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Surprised he was able to get through the hoards of Chinese loitering at the street entrance.

I don't really believe this study and suspect ulterior motives. However, true or not, with vaping you aren't inhaling the real killer chemicals. If I were a smoker, I'd choose vaping every time.

By the way, I've seen several studies with findings in complete opposition to this one. Finally, I've been sat next to people vaping and haven't been bothered by it at all, whereas in the company of smokers my nose runs, I cough, my eyes water, I get a sore throat and my sinuses block up. It also makes me feel sick.

7 hours ago, HappyAndRich said:

This is not only a problem in Chiang Mai. I say, exterminate all of them on a nationwide scale.

I agree wholeheartedly even though I like PET dogs. There are 20 odd in my small community they could start with. Noisy beggars.

1 hour ago, marcusarelus said:

Not at all.  Just Americans, Brits and Australians.  Who can blame them?

If you aren't one of those natonalities, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you ????

7 minutes ago, Maestro said:

The funny thing is that there are or were two shingles on the building:

1. "Chon Buri Immigration" above the main entrance door
2. "Pattaya Immigration Office" on the wall to the right of the main entrance

Photo source: www.thailandimmigration.org/thai-immigration-pattaya

Can't work out if that's an old or new photo. I never hang around to admire the architecture, am usually in and out like greased weasel ...t!

I've been with a few dogs in my time, mainly due to poor disco lighting and being full of ale.

Cue the feminists.

16 minutes ago, kekalot said:

rubbish. but if you worry about the value to dollar, you can just sell your BTC into USDT (or TUSD) and it will be worth exactly the same amount (1$ per)

if you have 100,000k USD in USDT, in 10 days, it will still be 100,000 USD. doesn't matter if bitcoin went to down to 5000 or up to 15,000

if you bought Bitcoin through a broker here, then I assume that if you wanted to change your coins for UK pounds, then you'd have to register with a broker in UK? I can envisage all sorts of problems with them wanting local address, bank etc. I could be wrong, but interesting to know for future reference.

Never could work out why alcohol and being a good religious person don't seem to mix. There are many things I'd ban before booze, ie hypocracy, bad driving and military coups.

8 hours ago, nopsled said:

It's one day.  Does it really matter?

Yes!

17 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Why wouldn’t the puppet master interfere in the workings of his creation. 

That could be true, but how is giving an opinion that Pheu Thai would win 300 of the 500 seats interfering in the party's internal affairs? 

If that's the area where most of the crime is occuring then IMHO the Thais are right to target that sector. The British police also identified the problem and tried to remedy it by "stop and search", but that was nipped in the bud by the various left-wing, PC groups. I'm sure if the black peoples' papers are in order, and they aren't committing any criminal acts, then they have nothing to fear. This is more a case of finding where the problem mainly exists and committing precious police resources to it, instead of wasting them where it's not needed just to appear PC. The Thais don't tend to do PC thank goodness.

21 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

I'm living in Thailand since 12 years;

I never saw a conductress in a big bus in Thailand .

 

And in this article it is written the driver, a man ,  was not the conductress , a woman I guess ?

I've travelled on Thai buses several times and each time there was a conductress (or hostess if you like). That was in my first six months here, my twelve years since, I've never gone near a Thai bus. Knowledge is a useful thing.

4 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

Mine (from mid 2018) says income. 

The relevant para in mine says:

Quote:   Mr Expat has also stated that he receives monthly pensions totalling GBP XXXX and has shown to us a statement from Civil Service Pensions and a letter from the Pension Service stating that he receives pensions totalling GBP XXXXX per annum. Unquote.

1 hour ago, Thaidream said:

Very True- when I was asked I had the letter and so has every other person who was asked for added proof. I was attempting to try and indicate that if they accept letters etc as added proof- they could hopefully be 'convinced' to accept it as primary proof if no BE letter. Whether they will or not remains to be seen

There's just one problem I can see with that, and it is that my UK civil service pension P60 letter and my original state pension letter, although signed, are just copies of originals. I don't think I've ever had an original signed letter from my pension provider. If immigration agreed to accept pension letters, would they accept the copies which we get sent, or would we have to go begging our providers for originals? Taking into account the usual lack of enthusiasm from my provider and the inefficiency of the postal service in my area, I don't give much for my chances.

I was asked several years ago to produce them as secondary proof to the letter and they were accepted.

8 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

And so are the promises from politicians.

You still don't get it do you. Politicians are elected and therefore can be voted out.