Ben Zioner

Funny this emotional debate between ICE and EV. I'll use whatever gets me from A to B. But I'll wait another 3 years, at least, before I buy an EV.

Yep, there will by more tablecloth thefts.

To me this looks like a retaliation about the visa fees Thais might have to pay to visit New Zealand. I tried to work it out and it looks like 7000 to 9000 THB. I that's the case there would be nothing to complain about.

Why would I object? Since you have a 20 years Elite visa. Yes I don't see the point of tourist visas for more than 30 days stays and 3 months cumulative in any given years. Especially in Thailand where there is a multitude of other visas to chose from for longer stays.

Nope, just get a 3 months Non-O, easy-peasy.

So?

Well that's your problem, if you want to call it a tourist visa.

I am here on a 10 years LTR/WP visa. I am totally supporting "The right visa for the right purpose"..

Maybe they shouldn't stay on tourist visas, which is the topic here.

Our friend Wanchai means that any criticism from foreigners is unwelcome and should lead to deportation. He stops short of recommending public flogging. He is a genius as he has found the way to fix "his" country.

I think the rules should rely on the definition of tourism. Authorities should systematically questions tays longer than the duration of normal annual leave in the country of origin of the so called tourist.

And QF32 would have been a total disaster without the presence of two elite Quantas crews on board. Rolls Royce was to blame, but it just shows.. For Boeing the trouble started with the B737Max. Due to the bulk of the engines the 737 MAX has been designed aerodynamically unstable, therefore extremely difficult to fly and they let the computer do the hard work. Unfortunately the had bugs in their software. Without these two disasters, in this era of outstanding safety, we wouldn't be talking of the Boeing safety record.

When I was living in Australia I moved to Canberra, the nights were always cool there. Before that we stayed at Bondi beach, through the open windows we welcomed the cool breeze from the sea.

Not even that, too sweet.

Power banks are totally unnecessary anyway. These devices are made from cheap, low quality, unsafe batteries. Never bought one for that reason. I make sure that I have sufficient battery life on my devices when I fly, I a battery gets weak I get it replaced by Apple or replace my device.

The 800k deposit will go up inevitably, but let's be serious not to 3 million. Let's be serious, and these 800k aren't a visa fee anyway.

AS well as the cost of living of the in the various locations. NZ is now of of the most expensive countries.

They keep in line with the Thailand Elite And when they say the want tourists it doesn't mean they want westerners. And I reckon that western expats are even less welcome than western tourists. Unless they can afford certain kinds of visas. Go west young man...

Hence one will have to deal with Thai RD. And that's rather unpleasant as I doubt they have many english speaking staff members.

With one exception: the LTR.

Guess there must be some "Christian" support in the US for lying, cheating, stealing and pu$$y grabbing.

Simple answer is "yes", how much you will be liable to pay depends on your situation. You would need to do your homework, and this will be probably the worst that is going to happen to most of our fellow AN geezers.

Honestly, that's not right the best temperature to sleep is below 20 Celsius. Bach in Europe I was always turning off the heater while sleeping. Here I set my aircon to 20. There is also another thing to consider at 27 one sweats when having sex, can ruin the experience...

Frankly I can't get. How can forming a vagina shape with your hands in front of your face be a sign of respect?

Oh I am sure of that, as I am rather short and wiry, with dark receding hair...