grego49

3 hours ago, Eligius said:

This will be another complete and shameful waste of money (and opportunity for graft) by those who 'govern' Thailand.

 

There are a million and one truly valuable things that can be done by a military junta with  masses of money, to help the Thai people  - and buying more helicopters is not one of them!

Or submarines,,,

15 hours ago, notasmartassknowitallfarag said:

Total incompetence from the pick up driver. Absolutely no excuse for crashing like that in perfect driving conditions. He/she has now killed two innocent people. 

And probably walk away with a 500 baht fine,they have to start jailing these clowns that cant drive.

4 minutes ago, grego49 said:

I live in kanchanaburi and the lazy cops here do absolutely nothing about road safety,helmets,3 and 4 clowns on bikes,going the wrong way against traffic or enforcing any sort of road rules,most of the bikes in town  are unregisterd, then you only see cops 9 till 5,the bar strip here where most of the bars and falang resturants are we see every night young clowns racing but never see a cop.

Wish i could put this on some thai web sites might shame them into doing something,cheers

I live in kanchanaburi and the lazy cops here do absolutely nothing about road safety,helmets,3 and 4 clowns on bikes,going the wrong way against traffic or enforcing any sort of road rules,most of the bikes in town  are unregisterd, then you only see cops 9 till 5,the bar strip here where most of the bars and falang resturants are we see every night young clowns racing but never see a cop.

33 minutes ago, Internatltraveler said:

Tanoshi above neglected to copy entire requirement for BBK Bank for opening an account. This is what happens on this site when we get partial information that is not totally accurate. We need to pay attention to detail when advising others...the rest of that page:

3. Foreigner with permanent residence in Thailand

 

• Passport or Certificate of Residence or Alien Certificate
• House Registration document

This means that if you go to your local immigration office and get a certificate of residence that costs around 500 baht you can use that also and do not need to have a letter from your embassy....Same requirement as when you get your driver's license...the Certificate of residence is a legal document used for proof of  residence here in Thailand in most instances...

Agreed,thats if your local IMO will issue one,some dont.cheers

Went to Karon beach a few years ago,our hotel was full of Russians my wife was the only thai staying in the hotel,getting to the buffet breakfast was like the start of the Boston marathon, never again,just experienced the same in Pattaya a few months ago with chinnese,people dont need that crap fighting for food at breakfast,my friends that used the come here go to Bali or the Philippines now,much cheaper,

Kanchanaburi is pretty quiet now too,cheers

On 12/13/2018 at 10:54 AM, mok199 said:

Aparently thais need 12 - 16 hours of sleep each day,that leaves just 8 hours for  breakfast, lunch, a snack, dinner, texting and a KIP.....saddly,many feel its ok to do all that behind the wheel...

They dont know what the word fatigue means,in most countries it is publicized on the media all the time,not in Thailand.

British based company with an email adress and a complaint section on their web site give em hell,,,

2 hours ago, Sumarianson said:

The Brits are not coming and they are not welcome by all accounts. The pound is in full flow like a turd down the sewer. May is making a mess of everything. She has no support and this is reflected in no tourists from the UK. The Chinese were wisely warned off by the several disasters due to a lack of safety standards and absolutely no control over safety especially at sea but in general everywhere in Thailand. 

And with Thailands number 1 world ranking for road deaths which is making headlines who can blame the chinese and others for not coming.

1 hour ago, moontang said:

There are signs in BKK condos about prosecution of Airbnb rentals.  Foreigners will always be the first choice to arrest.  I think the daily rental thing is more common at the beaches, but they can nail you on:. No work permit, no hotel license, tax evasion, and failing to notifying Immigration of foreigners staying in your property....and besides that, the Thais are known snitches, and so are other foreigners.

 

Otherwise, you would have Chinese leasing townhouses, and putting 50 bunkbeds in them...which they have indeed done...no fire protection, no standards on occupancy, ventilation, etc...

Like they do all over Sydney,,

Plenty of rain and cool conditions in Kanchanaburi for a change.

10 hours ago, wow64 said:

I don’t know weather it’s stupidity or selfishness constantly displayed on the roads here.

Both mate,

52 minutes ago, tifino said:

you would pay that much again, if you select the 'Currency Conversion Now' option

 

plus, back home, there's a further AU$3.50 (80baht) taken

Australian citibank do not charge you to draw money out here,you only get hit with the 220 baht,also my bank here gives me the option of use their conversion or proceding without conversion,sat they offered me 23.43 proceded without out coversion and got 23.92 from citibank that included the 220 baht.cheers

3 hours ago, kkerry said:

My Australian cards (credit & debit) send the verification to my Thai number, just had to arrange it with my bank. A small annoyance is I need to call and change the number when I travel to and from Australia as their system doesn't allow me to update it online or keep two numbers listed. They also send me an SMS if there are any large or unusual transactions.

Same with my citibank acc in oz works well for me.

As usual Thailand at its third world best,

It seems every day this happens they should start hanging these low lifes and try and get a message out there.

4 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Use visa agent. 25000 baht. Easy peasy. 

Try 13,000 baht done same day

On 9/17/2017 at 1:23 PM, mercman24 said:

typical,, here is a hardworking guy scratching a living and is solvent, not a burden,  ( and to think his tax is giving money to absolute wasters)but its ok if you rock up on our shores on a banana boat with jack shit money in your pocket, we will give you hundreds of pounds and a <deleted> house as well .

Same in Australia mate.

Run by chinese for chinese,more zero dollar tourists coming.