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On 3/9/2018 at 3:29 PM, Justfine said:

Never had a problem. Put them in a bag and walk in.

Doesn't go over so good when on a date.

17 hours ago, Justfine said:

Take water from home and a bag of nuts/chips from supermarket.

 

 

Most places won't let you in with liquid or snax. Buy at counter or nothing but trickle of warm water from fountain.

Just now, Mac98 said:

Up off Pratamnak. Can't see any crackheads near beach from there.

Plenty of bums and crackheads on California beaches too.

8 hours ago, JLCrab said:

But in California, you actually get to view an ocean.

Up off Pratamnak. Can't see any crackheads near beach from there.

9 hours ago, Justfine said:

How much are movies in the US? Thai cinemas arent cheap

$9-12 in Utah, $12-16 on West Coast, plus $6 for Coke and $8 for popcorn. So a movie date could cost $60 before dinner, drinks and parking. But the feeling of relief when the date is finally over is so intense it's almost orgasmic. Money well spent! (Note the sarcasm )

We should be required to eat contaminated food. Look at cockroaches. The sissies among them fell by the wayside. Now nothing can kill them. 

3 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

I only see 7 reasons, unless one of them have a hidden skill you are not sharing with us.

I count 12 good reasons. (1 girl is turned sideways.)

I came half the year for the women; now I'll reside the whole year to flee from Trump. The food is good, too.

On 2/16/2018 at 9:43 PM, Mark1066 said:

He referred to extending his visa, I was merely using the same language to make myself understood. I think we all know what it means; pedantry is not an attractive character trait.

 

(I actually told him he could do the extension earlier, which I think was helpful. Care to explain who you helped with your post?)

This might be helpful as it concerns extending stay. I've seen posted advice that you must show an ongoing flight within your visa time limit. That would mean everyone planning to extend 30 days would have to spend hundreds of dollars changing their return ticket. In USA I make a notation on my e-ticket that shows an 89-day stay, that I intend to extend my stay. No problem. Got my Tourist visa and passport returned quickly.

   Clarify: when others posted about ongoing flights, they specifically said "If a single-entry tourist visa for 60 days, you must have an ongoing flight within 60 days". No qualifications made; no comments from others.

Where do you get the TM30 form to fill out when you get there at 8 a.m.?

15 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

That is well known and is shown on their websites.

For Vientiane is is well know because so many people go there for visas. If there was a change we would know about shortly after it happened.

Got it.

Thai Consulate in USA wanted bank statement showing $700 for tourist visa, single entry. Sent in application last week. Seems you won't know until you ask.

4 hours ago, bubba45 said:

I left my home in CM on Sunday and spent four nights in BKK.  Back in CM now.  Hell if I'm running to immigration just to tell them this.  I stayed in a hotel, let them hotel tell them.  If they have a problem with it next time I have to go, screw 'em, I'll go back to America and never come back.  See how badly they miss my thousands of baht each year paying for their stupid, crushing bureaucracy.   

I'm already disgusted by the cost for the notaries, forms, fees, and everything else for the retirement visa, re-entry permits, and the foolishness of registering me as an alien in my wife's home.  Now I understand I need MORE notarized forms from the embassy ($75 for every notarization) to get a driver's license.  Guess all the notarized forms I already have from my embassy saying I am who I say I am are not good enough for the drivers license people.  I'll keep driving without, thanks.

I yam who I yam - I'm Popeye the sailor man! (And don't forget to smile as you pay.) ?

Bali?

21 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I'm confused, what difference would it make if you were from the USA?


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China-USA conflicts over Taiwan, South China Sea, human rights, and now being bad mouthed by Trump. That was the short list. 

Massage $6 an hour. For a guy with advanced neuropathy, that is heaven. Nightlife option. Seldom partake but I like to stay innocent because it was my choice, not because I was forbidden to have any fun. The possibilities available at any age. The cost of living. Do you have any idea the cost of an ocean-view apartment in California? (Where I worked.) I'm paying about one-tenth that price on Pattaya Hill. The eye contact. The food. The legs. The daily little things that friendly Thais can surprise you with.

21 hours ago, Thai Ron said:

 

Here's a radical idea.

If your ticker ain't up to it, abstain.

Play bridge


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Obviously his ticker has been up to it so far. Won't know otherwise until it isn't. Party on, Dude!

14 hours ago, KMartinHandyman said:

Checked or duty free go through nothing to declare.

Could you answer a question for me on this topic: Good pipe tobacco impossible to find in LOS. Were I to arrive with 1500g, do I pay duty on the other 1000 or do they confiscate some or all? Thanks.

1 hour ago, Ulic said:

Not only are prices going up, the value of the Canadian dollar is going down. 

With global warming, the dollar, like frost on a Canada goose, is melting away.

4 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:

With free medical coverage and access to the lounges at Swampy also! 

To promote good health, all non-tour group farang get free passes to soapies for the term of their stay.

1 hour ago, MJL1962 said:

Foreigners can own land. Even as small as a couple of Rai. Would happily pay yearly tax just to get it in your own name and not have to set up fictional company or risk it in a Thai name.

Good one. That alone would attract 40,000 additional retirees. That's not a lot scattered all over Thailand as they are not going to buy downtown Bangkok. If each generated an additional $25,000 income then that would be an annual boost to the Thai economy of $1 billion, or 33 billion baht.

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I wish it was as easy for me to stay in LOS as it was in the 90s.

If I was allowed a second wish, I'd wish for all the bar girls to be as pretty as they were in the 90s too.

I wish all bars, dancers and employees reverted to 1998 rules, guidelines and quality. But that's like wishing San Francisco reverted to 1967.

On 12/28/2017 at 3:48 AM, JackThompson said:

In that case - Yes - you have been lucky.  Enforcement of the policy varies by airline and location, it seems. 

 

Just in case, I'd make sure and arrive a bit early for boarding when doing this, so if they do start enforcing this, you have time to buy a throw-away ticket to KL (~1200 Baht), with time to spare.

Thanks.