sirineou

Oh Of course they wont let you pay for the visa until you can prove that you qualify for one. And one of the proofs of qualification is that you have the funds available to qualify , This has always been the case , Happy you had an otherwise easy time getting your extension, Unfortunately not all regional Immigration offices are as officiant, part of the reason might be that they are in areas with large expat populations and not only are they faced with a large work load, they also have to deal with a lot more unreasonable foreigners. I am also lucky to be in a location (Khon Kaen) with a very profesional , helpfully, and pleasant Immigration Office. I just picked up my extension stamp two days ago. I did it almost a month before I needed too. simply to make sure I had all my ducks in a row, and because I had not thing to do at the time. Welcome back to LOS

They have every right to be upset , Not only was it derogatory , it was mean spirited and unbecoming of a community and religious leader, who is supposed to be there for his Community. All of it!! My wife has an uncle who was a buddhist monk, he was probably the most unbuddhist person I ever met, The only reason he was a monk. was because he was too lazy to do any work, and needed a place to live and eat free food.

I don't understand this paragraph. what payment do they need to finalise?

IMO the reasons why he came back are irrelevant to this thread , Why he came back is his own business.

The question is not what spidermike007 thinks but what the Thais think. There is a reason why it is so difficult to get a visa to the US , EU, and other European countries , and to get a visa you have to prove good reason why you will come back. This is not opinion. this is fact.

Shouldn't you know these thing before you start supporting people ? But that's Ok , so you are saying that deficit spending for the things you support is good, and it is only bad for things you don't support.

See, I knew you would not answer the question and try to change the subject.

It is not only the younger generation, that is getting more ignorant. The availability if information, (google etc) has created a mental laziness, but at the same time also a deficit of dots to connect in your mind. As Donald Rumsfeld former United States Secretary of Defense used to famously say There are known , knowns. (things you know) there are Known unknowns (things you know you don't know) and there are Unknown unknowns . (thing you don't know you don't know And that's where ignorance finds a fertile ground. When considering something you use the information you have in your brain to connect the dots. and you research the things you know you don't know. But there is no way you can consider things you don't even know exist. As I said this instant availability of information creates a mental laziness that traps people in the first two conditions. There is no substitute for general education because when you read a book, you learn things you did not know you did not know.

I can only talk for myself. But I am here, Of course you idiot, you are there where else could you be! Where is here? Alright, alight. Here is Thailand! you happy now, I tell you these voices in my head sure are annoying, I sure hope they would stop arguing with me. But I digress. So I am here in Thailand, but I don't sleep well. I get up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep for an hour or so. Also I do know someone has to keep you all Thai expat wannabes and those trapped away from LOS honest and keep an eye on you. So I perform a public service. You would think you would be appreciative but by some of the replies and emojis I get, you would be wrong. I am sure glad the extended finger emoji is not available , cause if it was I might be tempted to abandon my civic duty and leave you all to your own miserable devices. So yes!! a few Thank You" emojis would surely be appreciated.

Isn't funny how for a while the magamorons in this forum had disappeared and all of a sudden they all seem to be crawling out from under their rock? They must be smelling blood in the water. Should someone tell them that it is their own blood?

This thread is about importing a car now, not what happened in ancient history. And the consensus is That in our current environment it is not easy and it is not cheap, in fact it has been report that there is a good chance that you might end up abandoning the vehicles in customs . I don't know any of these for a fact because I have never personally imported a vehicles but this subject appears in this forum with frequent regularity, and the consensus is alway the same , "don't do it. " Now I understand that some thing have sentimental value, and if so someone might want to go through the trouble and cost , but they should be warned that there is trouble and cost associated. any way . sure.. Happy trails

When I made the of shore accounts comments some got offended.and replied so. Demanding proof and links to the information. Of course I did not take the bait Before the war Zelensky's secret of shore accounts were reported in leaked documents. But we are now to assume that Zelensky and a country that was ranked in the top 10 most corrupt countries suddenly found Christ. Especially with all the foreign money that is flowing into Ukraine much of it going unaccounted off. IMO it would be extremely stupid if playing the game he is playing , if he did not have a plan B . I like to think I am not a corrupt person, and I know I would. But some people are simple, and they think everyone else is also simple.

It makes trump much worse than Biden When I am faced with two options and have a choice, I chose the better one, How about you?

I am not laughing and I am somebody.

Corect

Sounds to me like you sat under a coconut tree for a while.

Well said I did not support Biden in the 2020 primaries because he gave up his slot to Hillary (she had a deal with Obama, her support when he run, for the slot at the end of Obama's presidency) ,and consequently they gave us Trump for four years, an unmitigated disaster that the US can not afford to repeat. But when he got the nomination , given the other choice , I supported Biden enthusiastically. Now we have a similar situation, and the narrative the republicans have been successful in propagating put's us in danger of another disastrous trump presidency. But I dont think Biden is too old. As a 66 year old man I can tell you that age has and affect, but with it also comes wisdom, and experience. An there is no one in the political field with more experience than BIden. So what is the main responsibility of a President? To preside , set the tone, initiate policy, represent america abroad. No one has more contacts around the world or is more respected than Biden, No one!! So if elected I think he would be a fine president. And again I will support him enthusiastically.

To our defence. we are in Thailand, When the urge to attack comes, hard to find anything but Thai. Personally, I would love to mix it up. But hey! those are the brakes.

I agree , why take a chance, Toyota is best and has best resale. The re is a reason why 9 out of 10 terrorists chose Toyota They should use it in their marketing campaign.

Trump added Trump added $8 trillion https://www.crfb.org/blogs/how-much-did-president-trump-add-debt During President Biden’s first two years in office, the federal deficit shrank by $1.7 trillion dollars. But the deficit is projected to roughly double this year, growing by a trillion dollars, https://time.com/6312431/joe-biden-touts-falling-deficit-as-it-jumps-back-up/ I am not very good at math so please help me out. Trump 8 trillion Biden - 1.7 trillion +1 trillion Lets see carry the one. bla bla bla Ohh .. these math thing hurts my head, you do the math.

So it was very expensive , and it became less expensive, But expensive by most peoples standards. Now are there people with money to burn? I am sure. But most of us are not,nor do we want to engage in illegal activity that could land us in jail.

That would be nice and you need a lobotomy.

Making no value judgments. When talking about win or lose. one needs to define the objective. What was Ukraines objective, and what was Russia's objective. Ukraine wanted to join NATO and be part of the EU. Why? because they wanted security and European prosperity , but the had a geographical problem. Russia did not want NATO in their back door , With Ukraine pro Russian or neutral a threat of invasion could only come from The Suwałki Gap and a squeeze through the 65 km gap between Russian Kaliningrad and pro Russian Belarus. As The US would not allow Russian nuclear missiles in Cuba for obvious reasons, the Russians would not allow Nato in their back door. This should not had come as a surprise to anyone . Many notable diplomats and heads of state had said the Russia would take NATO in Ukraine as a defacto declaration of war. (these were the words of Angela Merkel at the Budapest NATO samit) And indeed that's what happened. So has Ukraine achieved its objectives? Is their country fully integrated in NATO? , Would their whole country be an EU member? Are they better off now, than they were before the war? Has Russia achieved its objectives? Even if Ukraine was to become a NATO member, Russia has but a buffer zone between itself and NATO, it is called the western oblasts ( Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Mykolayiv, and Zaporizhzhya ) a large percentage of Ukraine. So who is winning this war? So finally the Europeans are waking up to realities after two years of economic decline . IMO better late than never. But it would had been nice if they did before the beautiful country, the breadbasket of Europe was put through the meat grinder. All and all a very sad situation to say the least.

A Biden supporter then?

I thin the brown envelope thing eliminated the "Inexpensive" part.