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7 minutes ago, NowNow said:

 

I thought that it seemed a bit expensive for your taste. I expected it to be an English cheddar and know that you can buy 500 grams of Mainland cheese for around 260 baht. 699 denoted something a bit better. Seems not.

I used to buy a lot of cheese(together with other items) from Siamburi's. Especially when they had good deals on Greek Feta. Though once they sold out, they didn't come back in. Stopped making the journey after a while, especially as my cupboards are full of higher quality imported items now.

So does someone bring it over for you in a suitcase? My daughter always insists on bringing a kilo of mature cheddar and Cadbury's whole nut.

But I could order from SB at no extra cost if over 1000 THB. Smoked mackerel, smoked salmon off cuts, smoked Pollock - cheap substitute for haddock, but just about acceptable, blue cheese by the kilo, unsalted butter, cream cheese etc etc. Thailand doesn't seem to do smoked. Sun dried, yes. I guess the smoke houses will need to get FDA registered. Is it a big deal? I imagined it could be.

18 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

There is another thread on here or another site that the owner has given a very good accounting of why they are closed and the reasons why.

Yeah? Any links?

9 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

they sell fresh produce ?

Well, cheese and butter, and a whole raft of frozen foods. Fish, meat etc, to which this "order" applied. I meant as opposed to tins, packets, bottles etc etc.

On 12/29/2022 at 11:21 PM, Social Media said:

Whether or not you are travelling this Holiday here are the Emergency numbers you need to know incase you need assistance.

 

I rang 1155 from Pattaya and was routed to Bangkok. They told me to ring +66 61 146 1155 for Pattaya. YMMV.

A mate reported that, during a recent visit, much of the fresh produce, cheese, butter etc, was covered and not for sale. This was apparently as a result of a visit by Thai FDA regarding imported chilled and frozen foods now requiring registration with the FDA.

Details are a bit sketchy I have to admit. Anyone more info on this?

2 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

But only for UK passports and possible EU passports. What about Chinese, Japanese, Arabic passports? They will have slight differences and how will it detect forgeries?

How are any forgeries detected? Not by the human eye unless it's a really bad forgery. The sign at BKK said "Foreign passports". It didn't say which. Maybe the chip is what the scanners read? But that's not in the details pages. Ah well...

2 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

That does not account for forgeries. Some copies shall we say would not be detected by a machine despite what you think

And just what do I think? An IO would detect one? I think an AI scanner would for sure detect a forgery. Better than the human eye. Anyway, what the hell do I know? Or anyone else?

Rescue included a free Man U lunch box?

50 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Be interesting to see how this system works. It is going to need to be able to detect passports from every country in the world. I cant think of any country that has a system that does that. Normally it just reads passports issued by the country you are entering.

There is a standard agreed format for all passport details pages.

The Philippines has been requiring a qr code for years. It started in COVID, with evidence of Vax, and has continued without that, and with fairly minimal input. It just gets checked at their immigration. Destination address and a few other details. Not a problem.

2 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

and dont forget americans cant spell.

1 hour ago, john donson said:

 

you don't need your exit stamp? or re-entry permit?

No. The re-entry permit is only checked upon reentry. Entry and exit stamps are superfluous. It's all held on computer. I got neither leaving and returning.

The departure automatic gates are working at BKK. Just scan your passport and you're through.

10 minutes ago, Trip Hop said:

In other words you haven’t got the minerals to step out of that bubble of yours?

 

Name the time and place!

7 minutes ago, Trip Hop said:

 

I'll give you a bit of advice.  Take a step out of that condo bubble or whatever it is that spout all your drivel from and make some friends with the real people in the underbelly of the capital.  You'll soon be surprised at what you see and what you here.

Gratuitous advice rejected. Take your own advice and get lost in the underbelly of whatever capital you reside in. Are you confused, by any chance? You don't know where I am, do you? Maybe right behind you.

12 minutes ago, Trip Hop said:

 

Do I come across as someone who has a death wish then?

So you're prepared to make anonymous uncorroborated, baseless assertions about a man's guilt on this forum, but completely bottle it when making them in person in real life? Just as I thought. It goes for all the other weasels on this forum taking cheap shots at him. Easy from behind a keyboard.

I bought land in my Thai daughter's name, or rather, I paid the asking price, and the chanote was put in her name. She was 20 at the time. I live in a condo where the foreign quota was oversubscribed so that went into her name as well. It's actually a relief to know I don't have to worry about those properties. Don't need to put them in a will, nor pay any death duty/inheritance taxes if such a thing existed here.

A knuckle

4 minutes ago, Trip Hop said:

 

Obviously more than you!

Tell the RTP then. If you want to risk a libel lawsuit, go ahead, be my guest.

2 hours ago, Trip Hop said:

 

Neither do you judging by your comments on this?

So what do you know?

6 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

they all have plenty to hide,  how much they each have to hide is almost certainly directly proportional to their rank.  he was 2nd in command so he will have more than most.  Its a racing certainty    

Such wonderfully crafted logic. Almost certainly? A racing certainty? Are you opening a book on this?

1 minute ago, Bday Prang said:

And  when the judge  finds him guilty will you still protest his innocence?    Of course you will

Not at all. But if he's found not guilty, what will you do? Slink away muttering about corruption?

3 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

 

are you stooopid? it's in the headlines of this articler.

believe in santa claus, much?

Oh so you believe headlines? Will the judge? It says in the headlines so guilty? DOH! And DOH! again.

16 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

And you seem to know everything.

I don't claim to know anything but the lynch mob claims to know all about him. They don't. Only what they read here, and the assumptions they make based on "TIT". Until a proper case is made, there is no case. All that's happened so far is the other senior police have closed ranks against him. Why? What do they have to hide?

34 minutes ago, lom said:

He wouldn't got that high up if he hadn't learnt that money in hand can't be traced, I strongly doubt that he got bribe money through bank transfer.

What bribe money?