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He might have been simply some dude who decided risking picking up a pal at the airport. There is no reference to him trying to depart. It says ''arrested at the airport''. Could've been in a coffee bar.

Sod the gold. I'd much prefer a Paralympic sports model. Never worn gold anyway.

Doesn't need to end things right now, but since there's obviously a process of deterioration underway, it would pay to have things in place when it gets to that stage. (It's an option I've considered as time goes on and I probably will get things into place before too much longer. I saw what happened to someone who didn't time the jumping off point right. It resulted in years of trouble and worry and at times misery for his family.) Sorry to hear about this guy's unfortunate position. But it sounds like he's still got a chance to continue having a good run for his money before things get too dire.

That is the issue. You can't expect anyone to get involved directly, but it takes no effort or money to call the cops before you do anything - like even walking away. It might just save an innocent person's life.

That picture wouldn't look out of place in a modern photographic art exhibition.

Nothing good ever happens after midnight. On Pattaya Beach Road the deadline is 10pm. And they want to open the bars till 04am. Colorful carnage awaits. For only minimal revenue increase.

I've never had a serious problem in 20 odd years of Thailand extended visits. There has been the odd occasion right at the start where I had to reach for the Disento. Remember that? In the yellow packs? They stopped making it a couple of years ago unfortunately. It was instant cure.

Equivalent to a half inch group at two hundred meters.

He could turn failure into success by claiming it was a war wound from when he was a secret agent. If the thing still works that is.🤣

Another day. Another parade. Another court report. It seems to give them a feelgood sense of doing something about serious problems without actually doing something. I'd far rather they spent all these parade times sat at their desks researching or out doing the footwork of investigating and then parading the actual 'influential figures'. But I suspect some of those are on parade here. Nothing but smoke and mirrors.

The picture makes it look like his hands are somewhat tied.

I don't wish to watch that video. But I do know from personal experience that laughing at even serious mishaps is a cultural response. In Isaan once I was on the slope of one of those fish ponds they keep, and slipped and fell. I managed to break my fall and avoid falling into the water, but the Thais around all laughed. I was quite shocked and for a moment had a flash of real anger - fortunately at exactly the same time I remembered reading a passage in the Lonely Planet (yeah, it was a while back) that mentioned this and that we should not take offense. I didn't and managed a forced smile back even though I was quite shaken. But I wasn't drowning. This is why swimming should be a must do school subject.

Of course. Silly me.

Public transport 555? I have no idea. It is what it is. Gotta adapt. And cross your fingers. And in my case avoid motocys as far as possible.

depends on where you are and what you're up to I guess. What I do know is that most Thais utterly despise the sexpats and will avoid them like the plague if they can.

Sadly they're also the deadliest for those they hit.

I hate motor bikes - doesn't matter how good a rider you are it just takes one other idiot to kill or maim you for life. I once knew an airline training pilot, cool, sensible guy who was also a MC collector. Wiped out instantly by a nutter driving a sports car too fast coming round the bend on the wrong side on a country lane. In the UK! Acquaintance bought her son one for his 18th. 4 weeks later he came off and is now lifelong quadriplegic. Come off one myself as well but that was my fault. Needed 2 collar bone ops. Bastard didn't stop? Scumbag. Get well soon.

Been there, done that. Won't do it again under any circumstances short of wartime shortages.

I did a bit of clicking around as well, and discovered that while a German passport holder can't apply for an e-visa in places like Cambodia or Malaysia (presumably like Australia not on the e-visa net yet) you can from South Korea and China, as well as other European countries and the US. So maybe that might become easier as more local embassies are included in the system. I don't know if you can lie about being in your home country when you're in somewhere like Cambodia. Should be theoretically possible with a VPN though if you've got the paperwork with you. In fact come to think of it it should be possible from Thailand with a VPN. Anyone ever tried?

The Berlin site no longer offers multis for retirement or visiting Thai family any more. Only single entry, valid for 3 months. Non-O retirement is a lot tighter (as in user friendlier) than previously with only 4 requirements including proof of income. O-A is as before. Non-O single entry €70. Oddly it does have visa fees for multi entry on the fees page. TIT. Tourist multi is 5x more expensive than the single entry at €175. N.B. I also found a passage regarding visa exemptions which states German citizens' stays on visa exemption must not total more than 90 days in a six month period, measured from the date of first entry. I wonder how long it'll take for that last to filter through to border checkpoints and if they'll actually enforce it. That info all from an updated (28.10.23) set of requirements, so hot off the press.

Oh dear.

I'm bald ...

I prefer ROFLMAO 555

There are indeed lots of videos of angry people. But who wants to watch videos of someone meditating? How many followers can you get for your kids' birthday videos? (Do you even make them available to the public?) Millions of positive vids around though - just gotta look for them, gotta want to see them. You can even go to the BSWA and watch them meditating 😉 - or even join in, it lowers cortisol levels after all the 'Karen' vidz.

Correct. But the operative is that Yod said that. The dead man's brother. Has yet to be established. (Either way.)