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The problem is, fuel is going up 4 satang, just for Phuket, so, if these new buses are run by Thai's, I expect a ride from Patong to Kata to go from 20 baht to 250 baht, because fuel has gone up.

There is no such thing planed, like a 'bus from Patong to Kata! (only the usual red and yellow ones)

It's all about Airport to: Kamala / Kata-Karon / Rawai

No one is fighting the Tuk Tuks, and trying to open a 'west coast bus link'!

And:

All this buses will have to offer the last fair, as soon it is dark.

It's for the image, not to become a solution!

Let's see I here the lovely Russians are looking into it ......should prove interesting if this happens...

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Just returned from a visit to the wifes parents house and i'm fuming.

We gave them some framed pictures of their grandchildren and some family pics of us and our children together. So they could hang them up next to their other family pics.This was a few months ago when we stayed for the weekend, they ended up in the bottom of the wardrobe covered with various household items. I offered to hang them next to the pics of the 3 eldest sons on the wall in the main room as they are a similar size picture and frame, which they agreed to.

We visited them this last weekend and guess what my kids pics are back in the bottom of a cupboard, my missus was shocked but kept quite. I feel hurt and insulted but kept quite.

Is this a culture thing? Because the pics were placed next to the pics of the 3 eldest sons, i don't know!

They are good quality portraits but the in-laws dont wish to have them on their walls which incidently i paid for along with the rest of the house. They call our children,their grand-children farang and not by their names.

Are they taking the mick or have i blown this out of proportion? Letting off steam!!!!

For wot it's worth my missis just said that's total disrespect ......quote.... Better he not waste his time save it for his family and wife....very bad darling ....so your call.....

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Anyone familar with Tawan Properties (Tawan Views in particular) on this forum. I have an interest in one of the developments by this company and I am interested in hearing from other owners/investors. Ian Spurdle is the Sales Manager and Andy Street the principal. Thanks.

Give it a miss if I was u my friend already has had issues,,,,

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and people complain about dual pricing in los???

Good point....

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Michael, you have misinterpreted this situation very badly. You are obviously a very hansum and charming falang man. One or both of those dear ladies definitely thinks so. I would suggest that the sole purpose of their parking in your driveway was to set up a meeting with you and hopefully some further assignation with you. The mild letter of rebuke you received ( who amongst us has not been called a kee nok falang?) was an act of passion, of love spurned.

You must repair the bridges and write a letter back to the lady begging forgiveness for your unspeakable rudeness. Who knows what a bountiful harvest you may reap? Cheers bb.

Wwwwwwwoooooooaaaaahhhhhhh..

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Ah, the killer argument :

"By saying we Thai people have no manners you are also saying that ..... has no manners."

"Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."

Class......

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Next time just let the air out of their tyre Thai compassion style.

Yeah and don't forget to drag ya key down the side for good measure ...

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20000 is not really much but i guess its business as usual in Patong.

Btw, I have been there yesterday and the new TIGER has opened already opposite of the old one... I wondered a little bit how it could be happen so fast, just one burned and a new one is build almost imidiately on the other side of Bangla Road where is normally not much space left....

Another thing I wondered yesterday a little bit, may be some of the members here can explain whats going on there in Patong.

A friend of mine ownes a Restaurant and was picked up one sunny day by the Authorities for working without a work permit... he was writing something in german on his menu black board outside the Restaurant... finally it costs him around 200k for working without a proper license...

I saw a lot of ladies dancing in glass boxes yesterday in soi Bangla...since they where very obviously not Thai but Russian i wonder if somebody will explain while it is allowed to them to dance/work there... some other Russian girls in their mid 20 walking the streets with signs and pricetables.... I learned once that it is forbidden for Farang to work any kind of work in Thailand a Thai can do... has this law changed already and can I start working tomorrow too? May be I am planning a dancing career too

I've already asked the question ref the western ladies of the night and according to the labour office in Phuket Town ....are u ready ???? They all have work permits and their job titles are " actresses " no BS it was a legal and correct reply to the question .....now that's funny...

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The guy's a clown.

If there was any chance of the tuk tuk driver getting smoked, would he really be talking on camera? I think he was just a random tuk tuk driver the guy paid to "confess".

Same with the bird; three boyfriends - one living here - sending money and she goes on camera for a Nat Geo expose?

I mean would you send that girl THB40k a month?? Not saying she was ugly but I can't imagine any guy sending her an email let alone forty large.

She was paid to invent those boyfriends for the sake of the show.

Quite laughable

Although there are BELEIVE it or not guys that would send that amount of cash I have to agree with most of your points absolutely no way would a girl be on the roof terrace of a hotel alone and be so approachable and give up so much info ...

Laughable for sure...

I feel he made several attempts to meet girls the next day and anyone who has been around unless u pay the fine and take them there and then the chance of them meeting u next day will hardly ever happen ....hence the set up meet..

IMHO

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Hey all,

Today I went with my employer to our local visa office to apply for (what we thought) another year for me to work here. We had all the documents, everything was in order (though I know that rarely means a smooth ride in any immigration office in the World). I was expecting some kind of hiccup, because quite frankly the immigration system is ludicrously bad, but I wasn't prepared for what I was told.

Basically, I've been told we are no longer allowed to apply for a years stay on a work permit. Now, instead of the easy 90-day reporting procedure (which I have never had a problem with and have never been late for) we are to re-apply for the same visa again, every 90 days. The office told me that I have to come in before my 90 days are up and re-apply not only to stay in Thailand to work (despite my work permit going for 1 year) but also pay the 1900 baht fee to do so.

Now I was furious, but I'm not stupid, (or man) enough to take on any police officers so I didn't say anything about it and made sure I got my 90 days. But I spoke to my boss and my girlfriend called a gentleman who runs a Thai visa run company, and they both said that this is the new rule.

So in short, apparently now 90 days is the limit on a B-visa, and you now have to pay 4 times the amount to stay in the Country for a year, in 3-month installments.

Is this for real, or am I being given nonsense stories from my local immigration?

That total BS my friend I have just renewed my as usual no NEW RULE ....

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Now guys, your not thinking in my twilight universe, a must is on the hottest day, super cheap, on the wettest day, the night bizarre / market, the desalination plant at karon, the view point by knife point, site seeing by night following the garbage truck, unmissable, the rhythmic chant and gestures of the napal tailors and sellers, hypnotic!!!!, the computer game "grand tuk tuk auto", the rolling hills of Patong, literally the are rolling down the mountains, of coarse my Favorite, multi tasking (texting, reading, applying make up, sleeping)whilst driving a motor bike with a baby,you can also pay for day coarses on Thai electrics(multi feed displacement), building de-renovation (when the building looks finished and perfect, pull it apart), mastering blue pipe plumbing (without glue) a true art, welding, the art of cataract removal, tile cutting duration record (normally a full 24hours), mastering road drainage, or building it, fill it, fix it, the police do a day training coarse on fining, a must for all communist dictators in waiting, and least we forget the original origins of the book "the art of seduction"+"men or from mars woman are from Venus", a insight into the inner workings of the Lady, including safe cracking, pick pocketing, money laundering, death, document forgery and making the perfect breakfast as in the stead ford wifes, so Mr and Mrs tourist, a big welcome to Thailand and especially Phuket, i'm sure i've missed out some other great site seeing things, please fellow TV members add and share, remember it's twilight universe types,

Jezz....

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Jeez .....

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Hi,

Whilst I know knowone can predict the weather I was concerned to see the flood pictures on the news the other day and am worried about my trip to Phuket next Sunday. Are large areas affected? It is hard to find information online and I want to know if it may be worth canceling my trip. I know its rainy season and there is always potential for downpours but I know very little of the logistics of Patong or other areas in relation to this rain. Any help is appreciated.

It's all ok my friend u will have agreat time the sun is beaming as of now ...

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Hey everyone,

In our Thailand trip we have spared 5 days for Phuket and Don Phi Phi. I know it is less but that is the time that we have. Can the nice members here recommend some things for us to not miss?

We'd highly like to try a steam boat but due to the steam boat scams that I hear everywhere, we're scared renting a boat. Is there like a legit company for this?

Also we would love to visit the shooting ranges if they are economical.

Thanks

Safari,s r ok too and the lady boy show in Phuket Town ,shallowing diving but honestly it still is monsoon season so I would leave the speed boats alone right now it looks ok from the beach but further out ummmmmm na ...

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Last time it was an American guy with a million dollars, now it a UK guy with a million dollars. I think the million dollars gets around quite a bit.

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Yeah yank saying a million dollars ..ok. A Brit saying anything in dollars I don't think so £s my friend u really got a way with it close this nonsense ..

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just reading a couple of posts that are on here tonite,

theres sllways the one that pulls thai girls down, thats there,

my question to all the experts who post on here, how many do live in thailand,??

or how many sit at home saving for the next holiday with a toilet role at there side so they can wipe there mouth because of all the <deleted> that comes out of it,

i still work for a living, all over the world, but i live in thailand, on my cv, on the tax mans books in the uk, i live in thailand,

thailand isnt just pattaya/bangkok ect, and im not pulling them places down ive got a few mates who live in both,

but please to all you experts who have been here a couple of times, cant afford to live here, so sit at home having a go at the older person who can live here(im 52) or younger person who can live here for that matter,

get a life,, get of your high horse and let people who want to live here, weather it be with a bar girl of a fukcing ladyboy for that matter get on with there lifes without you judging what they do who they do it with,

have a good day boys,

and to top it all the yanks are kicking our <deleted> at the bloody golf,,lol

jake

Yep ....bloody yanks....wots goin on with the golf ??...I live here and love it ....

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Surely you would have to have police on the beat first for that to work, or at least outside of the police station.

Ha ha ,,,nice ....

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I don't think that you speaking to the girl, in Thai, behind the man's back, was particularly decent of you (if indeed that was the case).

I too don't see the point of your post other than perhaps an ego shot?

Let me clarify. I was not speaking about the man negatively. As I have said he was very nice and I was trying my best to avoid it.

My issue is with the fact that he was a decent guy who was being taken advantage of by this girl.

So of course because of your kind concern you told him correct as it must of really affected you to post it ...right!!!!!

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I'm at work and it's late on a Saturday afternoon, I'm in Glasgow, Scotland, and it's a nice bright day outside. I've been quite busy today however I'm a prisoner to my business, I can't leave my shop until 5.00pm.

It's times like this that my mind wanders to that delightful day not too far in the future when I won't be a prisoner to my business any more. Envy is a powerful word, and I don't envy anyone in life, however I do admire. Here's a little list of people I admire.............

I admire people who have the bottle to have a go, who take a chance in life knowing it may go wrong, but that's okay, tomorrow is another day and they can start all over again.

I admire those people who have turned up religiously at their job year in year out, putting in the long hours in the hope / knowledge that at the end of it they will have the opportunity to live their own lives, in their own way. This song expresses that mentality fabulously well......listen to the lyrics, it may be describing you......

There's a man I meet

Walks up our street

He's a worker for the council

Has been twenty years

And he takes no lip off nobody

And litter off the gutter

Puts it in a bag

And never thinks to mutter

And he packs his lunch in a Sunblest bag

The children call him Bogie

He never lets on

But I know 'cause he once told me

He let me know a secret

About the money in his kitty

He's gonna buy a dinghy

Gonna call her Dignity

And I'll sail her up the west coast

Through villages and towns

I'll be on my holidays

They'll be doing their rounds

They'll ask me how I got her I'll say

I saved my money

They'll say isn't she pretty

That ship called Dignity

And I'm telling this story

In a faraway scene

Sipping down Raki

And reading Maynard Keynes

And I'm thinking about home

And all that means

And a place in the winter

For Dignity

And I'll sail her up the west coast

Through villages and towns

I'll be on my holidays

They'll be doing their rounds

They'll ask me how I got her I'll say

I saved my money

They'll say isn't she pretty

That ship called Dignity

Set it up set it up set it up set it up set it up set it up

Yeah set it up again set it up again set it up again set it up again

Set it up set it up set it up set it up set it up set it up

Yeah set it up again set it up again set it up again set it up again

And I'm thinking about home

And I'm thinking about faith

And I'm thinking about work

And I'm thinking

How good it would be

To be here some day

On a ship called Dignity

A ship called Dignity

That ship

That song describes the human condition in so many ways........

I admire people who have the ability to get on with their lives without complaint, people who can see the bigger picture, people who are content in themselves, and people who have the wit and intelligence to know when to talk, when to walk, and when to listen.

So for all you guys, ( and ladies ) out there in Thailand that worked your shift and now it's your turn to live your own life

To all of you that have had the bottle to have a go.

To all of you that have packed up your bags and moved to a new country to start a new life

To all of you that live your life avoiding the chance to complain and bicker ( that's the majority of the TV membership disqualified )

But most of all, whatever happens, I hope you / we all get a chance to sail on our ship called Dignity.

As always......

Just sayin'

Nice.....yep I did it against all the advice and have never ever regretted it...

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My scouce mate said people of Liverpool finally got the news they wanted ...The new IPhone 5 is available to rob later this month .

Woooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh......

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Cant they suspend him from some rafters, preferably with a noose around his neck for six months?

Perfect...

Yet another expat bleating about other expats expressing an opinion about Thailand he doesn't like to hear.

Rather than telling complete strangers that the should pack their bags and go home if they express opinions the OP doesn't like to hear, I suggest he takes some time to examine exactly what is going on in his own head that he is so offended by the opinions of people he does not know?

I'm not sure why the OP came to Thailand, I'm not sure why any expat comes to Thailand, but I am absolutely sure non of us came here to be told what we can think and say by other expats.

Agreed ......

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Althought true it would be better if it was professionally done ...

Goodluck anyhow.....

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I wont invest in a girlie bar, but defo up to meet a "normal decent lass" one who works in a 7/11 or a bank....that would be nice. being in Munich for many years living like stag is not normal.

Why oh why do people think some girls in banks 7/11 etc r any different to bar girls .

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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Try the English Computer guy if you call him first he would be able to get it before you get there and fit it ASAP.

Pretty good guy I use him all the time in Phuket as last time I left me laptop with a Thai place they stole the insides and replaced with secondhand <deleted>.

Dave .......0846257744...

Cheers

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