Morden

The firearms license, granted by the local amphur office, and then registered once bought, is not the same as the right to carry the weapon in public. If you want to keep a pistol on your person in public, then you need a seperate Bai Pok Beun. Otherwise, a sidearm must be stored, bullets and magazine out of weapon, in the glove box, in a bag etc, and other such sensible precautions when being transported.

That's exactly my understanding. Applicants are subject to a police background check.

There are other self defence weapons that don't need a licence and will not permanently injure or kill someone. The simplest and easiest to carry discretely is pepper spray. Handy for evening walks in Pattaya these days.

It would be irresponsible to do it too!

Watch is:

Hua Hin is not good for kids.Sharp rocks that will cut little feet on some parts of the beach and horse muck everywhere on the sand.

I'd take them to Phuket and stay in Karon where the beach is great and there is none of the Patong nightlife.

If you want nice beaches and sand forget Krabi and Koh Chang.

As I wrote earlier, I have found White Sand Beach on Koh Chang to be clean and perfect for families. Kacha Resort at the southern end has a swimming pool.

http://www.kohchangkacha.com/

I have thought about this long and hard for some time. It is all very well saying that you prefer to die at home than go through unpleasant treatments, but who knows how you will be feeling when you hear the dreaded C word? I'm not sure that it is all that easy to get hold of morphine for use at home.

Going to a public hospital is not my idea of fun. Worse than in the UK 50 years ago, not clean, dependent on family to keep you clean and fed on something else than rice soup, and I have been told that you are still expected to pay for your medicines, otherwise they let you rot there, as they tend to do with Thais anyway. You can rent a private room for ฿600.- a day.

I went to a private hospital locally (Buriram) that seemed a lot better run and have much shorter waiting times than at the public (6 hours or more) and did the necessary to get a card from them. They have my address, a few health details, realise that I am not an unserious Farang that is trying to exploit the system.

I have a cheap Thai insurance that I had to conclude before the age of 65, am saving ฿6600.- a month as self insurance and have the possibility of going back home for treatment.

I've had the "dreaded C", and the thought of going through all that again is more horrifying than dying.

I'd go home though, as I understand getting morphine in LOS is very difficult, and I wouldn't like to die like that.

< I'm not sure that it is all that easy to get hold of morphine for use at home. > I wouldn't like to die at home, much prefer a hospital. I can imagine my poor wife trying to take care of my large bulk and that's something I wouldn't inflict on her under any circumstance.

If you come from the UK and have been living outside the country for a certain length of time, you will only get emergency care when you step off the plane, not long term curative treatment. You are supposed to be living in the country to get full service.

From age 65 you can go back to the UK and get the full NHS entitlement.

I'd suggest White Sand Beach on Koh Chang. The sand and sea are clean and the water shallow. You can eat along the beach, not having to dodge traffic with children in tow.

OP, I wish you and your future family well. There are some very positive posts here to help you.

If I may add a few suggestions:

Be sure that you will have an adequate income into retirement.

Sort out health insurance while you are still young.

Consider your child's educational needs. You may agree that a private school is important and then there may well be university to pay for.

If your wife is from a farming family she may appreciate some land on which to potter. Helping her with that could turn out to be cheaper than shopping to relieve her boredom. It depends on her background and wishes. of course.

A friend has already bought into the scheme. He his hospital ID card already. The whole process took just a couple of days.

Could you tell where as this wwould help in talking to the hospital. Also are you sure it is not just a standard hospital card he has which does not give free treatment just access to his records.

I'll have a word with him tomorrow.

Thanks, this is an important issue for me and I think many other people. I know there is current talk about plans but though it was all in the pipeline. If it is an actual on the grounds proposal even if not fully implimented now it would be good to know about it. Please do not think I do not believe you. Just have to sort rumors or plans from truth and misconceptions.

I agree. So much that's said turns out to be rumour and speculation.

He has his hospital ID card and was told that he now has the same 'cover' as Thai nationals. He believes that this new scheme is available throughout the country but, perhaps, available to each member only in his own Province.

My wife has been to our local hospital Admin. Department and was given confirmation that the scheme is in force. It just has not been publicised. My friend found out about it from a hospital Admin. employee in his soi.

The scheme might be useful to me for treatment that costs less than my private insurance deductible so I think I'll follow up my wife's visit. When I find out more I'll post. In the meantime, why not pay a visit to your local hospital Admin. and see what they can tell you?

A friend has already bought into the scheme. He his hospital ID card already. The whole process took just a couple of days.

Could you tell where as this wwould help in talking to the hospital. Also are you sure it is not just a standard hospital card he has which does not give free treatment just access to his records.

I'll have a word with him tomorrow.

A friend has already bought into the scheme. He his hospital ID card already. The whole process took just a couple of days.

I like the idea of banking your $8000. Medical costs here are much more reasonable than in the West, and that 8k would go a long way. Most policies either won't take you or else charge you greatly for any pre-existing condition, and make that condition an exclusion in your policy.

But, what do any of us know? All you can do to find out is ask a few agents.

It might go a long way but it might not go all the way. I'm looking for Thai or Itnl. insurance since my US insurer does cover anything other than emergency care. Now I'm wondering about the new Affordable Care Act...

Try LMG Pacific.

You might also speak to Admin. at your local government hospital about the new health scheme for foreigners.

Sorry but what is the new health scheme for foreigners ?

I assume that it's available nationwide.

Enquire at the admin. office at your local government hospital. You will be given a medical check for THB600 and pay THB2,200 for one year's cover which I am told matches that available to Thai nationals. I don't know what the limits or restrictions are. I think cover applies only in the Province where you live but that may not be the case.

I have a deductible on my private cover to get a premium reduction so I might look into the government scheme for minor treatments costing below the deductible threshold.

I like the idea of banking your $8000. Medical costs here are much more reasonable than in the West, and that 8k would go a long way. Most policies either won't take you or else charge you greatly for any pre-existing condition, and make that condition an exclusion in your policy.

But, what do any of us know? All you can do to find out is ask a few agents.

It might go a long way but it might not go all the way. I'm looking for Thai or Itnl. insurance since my US insurer does cover anything other than emergency care. Now I'm wondering about the new Affordable Care Act...

Try LMG Pacific.

You might also speak to Admin. at your local government hospital about the new health scheme for foreigners.

Why not put the $ 8000 on a bank account and use for medical cost if needed, if no cast in 2 years you can go to hospital (government) long time for $ 16000

Its called self insurance and thats what I do because the older you get the more premiums go up until they dump you as a bad risk.

I read a report recently which was critical of this type of insurer, it basically said there are 5 big insurance groups in the world, they keep premiums higher than they should be because they can, they do not work in your interests.

Do you have evidence to back your claims?

Ladt time I communicated with a dog it couldnt speak. But I know many people who bloody well bark all the time.

Yrs animals let go stray are not nice. Yes they should be rounded up and euthanized humanely. You know people...it cost 300 baht for one dog. Better than scrounging for food...living what most soi dogs face...a really terrible painful life as no one cares for their injuries

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My view, as I have written previously, is that the fencing or caging of dogs should be made compulsory and the remaining strays rounded up on euthanised. The problem is that, although the locals will kill pigs in the cruellest way, no vet that I have spoken too would put down a terminally ill and suffering pet. Perhaps the alternative would be to neuter them in the hope that calms them down.

My neighbor's bitch was deep in heat last week. Every night for four nights at least 20 to 30 dogs from neighboring houses, would congregate at her house and get in serious, knock-down drag out fights. One dog expired from battle wounds, others were chased in front of cars and motorbikes. No one came looking for their "pet."

Let me tell you, OP, the sound produced by two dozen horny hounds is unbelievable. Barking, snarling, yelping and howling.

When I talked to the neighbor about it the first morning, she claimed it wasn't her bitch. Oh, no, stupid farang!

She said the dogs saw ghosts.

We've had that too. If they are outside your property a few BB pellets in the but will disperse them. If they are out of range, a real pistol shot into the ground on your own property will have the same effect. A friend has told me that the cracking sound of a zapper works too but I haven't tried that yet.

One of our neighbours bought two small pups that might have been pedigree. For a couple of weeks she kept them at home and walked them on leads to the local shop. After that, presumably when the novelty wore off, they were left to roam the soi amongst the bigger dogs. Then they disappeared. Her next dog was a typical mongrel. It was left out all the time and joined the pack. It made the mistake of invading our land with the others and joined those who left the soi permanently. I don't know whether it was the surviving dogs or their owners who learned the lesson but we have had no trouble since.

We have quite a lot of birds on our land despite two cats living here. I think that any local shortage is down to the humans with nets rather than cats.

Bookman, it would probably reduce it but the other problems are disease and injury. That's the main reason why they should be penned, fenced or removed completely.

One other way to stop night time barking is to fire a round into the ground at home. They shut up and disappear, for a day or two anyway.

Would ear plugs be a sensible option?

There we go. Everyone but the dog owners should take measures to deal with the issue. Fence your own property while the dog owners don't have to.

You do realise I don't mean ear plugs for the dogs?

I assume that's joke.

Try Alaskan pollock from Makro.

Would ear plugs be a sensible option?

There we go. Everyone but the dog owners should take measures to deal with the issue. Fence your own property while the dog owners don't have to.

as usual not enough information in the post to even assume it is mr. Mark's remains

they found

details as from when is the ketter ?

how old are the bones

but i'll leave it to the TV sherlocks to fit the puzzel together

Yup, by the end of the day they will probably be saying that his wife wrote the letter and killed him.

I heard an explanation different from the 'hoarding' theory. I have no idea whether or not it's correct but I'll mention it in case it has some credence.

The story is that some brewers have ceased production and asked for meetings with government to discuss the tax increase. That would explain the shortage in retail and wholesale outlets. However, it doesn't explain the several price increases that followed the tax increase price rise.

I never managed to master the art of pool maintenance. It was cheaper to leave the job to someone who knew what to do.

This link might help you. It seems to suggest a short backwash every day.

http://voices.yahoo.com/daily-pool-maintenance-backwashing-pool-other-404883.html?cat=6

JDGren, thanks for your insight.

The 'Tower Bridge community' must the group of people who work the drawbridge! If you want to promote yourself as an expert on British cultural affairs, do your homework properly - and start a thread on it rather than divert attention from the subject of this one.

The freedom that you love seems to include paranoia regarding your government and the rest of the world, the determination to continue to go in fear of being shot even in your workplace, rampant racism and aggression against other nations. Get on with it if you will.

Back on topic, CNN reporters were saying yesterday that the gun was a Remington pump action. If you are better informed and believe that a single or double barrelled shotgun could have been the weapon used in the killing of twelve people, show your source and correct CNN.

It's nonsense of you to suggest that those who believe that the US gun laws are facilitating massacres and need to be changed are against guns all together. The correct balance would be the right guns in the right hands in the right circumstances. The US in general fails on all three counts and that is why gun crimes there, and particularly massacres, are so common. If you think the present state of affairs is acceptable then good luck to you.