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3 hours ago, sfokevin said:

What do you mean by “visa service”... Is this the fee charged by OTain or the price the guy in the unmarked office next to the copy center?... The guy next to the copy center usually wants 500 baht for next day... But some have reported he has been asking for more?

Fees charged by  governmental  agencies in Thailand are generally  determined by the individual person with whom you speak at any  particular office.  There are variables such as what that person had for breakfast or if that person had a bad traffic experience and etc.    It is all a balloon filled with water.   Nothing solid..

That's  pretty much a fact and the only sure fact about fees in Thailand in  general.

It's just the way it's done here.     We all need to understand that.

How long do you imagine the waiting game will take you?

On 10/25/2017 at 10:15 PM, jenny2017 said:

Not long and certain posters will come up with an suicide attempt with a machete the Thai had in his car.......

Now you're talkin' !

Has there been any outcome to this insane road rage event?

I like snakes but I don't think I'd invite that big boy in my house  to join me on the sofa.

On 4/10/2016 at 7:14 AM, Inquisitorial said:

Attached in the link to the govt web site

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/age-pension-while-travelling-outside-australia

I don't generally agree with the usage of "nanny state" as TVF members express it but in this instance I have to wholly go along with it.

Seeing this annoyed me even though it doesn't apply to me:

"You need to tell us you’re leaving Australia if you:

• are going to live in another country
• "will be away for more than 6 weeks"
• get payments under a social security agreement with another country
• came back to live in Australia within the last 2 years and started getting Age Pension since then"

I hope that attitude isn't contagious for other countries.

T0 add: It's the requirement of having to tell the government  about leaving for longer than 6 weeks that I find offensive.  If a government wants to know such things it can find out by checking the arrival and exit of a person's passport.

1 hour ago, Grouse said:

Can one get tickets? I do hope so! This will be hilarious.

 

Please, oh please, invite him to address parliament. Oh, go on. Please!

I doubt he'd do it without a sufficiently large enough gratuity.

8 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

I wish this news story and others would stop trying to tie this to the #MeToo movement; it is not really a reasonable proposition. Cosby was accused, tried, acquitted and recharged all before the #MeToo movement really got underway.

 

I am a firm believer in the concept of innocence until proven guilty and am always wary of a celebrity getting accused; they tend to attract a lot of wackos. However, in  Cosby's case there were over 50 women accusing him of sexual assault and other sex crimes; when there is that much smoke I tend to believe that there is fire. A lot of fire.

 

It is weird; I remember watching the Cosby show in my younger days and he really was a 'magical' father-figure to many, including me. Yes, I know it was TV, but for a while there I am sure many people thought that it would be nice to have him as a 'Dad'.

 

To paraphrase; sometimes reality is uglier than fiction.

 

Rot in jail old man.

 

I haven't followed the Cosby case especially closely but if memory serves me correctly he admitted in a deposition to lacing the drinks of ladies in the past.

Foolish fellow to me.    If he had such a strong sexual drive I wonder why he didn't go to one of the many sex haunts throughout the world..

I suppose he wanted to keep his fake image in tact all the while he was using  the women around him.

On 4/25/2018 at 10:55 AM, WinnieTheKhwai said:

 

But still limited to just one person right?  It reeks more of Western liberal imperialism than an actual step forward. 

 

Why don't governments just stay out of marriage completely.  Just stop micromanaging and documenting the way people choose to live together.

"Why don't governments just stay out of marriage completely.  Just stop micromanaging and documenting the way people choose to live together."

I suspect that what same sex proponents are basically seeking.      I gather they simply want the legitimizing of whatever relationship they choose.

Seems reasonable to me..

On 1/3/2018 at 11:02 AM, simoh1490 said:

That's two, you said one!

 

I wish for all the money spent on corruption to be invested in infrastructure.

 

 

I can't fault your wish.

I'd hope that would include clean tap drinking water as well.

I'm certainly sorry about the death of this 39 year old  mother.    I hope the daughter gets the results she seeks.

Bye Bye job if trouble.

13 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

First one was sensible . Nod or a small head bow that's it job done.

Tinted windows?

Any hand gestures if I roll down window?

Not really any sincere suggestions,  huh?

My post was 100%   genuine and honest.

NO ideas?   REally?

On 4/24/2018 at 9:26 PM, BEVUP said:

That's what I had in Korat in the shade

Posted temperatures are  report on what it is  in the shade.     

As stated what  is the proper way to indicate to a  Thai driver that you appreciate his act of courtesy.

On 4/24/2018 at 11:21 AM, lust said:

Just a little bit of cultural enrichment, hey Trudeau? 

I gather you don't like Trudeau but making light of an event that  produced so many deaths and injuries seems  wrong to me.

2 minutes ago, InMyShadow said:

realistic. go to you landlord tomorrow and demand you pay what he pays.

let us all know how you get along

Silly I pay the government rate.

12 hours ago, Expatthailover said:

Just because he served in one capacity does not make him automatically fit to serve in another.

Its a very sensitive portfolio he has been nominated for.

Seems to me that he is the perfect yes man hence Trump likes him

What do you think about Trump's record regarding appointees?

8 hours ago, Matptg said:

Yes to me sounds like they just wanted to be paid without getting too many troubles. Afyer all the mentioned gym belongs to an hotel

Where did he say the gym belonged to an hotel?

6 minutes ago, digger70 said:

It's Not the Vans It's the Drivers That Are Not Safe and Incompetent.

Please offer your thoughts about the whole matter of vans and traffic accidents involving vans.

I'd like to hear what you have to say.

6 hours ago, Odysseus123 said:

I think that Dan is just having some fun.

 

To be sure,Dan should not really comment about anything until he has lived here for 30 years,speaks perfect Mong and has put 1,793,317 bottles of Leo under his belt.

 

In the meantime we will just have to put up with Dan's jejeune jottings,buy a dodgy phone app that shows clear blue skies over Chiang Mai and join in shrieking about the underhanded attacks on Pattaya's noble reputation.

 

 

 

 

 

 "and has put 1,793,317 bottles of Leo under his belt."

He may have that well covered..

I disagree unless you think all inventors throughout  history were silly. 

5 hours ago, Johnniey said:

They all look happy as they all should be in jail, especially the Bushes and Clintons. there is plenty of proof about their corruption, genocide, breaking international law, started massive wars to benefit their companies etc. I'm sure trump is smiling too, getting rid outof his wife for a while.

Trump and Carter, the only two absent that have not committed gruesome crimes against humanity, they wouldn't want to be seen with this crowd.

You could probably make a similar claim about most government leaders.     Do you want to share with us any government leaders you feel are not corrupt? 

Anywhere?   Your home country or others?

Please?