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2 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

Knew it wouldn't take long for the powers that be to turn this into some sort of a scam..

is there anything that these people don't monetize? 

they will be charging me to take a dump on my own bog next! 

Corruption everywhere, see many here. Simply beats me how Falangs, from a Western culture that just 12 years ago damned near put the entire world into financial failure, can complain about a cop with his hand out.

Face it, when it comes to major greed, Thais are amateurs.

While I am extremely distrusting of ANY politician, ANYWHERE, I am even more distrusting of my fellow human beings; e.g. Face masks everywhere despite well-publicized fact that they serve no anti-viral protection. e.g. TV comment strings that theorize, diagnose, interpret, invent and pontificate and announce brain farts that overwhelmingly feed public misconceptions and panic.

On 2/28/2020 at 3:16 PM, thequietman said:

KInda makes me wanna put my fingers down my throat and throw up!

 

He didn't have to actually denounce his American citizenship. One can only assume that he has been indoctrinated much like most of the Thai's I know. Scary. ????

 

comments like yours make ME wanna belch and ram a rag down YOUR throat, much like too many of the indoctrinated ignoramus parrots I know hang out here.

 I spend Cdn winters her and have been somewhat embarrassed and critical in the past about the rather negative, sometimes poisonous attitude by many of my fellow Falang regulars on this site, as well as the negativity about Thailand by others I've met in person over the years..

 

Nothing I've ever run across before has made me reconsider more my response and very possibly change my future winter destination, than this announcement.

 

  

13 hours ago, peter124 said:

Dr. Ponsak is the specialist in this area and speaks very good English but his receptionist does not. He has/h a clinic in The Rimkock area and tel number is 085 034 9388 but he's closed today, this evening anyway. Best way to find him, Google Maps, Dr Ponsak Urology Clinic Chiang Rai. He's also at the Sriburin Hospital most days.

 

1 hour ago, sceadugenga said:

The private hospitals like The Overbrook and Kasemdad Sribunin have English speaking staff and doctors.

thanks

A no-sleep week trapped w/in 5 min. of my toidy has me on the lookout for a clinic with an English speaking doctor. Secondary would be any advice on how to cure urination urges every 10 minutes that repeatedly fail after 10 minute attempts to wiz razor blades. 

1 hour ago, KOZMO said:

MAKES NO SENSE, SCREEN ALL CHINESE OR OTHERS COMING FROM CHINA !!!

Used to know a "kosmo" in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Zzatu?

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

People who are dead won't commit any crimes anymore. And they don't cost the tax payers any money to keep them alive, maybe for decades, in prison.

Obviously the death penalty should only be applied in cases without any doubt. This seems to be one of those cases.

I know that in the USA some people are sentenced to death with only circumstantial evidence. In my opinion that should not happen.

Obviously the death penalty should only be applied in cases without any doubt.......that should not happen

Brilliant......

As for saving taxpayer money, how much is a wrongly executed human being worth....I mean...someone in YOUR family?

22 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

There is a reason for the death penalty.

The fact that it has been clearly and repeatedly demonstrated not to be a deterrent, you dismiss?

I would also assume you dismiss as irrelevant the many who have been wrongfully executed for crimes they did not commit?

22 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

I was sure sold a dog when i first came here to a LOS peace loving compassionate Buddhist society its a horror show????

Suggest a relocation to that bastion of Western Christian morality, the U.S. where gunshot surviving school kids can die on hospital steps for lack of cash

2 hours ago, legend49 said:

Doesnt matter , other party was not competent and the farang pays the price.

There's NO light at the end of your tunnel vision, pal.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECOVERY!

50 years in a coma is a long time!

I'm thankful for a crazy country where corruption is rife, Thai people drive like idiots, the food can vary from very bad to very good, and everyone smiles whether they mean it or not. Every day is an adventure for me, thank you Thailand.

I'm thankful I can escape winters to a country where corruption mostly means slipping a cop a few baht, while escaping a culture where monumental greed and corruption less than a decade ago nearly caused a world-wide financial melt-down. Also glad I can escape where "offended" female drivers will lean on their horns, give you the finger and scream at you, while their mail counterparts follow you to the parking lot and threaten to punch you out for some infraction you don't recall making, thankful I'm leaving the world of ketchup, sugar, salt and the 300-day burger and fry diet, and thankful to leave a world where seasons aren't the only thing cold....where people don't smile (fake OR sincere) at all... unless there's something in it for them, and will suspect you want something they've got if you should invade their space with something as meaningless and useless as a smile.

Every day is an adventure for me, too. thank you Thailand. (the day I feel the urge to disparage the country, I'll go somewhere else)

In Canada now, with a triple entry 60-day visa in hand, along with a NOV. 3 to MAR. 29 return air ticket.

Will need to get my multiple entries stamped twice at Mae Sai like I did last year to renew my 60x2 days in Thailand to catch my March flight home.

The way I read some of these posts, some Thai border guard is going to tell me my multiple entries are now NFG?

Surely they would honor such existing legit-issued visas, and not stick it to such as I?

(I'm 71, so not doing drug runs, and clearly too decrepit to be hired by any Thai).

"The way I read some of these posts, some Thai border guard is going to tell me my multiple entries are now NFG?"

No. The issue is about embassies issuing 2 or 3 entry visas, not immigrations at a border refusing them.

Double Entry Tourist visa denied in Savannakhet

The O/P was indicating that he could only get a new single entry tourist visa ... which apparently is the case now or soon in many embassies/consulates.

If you have been issued a double or triple entry visa, there's no reason why it would not be honored at a border. So you should be good to go, although next time you apply for a tourist visa you may only have the option to get a single entry tourist visa or the new multi-entry visa.

Will need to get my multiple entries stamped twice at Mae Sai

The term multi-entry visa is not usually applied to a visa that allows two or three entries. Multi-entry visas allow the holder to exit and enter as often as he likes while the visa remains valid, whereas a two or three entry visa allows only two or three entries before the visa expires. To manage more entries you would need to obtain a re-entry permit.

thanx--breathing easier already

In Canada now, with a triple entry 60-day visa in hand, along with a NOV. 3 to MAR. 29 return air ticket.

Will need to get my multiple entries stamped twice at Mae Sai like I did last year to renew my 60x2 days in Thailand to catch my March flight home.

The way I read some of these posts, some Thai border guard is going to tell me my multiple entries are now NFG?

Surely they would honor such existing legit-issued visas, and not stick it to such as I?

(I'm 71, so not doing drug runs, and clearly too decrepit to be hired by any Thai).