Mali_in_CM

"The 800,000 baht must have come into your bank from outside Thailand. If this isn't the case, of course, you can wire the money out of the country, then wire it back in into a different bank account."

Sounds like an advanced concept in retarded banking.

The NIC boot won't help.

You need a DOS floppy, like w98se, and it needs USB drivers and MSCDEX.

With all these costs and hassles, why not just use an ATM?

Does a TLP get a falang a work permit?

Hi,

I'm retired US Mil but I don't send $ to Thai bank.

I never bank where I live or in the US. Saves a lot of hassle.

BTW, I'm going through the retiree visa thing now. You need EITHER 800,000 B in the bank or equivalent income. In fact you don't need ANY income, just a affidavit from the US consulate that says you have such an income. The consulate and the Thai immigration didn't even want to see my RAS from DFAS.

"Mr. Jitti also urged the new government to complete its plans to set a gold standard of 96.5% for pure gold to protect the quality of gold products manufactured in Thailand."

Now there'sd a concept.

Either he doesn't understand the terminology, or can't do the math, or both.

Anyway, it should be about $500/oz by next spring. So, depending on the baht rate, about 10,000 B/B.

Hi Elaine,

If you need a tutor instead of or in addition to AUA, email me.

Well...

Depends on the CD and on whether the existing format is FAT or NTFS.

Boot on a DOS floppy and use fdisk to remove/recreate partition.

Then:

format c: /s

Let's try that again.

http://www.hexff.com/win98_install.php

This is the best guide I have seen. It's talking about w9x, but just stick with it. Instead of running SETUP, you run WINNT.

<a href="http://www.hexff.com/win98_install.php">Fresh Start</a><BR>

Check your PM

Yes, a small investor can get into gold as a hedge.

As mentioned earlier, what constitutes "too much" expense is a matter of opinion.

I have my US pension DDed to a US bank and draw it anywhere from ATM. Cost is zero, which is about right.

Any xfer which involves a Thai bank will likely have delays, "fees", creative exchange rates, and maybe withdrawal restrictions.

I can get a good return, with low risk, on modest capital.

And no, I'm not talking about MLM, Amway, drug deals, telephone sales or other get-rich BS.

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BTW, folks, try to keep in mind that not everyone has a high speed connection. And try to get over this ### quoting, quoting, ad nausem to no purpose.

I never bank where I live.

And I wouldn't send my military retirement to a Thai Bank in any case.

Back on topic.

I'm a goldbug who figured oyt a long time ago that threre's about as little point in debating gols as there is in debating religion, labor unions or other topics about which people have passionately held, but not always sensible, opinions.

You either believe that gold is money or you don't.

If you were 'fully invested' in the US bubble and own a few houses which have tripled, you probably think of gold as an anachronism, a drag on 'wealth' and of evryone who espouses gold as a nut-case.

As far as where we're heading, probably $500 by April 2006 and $600 a year later.

Doug Casey, who knows more about gold than most ever will was asked in the 1990s if he thought gold would go through the roof again [as in 1980]. His reply: no, last time it went through the roof; next time it's going to the moon.

Richard Maybury, at EWR http://www.chaostan.com

predicts $5000, IIRR, when the various wars get going in earnest.

I agree with an earlier post that silver has a greater potential than gold, in % gain.

I'm with Conan.

The address tells me a lot.

Like the Thai embassy with a loxinfo address. Which is dead.

That's it, girls.

Keep throwing money at microsoft.

"Zonealarm doesn't do anything useful that the built-in firewall for Windows XP doesn't do."

Nah, just does it better.

I would dump XP and use 98se or w2k.

As to reg cleaning. A crapshoot.

I use OnTrack Fixit 4. So far, so good.

Since the speed of propogation is essentially the same in cable as in free air, I guess the delay through ipstar is the ISP's funky routers.

Hi Paul,

I know a couple good ones. MSG me if still needed.

Hi richard,

Thanks for that.

Like maestro, I was thinking it was new math, where:

4050/3550 * 240 = 400

But hey. What do you expect when the Thai language ain't got no punctuation.

3550 is about the same as 35-50 or 35 to 50 or 35~50 or, well...

There's a real electrical supply shop which has about anything you need.

Near ChiangMai Gate [south side] there's a half-left turn that heads toward airport plaze. Take it for about 100 meters and look on your right.