Stocky

Still reasonable down south.

God's going to be sorely disappointed

Over the years I've met a whole regiment of SAS whilst drinking in bars around the world. The only person I ever drank with who was SAS never told me, I only found out at his funeral.

It's OK, sorted. Although it says earliest appointment still when you select another date, so long as time slots appear you're at that date, though it doesn't confirm this until you get to the end. They could make things clearer.

Yes, August/September we have on occasions caught the smoke from fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, but a lot has been done to reduce that. Normally the 'haze' doesn't reach further than Penang, but on some years it has stretched as far as Hat Yai, though seldom lasts that long.

Rubbish. I've lived in Hat Yai 20 years and I've not been blown up. There hasn't been a terrorist incident in Hat Yai since May 2014 when 3 pipe bombs went off around the police accommodation blocks. There have been 5 incidents in Hat Yai in total since we moved here; April 2005, September 2006, May 2007, March 2012 and May 2014. Air quality in Hat Yai and Songkhla is generally very good, though we've been getting dirty air blowing down from the north, today the AQI is around 60, moderate. .

I'm trying to book appointment slots for my wife and granddaughter for Bangkok. I just submitted their applications and was redirected to the VFS website but I can't access any dates apart from what's offered as earliest date. We want to go up to Bangkok in February but as many times as I click on dates in February I get nothing except the earliest date which is Jan 27th. Do they not offer slots more than a week in advance? There's no indication on the website. Another point, if I succeed in uploading all the documents myself, is there any requirement I print everything out and take it with us to the appointment?

Plenty rain here, Hat Yai's already had 150mm so far this month; the expected rainfall for the whole of January is 50mm. But at least it's cleaning up the dirty air that's been coming down from the north.

Struth, so filing a tax return is being 'woke' now

In what way? I've lived here 20 years, and I've not seen signs of people with six fingers or two heads.

I've bought both Kindle and Echo Dot from Qoomartthailand on Lazada. All genuine, quick delivery, no problems.

She didn't get her father's good looks then

Surely if it's not the 'great US of A' it must be second best, therefore slumming it.