dddave

As long as Thailand persists in allowing 99% of heavy construction work to be done by illiterate, often migrant laborer's, supervised by like individuals with virtually no oversight, accidents like this will continue. This incident is far from being the first of this type and it won't be the last.

I feel lucky to have gotten to Bangkok and it's Sukhumvit delights when I first did, in 2002. Not only Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza (and the great NANAPLAZA.COM forum from which I still have friends) but so many other areas: Washington Sq, Clinton Plaza, Soi-33 "Artist's" bars, Queen's Park, Soi-10, Soi 7/1 along with Soi "0", under the X-Way and Soi-1 across the street. There was also, just down Soi-7, the never to be duplicated "Soi-7 Beergarten" with it's revolving inventory of hundreds of freelancers, day and night. There was a real thumping vibe along Sukhumvit then with countless mini-street bars opening around midnight and partying past dawn. It was a very special time and place.

Just ask your juristic office. In my condo, they don't want long term unused bikes in the day to day parking area and want them in the garage. Most condos have a section for long term storage as some owners will leave for 6 months or more.

Thanks for posting the outcome. Not ideal, to be sure but better than living in a hostile environment. I live off of Jomtien 2nd rd. and find it to be a convenient area. The nearby Rampho market has excellent fruits & vegetables and several shops that sell household staples. Bolt & Grab are usually readily available for shopping trips. Traffic on 2nd rd. can suck on weekends and from 4 to 8pm but is otherwise ok....just a few long rides to make U-turns. There are also several back road routes that once learned, provide easy access to Makro and Lotus's without having to drive any long distances on Sukhumvit. I also have mobility issues resulting from arthritis in my knees but find Jomtien to not be particularly taxing to get around. There is a plethora of restaurants of all types quite handy to where you are. It's conceivable that once settled, you might just say: "Why didn't I move here earlier?"

A condo owner has just as much right not to renew a lease as a leaser has not to renew but he can't just arbitrarily terminate your residency before the lease period is finished.

A Thai friend always carefully checks the seals and markings of any bottles he buys in a club. He told me refilling bottles from popular brands with cheap whiskey was big business and that even high profile clubs sometimes get fooled and sell rebottled booze. He told me he never buys JW Black because it's the most often rebottled brand.

There are several curtain shops on Trepassit Rd, not far from the Traphaya traffic light.

Most landlords have to pay an ongoing share of the rent to the agent so your landlord is likely trying to duck that monthly payment. You would have to depend on the landlord for the documents needed for your TM-30, not easy without a copy of the lease. When my condo owner started renting to me directly after my original lease expired, we still paid another agent to draw up a legal lease so I would have the document. The original agent wasn't happy but couldn't do anything about it. She had lied to him about the original rent I was paying and pocketing the difference.

Not the first time Colombian gangs specializing in housebreaking have operated here. Several have been busted in the Pattaya area over the last 10 years. Apparently, used household goods of all types get good money in S. America where import duties are extremely high. In the Pattaya cases, they had a container waiting and would fill it directly from the truck used in the burglaries. In Pattaya they would bribe housing estate guards to point out homes where the residents were away for extended periods, then clean entire homes out of whatever they could carry.

Be aware the Spanish Embassy will most likely not give you a new passport, just an emergency travel document that allows you to return to your home country, no other destination.

Any chance OPs PC was purchased in USA? I ran into this exact issue once. I purchased a new laptop in US, brought it to Thailand. Tried to connect to my home Wi-Fi and couldn't though all my other devices were connected with no problem. Long story short, the US reserves several WiFi channels for government use and all WiFi devices sold in the US have these channels locked-out. Just coincidently, when set-up, my router had selected one of those channels which are not locked out in the rest of the world. Changed the WiFi channel and all was good. Edit: Closed channels are 12, 13, 14

Late in 2023, Jomtien Immigration started requiring the TM-47 along with copies of PP front page, visa, TM-30, maybe the TM-6 as well. I just stop at a copy shop next to Immigration and have them make whatever I need.

Not 10 minutes at Jomtien but they do have a huge volume. Did my 90 day there this past Monday, arriving at 10:30am with all forms and copies prepared. Sign on the counter said 1 hour wait. Turned out to be 40 minutes. Watched as one man yelled at the counter girl for 5 minutes, really aggressively. She gave it right back. He finally stormed out waving his arms in the air, expressing his outrage at everything Thai. I wouldn't want their job.

The commotion woke me up. I live in a 10th floor condo, the balcony of which overlooks the wooded area, next to Villa Navin. There was a pool party going on at one of the villas so at first I thought the noise was from that but the shouting between police officers didn't seem like party noise. Really dense vegetation in that lot which extends from 2nd Rd to Beach Rd, bordered by Villa Navin on the South side, Soi-9 on the North. I can see how it would be very hard to find a person in there. Nothing worth a video. Couldn't really see anything but flashlights. That check-point has been going-on for the last month, usually Thursday to Sunday, around midnight to 2:30AM. The difference in motorcycle and motorbike noise is dramatic. Usually a lot of bikes screaming up and down both sides but when cops are there, quiet like the covid days.

Isn't that actually a problem worldwide? So many videos of people on roofs awaiting helicopter rescue. Even worse the videos of people with no option but to jump rather than choke or burn to death.

Nice clean look. Easy for me to read as I use a 43" TV as a monitor. Pages seem to load more quickly.

The price will also depend on whether or not OP will need a bone graft. Makes a very big difference.

I was staying at a Phnom Penh hotel once. There was a commotion outside my door and a look revealed a lot of police and several hotel employees. Turned out a younger man: mid-40s who had just flown in from Europe and checked it the previous night was found dead in his bed. Same as this case, no sign of struggle or drugs or any other person in the room. Long story short, autopsy revealed deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot from his leg to heart. Not that uncommon after long flights sitting for 10 hours plus.

I actually got burned by a flood car once. Back in the late 1980s, I bought a 3 year old Chevy Astro Van pretty cheap off a used car lot. Lots of problems from the start. When winter came and I tried to use the heater, hardly any warm air came out. Friend suggested checking the air ducts. About 5 lbs of dead leaves and sticks were packed inside each duct...obviously from a flood. Once we knew it and started looking, found debris wedged everywhere. I had other Astro vans so eventually just used it for parts.

I believe there is also an "Expiration Date" for LPG tanks. A friend had an older car with an LPG conversion. Her last inspection she was told that the tank was approaching 10 years old and would have to be completely replaced before it could pass the next inspection.

I remember a Bangkok Post article a number of years ago about shady dealers who buy flood cars from insurance companies for salvage value, then clean and recondition them. They alter the documents and sell them either online or at weekend car flea markets in the countryside.

Counterfeiters will have a go-between hire a bunch of locals, give them a stack of counterfeit notes and have go out and buy low cost items, always paying with the large notes thus getting genuine change. The collect the change money and pay the buyers a small percentage.

A friends former Filipina GF ended up hooking up with a Canadian man and emigrated along with her 14 year old son to the Vancover area. Three years later he was convicted of manslaughter in an Asian gang related killing. It's a sad fact that kids dumped into a place where they don't fit in often find gangs the only place where they find acceptance.

Sheryl: I fully understood the distinction between the OPs situation and what I posted. i was just making an effort to make clear that Tramadol is a useful medication. There are those on this forum for whom everything is black & white and who are inclined to demonize medications without knowledge. I wanted it to be clear to those for whom Tramadol is one of the few options that works, they needn't feel they are at risk for addiction if they use the medicine properly.

Internet sources say taking no more than 100mg of tramadol/day is non-addictive. I've been taking Ultracet (37mg) for two years to alleviate arthritis knee pain. Usually one tablet a day before activity, occasionally two tablets but never at the same time. Each tablet taken usually gives me about 3 hours of useful pain alleviation. I never take more than two tablets in a 24 hour period. So far, there seems to be no diminishment of effectiveness over my two years of use. I also will skip a day if no walking activities planned. For me, Tramadol has been the most effective OTC medication I've tried for pain alleviation. I understand it's risks and try to take those risks into account with my usage. I'd hate to see Tramadol demonized as a treatment for whom there is no other easily available alternative. NSAIDs are not nearly as effective and have their own dangers. Tramadol is not a "cure" for anything, it's a treatment the consequences of which need to be balanced with it's benefits. It's a tragedy that so many very effective pain killers are not available because of overuse, demonization and outright greed by the Pharma industry.