jesimps

I've found in this life that if you're happy and contented, not rich but have enough to get by, law abiding and quiet and inoffensive, someone will attempt to upset your applecart.

Especially if she lifted her leg at the same time and said "Catch that one!"

What is appropriate to people in uniform is that very few of the people wearing it have served in the armed forces, despite the rows of medal ribbons, para wings etc. Even my missus, when she was a teacher wore a uniform with two gold bars on her shoulder and three medal ribbons, for being first to the school canteen three times in a row is my guess.

For anyone wanting to have a go: "Ohms law states that the current in any electrical circuit is directly proportional to the voltage and inversely proportional to the resistance. Providing the temperature remains constant." At least it was in the early 1960s, Keir Starmer's probably gone and changed it now.

We do bring rather a lot of foreign currency into the country, provide jobs for Thais in general and provide homes for Thai wives. On top of that, we very rarely give the government any problems, in fact we're probably the most law-abiding group in the land. I'd go further than saying we're the golden goose, more like manna from heaven. Guarantee the UK would prefer to have a group like us than the present demographic flooding the country.

Like the visa based on marriage to a Thai, it'll be a paper chase, only on an international scale. If it means phone calls to HMRC UK, I think I'll top myself. I had to phone them several months back. Nearly an hour sat listening to music waiting to speak with someone, then trying to decypher the West Indian and the Jock on the other end of the line. It was a nightmare.

I did just that in Jomtien Tax Office fairly recently, but they refused to let me register for tax assessment. Told me to go away and pay tax to my home country. Didn't even need a brown envelope.

Imagine what it would've cost him if they'd stayed married!

I used to notice this in my last job. Although our shift had a pub crawl every now and then, it was always just the people I worked with, never spouses. Come the Christmas do, in which spouses were invited, I was gobsmacked to see all the guys I worked with turn up with little fat old ladies. I don't know if working close to these guys for long periods made them appear younger than they were, but they genuinely looked to me to be younger and in better shape than their wives. I would therefore have to agree with the OP.

We also have two-tier policing in the west. Coppers are very soft on certain foreigners.

I did mine a few weeks ago at Jomtien and most of the requirements seemed to be as of last year. However, when returning for my visa stamp, they told me to bring my updated bank book, which is something I've never had to do before. No big deal for me, but it does mean an extra trip to the bank.

Has anyone who doesn't work here managed to get a TIN from the Jomtien Tax Office? I visited a few months back but they refused point blank to issue one. My Thai wife explained that I needed to be registered for assessment purposes, but was told to pay tax to my home country. Which I do.

In my opinion Jomtien's just a smaller version of Pattaya. If you want peace and quiet I'd be looking at somewhere a few miles south and away from the beach. I lived in a Jomtien condo on Beach Road for two years when it was a lot less crowded and noisy. Even then it was becoming overcrowded on weekends and public holidays and I moved further down the coast towards Satahip. Now when I visit Jomtien, I hardly recognise the place, it's become so crowded and built up and there seems to be the permanent noise of bass-heavy music coming from trucks. In my opinion, it's a good place to visit, but not to stay. Especially close to the beach.

Agreed. Cars and bicycles switch to the right to start with, followed by buses and motobikes six months later.

A warning to the Thais. If you keep indulging this demographic with their entitled attitude, in not too many years time you'll find Thailand in the same situation as many western countries. Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

After reading the other reports about the Thai woman deliberately blocking the road in front of the guy, I'd day she was completely at fault. The American may have been a bit hasty, but he was driving his sick wife to hospital.

That certain demographic starting to make its mark in Thailand, just like in the west in the not too distant past. At least this guy admitted he was in the wrong whereas in the west they've become too entitled to do that and just do as they want.

You know when a politician's made an impact when they're all that the far-left can talk about. The more you see their name mentioned, the more popular they are. Even after death ie Maggie Thatcher. I love seeing lefties turn purple with steam coming out of their ears.

This Khan wouldn't be a Muslim by any chance?

Easily done. I spent a morning trawling around Roppongi in Tokyo trying to find my bicycle that I'd used the previous evening to go on a pub crawl. You were allowed to ride on pavements in those days, don't know if you still are. Anyway, found it eventually leaning against a barrier at the busiest crossroads in the area, unlocked and untouched. Had to retrieve it under the watchful gaze of a Japanese policeman. Very embarrassing.

I'm a non-believer in a God type person, but believe that the physics of the universe is God. It's puzzled me on the rare occasions that I've looked at a corpse that looks perfect in every way. but lacks that spark to make it get up and start moving about and interacting. Everything else is in place, where has that spark gone? What that spark is I'd love to know.

Rather see an old geezer holding hands with a fit young girlfriend than sitting on a park bench in the west yarning with his ancient cronies about the weather.

Because the Democrat Demolition Squad made huge detours around it.

Hardly surprising with Sleepy Joe and his dfatt sidekick shouting "Refugees welcome". You can't blame the freiloaders for taking them up on it.

They can't even use alcohol as an excuse. At least they shouldn't be able to!