CALSinCM

The SRT is yet another Thai bureaucracy to place itself if front of the world as a complete laughing stock.   How many tons of steel vs a 10 gram flat piece of metal??? In my childhood, I didn't know too many kids who hadn't flatten coins on rail tracks.  

This is utter nonsense.  The SRT would better spend their time monitoring the safety of their sub-standard tracks.  A coin is not going to derail a train; poor maintenance will.  

I understand the controversy regarding vaccination and I believe that the medical community and drug companies are pushing an agenda to over-vaccinate the population.  There are risks associate with vaccines which I will not debate in this thread. <sorry pro-vaccination proponents>
With that said, each person needs to weight the risks with the benefits.  For example, I'm around numerous feral animals in the village, I've been bitten more than once and I keep my rabies vaccinations up to date. <sorry anti-vaccination opponents>
I've also had Dengue.  If I contract it again, it could be a death sentence as the second time around can be serious if not fatal.  So at this point a Dengue vaccination is something I'll look into. This has a higher benefit to risk ratio for me personally.  But at the moment I want a lot more information regarding studies and side-effects of this particular vaccine.  If anyone has links to Dengue vaccination studies, I'd love to read them.  Thanks for this link, it's a good starting point.
http://www.who.int/immunization/research/development/dengue_q_and_a/en/

3 hours ago, Seismic said:

How was he breaking the law ??. The man had Thai Citizenship.

However, if true that he's a Thai citizen, then he's well within his rights to work any job he wishes.  So why fold the business due to a what other people think? 

 

4 hours ago, StefanBBK said:

I think it would be best to close any thread related to nonameburgers. We should respect his explicit wish and stop talking about him. Mods?

That's very 'politically correct' and the assumption goes counter to fact.

Mr. Payne placed himself in the middle of public discourse.  Now that it hasn't gone well for him, your advocating censorship.  You can't have your cake and eat it too.  Nobody put Mr. Payne in the public limelight other than Mr. Payne. Forums like this are to discuss public events.  This is a public event.  Once the genie is out of the bottle, you have to take the good with the bad.  This forum is also a place for those supporting Mr. Payne.  You wish to shut them down too?

There are lots of things that I would like to do in Thailand that go 100% counter to Thai law that prohibits foreigners for engaging in protected business classes like street vendor.  The law sucks, but it is what it is and how many of us out here would like to open a small business without an outlay of 2M THB capitalization. I would!  So, I really don't have a lot of sympathy for the burger-guys situation.  He's blatantly breaking Thai labor laws and eventually that would have caught up with him.  Bowing out gracefully is probably a better idea, and the alternative could end up being a fine, jail-time, and deportation. But he probably could have gone on for a long-time had he simply kept a low-profile.  However, it seems to be human nature nowadays to talk about yourself on social media.

Buck up mate and join the rest of us non-self-employed farangs in the Land of Smiles! Jump in...the water's fine!

5 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Info available in "pinned topic" at the top of this forum.

 

 

That's what I need.  Thanks.  Please close this topic.

My daughter-in-law was defrauded out of 60K THB in a scam in Chiang Mai that involved paying tuition for a certificate program that should have led to her obtaining a government approved certificate as a Pharmacy Technician.  The private school was not accredited by the government, so at the end of the course work, no certificate was awarded.  Instead the school offered to put her through another course for a certificate as a 'Nurse's Assistance.'  That is not what she paid for, plus she would have had to take time off of work in order to attend school which she couldn't afford to do at the time having just complete the course work for a Pharmacy Assistant.  She and the other students were clearly defrauded.  For whatever reason, every student in the class took on a 'victim's mentality' and no one lodged a complaint with the government.  Their collective excuse was, "We can't afford a lawyer" and "We don't have the time to go to court or follow-up with the government."

I have to believe that there is at least a minimal amount of government oversight of schools that provide certificate and degree programs, and part of that oversight must include protecting Thai citizens from outright fraud, i.e., offering degree or certificate programs without the legal authority to do so, and then defrauding student out of their tuition as they pretend to provide course work leading to a government approved degree or certificate.

I want to know which Thai government agency(ies) to report this fraudulent 'fake certificate' program that this school was involved in so they we can pursue redress and compensation. 

Please keep this on topic.  I'm looking for specific information regarding governmental oversight and fraud reporting.  I'm not looking for any one's opinion regarding this matter  Hard facts only - PM me if needed.  Thanks.

Tossing a grenade?  He must have be 'crashing his own stash' so to speak.  That's something I'd expect a 'tweaker' to do.  

2 hours ago, Squeegee said:

This fad opens a wonderful opportunity to use old bicycle horns for Pokemon Go! Player Baiting.

 

And soon we'll see copy-cat apps like:

 

Falang ATM Go!

 

Love In A Beer Bar Go!

 

and

 

Underage Cambodian Boy Go!

 

And for all the social ladder climbing albeit somewhat unsophisticated gals in the LOS,
Catchy Rich (Nigerian) Doctor Go!   Just send 200,000 THB and the 'Rich Doctor' will appear on your Smart Phone screen in a jiff!    Once you catch him, he'll give you 10M THB!!!

The government should start a Farangemon Go (Home) game where over-stayers are lured to police as they attempt to track and catch an elusive visa extension. 

"It will be helpful, if any foreigner comes and commit crimes, because in the past they have been able to flee or it can be difficult to find them," said Pongsathorn Chansri, an official in the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security.

And when an evil foreigner commits a crime, and then pulls the SIM card out of their phone and tosses it, why is it that the luminaries of justice think they'll be easier to apprehend?
 

I'm thinking that not a whole lot of thought has been put into the implementation, which leads me to believe as another poster noted that this is probably more about the money that can be generated by manufacturing and selling SIM cards to a 'captured audience.'

It's much more likely that Clinton will succumb to her own failing body then any external threat. 

4 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Did CNN take any account of the warnings regularly issued by the various governments about the dangers of street food  ?

Food poisoning for my family to date:

*Well know international franchises in Thailand:  2 cases

*Thai street food: 0 cases

There's a sucker in every crowd. 

Best of luck.  I just stop carrying the phone.  I've just been looking for a reason.  Thanks! 

Guess it's time to create that 'alternate persona' that will be useful for filling out all the questions with truthful but totally irrelevant information. I have no problems listing what they already know. Cars and motorcycles? Wife owns those not me. Foreign address? What address. Guess it's time to plan before the next visit. Can anyone post an electronic copy of the form?

I don't see a penal code number on the form so it begs the question is there actually any penalty under the immigration laws that cover this or is it just a scare tactic

I'd say at the moment, it's a bluff, with no actual 'Penal Code' backing the form.

If social media is optional, then I'll 'Opt-Out' (thank you very much). All the other information can be found on the various 'TM' forms and supplemental visa forms that we are required to fill out. But if they insist of killing trees and wasting paper, so be it. I'll give them the same information again.

As far as were do I frequent? "Nong Gui's Mom & Pop Store, Nong Kip's Mom & Pop Store, Luang Tak's Mom & Pop Store, 7/11, Big-C, The Mall, Awbataw, local hospital, local train station, local gas station......" Essentially I'd write until I ran out of room, because in reality, it's all useless information - right along with the form. Think about it: Really, if someone committed a crime and didn't want to be found, just hang out somewhere that isn't on the form you submitted. They have actually provided a way for 'real criminals' to obscure their trail: The criminally minded provides of list of 'places they frequent', and then go elsewhere as the police are busy combing the list of 'hangouts'.

You can't make this stuff up. Why Thais are incapable of thinking things out to a logical conclusion is beyond me. But, there you have it.

Where can I find a listing of new pickup truck prices for most major manufacturers/models here in Thailand?

Are playing dice illegal to own in Thailand because they might be used for gambling? I have been unable to find a set in any store in Thailand.

Yes. I very against drive while drink. Drive while drink is suicide and put everyone on road at risk. Drink driver should have them car and license take away. There enough dead on Thai road with no allow drink driver to run up the dead number. Thailand number 1 dead on road in ASEAN, and number 2 in World. Just say no to drink driving. Safety First for Happy New Year.

You can still find it in pharmacies as Ultracet (Para 325mg and 37.7 Tram - expensive 180THB+), Duocetz (Para 325mg and 37.7 - less expensive 120THB+), or generic 50mg Tram (Matradol 30THB+). My local pharmacy stopped carrying it because it requires a trained pharmacist to be on duty and you have to (legally) sign for it, but it's still very available OTC. However, many pharmacies have stopped carrying it because of the hassle. But it's out there. Spend a day cruising pharmacies where you live. Ask using the brand names above starting from the cheapest. I've found that Duocetz is still pretty widely available and I'll occasionally stumble across a pharmacy that still stocks 50mg Tramadol capsules (like Matradol), but they are by far the most difficult to find.

I've spent the day researching these critters. I now know what they look like and how they move. I even know where I picked this one up. Night market. I remember something biting my ankle while the wife saw shopping. I looked down and could recognize the insect: flat, oval, about the size of an apple seed. I reached down to kill it and it disappeared. That fast. I'm sure that was it. I must have jump or run up my trouser leg, and from there to home. Now that I know what I'm looking for I at least have a plan. Steam treat the mattress and bed, continue washing clothes, continue inspecting the area. Heat will kill them at 120 F. Considering I've only been bitten twice, I need to kill this sucker before it lays eggs.

Does anyone know a reputable exterminator in the Chiang Mai/Lamphun area who has experience killing Bed Bugs.

Preferably an exterminator that a TV member has used and can vouch for. I don't want the exterminator killing myself and my wife as we've heard happen before on TV forums.

Here is something that I really don't understand. From what I read, bedbugs can feed on you then run across the room and digest in the laundry hamper, in your light socket, in your dresser draws, in the bedroom curtains, etc. If that’s the case, how does it find its way back to within 10mm of where it fed before with me fully clothed and the only exposed flesh is my hands and head? Our bedroom is immaculate considering my wife is a clean freak. The floor gets mopped daily and I was wearing newly laundered clothes, and the clothes I was wearing when I was bit were washed in very hot water.

So how does this bug find it's way back to within 10mm of the place it fed the night before? That's what totally floors me.

Any experts in 'bed bug behaviour?" And again, it's not biting me on exposed flesh. It has to either crawl from my collar then underneath my sweatshirt and t-shirt to my leg, or it has to crawl up my socks, under the spandex ankle lining of my sweatpants then up to my thigh to bit me within 10mm of the previous night's bit, and it bites nowhere else. Why not bite me on the hand, or the head, or the neck? No, it comes under my clothes and finds it's way to within 10mm of the previous night's dinner. It obviously likes thigh. They must be amazingly intelligent or have a homing system better than pigeons. I don't get it?

I know I have a bed bug that has found its way home with me. Two nights ago I got bit in three spots on my leg. I washed the clothes I was wearing in hot water (sweatpants, t-shirt, sweatshirt, and socks - it gets cold at night where I live). I hung my blanket out in the sun all day.

Last night, I wore new sweatpants and other new clothes, and I got bit three times within 10 mm of the first bites.

I can't for the life of me figure out how something the size of an ant can crawl from wherever it's hiding, navigate its way over my socks, under the spandex cuff of my sweatpants, up my leg, and bite me virtually the same place as it did before. I noticed this when I when to the bathroom and immediately soaked the clothes in hot water, stripped the bed of all the linen, and checked the entire mattress especially the seams. Nothing.

I had this happen about 5 years ago. Went through the same process and the bites stopped after washing bed cloths and bed linens in hot water. Now it (they) are back. Neither my wife or I have travelled anywhere recently so I've no idea where they are coming from.

Any ideas that I'm missing?