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Good point, seems to me folks who make such a mess have a specific mindset which automatically defines actions / lack of actions, resulting in the pictured mess. For years I worked with a farang in Bkk who kept a very dirty work area. He did good/valuble work, the Thai boss accepted his mess and one of his assistants continously cleaned up. Then he invited several farang colleagues to his quite big 2 bed apartment for a birthday party for his gf. He hired S&P for the catering (food and drinks). I arrived with 2 other work colleagues about 5 minutes before the agred time. None of us had been to the apartment before. We walked in and we all looked at each other. For a couple of minutes nobody spoke. A minute later the S&P folks arrived (a supervisor, a chef and 3 waiters). The S&P supervisor asked the Thai GF 'where can we work to prepare the plates of food?', Answer 'on the floor'. In reality all the tables, bench tops, sink area etc., were covered with old dirty plates, good scraps, cutlery, empty food containers, dozens of bottles of full/empty body lotions, make up items etc. The S&P supvr checked for any further clean plates, cutlery and drinking glasses. None, all dirty. S&P guy called the nearest S&P restaurant and asked then to quickly deliver plates, cutlery, glasses and a maid to help with clean up. All the guests were standing up, nobody wanted to sit down because all the chairs, sofas were piled with dirty smelling laundry. All of the time the guy who lived in the apartment and his GF made no attempt to move anything so guests could sit doen or to clear an area for food/drink preparation. The bathroom was just as dirty, mould and dried soap scum everyehere, dozens of old discintergrating toothpaste packages and empty t'paste tubes, old soap wrappings, remains of bars of soap all over the floor and maybe 10 dirty smelly towels draped over bathroom fittings. One of my colleagues quietly asked 'do you have a maid?' Answer 'No, what for'. One of the work colleague guests said quietly 'i'm leaving, I can't cope with this and I don't want to eat food which had been left lyingon the floor'. (At one point the gf too k many pieces of cooked chicken from an S&P container and just put them on the floor. Why? She wanted the S&P container to make a second ice bucket). As soon as the work quest said 'I'm leaving' everybody fled. Next day party boy arrives and gets on with his work, nothing mentioned by anybody about the previous day. Quite an experience.

Which could also mean there's little to zero discussion with parents which would, in most countries be regular and builds morals and ethics and a strong understanding of what's OK and what's NOT OK.

I'm lost re Food Variety, the website I found seems to only have cookies etc., not a full grocery range. Have I got the wrong website?

That's the elementary / introduction level class...

Hot model, stunning, actress. I wonder what of real value she has contributed to Thailand to aid development, improve quality of life, etc?

From a couple of discussions with the Imm. officers 25 years ago, over 90% of applicantions were rejected. Is it the same today?

Are you meaning a Thai government hospital?

"...as a resident in our House Blue Book (Tabien Baan) which has my wife as the sole registered owner". Just a small correction. The Tabien Baan (TB) book (all colours) is not a record of ownership. In fact it doesn't mention ownership of the land/house etc. The Tabien Baan book is the official register of who is recorded as a resident of that house. Although often well out of date. It's common for a Thai person who comes from an upcountry family to ask the house master if he/she will allow them to put their name in the Tabien Baan book for the house/condo etc., where they are living in Bkk (or another place). They could be related but it's not a requirement that they be related. Some Thais take this subject seriously, some don't. However when a Thai person applies for something at: an amphur office, a bank account, a contract to buy a fridge, a car etc., etc., they must, by Thai law, prove two things; 1). Their ID, using their Thai ID card or Thai passport (if they have one), and 2). Prove their address (Tabien Baan book). The house master (person responsible to keep this book up to date) is often not the owner of the property however in most cases the owner will have sanctioned someone (doesn't need to be a relative) to take care of the Tabien Baan book. Foreigners can't decide 'I'll put my name in a blue TB or whatever colour book'. Being put in a Tabien Baan book depends on the type of visa the foreigner holds and very few foreigners have the required visa etc., to qualify to be entered into a blue book. One exception is foreigners who hold Thai PR (Thai Permanent Residence - also known as a Thai Certificate of Residence*). *Note: Beware of confusion. Foreigners sometimes need to get a 'Certificate of Residence' from Thai Immigration to be able to get a Thai drivers license and some other things. This 'Certificate of Residence' document (for a drivers license etc.), is NOT necessarily connected to a TB book. The foreigner goes to an Immigration office and asks for a 'Certificate of Residence to get a drivers license' etc., and shows perhaps a rental contract with an address and immigration use that to quickly write the very simple 'certificate of Residence for a driving license' document.

"...as a resident in our House Blue Book (Tabien Baan) which has my wife as the sole registered owner". Just a small correction. The Tabien Baan (TB) book (all colours) is not a record of ownership. In fact it doesn't mention ownership of the land/house etc. The Tabien Baan book is the official register of who is recorded as a resident of that house. Although often well out of date. It's common for a Thai person who comes from an upcountry family to ask the house master if he/she will allow them to put their name in the Tabien Baan book for the house/condo etc., where they are living in Bkk (or another place). They could be related but it's not a requirement that they be related. Some Thais take this subject seriously, some don't. However when a Thai person applies for something at: an amphur office, a bank account, a contract to buy a fridge, a car etc., etc., they must, by Thai law, prove two things; 1). Their ID, using their Thai ID card or Thai passport (if they have one), and 2). Prove their address (Tabien Baan book). The house master (person responsible to keep this book up to date) is often not the owner of the property however in most cases the owner will have sanctioned someone (doesn't need to be a relative) to take care of the Tabien Baan book. Foreigners can't decide 'I'll put my name in a blue TB or whatever colour book'. Being put in a Tabien Baan book depends on the type of visa the foreigner holds and very few foreigners have the required visa etc., to qualify to be entered into a blue book. One exception is foreigners who hold Thai PR (Thai Permanent Residence - also known as a Thai Certificate of Residence*). *Note: Foreigners sometimes need to get a 'Certificate of Residence' from Thai Immigration to be able to get a Thai drivers license and some other things. This 'Certificate of Residence' document (for a drivers license etc.), is NOT necessarily connected to a TB book. The fpreigner goes to an Immigration office and asks for a 'Certificate of Residence' to get a drivers license etc., and shows perhaps a rental contract with an address and immigration use that to write the very simple 'certificate of Residence'' document.

Thai Watsadu CM way out on the Super Highway also have a big selection of such things, used to be in the aisle next to the cupboard handles, maybe moved. Walk in the main front door on the right hand side of the building, keep walking straight ahead 5 or 6 rows on the right side. Good luck.

"No other countries have ever hit the quota to my knowledge." I got PR 25+ years ago. When I got the approval letter I went to Soi Suan Plu (I don't remember why), In a casual conversation the Suan Plu Imm. officer mentioned for that year the total number of Australians approved for PR was 5 (incl. me), and not much higher for most western countries.

... they are brothers in arms ... says it all. Their aim it to get the pleasure <deleted> in each others pocket and admiring each others uniforms and medals. While at the same time they work to make the plebs frightened of them. Has any of this current matter and connection to building a civil society, national development, respect for law and order, human rights and are any of these subjects receiving any attention? NO and NO.

Another option for TV by internet is AIS PLAY: - AIS will come and install the box, 2 minutes - TV doesn't need to be bought as a SMART TV - No additional monthly fees (all covered in your basic internaet connection monthly fee) - Doesn't need any type of additional high speed connection. - Many English news channels, some channels have dual language, easy to change the language audio. - Many Thai channels and cartoon channels. - Some movie channels, some have dual language, each to flip language. - Can have a second box using the same internet connection (small fee to buy the second box, no additional monthly fees).

"But he didn’t get to be a billionaire by being delusional." Do some deeper research, he got handed a telecoms license by a scaly, ruthless, violent member of a past coup. Only one license issued, no bids etc. All happened at a time when the Thai law was very specific - all telecoms operations have to be by the state. He charged customers very high user rates, quickly he made a fortune.

Is that the same meaning as front door and back door?

And see real operation of all the capabilites etc., of the drones in a fully realistic mock up and with Thai operators 'test flying' the drones and a comprehensive Q and A

Sure. But why has he been 'stripped' after retirement - the list of his 'events' goes back decades, why wasn't he stripped decades back?

Or perhaps we can all believe that the other countries who have nukes will all just sit there and say 'never mind'. Seems to me there would be a very quick solid reaction from several countries if Putin did send a nuke. I can't belive there would be no reaction.

Don't worry, he'll insist he was misquoted if need be.

But... who pays / provides all this money? Over many decades. Or does this money come from a slush fund (actually from taxpayers)? And paid out regardless of guilt etc? If she withdraws the charges does that mean they are no longer being charged with anything? How can that be? Always seemed that there was way too many police / celebrities / others involved in this case. In any even has there been an actual court case, and what was the result? As seems normal in some cases more questions than answers and it all goes quiet and forgotten.

Plus many folks believe in bad karma / good karma. Can mean in regard to: - Individuals - The whole family - The mother or father - All the kids in the family - Individual kids in the family - etc... I've heard the Thais in my outer family circle mention many times (and it could be in regard to a 7 years old driving a motor cycle at high speed on a highway) 'don't worry he/she has good karma' and / or 'don't worry that family has good karma'. Also, several folks who have a very small flower vase wired to the front of their car/pick up. I ask 'why?' 'He/she will put a small flower in the vase before they leave on a road trip to make merit and buddha will they give them good karma for their trip'.

Or perhaps his knowledge/guide re curencies is the 1997 crash.

QUOTE FROM ABOVE: "Many of the drawbacks Arkady mentions above make it so, as does the fact that the application process itself has become inherently corrupt in recent yers". I got PR 25+ years ago, throughout the whole process myself or my agent never once hinted at paying a bribe and nobody from the immigration police office gave even the slightest hint re a bribe. The process was well focused and pleasant, the 'interview' was conducted by one Immigration officer, a guy early/mid 40's, he spoke perfect English as did my agent. The interview was completed on the same day I lodged my application, it lasted about 1 hr, very pleasant / very focused, all in English (Imm. officer had completed high school and 2 degrees in Australia), not one word in Thai language. Things certainly change. Re the fees, when I applied/received PR all the fees were quite minimal (I forget exact amounts), this was quite a few years before the massive rise in the fee structure.

Well said. Quote: "No influential Thai politician is interested and even educated types usually have no idea the PR system exists". Many years back I asked my then 19 year old Thai son to take the blue book for the family car to the Gov't office in Bkk and do the annual road tax renewal, and please transfer the ownership name from my name to your name. Two seconds later he yelled 'my car'. I confirmed. He took every document in existence with him, my passport, my PR book, family tabien baan book and all his docs. His number was called, he went to the counter and encountered the dragon from hell. He stated his purpose, dragon lady picked up my PR book and said 'i've never this book before, PR doesn't exist in Thailand, this is a fake book' and she made a motion of tearing up the book. Son quickly snatched the PR book from her hand, quickly scoooped up the documents and fled.

As said, and remembering that to be able to apply for citizenship there's a need for several years of WPs etc., and on a WP at the date of application. I support the notion of appealing to the ombudsman. I'm also aware that (from the posts of folks more learned about PR) that the original legislation does not mention flexibility or the right, or avenues / processes of appeal and unfortunately this means an appeal in any form, is simply not allowed.