Oilhound

I'm the same as you, travelling in and out every 35 days. I went to the a visa company and got a retirement visa, it cost me 21,000.00 for a 15 month visa and you can stay 90 days and just report after 90 days to stay longer and you don't have to show anything, just give them your passport and money and your done in two days. It was the easies way and for the cost of me running out of the country on visa runs and my time, it was cheaper. I have not had any problems after I got the visa.

They should put her real name up on here.

If anyone is interested, khmer440 has a recent Thailand/Cambodia comparison article written by someone who has lived in both countries.

Just went to check it out, and the google site "says he died yesterday, and everything has been removed from his TV site. anyone heard anything on this?

This is the reply from Samuitimes, when I ask where I could send some money to help out with the lady's last wishes, hopefully they can get something setup, so we can help.

On Sat, 12/13/14, Samuitimes Editor <[email protected]> wrote:

Subject: Re: Would like to help
To: "James
Received: Saturday, December 13, 2014, 1:22 PM

Hi
James, thanks so much for your email. I have asked the
wonderful chap who found her to figure out how much she
needs each week and then we will figure out how people can
contribute, we may not have a lot of time to set up a
charity account but maybe the hospital wil take direct
payment.

I will keep
you updated, thank you so much for contacting us, you are so
kind.

With very warm
regards

Su

Editor
Samui Times
Tel
: 0810910107Email
: [email protected]
: http://www.samuitimes.com

The newspaper need to set up a Facebook fund raising page to help out, I have no problem sending some money to this lady, It's sad that she has no family around to be with her in her finally days.

I had the same problem, and went with a bigger pump, the pumps are rated for one floor, two floors and so on, and I didn't get one with the tank on it, I got the pump without and pressure on demand. The problem I found was that I also had the change most of my taps and hoses, but I've got it all working now with no leaks and the shower is GREAT up stairs.

Paid for sex in Thailand , have you?

what does this have to do with his comment?

We all pay for sex. It doesn't really matter if it's dinner and a movie, or baht to a "dancer". Same same. The latter is just being straightforward, the former is rolling the dice.

That's the first thing I heard in those posts that have been true.

Some helpful information for you old guys that think this is your country, and I'm not talking about the Thai

A Songkran SURVIVAL kit

MANTA KLANGBOONKRONG
THE NATION



The water festival turns lots of people into anti-social shut-ins. They can have their own kind of fun.

BANGKOK: -- THANKS TO THE Songkran Festival, mid-April in Thailand is not for the faint-hearted. Gleefully stretched out from today through next Wednesday, the country's biggest annual celebration can also be the most annoying and uncomfortable time of year for anyone who's not fully prepared.

Getting soaked to the bone with every venture outdoors is the primary experience in modern times during a festival that once involved no more than the gentle pouring of scented water over the hands of one's elders. Nowadays tens of thousands of people take to the streets for the revelry of soggy combat, armed with formidable water artillery, but not everyone appreciates the raucous turn that tradition has taken.

The ideal escape is overseas, but if that's beyond your reach, you can simply stay indoors for the duration of the festival, and it doesn't necessarily have to resemble a zombie-apocalypse movie where the shut-in survivors subsist on canned food and grim determination. Here we offer a few suggestions on how to make your Songkran lock-down enjoyable - even festive!

DELIVERANCE

You're walking home, buckets of water fly, and you can't even raise your arms in defence because you're loaded down with bags of groceries. This is not usually fun. So, instead, have you're food delivered. Tesco Lotus and Tops Supermarket both have online shopping and will deliver to your door any day. Let their people get soaked (as long as your doughnuts stay dry). Both accept debit and credit cards as well.

All the fresh produce, frozen foods, household products and even pet food at Tesco Lotus can be delivered any day (and several times a day if you need it) from 10 to 10. The fee is a flat Bt60 and it doesn't matter how much you spend. Go to www.TescoLotus.com.

Tops Supermarket will deliver your care package for free if your spend Bt999 or more. Otherwise it's Bt150. You can get same-day delivery only if you order before 1pm. Go to www.Tops.co.th.

FEED ME

On any holiday it's perfectly reasonable if you don't feel like cooking, but during Songkran there's the added hazard of venturing out to restaurants. Get your cooked grub instead from Foodpanda.co.th, choosing dishes from a list of hundreds of good-quality restaurants and having it delivered straight to your door for a small fee. Foodpanda's phone application (iOS and Android) means you can place an order in less than 10 seconds. During the festival the delivery hours are noon to 9pm.

QUENCH ME

No point letting the waterlogged hordes outside have all the fun, so stock up on alcohol via Wish Beer (www.WishBeer.com or www.Facebook.com/WishBeerThailand). You can choose among 400 brands of premium beer from all over Europe, by the bottle or the "discovery case" - a mixed sampler of flavoured craft beers priced at Bt1,550. Delivery is free if you spend Bt2,000. Spend at least Bt4,000 and they'll knock 10 per cent off the overall bill.

If you had the foresight to pack your liquor cabinet in advance, all you need are some tips on making "best-ever" cocktails from veteran mixologist Joseph Boroski.

"Here's the check list: booze - no bottom-shelf bottles, please - fruit or juice, sugar, syrup or sweetener, lemons or limes or some other sour fruit. Green mango can work in a pinch," he says.

"Cut up one or two kinds of fruit and mash it with the back of a spoon or a wooden papaya-salad stick to get the juice. Then add the booze - somewhere between 30 and 60ml is strong enough for most people.

"Then comes the sweetener. Whatever you use, make it generally about half to three-quarters the amount of alcohol. If your fruit is a bit tart, you might need only a little bit of lime or lemon. But usually we'll add about the same or a bit more as the sugar or syrup or honey. Lastly, add ice and stir!"

If you hit a snag, start to panic or just want share the excellent recipe you've devised, tag Boroski on Twitter @sipslowly or Instagram #sipslowly.

YOU'LL NEED TUNES

Unfortunately Bangkok's favourite DJ, Octo, doesn't do house calls and tomorrow he's booked for a party with the wet crowd, but bless him, he has mix tapes ready to download for free at www.Octo.co.uk/songkran2014. Put them all together on a shuffle or loop and you're good for the whole night.

The gloom of your lonely albeit dry home can further be lightened by shopping online at B2S, which also delivers. Browse through the heaps of movie and music DVDs, magazines and stationery for the kids. Delivery is free if you spend at least Bt499, Monday through Saturday from 8.30am to 6pm, cash only. Have a look at www.Central.co.th/en/B2S or call (02) 730 7777.

ARMOURED CARS

If you absolutely, positively must sneak outside, travel dry with GrabTaxi (and enjoy the traffic-free roads of Songkran). It's a new application for Android, iOS, Windows and BlackBerry Q10 and Z10 phones through which you can book a taxi with as little as two hours' notice and as much as seven days in advance.

The app sends your location via FourSquare and Google to all available taxis in the area. A taxi driver will call to confirm and then come pick you up, charging Bt25 on top of the meter total. The app itself is free and available in both Thai and English. Get the details at www.Facebook.com/GrabTaxiTH.

Meanwhile, if you've ever tried to wash a cat, you know they hate Songkran even more than you do. But maybe they have to go see the vet or get some grooming during the festival. What you do is call Mee Pet Taxi at (084) 663 3995 or log on to www.Facebook.com/MeePetTaxi. Their fares start at Bt300.

Thong Lor Pet Hospital has its own taxi service for animals, daily from 9 to 5, if you need to get to any of its nine branches around Bangkok. It also has vets on standby 24 hours a day. That's (02) 712 5563 or www.ThonglorPet.com.

-- The Nation 2014-04-11

Typical! Blame someone else. The family should first realise that their son was riding a bike at odd hours of the night without a crash helmet. That in itself is irresponsible and should go down to poor guidance from the parents. Societies acceptance of a lack of helmet does not help either. Yes, the Russians should have made a police report (it did not state if they did), and stayed back to closed up the loose ends of this accident. That is what it was an accident.

Either way, even if they had stayed back the end result would still be the same. A senseless death, why? because of clear disregard for safety.

This is more of the family not having the opportunity to milk money off these Russians for the loss of their child. IMHO.

Yes, it was an accident, but if she and the friend in the second car were not drinking, they would of filed a police report. If they had of got milked for all the money they had, it still would not make up for the son that was lost.

Many scammers have electron scaners to copy your credit card # without even

taking them out of your wallet, however they must be in very close proximity

to you for a few minutes....could be one of these scame

even if its in your pocket ? im interested in this if it is actually going on lol

sounds pretty hi tech but if there was such technology wouldnt everyone

be a victim ?

sit in any crowded public place you could scam everyones card if this were possible ??

yes it's true, and very easy to do and cheap for the card reader, but you can get a case for your cards now. They can't sit in a coffee shop and read everybodys at once, they need to get beside you, and it wouldn't be good if they were going to every table.