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Not really. I can vaguely remember when Pontius was a trainee pilot.

No apology necessary. If I Remember Correctly I get caught out sometimes and I usually do a copy and paste to a Google search and most times I find the answer, usually under urban slang.

Some bar steward got me and I am now in Facebook jail while the <deleted> is still spamming my Faceache account. To add insult to injury, Faceache will not accept my mobile number as "it is already in use".

IIRC it is +/- 7 days when reporting in person, but online or by post I have no idea. I always do mine in person a couple of days later each time so that the 4th one falls in line with my extension.

You have a nasty suspicious mind. Why would I wonder if the dealer wanted cash? If that is how they wanted the deal, that was fine by me. They were one of the main dealers on Sukhumvit soi 62/1 but moved a few years ago. quote "In France the largest legal cash transaction between any business and a resident is 1000 Euros, and it might be so elsewhere in EU, for good reasons." But we are not in France or even the EU so any comparison is superfluous. This Thailand where cash is king especially out of the cities and it is nothing to Thais in the bank drawing 500,000 or a million thb in cash. Nobody is suspicious about that at all.

I am not suspicious of the local IO at all. Like the majority of government departments worldwide, they don't make the rules themselves but are operating under the rules laid down for them by the various governments. They do have the latitude to ask for more information, IF they believe it is necessary, and it is rarely used unless they are not happy with the application laid out for them. It is not often that they abuse their own rules even if they do have a bad day, and how they react depends on the applicant. If he is stroppy, belligerent, untidy, argumentative or simply believes that he is superior and all this is simply a waste of his time, then he is likely to have a much harder time, than a person who has the paperwork in order, is clean, neat, tidy, polite and pleasant. If you can make their life easy for them, they will make your annual extension easy for you. Beware of <deleted> them off as they can seriously affect your life in Thailand, to the extent of refusing your extension and kicking you out of the country. I have been dealing with IO in Suan Plhu, in the early days to Mae Sot, Nakhon Sawan and Kamphaeng Phet since 2009, and the majority of the men and women working there I have always found to be fair and reasonable.

It happened to me on a flight to Caracas, Venezuela. We were all seated and the crew did a head count and then a second and a third. At this point were were told to disembark back to the departure lounge and show passports and boarding cards. The "extra" passenger was found and detained by airport security at Heathrow, but we stayed in the lounge for a while before reboarding because the takeoff slot was lost. So, NO, it is not always TIT.

We offer water or perhaps coffee but nothing else. This is at the Kamphaeng Phet office where we have only had 1 visit since 2009. When I do my 90 day report I usually take the lady IO captain something. Fruit from the garden etc. I don't look on it as a bribe but a thank you. When I did my marriage extension last month I had a fall a couple of weeks before and was unable to sign my name. She accepted that and cleared the signatures for me, including the copy for region5 at Chiang Mai.

Why would you feel like a criminal? It is their time and their money that they are spending. If it does happen, I suspect that they will be bored after the 2nd, 3rd or 4th visit and not bother any more.

Many years ago I paid 400,000 baht in cash as a deposit on a new Ford Ranger. Why cash? Because the Ford dealer on Sukhumvit 62 in Bangkok preferred cash. I went to the main Branch of Bangkok Band in Silom, withdrew 400,000 baht in cash and stuffed it in my computer bag, caught the Skytrain and a taxi to Sukhumvit 62. I paid cash, they counted it, and drove off in my new pickup truck. Absolutely nothing to hide. Perhaps you think that way as you may have things to hide. I don't know, neither do I care, BUT if you believe what you say then provide the evidence. If you cannot provide any evidence at all, then why are you pushing, what in reality is just your opinion. Your opinion is simply that, and nothing else.

So you have no idea, no proof only your thoughts of possibilities and motivations. In fact you have nothing.

What law has been broken in your extensive legal experience?

Absolutely brilliant. Freddie would be so proud of him.

You are correct. It does not matter what I think, nor does it natter what YOU think either as neither of us can vote. What DOES matter is the that the people of Isaan who DO have a vote prefer Thaksin's daughter by a margin of more than 2 to 1 over Prayuth and more than any other contender in Isaan who is trying to win votes,

I am reading an Ebook called the The Sunrise Lands by S M Stirling. It is book 4 in a series of 9. This book like the 3 before it is hard to put down.

No. How many people would choose to vote for Prayuth is NOT irrelevant at all. What the link shows is that she and the PTP are far and away above any other contenders in Isaan which is what the thread is about. 100% minus 11.1% equals 88.9% who would NOT vote for Prayuth. The current unelected PM who stole the whole country in a military coup in 2014.

You are correct IMHO. 1st missed session they should be fined 1 week salary. Second missed session 2 weeks salary plus a 1 week ban = 3 weeks salary. Third missed session 1 months salary plus 2 months ban = 3 months salary. Fourth missed session sack from being a politician, loss of ALL pension rights and a lifetime ban from politics along with all their family. A new bye election to be called and they must fund the total cost from their personal accounts.

What percentage of "People" would that be? To keep it even, what percentage of people will not vote for Prayuth? The answer to that question is here.

Are you quite sure about that? That is a very large number of MSM, social media, radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and websites in 197 countries across the whole world. It also means that those 197 countries all agreed on a single theme which I cannot believe.

Go to Google Earth pro, search for Mae Sot, then follow the route 12 to Tak and drag the little street view man onto the route 12. That will show you the road in daylight and you can track it back to the Tak/Kamphaeng Phet junction at the route 1 and you will se what a scary road it is.

My Facebook account was hacked back in October and Facebook blocked me from that account. It spawned 20 other accounts and when I queried Facebook, they told me the problem in normally sorted out in 24 hours. They also said that if I disagreed with their decision that ALL 20 odd accounts including my solitary accounts would be deleted after 30 days. That was 32 days ago yet Facebook will NOT allow me to create a new account. Any attempts to contact them have to go through a Facebook account. Har de har de har.. I used Facebook to keep in contact with some groups in the UK and a few people. How can I open another Facebook account and not be turned down again?

What is even sadder, is that there are people who actively go looking to be offended. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63768031 Camilla, The Queen Consort, is ending the tradition of having ladies-in-waiting, but instead will be helped by "Queen's companions". As well as modernising the title, the six women assistants will be less regularly in attendance than the previous role required. The honorary positions involve helping the Queen Consort at public events. Unlike the ladies-in-waiting, this slimmed-down role will not involve correspondence or administration. Replacing the role of lady-in-waiting will end a feature of court life going back to the middle ages, with such close personal helpers of a Queen often coming from aristocratic families and, over the centuries, sometimes caught up in court intrigue. The new "companions" will be a more occasional and informal position, supporting the Queen Consort at official engagements and not involved in replying to letters or day-to-day planning. They don't receive a salary but their expenses will be covered.

You may be within your rights but IMHO if you refuse them you may well be in a whole heap of trouble at your next extension. My advice would be to welcome them, comply with what they want and let them go on their merry way. If you are perfectly legal what is there to worry about?

When I joined the RAF they taught me things and how to drink heavily. The initiation ceremony was a pub crawl of the 13 pubs in the village and a pint in each pub. I learned that eating a blistering hot curry afterwards was not a good plan.

I will give you a predictable answer. Read and comprehend the post you are responding to BEFORE you reply to it. JensenZ has already said that he can buy milk at the correct price, so there was no point in your reply to him.