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On 2/9/2023 at 6:49 AM, hotchilli said:

Renew your 90 day report as it's shown on your 90 day slip.

It would have been nice if I had gotten got this slip but I didn't, hence the confusion. Anyway, thanks to all who responded, have done it online, thanks.

I received a one year retirement extension at Jomtien on Dec 10 but did a 90 day report on Nov 23rd. I assumed--possibly wrongly, that I would have to report 90 days from the day the extension was given. Was I wrong or not? I will be going down there soon to find out, just curious before I go. Thanks

Just an observation, but years ago when they used to come--no pun intended, the bars were full of them, now days it's seems they just walk around the malls instead of the bars. Only the odd one every once in a while with a lady.

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Just call them Kwai and drive on...

Good luck with that and hope it works out for you.

The most important item I get from all this--and 30+ years in LOS, is don't raise your voice or get angry and make the police--and yourself, lose face. That's a BIG deal over here. It doesn't mean that much in some western countries but Asia is different, it's a cultural thing. Raising your voice won't accomplish anything except to make the police more agitated. Keep your cool no matter how bad the situation seems.

Uh oh, brown envelopes flying around...........again!

55555555555555555, that's funny!

Awesome! You go girl!

Let the zero dollar tours begin.............again! Funny how things change the more they stay the same.

No proof of this happening but c' mon, once the brown envelopes start getting passed around, you can bet on it.

Does anyone know of any good electric string trimmers? I've tried about 4 different brands and none of them have lasted very long. I've also tried moving up a string size (dia), and also moving down a size. I'm only trimming the edge of the lawn a small residential property that has grass, not tough weeds or strong stemmed plants.

The electric trimmers I've tried work great for around six months to a year then the string starts breaking at the hole where it comes of of the bobbin. I've checked the hole and there are no sharp edges or burrs on it that would break the string. It goes about a meter then breaks; then it's, take off the bobbin, find the end of the string, wind it back on, put it all back together and start again in order to get another meter trimmed.

The only thing that made me feel better was when I threw one of them across the street about 15 meters into a vacant piece of land, I was on top of the world that day! I was laughing my head off as I watched it tumble in the air and then hit the ground with a thud, awesome! After I came back from buying a new one I noticed the one I had thrown away was gone. I thought to myself, "You screwed up taking that, you'll have hours and hours of fun with it like I did."

Anyway, any sane suggestions are greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

It is nothing new in Thailand.

 

This is the key phrase in the article. Maybe they need to add on the end of that; "and will continue forever'.

1 hour ago, aussienam said:

My argument about being careful how you behave on these roads remains the same,

Agree totally, and drive defensively.

7 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

they believe their families and their money will get them off.

Sad to say but based on history and other cases, that's what will happen.

A whole lot of sucking up going on everywhere!

This is a great idea as long as the money goes towards the cause and doesn't get siphoned off thru corruption. Over the years I don't know how many times I've read about Thai children drowning. Plus parents need to keep an eye on their children more, especially in the villages around klongs or those pits they dig out. I've seen numerous pits dug where the walls of the pit were so steep not even an adult would be able to get out of it.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Met traffic chief and deputy Pol Maj-Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek said that all police procedures were above board and transparent

Just incredible the s**t the RTP puts out, amazing what brown envelopes will do. And do they think the Thai people believe this <deleted>?!

Kind of like watchman saying all those half million dollar watches belonged to his friend, then when questioned about his friend.........he had died.  Can't they think up more plausible excuses than these(?), a 10 year old can see thru their BS.

A little "jai yen yen" from both parties might have prevented this outcome. I learned many years ago in Asia--and particularly Thailand, about keeping calm and not letting anger into situations, plus there's the loss of face issue over here, which is very prevalent. I realize everyone's different and handle situations differently, but beware of angry Thai males, most have short fuses, and they don't forget either I learned. 

Thailand needs to study what happened to Tibet and to some degree Sihanoukville, Cambodia, but I know, "That won't happen to us, we're special and can keep control of the Chinese." Yeah right, you keep thinking that.