ChrisKC

Exactly. it is being stated that the death is a mystery - that in my book justifies, some investigation even though that means that by a pathologist to discover a precise cause of death. If not, what will the death certificate say? Cause of death - "Don't know"

Not much in the way of a support system at home or at school that doesn't seem to notice such a depressed daughter or a student and try to address that in some way. RIP that poor girl.

It has little to do with vans or the roads. It is the drivers. It is little to do with skill, either. Reckless drivers, speeding, simply not taking due care and attention and so it goes on - the focus should be on the Drivers. RIP those poor people and the aftermath relatives and friends have to live with.

Did you believe all that your friend told you?

Ha ha. It's about time you learned the lesson of countless others that pit bulls are unpredictable; every pit bull owner reckons their dog is friendly. A bit like Thai women - but mine is different!

You say you want peace and quiet! maybe it is quiet but you don't have peace! Go somewhere else less objectionable. Don't punish yourself for other people's "couldn't care less attitude". And while you are at it, report him to Immigration Not having a contract is a disaster waiting to happen!

The police could have had an early night. Illegal or otherwise, prostitutes as obvious anyone would know, are around Beach Road and bars in Pattaya from lunch time onwards. My experience is limited in Pattaya, having only visited there a few times and staying in accommodation but how people who are trained to observe such things and not see them is a little baffling.

Around the next corner. There is no such thing as the best place!

"It has become a hot topic of interest what with the focus on road accidents at New Year's" For all but the road traffic police enforcement process I think!

Shouldn't that figure of 540, be 540,000 (and even this figure should really have another zero added to it) if there is actual enforcement going on?

Better the business you don't specially like than no business at all.

So your passport is "squeaky clean".

While we are on the subject of what an Immigrant is, notwithstanding those who believe Thai citizenship makes an immigrant, let us agree that there is no such thing as an "Immigrant visa" for Thailand.

Correct - there are no Immigrants in Thailand - those who arrive at Immigration can only be considered as "potential" immigrants. An Immigrant is only that when already in the Country having been accepted as such. No refugees, no asylum seekers. Thailand wants to stay Thai! Those of us who have been here for many years are not guests or visitors or tourists and not immigrants. I have been here for 20 years and married to a Thai. I live and do (most) of the things Thai people do and I think while not an official status, we are effectively residents on an annual basis and recurring as the "Immigration" laws stand currently.

Interestingly, the Immigration Dept is a rather odd choice title given that no foreigner can be an immigrant, unless a doubtful wish to become a Thai citizen is successful. But even then, "immigrant" is not really what one is.

It looks good in my excel spreadsheet. I tried uploading the file but that didn't work so copied and pasted it and I don't know until had uploaded it that it is far from perfect. However, I am satisfied that the information it contains is more on topic and hopefully useful

Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal 70-99 150 -200 35 - 55 66 - 178 10 -180 GLUCOSE CHOLESTEROL HDL LDL Triglyceride 08/12/07 126 255 54 159 208 30/01/08 100 184 47 110 136 Improvement 21.00% 28.00% 13.00% 31.00% 35.00% Normal These improvements arise from the following actions: High 90% reduction in alcohol consumption replacing with fresh fruit juice, more water and fat free milk Near 90% reduction in added sugar from daily cereal, tea and coffee (about 10 teaspoons) 25% increase in fish in the diet – accent on Omega 3 25 grams twice a week cashews or walnuts At this time in my life only little exercise but not really any changes for the period No medical intervention

Hasn't uploaded, will do it again

A few years ago this happened to me - the same, all other things being equal should be valid today Blood Test record.ods

Enough is enough! RIP that poor man!

You are up against it with, or in my case, without, Thai customs. I paid a shipping company in England 2000gbp to bring my personal effects to thailand. No furniture, only a few obvious personal effects, all properly labelled as such. After a few weeks, I was contacted by someone in Bangkok claiming to be the customs demanding B30, 000 import duties. I paid it and another b2000 to get it all to Chiang Mai and when it arrived my prized Tiffany lamps were broken. This was 20 years ago. Other Posters on here are recommending, for other reasons, not to bring furniture and other large items. My story revolves around me being completely ignorant of procedures and unfamiliar with corruption everywhere in Thailand. The silly thing is, I had bought a new desktop computer, 1,000gbp with me on the plane from UK to Thailand, declaring it at customs and being waved through without paying anything.

No problem at all, though I always take my passport with me when travelling just in case. In reality, I could actually have left it at home.

Three years in fact, while their complaints had fallen on deaf ears. Are these the same ears whose orifice lower down continue to claim Pattaya as a family resort? It costs the tourist to sit on the beach - the sewage is free!

Wearing a crucifix is not only strange, but wearing it to tell the world that the glorification of death and suffering is something worth exhibiting, is not my idea of a philosophy of life. At least, apart from the pig, what the Thais are doing is rather silly but not especially harmful.

Ministers have set the goal of reducing fatalities from 32.7 deaths per 100,000 people to 12 per 100,000 people by the year 2027. What's the use of just setting goals without actually DOING anything? It is no better than a Football Manager's team needing to score a goal but not sending any of his players onto the pitch!