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2 hours ago, Chris Daley said:

I got an 11,000 baht visa fine.  The Nonthaburi immigration office looked at their own stamps done a year ago and disputed it.  Litterly a few desks apart in the office.  They gave me a choice of leave in 24 hours or pay the fine.  Animals.

Did you not check the visa yourself, before you left the office that issued it?

18 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

Did he share his plan to converse with these folks with any appropriate person from the Thai gov't.

 

Very doubtful, he sees himself above all. 

 

Why not send him an email and ask him?

I don't think he would have confided to anybody on AN, so nobody here would know.

13 hours ago, norfolkandchance said:

You might be interested in this site. Some good Information and of course some banter.

Thank you for the link. Unfortunately when I did an internet search I could not seem to find them. Many other links, but not one linking to them.

5 hours ago, Moonlover said:

You are completely wrong about that. The government's website even has section devoted to 'Veterans UK'. You can visit it right here. Veterans UK And I am proud to be classified as one of them.

 

In passing, I've read most of the entries on this thread and I don't I've come across a bigger load of rubbish as I have today. So you're in good company.

 

Thank you for the Veterans UK link.

I will make the effort to fill in the form tomorrow or at the weekend.

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Although it is a horrible crime, I think a normal arrest could be performed, but if I see the pics it is bit unhuman

But you seem to think that it is OK to drown a 1 year old child.

If it were my son and he was tied up I would have thrown the offender in until he drowned.

I have that same strip on my pc and I only use Chrome as a browser. I don't bother try to use my mobile to read AN.

I also use an Ad blocker to block ads on every site that I use.

Now, but only when I am on AN, I get a 90% pop up screen from AN asking me to disable my Ad blocker, but only for AN. as they need Ad subscriptions to pay for the site. I simply click on the little cross and it disappears.

I have nothing against that, but the reason for an Ad blocker is to block ALL ads on EVERY site.

The headline reads

Thaksin's Unofficial Involvement in Myanmar Conflict Questioned

If it is unofficial, why is there a hoo haa about it?

Is Thaksin not allowed to talk to anybody he wishes to?

It is not exactly as though Thailand and ASEAN have achieved anything positive in their talks with the Myanmar junta generals over the decades.

8 hours ago, redwood1 said:

If the government wants the weed shops closed they all must revive compensation..

 

But whats really going to happen is..

 

 

The weed shops will be told they are still free to sell legal weed with .02 THC or less........lol

 

I am sure no one will have a problem with paying 100-200 baht a gram for dirt weed...

 

Thousands of weed shop owners will be left in serious debt and bankrupt..

 

 

Why should the government give them compensation? Did the government order shops to be opened to sell weed.

IMO they opened because they thought it would be an easy way to make money.

If any compensation is paid, then Anutin and the BJT party should personally pay it themselves, as they started this whole mess.

Perhaps President Biden should remind the Israeli government that there is an international right to freedom of speech and that there is also a right not to destroy property, especially in a country which is not yours.

In the USA the students are lucky that they were arrested by the police. Palestinians in their own country would simply be shot and killed by the IDF for daring to protest. The students in the USA are not starved, nor do they lack food, water, medicines, shelter and the other essentials of life like the Palestinians are, in their own country.

4 hours ago, mikebell said:

How about a 3 day Songran?

Or even the old fashioned Songkran?

4 hours ago, Kim Jones said:

Was this before, or after, he was abducted by aliens 👽???

Sadly. even the aliens did not seem to want him, and returned him to planet earth. 

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Significant word is paused. Similar to a "pause" in fighting while hostages are released , then israel can get back to blowing up everything with no need to hold back.

I'll be more impressed if the US stops sending the bombs and bullets PERIOD.

Me too.

In todays BBC News site there is this.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68980820

There is more in the link.

"If they go into Rafah, I'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah," he said during an interview with CNN.

He added that he would "continue to make sure Israel is secure".

Despite firm and vocal US opposition, Israel appears poised to mount a large-scale invasion of Rafah.

Also from the link.

"But a leading member of Mr Netanyahu's Likud party in Israel told the BBC's Newshour on Wednesday he believed US domestic political considerations were behind the decision to halt the delivery of bombs.

"I totally disagree that the American election has nothing to do with it," said Boaz Bismuth, a member of both the Israeli parliament and the foreign affairs and defence committee."

What is happening in the American election has nothing to do with it," said Boaz Bismuth.

It certainly has nothing to do with Boaz Bismuth.

To me at least, President Biden is using stronger 'diplomatic language' to Israel to make his point clearer to the Israeli government. Whether Netanyahu and his war cabinet, listen and understand is a different problem.

12 hours ago, Ben Zioner said:

Since it is blatant vote buying we need another Army "intervention".

YOU might think so, but I suspect that millions of THAI VOTERS may disagree with you. After all, it is their country and not yours.

I hope that you are speaking for yourself only and anybody who may agree with you.

"We" is a plural term. and you certainly do NOT speak for me, nor my Thai family or my Thai friends.

10 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-i-completely-remove-copilot/94f158ab-bc04-48e2-a49f-4cc813fdd5f5

Thank you for that information. I tried it which led me to a screen, which led me to eventually 5 screens and I ended up giving up as it was taking me out of the task manager (where Copilot doesn't show) deeper and deeper into Microsoft and changing the registry.

I went to Settings and Apps and features and uninstalled Copilot from there. It seems to be applicable to Windows 11 and Microsoft Edge only and is some sort of AI App similar to ChatGPT and is a stealthy way for MS to make changes without people noticing.

6 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Also, when you have the task manager open, click on the Startup tab, and if the program status is "Enabled," right mouse click the program status and change to "Disabled."

I am using Windows 10 and in the bottom right corner of the screen is an icon called Copilot. It is a preview from Windows 11 AFAIK It doesn't seem to do anything and it doesn't show up on the task manager anywhere.

Is it possible to get rid of it, and if so, how?

Thanks.

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

You'll be left behind then you'll find out

Left behind what?

Why would I care?

8 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

You're just resisting change like the others

Why does he, I or anybody else HAVE to change?

You are welcome to change as often as you wish, in exactly the same way that nobody HAS to change if they don't want to, and if it works for them (and me), why change something that works.

22 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

A better option than sending bombs to Gaza to blow up thousands of kids.

Funny you should say that in the light of this BBC news item this morning.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68974624

The US last week paused a bomb shipment for Israel over concerns it was going ahead with a major ground operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, a senior administration official says.

The shipment consisted of 1,800 2,000lb (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500lb bombs, the official told CBS News, the BBC's media partner in the US.

Israel has not "fully addressed" US concerns over humanitarian needs of civilians in Rafah, the official says.

Israel made no immediate comment.

Overnight, there were further Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, hours after Israeli forces backed by tanks took control of the key Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt.

The Israeli bombardment has been particularly intense around Rafah. Local medics say seven members of one family were killed in one overnight strike.

Perhaps Israel is losing the unconditional support of the USA now. The shipment was not banned completely, just paused at this point in time.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You are entitled to not be entertained.

I think it's rather entertaining that a country that has visited so much destruction and death on so many countries ( Chile comes to mind ) is tearing itself apart over a bombastic entertainer.

Oddly enough I did a couple of months work in Chile back in 1991 and I found it a lot nicer, people, food, wine and the country in general, than the next 8 months in Venezuela

1 hour ago, george said:

 

The go to top arrow is now visible on left hand side. You may need to hard reload the page..

It is back and working on my computer. Thank you.