https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenNeedSun, 05 Jul 2026 13:46:10 +0000I composed a PM to you in order to clarify my position rather than clutter up my thread. However, it appears you block PM's? So, without adding too much more detail that seems to upset you, here we go. My work involves frequent, unscheduled travel with tours of indeterminate length: 10 days, 6 weeks, 2 months, etc.. My BBL account may be suspended or closed at any time as I no longer have an immigration status that they accept. Right now it's my ONLY Thai bank account, so the sooner that's sorted, the better (+ new account elsewhere). My Thai DL expired last December so I want to renew that before unscheduled work possibly runs out the 1-year clock on "easy" renewal of a 5-year TDL. Need a Non-O to do that. I am not going to the UK solely for the Non-O visa. It's something I can get while I'm there on other business. So, if I get a Non-O in London, and I end up not being time-pressured here and get banking, TDL and extension sorted, then BINGO!!! If I only manage two out of the three, it's still a win as far as I'm concerned. Of course that means I can always pop over to HCMC for another Non-O to get the extension train on the tracks...or I could get it back in London during my tentative November visit. Remember, it's my money, my visa, etc.. Thanks for your patience and advice.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:44:43 +0000You did mention the EDL and their electricity prices . Stop lying and just admit it . Shall I go and find the post ?Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:41:07 +0000You are waste of time. The tactic is simple: avoid the specific question and move the discussion into side issues. Instead of answering the point, the reply shifts toward third parties, strange behaviour, baiting, weakness, money, relationships, and “BSers.” That is deflection. Then comes guilt by association: connect one person to another and make them answer for someone else’s behaviour. That changes the subject again. After that, it becomes personal: “grow up,” “weak and ineffective,” “strange behaviour.” That is not an answer to the issue. It is pressure. The clever part is framing baiting as social wisdom: “this is how humans suss each other out.” That makes provocation sound like insight. If someone answers every accusation, they leave the original point and end up playing the game. That is the whole trap.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:40:56 +0000Yeah sure. Haters gonna hate. www.terfwatchbrighton.substack.com/p/a-fascist-came-to-brighton-he-leftSun, 05 Jul 2026 13:39:32 +0000When even Fox throw their hands in the air you know it's bad.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:37:10 +0000You said "both fast track lines" which makes me think you're not talking about fast track at all. There is only one entrance to Fast Track, and it's between both immigration halls. It has a big archway, nearby the visa on arrival desk. I don't believe PR is one of the listed qualifications for entry for Fast Track. The area that I think you are talking about is the "priority" lane, which is next to the Thai citizen lane. There would be 2 of these, because there are 2 immigration halls. Each one has their own priority line, which is normally for business class and disabled people.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:33:43 +0000MMPA: Make Maga Poor Again. So nearly a million MAGA geniuses have lost a cool $3.8 BILLION buying crypto snake oil, and I feel so, SO bad for them.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:29:49 +0000A post using a foreign language in the quoted content of a post has been removed as this is an English language forum.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:28:31 +0000Straight kids receive tons of social approval every day. LGBT kids don't. DUH. For someone who presents as some kind of radical progressive on other issues, you have rather a big blind spot about LGBTQ issues.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:25:55 +0000You just posted a link from google and said don't use google. You really are stupid.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:25:48 +0000The following link will explain a little, and there are many more. Don't listen to the expert there, as it's all in his mind also, along with googling AI.....https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/diseases/depression-anxiety.htmlSun, 05 Jul 2026 13:24:19 +0000Right on. As long as the Russians are "busy" in the Ukraine, they have not the military capabilities for further military adventures. So, when does the "Russian threat" become a problem for Europe? After a cease fire/peace agreement with the Ukraine. After 5 years the Russian army will have recovered from the Ukrainian losses. Making further military adventures possible again. NOT BEFORE. The irony of it all: As long as the Russians are busy in the Ukraine, Europe is relatively safe. Leading to the next conclusion: The longer the Ukrainian war lasts, the better for Europe. Sadly. But this is how the world turns.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:24:15 +0000That comment is so ignorant. Being a lesbian has nothing to do with puberty blockers or surgery.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:23:48 +0000Get the sledgehammers boys - we be going a hunting and we have Rupert Lowe on speed-dial - gotta love dat man .... Ben Habib, the former Reform deputy leader pushed out in late 2024, who is now in a legal dispute with Harborne, believes his ex-leader is “facing an existential threat and that is in the hands of the parliamentary standards commissioner” and says Reform “does seem to be having a real problem with it”. “I don’t think he necessarily would win a byelection [in Clacton]. Restore will happily take him on,” Habib said. Rob Ford, a Manchester politics academic who co-authored a book on the rise of the radical right, thinks Farage is unlikely to step out of the political fray willingly – and that, if he does so, it would be a “total mess” for the party, with Lowe and Restore Britain probably the main beneficiary. “I think there would be a big, big argument in Reform, which, if Lowe ticked up in the polls, would only intensify,” he said. https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/05/nigel-farage-reform-uk-speculation-futureSun, 05 Jul 2026 13:23:14 +0000Of course he had to talk about the peace prize because, well, that's who he is, a malignant narcissist who can NOT stop making everything about himself, even when delivering what could have been the most historically important speech of his life. He could have aimed for the stars, but went straight for the gutter because that's the only place he knows and feels at home in. What a sad sack of s**t.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:22:49 +0000Your life is sad Fred. Nakhon Nowhere. No gym or 7/11 for 30kms. You should stop lying and be honest.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:22:34 +0000Did you try Thai line with your special PR status. Thai can't use fast tract however you expect it's a givenSun, 05 Jul 2026 13:22:13 +0000Squishy sound of sour grapes. One of the checkout women at the Tops near my place, cute as the dickens, has an Indian boyfriend, as I discovered when I somewhat hopefully tried to engage her in conversation. And the fortune tellers and nut sellers and tailors all have Thai WAGs. You may not like what those guys do for a living but they are hard-working and provide for the family which Thai women appreciate. I'll wager the hero of the current OP was suchly employed.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:22:11 +0000I guess like your earlier dreamed up nonsense, you’ll shortly be claiming this your latest porky to be a fact.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:21:05 +0000Yet another repeated , many times ,line. Yes, I've told here many times about some of my life, yet you don't remember most of it, or turn it around to suit your own brand of insanity. No one else comments like you two, peas in a pod you are. One of the most talkative, least knowledgeable "adults" I've ever heard in my life. I'll refrain from anymore, as there are others here that will see the both of you for what you really are, that you'll both argue the same ways with them, and in time, the whole forum will. Traveling from town to town, hotel to hotel, no steady real woman, no children, or friends, a backpacker existence, and we don't have lives. Might want to look within to see the hard truth there.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:20:51 +0000But I dont struggle to the extent that I post in threads asking for a link to the thread I posted in :)Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:19:53 +0000Low value posts have been removed: Low-Value Posts - Posts that add no written contribution are not allowed. This includes emoji-only replies, very short comments, memes, GIFs, screenshots, or embedded social media posts without explanation or opinion.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:19:02 +0000Health issues are the biggest cause.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:17:27 +0000He acts his age. You act 16yo. You told us 200 times all about your life then pretend we don't remember. Your life is sad. Stuck in Sisaket bored brainless!Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:16:14 +0000