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9 hours ago, steven100 said:

stupid idiot …. jail for him for a long time.

I believe the doors cannot be opened once the aircraft is airborne ….  

I’ve see this happen before in Europe ... but airbourne and not able to do it thank heavens . Usually on drugs and get a massive panic attack and really think they are gonna die or something . Or else being chased by a Ladyboy. 

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Sorry girl nobody forced you to do it, you and the others chose to flash your bodies for money.

Stunning intellectual comment ! We are not worthy of your pronouncements .. And you have enlightened us 50,000 times or more .. more .. so sorry I missed your precious posts ... eh... not ! Prat. 

I assume that if I’m on a tourist waiver visa under 30 days my personal travel insurance and health insurance in my home country, which covers €60K will suffice ? I will email the Irish Thai consulate anyway . I just go in and out under 30 days 4/5 different months a year . Suits me cos I come home and attend to my medical needs in Ireland and visit family etc. I think it’s the best of both worlds and surprisingly cheap to fly return from Dublin. My doctor says it’s too much travelling in a year for an elder lemon . I love it . 

4 hours ago, NeoDinosaw said:

Add me !!   I have moved back to UK now and will only visit for 90 days in future.  I was planning to travel around the country looking at rocks, the the resurrected TM28/30 means spending a morning at an Immigration office every time I move.  Too much hassle for me now so I shall just stay in my home at the sea side, relax and save money!

So that’s how you get your Rocks Off ! 

Especiallyas my home-country health-insurance offers renewable 12 month Travel-Insurance coverage (in combination with standart home-country insurance) at an extremely competitive rate.

i wish I could get a deal like that ! My health insurance from home in Ireland allows me to get travel insurance cheaper and offers a generous allowance for emergency health issues abroad ..BUT.. it is limited to 180 days a year and only up to 60 days in one trip ..I cannot opt for year round insurance . Th cost of health insurance in Thailand for older folk is astronomical. ... or am I talking nonsense ? Any advice appreciated .. 

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

But seriously ….  who the hell leaves cash in their check in baggage  ?   

There’s no logic to this story. You do not do that and you do not photograph notes and put them in an unsafe place like your luggage . Hand luggage is in your sight all th time . It’s a set up . Somewhere someone for some reason set this up. But that’s crazy too.. Also 20k baht is chicken feed to a South Korean !   

14 hours ago, mikebell said:

It's the same at Tesco Lotus; long queues; poor service. Few tills open/many unmanned. I go to Big C now.

You should ask for a frequent flier visa exemption at Tesco ! 

14 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

She opened the account in the name of the bank teller for convenience.... I.Q. of a durian.

Jesus ... try to read it properly . 

14 hours ago, Reigntax said:

I believe in her name, being the daughter, not the bank teller, as it's was her father's money.

No question about that but plenty of questions about the literacy level of a few of the contributors to this forum. Lol. 

10 hours ago, andre47 said:

There are priority lanes processing people aged?

I never saw them. How old you have to be to use them and are they also for farang?

I was in Manila recently and there was an over 65 queue with just me .. 5 minutes .. the other queue was long enough.  

10 hours ago, Tayaout said:

Experienced it like 5 years ago. Always used uber/grab since then. 

But how can you get one from the airport ? .. surely they are barred ? By the taxi mafia of course !  

The forum made my mind up about whether to go full time to LOS or just be a frequent visitor as I am now , spending about 4/5 months a year there and doing different regions on different trips .

There is so much evidence that a lot of expats spend their time sweating  the small stuff and bickering that I can see the huge sign reading BORED OUT OF MY TREE... flying high. 

Best of both worlds for me I think. 

Regarding the retention of your boarding pass I would agree because if you have an insurance claim against an airline the boarding pass will be requested by your solicitor or the  agency you may use to claim compensation . 

My neighbour rented their house to a bunch of students . It was hell. I used to get my revenge by playing heavy rock at ear splitting volume starting as soon as I knew they had finished and were gone to their beds . Of course that’s not nice ! 

7 hours ago, Yinn said:

9 fathers.

the brother and the uncles, the mums and aunties also.

English victims ... not in Thailand ... 

4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Seeing as 'farang' tourists get 30 day visa free entry on arrival, I fail to see how they are trying to 'get them out', in favour of other nationalities ? Unless you are babbling on about TM28/30's, which is an entirely different thing. 

I understand exactly what he means .. and he’s not babbling . As a 4 visit a year man I don’t feel as welcome as before and I really must say, however racist it may appear ,that quite a few Indian and Chinese visitors behave badly in many instances that I have witnessed personally . I now actively by enquiry seek out hotels that are not frequented by those nationalities and I do not care how racist that may sound. It is based on personal experience. I am considering my options and changing my destinations within Thailand to actively avoid having to witness some of the antics I have experienced from some of these visitors.  

Has someone lost the key to Jenny’s Room ? 

7 hours ago, Badbanker said:

Most times it works, but sometimes it doesn't!

 

I do that now as I was pulled in for the first time ever this year. I stay 28 days 4/5 times a year, so a lot of stamps , but I always have the return flight and a first week’s accommodation voucher and my insurance and €2000 in cash. There was no problem once they spoke to me and actually didn’t ask for any of them once I explained my pattern of visiting as a retired person. They also assured me .. though I took it with a grain of salt .. that I was very welcome and would not have a problem with this routine. The one question they asked me that Amused me was had I got a Thai Wife .. I said no.. I don’t want a wife she would spend all my money and they laughed with me . Hasn’t been a problem since.  

3 hours ago, Mitkof Island said:

You either learn fast to have common sense or your dead.

Hi .. Are you Canadian ? 

They’ll be check us out for Big Dicks soon !