NoshowJones

I lost my Bangkok Bank debit card and they charged me 500Bt to replace it. Crooks.

They cannot touch your state pension, it say's so on the DWP website, private pension yes.

Anyone got any advice about buying gold? I know to go to China Town. As a beginner, what is the most I should spend at a time? How often should I buy? Should I rent a deposit box? Are there any topics about buying gold on this forum? Thanks.

So the unelected PM no longer has a sleeping partner. ???? Never mind, there is still the other Chuckle Bother. ????

Thanks, that's fine, so why do they have the things they put your debit card into? I noticed one at every counter. If you can't use a debit card at a 7-11, I also could not use one at my local Honda agent. The cashless society is still a very long way off, but hey!! This is Thailand.

Today I went to a 7-11, I saw the debit card thing there, so I handed over my debit card to pay for my purchases. The girl tried all ways and could not operate my card, she called over another assistant and she could not operate it either, so I ended up just paying cash. These girls I know are badly paid and obviously do not have a good education, otherwise they would not be working for these low wages, so how are they going to cope in a cashless society? Go into Lotus or Makro etc and the girls at the pay register all know what they are doing. So why at the 7-11's the facilities are there, but there is no point of them if the assistants have no idea of how to work them.

It could have been on your computer.

Peltin Elton. ????

You mean just set it up on your phone?

I cannot get any insurance at the moment except the compulsary kind. My 7 year Forza always had 1st class insurance, now I am told my insurance company does not insure bikes over 4 years old. So it is bye bye 1st class insurance. Now I just have to hope if I have an accident that is not my fault, the other party are legally on the road.

Is your wife's daughter the eldest of her children? Is the house in your wife's name? Be careful, if your wife dies before you, you could find yourself out of a home. Unless there is some way around it, your wife's daughter could legally put you out of your home as it will automatically be in her daughters name.

Did he??

He done the right thing, if I met him I would shake his hand.

I don't, I have never been threatened with violence in Thailand or even came close to it in 15 years because I never look for trouble. In the UK it is much harder to avoid trouble especially for someone like me who never takes any sh!t from anyone.

Too many posters here think they are texting on their smartphone instead of typing on a forum. Just pure laziness and so very annoying.

It has always paid off in the past back in the UK, though never had to use any violence here in Thailand.

Try calling the police if you live upcountry and the local police do not speak any English and you don't speak Thai.

No I am not American, just someone who will take drastic action if there is any chance of anyone committing violence against him.

He could easily have had a gun hidden, so how can you be sure anyone does not have a gun? If a stranger is on your property after dark he should be walking towards your door, anything else, like trying to hide somewhere, or prowling about, you have to do something about it, especially if you have a family to protect. No one should ever be on your property unless they are there to see someone who lives there. Anything else and they deserve all they get.

Good.

Nonsense.

I don't agree, the previous poster JonnyF has it spot on, you cannot intrude on other peoples property, if you let him get away, he could turn round, pull a gun and shoot you. You cannot say that could not happen.

I can't believe I am reading this.

He should not face prosecution, he should have a right to defend his own property, how did he know the intruder would not pull a knife, or even a gun? The intruder got what he deserved, unless there is something else that was not reported. Back in the UK I always had a pick axe handle next to my front door, and would have used it if I felt threatened by any stranger on my property.

How you manage that is your business I suppose.