1FinickyOne

Sure - terrific post - I don't remember seeing that - every time a friend has a b-day I send them "Happy Birthday Mr. Hood.."

you know that for a fact?

off topic by less than a CM as suggesting an agent might ease his anxiety... Do you think a cheap shot attacking me is more helpful than my recommending that an agent might ease his pain?

Because the subject is visas - - - and using an agent is the easiest solution for someone as troubled as he is - unless he is financially challenged... or just wants to do it himself as many do...

So, now you know - It's called cultural differences - hopefully you learn, there are many of them.

i renewed my own DL - But, exactly yes - !! I pay my agent for peace of mind and it doesn't cost me anywhere near the figures you noted - - they take all of the angst out of the experience - everything is done quickly and w/very little effort on my part... If you can't afford it - ok - it can be an inconvenience but not difficult to do... for me, it is well worth the nominal fees... maybe getting a DL is out of their range of common activities for them... my agent said they didn't provide that service.

yes, they are - - who said differently? I thought I made it quite clear in the first few words what I was talking about...

I have been doing what they call a retirement visa for 25 years. I used to live in an outer province and had to do it all myself - if I made a mistake they were always nice about helping me fix it, At Airport Plaza Immigration, there is or maybe was, a table outside with volunteers helping people filling out forms. Since moving to CM - I have been very happy to pay a nominal fee to an agent to let them take care of near everything for me. I use Assist Thai Visa and they have been terrific. I need to get my bank letter by myself, then go to the agents office where I sign all of the forms as they flip the pages, and then meet the agent at Immigration [usually the next day, where I am needed for 1 minute while they take my photo and that finishes everything. The agent takes away any small worry about filling in the forms properly.

I like asking people what their hobbies are - - I would look at it more as a question of how I spend my time - It sounds like keeping busy is important to you...

Do you have any other hobbies?

I like the Dave Van Ronk version best...

I am smart enough that I don't try and impress people with how smart I am... From your endless spouting of statistics, you can't even see how much smarter your GF is than you are....

Nakhon Sawan Province - I want to go back to my little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by

Why not? We did it..

Wow... truly amazing content - all McD's are serving Big Macs - who could have imagined such things - You are truly .00009% smartest in the world as you always claim - - Do they all serve fries too? Now that would be an amazing coincidence...