NoshowJones

STEALTH TAXES - just what we need { Face palm }

STEALTH TAXES?? Brown again, Good God.

The second worst British Prime Minister since the war........replaced by the worst.

The man is truly delusional.

The second worst after Ted Heath. I agree.

I have never been a Tory, but Heath was never the worst, it was the miners who brought him down and caused him to hold an election which Wilson won, and then led the country to bankrupcy in 1976. When Thatcher was PM the miners tried the same thing again under Scargill and Maggie sure sorted them out. I am no fan of Thatcher, but if Scargill had his way, who would have been Prime minister? With kinnock in charge at that time????? What a hypocrite that man is.

It seems Thailand is a haven for the Tory party. If they are so good why are you not back home enjoying all the good things they are doing now.

You lot idolised Thatcher so let's have a look at her record shall we.

1. Over 5,000,000 unemployed

2. 2 wars

3. Pound devalued

4. Gold reserves diminished

5. Divided society

6. Poll Tax

7. Riots in the streets

8. Whole manufacturing industries destroyed

Impressive or what?

Tony Blair at least tried to create a united society and make things better. Did he make mistakes? Of course he did, and the biggest one was listening to Bush which cost him and many others dearly. However, Britain went through one of it's most prosperous periods under Blair until the world-wide financial crash hit. Oh sorry! he was to blame for that too I suppose.

You guys must be so happy now that you now have that world renowned leader and political genius that is Cameron.

Cameron is one hell of a liar, but Blair is an even bigger one

You always know when Tony is lying as his lips move. He's much loved in the US but why not as he was the best PM of Britain America ever had ?

I think he would fit in nicely in Thai politics providing he survived.

And you feel politics is OK the way it is?

The second worst British Prime Minister since the war........replaced by the worst.

The man is truly delusional.

You agree with a member then.

When I was taking Criminology one of my term papers was on the parole system in Canada. It turned out at one brain storming session made up of people from various positions in life the best ideas came from the business sector.

I whole heartedly agree with him politics needs help how you people can say it is OK is beyond me.

I do not know that much about his personnel life but I do know Bull Crap when I hear it and I sure did not hear it from Blair.

Blair was full of more crap than any other UK Prime Minister in my lifetime, Followed closely by the pension stealing Brown.

I was about to have breakfast but seeing Blair's picture means I'll wait. I'd like to keep the food down.

It could have been worse. It could have been his wife.

I would have probably ended up in a corner in the fetal position sucking my thumb and muttering incoherently..

She's an overweight Mrs. Beckham, the gruesome twosome.

How true.

Mr Mod, what is my :reputation vote? A sign came up on my screen tell me I had lost it.

I was about to have breakfast but seeing Blair's picture means I'll wait. I'd like to keep the food down.

Churchill was the best. He knew when to hand it over.

What about Maggie? For all her faults, she left John Major with a good economy, then Blair came and we all know what happened next.

The second worst British Prime Minister since the war........replaced by the worst.

The man is truly delusional.

Harold Wilson would push him close. But not that close.

I was about to have breakfast but seeing Blair's picture means I'll wait. I'd like to keep the food down.

It could have been worse. It could have been his wife.

You always know when Tony is lying as his lips move. He's much loved in the US but why not as he was the best PM of Britain America ever had ?

I think he would fit in nicely in Thai politics providing he survived.

You always knew when Blair was lieing when his lips move ????. Its the same with all UK MPs, and Labour are worse than all the other parties put together. Working mans party??? not in my lifetime.

That's what I thought, but, they just wouldn't have it.

The slips of paper that have a list of all the things you need for the visa list 30/15 day VOA.

OK, thanks for that.

Same old story, Thai Immigration officials make up their own rules a lot of the time.

No immigration officials involved here.

Same old story, people responding without reading the thread.

No Immigration officials????? Why did the OP go to the Immigration office? To speak to the walls.

Don't worry plenty of people wear jeans to weddings when everyone else is more formal.

Obviously they didn't mind and know differnet people have different circumstances and you are a farang with no need for trousers in Thailand. Same as many Thais who don't use them for work.

There is a need for trousers, it would certainly be disrespectful to wear shorts at weddings. If anyone disagrees with me, and that is their privilege, that's fine. Thai girls on the whole do not like men wearing shorts apart from on the beach, playing sports etc. Try turning up for a first date with a Thai girl wearing shorts, you that is, and see what happens.

Goes to show you the Thais are some of the most gracious people in the world.

Maybe save a few baht and buy a pair of proper trousers for the next event and you'll have many more memories to treasure, but denim at a formal function seriously ?

Nothing wrong with wearing denim at weddings and funerals in Thailand. I have always dressed like that on those occasions.

That's what I thought, but, they just wouldn't have it.

The slips of paper that have a list of all the things you need for the visa list 30/15 day VOA.

OK, thanks for that.

Same old story, Thai Immigration officials make up their own rules a lot of the time.

put flow restrictors on all your outlets and/or install a pressure tank so you can adjust the pressure down to whatever you choose. if the flow restrictors are not sufficient just superglue some of the holes to close them and further reduce the flow

Mr Mod, sorry about change of topic, but has TV got a new way of replying to posts? I am having difficulty doing this, or is it just me?

look at this beauty some guys caught in soi 102 the other day!! it was later released into the mountains

not too sure on how to attach photos, but hopefully this works (it was a 4 m python if the photo isnt attached)

Gosh, you must be very brave.

Pattaya isn't an address. Your written Address, as you would use at Immigration fro 90 day etc should be something like:

123/45 Moo 10

Nongprue

Banglamung

Chonburi 20150

THAILAND

Edit: I use Pattaya when talking. If anybody (I talk to) has a fixation with that and implies any impropriety with living here, I give them an educated gobfull and get them on the back foot so fast that they fall over themselves apologising. As to the Pattaya bashers on TV......don't really care what they think, Tossers are allowed opinions too.

To tell the truth I never knew that you did not have to include Pattaya in your address. I have been here quite some time and didn't realize this so thank you. I actually use the identical example that you gave except mine would be:

123/45 Moo 10

Nongprue

Banglamung, Pattaya

Chonburi 20150

THAILAND

For sure you would still receive mail etc. without using the "Pattaya" word?

Yes my mail arrives Ok. The 123/45 Moo 10 is what gets it here. I think it generally describes the street/suburb (in our terms) of the greater Banglamung area.

I hope that's not your real address, or you could get some TV posters knocking at your door wanting you to join them for a drink, unless that was your idea in the first place.

There is no definite answer to this one, all the OP can do is take the advice of the posters and make his decision what to do. All Thailand Immigration offices have there own rules a lot of the time, and sometimes a decision can be made depending what side of the bed any particular official gets out of.

Not an easy Question,depends on where you are situated.Small Offices,are more user friendly, just phone or call in to be safe. .

No poster can give an answer to this, they can give you their own experience if they have done the same, and they can suggest what you should do, but the fact is, every Immigration office in Thailand go by their own rules, and a lot could depend on which side of the bed any particular official got out of.

Have you tried exactly the same video on iPad? Some movies are just decoded with very low sound volume, just like an mp3 or any other file with sound, levels can vary.

It's not movies I'm concerned about, it's music videos, I have downloaded a lot of them to my smartphone, and the volume is so low. The same ones downloaded on to my Ipad have no problem with sound volume.

So (and correct me if I am wrong), the more people that dont enforce right from wrong, the more backwards this country goes,

Well I can't agree with this. This is Thailand and it is run by Thais, albeit Chinese Thais. This is obviously the way they like it. The economy seems to be OK. So we are not going backwards?

The west is a guilt focused society, Asia is shame focused society. So being reassigned as a government official is shame enough.

My recent thinking about westerners complaining about things being wrong in Thailand is more reflection on the demographics of the westerners now coming here and not that things in Thailand and becoming increasingly wrong or bad.

I have said time and again on this forum, there are lots of things the UK could learn from Thailand. Emigration rules, allowing a vehicle to make a left hand turn on a red light if it is safe to do so. etc.etc. and I still get accused by the odd person of being a Thai basher,

yes, there are good things in every country that others could learn from, what is your point? This thread is about face, is that something the UK should adopt? Why is it when someone has a decent point to make so may respond with "well there are problems in your country too!" or words to the that effect? Every country has problems and people discuss those too, it makes no sense to me every single time I read one.

Yes, every country has problems, I don't know what country you come from, but as I come from the UK, I would say it has to be despised, I can only comment on The UK and Thailand, and I think the UK has a lot more minuses than pluses, and Thailand vice versa. I like giving comments and I like reading other peoples comments, that's what Thai Visa is for, and apart from the very very small minority of people involved with it, I hope it continues for a long time yet.

Possum, there are sound booster apps available in the Android app store. Have a look around on line.

I will do that Rick, thanks.

Some video players have their own separate volume control that you access within the app. Are you using the default video player? You might try another video player app.

That one sounds interesting BB, I have not got used to the apps yet, but heres hoping.

I have just downloaded a video player, but when I play the video, the whole screen goes blank, but when I play the default video it is back to normal, the video player app cost me $32. I think it is just me who has to learn how to work the app properly.

you should come to new zealand. the only thing cheap here is your average workers' labour. often seen cabages, cauliflowers as high as $5 tiny heads of broccoli can be over $3. 600g box of cereal $5.50 upwards. Decent bread $4 or more. Petrol now $2.27 litre. My modest 3 small bedroom house $350k which is $20k less than the ave price in my city. Oh sorry I forgot, booze is always cheap or on special, so we can all get pissed and not think too much about how much everything else costs. And our milk, meat and cheese is usually cheaper in other countries than our own

This is a good point again. What may seem expensive to some nationalities in Thailand may not to others and vice versa.

I know you live in Pattaya JT, but it seems it's the only place in Thailand you can buy corned beef. I sure miss it, when I first came to Thailand, you could buy it in any Tesco or Big C.

Haggis. If I could get haggis here it would probably be over-priced, but I can't so I live without.

And pheasant, that's fowl too

Anyway, if it was over-priced, you wouldn't buy it; if the price was right on the borderline, that would be the correct pricing for the vendor...If you're not happy with the price of groceries, then go back to Brooklyn

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Is a haggis one of those little animals that have a long leg and a short leg for running round hills?