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45 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Well, there are 2 ways to do it.

 

The first is at the point of a gun. Lots of them. And unfortunately - think Cuba 1958 - taking power with guns generally leads nowhere good.

 

The alternative is millions of Thai people in the streets of BKK. For weeks on end or however long it takes, with the army changing sides as the conscripts and corporals abandon ship. I live for the day.

See next door in Burma for what happens when the people get on the streets in a country where the Army is boss.

Street protests are just a further step along the road to the inevitable.

There is no civil solution.

Your wife has more sense than you.

Were you also thinking of forcing her to have singing lessons, and then building her an opera house all of her own?

........."Rosebud"

6 hours ago, racket said:

This guy is owned by Davos, btw. He's a globalist puppet.

Freedom for Tooting!

2 hours ago, n00dle said:

Do you you know what else is important during a funeral or when dealing with the bereaved? 

not being an asshat

CC to Steven100.

8 hours ago, Robert Paulson said:

Teachers freak me out. Who willingly wants to spend all their time around Little kids? 

Quite a few people do it for the money........and no other reason.

Often heard from my fellow Uni students contemplating life after graduation:

"I s'pose there's always teaching" (spoken with a downcast look of sad resignation)

6 hours ago, Serenity_Now said:

Minor Update DrJack54
I know that you are well versed in all visa issues and not sure if this is indeed a new thing 
Neighbor checked with van organiser / border run he was told TM30 was indeed requisite 

not sure if maybe its a mistake but he already has a TM30 printed out to take on SUNDAY

Much like say four years ago when they really tightened up on visa hops the van booking  agent studied your passport to say if they thought you would be allowed a border run.
These drivers/agents do it all the time they know more than us sometimes.

I will update the thread as to whether he required it at the border, although we are assuming its a exit / entry thing they are saying because you are basically out in they are thinking you are returning to same address at least that is how i understand it so we await updated news.

I left Thailand on 5th January (overland/river) to obtain an SETV in Laos.

The night of 4th January I removed my TM30 receipt from my passport and started using it as a bookmark.

Nobody at Thai Immigration (Departure) made any mention of the absence of TM30 evidence in my passport.

4 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

It is probably for leaving Thailand.

If you do not have a TM 30 you have broken the immigration law.

I do not have one, I have broken no law.

My house mistress, with whom I lodge, has failed, as usual, to notify Immigration within the recommended time frame.

It is she that is at fault.

When we go to immigration to extend my SETV it is me, as usual, who will cough up the fine on her behalf........first thing, as usual, when we arrive there.

She will then do the report and I will get a copy of the "Receipt of Notification" stapled in my passport.

After that I'll do the extension.

Last time there wasn't any fine......nice surprise.

The officer said there would be an 800baht fine the next time if the report wasn't done again, which wouldn't be so bad considering that previously I have had to pay more than that.......I think it was 1900baht before.

Since the last extension  I obtained a new SETV in Laos (a couple of weeks ago) and mistress has not reported me......we'll see how it actually goes, in a few weeks time, when I extend again.

A person staying in an hotel or guest house, or lodging with their mistress friend, is not the person who is liable for the report.

20 hours ago, roger101 said:

I've asked this before but a long time ago. I want to turn my bike into a Salaeng (I think that's what it's called) like a food cart but with seats. You see them all the time at Bal Hi Pier. Does anybody have any idea where I can buy one? I already have a motorbike so I need the attachment. I know it will slow me down thru traffic but it's a lot more stable than 2 wheels and at 76 I'm not as stable as I used to be. I have just purchased a 3-wheel electric scooter for short distances but I need something for travelling from one end of Pattaya to the other.

The businesses that used to sell them on Sukhumvit don't seem to exist any more.

Flog your current bike and get yourself one of these:

"Yamaha Tricity 2024 Motorcycle

The ยามาฮ่า ไตรซิตี้ is offered Petrol engine in the Thailand. The new Scooter from ยามาฮ่า comes in a total of 4 variants. If we talk about ยามาฮ่า ไตรซิตี้ engine specs then the Petrol engine displacement is 155 cc. ไตรซิตี้ is available with CVT transmission. The ไตรซิตี้ is a 2 Seater Scooter and has a length of 1980 mm the width of 750 mm, and a wheelbase of 1350 mm. along with a ground clearance of 125 mm."

https://www.zigwheels.co.th/en/new-motorcycles/yamaha/tricity

3 hours ago, simon43 said:

How can this be the inaugural seaplane terminal?  What about the failed seaplane venture around 2008?

The aeroplane was an amphibious seaplane and used Phuket runway:

But did the service have its own, dedicated terminal building and ground handling/operational area?

That is what's being "inaugurated".

It's even possible that this is the sort of thing they might have in mind, Noovilu Seaplane Terminal , Maldives:

5 minutes ago, Cutty Shark said:

Do visitors from the US and UK need Lao visas for a one-night stay in Vientiane?

Yes

E-visa very easy to get.

https://immigration.gov.la/

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

If loser or not, that can be right. Maybe he is. However, any PM in any country will be a kind of salesman. Their job is to engage in discussions with other nations, gain their trust and interest in buying what the country has on offer as well as investing in the country. That is actually describing the work of a salesman selling in the country and it´s products to other countries to be able to better the economy. Of course he also have duties like you describe.

What you are describing is the work of the "Minister of Trade".

That's where he belongs

Not PM.

29 minutes ago, Guderian said:

About time, too, I'd love to visit it. Fingers crossed they see sense and reach an agreement.

Only the Thai government is stopping you:

"Phra Vihan, as it is referred to in Thai, is a temple that was constructed atop a cliffside escarpment that lies across the border in Cambodia but is far more accessible as a day Trip from Si Sa Ket"

"Cambodia allows day-Trip access to the Temple on a VISA-free basis from Thailand"

https://www.tourismthailand.org/Destinations/Provinces/Si-Sa-Ket/585

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

The 'Mother' seems to have rather a big Addams apple.

Pathetic, ignorant and stupid comment.

https://www.racgp.org.au/afp/2012/august/evaluating-and-managing-patients-with-thyrotoxicos

"Female:male ratio 5–10:1
Peak onset 40–60 years
Diffuse, usually symmetrical goitre"

9 hours ago, eisfeld said:

So the real amount is about 0.3% of the amount of the deposits that Bolivia is producing from and not even enough to cover the need for EV batteries for cars in Thailand itself. Again a "misunderstanding", why do these happen so frequently?

This one?

Pump and dump?

On 1/19/2024 at 12:27 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

Maybe, but his OP is written in near as dammit perfect English with no indication that he is not 100% au fait with the language.

Maybe he's quoting the customer verbatim?

"Aha" I hear you say "Why didn't he put it in quotation marks if that was the case?"

"I really don't know, what's your problem?" I reply.......but not actually giving a ****.

After a minute or so re-writing I move to another thread, forgetting about this one.

15 hours ago, aseanfan said:

Does anyone here know where I can find an analysis of what these particles in the air are?  I have seen mention in articles that the pollution comes from diesel engines, from black smoke from vehicles, from stubble burning, from building sites...What is the truth?  I saw mention that the Air Force is going to spray from planes to make rain to 'wash' the particles out of the air.  And then where do those particles go?  Into the water table?  And what is being sprayed from these planes?  Is that the cause of the air pollution?  So I go back to my initial question?  Where is the analysis of what the particles are? Once the particles are known efforts can be made to find the source and to prevent distribution at source, maybe...

 

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

There are also 144,999,999 other references to particulates on Google.

23 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

There was a big explosion and fire at the dragon museum in Suphanburi city a few years back and they had to rebuild a lot of it.

You have to be careful when storing/handling/displaying dead dragons.

They are liable to explosive spontaneous combustion if their fire chamber isn't properly drained during the postmortem preservation process.

What happens is that any residual fire liquid crystallises and.........etc, etc.

"My reply is always both nuanced and based on Science."

Oh please do tell us what it is.

On 1/17/2024 at 2:19 PM, Jingthing said:

A bunch of vile conspiracy theories. 

Sure, the BBC is well known for spreading conspiracy theories:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67958260

Just to keep bang up to date:

8 hours ago, sirineou said:

I would not mind it , if the would start with you. 

I have a simple personality test for people. Anyone who does not  love dogs has something seriously wrong with them  and is to be avoided and kept an eye on. Removal from the gene pool is recommended but a lobotomy is not necessary IMO as one seems to have naturally happened to them during birth. 

 

Is there an uncontrolled dog problem Thailand? sure is, are there better  and more humane solutions other that what the Op is suggesting?

Absolutely! and many other countries have successfully adopt  them.  A nationally comprehensive spay and neuter  program would see immediate reduction, and total elimination of the problem with in a dog generation.

Not unlike the program I suggest for those who don't love dogs

 

And anyone who loves dogs is a really well balanced individual?;

And just to emphasise what a lovely person he was:

What was it you said?......."It would start with you".

You mean the "Solution" to the "People not Loving Dogs Problem"

How about getting a conference together to plan it?.........I hear that "Haus Wannsee" is still taking bookings.

You people are a ******* curse.