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I'll lay odds that all of you moaning about the girl's low salary are all wearing clothes and shoes made in chinese sweat shops...I do also ..but i do not make their low salaries my problem.

1 hour ago, sawadee1947 said:

Thank you for your story. 

After going through half way I fell asleep. 

So please go on with your tales. 

I enjoy my nap. 

you got further than me.zzzzz

How are they going to check the accounts.?

Does this mean we must take our bank books to immigration end of every month?plus a verification letter from the bank?..the banks are going to need more staff and immigration are going to need more offices.

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

Only one, according to the song.

Goering had 2..................................but only very small.

2 houses I have lived in had 'galvanized'iron elbows fitted to the pvc pipes..these rust through in time.I have had to have pvc pipes fitted around the house and disconnected the original pipework.Some neighbours here have had the same problems.

On 1/10/2019 at 11:03 PM, balo said:

Maybe next time offer food and drinks to her instead so the mafia gets nothing! 

 

is what I sometimes do.

I regularly see thais doing the rounds of feeding packs of stray dogs..some of them put collars on the strays to prevent the dog catchers taking them..There are now many strays in my area where 5 years ago there were none...The Darkside.

Not only Thailand..

In the late 70's London police were told to cut their crime rate.

Should you have a break in or any similar non violent crime you had to go to the police station to report it.

On arrival you would be greeted by one small room overcrowded with a few chairs and others standing.There would be one solitary,young female recruit painstakingly writing every detail down..[I went to report some young thugs that threw a brick through my car window from a bridge whilst I was driving]

I waited more than one hour and while waiting the door opened a few times by members of the public who looked in,saw the queue and went away.When I was called to the small window I asked the girl why there was no-one else to take people's report..She immediately burst into her prepared tirade of why am I  getting all this verbal',? etc etc...I pointed out that I had used no verbal but was asking a polite reasonable question'...she had no prepared answer to this but carried on with her 'why am I getting all this verbal ?'speech......Obviously much non violent crime never got reported [waste of time] and the police superintendent was probably awarded for 'cutting crime in his district'.

Konlakanyanyon sukhumwit ..from Soi watboon [from beach ] turn left and app 200 meters .

Opposite petrol station. they have a lathe .slow work.good.

3 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Yes, I think you've nailed it...

200 new helicopters, flying low to push the smog up and away..

Ah wait, helicopters push air down don't they ?

 

Never mind, 200 new helicopters... Yeah

No problem  just

fly upside down

3 hours ago, mok199 said:

 Pattaya was very bad yesterday

Cleaned some indoor floor fans yesterday, what looked like black coal soot came off the fans..I live on the darkside,Now I know

why it is called that.

Is The Ship pub still going strong just down from the Dutch?

1 hour ago, thepanom said:

I met the old Dutch ownwer Henk, a few years ago in Chiengrai he had a restaurant there with the same name Old Dutch

good guy.

On 12/31/2018 at 3:29 AM, Nyezhov said:

Thermae is a landmark

WAS a landmark..around 1996..ended when they demolished and rebuilt that area.

Used to enter a public toilet on Sukhumwit and walk through to the other end..came out in the real Thermae...

On 12/29/2018 at 8:47 AM, Benroon said:

The upgrade world has changed a lot over the last decade, most airlines now have a fixed price upgrade cost (to protect the premium brand) and won't discount it by a penny. Long gone are the days when you turned up in your new Pringle sweater and a cheeky smile hoping to get upgraded. 

 

I haven't found an air miles alliance that's worth being loyal. Once they separated the taxes as you state which can frequently make up well over 50% of the fare, the bit you're saving can often be surpassed by simply sourcing cheaper flights.

 

I stayed loyal to EVA (about 5 return premium economy trips LHR BKK) would get you a business class upgrade, this was when they were the cheapest 99% of the time (sadly their fares have rocketed to compete with Thai now). But when I looked at the cost of the 5 return flights, I could have paid for the business class flight from the monies I had saved by booking 5 cheaper airlines than EVA for the 5 qualifying trips with cash left over.

 

Subsequently I search for the cheapest flight in whatever class - if it happens to be with an alliance I am a member of fair enough - but when it comes to flights IMHO loyalty does not pay for anyone except extremely regular fliers. My 3 or 4 LHR/BKK return flights a year doesn't cut it. (Star Alliance)

Eva is crap now..Used them for 6 years [london BKK]..not any more.

15 hours ago, Searat7 said:

How do they open extra lanes on highways ?  By letting drivers legally drive in breakdown lane ?  If so a very bad idea

They open one lane coming from the opposite direction

I first went to Samuii in december 1995,,,jump on any baht bus and get off anywhere [all round the island] 10 baht...Bungalow 100 mts from the beach fan [A/C not needed 100b night was there for 10 happy weeks...Went again 7 years later taxis charging same as london black cab..stayed one night.

I dealt with these people when they were first brought to Britain in the 50's [macmillan's plan to destroy white working class power.]..I was not a racist [word was  reinvented and paired with nazi by Macmillan]before they arrived en masse..

ask any police officer, his stamp is ok .I gave 100 baht.

On 12/13/2018 at 6:30 AM, Mason45 said:

Is there a maximum age for a Thai licence holder?

I believe there is no minimum or maximum...

I have never forgotten his casual remark on BBC radio..'Yeah,,I was a bit of a bully at school'...

To Phone England pensions ..I use  a CAT phone card Costs less than 2 baht a minute to phone the pensions office landline from my mobile...phone to mo

bile costs more.

21 hours ago, KhunFred said:

Settled......Philippines, here I come. Easy visa requirements and cheaper living.

brit pensioners will also get full state pension.

For too many people 'too' is

 too long.