NanLaew

I consider you'd make a rubbish prosecuting attorney. This is why I consider you'd make a rubbish prosecuting attorney. Don't give up your day job.

You been sniffing that Tory glue again?

I'm 66 years old and on my 46th whole year doing this "not work but able to stay in a foreign country" gig. PM me if interested.

Oops! You omitted 'Chang-swilling sexpat' in your holier than thou newbie rant.

Oh no, so Immigration's smart Beemers are a myth? Tell me it isn't so!!!

Sorry frank, but you are basing your views on assumptions and anecdotal evidence, same as that this nemesis of yours allegedly does. Either way, that does appear to be your chosen battle so carry on shining your light as brightly as you can.

Yes it is. Last time I checked, the Bolt app didn't have an option to add a credit card which to me is the primary benefit of Grab, Uber, etc., here and in other countries.

Yes, but we all know Phuket IS special.

It's both impolite and inappropriate to criticize the beliefs of a mother in mourning for her son. But maybe that's just me. What possible value do you see in your rather obscure p.s, comment? Beyond an "I was (almost) there" claim I mean?

Great news, bang the sinner away. Then go after the sick punters that bought his porn. You know who you are.

They are fragile, spineless wimps.........and they are hardly men! How about the Aussie getting all bent out of shape in the Patong burger bar? (Maybe he thought he was in a Wimpy?)

He's 'tooled up' with a burger flipper? Honestly, are you really Scottish?

Intent to do what? Protect himself?

Why is it always Patong?

It's a paint scraper..... It's a nothing-burger flipper. Some of you chaps really need to get a grip. So a drunk Aussie gets the strop on in a Patong bar and gets his ass handed to him. Next...

Years ago when agoda was leading the pack and I was a frequent user, the money back was quite considerable and could be spent towards getting a better room or hotel or adding days. More recent, post-Covid experience looks like they offer tiny cash back rewards that have quick expiration dates. With regard to the OP's problems, when any of my registered cards expired on agoda or any website, I don't renew them. I prefer to do one-off charges as needed and option NOT to save card information. The extra time or inconvenience is minimal. I don't trust the security offered by commercial websites no matter how much they say it's safe and secure.

Are 90-day report procedures applicable to tourist visas?

Should have given them zero. They have extorted money from you. more fool you. Ah, grasshopper...

From the main article, quoting a former Thai airways flight attandant, "She added that some Thai passengers were very demanding compared to others." I've seen some deplorable behavior and attitudes from Thai passengers traveling at the 'front of the bus.' They treat the flight attendant's the same way these hi-so characters on Thai lagorns treat their underlings. Demeaning and disgraceful, same as this self-entitled doctor. If you're really special, you don't need to post pictures of yourself in the 'special' part of the airplane. Look at me being hi-so!

Decent treatise there. Now, comb-overs and halitosis aside, why do (some) men chose to become (serial) punters?

Really? You need to get a grip on the modus operandi of the coconut bar girls before getting into any sideliners.

If you need to ask.

Stuff of nonsense. Only seven years? They haven't changed one iota but you have. But I totally agree that a couple or three getaways each year makes it easier to keep everything in perspective: a reality check so to speak. Since you've already consigned your incomparably superior homeland to the skip, don't EVER go back there for your reality check as your jaded opinions of how rubbish the UK is will only amplify your hopelessly skewed sensibilities about Thailand.

It really was a Land of Smiles when I first arrived on the shores of paradise on earth. It departed long ago though. I wonder if the OP has been in LOS less than 20 years, or just noticed. Or maybe it was that traumatic and awkward personal relationship experience?

Ever lived in a rural area a 4 hour bus journey from a big city where you were the only farang? I have and the smile was as lacking there as in any tourist town. Maybe it wasn't you though. Maybe it was that woman you were with (again).