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Worst Joke Ever 2025
billd766 replied to warfie's topic in Jokes - Puzzles and Riddles - Make My Day!
Silly me. I thought that they were serving time fo a medical reason. Then I realised that there is no cure for stupidity. -
One Year Extension Headache
billd766 replied to parallaxtech's topic in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
Kamphaeng Phet Immigration office is the same. -
So how do you get rid stray cats? We have one tabby cat probably about 4 or 5 months old that adopted us. This last couple of weeks there have been 2 older cats hanging around and trying to steal our cats food and trying to get in anywhere they can. I think that one may belong to a neighbour, but I have no idea where the other one comes from.
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trump folds and agrees to Kamala Harris debate demands,
billd766 replied to sirineou's topic in Political Soapbox
Trump insults Kamala Harris at every opportunity, though I don't remember you complaining about that. -
One Year Extension Headache
billd766 replied to parallaxtech's topic in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
I have a feeling that the TM30 rule only applies if you go out of the province that you are registered in. However each Immigration office seem to follow the national guidelines, BUT each IO can ask for additional information from the applicant. -
One Year Extension Headache
billd766 replied to parallaxtech's topic in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
IMHO it always depends on where the immigration office is and what the staff are like. My nearest office is Kamphaeng Phet some 70 km away, and the staff are farang friendly. No agents work through the office. I renewed my marriage extension on Thursday last week and I forgot the bank letter. He asked me to go back and get it and he did my paperwork whilst I was at the bank. They rang my wife on Monday asking if a house visit was OK for Tuesday and 2 guy from Immigration turned up, asked a few questions of my wife and the 2 witnesses, took some photos and went on their way. The second visit in 6 years. No problems and no hassles. -
I have always thought that Megan truly believed that by marrying Prince Harry yhat she would automatically become a Princess and then perhaps be a Queen. It doesn't quite happen like that. I also thought that Prince Harry was driven more by his small head than by his brain. It was their choice to make, and if it doesn't work out, it is a problem of their own making. If you want privacy, then stay out of the social media and the limelight. If you stay in the social media, then don't complain about the loss of privacy.
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School Van Accident in Northern Thailand Takes Young Student's Life
billd766 replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
From the internet. There are over 37,000 Educational Institutions and nearly 20 million students in the Thai education system. If each school only had 4 buses that would be around 150,000 school buses that would be required and an average of 133 pupils per bus per day. The school that my son went to from M1 to M6 had at least 20 school buses, trucks, vans and pickups every school day, not counting the parents who drop and collect their children every school day by car, pickup, motorbike or scooter. -
American father reunites with Thai daughter after 48 years apart
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
OK if the Thai lady can read English or read at all. Someone would need to translate for her as she may have dropped out of school when when she was young. How fluent are you at reading and writing in Thai. I am certainly not. It is easy to lose contact with people and easier still if you are 2 different nationalities, 2 different languages and even 2 completely different language structures. -
American father reunites with Thai daughter after 48 years apart
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
You are assuming that both the American and the Thai both have access to the internet. That both of them know who they are looking for, and where to find people on the internet. A bold and a very broad assumption. And yes I know that the internet has been around a long time. I was drive testing mobile handoffs in Germany in 1999, but the internet was not very large back then, nor was it that good. The internet requires a large amount of bandwidth and a large amount of ground cabling plus underwater trans oceanic cabling. 25 years ago the internet was quite small and clunky and it still cannot keep up with demands even now. All it takes is one boat to rip up even 1 undersea cable and links simply die for hours or days until it can be repaired. -
American father reunites with Thai daughter after 48 years apart
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
How do you KNOW what happened during that time period or do you know any of the family? -
School Van Accident in Northern Thailand Takes Young Student's Life
billd766 replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
A nice thought but if only one were bought, which school should get and who would yake on the responsibility for it, and who would service and maintain it? -
School Van Accident in Northern Thailand Takes Young Student's Life
billd766 replied to snoop1130's topic in Isaan News
The closest bus price I can get to the OP photo is this. what is the cost of a school bus made by International in the USA How much does a US school bus cost? Both Type C and D buses weigh over 10,000 pounds and can carry up to 72 people. The cost of an electric Type C or D school bus ranges from $320,000 to $440,000, while their diesel counterparts come in between $90,000 to $110,000. To this must be added shipping costs, the cost of converting the vehicle from LHD to RHD, to make it safer for school children in Thailand to enter and exit, the forex rate between the USD and the THB, import taxes and VAT on the top. Just the price of the bus alone at a forex rate of 34thb/USD is 3,400,000, conversion costs are unknown but probably IRO of 680,000, shipping costs unknown, importation fees and customs duty @ 250% would bring it to over 10,000,000 plus VAT at 7% would bring each bus to around 11,000,000 thb. That does not include spares (all imported), service and a back up service. For the costs alone, how many would each school need, and who would pay for it? -
American father reunites with Thai daughter after 48 years apart
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
If you are in the military, and you get posted elsewhere, you go where you are sent. It is not as if you get a choice in the matter. -
American father reunites with Thai daughter after 48 years apart
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
And your problem with that, is what exactly? -
American father reunites with Thai daughter after 48 years apart
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
Perhaps his posting to Thailand finished and he was posted elsewhere. Perhaps his service commitment had expired and he was sent back to the USA and given an honourable discharge. Both are far more reasonable explanations than yours. -
What are the best ways to meet other expats?
billd766 replied to Conan The Barbarian's topic in General Topics
I see the odd one or two in the shopping malls. Like you I generally say good morning and only 1 Dutch guy stopped to chat for a while. The rest either said good morning or simply ignored me. Up to them. -
Changing New Passport Number At Bank
billd766 replied to connda's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
I did this a couple of months ago at my BKK branch. Be aware that if you have a joint account, they will most likely want your wife to be there as well. Even if it is an either/or account. -
Communicating with Equiniti (UK Military Pensions)
billd766 replied to Moonlover's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
Thank you. This is the first year that they have missed. Perhaps they sent it via the postal system and it went AWOL. -
Well I and about 10 of my friends ARE married to Thai ladies, me for over 24 years, the others for varying amounts of time, and yes, we do live in Thailand, me since May 2001. I suppose that we are among the 0.00000001%
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Communicating with Equiniti (UK Military Pensions)
billd766 replied to Moonlover's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
I didn't get a statement this year -
Ex-Red-Shirt Leader Jatuporn Jailed for Security Breach
billd766 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_the_man_and_I_will_give_you_the_case_against_him "Give me the man and I will give you the case against him"[1] (Polish: Dajcie mi człowieka, a paragraf się znajdzie; translated to English more literally as "give me the man; there'll be a paragraph[a] for him",[2] Russian: Был бы человек, а статья найдется ("If there is a person, there will be an article [in the criminal code]"), also interpreted as "give me the man, and I will find the crime",[3] or "show me the man and I'll show you the crime"[4]) is a saying that was popularized in the Soviet Union and in Poland in the period of the People's Republic of Poland, attributed to the Stalinist-era Soviet jurist Andrey Vyshinsky,[2][5]: 200 [6] or the Soviet secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria.[3][4] It refers to the miscarriage of justice in the form of the abuse of power by the jurists, who can find the defendant guilty of "something" if they so desire.[5][6][7]: 179 [8]: 85