raslin

If it is any consolation, my email from lycos.com has been extremely slow for ages. Email from yahoo. uk is no problem. Via TOT Ipstar.

Have a coffee while you're waiting.

sorry guys but this sound like an urban legend..

thai banking laws are very well defined and the comercial bank can not give your funds to anyone. the comercial banks are very carfull about this isuue.

and the poo yai ban and others can not jsut step ito the bank and confiscate funds.

any confescation of the funds can only be made through a court order.

on the contrary to most Farrang legends... thailand has laws and they are enforced.

if they were married. then under Thai Civil legal provisions governing inheritance she is entitled to the funds.

if they were only married in the temple but not registered then she needs to press a claim through the court with facts that they have been living together and then the court will rule her to be the sucessor.

Very good comment. I will pass this on to the 2 people that I know of that got 'shafted' and see what they have to say.

Have you ever been involved in a civil court case in Thailand? I have - and won - BUT the lawyer produced and presented to the court so much BS that the case didn't even come close to the FACTS. Through an interpreter I was asked many questions BUT never had the chance to reply - (to the majority of the questions) the interpreter did it for me.

So, please do not tell me that there are laws that will protected the less fortunate or undereducated. Whoever has the RIGHT lawyer will win and the poor sod that should be the winner is out in the cold - so to speak.

Secondly, if you read the original statement, my wife IS NOT a Thai citizen. This basicly means that she HAS NO RIGHTS. The reason I left Thailand is because of the way she was treated by the 'government' employees at the Ampur and Chiangwad level. After 4 years of 'KISSING ARSE' I just could not take it anymore. Letters (again, Arse Kissing) to the Interior Minster himself resulted in ZERO replies. If you have any idea what it takes to get Thai citizenship in this country then you might have an ingling as to why I sound so bitter. 'They' bend and present 'their' own rules!

So, I have no respect for Thai laws or made on the spot 'government' rules.

I am trying to find a way, other than a Thai bank account, to protect my wife's current and future monetary assets. I DO NOT trust a Thai bank to abide by their rules or 'government' laws.

I have considered doing 'wire transfers' directly into her bank account so that she would have PROOF that the funds came from legit sources. But I still worry that 'her' relatives may turn on her if they determine that she is of means and want some for themselves.

It is not my intension to start a 'battle' of words. If people will learn to stick to the 'Topic' instead of trying to read into the topic what is not there, we would all be better off.

There is nobody on this 'board' that has any idea what I have gone through or put up with for the 4-5 years that I was living in Thailand. So, please, stick to the topic.

How to protect my wife's monetary assets from being 'stolen' by a bank, 'relatives' or 'government' agency.

Thank you - SINCERELY - for any advise.

I am still leaving Thailand in a week - visa expires - so I would really appreciate some good advice on the subject presented.

If you are in Bangkok I think it would be worth visiting Thailand's oldest bank, Standard Chartered near the Dusit Thani hotel and talking to them. Its a UK bank branch. HSBC is also non Thai.

Also my son and his girl (UK citizens) had a registered marriage here two years ago.

Thanks CNDVIC for pointing me in the right direction. Got Process Explorer and no trace of 313.exe anywhere from it a regedit. But it and I did not like two lots of IPMON and got rid of them both. So far so good.

When I get a new PC later this year I shall have 2000 going, XP has too many problems with old software. I am quite happy to write letters using Amipro!

After four hours I'm about to quite now and will make a final report tomorrow.

Yes, TOT Ipstar 256/128 is up to speed early morning then gradually drops to slow dial-in speeds after a couple of hours. So it takes several days to download a film.

Be sure to nag TOT on 1100 as they are not charging dial-in fees. Also the speed often comes back after a call to them.

Why not download films at night time and make CDs?

I take it this will also apply to the parliament building and surrounding area?

Over the past few days my Windows/temp folder has masses of empty .tmp files and a thing that calls itself winb313.exe.

Thanks for any ideas about how to get rid of them all.

I think I would change the spelling....it should be changed to E-saan.....gives it a more 21st century look...don't you think?

Actually... I prefer Isaan

totster

Right on!

This truly reflects the Thai spelling.

Backup your data, format drive C and re-install what you need.

Only a couple of hours work.

Haven't had any problems really. Speeds pretty consistent on my Maxnet@life 256/128

Downloading quite a lot lately, and stable at 26 kBps.

Did have some DNS issues, so have opendns as back-up...

No problems? 26 kbps? You do mean 260 kbps don't you. And that's still very slow.

No, 26kbps is what I get from TOT Ipstar 256/128 when its working correctly for a couple of hours early morning. Then it slows down to a low dial-in speed. Every thing including Thai visa seems slow recently. Perhaps its old age.

Get the civil marriage registration done in Bangrak. They understand foreigners no problem.

Check with the UK embassy. I think you need to go back afterwards so the marriage is recorded in the UK.

I have downloaded some MP4 files that I need to convert to MPEG1 to make VCDs.

Is there a feeware thing that will check and fix the MP4s if they are out of spec sop the converter will work?

Many thanks

Let's not forget this is a Bangkok only survey.

It would be nice to know about the other 90% of Thailand.

I for one expect less from them.

Privy Councellors are there to councel His Majesty not to advise the public.

Many thanks to you both.

I'll give it a whirl

Roger

Hello! Im new to this forum, but not to LOS. I have been coming to LOS for the last 18 months, the next trip is my 4th. I am a member of other forums and people referred to this one so i thought id give it a whirl. My next trip i will be spending some time in Surin as tirak is from near there. I asked for info on another site and got told about the farangconnection pub which is owned by someone who frequents this forum. I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself before i go to Surin, so could the person in question pm me?

Thanks

Just click on the Farang Connection above

A friend has given me a 500g Salamino sausage. Hard as nails.

Does any body know how to eat it? Do I have to boil it first or anything?

Early morning OK but the nearer you get to lunch time the slower.

Better at weekends

Once you get to Google Thai get a Thai friend to set the language to English.

Have to mess about guessing myself everytime I re-install. But it works!

I was asking you politely. Act your age please and stop throwing fits.

OK i'm sorry, I was out of line. This story has provoked such strong feelings in me that I want it to get out to as many people who can add their voice as possible. Once again, sorry.

Have you got relevant e-mail adds for e.g. Home Secretary, Minister of Defence?

Roger

In the UK I used to enjoy the occasional tin of Campbells Soup.

Just opened a tin of Campbells Cream of Chicxken Soup bought recently in BigC.

It will be the last. I've never tasted anything quite so bad.

Is this the usual quality here?

Pity the amazingly ignorant Bangkok Post does not know that Taksin was the Prime Minister and not the Premier

Old news:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/thaienv.html

Thailand is constructing a 42.5 MW solar power plant in the northern province at Mae Hong Son. The plant, which consists of six solar-cell generating units, will be the largest solar-powered station in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) when it is completed in April 2004.

Solar energy is increasing in importance for Thailand, with the Thai government planning to increase its solar power production capacity to 30 MW by 2006.

The Thai government has encouraged the production of electricity from non-conventional and renewable resources. The Small Power Producer (SPP) program has led to some very innovative energy projects. One Thai project company is developing power plants fueled by rice husk as a biofuel.

I hope to see a lot less ignorance shown on here one day.

So we had 42.5 Mw in 2004 and this was increased to 30 MW by 2006. Will this be increased to 0 Mw soon?

I assume wiatron is a contraction of WAITer and moRON.

Is there going to be a Presidron?

Nice one Briley. The gspot thing will be useful.

But anyone know how to convert MP4 to MPEG1 as I'm into VCD not DVD?

In hope

roger

If the Royal Institute is concerned about the Thai language it could make a start with the ex civil sercie staff college calling itself the Chulalongkorn of University.

Then it could perhaps look at English transliteration and come up with Julalongkorn and Sukhumwit Road and not Sukhumvit Road.

Ad, of course, there is also Taksin Chinawat!!