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On 6/8/2024 at 11:27 AM, Pattaya57 said:

No they won't. Even in Pattaya where it's cheap it's 25-26k for the non-imm O plus 12 month extension. You'll then have another 4500 for bank account so around 30k

I was quoted 18,000, by the lady dealing with the TM 30, at an IO office in December '23.

All anyone in Thailand can really do is quote their own experience in whatever part of the kingdom they happen to be at any particular time.

You might want to poke your head out of Pattaya sometime to find that out for yourself......but of course you won't.

8 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

A lot of talk about mafia connections and “crimes” which sound serious, but the only crimes the alleged gang have been arrested on are dodging a hospital bill, overstay and stealing a motorbike.

 

They don’t sound like criminal masterminds or up there with the Gambino family. Lowlifes for sure though

Thai people have seized upon "mafia" as a generic term for timeserved criminals whose income derives predominantly/entirely from criminal activity.

People who, in 19th century Britain, began to be described as "The Criminal Class".

When used in Thailand it does not indicate that those described are operating with the same level of sophistication or integration as the Cosa Nostra, the Yakuza, or any other of the similar criminal societies that exist worldwide.

Burglaries around my way, in Thailand, are often described to me as the work of "mafia".

16 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Great news for Reform voters, good chance for Nigel with Conservatives and Labour being unpopular

What colour is the sky on your planet?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68079726

3 hours ago, Dudscar said:

Expats should not have attitudes, how do you think this would have gone down if it was in the UK and a Thai man did this 

A) Would probably not get further than "Local News"......if it got that far.

B) Not many would give a **** if it did get further than local.

26 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

she's damn sexy.

but is she a real fighter?

i'm getting the impression she is a social media creation of some sort just doing some flashy moves for show.

 

 

Give the man a coconut.

In order to perform the maneuver she has to twist her upper body clockwise, and throw her arms clockwise around behind her, and then twist and throw everything back around anti-clockwise in order to build up enough momentum/torsion to bring her lower body and legs into the air.

A real fighter, which I am not, would/will, now that she has showed it off, see it all coming.

They'd lay her out during the build up.

It a gymnastic display maneuver, nothing more....very pretty love.

I'm guessing that's all she is about.

5 hours ago, JayClay said:

 

I'm confused.

 

Why should any Thai businesses owner be concerned about anybody's connections in Nigeria? What were these business owners frightened of?

Him have very strong witch-doctor friends in Nigeria.

Strong so they reach across the oceans and tear your heart out if you not give him Kaow kaow moo and a Sprite.

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

are these people all insane because it sure sounds like it .....

Brilliant.......well done.....you've deduced that they might be insane.

Did you never think to read what it says on the label?:

Ya ba (Thai: ยาบ้า, Lao: ຢາບ້າ, literally 'crazy medicine')

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_ba

How about current categories are merely being re-grouped under different headings?

Fewer individually identified main categories, but several previously individually identified now become sub-categories?

Noting more than re-labelling/paper shuffling?

😄

?

Grade A "Twerp".

6 hours ago, Pattaya57 said:

I note the above says "you are allowed to stay in Thailand for 180 days per year. The visa is valid for 5 years."

 

Doesn't this imply you can stay for 180 days every year for 5 years? That would make more sense as to why have a 5 year validity?

SETV has a validity of 3 months, but can only be utilised ONCE during that period.

SETV can be extended ONCE by 30 days, new visa ONCE by 180 days.

The new visa may have the same mechanics as SETV, but over a 5 year period instead of 3 months.

OR

It may be utilised every year for 5 years....but only extended ONCE during that 5 year period.

OR

Usable every year for 5 years and extendable once every year.

OR

Something else?

Anyway, either of the three possibilities postulated above may have been calculated to appeal to some sort of the typical "digital nomads" strategy.......or it may just have been the result of some obstruse "brainstorming" sessions on the part of the visa designers.....who knows?

I'm not making any assumptions right now about how it works

It OBVIOUSLY needs to be clarified by somebody who knows for SURE.

2 hours ago, ronster said:

Think that equals the lowest amount I have seen people killed over . 🫤

As is invariably the case with incidents such as this it was not actually about the money.

It was about a history of insult and contempt from the person he killed.

The money was "the straw that broke the camels back".

12 hours ago, simon43 said:

Yep - I learnt from her that people get scared of nutters....!

George Melly was threatened by a couple of muggers one night in Manchester after he had been doing a show.

He was very enthusiastic about Dadaism/Surrealism and starting reciting this Dada poem as loudly and dramatically as he could........it got rid of them:

Her and the other donors get a huge chunk of "Merit" for doing this........that's the deal.

That is their thinking.

6 hours ago, Jingthing said:

The state department has no incentive to make a warning like this if there weren't grounds for it.

It is a "Travel Advisory", which is not the same thing as the specific security warning that the US gave to Russia.

UK Foreign Office has a standing travel advisory warning UK citizens against visiting the Southern provinces of Thailand.

The FO warning is about a permanent danger in a specific geographic location.  The SD warning is about increased danger at a specific time of year........unfortunately that is the way things are.

The SD warning should be taken as a "seasonal reminder" about the potential dangers around Pride events, rather than suggesting evidence of specific plans and intentions of the usual suspects.

Equivalent of "Don't Drink and Drive" messages during New Year etc.

Author couldn't spend 3 minutes fact checking before declaring Chatham "peaceful"?:

"Chatham is the most dangerous major town in Kent, and is among the top 20 most dangerous overall out of Kent's 331 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Chatham in 2023 was 161 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Kent's overall crime rate, coming in 78% higher than the Kent rate of 90 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Chatham is among the top 10 most dangerous major towns, and the 271st most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages."

"The most common crimes in Chatham are violence and sexual offences, with 4,427 offences during 2023"

https://crimerate.co.uk/kent/chatham

What a mess "The Thaiger" is.

We were supposed to cheer when it took over AN?

56 minutes ago, ChrisP24 said:

Perhaps I am a minority but I enjoy Gamma's posts and think he would be interesting to talk to over coffee.  

 

That said, I've noticed that the Gamma threads follow a pattern, they start with a long, thoughtful post from him that is a bit (or more than a bit) of thought-streaming, but not too hard to follow, and is often interesting and intelligent in my opinion, and distinctively honest in a way that only the truly self-aware can be.   And with some satire mixed in that some people miss.   And then shortly afterward, another short post from Gamma with a couple of follow up thoughts, usually before anyone else can reply.  That shows that he doesn't edit his posts much before posting, and there is more that he thinks of to add to the topic. 

 

But then, detractors post, Gamma reacts, and the discussion is brought down toward the level of the detractors. 

 

So, while I look forward to the Gamma threads, I've learned generally to just read the initial few posts, except on those rare occasions when one draws some discussion from others who are actually thinking and contributing to the original topic, which I often find to be interesting and worthwhile, but that sadly seldom attracts others who spend any time to grow the spark or even keep it going. 

 

 

"Perhaps I am a minority but I enjoy Gamma's posts and think he would be interesting to talk to over coffee."  

You would not talk to him.

You would be treated to a monologue.

You would learn something from the experience........and you would be far from being the first person to undertake to avoid him in future.

https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-global-temperature-record-streak-continues-april-2024-was-hottest-record

Could an idiot please step up and post that it always gets hotter at this time of year?