Lazybones

On 4/8/2024 at 6:30 PM, G Rex said:

My favourite drop changed fairly frequently , but I always seemed to return to good old Carlton Draught - from the tinnies, not the stubbies.  Carlton Cold was okay...  I don't know much about WA beers - other than Swan Dry (that was very popular about 40 years ago!! after we won the Americas' Cup).

On 4/8/2024 at 6:30 PM, G Rex said:

My favourite drop changed fairly frequently , but I always seemed to return to good old Carlton Draught - from the tinnies, not the stubbies.  Carlton Cold was okay...  I don't know much about WA beers - other than Swan Dry (that was very popular about 40 years ago!! after we won the Americas' Cup).

There's always the go to beer VB but I prefer Melbourne Bitter providing it's not out of date.

18 hours ago, parallelman said:

Ha, beat me to it. It has just got very dark outside and I'm expecting just that.

We got about 1 hour of good rain here in Phetchabun this morning

On 4/8/2024 at 8:48 AM, herfiehandbag said:

Intern them.

 

They are a defeated army which has fled across the border.

 

If they are allowed to fly out then they will go back to fighting.

 

And given that they are Officers and Senior NCOs they probably have good reasons for not falling into rebel hands. Some very nasty people likely!

As I understand it they are still in Myanmar at the Mae Sot border

19 hours ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

I don't mean to start an argument, but an oil tanker does not want seawater in their tanks. It is much more likely that this is bilge oil and water, which any ship could have discharged into the GOT. It is very sad either way and I hope they find the culprit.

Not far away of course are the Map Da Put oil terminals in Rayong which have been known in the past to have leaked in to the sea.

Would any of you moaners have liked to fly on a plane with leaking hydraulics? I think I would rather stay in the hotel and use the food vouchers offered. I have flown Jetstar many times Bangkok to Melbourne and back, mostly without any problems except during the epidemic where, once, was delayed 8 hours and was provided accommodation and food. As I say, better safe than sorry.

So, no blame to the sugar cane driver pulling out across the lanes in front of the bus? 

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

Update. The auto gates were for Thais only but no takers.

.... except for my Thai 11yo grandson who managed to slip through the auto gates unimpeded yesterday. I didn't know where he had gone! Fortunately there was a manned gate next to the auto gates with nobody there that they let me through avoiding the hugh queues. Found him inside the terminal. 

I have, on many occasions, brought my step son's son, who lives with my wife and I in Thailand, to Australia to visit with his dad. Most times I have his dad sign a letter, plus a signed copy of his passport, giving his permission for this to occur. Only one time have I ever needed to use the letter. Just today, armed with the letter, my grandson, now 11 years old, took it into his head to go through the automatic check-in by himself. Nobody stopped him. I questioned the immigration officer present who replied that if the boy is tall enough then that's OK. TIT

20 hours ago, Thjames said:

same here!   does not work  but I hope everyone had a nice day at the unvailing.

Did you scroll up to the top and read the error message? 

21 hours ago, AAArdvark said:

What office 

Same with me in Phetchabun. They tell me that it is not required. 

2 minutes ago, Lazybones said:

And I don't know why atrain would be going through Khon Kaen to Chiang Mai?

Sorry, i misread the op

On 1/16/2024 at 8:03 AM, JoePai said:

The high-speed train

 

Well that's a lie as no such thing in Thailand 

On 1/16/2024 at 8:03 AM, JoePai said:

The high-speed train

 

Well that's a lie as no such thing in Thailand 

And I don't know why atrain would be going through Khon Kaen to Chiang Mai?

On 1/9/2024 at 7:42 AM, TheAppletons said:

 

  Seems to be some debate about that....

 

https://old.reddit.com/r/Thailand/comments/191f7yt/is_this_a_songthaew_or_a_tuktuk/

Up here in the mid north things are different. That vehicle would be a song taew. A tuk tuk here is an old single cylinder flat bed that makes a noise like it's name. The three wheel things are called Sam laws, I.e. three wheels, not tuk tuks

It seems that not many read the follow up where it stated that a skull and pelvic bone were also found

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

What about the bio metrics on the Italiens passport? I thought this sort of thing was impossible these days

Said he came in on a charted flight. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

22 hours ago, 1 said:

I'm assuming to call government/banks Etc you have to pay for the service? But I have to confess Skype has dropped off the radar for me but it's probably worth checking out. Thanks

You need to deposit an advance of say $20 which can have auto top up. You dial any number direct and the charge is very very little. If the recipient has Skype, which most businesses have? Then the call is free. 

On 10/4/2023 at 8:42 AM, parallaxtech said:

We are getting blackouts on Chaweng Mountain every week for up to four hours.  My electric bill is only 1500 baht/month for two people, no pool, and not using a/c, so I don't really need to save money.  It just bothers me as far as using the computer and getting water via electrical pump.  My neighbor uses a generator which is very noisy and smelly.  Any recommendation on installing a solar system?  I have just basic electrical skills.

If you have a black out then your inverter won't work so solar is not much use.

On 9/21/2023 at 8:30 PM, MarcelV said:

You left out Pattani, Yala, Betong, Narathiwat and Sg. Kolok.

And Phetchabun

48 minutes ago, ross163103 said:

"Yet", being the operative word.........english and Thai, both meanings apply in this case.

Do you know what Yet means in Thai?

5 hours ago, NokYai611 said:

Thanks, yes he has been studying these Q/A but can’t figure out where he’s going wrong - wouldn’t it be nice/reasonable to know which questions were answered incorrectly!

At the end of the test it displays the answers you got wrong and the correct answer

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

It means she [the deceased mother] swerved to avoid a car, which I assume to mean a pickup was parked and she swerved to avoid it but misjudged her manoeuvre and hit the truck, falling off into the path of another following pick (and Under the truck, they found the body of a 34 year old woman).

 

It seems she was going too quickly and swerved without looking. The following pick-up didn't anticipate what could happen... no one wanted to use their brakes.... 

 

 

Not according to the article. She swerved to avoid his truck which was moving lanes, presumable into her lane, and hit the back of his truck. Sounds like he moved into her lane without seeing her.

How come it's allowed to be built without authorisation first? 

On 7/22/2023 at 10:39 AM, Lim Yuan Hai said:

Can anyone advise how can I make cost-effective or free calls to Singapore landline numbers from Bangkok?

Thank you and have a nice day!

Skype. You establish a credit and then use it the same as you would a land line. Incredibly cheap.

On 7/18/2023 at 11:10 AM, bob smith said:

Today im gonna be spending most of it sat on the bar stool with all the down n outs and low lives.

 

im gonna have to be carried out the place later im sure. Sometimes you just have to stop lying to yourself and admit that you are an alcoholic and im powerless against it.

 

looking forward to some totally meaningless conversations with a fellow loser soon.

 

oh, and its definitely gonna be mcdonalds or burger king for dinner. Sue me. 

For a start, it's going to, not gonna!