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I am looking to buy a pre-owned (preferable), or, a new golf cart type electric vehicle.
This is not going to used on the open road. Only for putt-putting around the estate where I live, etc...
I need one with a bench-style seat. It would be difficult for me to straddle a bike-style seat.

Something similar in-style to the photo.

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47 minutes ago, TSF said:

Or pick up a visa from the Lao consulate in Khon Kaen and waltz straight through the FB immigration.

agg211, I do not know where you reside, but if it is Bankok, fly into Vientiane for fast Visa Processing at the Vientiane Airport.

Or, as TSF advised get your Lao Visa in Khon Khaen.  There are buses from both Khon Kaen and Udon Thani direct to Vientiane with an short stop at the border.  If you have a Visa in advance your stop at the border will be no more than between 20-30 minutes.  They want those big buses out of the border area quickly.  I'm not entirely sure passengers have to even get out of the bus at the border.  These buses are only for passengers who have gotten their visa's in advance.

The bus will then take you to the bus station in downtown Vientiane.

Thanks for all the replies.

I'm not sure why he would have problems boarding the flight in his home country?

He purchased the one-way ticket in his home country. The airline he is traveling on, is an Asian airline, that should be familiar with the rules?

Anyway, guess he'll find out this weekend.

A friend will be arriving soon. He will receive a 30 day tourist visa up arrival, however he will only be holding a one-ticket into the Kingdom. No return ticket to go back home.

Problems upon arrival???

Thanks in advance.

ankle pumps, and graded knee high socks on long haul may also prevent DVTs .........

Is there anywhere one can buy "compression hose or graded knee high socks", here in Thailand?

What are "ankle pumps"?

Thanks in advance.

This is a good Cambodia Travel Guide: http://www.canbypublications.com/

Phnom Penh: http://www.canbypublications.com/phnompenh/ppintro.htm

Phnom Penh Hotels: http://www.canbypublications.com/phnompenh/pphotels.htm

One of the things I like about Canby Publications is it gives you the direct contact details for many of the hotels, so you can avoid the "middle man" fee.

Agoda have just messed up my booking with one hotel so I am having to rebook elsewhere....

From what I've been told Agoda doesn't do Cambodia well. Agoda does most other place well...but not Cambodia.

Another good reason why you need at least 2 banks in Thailand and should always carry a backup ATM card.

Good advice.

Here is what Moody's has to say about four Thai banks:

https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-concludes-review-on-four-Thai-banks-assigns-Counterparty-Risk--PR_326711

If I was an economist, I could probably explain the Moody's article for everyone. But, since I'm not...I'll let the the experts here on TV interpret it for all.

IMO. Billboards are a scourge upon the land.

If Thailand was really serious about promoting the country as a "idyllic tropical paradise" holiday/retirement destination, it would ban or restrict billboards:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard#Laws_limiting_billboards

Laws limiting billboards

In 1964, the negative impact of the over-proliferation of signage was abundantly evident in Houston, Texas, and it motivated Lady Bird Johnson to ask her husband to create a law. At the same time the outdoor advertising industry was becoming aware that excessive signs, some literally blocking another, was bad for business.

In 1965, the Highway Beautification Act was signed into law. The act applied only to "Federal Aid Primary" and "Defense" highways and limited billboards to commercial and industrial zones created by states and municipalities. It required each state to set standards based on "customary use" for the size, lighting and spacing of billboards, and prohibited city and state governments from removing billboards without paying compensation to the owner. The act requires states to maintain "effective control" of billboards or lose 5% of their federal highway dollars.

The act also required the screening of junk yards adjacent to regulated highways.

Around major holidays, volunteer groups erected highway signs offering free coffee at rest stops. These were specifically exempted in the act.

Currently, four states—Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine—have prohibited billboards. Vermont's law went into effect in 1968, Hawaii's law went into effect in 1927, Maine's law went into effect in 1979, and Alaska's law went into effect upon its achievement of statehood in 1959.

In the UK, billboards are controlled as adverts as part of the planning system. To display an illegal advert (that is, without planning permission) is a criminal offence with a fine of up to £2500 per offence (per poster). All of the large UK outdoor advertisers such as CBS Outdoor, JCDecaux, Clear Channel, Titan and Primesight have numerous convictions for such crimes.

In São Paulo, a city of eleven million in Brazil, Billboards and advertising on vehicles have been banned since January 2007. It also restricted the dimensions of advertising on shop fronts.

In British Columbia, Canada, billboards are restricted to 300m away from roadways, the government also retains the right to remove any billboard it deems an unsafe distraction.

In Toronto, Canada, a municipal tax on billboards was implemented in April 2010. A portion of the tax will help fund arts programs in the city.

Yes, I will give it a try and if it works...great.

If not, a little ride on my bike, fortunately I am not too far from Jomtiem immigration.

Good attitude!

Never have quite understood all the adversity regarding the "90 Day Report" is? Is it really that big of a pain in the ass for some of you to appear at an Immigration Office every 90 days?

If you live an hour or more from an Immigration Office...so what. You made the choice to live, where you live.

Make a day of it...drive to town in the morning, do your report, get some shopping done, have a meal, drive back home. Or, spend the night before or after. IMO, easy.

For me, I will continue to make an appearance every 90 days. It's worked well since I first got my first "Retirement Visa" back in 2003.

Plus, I don't trust the Thais to get their IT act together anytime in the near future. IMO.

I'm guessing there are cultural reasons why there seem to be so few options available.

You are correct with that statement. Most Thais would probably look upon counseling as some kind of "loss of face" issue?

However, Bumrungrad Hospital, has psychiatrists on staff. About 10 0f them. So, someone must be using them???

This is not a psychiatric problem he is talking about, it is for a psychologist to resolve nobody. Is saying the female has mental health problems.

Yes, I realize that ableguy. However, it has been my experience, most psychiatrists, will know the name of a competent psychologist, and vice versa.

IMO. The most difficult issue will be convincing the female to seek, and accept health.

Guitar God, someone mentioned a monk. What about a minister, pastor, priest, rabbi, etc.? Many different religions and spiritual disciplines here in Thailand, other than Buddhism.

I'm guessing there are cultural reasons why there seem to be so few options available.

You are correct with that statement. Most Thais would probably look upon counseling as some kind of "loss of face" issue?

However, Bumrungrad Hospital, has psychiatrists on staff. About 10 0f them. So, someone must be using them???

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He does not look FARRANG to me - more asiatic. I thought Farrang means WESTERNER

Does it really matter, where he is from??

He is a fellow human being with a screw lose...............

Did he hurt anyone?? NO!! So leave him alone....

Beg to differ JOC...

It is one thing to have "screw loose" in your home country, and exhibit bizarre behavior.

It is another to thing to exhibit strange behavior in a foreign country. IMO.

This guy was sacked from his employment...casting a bad light on many English teachers.

Plus, this guy is one more nail in the coffin in the ways Thais look at us, and treat decent behaving ex-pats, now and in the future. IMO.

Watch the video, the guy is asian. If he was an Udon westerner, he would be over 50, have a huge belly , chicken wing arms, and would be wearing shorts.

No. Unfortunately, he is indeed a young Farang.

If one wants more details on this guy. You will have to read the threads about the incident, on one of the local forums: UdonMap (General Topics), or UdonTalk (Udonthani News).

I would post the direct links, however, T.V. frowns upon that.

But, I will tell you this: he is an ex-English teacher, currently on an overstay, currently in jail. Surprise! Surprise!

Oh Dear......................they have found Udon Thani...........

Sorry to be the one to break the news to you...

The low-life, young punk, cheap Charlie tourist, "found" Udon, I'd say roughly around 6-8 years ago.

MELBOURNE: -- The execution of Bali nine ringleaders Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan could be delayed for weeks with the Attorney-General's office confirming all the drug felons would be killed at the same time.

"There is no delay due to intervention from Australia or other counties offering prisoner swaps."

Indonesia's Attorney-General H.M. Prasetyo

However, the Attorney-General's spokesman, Tony Spontana, told Fairfax Media: "There is no change of plan. It will be done simultaneously."

This means the executions could still be weeks or even months away.

Yes, drag it out for as long as possible. Talk about cruel, inhumane, and unusual punishment.

I say enough is enough. They have milked this story for far too long. Get it over with...just do it. IMO.

Let the families get on with their lives.

Thanks for the replies.

OK. This is a hypothetical question only.

Let's say for my Retirement Extension expires on May 24. I go to Immigration on April 24 (one month early) to renew.

For whatever reason my application is rejected on April 24.

Let's also say, I don't want the visa hassles anymore. I make a decision to relocate back home.

My question is: How much time will Immigration allow me to stay in Thailand, while I get my affairs in order here in Thailand?

I've lived here for 15 years, so it may take me longer than a month to do all that is necessary.

Remember, this is a hypothetical situation. It has not happened.

I'm only curious.

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im not a bar girl so Iwouldnt know but wouldnt the easy part getting a 65 yr old guillable geezer to have unprotected sex three times a day,

and the hard part would be to getting him to pay/maintain the upbrining of the child?!?!?!

if he just takes off then, she has a baby that now she has to take care of, which makes her list of demands even less likely!

or do they not think that far ahead like car loans?

You forget half white baby has added value.

Half white girl will have even more value to mom when teenage+.

I think the majority of farangs will not "just take off", the girls all know this. Whether the girl is a B.G., nurse, teacher...whatever.

They know if they can get their farang to impregnate them, they've got him for life. Unlike the many Thai guys, who simply disappear after finding out their g.f. is pregnant by them.

Back in the day, most of the B.G.'s I talked with, had a baby by a Thai man, who had long since left. At least that is what they would tell me...perhaps they were trying to get my sympathy?

Yes, AnotherOneAmerican is also correct. IMO

These kind of "appeals for help", seem to be on the increase....

This one from mid-December: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/12/18/daughters-fight-to-bring-father-home-after-devastating-thailand-bike-crash/

I can remember a few other similar "Appeals/Campaigns" from last year.

Magnum Force wrote:

I was chatting with a lady in Hua Hin yesterday. She's originally from the back end of Udon. She wasn't a stunner by any means but she was attractive and she was about 34. She was very pleasant and easy to chat with and we got on very well. She was brutally honest with what she expects from her work. She told me her "Angel" (some sort of shamen or local witch doctor) told her that this year she would be very lucky and meet a rich man to "take care" of her (and her family).

I asked what she meant by "take care". I nearly fell off my chair with her answers.

She wants a salary to live with somebody as their girlfriend of 30,000ThB per month. She wants the lucky guy to fork out 3-4 million baht for a house for her. She also wants a dowry payable to the mother of 1 million in the event that the guy wishes to marry her. She might even want a house built for mom and dad. After that, comes the car etc.

I was very surprised as didn't appear to be your usual hard case bar girl. She came across as the girl next door type.

How realistic are these expectations? Is there actually somebody who would willingly pay these amounts for a girlfriend/wife?

Up in Udon, those "expectations", can, and are fulfilled all the time. Yes, MF, there are some guys who have done exactly what you've described up in Isaan.

Have a look here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/783029-35-million-thb-home-burglarly-in-nakha-udon-thani/ Especially the video on page two.

True story: A 65 year old guy meets a girl via the internet, comes to Thailand, meets her, thinks he's in heaven because this decent looking 33 year old girl wants to have have unprotected sex three times a day. Never thinking she's trying to get pregnant.

Long story short: within three months she is pregnant. A few years down the road she has a 5 million baht house, the obligatory Toyota pick-up, and a bouncing half-farang baby boy.

To add insult to injury, this guys house budget was 3 million baht, but she wanted a 5 million baht house, so this guy ends up borrowing the balance, to build her dream house.

This guy also didn't want a kid, but he thought at 65, he "didn't have any sperm left." So he didn't bother with birth control.

Most of my circle of expat friends have been here (or their chosen Asian country) a long time. I'm coming up on 20 years as an expat, I have friends at nearly double that.

Everyone seems happy with their lot although that may have something to do with having a rather larger disposable income than most.

I wonder how much has changed since the LSE did their survey in 1990, surly the author of the linked article could have found more recent data.

Crossy, if you scroll all the way down the article, to bottom of the page, you will see 47 "comments" written on Dec. 28, 2014, the same day the article was published.

The fact the LSE conducted the survey mentioned in article was done in 1990, is irrelevant. IMO.

What is important, is what the people who were interviewed, and the people who made comments on the article, said and wrote in the here and now.