chris2004

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"In other tourist places, Hua Hin, Koh Chang, Samui, Phuket, Bangkok I heard nowhere near this number as a percentage of foreigners".

Haven't you compared the prices?

The answer is pretty obvious.

Not to mention that Chiang Mai offers things that none of those places has. Why would an American move to Hua Hin when he can move to Florida or Mexico for the same, and likely better beaches? Not to mention for the same or better prices.

Er what about the thai ladies - 40 kgs instead of 140 kgs.

I have a live in thai girlfriend who was an EX bar girl. I could never have a relationship with one who still worked. You must be a special person if you don't mind what she does every day. If she was serious about you surely she could get a "normal" job even if it meant less money.

One different aspect to this is basic care as opposed to major illnesses. You will get frail as you get older even if your health is OK. How do people manage to clean, do shopping, ride the bike etc. Do they all have young thai girlfriends/wives or is there any form of care that you can buy for a modest sum.

I used to have TOT for the internet but their service was always terrible. Changed to 3BB.

I've got the same set up as you but with a 55 in TV. The thai channels look OK to me for SD, obviously they are not going to look as good as the HD channels.

I wonder which idiot agreed to start a race at 10 pm <deleted>. I suppose it's to suit the europeans who see it early evening. I can't see the point of floodlight racing (ala Singapore) you can't see anything of the track,crowds or surrounding area. You might as well have in europe at a test track.

Bank tellers collect taxes for HMRC on Capital Gains!

NO! But they are obliged to notify you of your (possible) tax obligations.

How could the teller possibly know that the cheque was written by her father, who might be old, and who might die and be subject to inheritance tax? Surely to them it's just another cheque to be deposited. Sounds bizarre. The tax only becomes due when the father dies anyway.

I use 3BB and i hardly ever get problems so maybe its your line not 3BB>

I bought an original quite a few years ago and it was $200. I bought one in the Pattaya market and it was i think @ 500 baht ($17). They look good and wrote OK.

I am coming over to Koh Samui via the Ferry in June. I will probably want to hire a car for my 4 day stay there. Is it possible to hire a car at the ferry terminal (Lipa Noi?) to save paying taxi fares to get me to and from my hotel in Lamai.

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Songkran could be really fun if it was just the water pistols and flour. But it's the dickheads with power sprays and buckets of ice water that make the whole thing a nightmare. I dread it coming.

Just bought the tgf one of the new Finos, now with fuel injection. I always liked the Finos but lack of fi put me off. Looks great in the black/grey colour. 45,500 plus extras.

Does anyone know about Royal hill condotel on thapraya road ..?

Hard to imagine anyone wanting to live there who isnt stone deaf. Between the deafening 24/7 traffic noise from the road and the building noise from Grande Caribbean on one side (when they start) and Treetops on the other (when they start) it is one of the last places I would want to be over the next couple of years.

Chateau Dale wont be much better soon thanks to Grande C, which is a shame as until now it was quite a nice place.

The Grande Caribbean will be low rise near Chateaudale.. (8 floors) The high rise 30 floors will be build on the roadside for seaview

I doubt if the Grande Caribbean will ever get built. They have been advertising it a lot around town for well over a year but they haven't even dug a hole yet. They are offering a new Cruze car for someone who buys a condo in the Cruze block but i think the car will have rusted away before the condo is finished.

You don't say which city you are in but in Pattaya the situation is getting dire. They are building thousands of new condos and many hotels but are making NO improvements to the road infrastructure. It is very difficult to get about by car and on holidays the place almost comes to a halt. I stick to my bike which just about allows me to get around and park.

I've just had a blood test at the Lifecare Laboratory on 3rd Road near the flyover. They were very good, professional, 15 blood tests for 500 baht. Much better than a hospital imo.

I've got a few Apacer memory sticks and they work fine.

BTW it's a 40% drop 71 - 44

I think Vettel has a hearing problem. He didn't hear his team orders to stay behind Webber.

I never understood if the letter quotes a recurring pension which is above the 65,000 level why you can not keep using it for a number of years, but TIT.

The letter states your income in Thai baht, so I would assume you need a fresh letter each time owing to the fluctuation in exchange rates.

No the letter states my pension in Sterling. If that is say 2,000 GBP a month surely that should be enough to get my visa every year (unless the Pound drops to 32.5 !!).

It's like the old days in the British army when you had to buy a commission as an officer, but then you could sell it later on.

I never understood if the letter quotes a recurring pension which is above the 65,000 level why you can not keep using it for a number of years, but TIT.

I'm sure that True Visions will just pretend that they have the new season of football until they can't pretend anymore,just like the Euro 2012 disgrace!

Personally I'm going to look at IPTV set-ups for a fraction of the price of "More expensive than UK Sky-True Visions"!

Here's what I think I'm going to go for,it also has the AstroSports Channels from Malaysia so they will definitely have Premier League :

http://www.satellitetvthailand.com/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=31

Has anyone tried using this yet? Using an internet connection can have its problems in Thailand, are the programmes streamed OK. I am still mad with Truevisions for not showing F1 in HD (for Gold subscribers).

I'm a bit surprised that businesses can't succeed here. There must be thousands of condos within 1km plus all the tourists, surely enough customers.