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40 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Read the OP

That is his opinion... or what he says... 

On 1/19/2021 at 5:42 PM, Pilotman said:

stay here, plenty of 'layovers' available for a young man

And ' not too expensive' young ladies to sleep over..( on )

On 1/20/2021 at 11:11 AM, brianthainess said:

I agree, it does appear climbing up walls is their soul attainment in life. My missus drives me up the wall sometimes too.

Do you somehow feel related to these little buggers?? 5555. The main difference being: they can't go for a beer..

9 hours ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

"...various bars/restaurants currently serve alcoholic beverages in disguise...Recently, friends of mine asked me to visit these places, however, I did not join, primarily because I am not sure about any (legal) consequences in case I do get caught...

Regards,

Sambora"

 

Smart man.  You don't want to be a farang singing "cuz I'm wanted dead or alive" in Thailand. 

Smart as in: dressed well???? 5555

18 hours ago, smiggley said:

What is the difference of eating in a restaurant or eating and drinking in a restaurant?

The bill...????

23 minutes ago, tonray said:

Yes...and also my GF always locks the bedroom door...which gives me fits as I get up much earlier and invariably fumble around with a deadbolt at 5 AM. Again...presumably to keep out ghosts but perhaps to keep me in ?

Very plausible. 55555

21 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

No, as a prostitute. A chiropractor needs proper schooling, which she hasn't.

How would you know?? And what if???

On 1/19/2021 at 11:58 PM, EricTh said:

Sounds like a good story to make a best-selling movie.

 

Add 'DNA testing' to the script.

And Covid 19 testing .....

9 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I've always assumed it was to avoid ghosts.

 

Or they fell asleep with the light on.

 

That's also my understanding. Are ghosts supposed to scared by the light??????? Or another possibility would be perhaps to enlighten the brain overnight???? To be considered..????

29 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Peoplewatching  does not necessary mean having female company.

Many times it ends up in drooling....

On 1/19/2021 at 6:05 PM, 2009 said:

Just dreaming, but if the lockdown ended tomorrow, what pub crawl would you go on?

 

For me, it would be:

 

1. Cowboy: Oasis, then Dollhouse.

 

(Walk down Sukhumvit)

 

2. Nana: The Game, then Lotitas. (I would consider checking out the new and - probably not improved - Queens Park Plaza while down there.)

 

(Walk the back way to Soi 4, maybe stop off at one of those little bars on that soi)

 

3. Soi 4: Hillary's, Chequers, and possibly the Plaza (if not too drunk).

 

4. Food. Walk over to Soi Arab for a curry at Al Hussain.

 

What about you?

 

 

#1 You forgot ' Baccara'

#3  " "    "   "    ' Morning Night'

Since the many years I live here I've been wondering why so many Thai people sleep with the light on. Never could come up with an answer....  

16 hours ago, Wasp said:

You are talking here about a very real and frustrating problem . You can be right . You KNOW you are right . You have discussed it with many knowledgeable people and read all the necessary Documentation . You are right . Then you go to an Official .... who says you are wrong !! What CAN you do ?  I have come up against this many many times and not just in Thailand but in the UK too . What can you actually do ?

 

Frustrating,annoying,etc, etc, BUT djah yen yen......and as you mentioned, not better in Europe.

12 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

A great collection, although I can't help thinking with that many bottles you may have a problem with alcoholism. Yes, I'm well off topic.

When I worked in the wine laboratory, one of the perks of the job was free wine. Bottled wine would come in from all over Australia and further afield, because there are only two accredited wine laboratories in Australia, and this one had 70% of the business.

Most testing only involves 5 millilitres of sample, plenty left to take home. Flush the contents with a bit of nitrogen, seal again, as good as new. I had exposure to many varietals.

I did get some fairly dreck wines, which I would usually tip down the kitchen sink after half a glass. I got some pretty good ones too. I can still remember drinking a Heathcote shiraz which was quite stunning. When I looked it up on a site that gave the retail prices of the vineyards, I was enjoying a $400 bottle of wine.

Pinot Noirs in Australia seem to be mostly coming out of the Mornington Peninsula, I tend to favor shiraz and cabernet sauvignon.

$50 US is quite expensive by Australian standards. One can buy good local wine for $15 - $30, that's AUD. The irrigated wines are even less, $8 - $12 a bottle.

I was quite amused many years ago when I flew United from Los Angeles to Melbourne, I think Qantas was on strike or the flight may have been booked out. The mini-bottles on an American airline were all Australian wines.

I tried the offending bottle of Sangsom again last night, the kitchen sink is beckoning.

What a waste....

19 hours ago, Lacessit said:

If it was not Thailand, the Philippines or Cambodia. I like countries where women don't care if I am old and ugly.

And have money.. 555555

42 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

See my other post. 

 

Who care if he pays, or doesn't pay, or his parents pay, or Go Fund Me pays, ore no one pays and he is detained?

 

It's inevitable a news item will go international exposing this "insurance" as no insurance at all, and that's bad publicity.

 

The Thai government should just have made a 300 baht tourist tax and never mentioned the word "insurance" at all.      

That may be a very good point....

50 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I'm just wondering where you shop for your manners.

Little roadshop..

1 hour ago, TheFreqFlyer said:

Nah. 

 

That dude occasionally makes some good observations but this time he's posting his usual long-winded drivel about Thailand having been dying and devoid of tourists for decades and doom and gloom predictions.

 

Open up and they will come. 

Let me open up my loving arms and legs.... Dixit Bette Midler.....

44 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

In the US the people giving you so much as a flu shot ask if you have fever or any other symptoms, including allergies, and tell you not to get a shot.

Maybe easier to just ' simply get shot' than get any vaccine shot.

On 12/14/2020 at 1:04 AM, Meat Pie 47 said:

Sugar cane on Walking Street where do you live?

Next to Bamboo Bar . Skvit Soi 3. 

On 1/12/2021 at 2:51 PM, ThailandRyan said:

Isn't the sticker showing the registration on the window of the car, or rolled up in a tube on the motorbike, or possibly tucked under the seat of the bike.  If its lost then you also risk being stopped and ticketed for not showing registration that's current.  Or are you talking about the Green book?

You cannot renew Yearly Tax and State Insurance without the Green Book..

3 hours ago, LukKrueng said:

You might not need the book in order to buy the insurance, but You need it for paying the yearly tax as the tax payment is registered in the book. You also have to carry with you a copy of the updated book showing the latest tax payment. 

That is absolutely correct, moreover your private insurance, most likely, will NOT work if Tax and i.e. State insurance is not paid...

3 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

Not just UK, but if married overseas, your foreign marriage registration isn't recorded, or the foreign document accepted in Thailand. The marriage certificate must first be authenticated (genuine), in the UK this is done by the Home Office, then sent to to Thai Embassy who certify the Home Offices signatures.

The process is known as 'legalising' a document (to be legally accepted in a foreign Country).

 

Once in Thailand that document (in a foreign language) then has to be translated into Thai, then the document and translation 'legalised' by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (equivalent of the Home Office in the UK).

That document and it's translation will now be accepted by any organisation or office in Thailand as  legally authenticated.

 

The foreign marriage can then be registered at the local Amphoe office.

When applying for annual marriage extensions, Immigration request a Kor Ror 2/22 from the Amphoe, which basically just confirms that since your marriage was registered, there is no record of divorced, therefore still legitimately married.

Kor Ror 2 is issued to those married in Thailand.

Kor Ror 22 is issued to those who registered a foreign marriage in Thailand.

Tks for the answers. It was also my understanding.. I do have a Kor Ror 2. Translated, legalized and then forwarded to my Embassy.

9 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

 

Whoa, haven't heard Stroh's name since college when a couple of us would pool our change to get a 12-pack of the cheapest beer available!

 

If you want to insult Americans, pick a beer typically drunk like Budweiser, Coors, or MGD.  Even Corona would work as people drink that swill -yeah, I see people order it throughout Asia and pay import prices for it.

 

I don't drink much beer, but I did occasionally hit the microbreweries dotting the US landscape to the tune of ~$30 billion revenue BCV (before corona virus).  Something dark or an IPA typically.

 

As for American whiskeys and bourbon, obviously nobody would waste the good stuff on you.  

I'm quite certain the previous people were referring to ' Stroh Rum' , not beer of some kind... if not they should try it. Sang Som doesn't refer  to any Whisk(e)y as it is clearly stated : Thai Rum..... 

10 hours ago, adammike said:

You only need the last five words,the rest is just claptrap.

The rest is just claptrap... thank you for info 55555