billd766

Or be like the current government and don't think at all.

When I did my 25 years in the RAF from 1960 to 1984 the same requirements were in force. When you singed up, you signed to serve a certain term, eg, 9 years plus 3 in the reserve or whatever. You did have the right to buy yourself out of your contract, however it depend on the manning numbers of your trade. If your trade was fully manned then it could be done, but if the trade was undermanned or critically under manned, the military had the right to retain you until your contract was up. All of this was explained to you before you signed up and you agreed to it or you were not signed up. The government and the military invested a lot of money and time in your training and wanted to get their moneys worth. The closer that you got to your discharge date, the lower the price to buy yourself out.

Please tell us all how many generals have been charged with treason for overthrowing any legally elected government? Then I might consider what you say about Thaksin is valid.

I had 1 shot of whisky and soda last NYE and threw most of it away. Other than that I haven't had an alcoholic drink in 2 1/2 years. I quit when I realsised I was drinking 3 or 4 bottles of Hong Thong a week.

I always do that, no matter if the EMS vehicle is in front or behind me. If I am at a set of lights I will try to move over as far as I can.

I don't think the Thais actually hate us, more like a strong dislike, but there are quite a few farangs that deserve it.

Yes you are. Simply do a search about wearing masks on public transport in Thailand. On Monday 28th November my 18 year old son and all his class mates were off school for the the day. The reason was so that there school room could be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected as 5 of the 40 in the class had caught Covid. They still all wear masks at the school.

But you are not IN the rest of the world, you are in Thailand. I rarely wear a mask but I always carry one. If somebody in authority, such as the bank , BigC or Makro, asks me to I simply smile, apologise and put it on. It is NOT the end of the world to wear a mask, so simply smile and do as they ask. YOU may think that Covid has gone away, never to return, but it is still here and active in Thailand. I cannot post a link from the Bangkok post but on September 30th this year it was still mandatory to wear a mask on public transport. Google it. https://www.huahintoday.com/thailand-news/face-masks-still-mandatory-on-public-transport-cinemas-in-thailand/ https://www.huahintoday.com/thailand-news/face-masks-still-mandatory-on-public-transport-cinemas-in-thailand/ https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1229&bih=557&sxsrf=ALiCzsZOH03DQtmSwCSUN9tWtgqv5qNyNA%3A1670326149557&lei=hSePY-PNIfqL4-EPwb2-kAM&q=thailand covid mask rules&ved=2ahUKEwijpLbm8eT7AhX6xTgGHcGeDzIQsKwBKAF6BAhOEAI All of these links and more are easily available on doing a Google search. The lady conductress on the bus was totally correct and you were and are totally in the wrong. However it is NOT a problem for me as I neither live in Bangkok nor do I use public transport.

An example to what? He was illegally overthrown by a military coup who then became the judge and jury of what they had charged him with. The same happened to his sister Yingluck. To quote the Christian bible https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/let_him_who_is_without_sin_cast_the_first_stone Etymology An allusion to an utterance of Jesus in John 8:7, viz. “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”[1] Phrase let him who is without sin cast the first stone Only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment upon others (implying that no one is faultless and that, therefore, no one has such a right to pass judgment). And any military coup is illegal.

Please explain how you managed to divert this thread which is about road safety in Thailand to Sharia law and Islam rules in other countries. Basically your post is completely pointless and totally off topic.

What a load of cobblers you write. Is this the best excuse that you can come up with? Whataboutery? Your experiences are not the yard stick either. For the majority of the posters who have had the home visits, there are no problems. Immigration call before they come and spend 20 or 30 minutes confirming your details and then go away again, one time in 4 years. That works out for me, about 9 minutes of my life per year. Perhaps you have something to hide as you seem to protest too much. Why don't you file an official complaint with the head office of Immigration, and complain bitterly, as you do here about the invasion of your personal life in Thailand? Then let us all know the results.

Me too. ????

Please don't feed the troll. Don't respond to any of his posts and even stick him on your ignore list.

You are NOT made to view it at all. You can look at the title of the thread BEFORE you open it, and if you don't think you want to read it, just skip the thread. The choice is YOURS and yours alone to open the thread or not.

I will be rich as soon as I or SWMBO win the lottery.

It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I have only had one visit in 4 years, but if they want to come they will call my wife and make an appointment. We will offer them coffee or cold water, do what they ask and then they will go away happy and leave us alone until the next time. It takes about 20 or 30 minutes a visit and I suspect that they are sent the order from the regional office/head office and they simply have a quota to fill.

It depends on where you live and if the IO is a regional office. I live in Kamphaeng Phet province which comes under region 5 at Chiang Mai. Once my marriage extension is accepted it generally takes 30 days for the regional office to approve it. In your case it should be approved on 7 December.

I have a Ford Ranger double cab which was 21 years old yesterday and when I bought it in 2001 diesel was less than 10 baht a litre.

He probably has 3 houses to pass on to his wife for her future. That is why I would rule his wife out.

Sharpen your teeth

And people like him are running/ruining Thailand.

AFAIK they are shareholders in a PUBLIC LIMITED company which was founded on 08 August 1989. Further to that, again AFAIK shareholders do NOT take any active part in running any company in Thailand or elsewhere for that matter. What shareholders do is buy shares in a company in the belief that the company will make a profit, and that all the shareholders will gain investment on the profits made which I think is called a dividend. The only wat I know for a shareholder to take an active part in any business is if they are elected an AGM. IMHO, there is an election coming fairly soon in Thailand, and the ministry of dirty tricks has been re-activated to ensure that the PTP and the Shinawatra clan do not win a majority of seats and thus form a government, even a coalition government. Scw the party list has gone back to 100 from 150 the minnow parties need 350,000 or 375,000 votes per MP elected just to gain a party list seat. Again IMHO there will be a lot more dirty tricks in the pipeline.

Actually it did require a lot of boots on the ground as did the petrol tanker drivers strike. However that was in the past when the Army, Navy and RAF had a lot more men and women power. Nowadays the military are stretch more tightly as government have cut back deeply, that there are hardly enough to go around for the current commitments without calling up the reserves. No one political party is to blame, but the Tories have been in power longer.

There are none so blind as those who do not want to see.

What a load of <deleted> rubbish. You claim it, now back it up with links and facts.