thinknirmal

Not sure if we really want the Taiwanese or it's just there (as a territory of China) to woo the Chinese. Talk about not having a spine.

If one of the Grab drivers saw the sign, he would be going back towards the water.

How come a speed ticket comes right to me just using my plate number, but the police couldn't reach this guy?

4 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Often finding the passwords isn't that difficult, even with a limited number of tries. I know someone locally used 1111 as the password. 1234 is another popular choice with people who have no understanding of security.

 

My wife left her card in an ATM once (after a transaction), went back fifteen minutes later and it was gone. She phoned the bank immediately who cancelled the card, They told her it had just been used in Big C (the ATM was directly outside).

She went into Big C and spoke to the manager who was helpful, showed her the till receipt for 3,000 baht-odd that was spent. As no one here ever checks the signature, it's not a deterrent.

However, the manager noticed the buyer had used a Big C loyalty card at the same time. The culprit was caught through that, but only by my wife's persistence. She had her money refunded by the thief who also went to prison for theft.

Shows the stupidity of this particular thief, using her own loyalty card.

 

At least in India, one cannot set their own PIN anymore. You choose two digits and the bank generates the other two digits.

If only this Government had the spine, these vans would be banned immediately. But who needs a spine when you have a face?

54 minutes ago, mike324 said:

They should also allow passengers to walk from one side of the platform to the other without needing to swipe the card. I think the platform is designed poorly.

You don't have to renegotiate the tickets to change platforms. You can just go down the stairs, and climb the opposite stairs.

6 hours ago, jobsworth said:

firstly because NGO's have unlimited funds and secondly because they knew how to do this trick and thirdly because family groups from the west do not travel like that with many male and female members. NGO's are personally poor and so can easily be identified by their scruffy appearance.  But then how did they afford the air fare? They are after all recruited from the homeless shelters of australia and europe.  not their fault but something to be aware of.

We have a screenwriter here!

Curiosity of a Child

SEA LIFE Bangkok Ocean World, Bangkok

Flawed Beauty

Koh Tao

Where to go?

Lomprayah Pier, Koh Tao

.......They test those engines by firing frozen chickens at them at speed! I would be more worried by Drones flying around and being digested and that happens everywhere!

So, you think that an electric drone quadcopter would do more damage than a frozen chicken? The chickens used to test engines a defrosted before use since very few frozen solid birds are encountered during aircraft operation just regular warm-blooded species. A frozen bird would do catastrophic damage to a fan engine whereas most warm-blooded strikes are contained. A quadcopter by virtue of its rigid construction would cause more damage. As to non-fan engine types in military jets.......eject, eject, eject!

Yeah. Just what I would like to have happen on my flight.

Sorry, but that is not a bird test. That is a blade failure test, A380 engine test. One blade is disconnected using explosive bolts at the base of the blade to test containment of the fragments from penetrating the wall. Can't trust YouTube titles anymore.

Same video but more accurate title.

. And the original test video explaining what they are doing.

Maybe this one is better. Either way, the expected possible outcome is failure of a blade.

This is the one in detail:

Have done exactly this before and didn't have a problem leaving the country close to the original expiry date, or coming back to Thailand on either a tourist visa or for another job later.

What services do offices use here to mail documents to domestic locations? My expat friend is setting up an office here and couldn't figure out whom to use for same or next day document deliveries in Bangkok. EMS is relatively slow and seems to take 3 or 4 days on average.

It's unbelievable there are no alternatives. Are people happy with the speed of EMS, or offices here do not send out documents that frequently?

Thanks for your help.

Thank you. I'm still a valid resident of the UAE and would be doing it from there.

Hopefully someone could help me with the rules of Thai Embassy. I am an Indian citizen, but currently a resident of UAE. I just quit my job in the UAE and on a holiday in Malaysia. I used to work in Thailand before, and when I tried to join the same employer this time, they agreed to offer me a job. They are ready to send me the paperworks required for obtaining a visa, but it seems I cannot apply for a Non-Immigrant B visa in Kuala Lumpur while being on a tourist visa here. The embassy seems to expect a residence in Malaysia for at least six months.

http://www.thaiembassy.org/kualalumpur/th/services/966

http://www.thaiembassy.org/kualalumpur/th/services/966/19003-LIST-OF-COUNTRIES-THAT-MUST-HAVE-RESIDENT-IN-MALAY.html

Could someone please advice if my understanding is correct? If they won't provide me a visa in KL, I should either travel back to the UAE or India to get one.

Thanks for your time.

Here is the full reply by Tesco:

Thank you for your email.

The accounts of slavery in the production of fishmeal in Thailand in yesterday’s Guardian were deeply shocking. We regard slavery as completely unacceptable and are determined to use our influence to ensure it is stamped out.

We have already made significant progress in improving conditions in farms, peeling sheds and processing facilities in Thailand –which in the past have been vulnerable to both child and forced labour. We now need to ensure the same progress is extended to the largely unregulated fishing industry that provides fish bought for use in fishmeal for prawns. We are working both with our suppliers to ensure the fishmeal supply chain is fully traceable and slavery-free, and have been working for some time in partnership with the International Labour Organisation and Ethical Trading Initiative to achieve broader change across the Thai fishing industry. We will back up this work with unannounced checks at each stage of the supply chain, to ensure conditions are decent – and we will not cease until we have ensured that is the case.

Philip Clarke

Chief Executive Officer

Tesco Stores Limited

Company Number: 519500

Registered in England

Registered Office: Tesco House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL

VAT Registration Number: GB 220 4302 31

There is this young lady with a small child just in front of my office, begging for money. The child is always sleeping and I've never seen it being awake. How's it possible? Do they actually sedate the child? If yes, is something being done to curb such activities?

That cop should've been polite.

Shall we get back on track?

How different do you think it would be for the reverse route? We explored every other option and they turned out to be expensive. And between Thailand and Malaysia, it's mostly by road than by ship.

My case was Malaysia to Thailand. Used postal parcel service, had to pack everything by myself, took around 20 days to be door delivered, way cheaper than the private couriers.

Mine jumped from 1200 to 4500 for a 65 m² condo. We bought a new fan so as to keep one air conditioner switched off, but the bill increased even more.

Tried asking the condo management and the MEA officials, but looks like I can't get a clarification unless I speak Thai.

Ha ha ha ha! Now every protester would pull the moustache of next person to them.

CAPO, CMPO, and we need a department to 'archive' peace & order.

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Not sure about somewhere you could stay for two days but still being within an hour drive from Bangkok. But you might try Bang Krachao. It's an island formed by the Chao Phraya river, easily reached by a taxi and a boat.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/travel/escaping-to-bangkoks-green-lung.html

We usually take a taxi to the Klong Toey Port, then head to the pier through a small soi, get a boat to cross the river (10 Baht per person) and rent a bike to go around the island (100 Baht per day). It's a great place, and we have seen people come with their dogs too.