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On 4/26/2024 at 12:45 PM, DrJack54 said:

It's disappointing that you were put through the ringer. 

Even more so with a valid multi non O.

 

Gets better than that. Do a border bounce from samui ( long day) . Even with multiple entry non o you have to pay extra 1 thousand baht to the  agency who then pays the i.os at said land border crossings on 1 day trip. So you can get back in ext . At least you get to ware a neck lace with the agents name on it so the i.os know have have paid

Ha ha think bigger picture bet loads of ya have come across our lovely Israeli friends here on " holiday" . How many Palestinians ? 

Samui is now absolutely full of the same types weather Russian Ukrainian brit Aussie Israeli ext ect . Doesn't help that the bib here or on the other islands are the most corrupt going. Was told years ago (15 +) buy Aussie and pommie consulates ( embassy officials) that bophut police station the most corrupt they have to  deal within thailand. Wake up old samui expats (decent ones anyway) . This place is going same way as phuket. 

Easy sign no Russians or Israelis allowed

11 hours ago, hotchilli said:

In his post, the owner pleaded with the women to come back and pay their bill, saying the staff in charge of their table would otherwise have to cover it

 

Not so nice boss.

Normal behaviour in thailand. This is why idiots don't understand waiter or waitress. Get very upset or violent about these things as they have to pay for it. Either out of their individual wages or combined staff tips.yes very wrong but tit. 

10 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Yes, having the corrupt investigate the corrupt, won't work.

The only teal way is to have a completely independent group, who are above any suspicion to do any investigation, trying to find a group like that in Thailand would be 'almost' impossible!

Exactly that's why Jesus wasn't born in Thailand 1 Get finding a virgin of baby producing age and 2 the most impossible 3 wise men lol

3 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Thai people actually getting arrested for crimes against foreigners. How many of you complainers does this prove wrong? Doesn't matter because you're not the sort that ever admits to being wrong, that would spoil the fun of complaining. 

Problem is the punishments . The Thais Will maybe get fined 500 baht ,good old wai of ya go . Foreigner who  may have lived here for years have family here  business ect . Lesser offence but zeros on fine and visa revoked , equals life gone very wrong . But our lovely hosts can just do it all again.

Again and again it's down to the uneducated locals who don't neuter castrate the animals . Cute for a whi!e then start to cost ya money vet bills ect  out ya go. To compound the situation idiot farangs who leave their common sense in the departing airport but keep their western sensamalties regarding animal welfare and feed the strays. Wake up there are no human rights in los let alone animal

On 4/4/2024 at 2:45 PM, Asquith Production said:

After 4 attempts to repair and which I believed to be a routine operation I am looking at the the possibility of going back to the UK. I am sure it will be more than a year to sort out. I am hoping for a good outcome when I go back next week and the Dr as seen the result of the scan.

All the best fella

On 4/8/2024 at 2:58 PM, Sandboxer said:

Funny, you sound like a common cannon fodder ranker, Corporal.

 

Then again, the standards for a UK officer commission are widely known to be fairly...."achievable" for pretty much anyone these days given the ridiculous never ending chances that total substandard candidates are given. Which defeats the purpose of the whole system. 

Ha ha sand boxer it went down hill when the likes as your name suggests sand macaroons were allowed in but paid big £££££ ps commissioned in late 80s . As you were private pile. 

7 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

The article does not say they smelled anything, which is possible. So a critique of our response could be that this is just a Thai bashing post. If, we assume the passengers smelled exhaust and either lack basic CO toxicity knowledge or are stereotypically passive to a point where they will not protest being poisoned and suffocated.

Not being derogatory to yourself, but come on man the vast majority of Thai people are completely unaware of any dangers or outcomes .. It's Buddha's way. Keep em stupid and uneducated, they behave and believe the masters simple. It's us pesky educated farangs that's cause these proplems. Safety first my arse as an ex commercial pilot did you ever fly for a Thai owned airline.. .money comes first people's lives 2nd. Happens all over the world at least here we know the score. In western countries same happens apart from its behind closed doors and more 0000 involved Boeing door bolts ect ect

1 hour ago, Chalong circle said:

What about the salary ?

Agree it's all relative. Price to earnings. E.g. A Thai earning Thai min wage could never afford to live ( even go on holiday) In for example the uk. However a UK citizen could lead a comfortable life in Thailand on UK min wage , and can yes afford to come on holiday here

Samui has well and truly had it. All the infrastructure is in need of total repair. Electric ,water but more importantly sewage. Where do you think all the septic tank trucks empty it all . Any idiot go take a look down Lipa noi by the  back roads to certain ferry company and see the land waste oops sorry incinerator plant 

Lived on samui 25years place is now well and truly %&'k%d to much greed from locals ( who soon forgot about covid when expats kept them afloat) and corrupt officials from foreigners with money to !aunder.only getting worse with our lovely russian\ukrainan friends , not forgetting our poor persecuted Israeli ( from ww2 who now doing to the Palestinians that Hitler did to them) corrupt police ext at home from home for these basically crimal types . 

Ps these guys make the old school English  criminals look like school girls 

Use ferries from samui to mainland all the time always stay on the top deck . Safety first my butt hole all about the $$$$$$

23 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

I had a mesh inserted in a hernia some 16+ years ago. Since then I've been uncomfortable at times and just assumed it was all part and parcel of a mesh hernia repair. Lately things have become more noticeable painful wise in the hernia area. 

Today I went to the local government hospital where I had the operation done. The surgeons there didn't seem too happy doing an examination but they did. They've now given me a referral letter to go to Korat. They didn't exactly say why. I'm assuming it's the 'mesh'. Has anyone had a hernia mesh repair operation done and can it be done? If I have to live with the discomfort then so be it. But just a a side thing. The doctor asked my wife where I'm from. She told him England and he said 'why don't you take him there'? I have no idea as to his meaning.

He is being honest from my experience of government hospitals here. If ya

can get back to UK and can still access nhs ( or spend the time back home to 're qualify for nhs) do it . Proper job done by people who care and not looking at you as a cash flow, obviously you've been in los for a long time so should understand this is a 2.5 world country (being polite and not saying 3rd world) esp government hospitals and esp esp how Farang treated in then ( my personal experiences). Or pay stupid money to the private hospitals to do it with most prop the same surgeon who would do it in the dragconion government hospitals. No different in any agency here you pay for promotion. Not on skill and sadly this applies to the medical  profession

Be legal to drive full stop ie appropriate license esp Thai 1" helps

Jesus a tradie would leave his tools of the trade outside 

Reminds me of a Grace Jones song "slave to the rhythm " 

Brave guy. However I Get a funny feeling of "dead man walking"  

1 hour ago, helloagain said:

I gave free in UK as well cos the hospital gave free. Here they want free but make you pay for it, NO WAY will I give as they do that. I'm 70.

Exactly right you give it to them for free and by the way it also goes to the private hospitals. See how much the gov hospitals charge let alone, the private, for a pint esp westerners 

1 hour ago, Alixqay said:

I don't understand why Thailand don't give 90 day Visa exception to European countries?  We use a lot of money in Thailand, and don't understand why it is so expensive and problematic to stay 60 days? 

because the westerners are allowed free thinking and would soon see what a shòwer of poo thailand really is. 3rd world country dressed in western clothes

On 10/12/2023 at 4:27 PM, BritTim said:

I assume you are using a multiple entry visa (Non B or Non O). Your work permit is unaffected by your border bounce.

thank you as I got caught out by the 90 day stamp on work permit 20 years ago caused major proplems . they change it about 15 years ago that your work permit ( using multiple entry visa) was valid for 1 year no 90 ďay stamp required for your work permit. I had to cancel old work permit 6 years ago due to nasty rta. This is my 1st work permit since so just wanted to for my I's and cross my t's  . thank you