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Yes, it's sacred. 

A woman should never touch them. 

Jail the grandson of Red Bull.
He is a murderer.

Use a fixed term for the 800,000. 

A separate account for a debit card. 

The debit card can be used for online or in shop purchases. 

Add to the fixed fixed term account every year (200B) to get a current statement. 

Easy

A good idea but not relevant, practical or viable.

1/ most cars in Thailand are pickup's, and a tax loophole allows the rear seat to be classed as transport of goods, not people, as the tax and price is lower, and therefore there are no seat belts in the back.

2/ most accidents/deaths are from motorbikes, so its better to spend the money on sending police to patrol the roads and enforce the law on motorbikes and cars. Helmets, ghost riding, registration, licences and bad driving of motorbikes,  cars and other transport.

37 minutes ago, Pib said:

I bet the number of customers that Map Ta Phut and Kalasin immigration offices service is a small fraction of CW's.   

Yes, we were the only customers at 1:30 pm. 

Did my extention of stay retirement Kalasin Immigration today. 

Got the GSB bank statement 800k,  (forgot to update the bank book) self photo's,  had to photocopy the usual passport photo's, then asked for bank book update. Had to put 1,000฿. 

All in about 1 hour. 

No problem. 

I usually pay by direct debit and had no problems, however last week, the system had changed, and I got the same message.
I tried again ordering it, same message.
I rang my bank and found the problem was that ref-1 should be my bank reference, not the order reference.
Second order successful, and 1st order self cancelled after 72 hours. 
Lazada was not clear on what the ref-1 should be. (ref-2 is your phone number)

I just found this keto group.

I have been on keto 9 months.

During that time I have researched on the internet, seen youtube videos and seen scientific reports.

I am happy with keto and lost weight, but getting keto sources is difficult here.

The FDA doesnt help by positing low fat, low salt, vegetable oil and  max sugar 65 grams.

Also try to get a ful fat yoghurt. They are all low fat, zero fal or low sugar.

My wife bought 4 snacks for her 3y grandson, yoghurt, 125ml juice, Tomato flavoured crackers and corn chips. 

Total sugar 55grams. 

Recommended max for 1y to 18y=24g. 

There is no public awareness. 

22 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I'm not an electrician, having said that I do know the difference between active, neutral and earth. Although I do not see too many earthed appliances or connections in Thailand.

Any electrical work I ever did, I made damn sure the circuit was dead before doing any work on it. I'd pull the fuses on the mains switchboard to be sure. Then check again.

To quote Clint Eastwood " Man's got to know his limitations".

 

removing  sub breakers or switching ofF the circuit breaker, only disconnects power to the circuit "if the active is switched"

If the main and neutral is reversed, which I have seen a number of times, the light, or appliances, will switch off (by disconnecting neutral) but the device, WILL STILL BE ALIVE AND VERY DANGEROUS.

Only switching off the main breaker/switch, will remove power.

However, there have been cases of connections which bypasses the main switchboard.

Always check, then check again, never assume in Thailand.

I have seen mains reversed and a metal oven where 3 pin main plug was replaced with a 2 wire plug, then the rewired plug connected the frame earth wire, to the active terminal.

If I ever find who did that, I will punch them in the face, I am a buddhist and not a violent man, but that is such a very dangerous thing, it could have easily killed more than 1 person.

No mention of English?

Foreign teacher for English?

Margarine is heavily processed and along with seed oils (corn oil, vegetable oil and soy oils ) poisons your body.

Heart attacks only started after see oils started to be manufactured around 1900.

This will open your eyes.
Dr. Chris Knobbe - 'Diseases of Civilization: Are Seed Oil Excesses the Unifying Mechanism
https://youtu.be/7kGnfXXIKZM

1 hour ago, sandyf said:

You are wrong. Rain water is vaporised water, no different to distilled water. Any impurities in rain water come from the local atmosphere and at the moment the atmosphere is cleaner than it has been for decades.

You would have to prove the rain water had picked the appropriate impurities before it becomes definitive that electricity would be conducted.

Reality is that the conductivity of rain water will vary quite significantly.

From Research Gate.

9th Nov, 2016

Fangxia Zhu

RephiLe Bioscience Ltd.

Pure water does not contain any ions and is neutral. However, once the pure water is exposed to air, its purity will drop rapidly. Even if only a few minutes, pH will be a significant decline. This is because the carbon dioxide in the air reacts with water to produce carbonic acid.

The hydrogen ion (H +) released by carbonic acid ionization decreases the pH of the water. The reaction is very rapid and the resistivity of pure water exposed to air drops from 18.2 MΩ · cm to 4 MΩ · cm in 60 minutes. Therefore, we advocate to use pure water as soon as possible, rather than storage.

The driver is responsible for his vehicle. 

If he drives forward into a post, can that be blamed on the post?  

A driver reversing is totally responsible, not any pedestrians he might hit because they didn't look because it's a one way street!

4 hours ago, Canuck1966 said:

It is a definitive answer YES or NO

How can there be 'no clear proof' one way or another?

 

Saying that I've seen the Thai forensics at work in other cases, absolutely useless

And your qualifications are?

brakes didn't slow down much. Bald tyres maybe?

I just tried to add "1584DLT" on Line. 

It said it was full?

Good luck Colinneil.

Very difficult situation you are in.

2 hours ago, robsamui said:

I think most of the people replying here - and the original poster - need to clarify the concept of 'criticism' in their minds. There are two sorts: positive and negative.

 

Post #3 - the Thai wife who "critically corrects" her husband's use of the Thai language is a positive criticism, an attempt to help, and this is certainly not what the OP is on about.

 

Then there is a further complication - Thais complaining or showing disapproval of Thais, and Thais complaining or showing disapproval of farangs (or vice versa). For a Thai, to complain or object publicly about something to another Thai (unless close family) is considered low class and is losing face. Yes - again and again I have seen the 'half-raw chicken' scenario of post #11 play out. And it has always been the same - the suffering Thai diners will say nothing. But they will never return to that restaurant again, even if it's the only place to eat in town.

 

On the other hand, long experience of living here has shown me that Thais universally cannot tolerate farangs who make even the most positive and constructive suggestions for improvement, and freely offer their time and expertise. I live on Koh Samui and time and time again over the last 12 or 13 years farang community groups or companies have offered technical help or assistance to address the horrific garbage problem and repair the defunct incinerator (one example; there are numerous others) and been politely and totally ignored at local government level - the loss of face thing again.

 

But getting down to it - and reading between the lines of the OP's opening comment - there is a completely different aspect here, and one which other posters are muddling into the mix. The idea of complaining (as in the half-cooked chicken again).

 

Socially and politically, in groups and en masse, yes, Thai people will march and protest to complain about a common cause . . . but never, ever, on a one-to-one basis, as in a restaurant for instance. And, similarly, they really don't know how to react when someone complains about them or to them - there seems to be no social protocol for this situation.

 

My work takes me out into the hotels and restaurants on Samui. And managers have consistently said the same thing: when training Thai staff they have to give ongoing and repeated instructions and training about what to do when a guest or customer complains. The instinctive Thai reaction is embarrassment and loss of face, followed by panic and an overwhelming urge to go away and hide somewhere until the problem goes away (also instanced frequently in banks when staff are put on the spot!)

 

But in a quality hotel or restaurant, this simply cannot be allowed to happen - the staff have to be de-programmed over a long period of time and trained away from their (Thai) social conditioning, and taught a whole new way of responding (positively and proactively) in line with  Western thinking and expectations.

 

The answer to amdy2206 and his original post? It is confrontation that upsets most Thai people. It might be in the form of an accusation, a negative criticism, or it might be a complaint. But it is socially to be avoided. They don't like to do it themselves, and hate it when it happens to them.

 

Very true.

Thai's like to gossip about other people, because they wont say things direct to someones face.

Gossip will eventually get to the person intended.

They will lie rather than lose face or have confrontation.

Thats why no one improves the hygiene here, thats why no one complains, beeps their horn or flashes their light to bad drivers, like other countries do.

Thais are just too polite because of face.

So many shops sell food with bad hygiene and bad drivers think they are doing no bad because no one complains and no police to catch them.

Dont get me wrong, I love Thailand, but when I see something wrong, I will sometimes politely complain.

This is typical behavior for Thailand culture. 

It's very common, but actually against Buddhas teaching.

Buddha said:
When eating, do not overfill your mouth or chew noisily, with the mouth agape.

But he also prohibited lying and killing too, but many people do it.

I don't like seeing people eat with their mouth open, but I also don't like to tell people what to do.

Marketing to make money.
Outlandish claims that Thais believe.
Mothers milk then full milk at 1 year is best for baby.
Better than chemical powered milk


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