Derek B

On 3/13/2019 at 12:33 PM, Dmaxdan said:

How about extending the barrier so that it actually goes beyond the U-turn?  Not so far as to affect the vehicles on the opposite side doing a U-turn but far enough to make it near on impossible for cars leaving Big-C to drive directly across the highway. 

Exactly - poor road design basically. I am not sure why people are blaming the police.

19 minutes ago, Orac said:

 

Could go for the quick win and have the UK offer free access to Thai products if they offer free access to our pensioners. Huge saving for the NHS, less GOM in the UK and, if claims are correct, Isaan will be awash with money.

Good idea - have the NHS send folk to Thailand for cheap treatment & possibly burial. 

First it was F1 grid girls and now fit stewardess are under threat. The US airlines & KLM led the way with mature cabin crew of both gender providing perfunctory service.

So Anders accepts there are too many dogs on the loose. I dont think we need to hear any more from him. A cull is in order in certain areas.

I recall in Baku the authorities announce when the strays are to be rounded up giving people a chance to capture & secure their pets before the strays are picked up. Unlike various other animals like cattle, goats & sheep the dogs are dealt with away from public view.

For re- entering Thailand with a retirement visa multiple entry you could potentially be asked to show your bank book proving that the 800K or 400K required is still available. If you cannot update your bank book after leaving the plane and before passing through immigration you could potentially have an issue.

Well lets just hope it all goes well.

On 3/8/2019 at 11:21 AM, Rimmer said:

fully uniformed officers from two different police departments showed up and began randomly approaching tourists and vendors.

The word "Police" is used for every conceivable body of law enforcers both in Thailand and elsewhere no doubt.

Why can't Thai media be more specific? Which departments were involved?

Higher profile policing is a must here - they need to be seen to get the crime rate down.

On 6/4/2018 at 8:56 PM, robblok said:

Poor guy,

 

Lucky guy too that the police came to help I mean he could have bled to death in his drunken state. Not going to comment on the razor on the table.

 

I do wonder do all Brits have those kinds of bed-sheets or is the guy just a little nationalistic. 

Better than hello kitty bedsheets

Funny how you do not hear of any farmers getting brought before the courts for setting their fields on fire. 

4 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

I also seem to remember passengers were taken care of reasonable well a few years back when the giant volcanic ash cloud from Iceland was grounding flight in northern Europe and America for nearly a week.

That cloud was certainly not the airlines fault.

Not so for British Airways .............

2 hours ago, Bundooman said:

How much is a new mattress these days?

At least he took the sheets off.............

20 hours ago, Denim said:

 

No, I don't think so. Looks like a native American Indian.

A member of the Blackfeet tribe I think.

 

 

 

https://www.tribalpedia.com/us-tribes/a-l/blackfeet-tribe/

7 hours ago, fruitman said:

I guess this has to happen to one of the Generals' kids first before they take any action to shoot all of them.

Exactly

So thats what it looks like.............before being grilled.

11 minutes ago, IAMHERE said:

I've seen some lists of what is important in Thailand; indeed a falang tourist is below a dog. Natural pecking order at work, now move along.

Exactly..............locals too worried one of the dogs is an ancestor to cull them. The locals are more aware of the risks from these beach dogs.

Send the Army in if the Police are not able or permitted to remove these soi dogs from public areas.

2 minutes ago, rwill said:

It's not Sandy.  It's Sonoly.  ????

No it is just a bad 'a'.

I suspect a back packer c/w 3 cans in his back pack - joking aside no right to do this anywhere just pure vandalism really. The shop keeper will grass him up.

10 hours ago, bhatmasterson said:

A foreigner walking around with 3 colors of spray paint?

All bought at the same time and place.......hint.

14 hours ago, 473geo said:

Nope you appeared to think taking his licence away would make a difference somehow.... just adding a touch of reality

 

Taking the bike away would bring a touch of physical reality - untill he borrowed or stole another one I guess.

On 2/4/2019 at 11:57 AM, geriatrickid said:

LOL. No, it won't. The loss of the lower end of the financial strata will be insignificant, because of the change in visitor  demographics. The Russian and Asian visitor segments are experiencing double digit growth and they  present a much better value proposition for the Thais.

Do you mean as tourists or retirees? 

30 minutes ago, smedly said:

Been thinking about this 

 

Not sure how this puts an end to agents and their corrupt contacts in Immigration 

 

what it effectively does is -

 

- extends the seasoning period to 6 months, really ???????

- those that have used an agent now have to do it twice, paying an IO to ignore the seasoning on the extension application and then 3 months later same thing 

 

It solves nothing - agents and corrupt IO get a payday twice now instead of once

 

whether through design or not people using agents will now have to do it twice

 

I'm not sure BJ even understands what is going on when someone pays an agent and immigration to ignore the seasoning, either way it is now going to be 2x times

 

The problem of agents and backhanders is not solved at all - it has now just doubled

 

and those that have been doing the right thing for years now have to season the 800k baht for 6 months instead of 3 - well done BJ - you have failed on this one and shafted a lot of honest expats who for years have been doing the right thing 

 

If you have a retirement visa now and continue to keep 800,000 in the bank all year round and take a trip out of LOS within 90 days 4 times a year you dont need to go near an agency more than once a year just update your SAVINGS bank book on the day of departure and carry it with you when you re-enter LOS if they want to see proof of cash on hand. If they need to see an actual letter from the bank request one before you depart but that makes the SAVINGS bank book redundant.

Well thats my plan anyway.