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19 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Morality is culturally based. I take it you believe that your culture is the only correct one?

Morality is NOT allowed to be defined by a culture... morality is finite and if a culture disregards it that culture is morally corrupt.

6 hours ago, jimn said:

I gave up reading after you quoted "triple entry tourist visa". These ended years ago. Get your terminolgy correct and state what visa you actually have and I am sure people will help you. The ignorance of some people who pretend to be grown ups astounds me.

Don't be astounded... it's rather common now a days...

19 hours ago, gjoo888 said:

In the US, even after they rob you, there's still a decent chance they'll shoot you.

Not everywhere in the USA is like <deleted>cago... NYC... Baltimore... and numerous other blue cities

On 5/18/2023 at 12:48 AM, Paradise Pete said:

 

She hand-picked her district. It's extraordinarily right-leaning. She'd struggle to get elected almost anywhere else.

Sort of like AOC

22 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Now what would you say if he had a helmet and a license? 

RIP

AND EXPERIENCE... Why have you assumed that I am saying that it was the motorcyclists fault?  I have ridden motorcycles for 62 of my 75 years and (knock on wood) have never been involved in an accident.  I was told early on that "no matter what while on a motorcycle I never have the right of way"...  So maybe the motorcyclist did not have that knowledge and made a wrong decision... or maybe the car driver was distracted and made a wrong decision... it wasn't an "accident"... that's an excuse that was invented by poor decision makers in order to place blame... it was a tragic poor decision by one or both parties while operating their vehicles... thus, one was a terrible driver at the given moment.

20 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

I think you forgot one thing. Actually most important. Who was the person that hit him? Did you know the person in question? Are you sure he was a terrible driver?

"It was an accident" is the universal excuse for consequences for bad behavior.

16 hours ago, BritScot said:

99% agree, there is always that pesky 1% (God's will).

What kind of god would will an early life death!

8 hours ago, it is what it is said:

why the assumption the motorcyclist was in the wrong?

There is no assumption of right or wrong in what I stated... so I guess you assumed it

5 hours ago, truthfix said:

I've never whined nor mentioned I was retired, people have assumed so as I'm over 50! I've merely asked what visa options there are moving forward.

Maybe we assumed that you were seeking a retirement visa because you mentioned not being able to deposit 800000 baht which is one threshold for such a visa... keep working until you can come up with it... it's only $23000usd or $31000cd... not allot if planning to live here... I shopped around and found a good agent for a reasonable rate and had no hassles... there no free lunch and you get what you pay for... you sound like you are living on a shoestring and cannot afford to live where you are and think that you shoulld be abke to come to Thailand and live on a shoestring and not have to pay for anything as well. 

16 hours ago, hotchilli said:

From the link:

The boat driver [AKA Captain] was thought to have fallen asleep?

Amazing Thailand.

That's just the go to excuse in Thailand for "high"

More details... Helmet? Motorcycle license? experience on bike? People die everyday on the roads throughout the world... there are no accidents... just terrible drivers

13 hours ago, truthfix said:

My post is LONG as usually people will ask for ALL the specifics if I've not supplied enough info really.

 

Ok, the extensive history of residing here makes sense.

 

I don't wish to use an agent as I'm capable of arranging things myself if I'm aware of requirements needed etc, therefore do not wish to pay an agent inflated fees, which vary a lot regarding the price hence why I mentioned scammers, although I've probably used the wrong terminology there, but some pay way over the top for that service.

 

Ok, so my situation, you've clarified it IS NOW, a 30 day re entry, sooooo being that immigration has entered on their system and written on my passport that I have a tkt to leave on 15th, my question now is and because I have nearly two years of residing here, do you think it might be an issue obtaining a 30 day extension?

It's a free market concept... shop around and find the fee that you can afford... if you cannot afford it quit whining and do it yourself... maybe reconsider retiring until you can afford to do so.

7 hours ago, stoner said:

dangerous. 

No... the go to excuse to reduce the fine 

13 hours ago, Chivas said:

Yes I've always doubted this and no one has ever been able to show otherwise

Whilst I'll use an extreme example it nonetheless is valid

 

If the ATM fee is 220 baht a pop and current Dollar/Baht is around 34 that entails a refund of $6.47 every usage  (ignore any other card related fees)

 

Now use the card every day.......

 

Thats around $194 a month

 

There simply must be a "limit" on these refund of fees for obvious reasons

If you use the ATM everyday... why would you?    I do not use the ATM everyday so I do not know if my bank would object to daily usage and advise me to be smarter about withdrawing money... I use it once a week to withdraw 25,000Tbaht at a time and they pay the fees every month.

22 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

You missed this, don't worry I don't cast accusations on how smart or not you are.

 

"Even when murders in the largest cities in red states are removed, overall murder rates in Trump-voting states were 12% higher than Biden-voting states across this 21-year period and were higher in 18 of the 21 years observed."

 

 

NO they are not... you need remedial math... or you are not identifying the blue cities in their entirety...

49 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

You did a critical analysis......really....lol

 

So tell me what did you analysis from this, just one of over a dozen links provided in the article...................

 

The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in every year from 2000 to 2020.

Over this 21-year span, this Red State murder gap has steadily widened from a low of 9% more per capita red state murders in 2003 and 2004 to 44% more per capita red state murders in 2019, before settling back to 43% in 2020.

Altogether, the per capita Red State murder rate was 23% higher than the Blue State murder rate when all 21 years were combined.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-two-decade-red-state-murder-problem

Critical analysis... yes and if you were smart enough you could too.

 For instance... The first city with the highest murder rate is St. Louise in the United States... a red state but a blue city. Followed by Baltimore, Maryland... both blue.  Followed by San Juan, Puerto Rico... both blue.  Followed by Detroit, Michigan... both blue.  Followed by Milwaukee, Wisconsin... red state but blue city.  Followed by New Orleans, Louisianna... red state but blue city.  Followed by Cleveland, Ohio... red state but blue city...

I think that even you can interpolate what going on here... Blue cities are the leading murder rate areas in the USA and distort the face of red states when lump summed as the guardian tends to do on everything that they spew forth.

6 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

As usual the Guardian provides a direct link for its sources in its reporting................why I am not surprised you failed to do the work to click them

I read the articles and sourced their statistics... then did a critical analysis... I stand by my post... do the math... the gaurdian is a liberal rag and is very well known to distort the facts to comply with their liberal agenda.

Or the seller could be a farang who doesn't like the traditional Thai negotiating. 

Because Tn and it's governor know that guns don't aim nor shoot themselves... Tn goes after the shooters.

12 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Then there's the facts that Republicans prefer to ignore. From the OP:

 

Ironically, given the accusation from the right that Democrats are too soft on crime, it appears to be traditionally “red states” that have the more serious crime problem.

“The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in every year from 2000 to 2020,” Third Way, a US thinktank, reported in January. Third Way also found that in 2020 murder rates “were 40% higher in Trump-voting states than Biden-voting states”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/14/republican-tough-on-crime-us-elections-2010

As usual the gaurdian fails to further break down the statistics because it would render their point mute... while red states have crime it is proportionately out of balance on a state basis because it is concentrated in blue run inner cities... eliminate those cesspools from the mix and the change is dramatic toward blue states leading crime overall... do the work!