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No comment. I simply enjoyed the final sentence of the article.

When you get tattoos or nose rings or dye your hair purple and green, then go out in public to show it all off...........you've made it other peoples business. "Look at me! Look at me! Notice me!...........How dare you look at me!"

It's a form of advertising. Frisky falangs can tell their mates about the awesome chick that could do everything and more. Forget her name, they all sound alike, but she was at ___ bar and had this ____tattoo on her ____. You can't miss her! Similar with the tramp stamps on the rear. So XXX movie producers can tell the "actresses" apart.

If you're going to CW for retirement extension or certain other extension services, you can make appointments both for extension and re-entry permit. If you don't want to bother with the appointment system, get a queue number for re-entry just before your extension number is called. Re-entry desk works pretty quickly. Odds are your re-entry number will be called as you're rushing back upstairs with the photocopy of your new extension.

I did.

Why not lead with that information, rather than imply you're looking for a backdoor method to get a possibly illegitimate license?

Do you have significant motorcycle experience? No matter, with a "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" attitude, I'm sure you'll find a way. Good news, I suppose. The easy option comes with free Darwin award. Good lucky!

The agent was correct. You can get a re-entry permit anytime, valid until the expiration of the CURRENT permission of stay. Agent asked when you would return. You gave a date before the end of the CURRENT permission of stay. I'll have to assume the agent did not ask if you were going to get a new permission of stay that very day, nor did you offer than information. There is a reason we all get the permission of stay first, then the re-entry permit. Note that we have to provide a copy of the current permission of stay to the IO at the re-entry desk. The re-entry permit is keyed to the permission of stay, with the POS number and expiry date written on the re-entry permit.

We're borrowing my wife's BIL's old work truck and will eventually buy it. 12 year old Toyota Hilux basic contractor's model, dual fuel (petrol or NGV) with nearly 400K on the clock. Don't know about AT as an option, though. Runs great, expect to get another 5 years out of it. I'd buy another similar model used next time around. Toyatas seem to go forever, any mechanic can work on it, and repair parts are readily available.

You could try something amazingly devious. When you order, ask them to use regular pizza sauce instead of 1000 island.

That would depend on the bylaws of the condo, if any exist. I would expect that anything attached to an individual unit is the responsibility of the unit owner. The regulations may state that the exterior must remain in accordance with the building plan, but that simply means the owner can't deviate from the plan. It says nothing about maintenance of privately owned units. Windows must also adhere to the building aesthetic, but if the owner breaks the glass, who is responsible for replacement? Same-same with balcony railings.

If I had to guess......... Bike is speeding along, drafting closely behind a big truck. Big truck slows down for unknown reason....perhaps the big truck parked in the emergency lane. Rider pops left without looking to undertake in the emergency lane...........Bam!

The great firewall doesn't discriminate against salads. I can honestly say during my 15 years in 'red' China, I never needed a VPN to find salad making instructions, nor has salad been pixilated in movies. Yes, the Chinese know salads, but they aren't too keen on eating raw vegetables. Something to do with the nightsoil commonly used on the lettuce perhaps? The problem the Chinese have with western food, is they don't have many real, authentic western restaurants. Some Zhou will open a restaurant featuring western meals, but he has no experience, probably only ever had Scottish food at the local MacDonald's. He copies a menu off the internet, gives some photos to the cooks, and says make this. They prepare food that looks western, but tastes alien. I can confirm spaghetti made with ketchup, pizza with vegetable oil instead of pizza sauce, and poor cuts of meat smothered with pepper sauce and labeled steak.

You bought the condo? You own it? The railing in question is on the balcony in your unit, NOT a common area? Seems that should be your responsibility.

I have a question concerning the timing of 800K balances. (asking for a friend)...............(really!) Let's say I have a friend who recently paid an agent to handle the non-O visa (retirement) and extension. Agent opened a bank account, deposited 800K, got the balance letter, withdrew the 800K same day. Somehow immigration issued the non-O visa AND the one-year extension simultaneously, giving him 15 months before next extension of stay.................leaving a balance of a few baht in his account for the first month. He recently added 400K, and will add another 400K soon, but what about next year? He wants to do the extension himself, but I think he's trapped. He'll either need to pay the agent again, or pop out of the country, let his extension and re-entry expire, come back visa waiver and DIY from scratch, unless he gets a non-O in laos. Anyhoo, here's the question: When he attends immigration next year (Pattaya), what is the IO looking for specifically in regards to the 800K balance? I assume the IO doesn't look at the 2 months prior to the current extension, only 800K for 3 months after and 2 months prior to applying for the new extension, and 400K in between. But when does the 3 months from last extension start? Is it day of application for new extension, or day of expiration of old extension? And for folks that used an agent for 15 months stay, with no separation between visa issue and extension issue, does the 3 months begin when the visa/extension were issued? Either way, he's trapped. He didn't put 400K in until about a month after getting the visa/extension, and won't have the full 800K in until less than two months before the extension should have been issued.

My girlfriend and I will be moving from Bangkok to Isaan soon. We're looking for a reliable mover preferably with a covered/enclosed van to haul the contents of her 28m apartment to the new house. Any recommendations?