Enoon

What's to "grapple" with? 10,000 tourists is too many for Thailand to handle? Is it over the "quota" for the month?

Everything about your thoughts sounds very familiar. Seems to me that many men at, or getting to, your age have similar experiences......I know several......me included. Nothing you stuff down your throat will deal with the core issue(s). Get some therapy or take the time to check some of the many online articles that outline the basics and will point you in the right direction. Unfortunately for men therapy is the most difficult pill to swallow....at least one of my friends seems to be gradually cracking up (accelerated during the last six months) because he thinks he is too tough for it........"I KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH ME!". I think he may need to get worse before he comes round to it.

"........they are wasting their life ?" Now there's a horrible thought........."wasting" ones life. ????????????

It certainly sounds like an interesting idea. Watch out for the bears: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66737051 Plenty of cheap accommodation available in rural areas: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20191023-what-will-japan-do-with-all-of-its-empty-ghost-homes This issue more acute in rural areas (I'm thinking about "partnership" prospects): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66850943

Headlines (and many contributors to AN) should stop claiming "racism" every time a nationality/ethnic group start having a pop at another nationality/ethnic group. Russains are not a race, British are not a race. Race, Ethnicity, Nationality........three different things. How many ******* times must people be told!

Phet Prasert bus from Khon Khaen to Mukdahan.

Don't kid yourself. This is no more than internecine warfare between equally culpable thugs in a rotten system.

Who gives a **** if you or anyone else "ignores" anyone? You sound a like a child with your "I'm not going to listen to you" ****. That's the thing with ageing.........a gradual, in some cases not so gradual, regression to infantilism. I love the internet.......calling out sad old ***** like you for what you are.....and then walking away. Byeeeee!

I was a P/T employee of a hardware/DIY store for many years. I have met plenty of people who didn't have a clue about such things.........before I ever got close to Thailand. How about you get on with some jobs around your house, instead of adding yet more to the stinking pile of resentment/contempt towards Thai people that forms such a sadly large feature of the "content" on these pages?

It's just you.

It's just you.

If you check the original source you will see Hurghada correctly located in Egypt: https://moneytransfers.com/news/2023/09/06/the-most-and-least-over-touristed-destinations-around-the-world

Rather difficult to make any assumptions based on the "quality" of this article, ie: "recently stipulated that an individual spending up to 180 days a year in the country and earning income from overseas will be liable for personal income tax" 10 days vacation in Thailand and you're liable to pay income tax? I suspect the issue is more about Thai people that anyone else.

Then you had better find out what social media she is on and register your grievance with her there. Because there is **** all chance of her seeing it here. Here you're just another sad old man shouting at the wind.

It must be said that there is no shortage of 50+ adolescents contributing to AN.

"Come out Sunee! the games up........we know you're in there!"

The "context of the wording" is a fundamental part of any website.......it is a ******* mess! Par for the course for anything designed and built by/on behalf of the Thai state........and you know it!

But it is not a requirement for an SETV to Thailand. It is a requirement for someone applying for a non-immigrant visa on the basis of visiting friends and family. However it is included in the SETV application stream, without explanation, causing much confusion (as do other aspects of the application) purely because it is a extremely badly designed and explained website/process.........that is what "people do not like"

It's worldwide........not merely dependent on number of Thais gaming. During COVID tourism went down and gaming went up, massively. Decline now with tourism increasing.......but still much greater demand than pre-COVID. The contraction is from an "inflated" boom.

No, driving skills are good in the Netherlands........and these sort of accidents occur every hour, every day of the year there........it's so common that they don't bother to put it into the news Venice is even worse..........sometimes as many as 10 vehicles an hour career into its canals. But then Venice is south of the Alps.......so the higher rate not really surprising. ????

if you ever find yourself in a "real life" situation, where you hear the same comment that "bignok" made responded to in the way that "SuperSaiyan did, it's possible that you made find this guidance useful: 4 Ways to Tell if Someone Is Being Sarcastic

The same requirement appears on the UK SETV application. I think it may be catch-all question that applies to several different visa categories. I have just got my SETV......I answered that is was "Not Required for SETV". Applied Friday, received approval following Tuesday. I suspect that the "Employer" bit is the only thing an METV applicant might be concerned about. In the days of paper applications I did a couple of METVs......including a letter from my employer (headed notepaper confirming validity) that stated that I would be returning back to work in about 6 months time. I guess they just wanted to know that I had a reason/requirement to get out of their country rather than stay there off-grid for 6 years! It is possible that none of #5 refer to an METV? ie: Employer = Employer in Thailand if applying for Work Visa. School = Thai Education Institute if applying for Ed Visa. Self-Assessment = **** knows. Pension Statement = If applying for Retirement Visa. The boxes in the E-Visa instruction manual don't match the boxes in the application. The latest requirements (July '23) on the embassy website don't match the application. Apply in good time to allow a 2nd or 3rd attempt if is screws up........that is probably the best attitude to take now that they have ****** up a system which used to be pretty much problem free.

I've worked with one of them. The individual concerned was, to say the least, somewhat "troubled". No laughing matter for my employer.

I expect that, sooner or later, some "travellers" will turn up and tell them that their roof needs fixing. That is a common con, in the UK, perpetrated upon elderly, vulnerable people, very few of whom, if any, will have sent their daughters away.........they, and their brothers, just cleared off when they felt like it.