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3 hours ago, SteveK said:

Just another one of those "only in Thailand" things.

 

Like trying to improve road safety by raising speed limits. Or mayonnaise on pizza.

 

You've got to wonder whether some Thai people in authority are actually sentient, or are just biological machines going about their day on reflexes and instincts alone, like insects.

I was reading the Vientiane Times when we lived there eleven years ago, and an article said, "during this holiday season, the government advises that if you drink and drive, drive very slowly".

There's no such thing as a quiet Isaan village...unless the power goes out.

Kind of looked like the guy walking by might have said, "hey buddy...this is a funeral"

21 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

If you have a multiple entry non-o visa you would get another 90 day entry when you enter the country if you do it by midnight on February 1st.

You cannot renew a visa at immigration. You could apply for one year extension of the 90 day stay from it at immigration based upon retirement if you can meet the financial requirements.

I don't think the OP stated if it was an OA visa obtained overseas, but he did state "retirement visa". If it is an O-A, and it is multi-entry, then would the OP get stamped in for an additional year if he exited and re-entered on the last day?

     Not so surprised, I was doing business at our bank here in Thailand and there was a line waiting behind me. When I got up from the seat at the service representative's desk the bank representative did a respectful Wai and I returned it. Then the nicely dressed Thai man in line behind me said very loudly to the bank representative in Thai, " you don't need to Wai him, he's a foreigner!" My guess is that he didn't know I could speak Thai or just didn't care.

     There have been more instances of this type of behavior than I could count on one hand in the ten years I have been here, at times I wish I didn't understand Thai, but at the same time it I couldn't count all of the times the Thai people have given me preferential treatment, dwell on the positive!

I'm not all that surprised, sorry it made you feel that way...it's no fun to feel like you are singled out. On the other hand, what happened to you may help things go more smoothly for your fellow country men who may happen to encounter the same officer. (considering that he remembers that Denmark is a country)

We had the occasion to hire a lawyer here before, it's no fun and has the potential to cost as much or more than your wife's losses. It can also lead to violence. Nobody likes to lose money, but considering the amount it's probably best to forget it and move on. In this country things like this have the ability to get out of control very quickly and in ways Westerners would never expect.

Glad you found what you were looking for, I was using Argon for my welder but switched to co2 because of difficulties finding Argon, I couldn't find it anywhere here in NongKhai. The main reason I was using Argon was because that was what we used back home, but for my purposes the co2 works well enough.  Most of my projects are just mild steel welding such as building tables, desks, arbors and such. I have thought about stainless work but would have to buy a spool gun for my welder.

          In the states it's called "brake checking". Drivers who are tired of others tailgating or following too closely sometimes do it. (I'm not saying it's right). I'm not sure about other areas, but in the state I lived in you were automatically at fault if you rear-ended another vehicle, the reason being that if you were following at a reasonable distance you would have had enough time to brake and not hit the vehicle in front of you.

            That being said, does Thailand have a "legal following distance"?

      They keep saying that the strengthening of the baht is the result of huge foreign reserves, but they don't explain the source of those reserves. Where did they come from, or where are they coming from?

The correct way to obtain a business visa in Laos would be to either open a business or to go to work for a company. Either way is not easy, the Lao government conducts frequent audits of businesses, especially foreign owned businesses, and if the business does not show enough assets or profit on the books it will be shut down. Working for someone in Laos generally means teaching, and obtaining a visa that way is not all that easy either, as the paperwork the school has to file is extensive and time consuming.

       In the past well-off or well connected companies in Laos have been known to "sell" their foreign business visas (they are allotted a certain amount each year). The Government may have closed the loopholes that made that possible, not sure.

28 minutes ago, GeorgeCross said:

love it!

 

all the oldies rushing around to trash the young'uns (who aren't actually doing anything illegal) WHILST scrambling around to avoid their insurance requirements (which isn't illegal either)

 

TOTAL HYPOCRITES.

 

have a look at yourselves. disgrace.

 

 

 

 

look at your own post..."all the oldies"! Don't paint us oldies all with the same brush.

2 hours ago, Borzandy said:

What is not fake in Thailand?

Me! I really am me! I swear!

Is it just me or does it look like the picture of the boat and islands was photoshopped?

4 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Quote:-

"allegedly owned by an illegal alien”.

Interesting, are Martians now visiting Earth? I wonder if a TM30 was completed.

 

If the TM30 was completed they would have been a legal alien.

19 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Kanchanaburi.

 

Now you got me interested....any more info on the places in the picture?

Honda Rebel 300 or 500, the 300's are starting to show up used with low km's for around 100,000b. I ride an old Honda Phantom 200 but am looking to upgrade to a Rebel.

"fell asleep"?

5 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

altitude means the height from the ground if you use ejection at a very low altitude you have a serious problem from the article can’t say what when wrong.

You are correct, it doesn't say what went wrong, but it takes time for the ejection seat parachutes to deploy, ejection too close to the ground may mean that the parachutes on the ejection seat didn't have time to deploy. (oops...my apologies, didn't see the earlier post already stating that)

Came across a land border today, it took six tries with the finger print machine and I was already in the system, this was not a self-use machine but one the IO officer initiated and then instructed the person to place their hand on the machine. I felt bad for the people in the line behind me on the way back in, must have been about fifteen to twenty minutes for the IO to get me on my way. Don't know what the problem was, maybe I just have difficult to scan fingerprints.

On 7/3/2019 at 7:40 PM, Briggsy said:

What's with the 'X' in 'Xeping'. That is not a Thai name.

Be careful...that could be considered defamation

3 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

So you can just film the mutt carrying out its attack.... or you could shoo it away and then buy so dog repellent spray. The choice is yours! 

Maybe this was an ongoing problem and the owner didn't feel like guarding the car 24/7

4 hours ago, spambot said:

The Business visa for Laos - I am assuming you are either setting up a new company or providing some specialised skills. Is there any way around this for retirees not wishing to do either?

It is possible to "purchase" Lao Business Visas, there are brokers in Vientiane who sell them, or at least there were a couple of years ago when we were there. Be aware though that some Lao Business Visas require the holder to exit the country and re-enter every thirty days, this could be problematic with the current limits on visa exempt entries in Thailand.

On 6/29/2019 at 3:59 PM, PoorSucker said:

Has nothing to do with IDP. 

IDP is only a translation of your foreign DL. 

Your foreign DL (with IDP) is valid to drive for tourists. 

If you stay more than 90 consecutive days you are not considered to be a tourist anymore and can not drive on your foreign DL. 

Off course you can make a border bounce every 90-days to be a tourist again. 

 

The police will not have any problems with you if you don't have a Thai license after 90 consecutive days. 

You should look into your insurance companies policies instead. 

 

Posters here go on about getting fined or not, they tend to forget about if you have an accident your insurance will not cover you. 

This includes medical bills, your insurance will not cover a MC accident if you don't have a valid license. 

Provide some proof please...even if it has nothing to do with the IDP there still must be a law or and order on the books supporting it.

1 hour ago, PerkinsCuthbert said:

The Baht floats against a basket of currencies, principally the USD. There is a limit to the effect any intervention by the BoT can have without impinging on reserves. In addition, in Thai terms, a strong Baht is not necessarily a bad thing.

You might try explaining that to the Thai Industries which were just lobbying BOT last week to take measures because it was bad for them.