steve187

OP

What do you think the 'rip-off' cost you in hard baht?, at the 1 baht per dollar difference.

USB 2.5" external hard drives are now available in tuk com.

If she has a settlement visa, she can work as soon as she enters the UK, for national insurance number. see here - http://www.workgateways.com/working-uk-taxation-ni-number.html

Dont forget to get as many bills, council tax etc., in joint names to help with the ILR, process down the line.

there is a checker template for the eyes available here

I had trouble opening with firefox but internet explorer works ok,

When my wife first came to the UK, i insured my car with her as a named driver, using her Thai licence. i think i used a company in newmarket, suffolk called taylor price and co. phone 01638 672972, looking on line they may now go under the name direct choice phone 0844 836 0836, they were very good on price, and covered her on foreign licence, it was a few years ago though , and all paperwork is in storage in the UK, so i can not be 100% sure, of exact details.

Good luck with your search.

do you have a multi entry non immigrant 'o' visa, or a multi entry non immigrant 'o' 'a' visa issued at an embassy/consulate abroad?

Did you use an agent in Penang? did your friend get a tourist visa?

Thanks for the trip report

with 'unbound' restore space, will that not hog all the harddrive space?,would you need to delete all restore points on a regular basis?

could you not switch off system restore and use a software program to back-up?

system restore is unreliable, its like insurance - good until you need to use it.

Hi sidjameson

A few thoughts come to mind,

how will you get a UK state pension? 30 years contributions are required

buy a small flat in the UK, in a cheap/nice area, maybe Lincolnshire

stay half the year in UK April to September. rent in different areas of Thailand October to March, best of both climates

seek professional advice re savings.

If you were clocked at 122kph, then your speedo would have been showing 126kph+, so you knew you were speeding, or even worse you didn't know because you were not paying attention.

All speedo's show a speed faster than you are actually traveling, compere your speed against a gps, or as someone said a police calibrated speedo, and even they have to be re-calibrated, i think its every year.

Pay up and count yourself lucky there are no points on your licence.

I would think a reinstall of windows could be called for.

found this another thread

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001909826119

add this facebook page as a friend, it will try and get the message around

was it the free advertising, that made it disappear?

If £100.00 is too expensive for a multi entry 'o' visa, which would give you almost 15 months of stay in Thailand, with 90 day border runs, then obtain a 2 entry tourist visa from Hull which should be free, and would give you 60 days of permission to stay, on each border run. each 60 days could be extended by a visit to local immigration office for 1,900 baht. A 3 entry tourist may even be available.

Apply by post to hull, its a three day turn around, or a personal pre-arranged visit is £10.00

Get your wife a provisional UK licence, she can use that for a year without L plates and a supervisor driver.................list your wife as a UK provisional drive, not a Thai licence holder.

A word of warning.

Not telling the insurance company that she will be driving unaccompanied using her Thai licence is not disclosing a material fact, and so may invalidate the insurance were she to be involved in an accident while driving without L plates and an accompanying suitably qualified driver (over 21 and held a full GB or NI licence for at least the last 3 years).

I'm no legal or insurance expert, but it's not a chance I'd want to take.

check with dvla quote here -- Residents

If you are the holder of an ordinary driving licence (car, moped, motorcycle entitlement) and provided your licence remains valid, you can drive any category of small vehicle shown on your licence for up to 12 months from the time you became resident. To ensure continuous driving entitlement a provisional GB licence must have been obtained and a driving test(s) passed before the 12-month period elapses. If you obtain a provisional licence during this period, you are not subject to provisional licence conditions eg displaying 'L' plates or being supervised by a qualified driver or being precluded from motorway

here - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/DrivingInGbOnAForeignLicence/DG_4022561

they would be using a UK licence

have you got restore points switched on?, and have you got enough space allocated to restore, see system properties, and then system protection.

If so delete all restore points and switch off system restore, and then reboot and switch restore back on again, then create a new restore point.

Good luck

Get your wife a provisional UK licence, she can use that for a year without L plates and a supervisor driver, you can then use online insurance companies for quotes, ( you can not do this with a Thai licence),also look at becoming a member of www.quidco.com they offer cash back on insurance, last time i insured my Thai wife with the rac though quidco and it was about £240.00 with about £80.00 cash back to come off the premium. list your wife as a UK provisional drive, not a Thai licence holder.

some 2.5" 500gb external (no power supply needed) with 5 year warranty are 1830 baht , here

Nothing is better than a GOOD full English/Scottish breakfast. at least its proper bacon. but.........

Maybe pie and mash is better.

Give IE9 a try, or try firefox

I am a ceramics tiler, and if i was you i would choose granite, to make a really good job of tiles, you will require a skilled tiler, edges of the tiles can be mitered, to avoid plastic edging. Use epoxy grout on the joints for a hygienic seal.

with granite be careful of lemon/lime stains, see here , ensure a good impegnator is used on the finished worktop

Not from me chum. I crave for a Big Mac and other stuff. Some, me, cannot adjust to total Thai grub but l have made my own pickle onions.

Been hear 3 years now..and was only until the other week seen this falang come into the bar try theses he said pickle onions never thought about making them before, so now i got pickle onions,pickle cabbage.some gherkins and beetroot on the go

Just need some pickled eggs now.

Are you married to a Thai??

All the op wanted was for somewhere to eat a christmas dinner, and what does he get, the mindless rantings of a lower class of people. What a nice welcome to this lovely forum.

Cockney here