RayWright

As @RayC says, the initial arrival location isn't France, and by EU law they can be sent back to their initial point of EU entry. However the French don't. The UK is no longer part of the EU, however their embarkcation point is France, so technically all it takes is UK to pass the same law. However the wokeraty would be coughing over their bowl of breakfast Quinoa and smashed avocado on toast if such a thing became reality, yet they'll all say no to offering temporary accommodation to any that land. The Rwanda initiative had legs, and the numbers of boat people arriving did fall. Yet as soon as the objectors started creating a scene, so the initiative was held up in red tape the numbers were back and increasing. Ironically the Germans are looking to adopt the Rwandan idea and take advantage of the investment the UK made building the accommodation, schools, hospitals etc to house them. To stop them it needs a strong deterrent, but with politics so woke, it won't happen.

Ah, remember it well. "French lessons by Mademoiselle Amélie. Flat 2A". That's how us Brits learnt our foreign languages.

If Pattaya was a world class resort, then Beach cleaning would be done daily at least as standard. Same for Jontien and the beaches further south. Obviously it isn't otherwise the council would be making a big deal of their prestigious Beach Cleaners.

Use your dining room table, lay down a couple of towels, or better still get an air-bed / lilo and throw a towel over it. As to the masseuse, just join ThaiFriendly. Simples.

I'm obviously not asking the right questions, as the few times I've travelled from Phrom Phong (Green) to Phra Ram 9 (Blue) I've been made to buy 2 different tickets/tokens at 2 different Ticket Offices to make the journey, same on the way back. Plus there's an open air walk along the street whilst making the connection (Asok / Sukhumvit). Once when I travelled to Icon Siam that was 2 changes and 3 different ticket/tokens, again repeated on the return leg. Hardly integrated.

I thought Bangkok was sinking and the Local / National government was looking to relocate. Would make more sense to start with a fully integrated traffic / Public Transport system than cajole something out of today's infrastructure mess.

@steven100. I'm totally the same, 50 feet from my balcony ; if that, and my toes are in the Gulf of Thailand. Did the box rooms living in London for years. Need the Long View especially when watching the setting sun. Visited Coward's place in 2001, and got to sit in his chair and stare out though that window. Absolutely magical. In fact the property use to be owned by Henry Morgan, the famous pirate back in the 1670's.

Yep.

The infamous Room with a View. Looking out from Noel's Writing Room at Firefly across to The Blue Mountains, and the secret path (just to the left of shot) down to Ian's place at Goldeneye.

I use S. Bend Plumbers. Always found them smartly turned out.

Plane tickets, Vintage Cider and Fever Tree Refreshingly Light Tonic Water. Simples.

Still play Zork or Dungeons and Dragons as it was initially called, as well as Space Quest. I'm absolute crap at Computer Games, so one day I'll actually manage to finish one of them.

Still on DOS 6.3 so I can play Doom.

Use to be, but that changed in early 2022 when the 2005 Royal Dutch Shell PLC company, headquartered in the Netherlands and the UK based Shell PLC merged into a single entity, confusingly now called Shell PLC, and headquartered in the UK.

Due to the patients high blood pressure, heart and respiratory problems and other ailments due to old age he was in hospital. Perfectly normal to have phones.