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5 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

As pointed out by numerous posters yesterday, some sentences here are quite bizarre.

21 years !

You get life for picking mushrooms in the forest.....

16 hours ago, TKDfella said:

If that's the case then you really don't understand the table at all. Take a closer look; here's a hint: It introduces children to charts and the answer to your example is there also and how to make the addition chart.

I refused to memorize the tables when I was a kid, simply because I needed to understand what was taught to me before I could commit to making the effort, needless to say I graduated with the highest grades in Math later in life....and I still can't recite the tables...

See how I managed to include all that self appraise in just one reply? Pretty good hey?

In London they call this terrorism........

Just now, Don Mega said:

Whats a prathom ?

oh nooo!

No need to memorize stupid time tables, it would be better if the students where taught to understand the tables instead. For example why is 6+6 not 66?

And some people look really good in uniform........

1 hour ago, petertucker48 said:

Don't be smug there are Bas***ds in all countries including the " Civilised Western World"

The "civilized Western World" is not in the news here........

Sex tourism isn't such a big thing anymore I guess.......

2 hours ago, Jessi said:

At least he got to  "finger the woman"

Good "point".......

A typical example (both the Taxi and the pickup) of "stupid on the road" that creates all the daily accidents here in Thailand, I see it everyday. 

Why do the Burmese keep driving around at night drunk wearing a fake police uniform?

3 hours ago, joepattaya1961 said:

346 people? At first there were talks about 150!!

Anyway, if during the 'free' period a 100 people joined the free rides, I guess that number will fall drastically as soon as the paid rides kick off.

Yeah they added another two decks.....(without telling anybody of course).....

Go to the police, the shop should have insurance......and not the Tourist police, because they are not actually police officers.....

Usually as is with the one-stop service in Chamchuri square in Bkk, they require the applicant to attend when the work permit is applied for as well as the visa extension, which is done at the same time. You should be present when they do the work permit. The whole process takes half a day at Chamchuri square.

Because it is a BOI it takes half a day at Chamchuri Square.....

The tourist areas are like a fly paper to all kinds of bottom scarp and criminal elements to come there and try to squeeze money out of tourists. Most of the businesses, local scammers, hookers, bar owners, tailors pretending to actually do the work themselves, robbers, motorcycle gangs, speed boats, jet ski.... are not from the local community, they came there explicitly to suck money from the tourists, how can you even start discuss how tourists affect this lot?????

4 minutes ago, jdf2231 said:

I asked my Thai friend to call them and request for an exchange. They agreed to it and I went there, showed them the laptop. Their technician tried to install Linux but it didn't boot and they understood that it was a hardware problem (ACPI issue with Acer laptops). I had to pay 2,000 THB more and take a Dell which came with pre-installed Ubuntu.

 

I could have asked them to install Win10 on the earlier laptop but I wasn't sure if it would be a genuine copy or not. Moreover, I wanted a non Windows laptop because I intend to use Linux. I didn't know they had OEM versions of the OS. I purchased this from IT City and the staff were polite with me, they accepted my return and I went out with a Dell. :)

 

 

 

Good for you, all well.

My point with installing Windows by the shop was not to keep it installed (very easy to uninstall and replace with Linux) but to show the shop that there was actually a problem with the hardware, point using Windows rather than Linux was that it is usually easier for the shop to install Windows 10, just to prove the hardware problem, and many shops doesn't even know what Linux is.

A miracle he survived unscathed from that total wreckage!

I wonder how the car ended up between the the middle of the truck and the center barrier if the car cut in front of the truck and the truck was unable to break?

If a car cut in front of you closely and suddenly your immediate reaction would be to break, no? The picture suggest no braking took place until the car was thoroughly mangled against the barrier....

40 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Your employer has no legal right to hold your work permit since it issued in your name. There is no rule that it has to kept at the work place only that it has to be there if you are present and working.

You should be able to cancel you work permit without the book or your employers consent.

Some immigration offices will cancel the extension with the work permit cancellation receipt.

You can also leave the country without a re-entry permit that makes you extension in valid. Then get a new non-b visa at a embassy or consulate.

Writing and submitting your resignation cover you if you have problems later.

What UbonJoe said, Workpermit has to be with you at your  place of work, not the directors. I have on several occasions been raided by labor officials and immigration at my place of work, where they have asked to see my work permit, luckily I had it with me at every occasion. If not you will be fined I believe.

I think there is a legal thing in Thailand saying you can return within a certain number of days, but not sure. Lazada has it on their web site I think.

Anyway, if you go back to the store with all the packaging intact, the laptop in pristine untouched condition, tell them the situation and that you want a slightly more expensive laptop of another brand that you already chosen, I think the store might be accommodating. I did it with a DDR disk that I bought that was too small, brought it back with package opened already and begged them for a bigger more expensive one and it worked.

Check Ubuntu site for compatible (tested) laptops before you buy.

I would actually first install windows 10 and see if that works. If it works probably no hardware problems, just compatibility issues which could be overcome with the right tools.

But if windows 10 does not work, take it back to the shop, tell them it is not working and ask them to install windows 10 for you (they always have OEM at the shop). When they fail, voila ask them for a replacement.

4 hours ago, Reigntax said:

 

It cannot explode from a spark as it is a closed system with no oxygen. It can only explode if there was a leak and the fuel to oxygen ratio was within combustible limits.

 

Any gas can serve as a refrigerant, even air but the efficiency would be low and moisture contamination would cause issues

 

Refrigerant gases have certain properties and are matched to compressor pressures, evaporator and condenser heat transfer criteria to work under specific ambient and internal enthalpy conditions.

 

Replacing with the incorrect gas would then mix 2 different gases having unmatched properties.  May appear to work but with reduced performance. Yes, there are some refrigerants that are themselves blends and the recharging of such is even more complicated.

 

Of course it can not explode without a leak, that was inferred......

2 hours ago, zappalot said:

I always thought that most people come to Thailand because it's easy going.

 

Turns out, at least according to the previous posters and many others, that this is not true. They want the people to follow the laws to the point. Even if they are not affected by violators. The same kind of people I actually run away Germany.

 

I recommend these picky people to move to Malaysia/Kuala Lumpur. You do not have people selling things on the pavements/sidewalks. You do not have them driving on it. You have a sterilized life like in the West.

What are you doing in Thailand?

Come on!!!! This is to improve the traffic situation in Bangkok, which is horrific. On many roads there are three lanes but you can only use one lane because:

1. Some idiot workshop park all their repair projects out front in the street.

2. Taxis has stopped to wait for passengers, and blocking the second lane permanently because they are going out into the traffic again.

3. A large market has spilled out into the first lane, second lane is used by shoppers and pedestrians.

4. The usual inconsiderate idiot just decided to park permanently on the first lane, making all cars that need to stop shortly to stop in the second lane.

5. etc etc.....

1 minute ago, 12DrinkMore said:

Do they work on propane?

Yup they work just fine on propane, some air conditioning service companies might even fill that without telling you.

If you fill the system with Propane instead of Freon, it will explode from a spark.....

1 hour ago, fittobethaied said:

When I first came here 7 years ago I was told the story of the three circles.  You see...in Thai society people lumped into the 1st circle are ones close family ties.  Into the 2nd circle are friends and close business associates, and into the third circle are lumped all the other people that exist outside the 1st and 2nd circles, and these people are NON-EXISTENT to the average Thai. This 3rd circle is also the one where most of us expats are placed, and that is why we are for the most part INVISIBLE and UNIMPORTANT to the average Thai. That's the reality here, and that's the reason why Thais will never be charitable to those within their 3rd circle. There has to be a cultural shift before the typical Thai will have any compassion for his fellow man who is downtrodden, so don't expect that mindset to change any time soon.  Individual acts of kindness are rare, and you can bet that it is seldom done in secret.  On the contrary, the giver will make sure that his/her actions go public and they have something to gain in the process.  That's the Thainess that I have come to know and despise! 

This is not only Thai, it is an Asian thing, particularly among Asian Chinese, and I think the whole concept originates from the Chinese culture actually. 

Pretty stupid attitude by Thai watchers if they think that is the right way to help a lonely and vulnerable child, Should Call child services and police and get him some real help.....

Never buy duty free.....simple solution to the problem, who want that crap anyway....and a lot of extra crap to carry.....And why not just go to the toilet with the bottles, pour it all down the sink, throw the bottles and pass the smirking idiots with a smirk on your face.....