@Brandon ***********

retirement visa is not of interest really, it was just me wondering about the nature of things.

Right now what I am worried about is if I go to Laos and get the visa will I get trouble renewing it because of the previous Ed visa. If so, I need to get a new passport. I know it will be in the system, but the problem appears to be related to them flipping through the stamps. It is such a weird hurdle to have actual staff just lie about stuff. I don't like the concept of using work-arounds. I want to work within the system- but my compassion is running low.

@Brandon ***********

my brain hurts and this is why I'm not fit to function in polite society. I've been seeing that name since I joined the group and I thought it was an immigration office near Laos in Esan.

So can you get a retirement visa at an embassy location in another country also??

@Brandon ***********

this isn't a draw for me- but I thought this was shady business. They apparently don't care about the Ed visa thing too. It makes me wonder if they will just do it in my current configuration.

@John *********

can confirm. Bring a good sample and maybe a virgin goat also just in case.

@Andy *********

I can't really taste the difference between different levels of booze. They all taste like dirty ass. I've had 4 digit bottles and 3 dollar bottles. I'll pay a couple bucks extra for a pretty bottle, else for personal use I just go cheap. Because I have no frame for the expensive stuff being "good" I find it weird when people care.

Either you have not had American beef or lack the ability to tell the difference. That is fine, but it is, for those who can tell, basically a totally different food. I laugh when my family wants to eat steak here because it is so comically tough (I have been recommended a butcher that allegedly has decent steak, but I am skeptical) and I think it will be nice if they could see what my idea of steak is. Just about everything from my country is a dumpster fire- but nobody can touch American beef. Wagyu is a joke.

Any sentence that begins "with all respect" likely is being used to convey disdain. If I should just block you let me know.

I see 1am is when the dipshits sign on for commenting. Good. Two quick blocks and my world is a slightly better place.

@Phil *****

meh, let's both just call it a day. Perhaps it is beer time.

@Phil *****

Reread me. Because I believed that to be true I DID NOT apply and have since learned that you do not need to wait.

@Oleg **********

pedantic and only important if talking with a sociopath.

@Phil *****

you said "you need this time (60 day) plus the 30 day extension" and believing that I planned my trip so I would apply once I got my 30 day extension. But it is not true. You can apply the first day and it only takes 2 weeks.