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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.)

That was of course his brother's take on the matter.

They're out to win, fast, then scarper, not play sports. This is probably about extortion or turf. Or possibly a girl.

Doesn't look very practical for emergency evacuations ...

Religion is the oldest conspiracy theory.

Tough in the UK ...

It's Thai for LOL 555

His face isn't straight in that foto ...

AKA the world is your mirror - what do you see in it?

Fraud is fraud. Irrespective of 'harmed parties'. This sounds like BS sovcit stuff.

Oh dear ... Yeah, Cambo might be an option too ...

Thinking about it I guess I'd go for the Philippines if I was dependent on a UK state pension ... much easier visa conditions so one less worry.

UK State Pension is GBP203.85/week, which works out at 873/month. That's THB38000 ... more than enough to survive on living in a bargirl box. But nowhere near enough for the retirement extension - even if the embassy were still issuing (honest) income certificates. It'd have to be overstay tactics, border hops etc. I'm assuming on that budget you can't cavort around on airlines very much. And you can't afford to get very sick either.

Often quoted in Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen series which is also full of Chinese poetry and food.

Actually I'm agreeing with you. I'd certainly be off to Thailand or similar if I was stuck with a UK pension in the UK. And yes homelessness can affect actually anybody very quickly. The question is though how you respond. Some buy tents, some go to welfare, some go to Pattaya ;D Some always fall through the net. The question is how a country deals with it. The Anglo-Saxon ones aren't exactly glowing examples - I was reading earlier 4 million DESTITUTE in the UK. That is deeply deeply shameful.

You mean they like living like that? I think the operative word there is 'fortunate' 😉 Strikes me that both are stuck in ruts. And like I said that's without being judgmental. And like I said in another post just above - if I was living in a Blackpool loft on a UK state pension, you can bet your backside to a dime I'd relocate and live as long on overstay as I could in a 4k bargirl box in Pattaya.