Crossy

I just sent a PM to another member pointing to another Thailand related forum (yes THAT one), it arrived with

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So, are all links banned from PMs or just certain ones?

I thought I was doing the right thing by transmitting the info in a PM and not on the open forum where the slightest mention of THAT forum is frowned upon and a link would be instantly removed (lnks to other forums are not permitted anyway).

Not criticising policy or anything like that but I thought Private (or is it Personal) Messages were just that (Private or Personal) and the content is my business.

Install your new drivers BEFORE you plug in the dongle to avoid the MS drivers firing up, that's probably what the instructions say anyway (who reads instructions, not I for one).

As for the vacuums, can a motorized device that works on UK DC electricity work on Thai 220/50 AC in Thailand? Is there any such thing as cycles in direct current?

Er, I'm not sure which planet you've been on (one of the 4400 possibly), but the UK stopped using DC in about 1920.

We have 230V 50Hz, sufficiently similar to Thailand that there will be no issues with power supply

The TV is a different flavour of PAL (sound subcarrier) but an LCD is almost certainly multi-standard. Even if it's not only off-air will be wrong, UBC etc via the RCA/SCART will work just fine.

I'm using Azureus on Bittorrent, still occasionally use emule (but there's so much carp and fake files there now).

As to protection. I have an independent download machine isolated from the rest of my network with fully updated anti-virus and spyware scanners, anything downloaded is scanned there before being allowed anywhere near another machine. That said I've never had anything nasty just a few fake files (one of which turned out to be something that I was actually looking for ).

I do only use 'reputable' trackers, can't mention which ones, that would be against the rules, let's just say they specialise in UK TV.

Recently covered here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=130233

and closed, I suspect this thread will go the same way for the same reasons.

And no, it doesn't worry me, I can talk to my god wherever I am, special space or clothing not required

For UBC you indeed need an irdeto cam.

You can get a second card, and it'll cost the same monthly irrespective of the package you have on the first card (440 Baht/month)!

I even think they will waive the 155 Baht receiver rental if you have your own (you already have one so no need for a second) meaning the second card will cost you only 280 something Baht/month.

They will however charge you 9000 Baht to get you the second card and put in a splitter and pull the cable to the second room you'll want it in

Thanks Monty and everyone else.

Got a splitter and ran the cable (cost me a whole 300 Baht), all the UBC channels appear to be on the same transponder so polarity switching of a single LNB does not seem to be an issue (the splitter has power-pass on both ports). Second box works OK in the bedroom.

Irdeto CAM coming from eBay, once it arrives we can check it out before getting a second UBC card. Hopefully UBC aren't going to sting me for the installation that I don't need and will just charge for a second card.

One point, will my existing card work in a second receiver or are the cards locked to a particular box?

BTW For those who are suggesting an alternative to UBC. Yes once we build the house I'll be doing that but my current location precludes a steerable dish. We can only see satellites west of Thaicom and I'm not hanging ove a 10th floor balcony to fix the beast. Not that I actually watch much telly anyway.

OK, just been digging through all the stuff that I shipped from the UK and located my digital satellite receiver that we were using to receive Thai International in Belgium. Fired it up and it locked onto the satellite immediately

This box is 1,000,000 times better than the standard UBC box so I'd like to use it (it has digital audio amongst other things).

Since I was using it for free-to-air in Europe it needs a CAM (Conditional Access Module). Can someone confirm that UBC is using the Irdeto standard? Anyone got a place I can get a CAM in Thailand?

Also, will UBC supply a second card on my account with a different subscription package, I need only the Thai channels on the second set (which will use the original UBC box). These channels used to be free-to-air unfortunately the only FTA channels that I get now are a sports channel, Thai International and something with monks chanting, everything else is encrypted

Sh1t, got me too

For a moment I thought I would delete all posts about mobile phones and other off-topic posts, which would reduce this topic probably to about 3.7% of its current size but then I said to myself it would be pity if Jai Dee could not see this thread as it is now. He deserves a good laugh after the scary experience he has had.

Actually, why doesn’t somebody start a new topic on mobile phone use on flights, in an appropriate forum, rather than continue this discussion here?--

Maestro

Nooooooooooooooo! I can't stand yet another thread on the subject with all the pseudo-engineers coming out of the woodwork.

Love it, I want one too (with the enhancements as requested)

Should be easy enough for the Java gurus amongst us to actually implement.

With a stick shift in gear, the accelerator would have to be pressed in order to keep the engine from stalling and the car from just stopping since the gears would hold it in place. Other than a car in neutral with no parking brake on that rolls down a steep hill, a stick shift cannot engage and run you over from a distance without somebody actually driving it.

Automatic in mode "park" needs a handbreak, stick shift in mode "neutral" needs a handbreak. I think we agreed already, but lets point it out simple.

Actually not quite true, a manual in neutral and auto in park are not the same, the auto when in park actually locks the transmission (effectively selecting two gears at once), try pushing one.

You can leave an auto on a slope in P and it won't move (not recommended). The problems occur when (with the engine running) the transmisson's brain has a quirk and selects a gear, away we go with no driver, something which is not going to happen with a manual.

I rarely use the handbrake on either an auto or manual preferring to leave the manual in 1st gear, handbrake goes on when on a slope for added security (along with full lock turning in to the curb), there again I don't leave the vehicle with the engine running when I'm not in the driving seat.

It shouldn't matter if you apply for an extension or not, there are no laws limiting the number of times you can get a Tourist Visa

BUT

A number of embassies/consulates in the region are limiting the number of visas they will give to an individual, so you'll have to change embassies on a regular basis.

It would appear that (as prediced by posters) grandfather is dead, at least on Samui

Glad you had the alternative sorted.

No. But a visa entry might provide a better experience.

Particularly if you intend entering close to the six-month aniversary of your initial entry, it is possible that you'll be given a short stamp valid only up to the aniversary

Does that rule apply regardless of any other types of visa you've ever had in your passport?

I believe it should make zero difference what other Thai visas you have, that said read my experiences back march on arriving with an expired visa in my PP http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=113966

As an aside, when I returned to Manila in August everyone, but everyone in the local office knew of my 'problem'. Apparently an ex-boss who'd been on another flight and just happened to be in another line, saw me being hauled off by immigration and, of course, reported to all

Yep ^^^

Done it numerous times, usually on the return half of a ticket. Never had any issues whatever apart from finding the visa for check-in staff amongst the dozens of others (not just for Thailand).

Yep ^^^

My money is on a dirty touch pad. Alcohol on a tissue will clean it and restore normal operation

Ford were offering 20% down 4 years interest free on the Ranger series when we bought last year. I know the deal was extended but no idea for how long, check ford thailand website (in English) for prices and details

Yes, the Fords are built in LoS

I'm 33 the wife is 35. So i'm a toyboy.

Yep, me too, I'm 49 wifey is 55. We are certainly in the minority to have Thai beauties that are older then we are

No-one mentioned the Welsh visa to get to Cardiff.

Unlike Scotland no visa is required to enter Wales, the visa fee is collected on the way out by the River Severn Crossings who only charge when you leave Wales, entry is free

I got my first visa from Cardiff, they were friendly and helpful then, sad to hear they may have gone down hill

It is important when laying concrete, to make sure that there is a slight slope so that water drains off.

This important basic physics seems to be omitted from most Thai builders curriculum, or if there is a slope is is (of course) the wrong way

Throw your compost onto the mold and toss on some grass seeds....in about a year it will be a lawn and all you will have to do is mow it!!!!

If you get some ducks and geese you won't have to mow it either, decorative and functional (you can eat the eggs too )

You will however have to remove goose turds

If you have a visa of any type there will be no issue.

If you have no visa and are expecting a 30 day visa exemption then you may have issues getting on your flight

Yep ^^^

Click "options" top right of the first post and choose display mode 'standard' and all will be fine.

For some reason this setting changes occasionally, nobody knows why

Neither link works for me Does this add to their credibility (been removed by the soya magnates)?

BTW a few years back there was a scare article that stated that cabbage was a lethal poison, they neglected to note that to feel any ill effects you needed to eat several tonnes of the stuff

I like soya milk, I'll continue to drink it, in moderation of course.

EDIT A quick Google on 'soya milk poison' turns up several similar scare stores.