NotEinstein

25 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

 

 

Would that be the same Craig Murray, the antisemite conspiracy theorist, that has been arrested by counterterrorism police for voicing his support for both Hamas, and  Hezbollah ?

Clear to see where your loyalties lie.

 

 

OK, you have your opinion of Murray, but did you read the fact-based piece?

We do not live in a black and white world.......

Loyalties? Perhaps you meant understanding of the relevant facts......

17 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

People keep mentioning this long wait times when there were 10x less tourists in Chiang Mai so how is this even possible? Maybe 10x less staff?

 

Keep in mind I only had a tourist visa back then (or the non-O which they extended improperly) and was doing extensions (like the old METV). Yes it was crowded at some times of year because the small space but it wasn't hectic since the volume of people was so much lower. Less stress and more personal too.

At that time people were having to extend etc. at CMI from all over northern Thailand. Just before the Promenada period other Imm branches were opened, e.g. Lamphun, Chiang Rai, so the volume dropped significantly. When 'Big Joke' was in charge of Imm. there was also a huge improvement of service. The IOs were complaining of having to work extra hours for free.....

I had 27 years paid (until 2002 - not worked since) and they told me I needed to top up 3 years, which I did (chose 2006-2008). I activated my claim last month so I will be receiving the 'full state pension' in 3 months.

A couple of years back we had a reasonably sized bees nest in a mango tree that looked a lot like yours. The wife got a guy from the next village to remove them. He covered up, smoked them and then dropped the majority into a bag. There was a clump left, but they left by themselves about an hour later. He did it for the honeycomb - we got some too.

The tessabahn may remove them. We had their snake wrangler remove a not so deadly a few years back.

The Chiang Mai casino hotel has been under construction for more than 5 years. They have not been in a rush to complete as they have been waiting for the politicians to get 'the paperwork' done. It is an open secret around here (on the river, just south of the outer ring road).

My wife's first job 35 years ago was receptionist in the CM casino. She has many tales.

On 3/11/2025 at 8:24 PM, mike3006 said:

Hi not Einstein I sent you a dm thanks everyone for helping  I’m still searching 

Hi Mike, contact details sent via PM - hope it works out for you.

21 hours ago, mike3006 said:

im in mae rim.

OK, my wife's niece's husband's step-father lives in mae-rim and does such things, I will get his number this evening.

You don't say where you are. In our village there are a few guys that do small jobs such as these. If your wife only speaks with house builders rather than the village odd-job guy, you have their answer.

I have been using MyTello for the last few years - they set up a local (Bangkok) number for you to call for each contact you wish to speak with. No need to use a 'smartphone'. Obviously not free, but very cheap.

6 hours ago, GanDoonToonPet said:

 

I've just reached this stage but have hit a bit of a snag 🤪

 

This morning I received my response letter, with the shortfall tables, giving a breakdown of how much I need to pay in class 2 and 3 past NICs for each year, for the past 15 years. For some years, I have to pay a mixture of class 2 and 3 due to short periods of unemployment.

 

I've read the site you linked to, and the corresponding one for class 2 NICs, but can't fathom how I inform them of which year or type I want to pay for. 

I phoned them and discussed what I needed to do, which is how I came by this info. The guy said he could put a note on my file, but I decided to inform them officially by post detailing the payment made and allocation requirements. He said it would take about 6 months for them to process the payment.

13 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Why Bangkok? when trying to call UK

The call gets routed through the internet starting locally......

If you cannot use Skype and want to use a call from any phone, set up an account with app.mytello.com/en and setup a connection to the number(s) you require. They will allocate a Bangkok number for you to dial from any phone number you register for a usage charge of 0.4 baht per minute, so a small additional cost to a call to Bangkok.

8 minutes ago, Andycoops said:

As far as I know 0800 numbers are only available in the UK, not internationally.

 

For example my bank has a 0800 number as do other companies agencies I deal with but they all provide a international number for overseas callers, alongside the UK 0800 free number.

Yes, that's why I call them over skype +44800xxxxxx did it last August

My morning toasts gets drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and first press coconut oil (2 each) purely for medicinal purposes (removes all the joint inflammations I suffered for years with - no more ibuprofen), then topped with sliced tomato (good for <deleted>, apparently) and then eaten along with bananas and other fruits, washed down with a couple of cups of green tea.

From my recordings December 2019 (10.75C), January 2020 (11.06C) and January 2021 (12.88C) were colder than now (12.94C).

From experience, if I didn't have to be here, I would go to the Cook Islands (New Zealand dependency, for now).

2025 will be the year that the mass self-inflicted disability suffered by a significant proportion of the young Thai population is admitted to, with a call for help - how to re-enable the young that have a smart phone in one hand at all times?

I went to the Similans on that Christmas day to snorkel and spent the night in a tent just off the beach. Luckily I got up early and walked up the trail to the top of the island to see the spine of the  island chain. As I got back down I was greeted by a Thai guy running up and putting his towel on the bushes. I wrote up a description with linked photos for my grandson a couple of years back http://who.thaiholiday.biz/tsunami.htm

36 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

It'd be good if you mentioned the main parts of the story for clarity, yes.

The main parts of the story, in fact the whole question, was about the drug test......

9 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Fair bit 'we' decided to leave out then.....

Seeing as the subject was the drugs testing and the tenants activities were  just an add-in for local context, It wasn't needed.

You cherry-picked that, making it an issue. Or do you expect 'war and peace' from every poster concerning every single aspect in fine-grained detail?

9 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Refuse. They have no right. This sounds like just another brainless idiot who thinks he has lots of power showing off. Either that or Thaksin sent him a memo. Hmmm! Maybe both. I'm assuming this is pseudo official so there will be not formal notice of this. Please post it if there is.

 

No, all official - the ladies from or-sor-mor processed and tested. A few cops in attendance.