Edward B

I work hard for my money so I want my money to work hard for me, which it did.

you were bent over and reamed, i paid 600 baht and came back 2 days later to pickup the documents. didn't your embassy give you a list of translators? there is no way someone on this list would charge that much.

The difference in cost is due to the difference in time it takes to get everything done. Compare 600 baht = wait 2-3 days : 7000 baht = done in 2-3 hours.

I don't think he was 'reamed'. This is the price all agencies charge. It's the price of getting things done quickly in Thailand.

My grudge is: If they can do it that quickly, then wy don't they do it that quickly as the norm? It's a bit like the arplane that was late taking off - the captain comes on the speaker and says: "We're running a tad late but no problems. We will increase our speed a bit to make up for the lost time and we should all arrive at our destination on schedule".

So why don't planes just fly as fast as possible in the first place?

Tesco Lotus also accept them. They should as they're the ones that give the bluddy things too me !

If you don't want to wait in Bangkok 3 days you can pay only 700 baht and get them to post the stampled translation to you for an extra 50 baht or so. I think the 7000 baht is a bit of a waste. Most of the agencies will offer this option to you if you're in a hurry. What's the hurry though?

I cant wiat to get my kids (50 thai) over there for a good schallacking

Here in the US i'd be locked up

You've got 50 Thai kids?? You wouldn't be locked up, you'd be revered!

A knife is a knife.They are all sharp and have the ability to cut.A knife can not be "viscous", this is an anthropomorphic term.The wielder of the knife is viscous or using the knife in a viscous manner.

What's the viscoscity of a knife got to do with anything? If a knife was viscous it wouldn't be that vicious at all then would it?

Does anyone know the law about knives in Thailand though?

In Aus this is the written law (section 65 of the Police Act):

"Every person who, without lawful excuse, carries or has on or about his person or in his possession any rifle, gun, pistol, sword, dagger, knife, sharpened chain, club, bludgeon or truncheon, or any other article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by him for such use by him. Every such weapon, instrument, and thing shall, on conviction of the offender, become forfeited to the Crown".

Of course I don't know how a policeman can arrest a person who is on his way home from a shop after buying a knife or bludgeon. If, however, said person was loitering then that would look suspicious and therefore give a policeman sufficient grounds to stop, question, interrogate, search and arrest said person.

Hey Batman!

My wife has no idea I use this forum. It is very addictive I have to say. I'm not jobless at the moment but I think I will be if I keep wasting my time on here.

I don't think you can refuse a customs officer inspection of your bag if they insist, especially if you look suspicious. In Australia they certainly do random checks (say 1 in 10) but then again Aus is another country with very strict quarantine laws. Thailand's a bit different where you can probably talk your way out of an inspection.

It IS possible that he was set-up you know. It is very easy for anyone to shove a samll bag in your suitcase/backpack while you're waiting for it on the conveyor belt. If you want to be absolute sure that it hasn't happened to you, you can always inspect your bags BEFORE you exit customs. It's such a hassle that hardly anyone does it though.

Pad Cha is delicious, and I've had it many times, but they never made it hot enough for me!

Gaing par (jungle curry) should be up there too. The name says it all!

I swear this post is like a teenager rat-hole, damm! get over it already, grow up for god sake, " OH he hurt my feeling doing this and this and this, im so sad, sad, sad, what should i do, do, do. " sound like the bitchhes i use to date when i was in highschool

[Please be advice wat-ever i write here is for joke purposes]

Tomy

Are you sick or something wrong with you?

hehehe just kidding

ThaiWoman,

Don't worry about Tomy. The beauty of forums like these is that you get advice from many different angles and points of view. Sometimes you get more than you need and sometimes you get views that you would never have thought of because you were not thinking straight at the time.

Your question about Tomy's mental state of health is still quite valid though, and may remain unanswered I suspect.

That's correct. Otherwise the thaivisa website (and any other forum for that matter) would become so overloaded with big images that it would literally explode.

OK, what sbk is trynig to say is: How do you post an image?

You need your own seb site. That's the hard part. When that's done, you can upload your image to somewhere on your web site. Then when you hit the IMG button insert the whole address (including the file name) of the image you just uploaded. For example, here is an image of Bud when he was 14:

If the same warnings 'Smoking Kills etc' were put on packets of Bread or whatever,

would you consume it? 

Who in thier right mind smokes bread?????

Nice one!

Southern food can be as hot as Isaan. Pla Gleua I think you meant to write sbk. Yep quite nice on the palate - but increases the appetite for beer!. I once had dinner with two other thais one night and one dish we ordered was Tom Sairp - a bit like Tom Yum soup but slightly different (same same but different ). Anyway, it was served with little individual bowls so you could eat/drink it quicker. After polishing it off we all looked at each other and we were all sweating and tearing at the eyes - and it wasn't due to the humidity. Well, both of them then looked into my little bowl and saw that it was completely empty. I then looked into both of theirs and discovered, to my horror, that there were all these little green and red chillies lying at the bottom of their bowls ! Doh ! Gave them a nice little laugh at my expense.

Oriental / ThaiWoman,

I just realised you are the same person but are using different usernames. So in my last post my reference to you being married to this guy was incorrect. Sorry about that. Doc, your advice was much better than mine (although somewhat less subtle) !

Before I left God's country (Australia), the doctor highly recommended that I have Hep A and B, typhoid, and booster tetanus-diptheria shots. But it also depends on how long you stay, where you plan to go and what you plan to do. For a good informative site check out:

MDtravelhealth

For me I reckon taking vaccinations is like taking out health insurance. Play it safe and you shouldn't have much to worry about.

Better still.....find out which chat site he is frequenting and his username and then secretly duck out to an internet cafe while he's on-line and chat with him, but do it anonymously. Choose a good username like "Bambi". .Just start with the occasional flirting, tell him your in town somewhere, and then go from there. After a week or two pretend that you saw him chatting one day and ask him: "So who's this Bambi then?". Might add a bit of spice back in your marriage.

Either that or he'll divorce you. Win - win situation I reckon.

Mighty Moose,

Did you write down exactly your username and password somewhere? Check that you didn't use Mighty_Mouse before (with the underscore character) and double check your password (it is case sensitive). It is unlikely that the computer trashed your profile (unless it was sabotaged - do you have any enemies?).

I also like ITs post. It's the people for me too. So very intriguing and complex in many respects.

Chonabot, can you enlarge your avatar please so we can all get a look at her face. I'm getting tired of looking at her swinging arms.

5 minutes every 90 days will see you through on a multi B

Sounds like a doctors prescription to me!

And thanks to suggestion of going to a cancer treatment hospital - but is it ONLY smokers who get cancer ? I can personally say no, so that wont wash with me.

./P

You're quite right Phazey. Not all lung cancer victims were smokers. Only about 95% of them.

And anyways, i could get hit by a bus tomorrow.

Well, yeah and your chances of getting hit are increased if you cross a busy road 30 times a day.

I hope that you're right EB. But I can't really see it happening.

Why did they drop Joe Roff from the side? I thought that he played well last week.

Wendal is a great attacking winger, but his defense is shocking.

Yeah, the backline is starting to look too 'Leaguey' for my liking. Roff is still on the bench though. Tequiri will have to play well to justify his selection now. Could be a good move.

NZ v RSA - NZ

OZ v SCO - OZ

FRA v IRE - IRE

ENG v WAL - ENG

NZ v OZ - OZ

IRE v ENG - ENG

OZ v ENG - OZ (on emotion, not current ability)

You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.

He's not a coward, he' s just smart. I mean, who would be stupid enough to say on this forum that Dr Pat Pong is the biggest prick?

(new IP address on standby...)

I think the law changed in 2000 sometime. Prior to 2000 if a thai woman married a farang she was not allowed to buy land. So I think Dave is correct here (hate to admit it). I didn't think she 'married' a farang anyway?

I would rather that they present themselves based on skills rather than flesh. How many can sew, or cook, or iron, or is intelligent enough to say to the pageant organizers to dream on, cause the dough given is not worth their time.

Yeah right. How many would win if they said the prizemoney wasn't worth the effort. And how many people would watch the pageant if all the contestants did was cook, iron and sew? Answer at bottom of page.

Answer: Squilch

Sorry but did you say The Sound of Music ???

Here's my top ten (in no particular order):

• Trainspotting
  
• Shawshank Redemption
  
• Pulp Fiction
  
• Life is Beautiful
  
• The Last Supper
  
• A Clockwork Orange
  
• Forest Gump
  
• Groundhog Day
  
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
  
• Gladiator
  

The hills are alive....Ick.