JackGats

One thing we can all do is refuse to board if we don't have our own life jacket.

I thought gender was a social construct.

50 Thai beaches would make it to the top 100 if it were not for plastic.

3 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

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There are pressures now to go back to laws that criminalizes these drugs, because of the failure following de-criminalization. Just made society worse. ...

 

Which decriminalisation?

There hasn't been any. Which obviouly doesn't prevent it to be declared a failure.

On 5/3/2024 at 11:11 AM, bkk_mike said:

They only signed the 1949 one, so even licences in English need an IDP.

But, ironically, you can use the later, 3 year IDP.

Didn't Thailand sign the 1968 Vienna as well? Because you can now get a 3-year International Permit in Thailand (in order to drive in the EU with your Thai driving license).

6 hours ago, Presnock said:

I am only telling you my experience and meetings with the BOI reps.  In my passport is a note indicating that I am to report where I am living once a year.  If it does not apply to you, I am not concerned, just wanted you to know what I have been instructed by the BOI folks.  good luck stay safe

I am 99% sure the 1-year reporting requirement works like the 90-day reporting, only with 1 year instead of 90 days. Every time you come back to Thailand the clock gets reset. It would make little sense if it were otherwise.

On 4/16/2024 at 12:47 PM, hcvc said:

A plea for help from someone who has already been through the process of obtaining a BOI LTR Visa for Wealthy Pensioners - would you please explain to me what it means to show evidence your current visa has been canceled.

 

In case the applicant choses to have LTR visa issued at One Stop Center for Visa and Work Permit (OSS) in Bangkok, the applicant will be required to update latest travel information and upload passport pages with all Thai stamps (The file must be scanned both left and right pages per one sheet AND ALL SHEETS MERGED IN ONE PDF FILE), particularly biodata page, current visa which has been cancelled with the remaining permission to stay sufficient to receive LTR Visa*

 

For further information about current visa termination, please contact the immigration office where you got the current visa.

 

As per instructions from the BOI my wife contacted our local immigration office. The immigration office said they were not familiar with / had never done a LTR Visa for Wealthy Pensioners.

 

I would be grateful for your guidance

Same with me back then. They can't stamp an LTR until the previous visa is cancelled. But you can choose to have your current visa cancelled on the same day and at the same place you get the LTR stamp, which is what anyone in their right mind would choose anyway.

On 4/3/2024 at 7:29 PM, stat said:

Is ist still Ok to show a brokerage account (Interactive Brokers) that shows cash over 100K USD for 12 month ? Much obliged!

My understanding was that it needed to be cash over 12 months, never mind which kind of account (current account, savings account, brokerage account). It then became an issue of showing at least 12 statements of account for at least 12 consecutive months up to the present.

I guess he lost sight of the 0.42 grams. A passport is the last place on Earth to hide drugs since it gets checked at the airport.

I am just emerging from 10 days with flu-like symptoms. Fever, aches, nausea, some coughing, sniffles, nightmares. Very unpleasant. Covid was negative. Bad-ass virus.

10 hours ago, Bagwain said:

Did you go out of the country? If yes then the 1st one is at an office.

This makes a mockery of the online notification. This means peple who fly a lot will never succeed online. Pfff!

19 hours ago, Lorry said:

People can get addicted to Lyrica, especially people with a history of addiction to any other substance. 

Addicts often use doses higher than therapeutic doses.

 

 

In fact not really addicts. Rather 70% of  elderly patients in Europe right now. They start with 50mg, 2 years later already 250 or 300mg.

9 minutes ago, n00dle said:

 

 

there are far too many that would beg to differ 

Many go for crappy highs. I tried "recreational" Lyrica out once. Felt like "recreational" Tramadol, ie poor, not worth the health risk at all.

Painkiller. Tolerance develops quickly. I remember reading it could damage eyesight. Little value as a drug to get high but some people will abuse everything (for want of alternatives).

It seems that the type of pain it targets (neurological, chronic, cause hard to pinpoint) could be amenable to cannabis. Only governments prefer their elderly population to be hooked on Lyrica, in typical war-on-drugs fashion.

6 hours ago, impulse said:

I can't believe the way they're salivating over going on a war footing. 

 

I wish every British politician was required to visit the graveyards and tour the museums in Kanchanaburi to see what happens when you send your young men off to foreign wars.  Nowadays, it'll be young men and women.

I'd rather the Ukranians fight than I though. Therefore I say "let the Ukranians have all the weapons they want".

Those nationalities basically get a "stay as long as you like" deal. Like an LTR visa but free of charge. There's no mistaking the way the wind is blowing. It's game over for Farangs in Thailand. (Has been for some time judging by girls' attitudes by the way).

Many consulates require proof of residency in the foreign country if you are not living in your home country. This may lead to a catch-22 situation if you are living in Thailand because what kind of proof of residency do you get from thailand? All you have to show is a Visa and a Visa is not a residency permit. Indeed if at the same time you no longer have any residency in your home country you might find there is no consulate anywhere willing to handle your application for a retirement Visa. Even the Mexican consulate in your home country might raise objections because you are no longer living in your home country.

At last an article whose title has nothing whatsoever to do with the content! 

Usually there would be some connection between the title and the content so you would strain to ascertain what that connection was. No such worry here. 

If some Thai ruins my 2500-euro a-piece hearing aids by splashing water unto it, a lot of good it will do to me to have the Thai's apologies. Can I file an insurance claim with the Thai's apology?

"If you are lonely and desperate why not find a gf at the local hardware store?"

Are half-way decent looking girls keen on men who are "lonely and desperate"? That's new. I'd have thought girls hated losers, going instead for men who exude strength, confidence and control.

On mongering sites some men will like to brag about pulling freebies (or pulling working girls below list-price). Endless discussions would ensue. Such endless discussions were not so common in earlier internet days, when posting pictures of the girls was ok, indeed expected. A pic would often reveal we're not talking about the same types of girls lookswise.

It is funny though how inveterate sex-tourists often feel the need to distance themselves from their peers.

What they need asking is why would female employees in a country like Thailand be easier than say the ones in Toronto or Stockholm? If you can pull freebies in Thailand so can you in your own country. Why then do you save all year long to be able to afford flights half-way around the world to hot mosquito-ridden countries where you can't stand the food, don't understand the language, and often risk being robbed at knifepoint?

162 people killed, 1,279 injured within 4 days?

No big deal.

Cannabis is the national catastrophe: 162 people with anxiety and 1,279 with reduced motivation.