On 6/11/2020 at 2:42 PM, webfact said:

The man explained that he felt sad to see the house lying empty, so he decided to live there on some days

Guess he will be happy to fill an empty bed in jail 

Any type of tourists seems valuable these days...

On 4/5/2020 at 11:50 AM, marko kok prong said:

Why do you have to go to to the office every 90 days,post it,do online,or use an agent,try using a bit of initiative.

How to do online? I cannot find any info about it here: 

https://www.thaiimmigration.net/thai-immigration-pattaya.html 

I have seen info about it in the Immigration office, but that is not very helpful now ???? 

On 12/31/2019 at 8:09 PM, impulse said:

I don't peruse the classifieds any more since I don't currently live in Thailand.  But years ago when I did, there were ads that were 2-3 years old.  So I'm not sure having fewer ads is a bad thing. 

 

A well run classified section will cut the ads off after some period of time, say 14 or 30 days.  If the item is still available, all the seller has to do is re-post it.  Takes just a minute and keeps the section clear of items belonging to people who repatriated over a year ago.  Which used to be pretty common.

 

Plus, it forces the seller to re-think pricing if their goodies haven't sold at their price level.

 

That's how it works. It says how long before it expires, starting with 30 days. 

After 30 days, it's removed from the list.

It seems to have some problem. When I click "POST AN AD", I'm taken to this page:

https://classifieds.thaivisa.com/post-ad 

...where I get this message: 

So Classifieds wants a separate login. It is not registering that I'm logged in with my forum

account, and there is no clear option to log in, only register. Solution is to go to the "My Account", 

located on the green line above the "POST AN AD" message. You are then asked if you want

to use your forum account to log in to Classifieds. Do that, and the message above goes away.

So this login option needs to be moved to the "POST AN AD" page here: 

(or even better, just make it use the forum account)

https://classifieds.thaivisa.com/post-ad 

I have no idea if this confusion is the reason there are so few ads. I'm also pretty sure

nobody messed this up on purpose, but someone needs to fix it.  

Cheers ????

On 8/4/2018 at 4:14 PM, gaff said:

hello, do you know if it can help to remove limescale in toilet ? thanks.

I use vinegar for toilet and tiles. Works great. I eat a couple glass of Sweet Pickles

a year, and when I have emptied a glass, I use the vinegar that is left for cleaning in

the toilet. This also helps me remember to do it.   

Just pour some on the toilet brush and "quick-clean" the dry areas. Pour the rest in

the water and let it sit for 5 minutes if it's bad. Dip the brush in the water and use

that to clean everything. It should come off easily. 

Every now and then I do the inside of the tank too. Every 2nd year maybe.

Cheers ????

I don`t get this. When I get income confirmation from my consulate,

I just go there with a copy of my pension papers and ask for a signed 

confirmation with the written amount. This paper, I give to the Immigration

office when applying for my yearly VISA. 

The paper from my consulate is not some paper from the Immigration

office that they have to fill in. There is nothing in that document that say

that my consulate guarantee my future pension. It only states my current

pension, a signature and a stamp. That's it...

$199 lol. That certainly looks a lot cheaper than $200...

Asking for where to buy Borax in this forum may teach you anything 
from how it`s used in food to make it look fresh, to how to remove 
smell from your feet, but very little about where you can buy it. 

So here is the easiest way to get it. You can pay with PayPal, 
Bank transfer, Credit card or 7/11. I paid about 80 bath for

EMS shipping and paid on 7/11. There are cheaper, but slower

alternatives...

Borax: 1kg. 

Code: CA0207-A 

Price: THB 74.04,-  

https://www.chemipan.com/i/en/a1/index.php/635-product/674-general-chemicals/675-general-chemicals/1160/1160-borax-chemical.html

-    -    -    -    -

Boric Acid: 1kg. 

Code: CA0205-A  

Price: THB 160.13,-  

https://www.chemipan.com/i/en/a1/index.php/635-product/674-general-chemicals/675-general-chemicals/1051/1051-boric-acid-chemical.html

Now kill them ants and roaches, treat your shoes, treat your eye infection,

fungus in your ears, fur and ears on your dog, outdoor furniture or whatever

you need it for. 

Cheers :)

If you are concerned about radiation, the flight itself exposes you to thousands

of times more radiation from cosmic rays than the radiation from the scanner...

You would be better off demanding that your plane start descending 1 minute earlier... 

"... where he stayed for 10 years with his Thai wife, along with 385.5 grams of "ice" and a digital scale..."

Keeping all that "Ice" for 10 years, you have to wonder what he used the scale for...

What's next, book burning?

All your mail will be opened, digitally copied and stored in an open database..

...which is about the same...

Is it still 30 Baht? A lot of the guys on Pattaya Beach insist on 50 Baht

Wondering about this too. Has the government raised the price?

I usually just move on until I find someone who only charge 30, but

still would like to know.

From 2013:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/636984-beach-chair-vendors-admit-to-nearly-doubling-prices-for-rentals/

That gets my vote for arrest photo of the year so far, bloody classic. I bet if the Russian had stabbed the Thai he wouldn't be pulling a similar pose... if he was still alive of course

I'm pretty sure that the pic. of the perp is not his 'arrest pic' but and old one when he actually was the Junior National Muay Thai champion??!! Of course, I could be wrong!!

Yes you are wrong... Take a look at the pictures here:

http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/164767/fake-watcher-seller-arrested-by-pattaya-police-following-stabbing-of-russian/

If its in the Privacy of there own House, i can't see any problem..

come on, we are all adults..

36 vials of ketamine and 2 9mm semi-automatics on a resort in the vicinity of other tourists, and you can't see a problem?

Take the guns out of it and does it really make any difference? Drugs just harm yourself in most cases, yet the sentences are longer than violent crimes in lots of cases. It's all a bit backwards. (This isn't a dig at Thailand, it's the same in most countries).

So you think all the robberies we read about every day are kids that needs money for school books?

I suggest you watch "Worlds most dangerous drug" to see what Methamphetamine does to your brain.

It makes people very confused and dangerous!

This might have better quality:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThIXPllf1lw

First of all, the energy can be stored in liquid salt. Secondly, there is far less use for power at night.

3rd, it`s not like this plant is going to be the only source of power, so solar and wind power is a good

idea. Pattaya have wind and sun almost every day year round, and so have many other places in

Thailand. Burning coal is a bad idea.

And then there is Thorium which there are plenty of in Norway,

India and Japan. It just have to be become safer/cheaper to mine it.

Here is some reading about storing energy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_energy_storage

Cheers

Why not encourage solar power and create feed-in tariffs for consumers. A few panels a grid tie inverter and a meter spinning backwards sending power to the grid while your out all day is good for the consumer and the environment. Make the panels affordable, this could be far better scheme to subsidize than new cars...

I can tell you why not: Solar panels have only a small electric output and the electricity produced by them is extremely expensive and what do they produce at night, nothing! So you need to have a second power source to provide electricity during night. Now you know why not.

Why not encourage solar power and create feed-in tariffs for consumers. A few panels a grid tie inverter and a meter spinning backwards sending power to the grid while your out all day is good for the consumer and the environment. Make the panels affordable, this could be far better scheme to subsidize than new cars...

Whilst I completely agree that solar power generation should be encouraged - and FITs are probably one of the most succesful ways to encourage this, there still the problem of how to generate adequate power when the sun isn't shining - so you still need "other" types of power gen - the cheapest of which (nuclear/coal/heavy oi/ etc.) cannot quickly or easily be turned up or down.

Sharchen's latter point about gasification of waste, would be compatable, as it provides fuel suitable for gas-turbines, which do have quick-start capability.

Unlike you, I did read before bidding and sent an email to eBay and asked about the pre-paid fees

Here is their answer:

"You may avoid buying items with the text: (No additional import charges at delivery! This item will be shipped through the Global Shipping Program and includes international tracking.) To save yourself from paying these import charges in advance. Better yet, ask your seller for a PayPal invoice excluding the import charges and pay the fee upon delivery. "

The price you are paying ($8) will not be taxed at Thai customs..

Don`t know what you bought, but I just bought a new gaming mouse:

Shipping Thailand: US $14.90 USPS First Class Mail Intl / First Class Package Intl Service

I do a lot of shopping at eBay, and in more than 50% of the cases, I

have to ask seller to use another shipment method to get the shipping

cost down.

Hope this helps!

Cheers

P.S. It`s not nice to don`t stand by a bid, and it`s not nice to be marked as a

bad eBayer either...

Hold some snack in your hand and steer them into the car, and don`t rush it!

Do the training when you know they are hungry, like after playing at the beach.

Don`t forget to be consistent with your command. Don`t say "get into the car"

at one time, and "jump" at the next. Just say "jump" or "go" and NOTHING else

while holding some snack they like in front of their face and in the direction you

want them to go. Using "GO" may make it easier for you if you want them to go

somewhere else in the future where jumping is not involved

Making it easy for them to get in, like a a box the can step on might help if it`s

I high jump.

My dogs loved dried fish. The flat dried squid they sell everywhere smell about

the same to me

I`m sure this will work! Good luck!

Cheers

That`s not a laidyboy! It`s an freaki`n ugly heavyrocker!

No offence to heavyrockers in general... (I`m one...)

 

I don't even understand who would want to ride a motorbike! I hate the things! far more enjoyable is a 1,500 baht " Bicycle " from Big C with " basket and bell " ideal for " cruising about " rather slowly and stopping for a picnic lunch " enroute "  ( I obviously live in a different world from most......) 

 

Farang Jaidee

 

 

 

Motorbikes - well, only motorcyclists understand why a dog loves to stick its head out of a car window.

 

To smell if there is any bitches around? 

 

Is there a post with a full description of how to spot the fakes?

No but the article suggests holding it up to the light, which means look for the watermark. Watermarks are difficult, although not impossible, to make.

The second way would be to check the foil strip running up the side of the bill. They are supposed to be stamped with holograms that change color ever so slightly when viewed from different angles. Although looking at the hundreds in my wallet now, I have a hard time seeing this.

Perhaps the best way is to carry a small black light and check for the security strip, which will fluoresce when exposed to black light. You can see the BTS change vendors doing this when you give them a 500 or 1000 baht bill.  I can't find an image online but here's what it looks like on a USD $20 bill:
 


More from the BOT.

 

So now we all have to go to a disco to check our bills. Fine by me, except I`ll probably spend them all! 

There should be Blacklight at every ATM.

"Thailand has expressed its thanks to the Chinese for greatly supporting the Thai tourism industry by

exempting visa fees for Chinese tourists during the three months August to October 2014."

Hmm.. Isn`t this breaking the international law about discrimination?

(That Thailand have signed).

Article 5 (Positive action)

Does this mean we could get free beer?

So many ignorant folks ready to condemn Thailand for food hygine. Food poisoning incidents are not unique here. Rather than all your aggressively ignorant blabbing why don't you just open an internet search engine and look up food poisoning stats in any country?

So because it`s just as bad in other countries, it`s OK in

Thailand too??? I don`t see the logic. If we want to make

the world a better place, we cannot make the worst place

on earth be the standard, so why compare to other

countries that are same or worse?!

In my country it`s VERY strict, and you would get prosecuted,

probably for involuntary manslaughter...

BTW..

"aggressively ignorant blabbing"

Read your own post and chill dude!

Cheers

That headline is a little bit sensational don't you think?

How about the headline of the email from Thaivisa:

Bomb explosion rocks capital hours before curfew lifted; Tourism industry to be boosted following end of curfew...

Took this picture of a menu at Koh Larn during Songkran this year.

Wonder how it`s served...