rio666uk
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Hi - My thai wife and I live in the UK and have 2 daughters, 1 is 2.5yrs the other 7wks. Yesterday she announced that next Tuesday she is going to shave our babys head, she had been speaking to her mother on the phone and her mother was very insistent that she should do this and that it has to be next Tuesday.
Now dont get me wrong if we were living in Thailand I wouldnt dream of standing in the way of beliefs and traditions unless it was something more extreme, but we arent, and despite knowing that her hair will grow back, I am having some issues with this and dont want it to go ahead on principle - we didnt do this with our first either.
Ive made my feelings known but there is no compromise on this, so bar staying home from work and physically taking our baby out, this looks as though its going to happen. Im not happy about this, but am I over reacting?
Opinions appreciated.
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I'm a bit excited about Cataclysm with its new changes. Wow has been out for so many years and it's getting old now. So, I might switch to another mmo but I'm not sure yet.
I will try Cataclysm for sure. I paid for other crap to try. So, why not an expansion from blizzard?
I'm thinking about FFXIV right now. It looks awesome.
Oh and I can't wait to try Worgen even though female Worgen looks like shit. Might level my main first with friends since they are all coming back. Should be fun. The whole raiding idea, not so much. lol
Now I have no first hand experience of Final Fantasy, things ive read on other forums give me the idea that it is quite a grindfest along the lines of Aion, Lineage2 & EQ2... Would that be a fair comment?
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So, we know that the next expansion is on the way but we dont know exactly when.
2 new playable races, Alliance have the Worgen, Horde have the Goblins. New Quest Hubs in Azeroth Zones, I think most if not all zones have been remodelled to reflect Deathwings emergence from the depths of the world... and one of my favourites is that players will have the ability to use flying mounts in Azeroth.
With Bioware currently working towards SWTOR release, a lot of MMO players are starting to get excited about the shift from fantasy to sci-fi (Im not dismissing EVE or StarTrek just focussing on SWTOR).
As for me, Im quite happy to sit back and enjoy the forthcoming Blizzard offering... Im not in a great rush to pick up another new MMO, Ive tried this a few times and always end up coming back to WoW...
LoTRo, WAR, AoC, Aion... all tried for varying amounts of time, but all fell short of the mark either by way of content, grind fest, community.
So what are your thoughts on what you have read/seen/heard about Cataclysm so far? Will it be a huge sucess in recreating vanilla WoW continents or is it just a quick money spinner from the devs to cash in on the crowd before an exodus to Star Wars: The Old Republic?
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My wife is currently in Thailand, she has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years and has ILR status.
She travelled out on a ticket booked under her current passport (with the visa stamp in), this passport had been extended till 2010 but she has now applied and been given a new thai passport from wherever in bangkok.
Question: Obviously she can travel back to the UK on the new passport providing she still has the old passport - flights etc will be booked on an e-ticket under this passport, but when the new passport is issued by the thai authorities will the old one be automatically cancelled?
Also is it true that we neednt pay to have the ILR stamp transfered to the new passport - or are we likely to get a ball ache when she returns to the UK in 3 months time?
Which reminds me - how long can she stay out of the UK on ILR visa?
Thanks in advance - confused
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ok have spent a while re-reading posts and have answered some of my own questions now - have i got this right?
- how many trees are normally planted per 10rai = about 76 per rai at 3m x 7m rows
- when they should be planted = ?
- is there a particular variety that is better suited for issan soil = ? RIM 251 has approx 40% higher yeild
- rough cost of saplings (i realise this is largely dependant on size) = 20bt each ish
- should fertilisers be rotivated in prior to planting or is it done at the same time = both ideally
- are rubber trees particularly thirsty, the land seems to be fairly lush but i dont know what relation to the water table it is = ?
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The in-laws have ploughed/rotivated some 20+ rai in preparation for planting young rubber saplings (im guessing about a foot tall or something like that), neither my wife or I are having much more than financial input in this - and as we are not there i am interested to know a couple of things.. I was wondering if someone could give me some rough ideas of
- how many trees are normally planted per 10rai
- when they should be planted
- is there a particular variety that is better suited for issan soil
- rough cost of saplings (i realise this is largely dependant on size)
- should fertilisers be rotivated in prior to planting or is it done at the same time
- are rubber trees particularly thirsty, the land seems to be fairly lush but i dont know what relation to the water table it is
thanks
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No postal applications are accepted for Thai passports both overseas or in Thailand.
cheers guys - ill get an extension to her current passport by post, and then we can worry about a replacement on our next trip to thailand....
i would think there's a possibility that we'll be back before 2010
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Hi - My wifes passport will expire Feb 2008, so I should start looking into getting her a replacement...
Has anyone here had any experience with the whole process - and if so please advise, how much, how fast, how, how, how etc
is it true that my wife will be able to carry her old passport to show her ILR status, as I have heard that to have this stamp transfered to a new passport would incure some ridiculous financial punishment.
the other option would be to make a postal application for an extension of her existing passport and get a new one next time we're in Thailand...
your thoughts please
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Just to say that Shirley called me a week ago - hes off driving his "Big Wed Worrrry" around Europe....
He doesnt have much time for getting on the PC as you can imagine, he did mention that he may not be able to "keep it up" for much longer, as his mrs is finding it hard work looking after little daleyboy whilst he's away..... but other than that he's OK!
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boo....
well i totally agree with Dan Sai Kid - thailand-uk does seem better suited for those of us with a thailand connection but living in UK (the name gave it away didnt it)
ive not posted on TV since my holiday March/April this year... and since then i rarely log in, only to see if i have any mail, look at the photo gallery and view a couple of threads, but to be honest most of those seem to be exactly the same as I was reading a year ago - just with a whole load of new posters.... kinda feel separated from a forum that i spent so much time on at one point - but thats my own fault i know.
anyways - good to see that theres a few names still kicking around that i recognise.
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(oops wrong thread - sorry force of habit)
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Shaving A Babys Head
in Family and Children
Thanks for replies, its seems that a compromise has been made after a few phone calls in which my wife will just cut her hair, as in a centimetre or so, not shave it to the scalp... I am far happier about this, and as long as she doesnt feel cheated out of tradition/belief then everyone is happy.