BritManToo

6 hours ago, Max69xl said:

As for opening a savings account as a tourist, your post is not entirely correct. The term tourist is not used at banks officially, it's foreigner.

You're wrong.

Bangkok bank have an account application form labelled "Tourist account application form"

Just watched 'Yesterday',

a failed musician get's knocked out and wakes up in an alternate Universe where the Beatles never existed, then goes on to write all their songs from memory. It was very good.

3 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

A slight side-track I know. Mixing up terrorist and tourist - a school kid mixed up terrorist and terraced:

https://www.rt.com/uk/329539-schoolboy-terrorist-house-mistake/

Probably typed on his PC with auto-correct turned on.

I recently enjoyed

Carnival Row, alternate earth Victorian London with fairies and other monsters, plenty of gore, tits, bums and violence.

Complete season released, Orlando Bloom is the star.

Sanditon, Jane Austin period drama, up to episode 3 now.

On 7/24/2019 at 5:17 PM, bluesofa said:

Hmm, so far no one has said when making an online purchase - using the internet - that they have had any problems over the past week.

Used my BKB VISA debit card to buy return AirAsia tickets (Skyscanner/Trip.com) to Vietnam last week.

Went straight through, bank statement says payment via EDC.

Booked a room via Booking.com using the same card, also went straight through.

Just now, Percy P said:

I think that is the condo owners price not the electricity bill price. The domestic electricity price is 4.5B/kwh.Free if you do no exceed a certain amount.

Price list has been displayed (1.1.2) and is accurate.

30 minutes ago, Dazinoz said:

Actually I was not offered the fast version today.

You have to ask, they no longer offer.

My pal did it last week, he paid the 1,000bht.

He was annoyed by the TM30, his guesthouse did the reporting, gave him a copy for immigration, then he had to queue to exchange his copy for a stamped immigration copy.

55 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

So are the Government taking a loss on every bag, how are they

able to sell it 10-15 THB a Kg. below market price.maybe not the

same quality.

Faraday, its sticky rice,

regards worgeordie

Price at the farms was 10Bht/Kg, they're claiming the drought doubled the price, so that would be 20Bht/Kg.

So @35Bht there's still a profit margin of 75%, if less then the 150% markup they really wanted.

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

But, having said that, there are alot of insane, extreme, hateful and shameful white people out there.

There are plenty of posters on this forum that fit that description.

I've put most of them on ignore, but new incarnations of them keep popping up..

Having thought about what she said for a few moments, gotta say I also avoid nearly all contact with white folks.

Maybe shes perfectly sane and I should agree with her sentiments.

House-husband, Entrepreneur, International Philanthropist, Playboy.

Why choose something dull?

31 minutes ago, Narratio said:

.. Then again, methinks all those figures need a sanity check.

4-5Km/day in my household.

1 hour ago, wgdanson said:

How does my lekky meter know if the power came from oil, coal, wind or cow's methane?

1.1.1 is for rural properties, the low rates are to help the poor.

I used to live outside Hang Dong in what was classed a rural property, every other month my bill would be free.

Anything in the city, or built recently will be on 1.1.2

2 hours ago, tabarin said:

Complete BS, perhaps a 3% of them are like that. That is such a old pervert thought, to think all students look for money.
Most want to earn their own and date someone for the sake of dating and having fun, not money.

I never had to pay a single baht to any student girl. They would even drive me home in their car.
Actually, I think most farangs have such bad luck, because they think it is about that. Which is a huge turn down for them.

Many of the short-time motels in Chiang Mai seem to be located very close to the assorted universities, I have no idea why.

And many of the ladies are working Thai beer bars in the evenings.

24 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

The sister of my Thai wife has a daughter (now 25 years old) who suffers from epilepsy since she was a baby....severe epilepsy which may have caused brain damage so that she is now mentally retarded.

Never get involved in Thai family nonsense.

Let them sort it out themselves.

16 minutes ago, RideJocky said:

are they self-supporting? That is if I support them from the corners only?

My one is 2m x 1m, with two holes drilled 80cm apart on the longer sides.

Self supporting, I just put a 1m rail bridging the two sets of holes, and screwed them to that.

6 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

Maybe the gardener dug her and wanted to turn her over and get his earlies in. It hints as being more your problem than hers. And about those dishes.......????

There's some nasty nasty posters on the forums.

I put them on ignore right away, especially if they quote other nasty posters I've already ignored.

Goodbye.

1 hour ago, RideJocky said:

Do the panels have to be cleaned?

Mine gets dusty, doesn't seem to make a lot of difference.

Wipe with a wet cloth every couple of weeks.

Still selling the TVs (50" or 55") in the OP.

Makro for 8,000bht.

33 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

The fact that you take some sort of odd attacking offensive at the fact that I still like my wife after nearly 20 years...

I still loved my Brit wife after 30 years of marriage, problem being she secretly hated me for the last 20 years.

When I retired, she had no further use for me, if I wasn't earning and saving for her 6 days a week, 12 hours or more a day, she didn't want me around.

Hard to keep loving a woman that wants you dead or jailed, and does everything she can to achieve her aim.

12 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I understand emergency departments can assign a nurse to insert a catheter. Still not pleasant. Perhaps BM2 can confirm cost.

It was around 250bht for a nurse to put it in or change it, including the catheter and bag (usually the prettiest and youngest nurse on staff). Always in the emergency department, fair bit of waiting around.

SanSai hospital on the road between MaeJo and Mae Rim.

1 hour ago, ThaiPauly said:

It's just the awkwardness of the catheter no for the next weeks, but I'll get used to it Britman has had his for ages I think...a very brave guy, especially putting it in himself.

It was only for a month, couldn't wee at all, no previous signs.

But the drugs worked well, still have to be careful with alcohol and dehydration, that brings it back.

18 hours ago, ThaiPauly said:

The pain came from pushing when trying to urinate. It was a real burning pain. As I no longer need to urinate it has now gone

Glad to hear that, you'll probably be fine in a couple of weeks.