DGS1244

I'm up early to shower before 9.

Try 7am not 9 am

One minute it is Pyrogen then the next is FM200, Pyrogen has nothing to do with FM200 and is a small system for vehicles etc. The flooding system would have been FM200. One day the press might get something right??? Why arrest the contractors it is the building management who should enforce a work permit system and also ensure that it is being complied with. Always blame the workers never the management.

Halon is a good fire extinguishing agent mainly used for electronics. It is not particularly dangerous when expelled and does not 'smother' a fire, but interrupts it's chain reaction. Just trying to stop the crazy ignorant statements here. Thirty years firefighting in US and abroad.

So does it not become a narcotic in confined spaces.

Halon 1310 has been banned around the world for years. It removed the oxygen which is how it extinguishes the fire

Wrong again, it has only been banned by signatories to the Montreal convention, some countries did not sign, Thailand for one. Halon also does not extinguish the fire by excluding oxygen although that helps but by a chemical reaction with the flame front.

Originally it was an explosion then a fire then activation of a Halon extinguishing system now it is a FM200 system, all very different. If FM200 then no one would have been in the room during an activation, nothing to do with a Halon. The cylinders, not tanks, should have been locked off before any work started. Sounds like they were allowed to work without a work permit??? or did not follow one.

it was a private garage in Rayong.... i will be sure to get the name and post it later. It was a big very professional looking place terrible service though.

sorry but doesn't insurance only allow original dealers to fix your car? I only had minor things I got fixed under insurance (scratches, small damage to screen etc) and I always went to a Toyota dealer. I don't think e insurance would approve a private garage to fix it somewhere.

Always used the dealer to fix problems and the insurance has never been against that

Not so, many insurance companies do not like the overcharging by original dealers and prefer to use local companies.

When a Halon system is activated the cloud of gas that comes out looks just like smoke and hangs around for a few minutes. Providing the depleted air still contains at least 12% oxygen then you can survive if the oxygen density goes less then you have a problem. Sounds like that someone did not design the system correctly or isolate it whilst the 'workers' were present, a normal procedure.

There is no requirement for an original dealer to make the repairs, in fact some of the insurance companies do not like to use them as they are far to costly. If you are with a foreign company then write to their head office addressed to the CEO, if you are with a Thai company then you can write direct to the insurance ombudsman with copy to the repair shop, works wonders.

A stupid move to try and get out of paying for drinks. If I tried to steal from Thais in this way I would expect the same treatment.

I really like the Thai style of getting a bill rather than having to pay for every single drink every single time you buy one like in pubs in other countries, where you have to wait at the bar to be served, then wait for the waiter to pour your drinks and then pay for your drinks and then have to wait again for your change.

If idiot farangs keep behaving like this it will ruin it for everyone. A couple of Canadian girls tried it in a go go a couple of weeks ago and I have personally seen it many times. Come on a holiday to Thailand and steal from the locals. Scummy.

Would not surprise me to find that you have got it totally around the wrong way. Most likely the bar, as frequently usual, tried to charge him for drinks he never had.

Guess you like being beaten up and throwing your money away, I don't. When I run a tab in a bar I do not 'trust' then I make sure I read and initial every tab before it goes in the pot. No signature no pay, many organised bars do it with no problems.

Bangkok Insurance is probably the only Thai insurer that actually has funds to payout. Should not have any problem with them, they have a satisfactory record. Personally I would go for one of the foreign companies such as AIG and their subsidiaries.

Or you can just toss them and buy the generic ones here if you are worried about it...... 4 for 180 baht in most pharmacies.

If you are only paying that much then it is fake, even Karmarga is more expensive. I have a very friendly pharmacist who says that there is no way you can sell the real stuff for that price.

I am just hijacking this topic don't want to open another one

my Thai nephew just obtained a Thai international licences

can he use this to drive in Australia ? I know he can not use

his normal Thai license which is prohibited in Australia

There is no such hing as an international driving licence is is only a 'permit' which is a translation of your home driving licence, which you must have, into a number of languages. In over forty years I have never been asked for it irrespective of the country I was in. When I applied for a Thai licence I had my UK one translated into Thai, which the authorities here accepted and stated that is what they would prefer. Result, colour test only nothing else was required.

A UK driving licence is only valid for three months when out of the country and yes they do know when because they have access to the British Passport data base.

The black gun in the bottom of the pictures is a Glock model 27 in S&W .40 caliber. Unusual for Thailand as much more 9mm is seen.

That gun is high quality but very small with a small grip and a short sight radius and it's very hard to shoot accurately. Apparently he decided to pick a gunfight with it and lost.

Fortunately the gun is also a BB gun not real, but very good copy.

Immigration and police dont seem to be following what was said about Passports , This is one main reason i left Thailand it is becoming very clear they have adopted a western approach i have only searched in Bangkok but 5 times in one week has turned me off the country , great bloody holiday

Been here for 4 years. I go out almost every night. Often bar areas if friends are here on hole day. NEVER been asked for my passport. Actually was once ....travelling from airport to hua hin after midnight when martial law rules were in. Big deal

Maybe if 'Shirtless' actually wore some shirts he wouldn't get stopped, one less person to worry about. In twenty years never been stopped in the street and asked for passport, if you look like an idiot then you are sure to alert the men in brown.

Not sure why you mention a International Driving Permit, it is not a Licence. You can drive in Thailand for up to three months on your US Licence, the Permit is just a translation of that. If you are here for only 3 months a year why do you need a Thai licence?

Another "nimby" complains about noise, and hopes for the boondoggle of the new airport. What about the nice people enjoying their country lifestyle in Sankhampaeng? Why should they suffer noise, traffic, Phuket style taxi mafias, and have their land confiscated so the Nimbies in town can sleep soundly in lodgings secured near the departure path of an existing 24 hour airport? Isn't that the epitome of hypocrisy? Do they plan on evicting the RTAF as well?

I'm directly under the RW36 departure path and having the airport 10 minutes drive away is fine with me, thank you very much. I recommend polymer frame windows and double glazing, or moving to Sankanpaeng NOW as flight numbers will only increase. There is no need for a new airport, only more terminal space. Maybe in 30 years.

As for curfews I would not be opposed personally if their was political will but since when does "the will of the people" here trump the flexibility and income for the Govt/AOT? Some of these airlines fly here late night because this is the only economical way to do so, as the aircraft are needed/make more money on other sectors in the daytime. If they could only operate before 23:00 for example they might not operate to CNX at all. I'm sure many of you want that but you may be surprised that there are many others who want the income in torist sector brought by these "invasions" and "hordes".

This should be 'fun' when they move the Airforce to San Khampaeng as they say they will do.

The fire brigade cannot do any external rescues above 9 floors, the building apparently only has one means of escape staircase and the fire started by someone burning incense sticks for the Chinese new year. A disaster waiting to happen as many high rise buildings are.

Know the building, no sprinkler system, built before regs changed, not that it makes a lot of difference regs that is. Poor means of escape as usual.

Touch wood.....i have never had a visit from immigration, or the police. Never had any problem at immigration either, nothing that going and making another photo copy didn't cure. I have never bribed them, apart from paying 500 baht for a certificate of residency, but if you don't pay, you don't get.

Do you people steal cars, or rob banks or something?

A lot of people seem to get refused for this, and refused for that, because of missing paperwork, or worse, just having the wrong attitude. Think ahead, get what they want BEFORE going there, and be hassle free. cheers.

Like you in 20 years I have never had a problem at immigration, either in Bangkok or Chiang Mai, it makes you wonder why some people end up on the police radar.

I wonder if you brought your dogs to Thailand from another country? It is just that I was told by a vet, I have two small Thai bred dogs, that dogs from abroad do not have the resistance in their system that Thai bred dogs do. The same vet advised against importing dogs from other countries as they frequently have problems, particularly with their hearts. Hope you find a solution to the reoccurring problem, if you do let us all know for the future.

Titanium replacement knees have been around in Thailand for over 13 years.

Been lots of posts here on Thaivisa about whether an IDP is required here in Thailand. I've always thought an IDP is a legal requirement, others disagree and say the home DL is legal enough. This new directive seems to clear up ths now old debate.

Wrong!!! The most police men accept a national driving license. I believe they don't know what you show they or what is the different between a national and IDP.

But to drive in Thailand you need a INTERNATIONAL DRIVING LICENSE!!!

Only tourists from ASEAN countries can drive with a national driving license.

All other is complete nonsense!!!

Phuket Provincial Land Transport Office require it also for Thai Driving license.

http://phuketdir.com/pkttransport/

There is no such thing as an 'International Driving Licence'. Before I had a Thai Licence I had my UK driving licence translated into Thai and certified, always better received than a IDP and made it a lot easier to get a Thai Licence when I applied. The licencing centre made it quite plain that the IDP wasn't worth the money it took to print it.

There is no such thing as an International Driving Licence it is a only a 'Permit' which is a translation of your own current home driving licence. It is illegal to use it to drive with unless you have a current full licence from your country. If you get one from the UK it does not even have a Thai translation from English, so why on earth do they want you to have one here. In Thailand if you have a Thai licence then they will issue you a international permit if needed anyway.

A very misleading headline, it is not that the rooms are 'illegal' it's the business that is illegal, they say. I would love to now what an 'illegal' room looks like!!!

Chiang Mai certificate of residence and medical one needed.

Think that might be a bit impossible in Thailand. How do you prove its yours before it is born?? Why should you have custody anyway, that should be the mothers decision and hers alone.