The Fugitive

That's my fear. Ordered to pay their hospital bill which includes prolonged I.T.U. care, brain surgery, rehabilitation then care for the rest of their lives. Compensation for injuries caused ontop.

A friend of my Mrs died locally. Her favourite temple was under construction, the crematorium not yet complete. As the lady had insisted no other temple would do, the monks built an open air bonfire with the timber and placed her casket ontop. Looked rather nice the way they had done it.

Interesting. I've always opted to exclude such (especially luggage). I have, of course, experienced flight delays/cancellations usually with missed connections as a result. Airports have always rerouted me without any arguments. Hold luggage once failed to appear on the carousel belt but was delivered to me totally intact by van driver less than 24 hours later.

Leila Khaled in 1969 made me aware of the Palestinian issue. The murder by Mossad of Ghassan Kanafani and his niece in 1972. Israel didn't accept Brazil's 1980 refusal to allow extradition of a German so they murdered him. Bombing of Iraq in 1981 to destroy Osirak nuclear reactor. Whole lot more, of course. Israel has previously boasted about killing ten Palestinians for each Israeli. Netanyahu has stated nobody will stop Israel attacking Palestinian's. Not even the International Court of Justice. He believes an Israeli ceasefire would be surrendering to Hamas. Not only unbelievably arrogant but mad too.

Media influence? Similar to USA haters during Vietnam conflict?

I would suggest that the majority of people in the World are fair-minded. It isn't a case of who the jews are, it's what they do.

The URL for PEA; https://www.pea.co.th/en

Thanks for this. Israel doesn't appear to mention that they also killed his brother during one of their seven attempts on his life. Long may he live.

Reading up on Mohammed Deif, Commander-in-Chief of Qassam Brigades. Born in a refugee camp in Gaza 'open air prison'. What this guy (and his family) have suffered at the hands of the Israeli's is unimaginable. Anyone, irrespective of religion, would fight back. Respect to him.

Already been mentioned that cameras won't prevent burglars getting in. Increasing visibility is more important. Railings instead of solid garden walls and bright exterior lighting would help. Lockable gates over doors and grills over windows are good visual deterrents. Maybe a few timers to switch lights on and off when you're away?

Frustrating. Probably could be remedied in a moment and a new card issued if you got the right person on the right day. However, as you say, easier to let it go not knowing what further details they might require.

Wow! The plot thickens! Do I need one of those too? They love copying documents, as you say. The Amphur even took a copy of my Thai blood donation record card.

When those of us who had no Yellow Book/Pink Card requested Covid jabs, didn't they generate 13 digit numbers? Were/are those details available to both NHS and Amphur's?

That was an issue for me (being from U.K.). Same as many other people I only had the free short-form birth certificate which doesn't contain parents details. Applied for a full-form certificate. However, it's headed 'Copy of entry upon Register of Births'. The amphur saw the word 'Copy' and declined to accept it because they insist upon original documents only!

Initially, my amphur (supervisor) told us there were only two requirements; 1) Living in the amphoe for over 12 months and, 2) Be legally married. When both of those requirements applied we returned to be told they required a translated and certified copy of my passport plus full form birth certificate. I pointed out that we had not long since supplied a copy of my passport for marriage registration so they will either have it in paper form and/or scanned image. They said 'no good, we need another.' My birth certificate is a 'short form' (no parents details) so that wouldn't be acceptable either. Same as you, gave up at that point.

Retired to Paraguay. Many previous holiday visits and to other South American countries too. Knew about the poor infrastructure but thought I could tolerate it. The frequent outages of water and electricity (especially water) got to me. Temperatures, mosquitos and ants similar to Thailand but when you can't take a shower, wash your clothes or flush the toilet it all seems much worse. Beer and especially wine were bargains. They don't like spicy food which suited me too. Old, clapped out buses are dirt cheap but not something you would wish upon your worst enemy. No railways, trams or Metro system. Rush hour traffic in/out of Asuncion is horrific. If you never need/want to go anywhere you'll be fine!

Mine resisted for four year's by demanding more and more documents. Mrs spoke to their Customer Service Manager informally at a social event and he told them to 'give over' and I then got my Yellow Book and Pink ID Card.

Point blank refusal Mike?

Regarding debts, my Thai sister-in-law ran up three million baht on her Thai credit card(s). She now works on contracts in India. Occasionally, some guys in pink shirts with pink ties visit my wife's shop enquiring as to her whereabouts. My Mrs tells them the same each time (the truth). They then go away again.

Unless the cabin crew don't know (or have run out). Happened to me but not on a Thailand arrival flight. I was waiting for them to give out landing cards as usual but it didn't happen. The crew said nothing, probably hoping to avoid earache.

Don't know anything about Canadian public records but in U.K. the Births and Death index are available to anyone. If a British Citizen dies abroad the death is registered in the country of death. It is not required (but can be done optionally) to register the death in U.K. also. Preventing your family from being aware of your death if it was registered in Canadian public records might not be possible?

Sounds correct. Very recently had an extraction at my usual specialist dental surgery 'out in the sticks' South of Khon Kaen. They suggested I could return after a couple of months. They instal Korean implants for 37,000, German made being a shade under 40,000 baht.

Agree! I use my Huawei GR5 2017 as my back-up phone now. Unfortunately, won't go above Android version 7 so no good for apps from the newer Neo Banks. No NFC either but not a great problem.

Thanks for the info. Vietnam and India always seem to get mentioned too. Personally, I wouldn't travel for dentistry. It's something you need when you need it.

Nothing looks better than properly poured concrete with (or without) tiles ontop.