proton

An extension of a non immigrant O visa is just that, not a 'retirement' visa

You can get at least 3.2% interest in a UK bank for a year, what bank offers that in Thailand?

Name?

None of them are reputable, they are all involved in corrupt activity and one in Phuket did a runner this month.

They are not regulated either, anyone can set up as an agent, there are no rules they have to abide by. They can take your money and disappear.

Only for any accident as well, any claim would take months and you would be long gone by then

No but the monk was

Kid would get millions for this abuse in the USA

Good film but suffers like a lot of modern film from the same problem-too long. 2.5 hours of mostly cave divers was asking a but much, should have cut it by at least 20 minutes. Lots of pointless scenes like one diver walking off in the jungle to phone his son back home to say nothing. More could have been covered of the boys in the cave.

Went to a concert on Sunday off Rama 2 Bangkok, quite a few Thais smoking these things, like being next to a bonfire.

Try to only ever buy from Lazmall section stuff is always genuine

Take her to see somewhere with the least shops! Went to Japan it was just one big shopping trip mostly in chemists for the tourist tax discount. Not taking her there again, HK was not so bad.

The street food trend is not that healthy, often cooked in old palm oil with too much sugar, salt and MSG, amid rats and cockroaches running about in the heat. Some of the meat products look fit only for soi dogs.

Officially we do not even rate a guests, immigrations calls us Aliens

Been with the Mrs 20 years, she is a Thai language teacher but I still can't speak it- can't afford the lessons! Seriously I find it impossible to tell one tone from another and what always made me not want to bother is hardly ever being understood by people when saying the simplest of things- people don't understand. Eg last week at post office told him where to and how, did not understand so he asked the wife, she said I had said it correctly. Happens all the time even with numbers. Mrs has taught some to speak, read and write to a high standard, I know when to give up.

They still do send the odd letter even if you go paperless, esp concerning credit cards

How are they poor when they pay thousands to get to the UK? Even if they were the UK cannot take in anyone who feels like turning up just because they are poorer at home than they would be living off the UK taxpayer.

Illegal immigrants from safe countries only have the right to be sent back where they came from

Tow them halfway then.

We still have a navy let them do it. This is what the Thai Navy have done in the past- tow them back out to sea and they stopped coming. Put them up in Hotels and give them 40 quid a week and they will not.

Illegal immigrants, most with no right to even claim asylum being from safe countries escorted in by the RNLI ???? If I wanted the Mrs to settle over there I would have to be earning a lot more than a pension and the visa and settlement process would cost thousands. Maybe she could get on one of these boats and call herself an Albanian?

why are there many normal taxis driving around with the red sign on when it should be green as they are not busy? Often flagged down a red one with nobody in it. Never used to be the case.

So I believe

Q con blocks are the best, those red brick walls often look like they have as much morter as brick, sometimes you can see daylight coming through! Cinder blocks are OK for garden walls, unfortunately ours was built with them internally between the house next door- no sound insulation at all.

Skepticism of people who make numbers up, distort them, hide the details, or just lie is not bashing but being realistic.