JackGats

Good veggies?

If Immigration want to send someone to check whether you live at a given address, the least they could do is then to write-up a report confirming you live there. Such a report could serve as proof-of-address for banks abroad etc.

It is common practice within the same country, maybe also between two closely related countries (between Germany and Austria?). I doubt Thai brokers are equipped to deal with an international transfer or are even allowed to do so legally.

Why does the system not work with foreign faces? This must be because we have weird facial features compared to the Thais.

This is Thailand, the country of barfines. If you want a hospital doctor to come to your home, you must barfine the doctor from the hospital too.

Nowadays people can quickly find out prices on the Internet and see if the price at a duty-free is any good.

Indeed. I think it goes to show that cannabis is a drug with low addictive potential. Alternatively, it goes to show that cannabis is not really legal. The legality in Thailand is shaky, and there's the question about what happens if you test positive outside Thailand.

The thing with the anti-vaccine spammers is that they got their basic vaccines at an early age. In other word the vaccines are often why they're still alive. That's the worst side-effects of vaccines: having kept those spammers alive.

Why do many people NOT drink alcohol even though it's legal?

I'm sure the guys who lost their card in an ATM agreed that cash is king. After all they came to the ATM to get cash.

A bank will only return your card if you carry full proof that the card is yours, like your passport + savings book. And even then it's not a sure thing.

Funny how romance scams only hit the news when women are the victims. Romance-scamming of men is systemic yet nobody cares.

Isn't Dengue what Thailand should be worrying about?

I confess getting your card swallowed is infuriating. ATMs should be swipe-only or cardless: problem solved. As to fraululent use, it should suffice for ATMs to be equipped with cameras that take a mug pic as soon as a transaction feels dodgy.

This is interesting because my regular short-time girl told me one year ago soon we might not be able to meet any more as she was offered a job on a golf course. Eventually it didn't pan out for her, but there may be some "golf connection" for top-tier working girls.

The Spaniards killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. After they drive away the tourists, those demonstrating crowds will demand government hand-outs which the goverment will not be able to pay: Spain is a country without natural resources and with few profitable industries.

As though you didn't know that the emphasis was on Indians in Thailand, not on Indians in the slums of Calcutta. Indians are now big spenders in Thailand.

If they'd fought for Germany instead, you would have eros centers in the UK and India and wouldn't need to travel to Asia for sex.

I bet your picture on Thai Friendly is over 6 years old, so a 6-month old pic for a visa shouldn't be a problem.

Gorge on papayas and dragon fruits! I noticed fruits were no easy to come by in Isaan though. Many markets didn't have any. Had to drive all the way to the nearest Big C or Lotus. Some people develop serious constipation as they get older because they never got into the habit of eating fruits and greens while they were younger and didn't suffer from any constipation.

Maybe Trump is speaking like that on purpose? He is a great communicator/manipulator.

Farangs in denial. Flying half-way round the world to speak broken English with post-menopausal women in beer bars.

I think India-Pakistan is more critical for flights in and out of Thailand.

Peadohypocrisy has nothing to do with being right-wing or left-wing. It has to do with peadohysteria as a whole.

You should know what is going on. Indians have WAY more money now than Farangs. Even unemployed Indians do sex tourism in Thailand these days. Muslims? The crowds disgorged by flights from the Middle East outbid and outspend Farangs. So do Russians and sundry Asians. Those guys regularly pay up to 10 thousand Baht for short time. Farangs invent stories of Indians gang-banging beach road girls for 800 baht a session, stories of Korean being popular because they're quick and small. Farangs are in denial.