OneMoreFarang

17 hours ago, frank83628 said:

classic case of 'f**k around and find out' ! she'll think twice about raising her hands next time

I wouldn't bet that she will think even only one time. 

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The woman claims her confrontation with a security guard resulted in significant mental health issues.

Like: before that she had significant mental health issues. And after that she had significant mental health issues. Blame the guard. 

10 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

However, more than 70 million Americans voted for Trump, twice.

Yes, that is the concerning part. 

11 hours ago, Swhrbe said:

Why do men think that we want to be equal= being violence towards us? We want to be treated as people not as punching bags. This why women hate men. Like seriously treated us as humans and not inferior or as objects. Also you shouldn't do that to another men nor we should hit men for no reason. Like seriously you think we can only be treated like objects or be treated like a man. There can be no in between like treat us like people with rights who biological different from men. Maybe some women want to be treated as a man but not all.

Thanks for your comment.

I agree with what you write.

It would be good if nobody would use violence. But if person A uses violence against person B, then nobody should be surprised if person B retaliates - independent of male or female.

16 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

It can be confusing mostly because they lack knowledge and are confused.  If you go to 5 different True shops, they will quote numerous options some not seem to be offered by other shops.  And the websites for these carriers,  good luck.

I remember a couple of years ago I visited a DTAC shop to ask them about some prices. I think they had 3 people "working" there. I was the only customer. And what did they do when I asked them? They called their service line on one of their phones and handed me the phone. Ask them!

That was not the service which I expected. 

10 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

While it may be annoying to you, the reality is that Thailand is still very inexpensive compared to many other countries in the world for cell phone coverage. In the US I have a comparable plan to what I have here but it's 1/5th the speed for 5G, and it cost me $85 a month. Here I pay about $17 a month and it's five times faster. 

Yes, I know that in general the service is not expensive in Thailand.

What annoys me is that they clearly spent a lot of money on advertisement and marketing and this and that.

But they are not willing to show the same information on their WWW and App and not when I call them.

They could have that info in an Excel file, and it would cost them basically nothing. But no, they don't do that. Annoying! 

13 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

I wonder what is it that you try to tell us? 

Ok, let me try again.

There was a time when I used phone and SMS a lot. I had a promotion for 300min per month phone calls, x number of SMS, etc.

Now I use most of the time WhatsApp to chat with people and call them, and that most of the time when I am connected to a WIFI network.

I use the mobile phone provider data to check news and my email, I don't watch long movies in high resolution somewhere outside.

I want a mobile phone provider which is reliable. And I don't want to pay more than necessary.

I checked the invoices from the last couple of months. I never used more than 100min phone calls per month. And I never used all the GB from my internet package. 

I expected that I see on the website and on the app of the mobile phone provider all packages which I can change to, from the cheapest to the most expensive. 

And I would hope for honesty. I can see in my invoice how much I called and how many GB I used. That information is from them. They could easily tell me that for me the cheapest package is just fine, because I don't use anything more than that.

But they make it difficult to change to something cheaper - even if that is in their range of products.

Change in app: No

Change with a phone call to their support: No

Only after asking a couple of times do they offer what they have.

Annoying.

I save now about 3000B per year. That is not much. But what's the point of spending that money if it has absolutely no advantage?

My gf also changed to the cheaper promotion. Another 3000B per year.

A little here, a little there, it adds up. 

With the laws in this country, I am not sure if I am allowed to mention the name of the provider.

I use a big mobile phone provider in Thailand since many years. I pay my bills at the end of the month depending on the usage.

I used their 599B promotion since many years.

Now they sent me a message that that promotion doesn't exist anymore, and they recommend the 669B promotion.

So, I check in my app from that company to look at available packages. The cheapest they offer on their app cost 649B.

Then I looked on their website. The cheapest there is 399B.

So, I called them and asked to which package I can change. The friendly saleswoman told me the cheapest is 449B. I asked her how about that 399B offer from the web? Her answer: I don't see that, I will ask someone else to call you back. 

About 10min later someone called me back and I asked about the 399B package. Yes, I can have that. Then I asked if they have anything cheaper. Yes, 349B. Which conditions? And he told me about the free call time, internet usage, etc. Even the cheapest package was more than twice of what I normally use. So now I changed to that one.

Summary: Now I pay about half of the price of their recommended package.

The phone provider obviously knows how much I call and how much internet I use. They could have easily recognized that even the cheapest package includes more minutes of phone calls and more GB than I used in the last 3 months together. But no, they want to charge more.

I write this here because others might have the same problem, they want to pay no more than necessary, but the phone company makes it extraordinary difficult to choose a cheap promotion which they offer. Annoying!

On 4/25/2024 at 10:05 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I suggest send DHL an email and ask them.

I did this before above delivery, and I was surprised about their detailed answer.

Here is what I did some time ago:

I sent an email to th.csflsd[at]dhl.com with information about a parcel which I wanted to receive per DHL.

I included detailed information of what I would receive.

This was before any parcel was sent. 

DHL replied to me with an email with these details:

14 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

She didn't deserve it. What a statement. Her slap hardly touched him (and we don't know what he said to her to provoke it) but nevertheless he punched her as hard as he could  and strolled off leaving her unconcious on the ground. This is aggravated assault, a felony. His job is to protect the tenants not beat them up. She could have died while he was ignoring her. He should be in jail.  I can't believe anybody would be so callous as to make such a remark.

Ok, let's try it like that: If the woman would be a guy, and if that guy would have behaved like her, would you have the same opinion?

When I was young my parents told me not to get in any fight and don't hit anybody. They didn't tell me something like you can/should fight with guys but not with women.

There are some sweet and nice women. But there are also some aggressive bitches. I see no reason to treat them different to an aggressive guy. 

49 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Up to you. Your money. You can pay for her lesson

 

Me, I learned along time ago some addtional rules:

Retreat is cool.

A real man walks away, because when you can take a life as fast as you can snap your fingers, you are excersizing a power best left to God and you better be damn right about using that power.

 

Regardless, I would expect answers sucj as yours from the lesser trained.

 

I am not a killer and don't want to be a killer.

There is a huge difference between fighting (back) and trying to kill the opponent.

I am not trained at all. But then, since my time in school I never had a reason to fight anybody.

I used to go to a blind massage place in Jomtien.

That was years ago, but I would be surprised if they wouldn't be there anymore. Just check on Google maps.

About the individual therapist: It seems we all have different taste about the massage style, etc. I suggest just go a blind massage place a couple of time, get a massage from several therapists, and then settle on the one which you like most.

11 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Basic rules: Anyone who touches me in anger is an imminent threat to my life and will be dealt with accordingly until he or she is no longer a threat.

 

Remember (especially for when you are answering questions, with your attorney present, after you did a Rhodesian drill on some skell): Your actions are designed to STOP the threat, not murder, beat, shoot, teach a lesson. 

 

1. Dude came at me with a knife. He slashed at me, then when he went to run away I shot him. Although in many jurisdictions you can shoot someone to STOP the commisiion of a designated felony or to PREVENT the commision of a felony, get ready to get indicted.

 

2. Dude came at me with a knife. He slashed at me even as I backed away telling him to stop. I then used my firearm to stop him. Get a medal.

 

Applied to the video.

 

Dude wasnt justified in smacking her.

 

 

He made sure she didn't strike again. And hopefully she learned a lesson. 

1 hour ago, tuktuktuk said:

They're a favorite for cargo and don't have to meet the same certification requirements as for passenger service.

Ok, so will they be sold to someone who wants to use them for cargo? 

If not, why not?

I want to mount an aluminium profile like in the picture to a wall in my condominium. Yes, I own it, I am allowed to drill holes.

The profile is about 2m long and 2cm wide. I want to mount it to the wall with maybe 5 screws in about equal distance.

The wall is not 100% flat/straight, there is maybe 1cm difference so if the profile is left and right on the wall it will be 1cm away from the wall in the middle. This difference is not exactly in the middle and it might be a few places where the wall is not completely flat.

The profile should be mounted 100% horizontal.

I have a laser level which allows me to see if it is 100% horizontal.

The easy way would be to drill a couple of holes on that horizontal line, put plugs inside, and then screws, and all is fine.

But in my experience, it is almost impossible to drill holes in a wall at exactly the desired place. When drilling the holes it always goes a little, maybe 1 or 2mm to one side or up or down.

Do you know a good way to drill exactly in a wall, not even 1mm away from the desired location? How?

I think about first mounting a piece of wood to the wall and screw that to the wall and maybe put some little pieces of wood behind it where it is not flat on the wall. And then screw the aluminium profile on top of that wood. Because it is no problem to drill accurate holes into wood. And the wood can bend a little if the holes in the wall are not 100% correct. The aluminium basically doesn't bend. 

Any idea/suggestion? 

Thanks

1 hour ago, Korat Kiwi said:

I do agree in principle re never hit a woman but with caveats. 

 

If she hits out the 1st one is free

 

The 2nd hit out receives a verbal warning 

 

The 3rd hit receives an appropriate swift reply. 

 

Some females think they are untouchable. But that doesn't give them licence to give out violence without some form of punishment in return. 

 

If they are fighting off a rapist, then yes use every force available to protect yourself and maim the <deleted> out of the perpetrator. 

 

But in this instance, I think she got back with interest.  Hopefully she will adjust her attitude accordingly. 

Why is the 1st one free?

Why for the 2nd one a verbal warning?

She started it. If she starts a physical fight, I think it's only fair that the guy fights back and makes it clear to her that she won't win that fight.

Why should there be a difference if a woman or a man hit anybody? 

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

retirement ceremony

What exactly is the meaning of retirement for these planes?

Put them somewhere and forget them?

Sell some parts and scrap the rest?

Sell the whole planes?

If other airlines are still using them and if they were properly maintained over the years, then I would think it should be possible to sell them. Or not?

11 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

First 2 registrars I have attempted both claim I need a work permit. I have found ones which dont seem to require this but want 80 usd instead of 360 baht !! 

Can anyone confirm if a work permit is a genuine requirement, when a yellow house book can be presented ?? 

Or can provide a registrar for reasonable money (1000b ??) that will offer an in.th domain to a non Thai with Pink ID, Yellow Book, etc.

Better check the actual legal situation.

Because if you are able to get what you want but later i.e. maybe your competition finds out you don't have a required work-permit, then maybe they take away your domain from you. I guess that is not what you want.

IMHO only because something is possible in Thailand doesn't mean that is a long-term solution. 

2 minutes ago, rhodie said:

Must be more comfortable than a KTM as you don't seem to believe riders can have fun on a scooter. Have done many trips on that 135 from Pattaya. Once on a trip from Pattaya along the Mekong and heading to the Golden Triangle. Cut short by Covid in 2021. Decided to head back to Pattaya from Lampang including right through Bangkok. 750kms in a day. Happy as.  I now have the Xerox. Very versatile scooter. Great in the city and out on the open road. Not looking to do 160 on a bike.

 

Not sure why you have a problem with scooters, but each to their own.

Until now I had 6 bikes in my life, and over 20 years riding them. I have enough experience to know differences of different types of bikes. I also know how comfortable it was/is to ride them for hours.

Little scooters, like shown in the beginning of this thread, are not comfortable. That is no big deal when one uses them for trips around the corner, but it becomes pretty obvious on longer trips.

Sure, it's possible to take them on longer trips. It's also possible to walk or take public busses. But is that fun? If anybody likes to do longer trips, and can afford a more comfortable bike, why wouldn't you use a more comfortable bike?