digbeth

is it fair that this case gathered so much media attention and public consciousness that he had the maximum book thrown at him?  probably not but as an officer of the law he should have known better

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Any airline that doesn't have a phone number, email address or a real customer service people to help you when you have

an issue and only a BOT to address your queries, is an airline i will never fly again with no matter how cheap they're and 

AirAsia is one of them...

problem is that most of the Thai domestic airlines currently operating are worse, in terms of punctuality and not cancelling flights, if your destination is not served by Bangkok Airways, AirAsia is the choice over other airlines 

same issue with bum gun hoses, often the cause of many floodings in condo buildings when owners left to go on holiday

I suppose you could adapt the metal sleeved or braided water hose usually use to connect faucets or shower heads, but those can leek too

I think the CCS conector has MAC address like a computer, so it probably uses that to identify your vehicle

some recent report in thai EV facebook groups about PEA auto charging malfunctioning and people have their account showing charging in ocations where they couldn't have and being deducted, might better keep an eye on charge history if you have autocharge turned on

On 1/15/2024 at 6:51 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Any such campaign, independent of the subject, should be illegal.

We have more than enough traffic in Bangkok, we really don't need a 100-vehicle Tuk Tuk campaign!

you think they got extra tuk-tuks just to run around showing ads?

what do you think is more plausible? just putting ads on existing tuk-tuks or procuring entirely new vehicles just to run the ads and clog up your street inconveniencing you

the manufacturer of the food/vitamin in question has it, will they provide it to you is another question 

11 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

It is a ridiculous assertion that boarding passes can be faked. Maybe the one you print at home on A4 or letter size.
 

Normal one on thermal paper or on that airline card stock? Then how do the fakirs get on the plane when the barcode does not match an open seat

Tell that to the Airport Authority of Thailand for domestic flight who wouldn't accept boarding pass 'captured' as a picture on screen in phones less it could be faked but prefer printed passes

are the mass market brand actually adding sugar in plain cornflakes? or are they just in the grains naturally 

if you chew them plain any carbohydrates of course it's gonna turn sweet in your mouth due to saliva breaking them down 

The Givi distributor in Thailand got most of their boxes from the Malaysian factories, usually the smaller models, those will be cheaper than Europe.

The bigger European models like the V58 I've seen in Thai shops at around 30-35,000 which seem in line with prices on Lazada and Shopee, these importers/distributor ship them in on container so their cost is likely lower than yours, they probably have lots of markup due to being a big ticket item that wouldn't sell as often, but are you willing to gamble you can bring it in by having shops in Europe send it and pray you won't get taxed to hell? 

Remember, the tax+Vat is calculated after the cost of the freight/courier service, so if they ship it to you using expensive company that'll be reflected in the final price

For accurate price there's importer like https://thai.webike.net/ that knows how much customs take and will have price that reflect that and their cut, they don't have the exact model but you can compare with other parts or models to the European based shop and see how much you could be expected to pay

Why is this under 'Bangkok News' forum

The 'Thai' restaurant that call themselves 'Thai Restaurant' or have Thai in their name that serve the typical Thai Food would probably be targeting the tourist

Most Thai restaurant goer don't care for the word "Thai" in a restaurant, they'll be looking for cuisine specific like north-eastern, seafood or big garden venue with live music 

it's called a 'bonded' credit card, you open an account with the amount and the bank will blocked off the amount, only paying back interest.  you have to make payment on the credit you use and interest if you don't pay back in full - essentially borrowing against your own money 

good question is that can you use this deposit to show immigration to satisfy your retirement/marriage extension say if you put the required 4/800,000 in an account and have bonded credit card for that account, you can then spend the amount that otherwise be sitting untouched 

Fireworks in Pattaya from hotels used to be signalling full occupancy for the night, 

On 12/21/2023 at 12:30 PM, Everyman said:

 

What is WHT?

withholding tax, 5% for rent, the tenant, once they register as a company will have to file a tax withholding for the rent, they can take it out of the amount already agreed or add it on top, depending on how you negotiate

one possible caveat is the the usufruct terminates at the end of your life.... would that be the wrong incentive if your existence become a problem for whoever got a hold of the land deeds, 

8 hours ago, smokie36 said:

 

The MRT is at bursting point and unless a solution is found soon for the overcrowding there is going to be a catastrophe in my opinion.

The criteria for expansion of number of trains per car for the MRT was set only to happen after the passenger density has reached 8 person/ square meters, which in most crowd control manual is well past crowd crush situation 

plenty of condos with attached malls and hotels that let you stay long-term around Bangkok, like in Thonglor area, you will be mixing it with Japanese of course so not solely gringos farang and price will be a big point 

22 hours ago, cracker1 said:

There is a Monorail and I believe a free line to a major shopping center on the river ?

Thankyou for your insightful contribution, your knowledgeable expertise on the topic is much appreciated

/s

The monorails are the Yellow and Pink lines - guess what? already on the list

The APM people mover pod to the Major Shopping Mall you can't name is the Gold line which is already on the list 

Nirun Grand Condo in Pattaya is definitely a ghetto, but there's lots of contact often paid, with the locals so by your criteria of no contact with locals, Nichada Thani in Bangkok is definitely more of a Ghetto than Nirun 

if the internet is down there is nothing that can be done, 

but unlikely, even ATMs would have mobile data backup 

14 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

 

Virtually every article published these days says the same thing, and yet I can only see 10 lines, no matter how hard I count (even using my toes). Where are these two invisible train lines? (Non-operating lines such as the eastern Orange Line certainly shouldn't count.) Does @Crossy know what they're referring to?

 

1 - Light Green

2 - Dark Green

3 - Blue

4 - Purple

5 - Gold

6 - Pink

7 - Yellow

8 - Light Red

9 - Dark Red

10 - ARL

11 - ?

12 - ?

12 would need to include the Orange which is built but without no rolling stock of signaling equipment until the west extension is built

and maybe the grey line which is not even open to tender yet 

5 minutes ago, murraynz said:

You ARE correct.. 

The shuttle bus is only available to those who can show they have an onward flight ticket. It's not available to "anybody" , as others are suggesting. 

so those onward flight ticket booking company is not only useful to get through immigration.... hmmm.....

previously when they were 'Tops Club' that failed in Bangkok they had lots of American Costco stuff like Kirkland, would be interesting to see if they can still get American stuff