pattayadingo

I guess there would be problems if our two told the kindy workers to get their coksukka hands off them. We do tend to be careful with our language around them, hard as it might be on occasions.

Potty mouthed kids are not attractive!

Regarding alcohol, peer pressure is immense with kids, therefore a good education on safe consummation is paramount.

Anything shocking or prohibitive will always be attractive to kids so make it as unappealing as possible by communication and family discussion.

I have to agree about peer pressure on drink and other prohibited substances.

I made sure my son attended all those classes on drugs and drink and such like when he was younger. I took him to the pub on Sundays where they were allowed to drink shandy and mingle with other drinkers so he could see a pub was not something 'special'.

Many parents were against what I did and they refused their children attendance at drug sessions / classes and the thought of taking their kids to the pub was really frowned upon.

Later in life quite a few of those kids from families who refused to educate their kids and let them understand about life turned out to be binge drinkers, some also turned to drugs.

Yes, let the children be aware of the 'sins' out there. Be a progressive parent and do not hide things from the kids because they will learn or experiment beyond your control.

I too follow this example, and am happy to let my kids drink a shandy, or take a swig of my beer, and learn about its' effects while I can keep-an-eye on them. Thus they learn when to stop.

They tell me that they have to struggle slightly keep a straight-face at school, when the dangers-of-drugs/drink lessons are held, but they appreciate that we trust them, and follow our own way because we care about them.

But it was frustrating to find, when taking them 'home' to the UK, that kids can't have a weak-shandy, under parental-supervision in the pub-garden, as I remember doing in my own childhood-days. Thailand is far more free, in that respect, at least.

As regards spirits, a drop of Daddy's whisky/gin, on their tongues when they were small, rapidly cured any desire to try those grown-up drinks, when we aren't looking !

But what about another so-called 'sin' ? That of 'horizontal-jogging' ? While I laughed at the Monty-Python sketch about this being demonstrated in-school, I'm damned if I'm going to volunteer, for that !

My view is that, if certain 'sins' are experienced, under carefully-supervised conditions, then our warnings against smoking tobacco or sampling hard-drugs, are more-likely to be respected and taken-seriously.

It was in the UK where I took my son to the pub. Sunday afternoons were more relaxed and as long as the kids behaved themselves and left before 9 p.m. there was never a problem. Good grounding for kids.

As to the rest of your post, I do agree.

My son never got into drugs. he often had his friends around in his late teens ( 18+ ) and they used to drink. Some did not know how to behave and those ones nicknamed me Rottweiler when I really let rip at them, telling them if they abused this privilege again they would never be allowed back in the house. And as mine was the only house they could all go to together, those couple who did not know how to conduct themselves soon learned

We all have our own ways to try and educate our children and sometimes their friends and we want the best for them. If we succeed that is a great bonus

I guess there would be problems if our two told the kindy workers to get their coksukka hands off them. We do tend to be careful with our language around them, hard as it might be on occasions.

Potty mouthed kids are not attractive!

Regarding alcohol, peer pressure is immense with kids, therefore a good education on safe consummation is paramount.

Anything shocking or prohibitive will always be attractive to kids so make it as unappealing as possible by communication and family discussion.

I have to agree about peer pressure on drink and other prohibited substances.

I made sure my son attended all those classes on drugs and drink and such like when he was younger. I took him to the pub on Sundays where they were allowed to drink shandy and mingle with other drinkers so he could see a pub was not something 'special'.

Many parents were against what I did and they refused their children attendance at drug sessions / classes and the thought of taking their kids to the pub was really frowned upon.

Later in life quite a few of those kids from families who refused to educate their kids and let them understand about life turned out to be binge drinkers, some also turned to drugs.

Yes, let the children be aware of the 'sins' out there. Be a progressive parent and do not hide things from the kids because they will learn or experiment beyond your control.

Congratulations.

They came to ask me, I told them my visa siad mo work permitted. They said no problem we don't pay you. That's when the Torkshire background kicked in. "If you ever do owt for nowt. Do it for thisen" You need a volunteer visa.

And now you can supply a translation of your pithy Torkish saying so to keep this thread eminently readable for the few non- Brits who give a toss about the erstwhile, part-time, English bobbies in LOS.

Sorry missed the typo, "If you ever do anything for nothing, Do it for yourself" Happy now?

You should read below my post to get it spot on

when thieves fall out ......

The fine was obviously way too much for these 'Coconut Ghosts' to bear and they had to go back out immediately to earn more money for food and to feed the children.

Just to keep the costs in perspective, I go daily to my local government clinic out in Pong on the Darkside to have a16cm scar and two holes in my chest cleaned and dressed. (following recent open heart surgery.)

The first visit was 30 Baht, thereafter, 20 Baht a visit.

And they do the obligatory blood pressure test for good measure....

Cheap for me and cheaper for you. Better than some places too.

Good to see we are not always getting ripped off as people believe we are

Today, 70 Baht to change the dressing.

Maybe yesterday included a charge for registration.

Good service and very, very friendly nurses ...

We are open for business in Pattaya !! No worries there.

Cha-Am is a very very quiet place for most of the time. Outside of the high season it often 'closes down' early - say about 10 p.m. and there is very little night life there. Rented houses can be had cheaply enough if you want to use it as a base to look around before you decide. A friendly place overall with a good mix of Europeans about but mainly of retirement age.

Weekends tend to be a lot busier when the Thai 'invasion' tends to happen, especially at holiday times.

Hua Hin has more life in it by a long way and is only 20 KMs away.

Anyway, good luck in your search.

As a passport is classified as an essential identification document in Thailand, it is up to you report its loss as fast as you reasonably can.

Due to the important nature of this document, the Royal Thai Police have issued an order stating that they will accept a report of the loss of a passport at any Police Station nation-wide, regardless of where you have lost it! Sadly many Police Stations are not aware of this order.

Yes I know that some police stations will not accept a report unless it is in the police area that it was lost and this is true for any other lost thing that has monetary value, as police officers might have to investigate this loss.

Lumpini Police Station in Bangkok, is effectively in the diplomatic enclave and as such writes as many as 50 lost passport reports per day, without any fuss about address or passport number.

The head office of the Tourist Police on Rajdamoen Nok (near Khaosan road) next to the boxing stadium and opposite the UN headquarters, will also write a report for lost property from anywhere in Thailand.

Please be aware that while you are making a report you are making a legal sworn statement, you may also be asked to state that you have not overstayed your visa!

Interesting information there for myself and for others who might have lost their passports also.

Thanks for that

Immigration would ask how you got the visa without leaving the country. Make a trip to immigration and ask them. I am sure they would say no can do.

The difference is that you would be in Thailand while applying for a visa for Thailand. That cannot be done. You can only apply for a visa outside of Thailand.

OK. Thanks for that information.

You cannot blame me for looking at this from all angles

Seems my best option then is to get the new passport, get my permission to stay, go to Snooky for a holiday, have a good time and get a new visa from the UK. Life could be worse !!

I appreciate your attention on this and it is good to have people like yourselves there for advice .

It is not legal. There have been people that tried and got caught when they left the country because they had no exit stamps for here and no entry stamps for another country.

I am sure immigration would notice you had a new visa in your new passport when you go to get your stamps sorted out.

But I would have an exit stamp.

Currently, if I divert a renewed passport to Hull and get Hull to give me a new visa on the renewed passport and I get my current permission to stay stamp from Immigration here - as I have my stamps in my lost passport -, I exit Thailand, I'll have an exit stamp. Then activate the new non O from Hull, same as if I was coming in from abroad with a new visa.

I am not sending the passport from Thailand to Hull and having it sent back to me here in Thailand, simply diverted within the UK before being sent on to me here.

If as Mario says, I can send the passport to Hull to get a new visa from, say, Cambodia and then enter, I cannot really see the difference?

Indeed, you need to get a new visa. Immigration will not give you a new visa, only your current permisison to stay. (Which cna be extended if you meet the right criteria). But a valid multiple entry visa is lost when the passport is lost/stolen/damaged.

Then is it legal to have the new passport sent to my home address in the UK, sent on to Hull to have a new 1 year non O multiple entry visa based on age over 50 and then have the passport sent to me here, get the current valid permission to stay stamp and then go across the border to start the new 90 day sequence?

Hope that makes sense

The visa is history if passport remains lost and can not be restored so you will have to obtain a new visa/entry to continue your stay after your current permitted to stay ends.

So my visa from the Thai consulate in Hull will be void and cannot be replaced at all?

You should go to the main police station or perhaps the tourist police in Pattaya.

Do you have a copy of your passport including your visa, entry/permit to stay stamps and TM6 departure card?

Be sure you keep a copy (embassy might keep original) of the police report to show immigration after you get a new passport from your embassy.

I have my passport number but not a copy of the passport or the visa. The 1 year visa payment will show up on my bank statement. I have the date I last did my 90 day visa run and the payment date for my e-visa will be on my bank statement too. Not sure that will help.

I'll be off to the police station shortly to report it.

Taking what you have said is true, and I am not doubting you, that is a horrific story. Too often we become immune to these happenings and as we live in our own little worlds with our own little worries, yet to those it is happening to it is a nightmare come true and very sad.

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Well done PD, as mentioned before, it is a pleasure to read something with a positive tone on here.

Theblether doesn't realise how painful a broken toe can be ......I wish you a speedy recovery.

Leaves one with that warm and fuzzy feeling when good things happen from well intended people.

Cheers.

Thanks

Sounds like he was high on something.

I'd like to say thanks for the replies.

Secondly when I mentioned my local m/c taxi driver i was on my way to a clinic to get my wound dressed, he offered to take me to a place he and his friends use. I accepted that. He took me to The Public Health Center on Soi Buakhao.

Soiled dressing removed, wound cleaned and re-dressed. 170 Baht. A good price as it has to be done every day on doctors instructions.

Helping us to keep abreast of the art scene in more ways than one.

Thanks also to those wishing me all the best. It is appreciated

Pattayadingo - thanks so much for sharing that, and I hope you recover quickly from the accident.

yes aneliane, there are some Thais that do read this board. some may not post, and others may post less, and yet others that post who some may not realise they are Thai.

and whether we are reading or not, its always nice even for the non-Thai audience to read about some positives to counter the negatives (yes Im aware bad stories tend to make news, whereas the basic everyday life of things going well is not reported)

Not forgetting that Thaivisa is one of the biggest source of information for foreigners wishing to visit Thailand, some positive and real life stories are certainly needed to give a more balance picture of our country

Well said.

Do you really think all these thai people are here on Thaivisa reading English text about farang and their thai wives ?

I think you missed the point.

She certainly does seem to have. Or is just trying to bring down a good post to her level and that is a shame.

But that sort of comment was what I expected from some.