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On 8/4/2023 at 4:06 PM, darrendsd said:

There was a case a few years ago of a British guy stuck here for 3 years because his landlord filed a criminal case for damage and theft against his tenant

Here is that case. (BBC)

"all parties involved in the act of adultery can be liable for adultery and may be sued under the civil and commercial code.

Adultery in Thailand is defined as sexual intercourse between a person who is married and another person who is not their spouse." [Source] 

35 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said:

A punch to the face would typically be charge as single-blow GBH.

Ex-lawyer here.

I agree it'd be GBH as a matter of law. The external bleeding is sufficient for a charge of GBH through wounding.

Although in practice, the charge might get diluted to ABH at the courts. 

So the streamer got fined for 'voluntarily quarreling and being a public nuisance'. Nice. 

Big news this week so I felt I should bump this thread.

Zenni, who many of you use, have just released a range of migraine relief glasses of the FL-41 type. 

They are really competitive with the more specialist manufacturers. You can easily get a pair for around $90. And with a wide variety of frames and crucially, the typical cheap prescriptions that Zenni offer. $90 for prescription plus FL-41 tech is a bargain.

For anybody wondering why he would be going to a remand prison despite having already received a sentence:

"The Bangkok Remand Prison is for prisoners who have cases in the Court of First Instance, but this prison also has prisoners whose cases have already had judgment in the first court and are awaiting the process for the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court."

You are on remand until you have exhausted all your appeal options.

OP, take a photo of the denial of entry stamp, and explain what the "trumped up charges" were. This will help us to gather the possible ways for you to get back into Thailand.

If, for example, you were denied entry for previous convictions from a street fight, then your possibility of getting back anytime soon is much reduced compared with simply using tourist visas too much.

It is very revealing that you refuse to do these two things.

2 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

Just to add: the sexes of the partners are completely irrelevant. 

Really?

I've never heard of the money moving from the woman's household to the man's household, such as in India.

Your claim makes for an interesting sociological and historical analysis of sin sod, and the changes with gay marriage. It's fascinating because it's not legal for gays to marry in Thailand, and yet his parents are claiming by historical analogy a right to sin sod.

Your partner has to be persuaded to take it more seriously. The possibility of future limb amputation and blindness should hopefully wake him up.

Start with this nice, clean NHS explanation.

Can you not simply order the bank statements via your bank app, as you sit on your balcony sipping MaiTais, and they arrive instantly as PDFs? 

I get statements all the time with this system. Takes a solid 2 minutes.

It means "I resigned" or, owing to an ambiguity in English, could also mean "I resign (there and then)". 

32 minutes ago, Confuscious said:

Even while the sound of the discobars is bouncing on the walls.

You might sleep better if you use a white noise appliance. Huge numbers available from literal mechanical fans to noises of nature soundboxes.

Or you could try ASMR, such as the "French Whisperer" on YouTube. He has 4 hour audios about everything from the history of ancient Egypt to the myths of India. They knock me out within 3 minutes. 

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I doesn't, because the security apps on phones do not prevent access to Kasikorn's K+ app regardless of whether the awareness test is completed or not.

Of course. 

A lot is riding on your misinterpretation of the word "alternative". I simply mean that Kasikorn has decided in its risk management strategy to switch from disabling the app to warning the users of the dangers instead. It is an alternative.

I'm glad I could clear this up for you.

9 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That has not replaced any K+ security features, it's simply an awareness test,

The app actually introduces the awareness test as an alternative to the disabling of other apps. 

Since I've now passed the test I can't show the screen, but if somebody was to do it, the app reminds them to be careful if they have other apps which read actions on the screen. And then it offers the awareness test as a way for the user to see how well they grasp the potential danger.

It is clear that the awareness test is precisely in the bank's eyes a way to move on from the annoying disabling of the app.

In line with the fears over scams, Kasikorn's app, like some of the other banking apps, had required --for the last few weeks-- the disabling of apps designed to read actions on the screen. This is a huge number of apps, ranging from antivirus apps to apps to skip adverts on YouTube.

Although I understand the thinking behind it, this was extremely annoying, since it meant in practise, the disabling of around apps every time the banking app was opened.

They have abandoned this policy, and replaced it with a simple test for every app user. It will now be down to the user to determine if they trust the other apps they have downloaded.

If you didn't know those correct answers, you have no business using a bank, let alone its app.

1 hour ago, churchill said:

UK inflation lower than expected , so BOE interest rate rises less than expected . GBP lower .

This.

As soon as inflation levels were lower than expected, the market will anticipate lower interest rates, which will naturally mean a weaker pound.

Economics 101.

I also recommend Melatonin. 

When you try it just start with a small amount to begin with. For me, just 0.5mg is enough to knock me out. If I take more than 2 mg, I get muscle twitching on my lips and I am unable to sleep. Be careful.

But the best thing to do is to not medicate and instead use the classic tools of life: exercise until exhaustion and wander around in nature. 

There is one additional point I should make: the surcharge depends on the urgency of the application. Same-day turn around is expensive but guaranteed. The cheapest version, which I think is a 500 baht charge, is advertised as taking between 4 and 7 days.

19 hours ago, humbug said:

the section sometimes becomes even slower than N1 section

That's interesting. I found that all but one of the N1 counters were converted/turned into N2 counters for the entire morning. 

If things stay the same, it makes sense for me to go very late in the day. Around 3pm.

Just to bounce this thread.

If any person on this forum has been given an N2 ticket by the Immigration Police please let me know your visa type. Thank you.

5 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

N2 desk

There is no such thing as N2 desk.

There is a subgroup of N, which share with N1 group, the N counters.

It could be extremely useful for me to know which group of visa holders they are.