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On 5/18/2023 at 7:52 PM, asf6 said:

I think the problem is that you had a valid and current extension of stay in you passport and you had not cancelled it. My understanding is that you can leave by air and it's not a problem but for some reason they will not allow it by land.

 

I had the same problem a few years ago. They told me I had to go back to the immigration office that issued the extension of stay and cancel it there. I was quite annoyed as it was hundreds of kilometers from the border I was at! But I had no choice, apart from leaving by air of course. I had to turn back.

Makes no sense that you should have to cancel and extension of stay. 

When you leave, it gets cancelled if you don't have a reentry permit.

I am pleasantly surprised.

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Fresh or frozen? 

Frozen.

I don't think there really is fresh; it's all been laying around in a fridge for a week.

And even the "fresh" was frozen and thawed. I caught Makro doing that.

They poured out their "fresh" pork chops in the container......they were all frozen solid. They just thaw there and sell them as fresh

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

What it is is a visa and getting a visa for any country after you've entered the country, passed border immigration, is extraordinary by definition. Yes I am suggesting that the at the discretion of thr officer aspect is more significant with in country visas vs. in country extentions

Indeed.

Immigration does play a different role to foreign ministry (consulates) abroad.

They are on the front line of national protection and may let it go to their heads on occasion.

The foreign ministry consulate folk are not immigration officers and likely often have a different mentality.

On 5/15/2023 at 7:22 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Foodland, about 500B per kg.

That's what I get my New Zealand ribeye for.

19 minutes ago, Caldera said:

On a train full of Austrians, there must be at least a few admirers of Herr Hitler, considering how strong the support for the right-wing "Freedom Party of Austria" is.

     You can't just say people on the right are admirers of Hitler, just as I can't say people on the left are admirers of Stalin or Castro.

     And by the way, The National Socialist (Nazi) Party shared ideals with both the left and right. 

    The clue is in their name: national(ist) which is a right ideal and socialist which is a left ideal.

     Actually, their full name was The National Socialist German Worker's Party.

     If the nationalism part weren't included in their ideology, they'd have been considered totally left wing.

      In fact, their rise to power was largely due to the German middle class' savings being destroyed by high inflation and Hitler vowed to fix that with socialism (a left ideal).

     They actually didn't like capitalism (which is a right ideal).

1 minute ago, Caldera said:

I have my doubts. 

Why?

25 minutes ago, RayC said:

It's hardly the same thing, is it? An embarrassed vice- principal vs. a trainload of infuriated passengers (I am assuming that the majority of passengers were right-minded <not right in the political sense of the word>) and negative publicity for the nation.

I'd imagine there may have been some politically right minded people on the bus.

Though that doesn't have anything to do with Hitler and isn't related .

7 hours ago, Pattaya57 said:

This is totally different to the rest of the country who only require funds in bank day of application.

Last I checked other parts of the country require it to mature for 2 months too.

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

No. I don't accept the premise of this "group" concept. I'm white but I don't feel that I identify with whites as a group in even the broadest sense. I'm not even sure how white I am. Pretty sure nobody else is either.

We actually agree, for once. ????

I think these "groups" shouldn't exist either. 

But that's not the world we live in; we have so-called races, ethnicities, genders, and orientations etc. etc.

Humans categorize things. It's just the way it is.

41 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Are whites some kind of culturally significant "group" that deserves recognition for nothing other than being white?

Whites are just as significant as any other group, such as blacks, or any other group you could think of.

No?

4 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

Your grievence is duly noted.

 

I'll keep this in mind when I am expected to care about issues affecting other groups of people.

8 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

A nasty business.  It said he was in prison on sex-related charges previously.  And her, probably addicted to drugs to boot.  I wonder what her family made of it all.

 

Maybe she was seeing both the man and the boy and the man found out.

What a horrible lack of parenting, probably all round.

So sad.

4 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

All of it, with the exception of your third paragraph in the quoted post.

I don't think so.

Feel free to correct me on this points

The only thing that will solve this is if you hit their pockets HARD.

Their only weakness is money.

48 minutes ago, giddyup said:

And maybe the falangs were unlicenced, uninsured and drunk, who knows?

Exactly, hence why there's a due process to be followed.

16 minutes ago, Kenchamp said:

Call it circumstantial evidence if you like, a bit like you are using in assuming the farang did in fact even hit his tuk tuk or cause it any damage at all. Or did you see the alleged collision? 

Good point.

We haven't seen any damage yet, nor the collision.

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No one, as far as anyone here knows, "went around telling people to give him money".

If the motorcyclist damaged his taxi it is perfectly reasonable for him to ask for compensation to repair it whether it is by cash or from the Manc's bike insurer. 

There's civilized process to follow to just telling the person to pay up.

Did you watch the video?

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Why should the taxi driver have to claim on his insurance for damage by a third party?

Nobody suggested this 

58 minutes ago, stevenl said:

You're way off the mark with both statements.

Which ones? Where am I off mark?

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

1)  The OP does not state that he "demanded" money, it says that he asked for compensation which is reasonable.

2)  You used the word "extortion".   You have no idea whether extortion was used.

It's not reasonable. 

Compensation for what? You can't just go around telling people to give you money. 

Insurance is there to fix any damage.

Makro has a lot

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

Totally shameful bahavior on the part of the surly RTP. Arrested and jailed for over a year for two ecstacy pills? That is beyond dumb. No doubt they asked for a payout, and he could not come up with the funds. Nobody should ever be jailed for a tiny amount of recreational drugs. Ever. 

 

And no clothes, water or access to medications? What is this a Russian gulag, or a Chinese prison?

 

You sorry RTP guys need to step up. You are a truly pathetic lot, and deserve all the bad press you get. 

.

Try reading..... again.

11 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Plenty of nastier things to catch in SE Asia.

True -- malaria, dengue

11 hours ago, Lacessit said:

 

Practical advice: crabs are easily removed from one's genitals by using plain white vinegar.

Finally, I've found a use for that bottle my EX left in my kitchen!