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  1. Thanks Sheryl. There is certainly some food for thought there. I totally agree that the Q risk programme is a very rough tool at best. I think I will take a look at a proper cardiac screening and see where we go from there.

    If I do take out any insurance I would certainly want it to be with a reputable company and to be able to answer questions truthfully so as not to leave any loopholes. I'm very much a dot the i’s  and cross the t's type of person when it comes to things like insurance!

    Thanks again, much appreciated.

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  2. Hi Sheryl,

     

    With documented hypertension (even though controlled on medication) and elevated lipids (ditto), combined with your age, it will be very difficult to get insured. "

     

    So the same age, no heath issues now or prior, can pass any physical but take a low dose statin as recommended by doctor in UK. Would that affect my insurance quote ?

  3. 15 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

    I had to look up "Happy Water".......Jeez, it sounds lethal, but apparently is on the rise in  South East Asia............."Caffeine, diazepam, ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy), methamphetamine and tramadol reportedly compose the superdrug"

     Seriously 🤔. That would have confused me back in the day, I wouldn't have known if the elevator was going up or down.

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  4. On 4/6/2024 at 5:18 PM, richard_smith237 said:

     

    I have no reservations whatsoever to call myself a cheap charlie when it comes to getting a beer in a pub... 

     

    The Old English Happy hour is rather excellent IMO....   

     

     

     

     

    Indeed - point in hand above....  OMF usually doesn't gauge the temperature so poorly in his comments...

     

     

     

     

    Its great if you want a good burger (opposite - Easy Burger) and a couple of beers...  But, its doesn't have the same 'warm-up' vibe as the old place....   Its more of a 'destination' location now, where you go there, if you are going there, not passing through for one or two before getting led astray by friends.... 

     

    The old place (when Cheap Charlies was on Soi 11) used to make me chuckle... they'd have that plastic chain demarcating the area we had to stay within lest other bar / restaurant owners would get angry if we strayed outside and blocked the passage of potential (non-existent) customers... It must have been a lot of hassle keeping all owners of neighbouring but less busy places happy because of how busy your 'cheap-dive' bar is !!!...   

     

    It had character and the decor has been transfered in an attempt to maintain that...     though, like every old timer, nothing is as good as it 'once was'...    Londoner and Burbon St. case in hand... 

     

     

     

     

     

    I liked Cheap Charlies on Soi 11 but have to admit I'm fond of the Soi 50 location too, it's a non hassle environment but if you're not a fan of cigarette smoke it can be a bit trying at times. 

  5. You can look at it how you choose but it's no coincidence that the amount of passengers denied boarding for "irregularities" has increased dramatically in line with the increased amounts of compensation airlines have to pay passengers for not allowing boarding. Overbook a long haul flight by 10 seats, not uncommon, and that's 6000 Euros owed in compensation and there are an ever increasing load of claims companies out there happy to take on your case. Hence airlines increasingly looking for ways to avoid paying out on overbooked flights. Point is that a less than 100% correct ticket/passport/visa is far more readily pounced upon when a flight is overbooked than when it isn't.

    Also the "photo" was not the issue here, it's not even a photo, on this issue of passport it's printed onto the page beneath the laminate, can't be substituted and also printed on the facing page as in the image below from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/basic-passport-checks/basic-passport-checks-accessible

    Qatar were just trying to avoid paying out for overbooked flights, end of.

     

     

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  6. This is yet another example of how careful you need to be these days when traveling. Denied boarding a flight to Thailand on Qatar Airways from the UK because of an all but invisible millimeter tear on a passport. They had to go to another airline and purchase tickets to fly to Turkey instead, the other airline didn't have any problems with the passport. So what's going on here then ? In the last year my daughter has initially been refused boarding twice on United Airlines for the slightest of reasons, until she produces a "Do not bump" document from United in which case everything is magically resolved. Her company is a major corporate customer of United Airlines and don't appreciate their employees being bumped from flights as it can cause them major scheduling problems. The simple fact is that airline algorithms overbook flights on purpose to account for "no-shows" etc and they don't always get it right. Lately there are more and more of these stories as airlines are ever more keen to maximize flight capacity That's when the check-in staff look for ANY excuse to deny boarding.  Best advice is to always turn up early and as far as his possible make sure you have left nothing to chance. That and a prayer. 

    https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/devastated-familys-7000-thailand-holiday-27468870

     

     

     

     

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  7. Check out the suitcase, that's how it happened, wheel got caught and opened up the gap as it dragged suitcase down. What made this incident different was the horrendous nature of it. It's surprising how many accidents there are on escalators and travelers all over the world, thankfully not this serious, but quite often soles get ripped off shoes. In the US there are even law firms specialising in these accidents. 

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  8. The student protests took place during the restrictions imposed by covid. Very little foreign media in Bangkok and almost zero tourists. Fast forward to today and there are heaps of foreign journalists and camera crews in the country just as there are masses of tourists. Tear gassing and baton charging protesters around Democracy Monument or MBK will inevitably mean tourists being caught up in the violence and massive foreign coverage shining a spotlight on this electoral farce. The anger on Thai Twitter will soon be expressed in deeds rather than words.

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  9.  It's a side note, but I'm mystified as to why people think you can't be extradited from countries that you don't have  extradition agreements with. Actually it works the other way round, often the extradition agreements will prohibit the extradition of a countries own citizens. Example, as a French citizen, film director Roman Polanski has long been able to escape extradition to the United states for the alleged crime of having sex with a minor. France does not extradite its own citizens, end of subject. In the situation where no extradition treaty exists there is nothing to prevent a country requesting extradition, then it's down to politics rather than law. Venezuela might want you if you have enough $ to spread around, not the case here. In any event, if found guilty of this crime it carries more than a 12 month sentence so is therefore extraditable under the treaty between Thailand and US. And to the poster who asked can you be extradited when you're only suspected of a crime,  duh, that’s the point, so you can face trial..

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  10. You can ride a motorcycle in Thailand without a licence and be covered by your travel insurance if you have done things correctly.

    You have to undergo a CBT (Compulsory Basic Training) course which is one day training, at the end of which you get a certificate. It is not a licence. That certificate allows you to drive a motorcycle up to 125CC in the UK for one year. A travel insurance policy that allows you to ride a motorcycle, and not all do, will contain the clause that you're only allowed to ride a motorcycle overseas that you would be allowed to ride in the UK.

    This is known on UK student forums and is probably why this girl had insurance that covered her. I also checked with my daughters insurance company when she was going overseas and they confirmed in writing that the CBT certificate meant that she was covered exactly as she would have been in the UK.

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