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So it's quite possible there could have been 'auto drive' features in play here? I am not familiar with this car make/model at all.

They always checked before, every time I've had an overstay going back decades (before they decided to make a big deal out of it) they knew at the checking desk. I know this as I've had several overstays in the past.

From the above Nation link : I guess they've decided to completely disarm the country. "He said he would not allow ordinary people to get a permit to own a firearm" No guns for the peasants...got it.

Yes, has Phuket airport gone rogue? If on overstay maybe best to make your way to Bangkok They're definitely missing their flights.

Odd pattern emerging here, if you get to the airport you can leave. The check in desk know you're on overstay the moment they see your passport. What happens next? Do the police still pay rewards for reporting overstayers?

How many of these things does the average 'addict' take each day?

Here in Hua Hin we have to make do with the karaoke area which seems to close sometime around 7 or 8 in the morning. I was told by someone that they close at that time because it backs onto some commercial premesis that opens early 🤣

So BB guns and toy guns (blank firing) are illegal?

The state pension doesn't even come into this. A million or so goes a long way in retirement. It's kind of unfortunate that these people will be taxed to death from next year - because all that money they're bringing is not from state pensions, it will be from investment income, sale of property, etc - all of which they apparently plan to tax.

She worked as an au pair when she was a kid and now she's an ambassador - that's the strangest cover story I've ever read. I wonder what she did to become elevated into the corridors of power in Sweden and the various embassies she's worked at around the world?

Why is the Prime Minister / Finance Minister even involved with such a decision? Is he micro managing everything that happens in all branches of government?

Around these parts we usually get about 2 weeks of cooler weather before it turns around and starts rising again. That's been my experience over the last 15 or so years anyway

Six months. I'll give it six months before he's out on his arse.

They most certainly do, remind me - what time does the big 'full moon party' on that crappy island close at?

I read the other day that the god like masters who reside in Bangkok already announced the 'trial' won't be happening in Pattaya. That's the end of it. The masters in Bangkok have spoken now get back to work and shut the <deleted> up.

Telling someone they are wrong isn't an insult. If he attacked a younger man he would likely have had the crap beaten out of him.

Many such videos were online in the days after it happened, including this one. They were already out there.

Half the world has seen that video as it was all over Twitter / X

Yes, it was something like that - a Thai version, I lost it years ago though - will be somewhere around the house I guess.

I may be wrong on the distillation process but some of them do put the minerals back in once whatever cleansing method is done. I had one of those water testing devices that told you how many parts per million of 'stuff' was in there - different brands had very different results.

Not all bottled water is created in the same way. I believe most of it is distilled Some brands reinsert the minerals that are lost in the distillation process, some don't appear to do this and essentially sell distilled water. You can tell which is which without any pre knowledge by boiling an electric kettle with some brands of water repeatedly over a week or two and watch the mineral residue build up by the day. Singha = no mineral residue in my kettle Nestle = lots of mineral residue in my kettle. So personally I purchase Singha for hot drinks and Nestle for drinking 'neat'.

You need to report it within 3 months of discovering the crime. Once it's reported it's a whole different story, three years is the limit at that point I believe - so assuming you reported it when you found it there's still plenty of time left. Good luck with that though

It may be as little as three months unless you report it to to the police From the date you discovered the fraud.

Yes, there were a couple of what I would deem suspicious arrests of people on overstay at Phuket airport.

They may have altered the law in the last 5 years or so (in fact I'm pretty sure they did) - but that should apply to new offences from the day the law changed. There most definitely is a statute of limitations - it all depends on exactly what the original charge was as to how long it was and if you maage to do a runner it 100% did work in your favour if you evaded capture for long enough. 15 years is one of the limits and it is, coincidentally how long this guy waited, however doing this would almost certainly leave a foreigner as a 'persona non grata' Like nearly all other cases which are reported on once they disappear inside the court system we're unlikely to ever hear about it again unless he gets released and deported due to immigration really getting it wrong.