If passenger numbers are up why is my inbox inundated daily with emails from every airline I have ever dealt with offering all sorts of discounts, hot sales, and promotions like they are trying desperately to fill seats? 

I have had refunds from Lazada, Ebay and a few others....no problem except maybe a week or 2 wait. 

My wife says I dont need a wallet, she can take care of all that lol.

23 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

Thai drivers license DOES have your photo on it but no signature. Pink ID card has your photo but NO signature, and I've had both accepted, trouble free, for identification purposes by Govt & non- govt organisations.

I did use the word BOTH re the Thai drivers license??

It depends what level of ID you need and that is usually determined by the agency/govt dept you are dealing with.  Australian lands depts DO NOT accept Thai drivers license for transfer of land because no signature and the Dept of Transport West Australia DOES NOT accept same for replacement of lost license for same reasons.

Sounds like you are talking about only within Thailand which I am not and made pretty clear in my comment.

2 hours ago, BobBKK said:

Shows he knows NOTHING about Thailand

Exactly.  Seems he needed a lesson in Thai vocab before making that speech.  For example a "crackdown" means everybody sounds serious but all is forgotten after a week ie wearing helmets,

"enforcing" means the law has been written but months of thought needs to be done about the pros and cons of the decision before the new law is shelved ie riding in the back of pick-ups or the OA health insurance requirement,

"Investigating" means endless committee meetings, lunches, pretties, big talk, dividing of the cake and at least two or three years duration before a vague outcome is produced.

"moving forward"  means all of the above but drawn out over several decades or till the trough is bare.

"Democracy"  means doing as you are told and being without any say at all in what your government deems is "best for the people".

I sold a property in Oz not long ago.  Didnt want to do the trip home so had to use notary services at Aust embassy.  Needed a second ID apart from passport.  While there I also got them to notarise/certify ID for getting a replacement for my lost Aust, drivers license. 

One thing to note, in my experience, is that the ID must have both photo and signature.  Thai drivers does not.  Sometimes you dont realise these things till you need them, I didnt. 

3 minutes ago, sanemax said:

If you stay in a quiet little village , then you have no need to care about what others think

You'd be surprised!  I live in a small quiet village and basically keep to myself but the stories still abound....not about being a pedo I might add but equally astounding.

6 hours ago, wendyfromoz said:

why do they have to make up all these huge, elaborate boards everytime they arrest someone.

Because they have seen the inspiring work Donald Dump has done with just a poster and some crayons  ????

Democracy is dead since the corporate coup the world over.

35 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

It's worth noting, lest it be lost in all the rhetoric here, that much of the planning by Al-Qaeda for the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred in Afghanistan which Osama Bin Laden had used as his base of operations during many of those years.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_of_the_September_11_attacks#Origins_of_the_September_11_attacks

 

And as best as I can tell, the very first notion for the 9/11 attacks began in Afghanistan in 1996 , which was when the Taliban effectively controlled much of the country. And continued up until the Sept. 2011 9/11 attacks and the resulting U.S. invasion of Afghanistan late in 2001 that ended the Taliban's rule.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban

 

That's what the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan is about, for better or worse.

Oh I thought it was the opium trade.

16 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

Sad!  Terrorists or not...there is something quite extraordinary and evil about killing scores of people from miles above the earth while not making a sound...????

And cowardly!

20 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

What the hell is she wearing on her bonce !!! That made I larff 

Yeah I was thinking if she was that ugly she has to cover her face when in public its no wonder she had to pay him.  But a bit more original than a paper bag I suppose ????

"The boy that cried wolf" immediately comes to mind.

Been real hot here in kalasin but heavy rain and thunder now.

14 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

The problem is that Saudi Arabia has been in conflict with Yemen for some time know and no one is sure if this attack was carried out by Yemen or Iran and if he attacks Iran blaming them and it turns out that it was Yemen that did the attack then both Trump and the United States would be the laughing stock of the world and would lose what is left of the credibility that is left now. For the United States to attack any country that is not guilty of anything would be the end of Trump and the United States because no country could ever trust the United States again.

Nobody trusts them now!

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Anything that can be done to get rid of the systemic toxicity this organization manifested, for decades, is a good thing. Surely, there must be dozens of people who were aware of what Nassar was doing, yet they looked the other way. That is not acceptable. It is one thing to sexually harass women. That is not right. But to do this to kids, and allow it to happen to kids, after they were made aware of what was going on? That is beyond the pale. Executions needs to be carried out. Forget about prison sentences. Some lines you just cannot cross. Those kids are scarred for life. 

You could apply exactly the same argument to the catholic church.

1 hour ago, IAMHERE said:

Asians because they don't do that white supremacists scene.

No they dont.  They do TM30's and TM47's instead  ????

Why would the UN want to give assistance to "very bad people" and "very bad drug dealers", according to Trump.....or is he wrong (again)?

47 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

Amazing poster. Obviously true for heroin, but not for pot. American politics? 

 

 

For sure.  And note the character (Charlie Chan?) supposedly taking advantage.......how racist!  No american would take advantage!

She deserves to be arrested just for her taste in decor alone......yuk!