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None found, but just how hard were they looking?

How difficult can it be, that has been discussed since about a decade!

Now that everyone and their dog already has a Rabbit card, just make the Rabbit card universal and be done with it.

Great to see Blago freed. While he's guilty as sin, the ridiculous sentence he was given didn't fit the crime.

5 hours ago, keith101 said:

He should get the death penalty or life without parole and no pardon ever .

I'm not usually in favor of the death penalty, but really, what do you do with such a tool? Senseless violence for purely selfish reasons, plus a crybaby "sorry mum" routine - I don't think it's possible to fix or "reform" whatever went wrong with such a character.

Dealing with those crooks is simply unwise. Whenever I walk past someone offering me girls or whatever, I just smile or might even say "No thanks!", but in any case, I KEEP WALKING. Never a problem, they don't assault people just for politely declining their offer.

The "curtain of water" is right up there with using ship propellers to speed up draining flooded rivers.

Never a shortage of mind boggling nonsense!

What's wrong with spending a night in Mukdahan or Savannakhet before applying? I've staid in both towns, and while I wouldn't call either of them exciting, I think they are decent enough for a little break.

1 hour ago, Mangkhut said:

They didnt ask me any questions. What they discussed is hard to tell, but obviously something about my previous stays in Thailand, counting the days I have been in Laos etc. There was also an issue about my passport as there are only 2 blank pages left, and they are the 2 first pages in my passport. (The first stamper started on page 3 for some unknown reason...)

If those pages aren't labeled as visa pages, but as "remarks" or something, that could indeed be an issue.

Other than that, I think you should be okay, if they had been unhappy with your history, they probably wouldn't have accepted your application after counting days.

Fingers crossed!

4 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

What have I missed here? What has the shopping mall at the On Nut BTS got to do with this topic?

Same name, but two different shopping malls (Century Victory Monument vs. Century On Nut). That got some people confused.

That seems to be "a bit" of a problem now. Since a certain incident, every d1ck with a gun now appears to feel entitled to use it as he sees fit.

Sanity - a commodity in short supply, but sometimes it prevails.

How many times do those muppets want to "propose" this? Desperation.

From that list in the OP, they don't seem to include the biggest illegal money makers. So I've got the feeling that this "reform", if it even comes to it, amounts to nothing more than window dressing.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

I could see Thai Elite start offering 100kb per year membership, but not any cheaper. 

I think it would need to be more expensive (120k ?), otherwise it would kill their 5-years offer. Personally, I think it would be a popular option for those who don't want to commit longer and those who just want a hassle-free sabbatical etc. But their background checks which already seem to take a long time might be a stumbling block with even more applications.

8 minutes ago, Mangkhut said:

I current passport is issued Dec 2015 and I have been visiting Thailand 1-2 times pr year and spending 2-3 months pr year in the country. No visas though, just VE and extensions and a couple of visruns in Mae Sai.

That should work in your favor - that's the history of a genuine tourist. It probably also helps that the previous SETV was issued in your home country.

3 hours ago, Mangkhut said:

OMG - so it means Im not likely to get a visa there.....

How about Vientiane? Is it difficult to get a visa there and how long is the appointment line ftm?

You're a border line case as far as their SETV policy is concerned, so if I were you, I'd give it a shot since you are in Savannakhet anyway.

Do you have any previous Thai stamps in your passport before arriving in October?

Please report back how it goes!

So they continue to admit Chinese incoming travelers, but tell Thais not to travel to Japan and Singapore. That, in combination, makes little sense to none.

They're barking mad. In related news, there's severe water shortage (so it would be wise not to splash more water than "necessary") and a coronavirus threat (so it would be wise to limit traveling around).

Oh, and factories are closing and workers are getting laid off. So it might be wise to help people find a new job quickly instead of giving them more holiday time to p1ss away their severance pay 

Giant Ibis sells cross-border bus tickets from Bangkok to Siem Reap. You can buy a ticket online. Whether or not your airline would accept such a ticket, I don't know.

That's a good start. Next we'll need a self treatment guide so that those of us who are unfortunate enough to get infected can treat ourselves at home instead of overwhelming the hospitals. What do I need? A can of oxygen, some tubes to suck out excess fluids from my lungs? Anything else?

That doesn't sound very credible if it really was a random attack and not a result of a prior altercation.

It's been a while since an arrest of a REAL foreign criminal has been reported. Too busy hunting for those petty offenders?

7 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

Nice to know I am free of the 3rd stage of Syphillis,

Indeed, congratulations. ????