carken

21 minutes ago, Soi Dog said:

This reminds me of the story about when a blind snake and a blind rabbit met in the woods.  They both said they didn't really know what kind of animal they were so they agreed to feel each other and try to figure it out.  First the snake crawled all over the rabbit and then he said "you are warm and furry and you have big ears and a cotton tail so you must be a rabbit."  Then the bunny felt the snake and said "You ar cold and slimy and slither on the ground and I could not detect any heart beat.  You must be a lawyer."

ROFLMFAO ..... thx ... a keeper and sender-off-er

made a slight change "you must be a lawyer or politician"

On 6/1/2017 at 3:09 PM, Crossy said:

There are "whole house" (several KVA) UPSs available, they're very popular in India (unlike generators you can use them in an apartment) and the ones we have on the MRT stations are many times bigger, with battery banks and price tags to match.

 

Much depends what you want to run, and how long you want to run it for.

 

A couple of lights, TV and a fan can be run from a computer UPS, give it external batteries (not a complex job) and you can be good for many hours. You'll need an external charger to re-charge afterwards, but the UPS's internal charger will keep even large batteries topped up once fully charged.

 

you said

"give it external batteries (not a complex job)"

for the uneducated could you possibly explain how to set this up as it sounds like an excellent solution to the constant power failures

This is not just a Thai or US problem but a world problem

Heard somethin’ on FX TV show Fargo that makes a lot of sense … It was season 2 that takes place in 1967 episode 4 “fear and trembling" @ 50:20

 

guy says to his wife "we're out of balance"

the wife says "you and me"?

he says "no, the whole world, it has no moral center

we used to have a moral center, it's gone,

can't tell right from wrong anymore"

 

 

couldn’t have put it better myself

 

 

When I was a teenager in Odessa TX Elvis

played for our school dances every couple

weeks or so (B4 he was famous) I was also

stationed at Ft Hood army base at same time

as Elvis, saw him all the time around base and

in the snack bar, he would always smile and

say hello if you said hello to him, nice guy.

 

Also went to school with Roy Orbison (Odessa Hi)

 

In my early 20's (early 1960's) I started and owned an

after hours joint in Phoenix AZ (7thSt / Camelback RD)

that was open Fri / Sat from 1am to 4 am. Righteous

Bros (Bobby Hatfield / Bill Medley) were in town for

a show they came to my After Hours club and sat in,

both were nice guys ( they were just gettin started

and had their new single out "Little Latin Lupe Lu"

They also invited me to a party at a home in Laurel

Canyon CA, which I went to .... The Beach Boys also

came and sat in at After Hours when they were in

town ...

 

I was head bartender at "J.D.'s in Phoenix(Tempe)

AZ where Waylon Jennings got his start. Played

poker with Waylon couple nights a week (mostly Fri)

after work (2 / 3 am)

 

Growin' up my Dad was a photographer for AP

Got to go to many places with him and was

always meetin' some hollywood stars at the

party / function

Just another example of govt getting envolved

and regulating a thriving biz that needs no

regulating in an economy that needs every job

it can produce ... if it ain't broken don't fix it

16 hours ago, canthai55 said:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x799302

"...the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life; the sick, the needy and the handicapped. "
~Last Speech of Hubert H. Humphrey

 

Thank you canthai55

 

some more if interested

"Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members".
~Pearl S. Buck

"Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members -- the last, the least, the littlest."
~Cardinal Roger Mahony, In a 1998 letter, Creating a Culture of Life

"Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members -- the last, the least, the littlest."
~Cardinal Roger Mahony, In a 1998 letter, Creating a Culture of Life

"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life."
~James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr

As I read the comments to any/all the TVF articles I constantly shake my head in wonderment as to how many readers/commenters have nothing good to say as they come up with negative comments about everything.

I've never seen such a large percentage of negative people in a group as I have on TVF ... makes me wonder aboout the type of expats that choose to live in Thailand

39 minutes ago, patekatek said:

I recently ( Feb 8) had my embassy income verification notarization done in Bangkok and then went to the Tha Yang immigration office to file for the annual extension.  I was informed at immigration that I could not file my paperwork because I did not have the paperwork from the main immigration office in Bangkok.   I had to return to Bangkok and spend about 8 hours in that hell hole trying to get the paperwork.  They originally wanted me to return the next day but I told them I couldn't do that and had to wait around until close to 3 pm before I had the document in hand.

 

So, does the OP have to have this additional paperwork with him when he files in Chiang Mai?

 

You said

"I was informed at immigration that I could not file my paperwork because I did not have the paperwork from the main immigration office in Bangkok."

What sort of additional "paperwork" are you referring to? 

 

 

hopefully those who wish to " die for Allah "

can be swiftly and quickly granted their wish

by those who wish to live

Like many on TVF (i.e. craigt3365 and others) I also was disgusted with the TV channel changes/cancellations that TrueVision kept doing ...

 

I made a very wise move like many of us have done on TVF ... I contacted Allstars for his help/advice about android TV box(s) ...

 

I am very satisfied/happy with my new TV box/KODI ... I get so many movies and tv shows to watch that it will take years and years and I still can't watch'em all ... these android TV boxes/KODI are totally amazing and mind blowing ... I also will no longer be paying 2,100 baht a month for limited TrueVisions TV entertainment ... cost of TV box will be paid back in 3 months, after that everything is free except for internet cost

Wish I had done this several years ago ... if you are unhappy with TrueVisions and want to save 2,100 baht a month I suggest you contact/PM allstars ... you won't regret it

So each year we are required to bring 2 photos with us ... so the 6 photos will last us 3 years ... that means it will cost us 46.67 baht ($1.34) a year or 11 cents a month for immigration photos ... if we cannot afford 11 cents a month then we are in really big trouble ... next time we go to the bar drink one less beer and now we can afford photos for at least 1 more year

*New Immigration Laws*

1.    There will be no special bilingual

        programs in the schools.

2.    All ballots will be in this nation's

        language.

3.    All government business will be

        conducted in our language.

4.    Non-residents will NOT have the

        right to vote no matter how long

        they are here.

5.    Non-citizens will NEVER be able to

        hold political office.

6.    Foreigners will not be a burden to

       the taxpayers. No welfare, no food

       stamps, no health care, or any other

       government assistance programs.

       Any who are a burden will be

       deported.

7.    Foreigners can invest in this country,

       but it must be an amount at least equal

       to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.

8.    If foreigners come here and buy land,

       their options will be restricted. Certain

       parcels including waterfront property

       are reserved for citizens naturally born

       into this country.

9.    Foreigners may have NO protests;

       NO demonstrations, NO waving of a

       foreign flag, no political organizing,

       NO bad-mouthing our president or his

       policies. These will lead to deportation.

10  If you do come to this country illegally,

      you will be actively hunted and, when

      caught, sent to jail until your deportation

      can be arranged. All assets will be taken

      from you.

 

Too strict you say? 

The above laws are the current immigration

laws of MEXICO!

 

ROFLMAO .... don't'cha jus love

these "got'cha" emails!

I usually check info like this for validity

Seems the above is pretty much valid

http://humanevents.com/2006/05/08/mexicos-immigration-law-lets-try-it-here-at-home/

 

https://factreal.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/mexico-vs-united-states-mexican-immigration-laws-are-tougher/

 

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/09/adapt_mexicos_immigration_policy.html

It never ceases to amaze me that no matter how up beat, positive and/or  good an article or story is there are always some that can find the negative aspect to it ... even if their is none ... can just imagine how wonderful life must be for these families of the pessimistic @$$ holes

Yeah to bad billary didn't win the election we could have started a pool on what date the first nuke would B launched starting WWIII ... looks like the world wide BarBQ has been postponed for at least 4 more years ... damn and I was so looking forward to a good nuclear war

Just got back from USA. VA hosp Phoenix AZ  installed heart pacemaker, in ear hearing aids and cataract surgery both eyes(I'm 78).

 

Flew Delta PHX to LAX, they sent my 2 bags/luggage to Salt Lake City(SLC). Why? Who the %#** knows! Delta baggage agent said bags would be put on Delta's next flight to BKK and Delta would deliver them personally to my home. She lied, First of all Delta doesn't fly to BKK and they had no intentions/plans of delivering luggage/bags to my home. One bag sent back to Phoenix(Why? who the #%*# knows) other (2nd bag) sent to Bangkok.

 

Thai Airways found Bangkok luggage/bag (1) for me and wife picked it up at swampy. 5 hour round trip with van cost of $100 ... I haven't a clue how Thai Air found luggage or got involved but they did. Other (2nd) bag from Delta still missing. Delta now doing search, cannot find. Delta is crappy AL, every thing about Delta is low class/poor, from planes to uniforms, to service. to competence. In all my years of flying have not found a more incompetent AL then Delta. I'm sure next step will be fighting with Delta for proper monetary compensation for lost luggage/bag ... as all insurance companies do they will no doubt deny monetary compensation several times citing so called rules/regs hoping I will give up and go away. That will not happen, I'm so pissed I will keep fighting.

 

Flew Eva Air from LAX to BKK. Excellent flight, seating, service and care. I've flown Eva 3X's always great.

IMO Nigel Farage is against the estabilished and TPTB puppetmasters that control the USA and Brit govt's for their own power and wealth building ... he fights for the so called Small Brained Lesser Little People (name our puppet masters and congressmen / senators have publically labeled us with) and tries 2 return our govts to being run by and for us SBLLP ...

 

Farage is one of a too small group of politicians still working for us ... he deserves some recognition for this unpopular stance in our current world of political, judiciary. private and corporate in your face corruption ... any INFORMED  SBLLP person with intelligence, common sense and half way decent rational anatytical brain understands why he should be publically praised in some sort of manner

 

 

14 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

A snake hitching a ride ! Sounds like something out of Monty ................I'll get me hat.

ROFLMAO........ great line ..... I'll get my hat 2

Actually he is not a disgrace to his country, he is simply following in the footsteps of the US govt. As far as "integrity is what is missing" lack of integrity is another natural trait for US in today's world. He is simply a shining example of what US govt, it's leaders, it's justice system, it's big biz / big phram CEO's have become ... Children imulate and grow up imitating their parents, citizens imulate and imitate their govt and their leaders. America is a disgrace to the world and the majority of it's citizens, govt, politicians, leaders have no integrity, just selfish self absorbed, greedy, lazy, socio-psychotics looking for the next country to invade, the next population to mass murder and the next territory to place their humanitarian nuke bases ... but hey that's just my opinion

So how many expats know "all" the rules and 4 that matter understand them? We all pick up some of the rules and as time passes we accumulate a basket of rules, but 2 know and understand all of them is a feat I'm sure is not very common ... like many others have said the best thing 2 do is smile a lot bow a lot and say sawadeekop, kaapoonkop a lot ... khun chew ahlie and loaw pope gone my helps 2

..... in my 10 years only had one incident that cost me 5K under the table

It feels like something is coming down on mankind, like a kind of hysteria, a sense that life has become so worthless or meaningless, that the only response is random acts of slaughter in the streets. Sounds like a dystopian novel, and I hope I'm wrong in linking this to everything else going on in the world, but psychology, like everything else, is now global - one bitterness is connected to another - and social breakdown can now spread through technology.

A child is the product of their parents teachings and actions

Citizen is the product of their leaders teachings and actions

Society is the product of it's citizens

WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY OF SOCIO-PSYCHOTIC GOVTS AND SOCIETIES

POGO WAS RIGHT

I use a combo convection/microwave oven. Produces fine pizza and bread.

Pizza dough is so ridiculously easy to make yourself that I see no point buying it.

Where did U buy?, brand name?, price?

thanks carken

I've had good results using my "Turbo Oven", also called a "Halogen Oven". They usually come with round racks that allow you to place the pizza near the heat source and is does a very credible job...friends have been very surprised with how good they come out.

I haven't tried making my own dough yet but I buy pre-made rounds and crisp them up a bit before applying the toppings.

You need to keep a close eye the first few times, lots of videos showing it on YouTube.

Not at all expensive..Big-C and Tesco have them starting at B1000

I tried to post an image but not allowed. Google "Turbo Oven"

WHAT BRAND DID U BUY

Thanks carken

I totally agree patekatek

Anybody know Where can "we" the Farlang in the Ta Yang area call or check in with to verify this exciting information?

Well guys I've tried all the sites you have so patiently suggested

No luck ... keeps comin' up "item not found"

Thank everyone who has tried to help me, I appresiate your efforts

Lator Gator

I had something delivered a couple of days ago and it tracked all the way from the UK to Hua Hin. The point of entry in Thailand usually shows up as 'Lak Si' and you can see it move around from there.

This is only the case if you specifically pay for international tracking as opposed to 'tracked'. I have no idea how it works when sending from Singapore.

As others have said there is usually a several day wait before it enters the Thai postal system, presumably as it clears customs.

Before this particular item entered the Thai system the tracking letters/number were accepted into the tracking system but nothing was found. The number wasn't rejected but it sent me to a page which had something like 'no details' and a 'BACK' button at the bottom.

everything used to always go to Lak Si first but that changed during the time of the protests. i think the building came under fire. now, most of the time the point of entry is the new unit they built at Suvarnabhumi. some things still go to Lak Si but not much.

Well Royal Mail tracked post goes through Lak Si as of last week, this is what it looks like in the Thai tracking system when it arrives :

thai-mail-tracking.jpg

What's "Royal Mail" ? ... from UK?

where can I track mail from USPS (USA) in Thai system?