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NanLaew

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  1. Christ on a bike, another one? Click the bloody LINK in the OP to get the whole bloody story. Sheesh...
  2. Arouse... touch up...? Sherlock? Is that you?
  3. I guess that's one way of looking at it.
  4. Is the bad behavior getting worse and reports of related incidents increasing? Don't forget that bad news sells and, "Deranged naked tourist breaks door in 7-eleven" will always beat, "More than 1800 visitors including 14 large tour groups visited Nong Nuch Garden yesterday" to the front page headlines.
  5. Maybe start a Hua Hin bank account and yellow book specific post in the Hua Hin Cha-am sub-forum? That could get some valid responses from those that have "been there, done that" and managed to get both. That should save on wasted time and frustration when you get here.
  6. That would apply to a multi-entry visa that's already been presented. AFAIK, the MFA doesn't notify the RTP when they issue a visa and there's no reference in the RTP database if it hasn't been presented yet. The IO scans the passport first, and all previous activity linked to the passport holder's biometrics will be displayed. Then they start flicking pages. My experience is that some IO's will ask at this point if I have a visa, probably to speed things up (you are doing their job of scrutiny for them). That's maybe because my history shows a mixture of entries as visa-exempt, on a visa or on marriage/retirement extensions. There habe been several posts, including on this thread, where people have either managed to get a visa-exempt entry while holding an unused visa in the same passport due to the IO not checking properly, while a few others have tried (with varying degrees of success) to get the IO to ignore the visa and stamp them in on the visa-exempt allowance. My understanding, based on my experience and what I was told by an irritable and irritated Immigration 'boss' at BKK, is that if one has a visa in any travel document, that is the only travel document and only entry entitlement that can be presented for entry to Thailand. Good luck to the OP on getting the less observant IO if he tries to get a visa-exempt stamp. Make sure it's a bloke, as the ladies tend to have eagle eyes.
  7. It's not about believing any myth. It's more about being able to accept the status quo here. Accordingly, another thing that probably differs are our blood pressures.
  8. Dunno Scouse, if they're not beating their gums about this, they're ranting about the road accident "carnage" and why can't the locals end it. Maybe some folks skipped TiT classes.
  9. You cared enough to butt-in and answer a question I specifically asked of another member. But of course, your knowledge is... Stroll on. Oddly enough, last year while working on my 'weak' knowledge of WRlife, I asked a broker about them. He said he wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. When I asked why, he said, "Google is your friend". You too, eh? Stroll on, I mean.
  10. They won't. My experience with two unlicensed fourteen-year-olds on an unregistered scooter with no lights running a red light and t-boning Mrs NL at a 4-way. Once they assessed the net worth(lessness) of the victims, the insurance company didn't chase anyone but the assessor handling the case was dragging his feet, thus allowing the family of the girls to try and get the police to shake my wife down. I complained to the insurance broker, who then spoke with the insurance company. Two days later, they replaced the assessor with one who was more proactive, less in awe of the cops and unfazed by the family's histrionics. Once the police issued a no-fault finding against my wife, the insurance company focused on getting her car repaired as quickly as possible. The insurance premium didn't change on renewal, and the no-claims bonus stayed intact. I'm sure that's not a unique happenstance. With 80% of road traffic accidents in Thailand probably involving mostly uninsured, underage and unlicensed riders on unregistered bikes, the insurance companies realize that eating such charges is a part of doing business in Thailand. It's factored into their business model and base premiums.
  11. It doesn't make any difference if they were uninsured, underage, going the wrong way without lights on an unregistered scooter that doesn't belong to either of them. It's not cynicism, it's reality. This is Thailand.
  12. If you tell us where the banks and brnaches that refused your application and what Amphur the yellow book application will be filed, members with experience may be able to tell you a better bank branch option or if the Amphur will even issue the yellow book. Some are easy, others bugger you about, while a fair few will say it's impossible.
  13. With school holidays and Songkran looming, the kids have a hankering for "the beach" last seen before Covid when we did Hua Hin for a week. We've done Pattaya/Jomtien (lived there too) and also Mae Phim, down along Rayong coast as far as Chantaburi but not as far as Trat. Done none of the islands down that way either, but a friend made a recommendation for Koh Mak. Done Samet, Samui and Phuket (no longer interested in the spendy islands) but not Krabi (again recommended but by an older couple with no kids). So, anything nice on the sunrise side of the Gulf, south of Hua Hin and Cha-Am? Prachuap or Chumphon have any nice 'hideaway' type places. Maybe go down as far as Surat Thani? We're in Udon so would plan of flying to Bangkok and renting wheels. Not up for long-assed drives any more, especially on Issan highways I've driven dozens of times already. Personally, I want to take the clan to Vietnam and Cam Ranh/Nah Trang since there's non-stops from DMK, but the appeal of Songkran is still strong in teenagers, so I may get vetoed on that call. Thanks for reading and looking forward to some advice from them what lives down that way.
  14. Thanks for that. Where is the "pile of reviews"?
  15. You think their financials look sound? who is their regulator? if you wanted to take them to court where would that be? I didn't ask your opinion on their legitimacy, thanks. I asked @BestB if he knows if WRlife have bottled on any claims?
  16. Insert bwah-hah-hah-hah-hah emoji [here]
  17. Are you new here or what?
  18. This just in... some folks use teaching in Thailand as the legal workaround for being allowed to stay here long term and pursue their real interests that are unrelated to education.
  19. That's a prime location in Pattaya Central. ... Yup, central-south Pattaya. Interested?
  20. And one man's 10 may be another man's ladyboy. I did, but I didn't.
  21. Citation please. Otherwise, you're just making that up.
  22. Without reading the whole thread, WRlife have done that? Denied a claim that they previously said would be covered? If that is the case, can post a link to that particular post or comment if that's handy?
  23. Thanks Dr! With school holidays and a couple of overseas trips during April-June, I didn't want to shoehorn getting a new 1-year MENO into the mix.
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