CecilM

But immigration still requires stamps... as I asked and was informed by numerous officials at Chaengwattana.

Let's speculate that they knew the watches were there for easy stealing. Focus investigation on that premise.

I was advised: do not buy into a rubber plantation if you are not available to monitor the business 24/7. Otherwise you will be screwed over.

Antibiotics treat a sunburn. And now a useful one: save your immigration documents as a pdf and just change the date and print it out for your next renewal.

Everything is illegal if you use it, even in a self defense situation.

I'm curious: how many days before? (I usually do it on exactly one day before.) THX

That's what happens when you believe you're entitled to everything, as is a bad habit for most Americans.

Buy = create demand to produce more. Does that make sense?

To marry a bar girl he needs: A lack of common sense.

You so know that Pretty Woman is a movie not a documentary, right?

Should be ongoing SOP for train conductors to record such crossings so that they can be closed and not just a once in a blue moon initiative.

If it's a trend, then the avg IQ of people in the UK must have dropped significantly. Or the standard of living is so sh|t that people are desperate.

Good to know. Something I can now show the Mrs who insists that I must never honk even when being cut off in a dangerous manner.

Three more foreigners, in addition to the 100,000s allowed into Canada, who are eligible for social security, health care, etc and who will likely contribute little to nothing to the country.

Typical exaggeration. Every phone number (Thais and foreigners) is being checked.

Makes sense. Scuba newbies can't control their buoyancy; taking photos will make them sink, or need to hold onto something.

So now we get badly maintained single-deck busses being driven by crazy drivers on dangerous roads.

I think there were official programs in WWI&II to test that.

Will this lead to an improvement in road safety?

Why all the excitement? May 1st is still a long time away.

Seeing what errors sis-in-law's kids are learning in school, I'm not surprised.

Unless they check people's luggage, I don't see what's the point. It was a long and loud train ride from CM-BKK as many travelers got out their booze as soon as the train left.

Glad to hear that. Stay longer than a few weeks, get a proper visa.

9,000 Baht fine. OK, so that is the equivalent of how many days in jail? "Narrowly avoid" sounds like a lengthy prison term... which a 9k Baht fine doesn't seem to indicate.

That's just how people from my country are. We complain.