MangoKorat

The problem is, this man had a return flight booked that he failed to turn up for.

I've been lost on there many times - but not for 11 days.

Lefty? If being compassionate and reasonable then yes, I am a lefty. However, I suspect that most of my mates would totally disagree with you.

All you guys making jibes about this. Do you realise that you could be joking (and worse) about a man who may have come to serious harm? He hasn't been heard of for 11 days.

The title contains a deleted expletive. If that's the way you usually refer to Brits - expect a beating before too long.

There'll be plenty of Lao Khao around - they'll have been wrecked since 7am.

A distinct possibility 😁.

Somehow, I think a parallel exists.

I predict that it won't be too long before voters are also experiencing remorse. A reminder Donald, you said you would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours - you're late!

Serious about buying Greenland? Trump needs to wind his damned neck in.

A Thai friend who is officiating at her local polling station tells me that voter turnout today is very low. Local/Provincial elections regularly have low turnouts but she says that so far, this is the lowest she's seen. Considering what happened in the General Election, if this turnout is a reflected in other areas, who could blame voters for being apathetic.

Living in 'the stcks' with few public charging points and needing to travel long distances in a reasonable time, I'll be buying another diesel shortly. Technology is moving very fast but not fast enough for me. When I can charge overnight at home and obtain a range of 500km without a special charger and still do the same in 5 years time, EV's will be back on the menu. Bangkok may be OK but I'm not convinced that an EV is the way to go for those living in the countryside that need to travel considerable distances regularly quite yet. BYD do make some very good looking models though.

The facts about how hostages were treated are unlikely to be known until they have all been released. The Israeli government are likely to ask for silence so as not to prejudice the release of those still being held.

More likely.

No, it could indicate many things.

Personal Effects Personal effects are private owned goods that importer brings into or out of the Kingdom of Thailand. These goods applied for the duty and tax exemption must be imported within the specific period of time (1 month prior or 6 months after the arrival of the importer). Please note that these do not include the goods that imported by person who reside in the Kingdom of Thailand or goods that sent from another country as a gift. Household Effects Household Effects are goods which are normally necessary to equip a self-contained home e.g. furniture, home appliances, kitchenwares, and similar household furnishing, etc. that importer brings into the Kingdom of Thailand in case of changing residence. These household effects must be imported within 1 month prior or 6 months after the arrival of the importer. To be eligible for tax and duty free allowance, the importer is required to have owned, possessed, and used the household effects before the importer return to the Kingdom of Thailand to resume residence. The goods imported for commercial purpose are not eligible as household effects. https://apps.customs.go.th/list_strc_simple_neted.php?ini_content=pbc_01&ini_menu=menu_pbc&left_menu=menu_pbc_01&&root_left_menu=menu_pbc&xleft_menu=menu_pbc_01&lang=en&left_menu=nmenu_esevice_180531_01

I don't believe anything - I am trying to work out what the text on a Customs website means - see the OP: (1) Nonresidents changing their residence into Thailand must be granted a non-immigrant quota as shown in their passports or Nonresident Identification Cards; or

Thanks but as I've stated several times, Customs cannot mean PR. The other stipulations are that to be imported duty free, items must be imported no more than 1 month before an applicant arrives in Thailand and no more than 1 month after. It takes several years to obtain PR so those deadlines could not be met.

You are of course, entitled to your opinion.

Why is the term 'immigrant' relevant? Murders are committed worldwide by all races.

I am not a Trump fan in any shape or form but I totally agree with his sentiment in this matter - that there are only 2 genders - MALE & FEMALE. There are also both males and females that are attracted to the same sex - that doesn't change their gender. I'm happy that steps are being taken to rid the US of the demands to address people differently etc. Hopefully that will be picked up by the UK too. I was never going to call people 'them or they' though, it is and will always be 'him or her'.

I don't see anywhere in his post where he says its a credit card.

Correct, and of course, firefighters all over the world are some of the bravest people around. I would state though, that I suspect a degree of 'journalistc licence' was applied in the style of reporting in this case. Given the type of fire, I doubt the firefighters were in any particular danger on this occasion. I suspect they managed to get the truck stuck and simply had to abandon it. This was not a blazing inferno high rise buidling, its a field where agricultural waste was being burned, probably illegally. It is likley that nearby unharvested crops were threatened so the fire department were called. Last month I was up in deepest Isaan and saw a field well ablaze - farm workers were walking around in the field at will and a tractor was being used to push waste into the fire - right into it. They didn't appear to be in any danger and obviously didn't feel they were either. Critics might note that despite the supposed 'intense flames' there are trees in the photo accompanying the report with their leaves still intact. Its a bit like a report on the recent Thai airways emergency landing in Phuket which in one source (not Asean Now) was reported as 'Near Disaster Averted: Thai Airline Flight's Dramatic Engine Failure and Heroic Crew Response.' . That repoort also carried a photo of an airliner with a large hole in the fuselage for effect - it was an unrelated photo. Yes, it was less than ideal that the aircraft had to land on one engine but I don't believe either the crew or pasengers were in any real danger - it was 'good press' though. Its 'journalistic licence' and I believe a degree of that was applied in the original version of this story. Such 'licence' is very often used by journalists the world over but moreso it seems, in Asia. People here should chill out and not jump to conclusions so quickly. Most of here know Thailand very well I think.

No I didn't but I opened my account with a UK address in any case.

I was purely going on the photos on the Wise website where it has neither the Visa or Mastercard logos on it. Apparently though, its available as either.