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Influenced by standard? Really? Hummmm...

And then the redirect, <paraphrased> "Let's crack down on illegal tour operators!!!" (Don't look here - Look Over There!!!)

I'd be much more accepting if the wording was, "Adheres to EU Standard <standard_number>." Until then, I'll redirect my touring friends to other venues. Has anyone been killed at a 'Snake Farm' yet?

I'm sure the Land Transport office will get about as much mileage from that request as asking the the BIB to enforce traffic laws using patrol cars. <Patrol cars defined: A police vehicle used for escorting VIPs>

Nation:

Influential criminal figures were defined as: people having weapons and manpower in their possession to carry out illegal activities.

They were divided into the 16 groups of offenders: illegal money lenders; bid collusion; motorcycle taxis' illegal fee collectors; entertainment and service business establishments violating laws; illegal goods (including gasoline) traders; gambling-den operators; prostitution; migrant worker traffickers; duping people with faulty promises of jobs abroad; tourist exploitation; guns-for-hire businesses; illegal debt collecting services; war weapons trade; encroachment on public land; bribe-taking at highways and public places; and drug trafficking.

So he's closing down the Thai economy?

Shhhhh!

Translated: "They are cutting into somebody's elses business ventures. When the proper revenue streams are proportionally shared, perhaps we can get along again."

I think that perhaps the EU and UN should ask the Thai government for their interpretation of the migrant issue? I'm sure Thailand could set them straight on the finer points of discouraging unwanted 'visitors'.

1000 baht fine? Then you wonder why assault and battery is so prevalent in the country. No one goes to jail until they kill someone. And then maybe it's 50-50.

I guess being 'just a guest' here, we should all just accept the 'pressure cooker with a hair-trigger', maniacal, Jekyll and Hyde personalities of most Thai males. Obviously, their behavior is socially acceptable here in the Land of Smile. There are no real sanctions for this type of behavior, so it must be a cultural norm.

Thais? Overstayed in a foreign country????? Say it ain't so!

I support either the RNC nor the DNC, nor any of their candidates. With that say, foreign countries and their diplomats can take a long walk off a short pier. The US ain't your country, and the political candidates aren't your issue. The US will install a president and you'll deal with whomever is elected. So get over it.

Egypt sets itself apart from the mainstream Muslim countries by refusing to take the hardline extremist position on all things Islamic...

They are a ray of hope in an otherwise dark area of the world...

The US and the world should reward and encourage such acts of reason in the face of the customary Muslim intolerance...

Agreed, now that the Muslim Brotherhood got the boot.

I'd have to stay far away from that woman. I'm allergic to silicon.

Keep the silicon side down and you'll be just fine!

The race to the bottom: Keynesian economics in action. Will we see 40THB/$1?

I guess it's hard to be Hulk Hogan. I would have been anything but humiliated. Mrs. Clem is rather pleasing to the eyes.

"Whew! That was fun. Thanks for sharing the wife Bubba. Maybe we can do this again next week. You what? Filmed it? Really? Let's see!"

So instead of using the glut of oil, Thailand needs to use food for fuel.

Note to self:

Safe modes if transportation in Thailand:

Double decker buses

Any buses

Taxis

Tuk tuks

Trains

Motorcycles

Bicycles

Ferries

BKK Water Taxis

Walk

Then buy a car or fly.

Dang. How did I forget them?

Safe modes if transportation in Thailand:

Double decker buses

Any buses

Taxis

Tuk tuks

Trains

Motorcycles

Bicycles

Ferries

BKK Water Taxis

Walk

Fly (on certain airlines)

Personal car

Agreed, I still drive a car and fly. Can't say they are 'safe' though. Perhaps simply 'safer'.

Uranus enters perilous position? ....... No comment

They should make offerings of toilet paper in order to wipe out the Astrological Klingons around Uranus. Sorta like Startrek.

Kids and women are a fraction of a percentage of the demographic of 15 to 45 year old males attempting to make it to the "gravy train" countries Germany, Sweden, and England.

But 15 to 17 year old Middle Eastern males are just 'children'. Yeah, sure.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/andrewalker/2016/01/13/swedish-police-covered-up-muslim-teen-sex-attacks-n2103855

http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.2476/exposed-code-291-the-swedish-police-code-to-keep-asylum-seekers-off-the-news.html

Political Correctness and the destitution of Swedish culture.

Qatar and UAE admire Thai workers

Translated:

They make better slaves than Filapinos. Or is that just Saudi Arabia?

Typical Thai. No ability to plan. No ability to learn from the past. You'd think this would already be well thought out, documented, and implemented. Guess not.

TIA: This Isn't America.

I can see the press releases after 'The Next Big One'. "We never saw this coming!"

FYI, the kid must have been incarcerated in the state of Virgina in the USA for anyone who wishes to dig deeper.

That is very very sad, he must have been a kind person to think about other who would find him and to compensate , i hope the next chapter is better for his spirit

A sincere RIP

yet not the person to care about his devastated family seen commenting on his post. If there is really nothing after life as he points out, why not tough it out a bit for them and then you'll forget about it in death. These kind of suicides are just like drunk driving yet one gets rips the other one gets angry pitch forks.

Go back to his blog and read, "Suicide and Selfishness", not from your perspective, but from his perspective. You don't have to understand. It's not about you or his family.

He didn't say a single word about his family or any person close to him in the entire letter?

Just that theres 'no foul play' involved and how to 'split up' the cash.

Sounds legit.

Read his entire blog, slowly. Then you'll 'get it'.

I have only read the note. If I chose to end my life, my note would look about like this, so I believe it to be totally genuine. However, there is only one situation where I'd choose to end my life, and that would be legal in the country of my origin, and I hope that situation never happens, but it is a card in the deck. However, now I'll read the thread. I have about 30 minutes to change my opinion.

Rest in peace young man...may you find solace.

Sabbe shankara annica,

Sabbe shankara dukkha,

Sabbe dhamma, annata.

I pursued his blog. He easily could have been my son. Smart kid, focused, searching...

Nathan, I really wish I would have had a chance to talk to you before you made 'the decision'.

The note was signed by the same name listed in the passport but oddly the date was signed of 4/3/16 (March 4, 2016), which is not the typical way most Americans are trained to sign letters, who typically sign the number of the month before the day, i.e. 3/4/16.

That may be an oddity, but if you're 'well traveled', and understand the cultural nuance of the country you're in, you may adopt them while 'in country'. Sometime I do, sometimes I don't. I don't see it as being that odd with a kid that this intelligent. Please don't comment that he wasn't intelligent enough to not end his life. That would just be arrogance and disrespect imho.

And I'm thinking this is why the kid punched his own ticket, among the other reasons that his life was shattered by the stigma of being admitted to a mental facility involuntarily:

After being discharged, I consulted with three separate attorneys to explore my legal options. Each of them said that if I:

1. Criticized the mental healthcare system, the doctors, judge, or attorney who imprisoned me, or
2. Published my story online and become outspoken about my belief in an individual’s right to die, or
3. Expressed to anyone, at any time, that I had any desire or intent to end my life

That I faced a serious risk of being imprisoned again. I firmly believe what was done to me was wrong, morally and legally, so I wanted to share my story, but felt compelled to leave the state of Virginia out of fear that the “professionals” in the mental health system would seek retribution against me for doing so.

So the 'cure' according to Western psychology, was essentially the casus belli of his decision to terminate his life. So imho, a sharp, non-liberal mind should research that causation. It might save lives.

Ken Kesey addressed just this in One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest which was made into a movie starring Jack Nicholson. Never see the movie or read the book? You should. An it's applicable to Nathan's assertions. Unfortunately, he was really suicidal, and didn't receive the type of care he needed. One size fits all doesn't work in psychology.

Anyway, RIP kid.

I have only read the note. If I chose to end my life, my note would look about like this, so I believe it to be totally genuine. However, there is only one situation where I'd choose to end my life, and that would be legal in the country of my origin, and I hope that situation never happens, but it is a card in the deck. However, now I'll read the thread. I have about 30 minutes to change my opinion.

Rest in peace young man...may you find solace.

Sabbe shankara annica,

Sabbe shankara dukkha,

Sabbe dhamma, annata.

I pursued his blog. He easily could have been my son. Smart kid, focused, searching...

Nathan, I really wish I would have had a chance to talk to you before you made 'the decision'.

The note was signed by the same name listed in the passport but oddly the date was signed of 4/3/16 (March 4, 2016), which is not the typical way most Americans are trained to sign letters, who typically sign the number of the month before the day, i.e. 3/4/16.

That may be an oddity, but if you're 'well traveled', and understand the cultural nuance of the country you're in, you may adopt them while 'in country'. Sometime I do, sometimes I don't. I don't see it as being that odd with a kid that this intelligent. Please don't comment that he wasn't intelligent enough to not end his life. That would just be arrogance and disrespect imho.

Do not recall it being required for tourist visa application - we had previously obtained immigration clearance (before deciding to live here) and believe had to provide alternate paperwork for that process - many people do not have birth certificates so local paperwork from officials/family is often required as an alternative.

But your use of the term "come to" and "visit family" may be a problem if you do not have solid ties to living in Thailand; as if not living here and married the assumption is that this may be an attempt to avoid normal immigrant visa process and once in USA a change of status might be requested.

I've been marriage and living in Thailand since 2008 with the exception of one solo trip to the US in 2009. We're both retired. My wife has the house, land, car, motorcycles in her name and a son, daughter-in-law, in-laws, and immediate family in Thailand. I'm the one that wants her to go and meet my family. She's be happy to stay in Thailand and let me go alone. She has no interest in living in the US. Neither do I.

I had a crown done by a male dentist there. I left for good after I asked for anesthetic, the guy refused, and subsequently hurt me. That was my last appointment there.

Now at Grace dental. Had a full mouth x-ray and bite-wings. The crown that was put on by that male dentist does not fit my tooth and leaves a gap for food to accumulate in. This could eventually destroy the tooth, so I'll need to have Grace replace the crown. That's going to be one very expensive crown, ie, having to replace a crown that should have been professionally made and mounted by a professional, qualified dentist. Hopefully the underlying tooth is not compromised.

There you go. Make your own decision.