OK. So those screaming girlies behind the counter at Imperial WERE right about the demise of the "foreigner" window when I went last time on 7th Apr. Thanks a bunch for double checking. I was #321 when I got my ticket at 10:30 when it opened and I still managed to get my 90-day stamp before the 12:30 - 13:30 lunch hour. (I believe I've remembered the time correctly.) So had I arrived an hour earlier, I wouldn't have had such a photo finish before lunch. (Unless all the farangs who wait at Chaeng Wattana now start coming here.)
Semantics guys. Multiple entry permit vs multiple entry visa. Thanks Tod. You know that I know what I'm doing visa-wise. It's just the bloody nomenclature and mechanics of it that screw me up. 😕