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11 minutes ago, lapd said:

I wonder if foreigners know what most Thais think of them.

Yep, it's about the only useful thing about being fluent in Thai. Sit quietly and listen to hatred pouring out of them

They often say a Thai changes when they get into a vehicle/moto.

That is WRONG, they change when they get out. The true Thai is the one behind the wheel .

Shame the general public show such acquiescence.

13 hours ago, AdamTheFarang said:

As you can see in my catchphrase below one thing that stands out in Thailand that I have never seen any where else in the world is pulling out on to a road especially a larger road without looking. Why do Thais do this? There should be automatic jail of 5 years for anyone that causes an accident for not looking! There clearly needs to be a deterrent.

Not sure you could fit another 10/20 million people in the already bursting jails

43 minutes ago, chubby said:

bit cryptic "we will back to school" ,  meaning what, we will be inspecting the schools? or

 

at least they aren't separating children and mothers, then deporting the mothers  like    Fox News

Yes they are & it's worse here. If you get caught with an O/S you go straight to IDC, unable to see your kids again in Thailand for 10 years. No belongings no goodbyes nothing! 

Disgustingly greedy vile company

6 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Who gets the missing 1%?

Maths isn't a strong point over here. Just look at the ingredients in the food packaging, it never adds up to 100%!

On 4/18/2018 at 1:53 PM, jossthaifarang said:

Simple solution is to sell the tickets out of 711 where they can put the tickets into a vending machine, then you have the option of choosing the numbers you want or taking a random computerized set of numbers for 80 baht every time, unless they figure out a way to corrupt the machine.. Just a thought, but hey why follow the rest of the world TIT! 

When I first came here I remember seeing amputees/disabled people selling them. It was a  chance for them to make some cash as there is no proper welfare system.

Nowadays it's younger able bodied people trying to make some fast cash and the disabled folks don't get a sniff. Sad really.

28 minutes ago, cat handler said:

He should be jailed for 19 years now, since he doesn’t think it’s that big a deal.

 

Do you really believe that or are you trolling? Beggars belief that people of your ilk exist.

8 hours ago, overherebc said:

These conditions have been going on for a long long time. Not really got a lot to do with the present government.

Worse places exist and better places exist.

That's the way it is. No complaining on here and no amount of spouting off on here will make any difference.

This isn't a 'go home if you don't like it rant' it's just a post saying wherever or whatever country you decide to move to accept the fact that things are not going to be the same as your own country.

No they haven't. When I first started coming here about 20 years ago, it was easy to get a non immigrant multiple o visa. You just applied to Hull and it was done. No questions were asked on arrival and you got 15 months hassle free (90 day visa runs). Tourist visa were also a doddle and there were various places you could go & you never feared of problems with re-entry.

I often went to Savan Vegas. Fly from BKK then to Mukdhan, picked up there & off to the casino for 3 days. They did all the work, no questions asked and it was painless. All this has stopped now and it's hassle after hassle.

If you were caught overstaying you were deported via IDC but it was just 20k and you could come back with NO ban whatsoever. 

I understand that in the early 00's there was a lot of dross here. That was mainly due to the fact the baht was weak and people were able to live here extremely cheaply. Just the steep rise of the baht has got rid of over 50% of those from Europe and especially the UK.

Just look at the forums re Visas, immigration on T Visa. It has hardened appreciably in the last 4/5 years in line with who is currently in charge. Just because I haven't many posts (under this avatar), don't think I haven't been here a long long time. 

You would think they would want you out asap. Therefore if you had your phone, you could make the necessary arrangements. Pure vindictiveness!

2 minutes ago, jouec said:

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I meant to quote the other post, nothing wrong with yours

2 hours ago, Cereal said:

I am with this sentiment 100%. In fact I'd go further:

 

Jail time per length of overstay:

 

- 1 month for each year

- 1 week for each month

- 1 day for each week

 

Therefore Eugen would be looking at 20 months in the crowbar hotel courtesy of the Thai government.

 

That crap has got to stop because it has already affected me and many others like me. My "jump through all the proper hoops and legalities obtained" business visa in Laos used to allow me unlimited access into the LOS. My wife and I used to go at least monthly, do some shopping and visit her family.

 

Thai immigration changed the laws a couple of years ago limiting me to 2 land crossings a year unless I buy a 6 month multi-entry visa from the Thai Embassy in Vientiane for 5000 baht. I have bought said visa but the only reason I had to do so was because of scofflaws like Eugen et al.  Their illegal, greedy, selfish, careless and thoughtless actions cost me money.

 

No sympathy here in the slightest. Barring the extraordinary, there is no plausible reason whatsoever to have an overstay. Throw them away and then deport them for life.

When you have a xenophobic, fascist govt, these things tend to happen. It's nothing to do with anything else. 

3 minutes ago, stanleycoin said:

So you had to get a multiple entry visa .

So you can come multiple times in and out of the country.

Amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   

 

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