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Who is "doomed"?
I have no experience with ladyboys. No desire to get any either. -
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60-day visa exemptions are now unlimited at land borders
He's not Immigration or an official. -
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60-day visa exemptions are now unlimited at land borders
The MFA only made an announcement in July. With 60 days now on entry + 30 day extensions, 3rd or 4th entries wouldn't be due yet. I've only read of two entries since. To redact their order it would have to be announced in the Royal Gazette, and that hasn't happened. They may not be enforcing the 2 VE border crossing, but that could change at a whim. -
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Thailand Targets Tougher Alcohol Laws to Align with Global Norms
yes, the daughter can go buy a bottle of lao khao. nothing has chaged. -
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Indian Man Arrested for Selling Ice Cream Without Permit in Sa Kaeo
I have nothing against people doing honest work. -
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Thailand Targets Tougher Alcohol Laws to Align with Global Norms
Where is "here"? The whole reason the taxes on clear spirits are low is so the great unwashed can stay inebriated, numb and easy to manipulate. In Isaan, before the scourge of yabaa, it was lao khao that was the "problem", probably still is for the boomer generation. It's these younger ones that are getting toasted on methamphetamines these days. Going back about thirty years, we had a couple of mechanics from Buriram that were hired for a project I was on in China. They quickly found the local equivalent of lao khao and, just like back home, they started their working day with a couple of large shots, like they would do back home. My brother-in-law totally abstains while he's at work in Istanbul but when he's home for his annual one-month vacation, he's permanently soused on the stuff. Thai governments, of whatever colour, always seeks to portray this overly pious, quasi-religious stance on alcohol, looking down their noses at those who drink, and whatever is permitted is only to pander to the influence of those pesky foreigners and tourists. To say that the locals don't like to drink to excess is incorrect. It is more likely that they don't like to be seen to be drinking to excess and getting drunk. It's that face thing again.
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