RobU

I agree with you that it isn't unique to Thailand. In the UK police now arrest people for 'Non Crime Incidents' people can be placed on a non crime incident database without their knowledge. When the right people complain about them. One elderly chap was arrested for a humorous post on facebook which showed that four LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ flags formed a swastika, they sent 8 officers to arrest him and hancuffed him for not committing a crime.

Thats a 50% increase. Will all other visas be extended by 50%? I am coming on the 3 month retirement visa if this applies to all I would be allowed to stay for 4.5 months

During lockdown of the COVID crisis many Thai workers returned to their villages of origin. Perhaps those workers have found that their quality of life in the village is much better than quality of life, alone without family, living in one room, perhaps sharing with strangers, on low pay in expensive dangerous cities. They get work on farms which always need workers and go home to their families every night.

Another entertaining read, nice to see your face at last, beautiful family they must get it all from their mother though.

Slightly off topic but I believe relevant to escaping disaster in entertainment areas Last time I was in Pattaya I went to the Non Nooch Gardens, pretty boring walk around static dinasaur displays, then I saw the show in the theatre and was afterwards directed to the stadium for the Elephant Football I noticed that he emergency exits in the elephant football stadium were locked and chained and the only way out in an emergency for hundreds of people seemed to be the entrance tunnel under the stands. I didn't feel safe at all so I left. I didn't notice if the emergency exits at the show were also locked

In the UK water from the fridge is known as refrigerated water. Water from the tap is known as cold water also drinkable throughout the UK but is at ambient temperature

We used to have this problem on motorways in the UK. Road works would be started then abandoned as the next project was started, workmen returning for a couple of days a week sometimes not for weeks. The government introduced 'rental' charges for lanes and demanded a specified schedule of works (i.e. start time/date and end time/date) with increased charges if the work went beyond the specified end date. You don't see many 'abandoned' road works on UK motorways these days.