me 98 baht, after check out, took the chocolates to the counter and they checked the price and the dates and refunded me the difference, i.e. they sold me the chocolates for the correct price. They probably made a killing because 98% of those chocolates had sold and I wonder if anyone picked up the discrepancy, probably not. They can get away with a lot over here, oh well, up to us to be vigilant in the LOS. You are where you are, accept it and keep swimming, it is what it is.

Not to my knowledge, back in the day, we had a tenant who had a cat, it urinated on the fix floor covering in the loungeroom, after steam cleaning it, it was worse, even when dried, so we had to replace it. Could be time for a new armchair, a leather one perhaps ?

Just to be clear on the re-entry part Joe, you are 100% correct for the alien/foreigner, however if one is married, one's wife, well in our case (October 2022) had report to immigration, i.e. I asked her to call them and check if I needed to report to them that I am back and they say that I didn't have to report to them, but she had to report me, otherwise face a 2,000 baht fine. Sakon Nakhon office, other offices might not want the wives of farangs re-entering to report them, but Sakon Nakhon do.

Yeh, that and any advances, which I have received in the past.

Would that be because he is with another male ? As much as it's not my cup of tea, if the guy is happy and not hurting anyone, then kudos to him, regardless if he has no money. I know a lot of farang here who get a pension, married their partners, the farangs are never home, you can find them at the bar drinking their pensions away. Always two sides of the coin, and again, if the farangs are happy and not hurting anyone, who am I to judge them. Not my cup of tea, I prefer to be financially secure and provide for my partner and still enjoy my drink when at the bar every now and again, and of course help out when and where I can around the house, like eat a good cooked meal that my partner makes for me, usually twice a day while I watch her cook and clean and all that jazz Can't call me a sexist if you like, I don't care ???? Kudos to you Willy.

I couldn't read all of your reply, too long this hour in the morning, but you can read my short reply in the post above which should sum it up, short and sweet.

Of course, speeding is never a human error, just a circumstance right ?

While I agree with most of your reply, Cheddar has a sharp taste, and mixed with Mozzarella it works perfect for us here, I would never suggest it to be used as a standalone cheese on pizza, it is best used in cheese blends, e.g. shredded cheddar and Mozzarella mix. This makes it one of the best cheeses for pizza in my opinion as cheddar retains it's moisture while baking, it's also smoother and creamier than sharp varieties. But each to their own, it's like that old saying, oil's ain't oils, everyone has their own way of making pizza, there is no right or wrong, it's how your taste buds react to it. Someone once said to me what are you on about, when I said you have to try tuna with salami on pizza with peppers, he went on to say, you've got to be crazy, i.e. until he tried one, best pizza he has ever had he said, his words. ????

If your truly 76 you'd think that you would understand that Alzheimer's and Dementia doesn't effect everyone, stubbornness on the other hand appears to affect some more than here on the forum. Alzheimer's disease is most common in people over the age of 65. The risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia increases with age, affecting an estimated 1 in 14 people over the age of 65 and 1 in every 6 people over the age of 80. Dementia for people aged between 65 and 69, is around 2 in every 100. A person's risk then increases as they age, roughly doubling every five years. ????????

If he's anything like me, I forget what I did yesterday, that includes when and where I got my last re-entry permit, although I do remember getting it at Swampy at times. Comes with old age for some of us, so being reassured here does help those of us, as opposed to being questioned over a simple question.

This was dealt with in December 2020. Thailand’s nine-judge Constitutional Court unanimously cleared Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Wednesday of a complaint alleging that the former army chief breached ethics by living with his family at a barracks after he retired from the military. https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/thai/prime-minister-ethics-case-12022020161616.html

Agree, in Sydney, you are scared to drive because the cops and cameras are everywhere, so your best to use an app with one of those speed alarms to keep you from getting fined, constantly going off because the speed limit is 60km an hour in most built up areas and the fine for going over 10km if convicted by a court is 50,000 baht. Outside of a court, speeding over 10km but no greater than 20km is 6,600 baht, over 20 is 11,400 baht, both providing a 4 demerit penalty of the 12 demerit point system and it takes 3 years to get back any points lost, that said, one public holidays it's double demerit point losses, so you could lose your license in one day. That system works in keeping the death count down, because if the cops don't get you, the cameras, whether fixed speed camera's, radar's, unmarked cars with speed cameras, red light cameras, school zones 40km or other, something will get you and your paying attention to be under the speed limit all the time.

What can I say, I'm glad you got a laugh out of it.

So why even become a cop ? Is it to stand there and do nothing. Your post is weak in my opinion (respectfully). Do you know much about the police force here and where they make their money, if you don't, I won't try to explain it to you, but might have something to do with drugs and Karaoke bars and collecting tea money from other establishments to turn a blind eye. Because they don't make enough money, lol, they have to pay big money to get into the force because they know their is a slice of a bigger pie, while people are being killed because there is almost no police presence out there. No fear of cops being on the road, put the peddle to the medal as the saying goes.

If you didn't get what I was saying, read the reply above this post, maybe, just maybe you will get it, if you don't, can't help you.

I would think that is because where you come from, you were taught that if you broke the rules whilst driving and you got caught, you pay heavily for it, suffice to say, fear does have it's advantages. I come from Sydney, the cops there are relentless, and unforgiving, not happy with the fine, take it to court, you have 21 days to do so, go to court, it will cost you a days wages which is about what the fine could be at the lowest end, no guarantee you'll get in to court on that day, so you might have to go another day, loss of time and wages from work makes it not worth fighting, because unless you can prove to the judge without a doubt that you didn't break the rules, you won't only be up for the fine, you will also be up for the court costs which would be about the same as the fine. Been fined a couple of times, amber light, cop says it was red, so I paid it, not worth the extra cost and loss of income, here, you go through a red light, slip the cop 200 baht and he will waive you on, try that in Sydney and you will end up in the slammer. In 2022 there were 1,160 road deaths in Australia with a population of just under 26 million people vs 14,737 road deaths in Thailand with a population of just under 72 million people. Like I said, I blame it on the police force for not doing their job, and of course as you mentioned, the government also has to be blamed for it's failure to be able to control it's lazy police force.

I'm not a gambling man, but I would go ALL in that it was human error, why, because without a strong police presence, speed cameras, heavy fines, loss of license and jail time penalties for excessive speeding, you will continue to see what transpired, i.e. countless deaths on Thai roads. If anyone is to blame, it is the entire police force, I NEVER see them on the roads, only during school times to assist the kids crossing the roads at pedestrian/zebra crossings where drivers/riders always fail to stop, not only that, I see many people breaking road rules in front of them and they do nothing, absolutely nothing. RIP to those who perished in this awful tragic accident, and if you wonder why I do the hour round trip to drop off our kids to school and then again for an hour to pick them up as opposed to putting them in a death trap which I see many of speeding and overtaking with scores of kids in them oblivious to what could happen, it's because I value our kids lives.

Both pizzas in my opinion have very little cheese, your photo shows a better crispier crust, but would be a lot better with a good mozzarella & cheddar mix. The thing most people don't understand about pizzas is that without a good quality cheese mix, your basically eating flour and whatever ingredients are on it, suffice to say the biggest cost in the pizza is the cheese which gives it body. I tend to be a good critic of pizzas as I grew up working with Italians who had a very successful pizzeria which you'd literally have to book to get a table, packed 7 days a week, big family and lots of staff, still going to this day some 40 plus years later.

Sure, sure, next we'll hear the victim was charged for assaulting police, nothing to see here, move on.

Gutless animals, should be locked up for good.

Day in, say out, I see the way they drive completely full with kids in them on the way to school, driving way over the speed limit, overtaking etc, I dread the day. RIP EDIT: As we all know the police force here is (&^%^$, and unless they put up speed cameras everywhere and get agencies to enforce suspending licenses and providing heavy fines, jail times for those who think they can do what they want, nothing will change, countless lives will pass due to the government and it's agencies failing to protect it's citizen's.

Yawn, although I did notice the mask, is that to greet the Chinese ?

Good point, however I would consider myself a Citizen before a tourist, but I get your point and will ask as I would normally do before heading off to make sure that I had everything in order, similar to the annual trip to immigration, e.g. don't want to have to go back because I forgot something, which is never the case, but always a first time, the always forgetting something is the Mrs, even when I have asked her if we needed this or that with no Tiruk, so I don't ask anymore, I just take everything, including the kitchen sink, because I know better now to ask her ????

As you are looking for a 3 bedroom apartment, that is what essentially what you require, so why settle for a 2 bedroom and a one bedroom for half the price. Things to consider are, are 3 bedrooms more rare than 2 and 1 bedroom apartments, hence the price of a 3 bedroom being more expensive, regardless if you can buy a 2 bedroom and a 1 bedroom for half the price. I know back in my home country, and I would assume the same would apply here, i.e. you can only build so many units in a building before you reach the maximum floor space ratio permitted for the building, suffice to say, most developers would opt for 2 and 1 bedroom units so as to maximize their profits, that said, council codes do also want a mix of a few 3 bedrooms thrown in, although some aren't so stringent, e.g. I have seen a building full of 2 bedroom units, others a mix of predominantly 2's and some 1 bedders. The above said, if 3 bedders are rare and cost more, then that might be what you should buy for future capital appreciation, e.g. the more 2 and 1 bedders available, the more competition on prices when reselling, whereas the rare 3 bedders can command there prices. Just something to think about and that said, if you don't need a 3 bedder, you can always buy a 2 bedder in BKK and a 1 bedder at a holiday destination for your holidays or as an investment.