BangkokHank

Very clever how he put the real controllers of the world first, then listed two absolutely ridiculous ones after that - to imply that all three are equally silly conspiracy theories.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-leaves-bbc-reporter-stammering-after-challenging-him-to-cite-examples-of-rising-hate-speech/ar-AA19M1mH

Ironically, it is precisely younger people who are going to suffer from the stupidity of giving up the use of relatively cheap, readily available fossil fuels - for allegedly protecting the planet from man-made warming. The planet MIGHT be a little cleaner and cooler for these proposed changes (although I doubt that - because it's just replacing one kind of environmental degradation with another). But economically, the world is going to be a WHOLE lot worse off, especially the poor, when energy becomes unavailable at a reasonable cost. So I would suggest that your motives are other than benevolent. This whole global warming scam is about controlling people, as well as making a lot of money for a few people - just like the whole COVID scam.

I was having a problem with cockroaches at my apartment in Bangkok. One day I noticed the exterminators doing their monthly pest control visit at my building. So I asked if they could do something about my roaches. They put a few drops of this gel around my kitchen and bathroom, and voila - problem solved. That was about six months ago. I just noticed a few more roaches in my kitchen recently, so I put a few more drops of it around my apartment. It's not really cheap, but it works very well. And it only takes a few drops, so this tube will last for a long time. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/basf-seclira-cockroach-gel-30-i4178200252-s16428902323.html

Your evidence for this statement?

You're thinking like a farang.

I have proof that it WASN'T a spy balloon:

I never DIDN'T pay for it! Well, maybe once or twice.

The only thing that 15-minute cities are going to save us from is freedom. So I'm going to vote no on that.

Then you can have mine too.

Yes. I am retired. Remember?

My responses to your message above in bold.

OK. Fair enough. Here's the gist of it: I recently learned (on this website) that my visa could be renewed up to 45 days before its expiration. I wanted to get it done as soon as possible, just in case something were to go wrong. So I did my renewal on 28 February, about 40 days before the expiration of my existing visa. In the week before my renewal, I had a new set of photos (head shots) made. A few days before the renewal, I made the hand-drawn map of where I live. The day before the renewal, I went to my local copy/print shop and had my apartment rental contract and all the relevant pages of my passport photocopied, as well as my hand-drawn map. (My apartment lease is for three years, so I expect to be living here during my next few renewals, and I assume that a photocopy of my hand-drawn map will work for those renewals.) I also had my latest 90-day report printed out. (I had done it online, and I downloaded it to a USB drive and brought that to the copy/print shop.) I also filled out the application on the online PDF that I found the link to on this website, and had that printed out as well. (That is important, as I will explain later.) On the day of my renewal, I left my home at 10:00 and went to the main office of my bank in Ploenchit Road. I arrived there at about 11:15 (I live kind of far away from downtown Bangkok), and I got the required bank letter confirming my account details (cost: 100 baht), as well as a free photocopy of all the pages of my bankbook from the very nice lady at the bank. (I use the 800,000 baht in the bank method, for which I have a separate account that I don't use for anything else.) Oh, and on my way to the bank, I used the bank's app to transfer 100 baht from my retirement account to my other account - so that I could show some activity on the account on renewal day. I was out of the bank just before noon. From there, I took the BTS to Victory Monument. At Victory Monument, I took the number 166 bus, which goes all the way to the front door of the Immigration Bureau - for just 10 baht for the non-airconditioned bus and 22 baht for the air-conditioned one. Be careful, though, as there are TWO number 166 buses there, one going to the Immigration Bureau at Muang Thong Thani and the other going to the Immigration Bureau at Chaeng Wattana! Don't ask me why they wouldn't use different numbers for different bus routes. Probably has something to do with this being Thailand. This bus goes by expressway, so it is fairly fast. I arrived at the Immigration Bureau at about five minutes before 1:00pm, which is when I wanted to arrive since that's when they finish their lunch break. (In the past, I always went there first thing in the morning, but it still ended up taking all day to process my visa. So now I just shoot for arriving there at 1:00pm.) When they re-open at 1:00pm, they first let in the people who were there in the morning and already have their queue numbers. Then they let in the people who came in the afternoon. Again, in the past, I would go to the first desk on the right and get an application, which I would have to fill out before being allowed to get a queue number. But since I had already filled out and printed out my application form, I could bypass that desk and go straight for the desk where they hand out the queue numbers. I think this saved me a lot of time. The visa processing procedure is actually divided into two parts - quite sensibly. The first part is the document checking, where they check to make sure that all of your documents are in order. If they aren't, they will tell you which documents you are lacking - and you can go out and get/have copies made of whatever is missing. If you have everything, they then pass on your queue number to the officers who actually process the visas and they will call your number again when they are ready for you. I had to wait about two hours for my documents to be checked. After having my documents checked and getting confirmation that I had everything, I took the opportunity to go to the toilet, as I thought I would have another long wait before they would call me for the actual processing. As it turned out, as soon as I got back from the toilet, my number was already up on the board! And to think that I almost went out for a walk and a drink of water. The actual processing just involved signing my name on a pile of documents and filling out a couple of additional forms. The officer processing my case was very professional - and very fast - not to mention quite stern looking. She was also quite attractive, and I was tempted to flirt with her. But in the end, I decided that it would be better not to do anything to make myself stand out to her. Sometimes it's better to just remain a face in the crowd. My visa was processed in time for me to get my re-entry permit, but just barely. But in this case, just barely is still good enough. I then took the bus back to Victory Monument (this time it was the air-conditioned one - for 22 baht). I'm glad I got the air-conditioned one because the traffic was horrible - as all of these government employees get off work at the same time. I didn't get home until 7:00pm. Total cost: 1,900 baht for the visa extension; 3,800 baht for the multiple-entry re-entry permit; 100 baht for the bank letter; about 200 baht for the photos and photocopies/print-outs, 12 baht for the bus to Immigration and 22 baht for the bus back - plus a couple of rides on the BTS and songtaews to get to and from my home. So a little over 6,000 baht total, and I'm set for another year. Acceptable, I think.

Yes. I already renewed my visa, and it was as people here said - that I would get a full year from the previous date of expiration (rather than a year from the date that I went to renew it.) Everything went well, by the way, as I had all the documents/copies that they wanted. It's always a great relief to get this taken care of - and to gain another year of residence here.

It is obvious that the virus came from a lab. Whether it escaped by accident or was deliberately leaked is the only question. (I think it was deliberately "leaked", as explained below.) The way that we can know that the virus did not occur in nature is that Klaus Schwab from the World Economic Forum published a book about taking advantage of the virus to implement his "Great Reset". This book was published in mid-2020, just a few of months after the virus was unleashed on the world. There's no way he could have come up with a well-though-out plan to reset the world and have written and published a book about this plan just a few months after the virus started spreading. His plan came first, then the virus was released to put his plan into action.

He must have signed up for the "never pay" insurance policy, as described in this skit from Monty Python: It's about this letter you sent me regarding my insurance claim. Oh, yeah, yeah - well, you see, it's just that we're not...as yet...totally satisfied with the grounds of your claim. But it says something about filling my mouth in with cement. Oh well, that's just insurance jargon, you know. But my car was hit by a lorry while standing in the garage and you refuse to pay my claim. (rising and crossing to a filing cabinet) Oh well, reverend Morrison...in your policy...in your policy...(he open the drawer of the filing cabinet and takes out a shabby old sports jacket; he feels in the pocket and pulls out a crumbled dog-eared piece of paper then puts the coat back and shuts the filing cabinet)...here we are. It states quite clearly that no claim you make will be paid. Oh dear. You see, you unfortunately plumped for our 'Neverpay' policy, which, you know, if you never claim is very worthwhile...but you had to claim, and, well, there it is. Oh dear, oh dear.

A Norwegian was fined 5,000 baht for doing the same thing near the end of last year, ten times as much as the Thais were fined.

My annual (non-O visa for retirement) expires on 8 April 2023. I understand that I can renew it within 45 days of that date. I plan to renew it on 1 March. My question is, until what date would the renewed visa be valid? For one year from the date that I renew it (on 1 March)? Or one year from 8 April? Thanks very much.

It wasn't until I came to Thailand that I realized that I am buy-sexual.

Are we living in the same world?

Feel free to send me your logical response in a PM.

So you would rather believe that your people actually VOTED for him? You should be embarrassed.

Well, he didn't really get elected.

The financial hardships were indeed a result of the lockdowns - but not due to the virus. The decision to lock down the healthy (for the first time in the history of the world) was both unnecessary - and wrong. The financial hardships (on the less wealthy) were the desired outcome. Meanwhile the rich got richer.

You're still not ignoring me.