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    I have all the talent necessary as the author of a Thai-centric trilogy but I thought the 10 year visa also came with a many-million price tag?
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    See Ralf above. My distances are extracted from a book I wrote when living in Bang Sare. Any exaggerations were for the purposes of humour as I was making the point that anyone seeking a licence had to drive on highways without one.
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    Things must be serious if the club is named & no attempt was made to censor Fahrenheit from the other fracas. It's the latest weapon in the police armory; Pay or Be Named.
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    A python in the roof space keeps the rats down to merely plague proportions.
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    Many such centres are police-owned or 'protected'.
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    I feel sorry for Pattaya Plod; they've just overcome their fear of the dark and now are expected to confront bad people!
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    Similarly I wouldn't eat chicken from street sellers that's been marinating in carbon monoxide for several hours by a man with no toilet facilities and guarded by a pack of wild dogs.
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    Read what people say about Finnair's Cattle Herding journeys.
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    It won't happen; the police will never allow it. It's bonanza time for Plods all over Thailand. 'nightly raids in tourism zones at 2 AM,'
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    Never thought of that unless you can give the company a new photo. I always have six in readiness at Immigration along with my GCE Certificates & Sainsbury's Nectar card just in case!
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    Hence my willingness to supply them.
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    Macro use milk as a loss leader & often sell it at below 90.
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    I tried to pay a water bill late that arrived while I was away on holiday. A couple of 7-11s tried & failed but the assistant in the soi 9 Kao Noi shop phoned the office and sorted it.
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    I've applied for a job writing amusing articles for Aseannow so people don't have to read posts like these. Despite four emails + help from a mod, I've had no reply.
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    [email protected]. I think they only do BKK run? I've used them & couldn't believe how good/safe/cheap the journey was.
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    25 National Holidays + regional ones. https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/thailand/2022 Tomorrow is Rama 9's Birthday - I think he earned it.
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    I'm a leg & wing man myself.
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    MOT - PATTAYA

    mikebell replied to Pmbkk's topic in Pattaya

    I deplore the place. They had a grumpy farang hater as the greeter. Thais were allowed in 1st & farangs later IF there was any spaces left. I'm paying a company on my next birthday.
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    There's a company touting for business along the queue outside Pattaya Immigration. I'm using them next year; the test centre 30 kms out of town is a disaster area.
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    Agreed - the young conscripts in the Army/Navy take care of their officers' gardens/houses without pay. It teaches them to know their place and obey their 'betters'.
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    It's the loss of face that Thais can't face.
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    Finnair was the only company NOT serving free alcohol (at prices roughly the same as uranium). I checked this later. My complaints earned me some points in their club which I have already withdrawn my membership from. I sat for 14 hours with my overhead bag between my knees because there was no room. Aged 80 this left me with severe cramp.
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    Each someone has friends and relatives who are thinking about visiting you until you warn them. Each negative story continually alienates the ex-pats who will warn travellers not to stroke wild dogs and/or breathe.
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    Have the Indians shared the name of their Insurance broker with the Russians?
  25. mikebell
    negotiate protection fees.

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