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Lycamobile is a typical UK mobile Mobile company and utilises the EE network for its mobile services. I presume this is the PAYG plan you chose? https://www.lycamobile.co.uk/paymonthly/en/product-details/24-Month-Unlimited-Plus If so, note that the cost doubles from £12 to £24.00 monthly after 6 months.

Now that is useful to know. Did the test run result in a QR code being produced, followed by another one when you updated it? If not...what? Have you now arrived in Thailand without any related problems? If not, would you update us all when you do please.

May I just correct that for you? Its not hard to be a Thai woman and get money from a stupid, gullible foreigner Giving 32k to a thai woman!!!! He’s far from wise 😤 To be fair, the article doesn't say to whom the money belonged, but I guess it's fair to assume that he was the source of it. Having said that, he is fairly wise, you know - when this came to light he dumped her - whoever owned the money, this is not a woman to have as a girlfriend / partner or any other sort of relationship. 😆

May I just correct that for you? Its not hard to be a Thai woman and get money from a stupid, gullible foreigner

But that's not important right now Shirley, you cannot be serious? 😆

Damn right - even if it was his money (which we don't know of course) I reckon he got off cheaply and dodged a financial bullet there!

That took me nearly 20 seconds before it dawned on me - there I was, thinking the joke didn't fly 😎

You talked about deflecting earlier, but you consistently fail to respond to my comments showing that the weight of evidence agrees with me. You also consistently bring out a minority of unfortunate issues, which I have agreed do happen unfortunately. Fact of life. In this instance, I know I'm on the right path, you sir are at best, misguided, and looking for an argument. My last word on this increasingly pointless debate.

If you do such jobs you do what is required...BUT in this case the jab was such an obvious benefit to all, that such people, who are usually intelligent wouldn't have had a problem with it. Do you personally know any of the people in occupations you listed who refused to be jabbed? I know a few local coppers and they all leaped at the jabs as soon as they were available. Could call that self-discipline. Those who refused were listening to conspiracy nonsense, of which there was a lot!

I always had the freedom to choose, so no deflection at all. Look at it this way. In UK covid is largely seen as recent history, mainly because when vaccination became available, there was an enormous take-up and restrictions were lifted quite quickly. In Thailand where I believe fewer people were vaccinated for whatever reasons, covid is on the rise again and the unvaccinated will likely suffer. Here in UK I see very few people wearing masks; people have resumed all types of social interaction. OK Thais wore masks before covid possibly because of the earlier SARS issues, and sometimes because of poor air quality. Discipline can be self-enforced as well as mandated - no one forced me to be vaccinated - I chose to be and do not regret any one of them. Had I not, I might have been prevented from accessing some areas for a short time - that's also now history. With any vaccine, some people unfortunately suffer side effects - look at the percentage of those compared with the majority who've benefitted - it's sad but that's how life is sometimes. This is not a drug scandal like Thalidomide was, it's an unfortunate few for whom the vaccine didn't work. As I say, sad but part of life.

You say that as if getting jabbed was such an onerous task! It just is so quick and easy with such a positive outcome. As I say, I (and everyone I know) has had several - my friend who's 75 had his sixth booster a few weeks ago. As with the 'flu jab, he had a sore arm and minor symptoms for a day or so.

Yup! At the time, it was (or should have been) "you don't have to be vaxxed - just don't mix with others if you're not". Now it doesn't matter as all the sensible, thinking people have been vaxxed. As for discipline- it's a necessary facet of mixing with others - again a choice if you don't want to mix with others. In most work places, military or civilian there are rules to which you implicitly agree to abide by when you take a job: behaviour, timekeeping, dress codes etc. This is just another of them.

Quite right. 👍 Always remember "Growing old is compulsory, growing up is not" 🙄😎

You are a funny man! If you work for someone else amongst other people, you do as you're told or leave. You call it coercion, I call it discipline. You might as well say that not bathing and going to work stinking is OK and you can't be told to clean up or leave!

I watch those TV docs about Aussie Customs too. They are scarily efficient - I know one thing for sure - if I ever go to Oz I shall be sooooo careful about what's in my cases! That said - more power to them for keeping Oz clear of some nasty diseases in their flora and fauna.

Nobody in UK was forced to vaccinate, but for a while there were restrictions on those who didn't - therefore a choice. Said restrictions then went away when the majority had some immunity from....vaccination!

I like a "CLT" = Chicken, Lettuce, Tomato sandwich Chicken, lean, roasted, sandwiches, Hellman's Light Mayo + Sri Racha sauce. Or..... Houmous and Marmite and lettuce - really! Always wholemeal bread.

Nobody said you MUST get vaccinated - it's just that intelligent science followers saw how effective the vaccines would be and have been proven correct. You're right - it's not my business so just carry on enjoying your conspiracy theories and I'll carry on enjoying my (usually) healthy life.

I usually agree with you @spidermike007 but must say that: 1 I love my trips to Pattaya, have lots of adult fun there, but know how to behave to avoid antagonising others. 2 Correction - stay at least 100 to 200 meters away from any predatory "working gal" ladyboys. The ones who are not "on the game" are often nice people IME.

Exactly. The common cold is not the same as influenza, but covid is similar to influenza. I've had covid twice that I know of (tested) and once where I think it was covid but not sure at age 68. Not sure because I wasn't planning on going out and mixing with others so didn't bother to test and it's just annoying, no more. Been vaxxed / boosted 5 times now - age 70. What must be said is my experiences hold true for the majority of people who get covid - for a minority it's more serious as we know. But we should never have shut the world down for a minority. Those who have pre-existing issues or who are very old should have been offered the opportunity (and supported) to isolate. Furthermore, Charles Darwin had something to say about survival, as we all know. As for the morons who deny science and won't be vaxxed - you're free to go your own way, but just shut up about it!

I'm sure you're right, but not quite sure how that's relevant? I was referring (and you replied) to VE vs SETV to Thailand which is (or was) ".....an extra £30 on the cost of a trip to Thailand" if a Brit applies in UK.

True, but IF VE is reduced back to 30 days, people like me will be applying for SETVs again, but as my reply to @Enoon above implies, it's really no big deal.......just a waste of everyone's time, and an extra £30 on the cost of a trip to Thailand.

You're correct - I just looked up my Feb 2023 trip online visa application and I included obfuscated bank statement and pension statement. So actually this change is the process returning to "normal" after all the stupidity that occurred during and after covid.

Short answer Yes. But only if the property can be passed on when the original lessee dies. It has to be better than just 30 years. Being Thailand, the devil will definitely be in the detail.

AIS did want my original PP when I changed my SIM card a few years ago. The staff member assured me that he'd lose his job if he acted on any sort of a copy.