Jonathan Swift

I got a new passport last April and returned to the US in May. The immigration official is correct. The stamp from your old passport will suffice as to your entry, and then all you need is your departure stamp.

Are you familiar with the concept of insurance? Everyone pays a little bit in, creating a pool of money from which the insurance company takes profit but also enough to cover damages. Same thing here. So, what exactly is wrong with this, if everyone (except you perhaps) comes away satisfied?

yeah, the world is hard to understand sometimes, isn't it? Ever hear the phrase protected/endangered species? Look it up and you'll find explanations why no one is allowed to approach or interact with them. Might be over your head, though. Like climate change.

Rhabdomyolysis (also called rhabdo) is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly. Symptoms may include muscle pains, weakness, vomiting, and confusion.There may be tea-colored urine or an irregular heartbeat. Some of the muscle breakdown products, such as the protein myoglobin, are harmful to the kidneys and can cause acute kidney injury. The muscle damage is mostly caused by a crush injury, strenuous exercise, medications, or a substance use disorder.

It’s the same everywhere, not just here. I don’t think crashing your bike through a plate glass window has anything to do with where it happened, it has to do with him driving through a plate glass window.

Ever since people rode on two wheels there has been this sort of carnage, and that is everywhere, not just here. One dumb mistake, yours or the other guy’s, is all it takes. Poor guy, and his family. I no longer make my mistakes on two wheels, but something will get me sooner or later

Do you suppose they have phones with no clock?

Thanks for the advice, but I’m already not stu pid

To impress people that they imagine need impressing. Like thieves

Ummmm, because maybe their passports and their names?

In the end she'll be able to use this to enhance her tiktok stardom. Maybe at some point someone will explain how to use Grab taxi or Bolt.

And all Brits are <deleted>? Neither is true. I find most taxi drivers to be just fine and very nice, but there's a few bad apples in every bunch.

To all of you who are piling on with endless criticism and complaining about her "xenophobia" and supposed bias, how many of you have ever lifted a finger to do anything about the world or for the greater good besides sit in your chair, at your keyboard, or at your local pub and complain? At least she's trying, and her intentions are without fault. She knows what she's doing, the issues she's pointing to are valid and sound for the most part well informed, in spite of all your comments to the contrary. I was an activist in the US when I was young, and did nowhere near the amount of work this young lady has done for her cause. She's trying to give voice to those who would be silenced. She's trying to take care of her own, get everyone their due, just as any and every one of you would do if you had 1% of her ambition and motivation. God bless her.

God bless her heart for her dedication and activism, on top of being a wife and mother.

She sounds like she knows what she's talking about. Do you? For you to compare anyone at all to Trump shows your viewpoint to be grotesquely warped.

Apparently. Why do you ask?

When is anyone gonna "wake up" and realize that no one ever "wakes up"?

From the wreckage it doesn't look like seatbelts would have helped much.

In a word, no. The perception of Brits or others remains the same no matter what. A country that derives most of its income from tourism is never going to discourage foreigners from entering. The only thing that I imagine might change is medical insurance requirements, but those are already in place for certain types of visas like the O-A. But it's doubtful that such insurance requirements would cover major unforeseen catastrophes like this one. If anything, hopefully, stories like this will encourage people to be sure of their own coverage. It certainly gives me pause, although I have a substantial emergency savings fund, which I don't touch, of about 350,000 baht available if needed. Otherwise I actually make very little, about 50,000 baht per month. And I don't drive or own a motorbike.

I'm sorry if I embarrassed you, I know that math isn't everyone's best subject

I'm with you. I've ridden Harleys and big bikes in the US for decades, never more than a couple minor fender benders, one was a car door opened when I SLOWLY passed a stopped vehicle, I swerved in time but she took out my signal light, the other was a drunk driver bumped me from behind at a traffic light while stopped, crushing the fender. I avoided accidents because I anticipate what may happen in any circumstance, but other than rentals in very small safe towns here I would not ride here. Opposite side of the street from the US right side is a big factor as to my reflexes. I'm not about to try to second guess drivers in a densely populated Thai city. If I did drive here I would make sure as to my insurance. Even without riding here I keep an emergency fund of $7,000 to $10,000 (238,000 to 340,000 baht) US to cover any disasters that might occur. I've kept that fund ever since I first set foot here in 2013. I also have a decent sized retirement mutual fund I could tap if things were worse. Lastly, I'm not going to be so arrogant as to single Thailand out, there are crazy murderous drivers everywhere, and in the US half the time guns get involved. I feel bad for the guy, and I'm not going to judge or preach, nobody expects such outcomes and it's easy to think you're prepared for emergencies only to find out the hard way that your preparations were inadequate. It looks as if he will be fine with those donations coming in. I wish him the best, and I hope all of you can take this experience to heart and learn from it. Cheers.

Actually, "Hahahahahahaha" would be 5555555 (5x7) 555!

Shirley, you jest!

You think people are going to just "wake up"? What exactly does that mean anyway? That the world shall change according to your or someone else's opinions? Your comment is neither practical nor constructive. I suggest you not run for prime minister.

Isn't that the definition of the teachings of many religions including Christianity (old testament such things as punishments for certain things) , barbaric and primitive? If things weren't barbaric and primitive where would the fun be in most religions