Jools

Rama IX thought enough of a Soi dog to adopt one. His sense of compassion is good enough for me.

Attacking the business sector is never a good idea in ANY country. This will probably be the last we will hear of that idea.

I should clarify that I am not really interested in a Buddhist ceremony, just the cremation and the costs involved. I am sure that it would be more for a farang but that's not really important. I just want to know what my options are for having this done. I am not interested in repatriation of ashes or .any of that nonsense.

Is there anything like "cremation insurance" in Thailand. I am told that if the American Embassy has to pay to have me cremated, they will go after my relatives in the USA to recover costs. I do not want my family bothered. I live in Pattaya and will most likely die here. Any information on options and cost for covering cremation and final expenses will be appreciated.

I recognize two of the people sitting on the floor. I occasionally give them forty baht for  a meal. Both are severely mentally ill and have never asked me for any help, I just help them because I feel sorry for them. It is so depressing that Thailand does not truly recognize mental illness, only crime and overly severe punishment. Just disgusting.

Met him personally about five years ago. He's a fake. He has been chasing women for many years. One of my journalism colleagues told me that Moore kept calling his wife for several months after her marriage to him. Moore comes across as very low-key in person but I've seen the type so often that he's almost a cliche. I worked in broadcast journalism in Alabama for many years before retirement. It is a sad, sick place that elects men and women who serve none of the electorate and any corporate entity that can pony up enough money for the admission fee.

11 hours ago, wpcoe said:

 

And, there you have it.  MORE conflicting "correct" info coming directly from the horse's mouth -- the Immigrations staff in the TM.30 room in the Jomtien office...

 

Somewhere in this forum section is someone who reported they were advised -- by the folks in the TM.30 room in the Jomtien office -- that if, and only if, they were gone more than 14 days is a new TM.30 required. 

 

How on earth would anyone know if you were out of town for ANY length of time? There are no stamps in passports for going from Pattaya to Hua Hin ( or anywhere else in the country). The requirement is not enforceable.A farang who volunteers at IO told me that the college-age girls at the desk know almost nothing and (like most Thais) will give you any answer rather than admit they don't know.

Thailand needs a taste of what South Africa got for its vile apartheid regime. The racism that I see here daily, disgusts me. I have never been so tired of being praised for my white skin.

Vietnam was an easy sell to Thai people. Most of them knew what happens to monarchies under Communist governments.

I wish her the best. Thai democracy needs more like her.

I will admit to not understanding the Thai attitude toward the law. Many apparently just ignore it without repercussions. Do police have no way of checking up on hotels and  landlords who do not report their tenants?? I can't imagine a similar disdain for the law in the USA or UK.

2 hours ago, Sirbergan said:

I'm as straight as an arrow, but I just don't feel threatened at all by other people's sexuality. Do whatever you please in your own bedroom, mate, it's got nothing to do with me.

Easy to understand for most. Difficult to understand for the politically correct and the chronic butthurt crowd. They seem to hinge their whole reason for being on the premise that being gay is normal. That will not change the fact that a very large percentage of the world disagrees.

Yes, the "non-officers" have gigged me once, as well. When I wanted to convert my tourist visa to a Non-O, I was told by one of these college-age "experts" that I would have to go to Laos or Cambodia, because there were only fifteen days remaining on my TV and that would not be enough time for Bangkok to process it. I mentioned this incident in a conversation recently with an I-O officer and he told me that while this was the letter of the law, that 15 days was plenty of time to process the paperwork and that I should have asked to speak with an officer. I am not in the habit of arguing with these imperious toadies, but when it costs me time and money, it is just infuriating that there is so much variance in what is allowed and not allowed.

1 minute ago, Morch said:

 

Rules of other countries do not apply to "our" citizens when visiting these countries. Yeah...I can see this one being a well thought out argument...

 

Oh yes they DO. Otherwise, countries such as the United States and Britain would not have mounted an extended "cold war" against the Communist idea that free speech was a "crime". It is a crime in Thailand, as well, when certain subjects come into play. Thailand's long-standing track record of supporting the United States in virtually all anti-communist activity has held it in good stead when trying to defend many of its immoral and anti-rights statutes. Those who play ball with the "Great Satan" get many privileges, such as Uncle Sam looking the other way when they misbehave. The USA pays lip service to "rights' but it amounts to little more. No country has any right to detain a citizen on the kinds of flimsy excuses you find here. You DO have the right to deport them and deny them entry.

6 minutes ago, jay1980 said:

Genuine question to all the Trans-haters implying the happy couple in the opening post of this thread are sick perverts and preaching how happy they are with their own conventional heterosexual relationship, why did you click on the thread and why does the subject interest you so much?

 

A regular mentally balanced heterosexual guy with no interest in Ladyboys/transgender girls would not be bothered about this news story

 

The guys who are posting there destine just make me think of what Shakespeare said.....

 

'he who doth protest too much'

I am not a terrorist, yet I click on stories about terrorism and Islam and express my opinions on both the religious connection and the insanity of violence that upholds religious psychosis. I am in favor of killing those who murder. That does NOT imply that I think ALL Muslims should be killed or that all of them are interested in extremist activities.

32 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

She is British, what has that to do with a Navy Seal Team?  

It has NOTHING to do with a Navy Seal Team. US and Britain are allies and many US citizens are held in foreign countries for nebulous and completely harmless "offenses" that would not be punishable in any first world country. If your laws are extracted from the rectums of despots, they have no validity and any country is justified in repatriating their citizens by force.

On 11/4/2017 at 6:02 PM, Jeremy50 said:

Unbelievably  bigoted views on this thread. I only got to page two before I felt queasy, I don't know why I should be surprised, about every second expat I have ever met has been a damn homophobe, or ladyboyphobe. 

I see no bigotry here. I see people who do not believe in gay sex being treated as outcasts. One poster even said he wished them no harm, just didn't accept their lifestyle. I see nothing "bigoted" in that statement.

Logic like this is an insult to victims of guns. The mentally ill have no business buying guns. We have seen where that leades.

1 minute ago, FritsSikkink said:

There are very good reasons to control the release of tramadol to patients:

 

https://www.drugs.com/tramadol.html

I notice that you didn't list any, because there AREN'T any. It is a painkiller. Those who take it are trying to end suffering. Drug laws are nothing but fascism. This woman should be escorted FORCIBLY from Egypt by a Navy Seal Team. The imperial hubris of countries thinking they can abduct our citizens because they violate some pointless law, needs to END.

Disgusting. The Thai obsession with whiteness is nothing short of a mental illness.

Painkillers are for killing pain. Tramadol has no recreational value. The only possible reason for such a law is that the government thinks you have an obligation to endure pain. Such a pity that Britain, America and other enlightened countries have not brought these backward thinkers to heel many years ago. Those not living in the 21st century have no right to rule.

What scum. I am always amazed at the sheer lack of common decency.

I have no words. These men are evil incarnate. Lethal injection is right and proper. Good riddance.

2 hours ago, Naam said:

you should move to Thailand where live since 12 years. never experienced any hassles, bad attitude or a xenophobic atmosphere. in which country do you live presently?

 

I live in Thailand. Do you not read English?