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It works perfectly now - no problems at all. Now I'm hoping Moses will soon be able to do the same for my board . . .

Those of you living in Thailand are well aware of immigration's 90-day Address Report requirement, which can be done at any immigration office. Some may not be aware that you can do the whole thing online. The programmers have done a good job with this one. It works perfectly and can be done on a desktop computer, mobile phone, or tablet. No more trips to the immigration office. Those who live nowhere near an immigration office, no more mailing in. What you do is log in. Here is the URL: https://tm47.immigration.go.th/tm47/#/login Use that URL on whichever device you have or prefer. If you're doing it for the first time you'll fill out the simple "Apply" form. An Email will be sent to you with a password. Save that password, although after the first time you log in your password will probably be saved. You probably won't need to reenter your password unless you change devices. Once you log in, now you'll fill out the Address Report form, which is very simple and actually requires a bit less information than the form you fill out if you go to immigration. For instance you won't be asked for your arrival card number, how you arrived in Thailand, etc. After filling out the form, you will submit it. Not long after you will receive an Email telling you your submission has been received and accepted. Not long after that, usually within an hour or two, you will receive another email telling you you have been approved. Then you go back to the web site, click on the green "Status of Application" button. The page that pops up will contain the approved form that you download (PDF format), print out, and put into your passport after removing the last address report form. If you don't have a printer you can copy the form to a flash drive or take the device itself to any copy shop and they will be able to print it out for you -for about 10 baht. After you have done your first submission, now you will receive an Email from immigration when your next report is due. I'm glad they do that now. They make sure you don't forget. Who knows? Maybe one of these days they'll come up with a way to do the Retirement Visa extensions entirely online, but I'm not holding my breath for that one . . .

Of course those of you who wish to attend both ceremonies are welcome to do so, but the more important of the two will be the Tuesday ceremony. ______________________________________________________________________ Funeral Rites for Dr. Iain Corness Scheduled for Monday & Tuesday by Pattaya Mail February 4, 2023 Funeral Rites for Dr Iain Duncan Corness will be held at Wat Chonglom Temple in Naklua, Banglamung District as per the following schedule: Monday 6 February 19:00 hrs: Religious Rites. Tuesday 7 February 14:00 hrs Cremation Service. https://goo.gl/maps/95DkzaA3VA8mL7KP9 https://www.pattayamail.com/pattayamail/funeral-rites-for-dr-iain-corness-scheduled-for-monday-tuesday-423276

You're right. I don't. Crew: "What never?" Captain Corcoran: "No Never" Crew: "What never?" Captain Corcoran: "Well . . . hardly ever" - Gilbert & Sullivan, "I AM The Captain Of The Pinafore", 'HMS Pinafore'

Pattaya has a bar scene? I'm getting to the point that "self service" doesn't seem like such a bad option. Besides, it's probably much less expensive to every so often send flowers to my hands . . .

You mean the boys in Bangkok are not also in Pattaya - two places at once? Thank you. I never would have thought of that . . .

Dr Iain Corness obituary: a Pattaya man of all the talents By Barry Kenyon February 1, 2023 One of Pattaya’s best-known foreign residential achievers has died here after a long battle with cancer. Reviewing the life of such a gifted man with so many success stories and fields of interest is no easy task. Iain’s achievements ran from medicine to motor racing and from photography to philanthropy. He was a restaurateur and a raconteur who opened Australia’s first fast-food Thai eatery and later became Pattaya Mail’s most prolific and original contributor. Twenty years ago, special correspondent Peter Cummins admitted he couldn’t decide whether Iain was an over-achiever or an over-whelmer. We now know it’s both. Born in Northern Ireland in 1941, Iain always stressed he was a Brit of Scottish ancestry. “Just because you are born in a stable doesn’t make you a horse,” he used to say. As a young teen, he was a guest of the Australian government courtesy of the 10-pounds assisted passage scheme for families. The youthful Corness attended Brisbane Boys College and introduced himself to the labour market with jobs as a night watchman and a petrol pump attendant. He took the advice of his nurse mother to study to become a doctor and duly qualified in UK. He paid for his passage back home to Australia by being the ship’s doctor. “I wasn’t too busy, “he recalled, “after one patient with a toothache screamed during the difficult extraction.” A positive avalanche of activities in Brisbane duly followed. Iain opened his own medical clinic and, subsequently, the Thai restaurant in his spare time. Not to mention getting married. He also indulged his life-long obsession with car racing, building his first MGB model under his house. Successful racing soon caught the attention of British Leyland and the by-then modified MGB was recognized as the fastest of its class in the world. In 1990 he formed his own racing team. He also became a commercial photographer and became accredited to the Institute of Australian Professional Photographers. “The camera was expensive, so it had to earn its keep as quickly as possible.” Not everything was plain sailing. In 1992, he miraculously escaped from a blazing inferno on the race track losing only his eyebrows and lashes, carrying scars on his back for the rest of his life. After vacationing in Thailand in 1975, Iain planned to start a fresh life here and finally moved permanently in 1997. Asked why he chose Pattaya to domicile, he explained “it was the only place with an auto race track (Bira Circuit).” He never travelled abroad again and explained in 2022, “You see, I absolutely hate filling in forms and the immigration procedures made it impossible for me to consider going abroad.” Pattaya in 1997 was a very different venue from today. There seemed few opportunities outside of sex and booze. But Iain managed to weave all his qualifications and interests into a truly revolutionary career. Never a retiree waiting for the bars to open, Iain bumped into the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital where he became a non-practicing consultant, work permit and all, where he advised thousands of patients over the years about the real deal and won praise for his empathetic bedside manner. He wrote two books on idiosyncratic Pattaya Expat Life which were a sellout at Bookazine and on Amazon. He was a regular attendee at Pattaya business meetings and social gatherings too numerous to mention. His car racing continued with gigantic enthusiasm until a year before his death. His connection with Pattaya Mail, the resort’s first and now only print newspaper with daily internet updates, went back almost to the foundation in 1993. Iain wrote regularly and voluminously under his own name – Automania and Modern Medicine – as well as under barely-concealed pseudonyms. He was, of course, the gastronome Miss Terry Dinner, the flash-photographer Harry Flashman and the book worm Lang Reid. Not to mention Dear Hillary, the agony aunt coping with naive expats and their heterosexual wanderings. He also produced news items, one-off columns and multitudes of “fillers”, the bits and pieces between the commercial ads. Iain’s journalistic contributions often revealed common-sense advice to the expat community: don’t fall in love with ladies of the night, be careful when ordering Indian curries which are often too spicy and don’t forget an annual medical if you are middle aged or worse. Dr Iain Corness, the Good Doctor as he was affectionately known, is irreplaceable in Pattaya annals. Pattaya Mail offers to his family deepest condolences from both management and the general readership. In one of his last public appearances, at the Pattaya City Expat Club last October, I asked Iain what he would do if offered the keys of the city. “Ask for a duplicate set of course.” Requiescat in Pace Iain Corness: 18 November 1941 – 30 January 2023. https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/dr-iain-corness-obituary-a-pattaya-man-of-all-the-talents-423117

Me too, to the point that sometimes the page times out rather than loads.

Don't lose any sleep waiting for it. I'm not going to Bangkok any time soon. Even when I do go to Bangkok, I don't often have time to go to saunas. The only plan I have for Bangkok is to go to the Chatuchak Market and most likely return to Pattaya the same day as soon as I find what I'm looking for - and that won't be until at least until March or April.

Most Pattaya expats either knew or were well aware of Dr. Iain Corness. Sadly, he died January 31, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcVRLyNMveY

Thailand Will Begin Building $9 Billion "aviation City" This Year The project is one of Thailand's biggest megastructure proposals to date. by Charlotte Seet January 29, 2023 Smaller aviation cities are growing in popularity, such as Saudi Arabia's NEOM City in the Middle East, and now Asia could soon have an aviation city too. Slated to begin construction soon, Thailand is investing nearly 300 billion baht ($8.82 billion) in its aviation city project, known as U-Tapao 'Eastern Aviation City.' This is one of the country's largest megastructure projects. Transforming a historical airport The massive investment from the Thai government is planned to revamp the historical U-Tapao airport, which dates back to the Vietnam War and is located in the Pla subdistrict of the Baanchang district of the Rayong province. The revamped vision of U-Tapao International Airport is to see the post-war building become a new international airport occupying approximately 1,040 hectares of land. A new passenger terminal building will also be connected to the revamped airport, primarily serving low-cost flights with a dab of full-service carriers, connecting passengers to flights to Don Muang Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport. But the massive size of land occupied won't just include one terminal building, as the construction plans also include a free trade zone for commodities, a flight training center, and an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul center. Designing the most innovative airport in Asia The international architectural design and consultancy firm One Works was appointed as the lead masterplan designer for the airport by the GMR Group and Thai AirAsia, among other project stakeholders. When coming up with the airport master plan, One Works decided on the following guidelines: The proximity of the passenger terminal to more expansive facilities; Inter-modality and high level of accessibility, both locally and regionally; A functional mix of buildings based on receptive, tertiary, catering, retail, and leisure activities; Incredible architectural detail reflective of Thai culture; Reduced environmental impact; High sustainability standards; Increased integration of public areas - private buildings. With these guidelines in place, One Works designed the U-Tapao 'Eastern Aviation City' to be the most innovative multi-modal transport hub in Asia, seeking to maximize passenger comfort and put Thai culture at the forefront. The architecture is designed for ease of navigation and comfort, with optimized walking times, smartly designed nature-inspired interiors, and maximized spaciousness. The interior is also designed with Thai culture in mind and is inspired by the architecture of nearby coastal towns in the Rayong Province. Natural light will be diffused through overhead skylights, lush interior trees, vegetation, and vibrant retail and food & beverage offers that are in the spirit of Thai street food, which is accessible to everyone. With the optimized walking times, passengers are afforded more time to dine, shop, and relax. One Work's 'Eastern Aviation City' master plan will not only serve the needs of travelers to and from the airport but will also bring together everything a genuine community needs to thrive. Also within the airport's infrastructure is a centrally-located Smart Eco Hub Retail area and Culture Village to provide a unique entertainment component for all visitors. Enabling growth and connectivity for Thailand Besides putting the needs of passengers and the Thai culture as a priority when brainstorming designs, the master plan simultaneously ensured the expansion of U-Tapao International Airport could ultimately reach the 60-75 million passengers per annum required to meet demand in this rapidly growing market. This highly intuitive and visionary airport will enable Thailand’s aviation industry to grow as it'll provide an additional 15,600 jobs for the local economy within the first five years and will also promote public and private sector innovation; and enchant passengers and visitors with a unique customer experience reflective of traditional and contemporary Thai values. Story and artist conceptions: https://simpleflying.com/thailand-u-tapao-aviation-city-construction/ If you Google Aviation City Thailand several more stories will come up

Don't worry. Next time I go to Bangkok and have time for a sauna, that is exactly what I'm going to do. At my age and the way I look, if I get stares I'm expecting nothing more than their natural curiosity at spotting the bizarre. If anything happens better than that, I'll be very pleasantly surprised. Meanwhile, if some other customer, or even a staff member tries to tell me I shouldn't be there, they will very quickly be reminded that I have as much right to be there as they do and if to them I'm an eyesore and it really bothers him, let him be the one to go elsewhere. I didn't always look the way I do now and there was a time when I too was young and attractive. Those days are long gone - very long gone. I wonder how they will react when they reach old age and start encountering people who no longer want to accept them. I would go expecting nothing more than enjoying the sauna part of the sauna and a chance to feast my eyes on good looking boys. If nothing more than that happens, Fine with me. I'm not expecting anything more. If I want sex, but nothing happens at this sauna I still have two options - go somewhere and pay for it or go back to my room and get it by self-service . . .

You know how much attention I would pay to that? None. Zero. Nada. He doesn't speak for anyone but himself. Many Thais are attracted to us old, fat farang and more than just me can attest to it. There is an interesting currently active topic on the Sawatdee board about just that. See: https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showthread.php?23019-Non-commercial-is-it-possible The Krubb web site is written entirely in English. Who do you think that's for? When was the last time you noticed a lot of young, fit, handsome farang in any of the gay saunas? Instead of worrying about what one guy said, I would much rather go to the sauna and see for myself. Maybe I'll get lucky and maybe not, but it would take more than just one visit to convince me it is always going to be "not".

Exactly. I'm worried if I try to do anything myself, all I'll do is just make things worse. And if anyone will know what to do to try to prevent this from happening again, it will be Moses. Once my board is up and running properly, I'll post a new message.

While I appreciate the advice, apparently you are assuming I even know what that means, much less how to access it or do anything with it. You are talking way above my scope. Folks, I'm doing the best I can. I have already made it clear - when it come to handling this kind of problem I am clueless. I am going to wait for Moses and that's that. Moses is already well aware of the problem. If he has any advice, he'll let me know and I'll follow it. I truly understand some of you are genuinely trying to help, but I'm getting advice I didn't ask for from people I wouldn't know if they were sitting next to me, and it is advice I have no idea how to follow. No offense intended, but I am going to wait for Moses. If he has any advice for me in the meantime, I'll follow it. If anyone truly wants to help, please send your suggestions to Moses, not to me. If it's something he thinks I should do, then he'll tell me and will tell me how to do it.

Moses is my web site guru. He is my hosting support. He hosts my board on his own server. In order to fix that, or other problems that have occurred, it requires him to have full administrative access to my board - the same access level I have myself. There is no one else I would ever trust with that kind of access and his level of expertise. So, I'm sorry, but I'm going to wait for Moses. Also, 10tazione's advice to remove the link is good advice. TotallyOZ has my full "green light" to edit it out.

Not yet. He is traveling and won't be able to get to it until he returns home, in about 1 week from today. I\m not going to try it with my own mobile phone, but apparently people are getting through on mobile phones rather than computer browsers. I advise not trying to access the board at all until we have the problem fixed and I post a message announcing it's safe. I'm sorry this happened, but in my opinion it's just not worth the risk.

Not potential. According to Moses, definite. From what I have read about it, this is a virus that can change your home page - and keep changing it, along with placing extra ads on web sites you visit, and several other problems that are not easy to fix. The part that is potential is it could potentially force you to format your hard drive and re-install everything in order to get rid of it. This is one to keep away from. I don't want some scumbag hacker or my board to cause problems for anyone. As I said, I will post a notification once it is safe to access my board again. To me, the scary part is I have no idea how this got onto my board. It wouldn't hurt anything to change the password that accesses this board, which hopefully might prevent the same thing happening here. I changed several of my passwords and I will change the password I use to access my own board once it is safe to access it.

Folks, Moses sent a message letting me know he is aware of the problem, but he is traveling now and will e back in about 1 week. He can't do anything about it until then. He told me the problem is definitely a virus. Please don't bypass the warning message. If you do, now the virus will end up on your own computer. If you bypassed it anyway, to be safe I advise you to change all your passwords - all of them. Otherwise the hacker might have access to your passwords. I'm sorry, but that's the situation the way it is.

This morning my board apparently has been hacked. Please do not go to my board until we have the problem fixed. I will post another message once it is safe to use my board again. If you try to go to my board now, you will see a message similar to this: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Website blocked due to a suspicious download Download blocked: LINK Removed by Admin Malwarebytes Browser Guard blocks downloads that either come from websites that see relatively light traffic or may contain potentially malicious content. This is intended to protect you from new scams. However, if you trust content from this site and would like to proceed, click "Continue".

I don't know and I don't know what they allow. You would have to check with them and find out.

There is a Club Med in Phuket. They might allow it. Should be easy enough to check. https://www.clubmed.co.th/r/phuket/y

I think you're trying to go about this the wrong way. I advise not trying at massage shops at all. The massage shops aren't looking for unusual requests. Instead, try the apps. Plenty of boys on the apps advertise themselves as massage boys. Send one of the boys a message explaining what you want and ask him if he can bring along a couple of willing boys with him. If he says no, move on to the next boy. If he says no, try the next. Eventually you'll find what you want, especially if you dangle a money carrot. I wouldn't recommend trying to be a cheapskate about it, especially since you are looking for a "special service." And if you get any takers, I advise tipping all three of them very well. VERY well. Then they'll want to come back next time you want a "special service", even if it's something totally different from this one. Don't be impatient during your search. You never know. Many may turn you down or, who knows, you might get lucky on the first try. Think of it as similar to fishing. It may take some time before you get any bites, but sooner or later you'll reel one in . . .

It's not me? How disappointing . . .

2 letters and the clue is "so shameless" I don't have a clue. I wonder who it could possibly be . . .