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21 hours ago, The Fat Controller said:

With all the technology available along with the traditional methods such as a diary or a piece of paper and a pen, there is no excuse for an "accidental" overstay !

 

 

I don't remember the OP asking whether there was an excuse or not. People make mistakes...at least the OP was owning up to it.

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

In truth, the land owner was guarding his crop from a grazing cattle and alike, the poorman got electrocuted while  trespassing on a land not belong to him, however, proper warning should have been posted to warn people of the electric fence...

Everyone uses everyone else's land here...one fence wire is hardly enough to indicate the owner doesn't want the land used by others, instead the people here would see it as a way to keep animals out or in...not people. The owner should have put up a proper fence such as barbed wire. "Trespassing" is a foreign concept here, something very Western in nature. The locals are more community minded.

1 hour ago, cnxgary said:

18 more bodies left on the mountain what is the tally so far for remains on Everest? Just 18 more obstacles to step over or around in pursuit of fame and glory. 

The headline says 18 but the article says 8, regardless it's too many.

If it was really brake failure then the driver should have steered the vehicle off of the roadway instead of slamming everyone and possibly killing someone. Also the vehicle should have had air brakes which should have a failsafe built in that locks up all rear brakes in case of the loss of air pressure.

I was a bit surprised to see that the tourist police were involved in this deal, I guess I misunderstood their roll?

29 minutes ago, totally thaied up said:

I agree. They tend to forget the details.

 

I have several friends on OA visas as they thought this was the smart way not to bring in 800/65K a month because they cannot afford it. They don't have much more than 800K in the bank at home and they don't have insurance and one incident would wipe them all out. I had one friend have a bike accident, had to pay up 430K to get fixed and now cannot come back to Thailand. I think immigration is picking on these guys for such reasons I have seen. I cannot see further changes for some time to other visa classes. The guys on extensions have to have 800/65K here, they need to season it and the government knows this now. The OA guys did not need to do this. So the easy fix is if you don't want to pay insurance, get an extension, pay up 800/65K and end of story for now.

So you really think that the Government is doing all this to force people to move their money into Thailand? Why wouldn't they just make an order requiring O-A Visa applicants to show proof that they already have the money moved into Thailand? Or stop issuing O-A visas in home countries at all if it is such a big issue?

     If you have a problem such as your friend with the motorbike accident it doesn't matter where you have the money...you are not going to have enough in the banks to apply for a new visa or extension.

13 minutes ago, fishtank said:

O-A Visa holders do not have any money in Thailand.

Those on extensions do.

 

Need to be a little more clear on that, O-A Visa holders used the money they have in accounts in their home country to apply for the visa. It is likely they have money in Thailand as they live there, but they may not have the amount required by visa application requirements there.

2 hours ago, sidelines said:

Clear and precise it ain't. What about people like me who have both an  O-A Visa stamp in their passport AND an Extension Of Stay based on Retirement (which is what O-A Visa holders progress to after a year)?

Originally, the word "seeking" is used - presumably meaning someone applying for an O-A Viaa at a Thai Consulate overseas - before muddying the waters by talking about Extension of Stays.

Retirees on Non-O visas and Non O-A visas alike progress onto the same Extension of Stay. 

What is not explained in the article is if the former must now have insurance while the latter is not under such a requirement. That would seem nonsensical especially as my Non O-A has long since expired (but remains in my passport) and I am living here on an Extension Of Stay (same as those people who originally had a Non O visa) but stranger things have happened in Thailand.

O-A visa holders do not necessarily have to progress to an extension after the first year, they have the option of applying for a new O-A in their home country, and if they stretch their previous O-A visa by doing a border run on the last day they can make it last two years.

You are right about it not being clear though...I can't see them letting it stand that the only difference between those who require health insurance and those who don't is whether or not you are on a visa or an extension of stay, if they worded the order wrong it is extremely likely they will correct it.

17 hours ago, dunroaming said:

Over zealous NGOs have been known to "create" evidence when they suspect someone of being a paedophile in Cambodia and no doubt other areas as well. As with most things in S.E.A the truth is often shrouded in lies and corruption.  If he is guilty then he should get his due desserts and rot in prison.

Do you have any facts or sources to back up what you are saying about NGO's ?

This year our power seems like it's been out more than it's been on. We have to limit ourselves to one room and one a/c unit and sometimes not even that works because the power drops so low. Also it doesn't take much of a storm to knock the lights out for hours and hours, usually that only happens when the temperatures are sweltering hot and just before bedtime...so you can't shower or run the a/c or fan.

             It does seem odd that in a country where everyone is running around with internet connected smart phones and many have modern conveniences and cars that keeping utilities operating smoothly seems like an impossibility.

I just put in a new inverter a/c unit but up the electricity in our neighborhood in NongKhai is at such a low supply state that we can't even run the a/c most of the time. My son and I have been building some metal benches and clothes drying racks and much of the time there isn't even enough electricity to run the welding machine.

On 5/1/2019 at 11:08 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Sorry, I don't think that makes much sense.

The electronic runs on a voltage which is much lower than mains. And it's regulated. Low main voltage does not destroy a thermostat.

I'm with you, but I think it's likely that the damage is not so much from low voltage but the surges that generally accompany the voltage drops. I have been checking the voltage at our house because it has been dropping low and have found it is never above 190v a/c and often as low as 150v. We had a new A/C unit installed last week and when I asked the technician why our neighborhood had such low voltage and frequent "brownouts", he told me that it was no just my neighborhood...it was the entire province! I was somewhat encouraged when he said that the inverter type A/C unit he had just put in would operate on as low as 160v.

I get it...I don't like it either. Some yoghurts come with spoons attached to the yoghurt container and others don't. The cashier is supposed to reach down into their yoghurt spoon drawer and give you spoons, but if they don't like your face they won't do it.

1 minute ago, observer90210 said:

Japanese society is full of sick sex perverts who would put our friendly Thai sex mongers to shame..... and Japan also has large implanted dangerous mafia clans. Those having lived in Tokyo know what I am talking about.

 

Hope the poor lad is found safe and sound. We all remember the Maddie issue in Portugal that remains unsolved till this day.

He has been found, but not safe and sound. They should update the headline of this article.

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

Any check for alcohol with "dozing" driver?

Even if he showed low alcohol levels that doesn't mean he didn't fall asleep at the wheel because was partying all night (or several nights).

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The driver points at something as they squeeze through the oncoming lanes in a 15 second clip. 

I don't think so...the driver was motioning for other cars to move over and let him through.

17 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

But how is he able to send an email from my email address? I'll also contact Yahoo about it and see how that's been done.

I had a phone app that hacked my e-mail contact list and then all of my contacts were receiving e-mails that looked like they were from me. I asked a friend that teaches computer in school to help me and he showed me that while the e-mails appeared to be from me they actually were coming from a server in Germany and were not from my e-mail account, we even ran it down to the name on the internet account and the address associated with the account.

I contacted the IP server the guy was using but they refused to help.

On 4/9/2019 at 11:16 AM, GarryP said:

Off topic but to answer your comment, they are unable to control stray dog populations here because they are unwilling to euthanize and that is because of their religious or superstitious beliefs.   

I'll agree with you on that! But I think that their reluctance or unwillingness to sterilize dogs has a bigger part than their unwillingness to euthanize them.

15 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Another example of how many problems religion can deliberately or inadvertently cause.

And your comment is another example of how far some people will stretch things to knock religions

My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased and the injured. I have to wonder though, what will happen to the driver? It seems odd that he would "doze off" at 9am. It seems like a well used excuse, for his sake I hope it's legitimate.

Ten years ago we paid 78,000b for seven poles and the wire. The last two poles are inside our property and the wire inside our property line was our responsibility. At that time we were the only house on the road, now there are two others and the PEA spliced onto the wires on the pole in front of our house and ran them to new poles to service the others. When I asked if the others would have to reimburse us anything for the poles and wires we paid to have put in from the main road I was told "no...you should have waited for them to do it first". It's not a big deal though, it's just interesting.

     Compared to what you are looking at it was cheap though.

talk about digging up bones!