MrMuddle

Sorry forgot - our pirate station was Radio Scarborough 270.

My favourite radio in the 60s was the Sunday afternoon comedy shows. Jimmy Clitheroe, Round The Horne, Al Read.

In our house it was Sunday dinner (not lunch if you're from the northern working classes), , spent listening to 2 or 3 way Family Favourites, the Billy Cotton bandshow, (my dad's favourite), then up stairs to listen to my tranny* for the comedy shows.

For non-Brits :

* tranny - abbreviation of transistor radio, NOT a Gentleman who likes to dress up as a Lady - those chaps on Little Britain were joking !!

That's an easy one Tropo,

When the sun rises, JT's assistant Renfield, prepares a cup of hot chocolate, and opens his master's coffin......

Surely interest rates and the taxes one pays on interest on them are intertwined? I for one, am grateful for the advice I've received in regard to taxes, on this topic. I thought the whole object of the exercise on TV was for ex-pats to help out other ex-pats in regard to problems in Thailand?

If you are so poor that you have to use that money, maybe it's time for you to go home?

You're joking right? Immigration officers LIKE to see spending on the account. That's our function. To spend.

It would be time to go home IF you are unable to top up the account for the upcoming extensions.

Sorry have to disagree with you on this one. the lady immigration officer I saw was so impressed I didn't need to use the 800K, she gave me the old "sweet eyes" look ! I kid you not!

I'm fortunate enough to be in the same position as Darrel, but this idea seems good to me. It's hard enough remembering to send in the 90 day reports on time, so for people to have to manage bank deposits 9 months after the extension, it must be well nigh impossible. Good luck with this, I can't see any good reason not to do it.

Chiang Mai, I have both types of accounts, but I'll be definitely looking at reclaiming the tax on my fixed deposit account. I'll also be transferring the majority of other bank deposits into fixed term accounts, now that i know i can get tax free interest on them, thanks for the help.

Ferangled, while I agree with most of your comment, i was under the impression that the True receivers were rented, not free. I bought one many years ago, and I'm currently looking to replace it.

I was under the impression that FIFA insisted that world cup games should be available on free TV in all countries. As far as I'm aware that is still the case.

In the latest True TV magazine, ESPN are claiming to be the Olympics channel. If they have shelled out serious cash for exclusive rights, I'd imagine they will be in control of the live feed from London, and will not want to provide free, what they've paid for. i get the feeling there is more to come on this story.

When i first came to Thailand there were very few fat people, now they seem to be everywhere. Thais seem to be getting more and more conditioned, to wanting all of the things in life that are bad for a person's health, it's very sad really.

There was a post earlier about reclaiming tax for no-tax payers, any idea how far back i can go in reclaiming ? I've paid tax on savings for 4 or 5 years. Will I need any proof that i'm not working or paying tax?

Ok, to save a "google" let's call them Chubby & Ginger.

I hadn't been awake long when I posted this morning, but I later recalled that Ginger had put his trophy on the mantelpiece, ( below the portrait), and had come back home to find that another trophy (Chubbys), had appeared next to his. I thought at first that the filter was applied because the second trophy looked phallic, but once the scene moved around, it was shown to be a leaping fish, though the portrait was still filtered out.

I assume the filter is applied for sensitivity purposes, but as my recollection of the actual picture is much the same as yours, I'm puzzled. An essential part of the show, is the relationship between the gay couple, and their adopted daughter, and how they intertwine with the rest of the family. If filters are applied to a picture, then why is the show on TV here at all? My line of thinking is that the filters are applied for countries other than Thailand, in this particular case, though Thai TV and some satellite channels do filter out drinking, smoking, nudity and sexual scenes.

I shall be watching future shows, to see what happens, plus my wife thinks the gay couples litle girl is adorable.

@ LeCharivari, It was on satellite, either channel 52 or 57.

@Jingthing, I've watched the show a few times, and this was the first time I'd seen the portrait filtered, as best I can recollect, the Gay couple were stood next to each other on the portrait, fully clothed, and possibly holding hands. As far as I'm aware this portrait is featured every time the section of the show is in their house, but I'd never seen anything that would be considered offensive in it.

I couldn't understand why it would be filtered, but it was in several scenes.

I'd seen the episode before, it's the one where the ginger* character wins a trophy, and his partner then gets out a trophy he has won, before they realise it's childish to compete over who has won things. I didn't notice any filters the first time around (possibly on a different channel), but it was really obvious this time.

* Ginger character, sorry I'm useless at remembering names in TV shows !

Thank you to all who replied, for your help.

Hi, I was watching "Modern Family", on TV tonight, here in Thailand, which features a gay couple in the cast.

In their house, they have a large portrait of themselves on the wall, but tonight it was filtered out (same as they do for drinking and smoking). Can anyone tell me why? I'm at a loss to think of any reason why it may be offensive, the only logical thing I could think of was that it may be filtered out for countries other than Thailand.

Can anyone help with this? I followed Monty's advice and sent the b to 9789, and got two messages back. unfortunately my wife is away for a few days, any translation gratefully received, thanks

message 1

โปรโมชั่น คุณสามารถใช้งาน 3G/EDGE/GPRS ความเร็วสูงสุด ได้ทั้งหมด 5.00 GB ต่อรอบบิล ปัจจุบันมียอดใช้ไป 9.66 GB หลังจากนั้นสามารถใช้ 3G/EDGE/GPRS ความเร็วสูงสุด 128K ได้ไม่จำกัด

message 2

จากโปรโมชั่น จำนวนการใช้งานสำหรับ 3G/WIFI/EDGE/GPRS คงเหลือไม่จำกัดจำนวน ใช้ได้จนถึงเวลา 24.00 ของวันที่ 18/07/2012

As I said in another post, I'm no expert, but when I'm downloading anything, at say 5 kbps, it shows much higher on the True chart thing on the connect screen, and also reads as 50 on the download screen. Is this correct? Please just say yay or nay, I'm too old to become a techie ! Thanks.

I bought a truemove aircard with 3G sim about 2 weeks ago. For the first 2 days it worked just fine on 3G but regretably it now only connects at 2G which is very slow. I feel ripped off! If I knew that I would only get 2G I would not have bought that card and gone with another provider. Location is Pattaya Klang.

Just get a truemove-h simcard, it'll work perfect with your aircard...

Sent from my GT-I9001 using Thaivisa Connect App

That's what it is. It says iSIM truemove H on the pack the SIM CARD came with. The aircard is a E173 3G. Just can't work it out, was fine the first 2 days on 3G then it hasn't worked on 3G since. Any ideas what's going on with that?

I'm not an expert by any means, but have you exceeded the download limit for the month? This varies depending on which package you have. On your Truemove internet link check your messages, that's how I found out I'd been downgraded to 2G, I'd been "naughty", and downloaded too much !

George Jones - A Girl I Used To Know.

Hopefully the families of the servicemen involved can now find some peace. There must be nothing worse than to have loved ones missing and unaccounted for.

Rest In Peace.

I just started with TrueMove H last month, at first the service and speed were really good. I didn't keep a check on my downloads though, and because I exceeded the 5Gb limit, I got a message referring to their "fair use" policy and have been downgraded to a lower speed for the next couple of weeks !!

Is their a reliable 3G network (I'm in Phetchabun), that has a higher download limit, or even no limits?

I was with DTAC on a 400KBps aircard before, but it was terrible, kept dropping off the net, very slow speeds.

Thanks for any advice.

I probably watch 4 or 5 Premier League games every weekend, as well as German and Spanish football. I can't remember a single weekend that there wasn't a bad decision by the officials in premier games, (sometimes several), yet there doesn't seem to be the same amount of "mistakes", in the other leagues. I do sometimes wonder if they are genuine mistakes, as some decisions are so obviously wrong that one has to wonder if there isn't some skullduggery going on.

Lemon curd, Tate & Lyle's Golden syrup, fish cakes and fish fingers that don't cost an arm and a leg, (there's a joke in there somewhere !), Fisherman's Pies, Ainsley Harriott Shropshire pea cup-a-soup,

Proper pot noodles, like wot they sell in the UK.

I've looked at the web page and it's all in Thai, so if anyone can help with this I'd appreciate it.

I watched the Euro Final last night, and they showed advertisements which appeared to indicate that next season, GMM sport will be showing German football, French football, and English football league ( which I take to mean NOT the Premier league, but the lower division(s).

Is this available in the provinces ? (Phetchabun), and if so, how does one go about getting it ? (No double entendre jokes here gentlemen please).

Any pricing / further information again gratefully accepted.

Thank you.

Would love to attend one of your cultural lectures....'I lived with a dozen gogo girls and the schedule for the hong nam'

All those thongs outside of the door makes it inpassable for the hong nam I mean!

Thongs ain't what they uthed to be....and I'm not Mike Tyson either !