Phillip9

3 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

21 minutes ago, Phillip9 said:

I think mostly this.  There are a lot of trolls on this thread making intentionally illogical arguments just to get attention and prompt responses.

 

This thread?

True, I shouldn't have limited my comment to this thread.  The same problem occurs on many AN threads and most other internet forums also.

Many necessary changes are obvious to any thinking human, no AI needed.   The roads in Phuket look like they were designed by a 6 year old.  I've never seen any other place where lanes just disappear with no warning, or worse, suddenly get so small that a car can't possibly fit.  Just hire a competent engineer to look at them and the fixes are obvious.

9 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 A passport photo will be needed as will photocopies' of your passport pages 

As I said earlier, they weren't requiring a passport photo when I last extended there.  They also made the passport copies for us free of charge.  

The location is very convenient, in a popular, central mall.  They usually have an English speaking person out front greeting people.   The OP could stop by and double check current requirements if he wants to be certain.

5 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

Anyone who doesn't believe humans have walked on the moon is someone is lacking intelligence.

Nobody here actually believes that.  The people here saying they don't believe it are just the usual trolls who contradict everything to get attention and argumentative responses.  Everyone needs to learn to ignore the trolls.

4 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

he will be saying with me...so I assume a TM30 from my landlord/agent

Yes.  Or alternately book a cheap hotel for a night or two if you find that too difficult.

2 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

The main thing your friend should require is TM30.

TM7 form requires photo.

No photo or TM30 was required at blue port Hua Hin the last couple of times I extended there.  I don't know what they did about the photo the TM7 asks for, but they didn't require it.  All they asked for was passport, copy of hotel booking, and 1900 baht.

13 minutes ago, Aussie999 said:

he will be mainly in Hua Hin

The immigration office in blue port mall in Hua Hin does extensions.  As of about 5 months ago when I extended there, they just required a copy of local hotel booking, passport, and 1900 baht fee.  No Tm30 copy required.  There is a copy center in the mall if you need to print your hotel booking. 

8 hours ago, grumpyoldman said:

In about a month it's going to be Puerto Galera via Manila, after back to Palawan for a week in Port Barton. Looking forward to it.

Puerta Galera has really good scuba diving.  You are missing the highlight if you don't dive there.

Port Barton is very quiet.  Completely the opposite of Boracay.  Not much to do but sit on the beach or go island hopping.  It's a great place if that's what you like.

I just got a new macbook pro last year and I love it.  I had a couple of different airs previously, and I much prefer the pro.  One thing that is better with the pro is the cooling.  If you do any intensive work with an air, it will get hot.  The pro stays cool no matter what I do.   Battery life is also better with the pro.  I can work all day long without charging.

4 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

Some semiconductors and a few random bits are produced in Taiwan Province and Souf' Korea, shipped to China where the world's factory produces most of the device components, assembles them, packages them.

 

Then shipped to America for consumption.

 

Only thing Americaland provides any more is the label, and extraterritorial taxation.

You are forgetting about the software that runs the device.  The software is by far the most valuable part of an iphone and without it all those chinese parts would be worthless.  

5 minutes ago, placeholder said:

You might want to actually read the article. You might be surrprised.

I did read it.  It doesn't contradict what I stated.  You might want to read it yourself.

Again.  All of apple's income from sales in the US are taxed in the US.  International sales are taxed through it's subsidiary in Ireland. 

29 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Apple assigns its income to Ireland  because it wants to get taxed at a higher rate than would be the case in the USA?

Apple's income from the US is already taxed in the USA.  Only its income from outside the US is taxed in Ireland.  

23 minutes ago, Hummin said:

On a nationwide U.S. survey, around 10 percent of respondents agreed with conspiracy claims that the Earth is flat, NASA faked the Moon landings, or COVID-19 vaccinations implant tracking microchips.

99% of those people just like making ridiculous answers to polls to mess with the pollsters.  Same as many of the trolls here who obviously don't believe the conspiracy theories they espouse, but do it to mess with other posters.

2 hours ago, Confuscious said:

Are there direct flights to anywhere in the Phil's or are all the flight to Manilla with an onward ticket to the other islands?

It's better to fly to Cebu.  There are direct flights from Bangkok and many other destinations.  Cebu is a nice airport with connections to most tourist destinations in Phils.

Manlia is one of the worst airports in the world.  Avoid it unless you are going to angels, subic, or Puerta galera which can all be reached by taxi from there.  Whatever you do avoid domestic flights from Manila terminal 4--I still literally have nightmares about that place.

7 hours ago, actonion said:

Boracay Island ( @ White beach)   I'm told is one of the best locations to holiday within the Philippines,   I will  try it  this year

Overcrowded and packed with hordes of filipinos.  My personal least favorite place in Phils except for manila.

3 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

Moments ago, ChatGPT assured me the COVID vaccines reduced COVID cases. So I uploaded the COVID cases data and asked ChatGPT to analyze it. It conceded that the shot increase your infection risk.

ChatGPT is wrong about almost everything.  If you are trying to convince people covid vaccines are bad, you would have been better off just keeping this a secret.

45 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

If you don't hunt, you don't understand much about it. Yes, there are  many, many hunters who use a pistol, many I personally know. If you look at the sales of Thompson Centers and like pistols you'll see. Some Thompson owners are target shooters. Many carry sidearms when hunting bears for protection.

Yes, I hunt, or did when I lived in the US.  I've seen many hundreds, or probably thousands of hunters.  I've never seen one carrying a pistol as a primary. 

30 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Almost 3 million hunt in the US alone with pistols.

So one out of every five hunters in America hunts with a pistol?  Ridiculous.

Probably that many are carrying a pistol as a sidearm to make themselves feel like more of a man while hunting, but there is no where near that number using a pistol as a primary hunting gun.

25 minutes ago, FolkGuitar said:

Astronomers from all over the world were watching!

How are you saying astronomers from all over the world were watching it? On TV? 

The moon lander is too small to be seen with earth based telescopes.

14 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

19 minutes ago, Phillip9 said:

Nobody hunts with a pistol unless they are hunting humans.

Pistol hunting is very popular, and more sporting then with a rifle. I will buy a Thompson Contender to hunt with when I move back home.

Ok, I will rephrase that then.  Almost nobody hunts with a pistol.  Nobody in Thailand hunts with a pistol unless they are hunting humans.

23 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

A couple of pistols and some ammunition isn't out of the ordinary for a hunter

Nobody hunts with a pistol unless they are hunting humans.

On 1/21/2025 at 3:32 PM, 3NUMBAS said:

Why is Donald Trump so 'orange'?

It's just another intentional distraction on his part.  It gets people talking about how ridiculous he looks, so they have less time to focus on his crimes and his hatred of our constitution.

1 hour ago, riclag said:

Im originally from one of the original 13 colonies states.

Let me guess...Virginia?  North Carolina?  Somewhere in the Appalachians for sure.  I can tell that based on your limited english.  

4 minutes ago, riclag said:

12 minutes ago, Phillip9 said:

And you think without that executive order someone would be flying a rainbow flag at the white house while trump is president?  They would obviously immediately be fire if they did.   That EO is a complete ridiculous waste of time.

What country are you from?

Since the inception of my country its always been one flag that “all can take

pride in”.

I don’t pledge allegiance to any other!

What country are you from?  It must not be the USA.  In many states such as Texas, I see the state flag more often than the American flag.