Will B Good

....and he"s a US gunsmith......makes sense.

Just found out Harris is going to kick Trump"s ass?

It has been 10 baht forever......back in 1993, when I first came, they must have been making a fortune.

One of their wonders resulting from the obsession with free speech......as long as it is not leftist, communist types of free speech.

I could not be dealing with that.....one of the (many) reasons I would never buy in Thailand

Burglarized......? That can go in the same bin as biggly.

Sounds like my wife when I'm allowed out in Bangkok.

100% In our last condo you had to be resident to use the facilities.

Would not disagree with any of that. I would say the same about the vast majority of our (UK) police, for what it's worth.........even though there are absolute horror stories from time to time.

5555 NO! Out and out sarcasm after someone on here spent a whole day saying he drinks and drives everyday....it made him a better driver....and he wasn't going to give up his social life to drive sober......go figure!!!

No. For many Republicans, the M&Ms, he is left of centre.

Not too sure the 'democracy demonstrators' would agree?

Now....if he had been drinking he would have been driving with much greater care and attention.....let's hear it for all the drunk drivers on here saving lives.

Can't believe I just read that.

Early bird gets the tea money?

God bless our previous juristic.....they were on top of everything. Finger print access, constant guard patrols, CCTV on every floor and every corridor.........leave a parcel out and they were onto you. All for 20k a year.

Not vastly different to the Abrahamic religions of the West. Dumb people convinced to believe in the most ridiculous things then persuaded to go and murder.

Even if it were reasonably profitable there has to be an infinite number of less stressful ways to earn a return on your capital....... ..............a bar on soi 6???

Flew from the new lounges in April....very impressive I've got to say.

You did? I did make an online enquiry and it was 25,000 baht for 10 hours work. But no idea if the PI was any good or not of course. 50,000 baht seems a hell of a lot just to follow a gf around.

OMG......We have gardeners in at the moment and we are paying 250B per day.......

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There is almost certainly an inverse relationship between IQ and the number amulets a person possesses.

Are there any checks on who is actually coming into the country regarding their past? I'm not worried for myself, just a little concerned that this move opens the floodgates to anyone and everyone...

Had a similar debacle....but worse.....first time around queued up, filled the form in, queued up, sorry we gave you the wrong form....second time, repeat and rinse, oh you have to use blue ink now, not black.....do it all again.