NanLaew

Yes, I agree, especially because... buh-bye.

Yes, I give this forum another 6 years, 10 tops.

My missus burns the morning toast reagularly, just because she can.

So, after the billions pished away on Covid apps that don't work and "government gateways" that crash, you want to give the nod to a government to squander another half a billion quid of your hard-earned taxes on an online ballot box that half the British diaspora will ignore come election time because they want to make a 'protest vote' about their frozen pension? I see.

This just in, over 86% of the energy used to build the equipment and infrastructure required to provide and sustain renewable energy sources comes from fossil fuels. More at ten...

Where has she revealed her credit card details? More like she's having a tongue-in-cheek pop at Thai internet citizen's unhealthy infatuation with other people's business, especially how much money they (probably don't really) have.

A few months back, I listened to an enlightening bit of a BBC Radio 5 show where a security expert was discussing the phone fraudsters in the UK. He said that spoofing caller ID is very common and easy for the fraudsters. He then did a phone call with the radio presenter who, when the expert called the presenter's number, it was the customer service number of a bank that they had picked for this live example. It took the expert about two minutes to set up. The 'police' scam is common enough here. This is the fourth time I have heard of such. In Malaysia, my friends wife has been a victim twice. The first time was via phone and something to do with the police and a court case. The second time, it was via Facebook Messenger where someone saying they were from lazada (apparently had all her lazada account info, order history and the like) managed to bilk her out of a chunk of money for something that either didn't really exist or never happened.

My neigbor has a pit bull. It eats cats, feral and otherwise. Sorted.

Stuck for maybe two nights in a Zurich airport hotel? Could be worse. Could be on a JAL A350 flying into Hokkaido. A lot worse. Anyway, all airlines and all aircraft have 'technicals' so this isn't so special unless one's a Thai basher. Maybe they're asleep already.

Is your Thai GF not willing to do some guiding? Yes there are tours, but unless you want tp pay premium for the private car, escorted sort of tour, it's usually in a busy minivan. Kanchanaburi is a very easy DIY tourist destination, and much nicer if you have company you know (like a Thai GF).

Lack of trust? Maybe you've been here too long? Anyway, I recall there are two sorts of UK voting proxy, one where you vote pick who you want and your proxy can only submit it as-is. It's filed similar to rthe way a 'standing order' is held at a UK bank in that you will vote for the same party every time. The other, easier form is to have your proxy do the vote pick for you. This is handy if you're a wishy-washy, flippy-floppy type that vacilates between Conservative, Lib Dem or fancy a splash of Greenery. I have never had any issues with missing out on UK voting by proxy (both methods) because of things taking too long. Possibly if there was a snap general election (nobody's going to call that for a while, are they Theresa?) or, if there was a sudden resignation of another Tory MP for being a d**k (they honestly can't help themselves) that forces a byelection.

Of course it is. It is also equally possible to properly slap your friend.

Reform are the mandateless, manifestoless, also-ran spoiler party with no delusions of high office. They should easily suck up around 10% of the slightly less apathetic and indolent Brits vote and, while not securing a single seat in parliament themselves will, 1) Consign the deplorable Conservatives to the political wilderness while, 2) Denying the equally vapid, shifty and odious Labour Party of any sort of meaningful, parliamentary majority. Kills two absolutely s**t birds with one stone.

Good grief! A reprise of the great AN Thai pink ID card translation debate of 1997, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, (no debate due to Covid in 2020), 2021, 2022, 2023...

Most kidz??? Where did you get that fantasy from. It´s same like saying most people are on drugs, or most men hit their wife´s and kill their children. Totally groundless post! Most people posting on AN think they know better than anyone else posting on AN.

I guess that won't include the criminal cases involving youngsters over the past five years, when emoluments and gratuities were proffered in order to make the charges vanish.

Rubbish. You can get it by being married to a Thai. But not exclusively. I got mine all by myself, with no need to even mention her existence. Right proud of myself, I was. Like being allowed to go to the sweet shop by yourself when you're a kid.

From the leading article, "The tighter rules are intended to prevent unlawful overstays by foreign nationals." Who knows what sort of paperwork, including fakery from KSR, is being carried around and proffered as legit. So it is aimed at tourist, illegal overstays and the like and not for us resident squatters with a wedge in the bank and all our other home-grown entitlements like a local DL and a pink ID card. At ease.

I don´t think that is a country. Oh yes it is. It's like Texas is a "whole 'nother country" as well.

So, in the end, even if they screw you on baggage allowance, schedule and any (unlikely) cancellation benefits, you'll still fly with them. At least you'll be prepared if it does go pear-shaped. But, if they deliver a 5-star performance, be sure and post as such on whatever travel advisory website floats your boat (and on here). On another forum, someone was asking about Thai Vietjet Air and a lot of opinions and poor reviews were based on their pre-Covid startup whereas the more recent comments indicated an all-round improvement. I have used flightradar24 to check the on-time performance of individual flights and have changed itineraries when it was important, like missed onward or international connections. The on-time performance of a point-to-point flight is somewhat less critical IMHO.

To Kathmandu? No.

Or, like the son of a foreign bar owner who died intestate, he could go on to become chief pilot for an offshore helicopter company, or, closer to (my) home, the wife's nephew who is now a semi-professional football player. Both were unspectacular underperformers in school and barely scraped through their "5-star" Thai tertiary education.

Renew the passport ASAP (like yesterday), that's important. Do it online within the days you are allowed to do so. If it gets rejected due to the <90 day thing you mention (unlikely), that's unimportant.

Now, all you malcontents squatting in moobahns and bahn nawk, whining about how s**t your home has become, register to vote, vote Reform and let's get shot of the bloody Tories.

Maybe you should try reading and comprehending the article in the OP? FWIW, India also 'pools' their consular presence and resources across different countries in the same region. Hope this helps.