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7-11 can get really busy.......our local now has 5 check out, unless there are a lot of people---then they have 2...............

Mr Bates vs The Post Office Maybe of only interested to Brits. The Sub Post Offices in the UK although past their hay day, are still quite numerous , usually run by Husband and wife team they combined it with selling other items and it usually includes their accommodation, it's a life job. A few years back the Goverment installed a new computer program --from Horisen , big company you can google. It found that some sub Post were stealing from them, not just some -Many, Lots, Hundreds. So it started to take them to court-although they pleaded innocence, none of them won the case because it was hard to argue against what the computer program was saying. They were told to pay 10K---sometime 20K pounds. of course some lost their job accommodation--standing in the community, most were also JPs . It got up to over 520 before someone said--This is a bit odd isn't it. BBC have taken this British Scandal and turned it into a 4 part series starts 18th Dec--- the lead has Toby Jones (The guy who played Sutclife Killer) in the long shadow.

When it comes to identity documents, you can find dates in both Thai and Gregorian formats at the same time on their ID cards. T he two dates basically provide the same information: the date of birth, the date of issue, and the expiry date.https://regulaforensics.com/blog/thai-id-document-processing/

Don't tell me they are going to fly people around the world for something like this----she has probably had (being kind) many customers, none would have been younger then her , so all were braking the criminal code of Thailand, and places like the USA etc. This hot shot policeman gets a lot of publicity, while solving crimes--maybe he should be put on something high profile, like Murder, now who could he track down that murdered one if his colleagues. Or maybe would it be safer to stay with a Bar Girl crime......

Going to see them was good advice JWNZ.......the thing about Thailand Gov rules , is that they are not consistent.....Interpretations-- change from area to area..... they shouldn't, but they do. .

What is the uncertainty.....? I have lived here now over the 27 year mark, and its only got better. When I came here -my wife was not be allowed to buy a house , even in her name---because she was married to a Foreigner . Every 90 days you would have to leave the country----not tap a few keys on a computer --or wander down the local IM office. Every Year you would have to "Try" to get another Visa --but it had to be issued outside of Thailand, some people didn't get it , leaving the keys to their rental with friend who would pack their stuff up for them. There Have been so many other changes (buy 5 years , etc etc ) that makes it even easier, but still some (mainly Poms) feel their victims of some terrible visa conditions. maybe they would like to name other countries that make it easier for old age pensioners to stay then it is for young -some qualified people. There is a few but I wouldn't want to live in them. No ones mentioned changes to Visa laws that i have read--maybe Jaxon knows something new. Ando one has a grip yet on what the tax law will be---but of course to some it will always be the half empty glass I rented my Oz condo out for 4 years before deciding to cash in on a good market there at the time. Take your time--BritMantoo idea seems good. .

Me at 3Am reading all 398 pages of 2 strangers arguing............

The Japanese put out a BST map some time ago which is easier to read (If your English or Japanese ...... .... I have not been to BKK for some time ...are all these line now operational ?

Talking to me.......or the guy in the picture...........