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Will Harris' Leadership Unite or Divide the Nation?
You probably think that Roll another pcp for laughs -
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Are these people stark raving mad?
Posts using derogatory and toxic nicknames or intentional misspelling of people’s names will be removed. If you don’t want your post to be removed, spell people’s names correctly, this applies to both sides of the political debate. -
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Baht's Biggest Surge Since 1998 Poses Risk to Tourism And Exports
Baht is so strong despite Thailand is suffering flooding and global economic instability -
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Information requested with regard to 800000 Baht in bank for retirement visa
Stating a fact is hardly scaremongering. Imm Officers can request any additional documentation that they feel is necessary, even if its not listed in the regs. Telling people to just flat out ignore request from Imm is not a smart thing to do. Giving them information and let them decide their own course of action is appropriate. We are not citizens of this country last I checked if you're here on any type of permission to stay. Acting entitled to choose to just ignore requests from Imm can come with consequences. Will it happen, don't know, has it happened, don't know that either as all expats don't belong to this forum, read here or post here. Does or has Imm officials done odd stuff not listed in the regs, every day. -
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Thai Baht Exchange Rate So Low How Are You Dealing With It?
When I saw the destruction caused in the North and North-East I thought about all the expats who are married to bargirls, and the amount of money they will be spending on house and car repairs. -
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TM47 online can you update your info
Check your TM47 Slip if your new Passport Number is written under the Bar Code, if not Jomtien hasn't changed the Passport Number in 90 days System. Had the same some years ago, and there is no way around to go to Immigration again for the next Report. When done ask for confirmation that the update was done. -
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Former Arsenal Player Arrested Over £600K Cannabis Smuggling from Thailand
60 kilos hidden eh ? -
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Price of olive oil at Makro
102 baht @ Villa Market https://shop.villamarket.com/product/64938 Seek out the Lebanese shop in the Yensabai or order online. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/354-crespo-green-olives-stuffed-with-crespo-peppers-net-weight-354g-green-olives-stuffed-with-pickled-red-peppers-in-brine-i4101661566-s16031638885.html Only worth it if you buy a few due to postage charges. Friendship had La Rambla Green Manzanilla Olives Stuffed Anchovy 235g at half price (88 baht?) Stone in olives are tastier. -
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Dr. Seri Warns of Flood Risks from Storm Soulik: Over 70% Severity Predicted
It's a cycle. Every couple of years we get massive rains and flooding. Followed by a couple years where they have to warn farmers to not plant a second crop because the water levels in the reservoirs are too low. Followed by a couple years of Bangkok and central Thailand flooding, Pattaya flooding, reservoirs having to release more water as they're are too full. Followed by (repeat over and over again). I recall on year before covid when it rained so much that the drains in my village were under 30cms of water - and I'm way up soi Khao Noi. Normally, even in a heavy monsoon, the water wouldn't start back-flowing from the drains and onto the road until it was around the "level" area by the 7-11 next to the Mike Orchard Villa housing development. But that year I was getting nervous. I lived just over halfway up my "soi" and the water was getting deeper. And then the rain stopped and 3 hours later you could hardly tell it rained - except at the storm grates at the bottom of Khao Noi which were nearly plugged with garbage of course. And then a couple years later - we were having water cut-offs on alternating days and reduced pressure on the "water" days because the water levels were so low. (That was just before Covid.) I remember the water situation was so bad that the gov't was considering building pipelines from other reservoirs to bring water to the ones in the Pattaya area. Same time some numpty came up with the idea to pump all the rain water from the sewers and klongs and send it back to the reservoirs. Never mind how contaminated and polluted that water would have been. It was lucky (in a way) when the Covid crisis hit because suddenly the demand for water dropped massively as the hotels, laundries, car washes, restaurants and other huge drains on the water system all had to close. And - just like the leaky roof - instead of doing something about the problem when the reservoirs were low and there were no tourists, they did nothing. Because when it's not raining, the roof isn't leaking. And when it's raining - you can't fix the roof ! So when there's no demand on the water, there's no need to fix the problem. But when there's a huge demand on the water, they can't shut anything down to try and fix the problem. Like how they waited to tear up Walking Street and start putting in new drainage pipes in 2022 - after they started letting tourists back into the country ! They had 1 1/2 YEARS to do the project when the entire street was shut down and there was no traffic. I had to howl when it was shown in the media that they'd started work on tearing up the street - and then had to stop because they'd found some "old pipes" already there and had no idea what they were or "who owned" them. (Seriously - they had stop working and investigate it and found out - the pipes didn't belong to the city but the Ministry of Science and Technology or something weird like that.) And what those old pipes were was the PREVIOUS drainage system that the city had installed in the summer of 1998. The same time they laid those nice paving blocks down instead of a cement or asphalt surface. Seems no one check with the city Engineering department (if they even have one) to see what was under the street before they started tearing it up. (I was here twice in 1998. In February everything was normal. Came back in July and half of Walking Street was torn up as they installed a new drainage system and then covered it with those paving blocks.) But they did a good job and it hardly ever flooded down there. I remember sitting in a hamburger stall near the "big Buddha tree" during one monsoon in late July. Within minutes the street was covered in water almost level with the "sidewalk" but not over it. An hour later - everything was dry except for a couple puddles on some side sois. But no worries. In a year or two the news will be all about how Thailand is having a "mini-drought" and everyone needs to conserve water. (Again.) -
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Does Donald Trump Have Dementia?
Millions have already crossed under the Biden/Harris regime. remember the uproar when some where sent to "well to do neighbourhoods" -
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Will Harris' Leadership Unite or Divide the Nation?
He was trolling despite it not being how you are interpeting it Let me guess you're not American Nobody there believe that BS about being destroyed American life -
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Thailand Introduces New Bill to Regulate Cannabis While Keeping It Legal
What about when they kill someone when driving under the influence of 'weed'? then they would be charged with some sort of criminal driving offence......
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