josephbloggs

As an update, I am now in Samui. I came on the 16th and am here till the 26th with my immigration appointment at CW on the 23rd (under consideration, report back on 23rd). I didn't get any home visit before I left and my wife's niece is staying in our house while we're away and there has been no visit, so I guess there won't be one as my appointment is on Tuesday. I did check with my friend who has a contact at CW and they said there is an investigation team and they usually do home visits. Whether my documents and history (28 years in Thailand and always squeaky clean but usually on non B extensions based on employment, this is my first non O extension application) means they don't need a home visit, who knows.....unless there is one planned for Monday. Anyway, I am leaving my family here to enjoy the holiday, flying back on 23rd morning to meet my appointment at CW then flying back here in the evening. Question: I forgot to pack long trousers. Is this an issue? I will wear smart shorts, trainers, and a polo shirt. I have searched but get mixed information. Does anyone know? I still have time to go and buy a pair of jeans or trousers if need be.

I know you are just reporting what you find and so I'm not shooting the messenger. There are no middle eastern airlines in there at all. Emirates posted a record $4.7 billion profit last year, so pretty sure their margins must be decent. Other ME airlines too.

Of course it can. But that enormous set of curved buildings is slightly different to a flat bench in a park in a shaded area. No?

Are you sure you spelled that right?

Nah, you'll find that most of the bashers rarely fly at all. People that do will know they are not that bad. I did have a period of about ten years or more not using them at all then I went back and I can say they are much improved. I've said it many times on here before, but I travel fairly frequently and Thai are my choice for regional travel and I would say they are one of the best regional airlines. Usually fairly modern planes (with the odd clunker on certain lower priority routes), perfectly acceptable food and decent service - nothing to complain about at all. Their ground services are also decent, check-in is always well manned at Suvarnabhumi. For long haul, no, definitely not as their IFE is poor and they are not a patch on the Middle Eastern carriers. If flying business class long haul then it is a double no. When I worked for a Thai public company many years ago the CEO always flew Thai business. I had to do a trip to the UK with him and I persuaded him to come with me on Emirates. He was astonished, he couldn't believe the difference - and that started in the lounge and the chauffeur service - his eyes were opened. Having said that I still see him on Facebook flying everywhere on Thai. Anyway, the bashers can bash, regionally they are one of the best.

Cue the bashers....

You had your post deleted in a different thread where you fantasied I ran a factory in the UK. I don't. I never have. Now you're fantasising again. I'll say it once again, I left the UK when I was 21, I have worked here ever since for various companies (including two of my own), I have never had a factory in the UK or anywhere else as you claimed in another thread before it got deleted. I have never claimed I run a multi million dollar empire as I don't. I haven't claimed I am 28 years old as I am actually 50. You are deluded and I honestly have absolutely no idea what you are talking about at all. If you are deliberately trolling then please stop as it is tiresome you continually repeating this nonsense across multiple threads. You need to stop this fantasy and I don't why know I am taking the time to respond as it is delusional nonsense. Repeat this nonsense in another thread and I'll just report you for trolling. .....says the man with a far far higher posting average than me. I would say I am probably one of the most infrequent posters out of all the regulars. 4,800-something posts in over 15 years of being an active member: an average of less than one post per day. It isn't difficult to fit that in, and it wouldn't be even if I was running a multi million dollar factory in the UK. I won't be responding to you any more, only reporting, unless you admit you are continually and deliberately confusing me with someone else (although I can't think of any other poster who has made the claims you come out with, but then I only skim through 3-4 threads a day at best). Can we drop the fantasies now please.

Do you have a link for that? It's crazy that the thing is built but not operating due to no signalling system or trains (I believe). Really really poor. Is 2028 official???

That's a funny satirical video, thanks for sharing!

Read the article.

You literally just made all of that up. Boring!

Only 16 of the many many mass shootings since 1982 have been committed with illegally obtained weapons, the rest were all legally obtained. https://www.statista.com/statistics/476461/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-legality-of-shooters-weapons/

I agree, I never liked the look of the stone benches, these look better. And from the picture they are clearly in a recessed shaded area and also have umbrellas. If they are out in the open it doesn't matter what material they are made from because no one is sitting in direct Bangkok sun anyway. It's refreshing to finally see a post with a normal perspective.

Erm, oh dear.

Wow. I mean, wow. Nobody has "ripped" anything out of anywhere. Some ugly stone benches were covered in stainless steel. That's it. It is an incredibly minor thing but it leads to a massive rant about everything. Wow. You are obviously not a happy man, but pretty impressive mountain making out of a tiny molehill. Obviously if you owned the old Hemingways and were offered tens of millions of pounds for the land you would have said no because it is a nice building, well done you. Benjasiri, albeit not the biggest park in the world, is right next to Phrom Pong BTS in the middle of Sukhumvit. Benjakiti and the fantastic new Forest Park are right slap bang in the middle of central Bangkok connected to the MRT. Lumpini is right in the heart of the city too and accessible by MRT and BTS (or the heaving concrete train system as you might call it). Rama IX park and Nong Bon lake are central for East Bangkokians and are next to the yellow line monorail. Chatuchak park couldn't be closer to the MRT or BTS and indeed has a station right at the entrance. Honestly not sure what you are talking about, you just wanted a good old negative rant about everything because that is what people like you do. A reminder: the OP was about a resurfacing of some park benches.

Righy ho. A metallurgist has spoken! AN is really full of experts, we are so lucky.

Do you understand what a majority is?

Who actually cares? No idea why some grown adults are so sensitive over stupid emojis, it baffles me.

Er............what the heck are you on about? You've completely lost me.

This thread should be held up as a perfect example of the monotonous, boring, and extremely predictable negativity from all the usual suspects. I think it would be helpful if AN just autopopulated the first few replies at the end of the article. "Floods, brown envelopes, Bangkok will be underwater, Chinese companies / Chinese servants, submarines". It would save you lot a lot of bother, although I realise it it would severely impact your quality of life. But maybe you can answer this - how many times has the MRT flooded in the 20 years it has been running? How many times has the underground section of the ARL flooded in the 14 years it has been running? How many times have all the underground tunnels for electricity and communications flooded?

Looks to me like they are in a shaded area, and there are umbrellas. Not sure what the fuss is about really.

Whatever floats your boat.

Man ridicules a poster for posting a BBC link because the "BBC is biased". Same man then posts a Daily Mail article. Absolutely hilarious, you just made my day.

Never ever had a problem getting something repaired or replaced under warranty, ever.

Yes, and you said: "Meanwhile the people paying the taxes to pay for it are struggling to make ends meet. Veterans are living on the streets. Lefties, selling out their own citizens. Nothing new." ....implying it is the "lefties" who are responsible for the disastrous mess the tories left the country in.