NanLaew

There's only 5 paragraphs in @BigStar's post. <giggle>

Hoo'ers need loving too.

Good point, well-made. I will drop by this week and suss them out.

Many thanks for the replies. The tourist extension makes sense since it's a short extension and I will have a matching travel itinerary, just in case they ask. Is there any preferred date to apply, since my current permission to stay expires on 22 July? That probably clashes with Asahna Bucha holiday so maybe best I hit them up on 19 July.

My current 30-day visa-exempt entry I got at Suvarnabhumi expires on 22 July. Due to a change in overseas work scheduling, I won't depart until nearer the end of this month, so I will need an extension to cover the approximate 10 extra days here. Is there any classification or type of extension I need to ask for at my local immigration office? I am married and living in Udon Thani and my marriage extension expired while I was on my last overseas job. Since the gap in between work gigs was short, I used a visa-exempt entry this time with a plan to get the new Non-O, etc., in Savanakhet after the last overseas job later this year. But for this current visit on a visa-exempt entry, I am 'technically' a tourist, so is that what I should ask for? Looking at https://www.immigration.go.th/?p=14714 it says that for an extension for the purpose of tourism, the applicant needs to have a TR visa (no mention of a visa-exempt entry). Scroll down, and there's a qualification for the 'married with family' foreigner (like me) that has no mention of visa (or non-exempt entry, so maybe that's the application I should seek? All the documentation they seek is in place, so no issues expected with either in that regard. I'm asking in case the gradual squeeze on being on the correct visa has made any difference to getting what should be a routine extension. Thanks in advance.

...fervently looking for "how to sew gold into your jacket and insert it in your anus" on YouTube.

I used to pack pretty much the same, but now I hang out with Bear Grylls so it's all good.

Just the bullets? Maybe you need to hook up with @bob smith

So you've got a gun as well?

Pretty much the same information that my UK offshore bank requested from me about 6 months ago as part of their KYC compliance procedures (customer for about 38 years). What's your problem again?

Sod off, I'm Scottish. And you didn't need to keep staring either.

Do you slow down when you see them, or are an aficionado of the local's 'shoot-the-gap' game now?

When I came back for second rodeo in Pattaya, having fallen badly during the first rodeo that ended in divorce (from that bitch, but I'm not bitter), I was the epitome of the solitary, hansum man, ploughing between the fertile thighs of Thai womenhood like Gods' gift to something or other. After about forty days (and forty nights) I found myself in a bar, around 2 pm, mildly buzzed and perched on a barstool with several other wrong-side-of-middle-age farang fantasists, all purportedly living the dream. I took a long slug of beer and squinted at this coterie of white male... loneliness, and had my epiphany. Who wants to be a silver-haired (or bald) old geezer in a whorehouse? That night, I went and got myself the longest-legged, biggest-titted, closest-shaved, best-kissing go-go dancer (prior experience helped) and offered her the 'barfine for life' deal. She accepted and now, 18 years (and two kids) later, I really am living the dream, totally on my terms, and I don't really care that I am older than my mother-in-law. I know that when the time comes, and I can't get out and about (soon) or control my bowels (sooner) or need all my food puréed and sucked through a straw (very soon), she and the boys will be there for me.

People often don't slow down when they see pedestrians especially when they're unlicensed and uninsured

Being a sociopath is a lot easier when you don't understand either the language or the culture.

Did you know that 50% of online AI detectors are driven by AI ?

Have had Daikin, Hitachi and LG in the past but now I'm a Midea convert. Also have Midea hot-water shower units (replacing the original Panasonic), under sink hot water for the kitchen (replacing the original Ariston) and microwave (replacing the original Samsung).

Do cashiers have tatts? Asking for a friend.

Her sister. Same thing happened in Cuba as well.

Excellent response and pretty much answers my questions. Thanks.

What's your receiving bank here? Thanks.

My rat got trapped in the recirculation vent right behind the glove box on the passenger side. It took about three days before the smell became noticeable, and by that time it was kinda crispy, but the maggots were having a field day. Not too terribly hard to remove and clean, and checking on a few YouTube's and shopping on lazada found some screens to prevent rats entering through that way again. But the biggest difference was cleaning up the yard and removing a busted bag of corn. They would load up on kernels then run across the yard and climb up on top of the battery and engine cover to eat, piss and sh*t. The worst infestations are when they go deeper inside the air-conditioning ductwork and have a litter of babies and they die. That's a major, major job as modern car air conditioners are one-piece or modular but fitted during assembly and not designed for easy removal

One could argue that time zones make a difference but SWIFT remittances to/from my US bank to my UK offshore bank are almost instantaneous. It's just Bangkok Bank that appears to have reverted to the old ways. No big deal as it is pretty consistent ~24-hours unless a UK or Thai bank holiday gets in the mix and that's good for an extra 24 to 48 hours.

Thanks for that. There are no variables on the UK offshore banking end since forever: same accounts at each end, varying amounts. Up until around 2014, it was always a ~24-hour event and most all Thai banks were like that too. Then it suddenly became same-day in that if I initiated the transaction BEFORE UK banking 'opened' (like around midnight Thai time), it would post between 13:00 and 17:00 same day. It has reverted to the old ~24-hours ways some time in the past couple of years. I have nothing to lose setting up a Wise account, so I will get my procrastinating alter ego to just get on with it.

Thanks. A bit of a lottery then.