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Maybe, I should have posted this with my other one.  I will be moving from Thailand back to England at the end of this month     when I move I will have to take the money I have in my thai bank account with me.  It's not a huge amount (around 3000 quid)  what is the best way to do it?  Travellers check?  Transfer account to account?  Pull it out in cash and change it up in a bank here/there?

any help will be much appreciated 

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Bank Transfer from Thai bank to English bank,easy.

Cost's 400baht,and takes only two days.

I've just done the same ,am going home to.

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That was me ,not Mr Nuts.

Well with a name like WORM it just says wot type of brain u have r u sure ur mai tem baht do u really think he wud pay someone wish i cud stumble up on u wud knock some sense into well try that worm brain of urs am out there xmas hope we can meet up 4 a beer??? or someting better u MUPPET!

It's really sad when foreigners start using Thai violent tatics against fellow foreigners  (or anybody for that fact).

Probably paid the gunman 1,000 baht to shoot them both. Makes me sick.

I mean we have enough to worry about over here, and now we have to worry about desputes being settled the Thai mafia way?

*heavy sigh*

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Yes Dave,i thought the same thing.&lt;deleted&gt;.Nobhead

&lt;deleted&gt; is this schvonsky guys problem?

Learn to spell also before you start slagging people off.

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What country are you from Dodger?

If i remember correctly, this has been discussed before. The outcome was, why save in a Thai account when the interest rates are so low. If your in the UK, i believe the best company to put your money in, is the Nationwide, as you can use the ATM's to withdraw cash in Thailand and they don't charge you for it?

MrBoJ

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What interest,in three years i've never had any from Bangkok Bank??????.

And over 3mill has been through.What's going on?

I am here 4 years, I don't know any reason anymore 

After nearly 2 years, I'm beginning to wonder!

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I've been here 3 years ,and i don't know anymore

"Why don't you try"

ICQ5

Did it crash,or get shot down.

"Two, three minutes later I heard a big bang and ever since I've started looking for it, but I have not found anything yet," he said.

Cypriot plane crashes in Greece

A Cypriot passenger plane carrying at least 121 people has crashed near Athens moments after losing radio contact with air traffic control.

Greek F-16 fighter jets scrambled to locate the plane reported seeing one pilot slumped in his seat, but could not see the plane's second pilot.

The Helios Airways plane, travelling from Larnaca, Cyprus, crashed in hills just north of the Greek capital.

A rescue helicopter dispatched to the site has not reported any survivors.

The head of air traffic control at Athens airport, Iannis Pantazaratos, told AFP they had no idea who was flying the plane.

"The airport lost all contact with the plane which should have landed in the late morning, and two air force planes sent up in reconnaissance found it flying above the Euboea peninsula, but they saw the pilots doubled up in the cabin," he said.

Rescue effort

Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis cut short a holiday on the island of Tinos to return to Athens.

HELIOS AIRWAYS

1999: Established as first independent airline in Cyprus

2000: First chartered flight

2001: First scheduled flight

Flies to UK, Strasbourg, Sofia, Athens, Dublin, Warsaw and Prague

Operates four Boeing 737 planes

Police and military helicopters were sent to the scene, with dozens of ambulances also reportedly on their way.

One eyewitness, Dimitris Karezas, told the Reuters news agency he saw the plane being followed by fighter jets.

"Two, three minutes later I heard a big bang and ever since I've started looking for it, but I have not found anything yet," he said.

Helios Airways was founded in 1999 as Cyprus' first independent airline.

It operates a fleet of Boeing 737 jets between Cyprus and London, Athens, Sofia, Dublin and Strasbourg in France.

A young ,33 of age

She was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar ,that much is true.

I've got one of them ,well done .

Here's my Peach.

Thaksin pushes for Thais to speak English

The government is drawing up a plan to boost fluency in the language needed for thousands of jobs at home and abroad

BANGKOK - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is aiming to equip Thai workers with what most of them lack: English-speaking skills, a requirement for thousands of jobs here and overseas.

Mr Thaksin told his Cabinet at a recent meeting that Thai workers should at least be able to communicate in English in the workplace.

Ideally, he wanted them to speak English as if it were their mother tongue.

'The Premier has found English speaking to be our weak point and wants to tackle it,' government spokesman Sita Divari said.

European nations wanted to recruit up to 100,000 Thai nurses but are requiring English fluency.

There are also many other opportunities for Thai bilingual chefs, caddies and masseurs, Mr Sita said.

He said Mr Thaksin instructed Deputy Prime Ministers Somkid Jatusripitak and Purachai Piumsombun to work out a plan to improve English-speaking skills among Thais.

Noting that more than 90 per cent of educational materials was written in English, the Prime Minister said that greater English proficiency would boost access to knowledge.

More local people are also trying to learn Mandarin, some previous reports have said, eyeing China's vast market potential.

Reports have said that the teaching of English as a foreign language in Thai schools has not been satisfactory.

More than half of the English teachers in the nation's schools are desperately in need of English-language training as only 5 per cent can do their jobs properly, according to a senior Education Ministry official.

Permanent Secretary Kasama Worawan said that 'if the country does not overhaul the teaching of English, the country would lose its competitive edge internationally'.

During a seminar on English education at Chulalongkorn University's language institute last November, Ms Kasama raised concerns about substandard instruction when teachers adapt English classes to meet local demands.

'Many teachers try to create an English course for their community but they don't maintain academic and curricular principles,' she said.

She praised schools that use English in every subject.

'This will help not only students but also teachers to get used to teaching English.

'Actually, Thai students have the innate talent to use English. They just need a chance to polish their skills,' she said.

The importance of English had also been emphasised by Education Minister Pongpol Adireksan in December last year when he suggested Thailand should put more resources into training children to learn English properly as a way to help revitalise the country's long-term international competitiveness.

The minister said he was convinced that 'proficiency in the language would make up-and-coming generations of citizens more intelligent because English has become an indispensable medium for the search of global knowledge'.

WEAK LINK: Unqualified teachers

• Although English has been taught in Thailand for more than a century, more than 90 per cent of language teachers in primary schools lack the training to teach effectively.

• According to reports, many of the primary school English teachers are not Cannot distribute vertically proficient in the language. They did not major in English and are unable to pronounce words properly.

• Classes are also too large, with up to 100 pupils in some government primary schools, making it difficult to conduct lessons.

Source: The Nation/AsiaNews Network

... "Oh, she's Thai? How do you like living in Taiwan?"

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My old bos' was always' saying ,"when are you going back to see your bird in Taiwan then".

And i would say it's not f**king Taiwan "it's Thailand"."Oh Thaiwanland he would reply".

My poor dog,i loved that mutt ,now he's moo bing.

It's raining in "Minburi",right now .

I'm still waiting for it to snow,you can dream

This perception that Thai women marrying foreign men, is just a money thing and that Thai men are losing their status because of it. Will certainly help to reinforce their alreay prejudice policies towards foreigners who want to settle here with their Thai wives.

I speak from five years experience of having to run around for visas, or having to report to immigration.

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So I'm backing out of my driveway Saturday,

Give this a coat of thought if you will.

If you had backed into your drive you could have driven out and seen him coming.

The highway code in the UK says if you have to reverse, reverse in then you can drive out makes a lot of sense to me.

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if it's a dead end or not.

But also a parked car is never at fault ,when an accident happens'.

The insurance agent has just miss-red the fact's,parked car:not moving,pick up owner driving with out due care and aattention.

Not difficult in my eyes'.

My favorites',include>

:Som tam,six chili's

:Packershett fire dang.

:Patdgapow.six chili's

:Sticky rice.

I personally, if my landlord made me pay the 300 baht per year would move out, i mean thats a whole six bucks or more, well i wouldnt put up with that, i would be sleeping in the garden with my tent with a big sign outside saying how stingy my landlord is, naaa only kidding, i would pay the 6 bucks and not waste my landlords time

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When taking ones shower ,which is your preferred method

have this to say.  I have eaten grits all of my life and then found out it is a great food of South Catolina in a dish called Shrimp and Grits.  I thought that sounded terrible and finally my son got me to try it and D#mn if it isn' t real good.  Look up the recipe on line as it is very good and you will like grits then.

Still like eggs, bacon and grits with a hot biscuit and honey.

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The well dressed Man was exremely suicidal,he asked his ex wife if she would kill him ,the one that lives in" his" big house ,Being the Bi*ch that she is,she said Ok!,

the Man then places his Colt 45 in the brief case, and walks round to the house where she is waiting for him .When he walks down the path she shoots' him in the head ,this does not kill him at first .The injury is fatal some 30 mins later ,the cause of death being loss of blood.

Happy Songkran Kan Win ,and one and all , have a very good year .Keep safe over the Holidays' ,and don't drink to much,just much "mak mar"!.

Another thing my GF says which i think is funny is "COCK -LOW- S"  - Cockroach!

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1.Fat white plonkers

2.Visa runners with unpleasant English regional accents

3.Pattaya

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OMG

1, Boris

2, err Boris

3, people like Boris

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1.Boris

2.Boris

3. That big Boris i just stood in ,the one that stinks' like "SHerrrrrrrrrrr*IT"

A nice litle Thai history lesson ,thank you george.