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12 hours ago, roger101 said:

I make sure the footrests go back to the upright position

One less thing for the police to fine you for  too   "footrest down without passenger"

Kor ror 2  they have always accepted my original one.

Letter from the bank  same day

+  from my notes

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As a reminder for me  if using the 400,000 baht in bank method
Jomtien want to see a transaction in the bank book from the day you are applying, even though this will mean that the
amount shown on the letter from the bank is now incorrect ( they can never be correct because the letter always shows amount from yesterday..... don't argue just do it )

Last year my photos where not excepted as we had included a "witness"  we had also dragged him to immigration with us where they said  "no need for a witness"  ,so after filling in the "new TM7 form"  getting "new photos"

photo copies ,signatures etc etc etc  application accepted  then 2 days later  they call and say they want to interview us at home ohh and bring the witness !!!!   that was the first time they have ever done a house visit

(6 years) this year I don't know if they will require the witness or not and/or visit again..I'm dreading having to apply  again next month ????

On 2/22/2019 at 2:49 PM, maxcorrigan said:

one family shot

Can you clarify  "family shot"   I mean I can show my wife's,mother,sister,2 daughters and 2 granddaughters  as a "family shot"  ...but what if my wife and I lived  just the 2 of us  ???

18 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Poor Thai guy on the ground , everyone seems to be ignoring him. Even the ambulance passed on by. 

He seemed ok when they interviewed him,he said he was on the bike coming out of the bank.

1 minute ago, atyclb said:

 

those parked bikes serve a purpose providing seating for beach road freelancers otherwise too lazy to stand.

Yes city hall took away all the public seating on the beach side  mid/southern end where all the girls used to hang out..

I noticed the other day there where some more (new) stainless steel seats at the northern end.

5 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

far away from the air conditioning.

Who would want to be out in the blazing sun 30 degrees C   80% humidity wearing a tight brown uniform

breathing in traffic fumes all day ??

12 minutes ago, TTSIssues said:

Who is to say someone didn’t run out in front of him and he had to swerve to avoid them. Speed limit is 80 I believe. Don’t criticize unless you know the facts. 

There used to be (till they mostly faded away ) painted on the road 40KPH speed signs 

no one drives along there at 40 KPH.

should have been properly  cordoned off with the internationally accepted 

"world class" safety twig barrier.

40 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Never understood why solid wood furniture is so expensive in Thailand.

I got a feeling its to do with the  antiquated law about logging..until just very recently you couldn't even cut down a hardwood/protected species tree on your own land without getting permission from the government..

maybe (now the law has changed) in a few years people will feel encouraged enough to use their land for sustainable forests and timber prices come down ????   its very frustrating going to all the shops and the only furniture they have is the fall to pieces once wet fiberboard crap at prices equal to proper wood in Europe  ????

Stop watching movies...

Sorry about the blurry photo,  the sign says  woodworking and metal work undertaken  they make it right there

and can probably make any style you want..not just the tacky stuff !  ????

If none of the shops on Theprasit are  any good !!! (shocking)   you could try

https://www.google.com/maps/@12.8515237,100.9088295,3a,41.2y,100.77h,83.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2vkDv6lk4o05hs55Z44AAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

they make tables chairs and  vendor stands   from "proper" wood  I'm sure they could make something  maybe not "built in" though  stand alone   bolt on later...this will not be fine marquetry standard woodworking ????

the shop just before the one shown on the map sells reclaimed wood, if you want a laugh and big shock stop in there and ask the price of their wood !!!!!!

5 hours ago, Neeranam said:

one girl shouted "papa" at me

Better than "Grandpa"    though "handsome man"  would have been better still.

Unfortunately ,probably they are right about a large percentage of foreigners in Pattaya displaying bad manners.

My first time in Bangkok my wife and I were returning (sober) to an international hotel with four in the name and apparently I was too close to the retaining wall because I broke my pinky toe in flip flops on an iron weep scupper sticking out about 4” at sidewalk level.
We were checked out with our bags being held in the lobby and a flight to catch so I knew going to a hospital or discussing liability with the hotel wasn’t very practical if I wanted to keep our itinerary.
The funny part in hindsight was learning about Thai mentality as my wife said things like, “it’s not their fault you have to be careful and watch where you’re going” and “we can go to the hospital if you want but we don’t do that in Thai,,we wait a week and see if it’s still a problem”.
Knowing our schedule and there’s not much the hospital can do I just tried to snap it back straight and deal with it. About a week later we were home to her village and it was still swollen and painful so I asked if I could see the doctor and get an X-ray.
We walked with her mother to the village clinic and waited outside until the doctor on duty came over from smoking a cigarette to take a look. He sent a nurse inside who came back with a little jar of Thai balm and said put this on and come back in a week if it’s still a problem!
Early on after that experience she answered many of my questions as a stranger in a foreign land with the simple line “you take care of you honey “.
I quickly learned she was serious and was giving good advice to live by here. So far I’ve only had a broken pinky toe.

Hold on didn't I see "Blute Willit" do this in a movie already ? [emoji39]

And how did they drain the petrol ?

Well, I have have just lost several 'friends'. There was a discussion going on about the 'these youngsters' having no political experience. Then it all went broodily silent...I mean, all I said was (in Thai) 'Well, I guess you don't need political experience when you have big guns, eh?' [emoji56]

Why do women (sometimes men too)..put their hand/s over their mouth when laughing?

It would be interesting to see where dog attacks statistically stack up to other violent crimes? 
 
I doubt any westerner has moved away from thailand b/c of the soi dog population....
 
i woukd like to see a 500B surcharge to all tourist and other visas to cover the cost of soi dog management program....that way all non Thais are contributing to their western solution and Thais wouldn’t be inconvenienced financially.... 

Is this for your traction engine project ? [emoji39]

And this is without med ganja......