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I am sure that the government subsidy is being removed from LPG if not already in the near future.

Funniest quote I heard yesterday is that the Brown Ales' Frenchmen have scored 22 of their goals. Which apparently only Lyon can better.

Lets hope that they all keep on scoring for us .

Are there any particular bars/places to catch the toon playing in bangkok over xmas?

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Sorry you will have to rely on other posters I am in Chiang Mai, I am sure there will be . Lets hope we get 6 pts over the festive period against palace and Stoke.

Good to see Newcastle playing so well. A nice Lee Van Cleef.

One of my boyhood hero,s. Lets hope we can keep the good run going. If we do we could be pushing for a 5th place finish.

Only problem was we let 2 points slip away, but a good game. I should be pleased that we are having a good season after last year.

It is time to ease off Moyle's I think .He as only been in the job 5 months as already won silverware and as a win ratio 0f 54.55% out of all the previous managers at the club it is only beaten by Sir Alex . So lets all at least give him the chance he deserves to manage the club.

Good win but better sides will punish us if they're given chances to get back into the game. It was also good to see Hughton get his usual warm reception. Gave me one of the best days of my life with the 5-1.

Onwards and upwards as they say, our run in until the new year isn't hugely challenging. It's January and the activity, well lack of it, that worries me.

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Its nice to be winning matches at the moment .A big improvement on last season the first time we have put 4 wins together since march /April 2012. Lets hope the man gets his cheque book out in January. If he does I can see us finishing in the top 8 this season.

My latest bill looks like about 3.9 baht a unit including VAT.

160 units cost 616.77 baht.

Mine is about the same including VAT 3.89 baht.

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This sounds like a good experience when compared with my doctors surgery in the UK.

First, make an appointment to see the doctor and maybe wait 2 or 3 weeks, 5 weeks if you want a doctor of your choice.

After seeing the doctor, if you need a blood test for your problem make an appointment to see the nurse and wait another week or 2.

After the blood test wait another week for the results.

When the results are in make an appointment to see the doctor to discuss what treatment if any is required, so wait another couple of weeks for that consultation.

If you need hospital treatment wait another 4 or 5 weeks to go to hospital .....................

Is this your personal experience or are you just quoting the Daily Wail? I can walk into my doctor's surgery in the UK without an appointment. I might have to wait an hour to see a doctor. I can do this from 8am to 8pm any day of the year. For the avoidance of doubt that is 365 days of the year every year Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years eve included...

What Town is this surgery in the UK?. You cannot do this in the town I am from.

A good win for us the 3rd in a row . Well deserved as well Tim Krul had an easier game than the last one. Even Joe Kinnear was at the match up to 8th now lets keep it going.

But there's a reason for why a Thai license wouldn't be accepted in England.

A 5 year Thai driving Licence is accepted in the UK, even for rentals. For up to 12 months , I believe.

That's right - handy when your UK licence has expired.

If that's the case it makes it even more of a farce that they're fining / scamming foreigners who are in possession of a valid license from their home country!

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If you have been in Thailand for more than 6 months your UK license is not valid No scam you just do not have a valid licence for Thailand . If you have not been here for more than 6 months take the ticket and explain that at the police station . You will need to take someone who is fluent in thai with you.

We have Norwich City at home this weekend if we can keep the form going it should be 3 pts. to the Magpies . I can see Remy scoring a couple in a 3-0 win. After getting a drubbing at spurs but still winning the game things are looking good for us for a change .

I would say that you have been very lucky this time not to have been shot especially if they were on drugs.

Most Pharmacy's sell them.

One of the implications, not so far (I believe) mentioned, is that this program apparently does not include all foreigners. If that is true --- no proof of residence, no valid visa, perhaps no valid passport --- then there may still be a substantial problem with many foreigners "under the radar" in Chiang Mai and other popular haunts for foreigners.

This is a valid point, although there are reports that the hospitals aren't looking too closely at visas. Certainly the embassies/consulates are more than willing to issue new/replacement passports to people on overstay, with (maybe) a comment that "you really ought to clear up your visa situation". (In all fairness it's not their responsibility to enforce Thai immigration law) So, it's rare to find people without valid passports, but those without valid visas are more common.

But there is an intermediate group -- those without visas who are here legally.

Currently, I'm encouraging some people I know who hop in and out of Thailand several times a year, always on 30 day visa exempt status to try to enroll at Nakorn Ping to see the reaction. They're in the country legally, just not with a visa. They have a believable story about why they'd want to buy the insurance -- I just have to convince them that it's worth their time to serve as a guinea pig.

Anyone else with this status care to volunteer as a guinea pig?

Why should someone who is here as a tourist be allowed to enrol in a scheme that is not designed for that purpose?. That would be one way for it to be ruined for everyone.

At this time the health screening tests conducted at NKP does not include blood sugar, so it's OK to eat before you come -- the exact tests ordered could change in the future. If you'd like to have your BS checked you could request it at the same time for a very reasonable charge (be sure to fast for 12 hrs in advance) or return after you join the program between 7 - 8 in the morning, see a doctor and explain why you feel it's important to have your BS checked (previous personal or family history, other risk factors, etc) and you'd pay 30 baht if the doc orders the test, plus any needed meds would be covered.

NakornPing is considering this early phase a pilot program and may adjust the screening tests ordered in the future, based on the utilization of their new clients.

I would think if anyone wants to just get a blood test done it would be quicker to go to a private practioner or hospital to get the test done .The results will be available the same day or at some hospitals within a hour. The cost is only small ,and it would not be a use of government funds by us faring's who can afford to pay for for this to be done.

Thai Channel 3 have raised 3,880,000 Baht in the last 24 hours from Thai people donating to the bank account details displayed on the TV.

A good day for us down south and a well deserved win. That will have made the Fat man happy .

You won, no complaints but lets not get too carried away. You got battered. We had 65% possession, 31 shots to your 8, 14 on target to your 4.

I think a more realistic appraisal would be something along the lines of; Tim Krul thoroughly deserved to win.

Anyway, an excellent 6 points over the last week nonetheless. Well done

Point taken I will rephrase it a hard fought win thanks to Tim Krul. Either way the fat man will be happy.

A good day for us down south and a well deserved win. That will have made the Fat man happy .

Latest CTH bill arrived still wrong

Anybody had corrected bill yet

Yes, I had a corrected bill for 962 baht, but when the guy in 7/11 scanned it, it still showed 5,000+ which was paid already. He merely put in 962 baht manually. I've still got a signal and waiting for this months bill.

Received this months bill yesterday. The amount on the right hand side says 962 Baht to pay, but on the left in the little boxes it says amount now outstanding over 6,000 baht. I'm not worried because I have all receipts, but you couldn't write the script! The guy in 7/11 just punched in 962 Baht manually, wonder how far behind I'll be next month?

Same for us ..total shambles and when you ring the call centre they either don't answer or say don't worry. I think if you didn't pay the monthly amount you still wouldn't get cut off. I wonder if the Bangkok Bank that loaned CTH 14 billion baht are monitoring the running of this company.

I wonder if the EPL are monitoring them also?.

The Chelsea win helped soften the loss to the Mackems a little bit,

been a Toon supporter is not good for your heart too many highs

and lows. although it does provide a few laughs,like JFK wanting

to buy his own player,Shane Ferguson, the better we are shot of

him,JFK i mean, the better,what a waste of money and space.

regards Worgeordie

Not just him we need to be rid of Ashley as well ,until we get someone who cares about the club and the fans it will always be a Roller coaster ride. I hope we can carry the form forward to this weeks match at Spurs .

I think that all your excitement about having this expat government insurance is misplaced. Do you really think that you are going to get expensive procedures and medicine free for a paltry sum of Bt2800 a year? This figure was designed for migrant workers average medical expenditure and not for expats. Although expats are being accepted under the scheme in some hospitals.

Expats will not use the scheme in the same way as migrant workers who are basically poor. The latter will go to hospital for even minor ailments to save a few baht, but the former will obviously try to use the scheme for more costly procedures and may get them for a while until the government realizes that expats using the scheme is very costly and they will amend it or maybe set a more realistic yearly fee.

As for those who have the card issued by your local hospital, I think you will be disappointed about what the hospital will actually provide in the way of free services and medicine.

Although I have the free 30 bt facility at my local hospital. I do not use it any more. My last visit was as follows.

A four hour wait to see the doctor. He ordered a simple blood test and told me to come back the next day at 8.am. I did so and was told the doctor would not be in until after lunch. So I went away and came back. Another one and half hours wait and cosulting my blood tests he told me I should see a specialist in a large hospital and gave me a prescription for some medicine I needed but the rest I would have to pay for because it was not on the hospital list. He gave me a note to give the nurse to make an appointment at a large hospital. She told me that the earliest appointment available to see the specialist was in about two months time. I went to pick up my medicine at the pharmacy. I got some of it but was told to come back in two days to get the rest since they were out of stock. The hospital I have to use is one hour from my house and the large hospital is one hour in the other direction. I checked the few packets of medicine and found that I could get all of it for a few hundred baht but the petrol for my car cost a lot more. After that experience I now use the large government hospital without my card and saw a specialist there for Bt300 after a 20 minute wait.

That sounds like a standard hospital in the UK.

Got my insurance card today from Hang Dong hospital. That was a simple collecting exercise, no questions asked. Not sure why they need one week for this as it was just a laminated selfmade papercard, no plastic whatsoever.

And that's how it looks like. Certainly different from what they handed out in Udon Thani, but what's written on it counts.

Apparently it says I can also go to some other doctors in the Amphoe, not only to the hospital (the 2. line)

It says you can go to other places in the Hang Dong hospital health network -- it doesn't use the word hospitals. Perhaps they mean clinics. Did you ask for clarification of what other places ?

Yes it means clinics in the same Amphoe . That is what they told me.

pretty poor form by the barcodes banning three local journalists from the post-match isn't it? is pardew on ice that thin?

yes I agree, if you want to be manager of the club stand up and be counted . If you are that scared of the questions you will be asked then it is time to step down in my opinion.

depends who banned them though i suppose doesn't it? could be ashley that did it to prevent more awkward questions about JFK's appointment?

I think it will be everyone who is involved in the running of the club not wanting certain journalists at the press conferences after matches .

pretty poor form by the barcodes banning three local journalists from the post-match isn't it? is pardew on ice that thin?

yes I agree, if you want to be manager of the club stand up and be counted . If you are that scared of the questions you will be asked then it is time to step down in my opinion.