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Nice point but in reality Tai folks and many farang never read signs. Societies all over the world need to do a rethink of how to communiate with and successfully keep the populace well informed. E.g. IMHO all social media should have a license to operate but they have to (by law) give back to society in terms of being a broad communications tool and cannot be used as tools to promote rampant capitalism and cannot be used to broadcast fake news and unsubstantied claims of health improvements etc.

Nice points. The last 2 lines ... seems to me if written in terms of the levels os done: - IMHO the most damage done is 'the big guns system' I express this as the self glorification of the military, who belive they have a total and absolute right to direct the country and it's citizens and which which cannot be questioned. - IMHO next in terms of damage done; The fat cats - the few families who own a very very large proportion of the wealth of Thailand and it grows bigger. Attempts to gain a better spread of the wealth remain unsuccessful and the gap continues at an unconscionably very large gross level and with the fat cats showing no concern. Yes deep change is needed and now. Bring on a party with desire to create a society with some level of socialism - share the wealth, the vast majority have a good quality of life, society cares for & supports each other. Theres equality in education and it's free because education is the springboard to a society where all have a right to speak out and are capable of constructing and verbalizing solid valuable argument. And all kids gain a good awareness of the outside world and the way it operates politically and economically.

Banks have sites showing property which has been repossessed by that bank. Some banks have a notie board near the door showing photos of local property which that bank/branch has repossessed. Keep in mind that some banks (all countries, but not legal in some countries) have a policy to sell such properties at a price which recovers the o/s loan amount and expenses and not much more.

And how many parents, farang or Thai actually teach heir kids or explain how this equipment works and teach them how/when/how high to lift their feet at the 'end of the journey?'

Sure and this guy would be the all time poster boy manic to be important, manic for others to see how wealthy he is. A Thai man I know of the same, he's an English coversation teacher, not very good at it, doesn't teach English writing because he can't write English sentences. Bores his Thai students every day with new/old big photos on the class room walls of luxury houses and expensive cars he claims to own. And he makes sure they all get mentioned during his class. Supposed to teach English conversation but there's no 2 way conversation, just his self agranisment. Years ago he borrowed 10M Baht from a very naive farang, never been repaid. Farang is very wealthy. Also years back the Thai I'm important guy went to farangs house and said 'my car has been stolen', so naive farang gave him the keys to his expensive close to new BMW, 'here, use this until the police find your car'. He never had a car. Years later still using the BMW, even using an oil company fleet card to refill the tank.

The approval rate is very low, and is way way less than the maximum number of approvals allowed each year. It's not just a 'get the is and ts all in order on the app. docs and your in'.

The numbers of US Americans who have travelled is not much bigger, and you can see how easily they accept total lies.

Confused, not surprised, do you know what day of the week it is?

Well you can find some twisted local 'beliefs' around these subjects. When my Thai son got married his loud mouth lady boy older brother in law (who lives permenantly in a fanyast world) did the rounds of all the outer members of brides family telling them: - By Thai law and Australian law when a man who has some connection to Australia marries all members of the brides family (parents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters in law, all kids, all regardless of age, working/not working ) are entitled to a monthly allowance of 50,000Baht from the Aust. gov't. They all signed up then lady boy presented the list to my son requesting that he get me to get it started. My son instantly told lady boy brother in law 'not true / no such thing. You will have to tell everybody on your list it's not true / not happening'. My son's lady boy BIL insisted it was true and he called the Aust. embassy in Bkk to get them to confirm. They didn't of course and told him to not ring back. Lady boy proceeded to tell all that the Aust. embassy is corrupt and is stealing all this money every month and they tell lies.

She wants you to earn moe ans then spend more. Are you a *star* at her establishment?

You need a hobby, something a bit more interesting that arguments over the unsubstantiated unwinable subject you chose. Painting by numbers could be good ... By the way, perhaps it's a successful bar and the mamasan already earns more than you?

But if that's true maybe (hopefully) the new MFP / PTP gov't will quickly enact changes to the laws re: - selection of senators (hopefully by voting) and remove any process which automatically favors / appointment of military/police/retired nilitary of police. - remove their right to participate in the selection of the PM.

Does the driver also get discount on the M150 energy drink?

The applicant must have proof of holding a Thai Work Permit continuously for 3 years and still hold the WP at the date of applying and for further time. The applicant must also submit written proof that their personal Tax Thai returns for th same period have been submitted and totally clearly (paid). Holding a work permit also means that the applicant must have a visa which aligns to holding a work permit. You need to check whether the visas you mentioned do align to holding a work permit.

There is no screen shot. - I get notification of a new message (near the bell symbol) - I click on the bell. - The new message summary comes up on my screen. - I click on the new message summary to open the full new message. - It doesn't open.

As above. Third time I've sent message to forum support re this issue. Early this morning it seemed to be fixed. Now it's happening again. Please advise, thank you.

However his followers (there's many) have every right to keep pushing and being seen to push.

Seems to me that, because it's an open spoken vote in front of all in attendance very few of the senators will give him their vote. They would get 'punished' in some way by their military brothers.

ored, so My Thai wife was a doctor of medicine and an orthopedic specialist, sadly now departed. She died of lung cancer from her fathers continuous chain smoking, as did her 2 sisters and her mother.

Not the point, is it!

My error, my apology.

True, they have one though/direction/objective only ... the glory of the military and it's right (in their beliefs) to always and forever 'manage' the country.

What happens in the US is not the world benchmark, I'm aware in many European countries and Oceania countries a 1 month or 2 month deposit is normal. And it's normal / standard practice in Thailand.

There's a dedicated online visa site operated y the VN Immigration Bureau, in English for online visas to enter VN at Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi. The online site is easy to use and all done in 24 hours. Once issued print a copy, arrive at the arrival airport and go straight to the 'foreign passports' lines. No hassles at all. I've used this method about 10 times, always worked well. I've visited both cities many time to lecture at VN universities, everywhere I went people were friendly, helpful, and polite. Yelling/loud talk/being demanding is not appreciated, the locals will just ignore you. Had one US American professor tried to berate, be abusive to the students (*all around 19 to 25 years old) about the VN war 65 years ago. Students quickly contacted the dean who promptly came to the classroom and told the professor to cease and insisted the professor leave the campus immediately , contract to teach cancelled, and go back to hotel. If needed call the uni admin and they would help to get an immediate return to US booking. Not difficult to find English speakers. Both cities and the regional areas are quite clean. Food is great and easy enough to find western food, good prices. Plenty of large well stocked clean supermarkets with lots of western products, reasonable pricing. Taxis can sometimes try to overcharge, but doesn't happen that often. Common enough in many countries. It's not a good idea to hail a very small taxi, the interior space is just big enought for a small VN person. Westerners won't fit in. Hope this helps, good luck.

Wow thanks, this is very valuable information. The step edge does look exactly like the picture. Much appreciated. Do you have any suggestion where I could buy the item in the photo, anywhere in Thailand, personal shopping or online? Or do you have a specific industry 'name' for the item, so that I could search online? Any suggestions much appreciated. Thanks again.