Tropicalevo

A 24 year old guy with 13 year old girl. That is just sick. Statutory rape in there surely.

Sorry, but the TM 30 system is not to blame. Many landlords do not want to record that they are collecting rent from a property. The reason is tax evasion. That is one of the main reasons that they will not do the the TM 30. You can process a TM 30 yourself but you will need a copy of the owners id card and house book. A lease is also required. A general rule (but not always the case) - cheaper properties stay under the radar. More difficult to extend a visa. Other properties that advertise through booking platforms (AirBnb etc) tend to be more honest. It is in their booking rules.

"Self praise is no recommendation".

Sorry, but very little sympathy for the taxi driver. He may be innocent in this case, but after more than 24 years of being overcharged, it is difficult for me to fell sorry for him

The attention grabbing headline is a bit overkill for the arrest of a Burmese lady selling fake lottery tickets.

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It is usually Telegram for Russians

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Not from what I have seen and heard. They are started by military wanting more power and funded by uber rich folk who are concerned that others are after their ill gotten gains.

A Russian and a Ukrainian working together, Surely this should be encouraged.

Nowt in Samui (again). Very breezy though.

That is true, but from what I can remember, you opened the door and had to walk between the two carriages. There was nothing to stop you from falling off as you moved over the couplings. (But it was a long time ago and my memory is ........)

Back in the 50s we knew how to take care of ourselves without being mollycoddled. A way of life that appears to be lost forever.

I do not use them and I have managed to survive for more than 70 years without them. Weird eh?

Well done Mr. Somkid.

See my edit please. Without a smart phone yes, but I still use a phone for calls and SMS. (Mostly for friends.) Customers/guests can call me if there is an emergency. No apps or wifi on my phone. Everything else is e-mails on a laptop. None of my customers have a problem with that.

Without a smart phone - yes.

When I bought a new bike from a dealer (with cash), they told me to wait until I had a new visa. There was less than one month of my one year visa left. As I started to walk away, they changed their mind and accepted the existing visa. I did show them my Thai DL and POR (work permit) I have also bought second hand bikes for cash. Sometimes they do not have a book, but I have never provided documents.

Here on Samui they are more akin to the docs from M*A*S*H fixing all of the folk that crash their scooters.

Troll or scam, take your pick.

Yes, if you include their proxies and economic and migrant invasions. The US invasions were a while ago, the dictators' ones are more recent.

Way to go - Ooh. Ess. Aye.

A short video clip, maybe taken out of context, filmed by non Spanish speaking folk, who probably have an agenda. Let's hear the other side of the story before jumping to conclusions.

Love that one. That is why I do not use Google DuckDuckGo is my chosen search engine.

Lots of birds in my garden here on Samui. Dawn chorus wakes me up most days. Unfortunately, I am rubbish at identifying them, but some are the usual ones - Wagtails, mynahs, doves, pigeons, Indian roller, sunbirds, and ones that I call 'bandit birds' - light brown/grey with a black 'mask' as in The Lone Ranger. But my biggest pest at the mo (and I do love them) are these guys - Ate my pineapple and now eating the pomegranates. Had nine, five left. This guy was just over one meter from the bedroom window.