Doctor Tom

Oh dear, one more Republican <deleted>. Will the steady stream of political no hopers and intellectually challenged candidates for office ever stop, on both sides?

Their definition of 'quickly' is a bit different to the normally accepted meaning of the word. Three Toed Sloths move faster.

Probably one of the more inane comments he made and he made many . You can't control the past of course You can learn and try to understand it, but that is not what Orwell meant. As to the present, it is what it is, you don't make it, or 'control' it, you merely live in it. It then gets set as 'history', which is under constant review, reinterpretation and revelation against present morals and social constructs, hence idiotic decisions to re write it in modern terms, as the MA and many other institutions in the West appear to be doing.

Just one more <deleted> driver, one among so many here.

I did read it, so what, my points remain the same. They are mostly/often unfair and you can't ignore them, that's why they are called 'rules'. Got it now?

So how do you ignore having to pay each year for a security pass to park your car. How do you get over closed pools during covid, or whenever management feel like it, or not being allowed to own dogs. And how do you get over having people above you, below you and to either side? I have none of those issues in my house.

The aircraft Captain has the final say in accepting the cargo, very many will not, unless its government specialist cargo, as many take the view that it is a violation of the ICAO rules on arms shipments, even in small quantities .

Oh but I do. You get the leaders that you are prepared to put up with, until you are not. They are collectively responsible for what is being done in their name, unless they are prepared to fight against it.

I agree that Russians should be isolated in their own country, I agree that Thailand should not allow them in, but I would not and do not say anything to the individuals who are here. If they have got any sense of decency at all, they will be highly embarrassed and feel badly enough, with what is being done in their name in Ukraine, I would leave it and be satisfied with that.

New Year is a meaningless, history generated nonsense, that sees half the World celebrating yet another 12 O'clock while the rest wait to do the same when their clock hits 12 midnight. If it had any sense to it at all, it would be at 12 midnight UTC on 31st December, regardless of where you are in the World, but of course, that makes too much sense. To answer the OP, its a normal day, no different to any other, so do what you normally do.

you surely can't be that stupid

So in other words, the rules are not all the same. They either are, or they are not, clearly they are not.

No, next time use an agent

The only people that should be teaching English are individuals who are first language English. or truly bi-lingual with English as a joint first language. Nobody else is qualified to teach the language, bar none. However, lets be truthful here, many first language English teachers here can't teach it either.

I dont know one family that isn't in some way dysfunctional. Their problem is that the media are all over them 24/7/365. How many of us ordinary folk would be able to cope with that kind of intrusive examination?

Haven't eaten out or in a restaurant since before covid. I prefer my own cooked food.

All quite true. I would add one further comment, despite the arrogance of many who look to enter the Country, thinking that they have an absolute right to admittance, Thai immigration do not have any remit to admit anyone, or ease their time here, or in any way to facilitate their visit. Their only remit is to apply Immigration Law as each IO sees fit. The message: live with that or don't come.

Relative to what, an efficient and reliable service from a taxi app? There is far too much competition out there for any company to rely on reviews being relative.

So largely a waste of space then? No point in using a new taxi app, if the drivers are idiots and/or unreliable, and not available at peak times when customers need them .

Re New it now then transfer your visa / extension to the new pp. Don't wait.

A very dumb question. How do you think they maintain operational skills and readiness, by some kind of osmosis, or perhaps wishful thinking?

same with some women in Pattaya

I know for a fact, from my own circle, that the ED has been routinely used illicitly for many years, same with medical and charity visas. It has been a well known scam by some less than trustworthy agents, to get younger people into the country. I am not at all surprised that the authorities are clamping down.

Okay. If switched off and your bank needs to contact you, say for a fraud /scam warning, how do they do that if its off? I personally would be uncomfortable to be that out of touch. I see no reason to have it switched off.

Not sure what you mean by 'switching off your sim'. My UK phone is on 24/7 but roaming is off, so I do not incur charges. I use it for online banking which works on WIFI or 4g without roaming, 4G calls incur charges.