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I finally have a sorry tale to tell. I did try to find details on this forum, and found your statement detailing the technical wizardry, and saying that if members have problems, that's unfortunate. I notice that this was installed some time before the start of my serious problems. But not all have the latest technical gadgets, and I know I need at least an Intel processor to avoid all incompatibilities.
Thaivisa is the only site essential for me that actually leads to my browser crashing whenever scrolling a contribution to a thread. This may happen with some other sites but only on occasions, especially if a page is loading very slowly.
Regular problems I have and which are a nuisance but not usually fatal are a tendency not to be able to scroll across, because the bar is missing, or the extreme left or right is unreachable. I often get drop-down windows which ask me if I want the browser to keep trying with a script it does not like or to give up. I'm also unable to connect to some links in emails. Also I cannot download the latest versions of some players, so cannot play all video clips.
In the case of Thaivisa, from which I am effectively barred, I suspect a problem may be the adverts on the page which are upsetting my browser, as surely the actual text is not the problem, as the list of threads is usually ok.
Moan over. Can anyone make suggestions to overcome my crisis until I’m able to buy a new computer? For now I must continue to make do with my G3 ibook, operating OS 10.2.8!!! Some sites have a text only option, which would help a lot with most threads.
All this is a pity, and it is not practical to spend more than a limited amount of time occasionally using the service in a local library or internet cafe.
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Let me know if you haven't sorted it out as of yet.
Thanks and to others' suggestions. I've sent a PM to you.
I see I failed to notice there's a separate mobile sub forum.
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I have a DTAC simcard with a fair balance, but I've not visited for a year so I need to top up by 29 July.
Is there anyone reading this who has a bank account in UK into which I could pay say £5 and then a payment could be made to DTAC via a Thai ATM.
I had to do the same before but my contact in Thailand who helped then is not now available. This approach seems easiest, as I can pay at once, and I don't have to explain to someone else by text or phone.
If so, I can then advise my Thai card no, and if required my UK cell phone no and real name and email address. My home laptop is not working at present, so I may not give a reply to a PM or post for 1-2 days, as I currently have to use library for internet access.
Many thanks. I could also buy a drink in return when I do get to Thailand, hopefully in October.
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First time I've had this palaver with uploading images. Those were not the captions intended, and sorry about the duplication. I tried to edit but failed.
The elephant in the sky speaks for itself, or its three selves! Taken November 2004.
The image of the live beast was in Suk Soi20 October 2006.
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By coolwaterpalace, shot with KODAK DX7630 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-12-19
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By coolwaterpalace, shot with KODAK DX4330 DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-12-19
By coolwaterpalace, shot with KODAK DX4330 DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-12-19
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Sorry again. I see now i missed guesthouse's post. He got there first.
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I thought that might happen! I did think of censoring the rest of the report before posting as a precaution in view of previous diversions from topics on the forum. Silly me not to do so.
I have more news from wording of the US release, gleaned from a report on a Zimbabwe news website.
In addition, OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) is designating Nalinee Joy Taveesin, a Thai businesswoman who has facilitated a number of financial, real-estate, and gem-related transactions on behalf of Grace Mugabe, Gideon Gono, and a number of other Zimbabwean Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs). Ironically, Nalinee Taveesin has participated in a number of initiatives on corruption and growth challenges in Africa and Southeast Asia while secretly supporting the kleptocratic practices of one of Africa's most corrupt regimes.
Gono is the reserve bank governor, reappointed for another 5 years today!
Also the bit about US citizens seems as it might affect some in Thailand
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I found this on a South African news website, but it gives up on any expansion and does not explain the details of her dealings, so much of the article is not relevant to this forum.
US Treasury blacklists four Mugabe cronies
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES Nov 26 2008 09:26
The US government blacklisted four allies of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday, increasing pressure on the country's leadership which is condemned by Washington as undemocratic.
The three business people and a physician were accused of helping a corrupt Mugabe government, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement.
It named them as:
* John Bredenkamp, who it said was involved in arms trading and diamond extraction
* Muller Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach, who it linked with mining projects that enriched the government
* Mahmood Awang Kechik, a Malaysian urologist and one of Mugabe's doctors and business advisers who it accused of trafficking in medical equipment.
* Nalinee Joy Taveesin, a Thai businesswoman it said was involved in business deals for Mugabe and his wife Grace.
US assets controlled by the four are liable to be seized and US citizens are banned from doing business with them.
Haven for Tsvangirai
Botswana's foreign minister suggested in an interview Wednesday that his country would be prepared to allow Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to operate there as leader in exile.
Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani also told BBC World News that regional powers must admit they had failed to resolve the deadlock between Tsvangirai and Mugabe and should now bring economic pressure to bear.
Asked whether Botswana would offer Tsvangirai a safe haven if power-sharing talks collapse, Skelemani said: "Anybody who comes to Botswana saying that they fear for their life, from their own country, we will not chase them away."
Pressed about what Botswana would allow Tsvangirai to do from its soil, the minister said he would not be permitted to launch a military attack on Zimbabwe from there, but could possibly lead a democratic resistance movement.
"That would be the lesser of the two evils, which is probably, taking up arms and getting innocent people killed," Skelemani said.
Botswana's President Ian Khama is one of the few African leaders to openly criticise Mugabe, saying his re-election in June was not legitimate.
The foreign minister also said the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc must admit that its mediation efforts have failed.
"The international community, SADC first of all, must now own up that they have failed -- which we have said, that we as SADC have failed. The rest of us should now own up and say yes, we have failed," Skelemani told the BBC.
After that, it should "call upon the international community and tell Mugabe to his face, look, now you are on your own, we are switching off, we are closing your borders, and I don't think he would last", he said.
"If no petrol went in for a week, he can't last."
Negotiators for Mugabe and Tsvangirai met in a new round of talks in South Africa on Tuesday over a stalled power-sharing deal, that calls for Mugabe to remain as president and Tsvangirai to take the new post of prime minister. - Reuters, AFP
Source: Mail & Guardian Online
Web Address: http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-11-26-us-...-mugabe-cronies
I'm aware that some years ago, before Zimbabwe fell apart, there was cooperation between Zimbabwe and Thailand on HIV/AIDS, and trading links. Grace Mugabe has connections in Thailand, and their holiday home in Malaysia is very near the Thai border. So the connection is far from unique. This one seems to be inappropriate, as I'm sure some of Grace's are.
A brief search found this:
http://www.cap-info.de/triangle/bios/taveesin.html
Nalinee Taveesin is Managing Director of Success Information Systems, a company involved in information technology, which has expanded to become an Internet Service Provider. In addition, the company has established a consortium of ISPs in Asia. Nalinee Taveesin has also been Managing Director of DIC Company in Thailand and Director of the Project L.I.F.E. Foundation. She represented Thailand for the Asia Europe Young Leaders Symposium II (Vienna 1998), the ICCC conference (Sweden 1998) and the Asia Europe Young Leaders Symposium III (Seoul 1999). Nalinee Taveesin studied economics at St. Mary's College of Maryland and communication at Sukhothai Thammathirat University and Regent University, where she received her Ph.D. She is an expert on the impact of technology on people.
Who has more details of the nature of her links with Zimbabwe and how the basis of the blacklisting arose?
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I was clearing out some old magazines and came across this article. I recalled this thread, and thought it might be useful.
There are some good photos with the article which was in the monthly Music supplement. If you want copies of the article with the photos, please send me a pm.
The whole archive of the Guardian + Observer is now available on-line, but there is a fee for access. In that way you'd probably get a pdf of the article.
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Remember this rule and I'll love you to bits:
"Belonging to it" is NOT written "it's".
If it has an apostrophe in front of the "s",
Does it mean "it is"? The answer is yes.
"Belonging to it" is easy to call:
It's "its" - no apostrophe, no none at all.
I came across this rhyme some years ago in a graduate magazine. There was no copyright acknowledgement, so I give none here. I can give reference to the source if asked. I'd been meaning to drag this into an appropriate thread or start a separate one for some time, but this seems as good an opportunity as I'll get.
I have made a slight addition, as in the original, there was no comma at the end of line 3.
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Middle East, Australia. No problem as has been pointed out.
But what about those 2 big continents across the Indian Ocean? one hot, usually, and one cold, always.
I'm in English Midlands right now but could soon be in Southern Africa for a time, via Bangkok!
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I've received a reply from BBC:
Thanks for your e-mail. We have raised this issue with our market data
supplier, FTSE Interactive Data, but they have not yet managed to
resolve this issue. I will press them again on this issue.
Regards
Tim Weber
Business editor
BBC News - interactive + radio http://bbc.co.uk/business
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 28 April 2008 10:41
To: NewsOnline SiteProblems
Subject: Site Problems
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COMMENTS:
On the currencies page, the value of the Thai Baht has not been changed
for about 2 weeks. This seems strange. What's the problem?
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OK
I'll send a message to their webmaster. It seems unusual. I've not seen it happen before, and I'm a regular checker of several currencies I need to keep a check on. The rate given seems to reflect the rates for bank transfers when I need to make them.
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I've seen no reference to the fixing of the rate, but the rate for 2 weeks now has been 62.2 to £, 49.8 to €, and 31.4 to $. (Source: BBC Business website)
I googled and found a link on 27 Feb to a denial by Thai finance minister that the rate would be fixed. That seems to be what's happened, but no apparent threads on TV.
So can all TV Forex experts out there please explain what's going on? Or is it just a peculiar phase. Seems there are opportunities for a quick profit by taking advantage of other rate changes. I wish I had the spare funds to start with.
Whilst I'm here, another question. Will the Oz dollar increase in value any further?
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Before anyone else comments, I intended to note the photo is of a snake and not a lizard, but my point stands, I think.
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Very nice!
cheers
Especially the first as tonight's episode of Sir David Attenborough's latest opus contains scenes in Bangkok to illustrate urban invasion by geckos. All that humanity: just right for a lot of insects. Yum Yum.
For TVs not in UK his latest series is entitled 'Life in Cold Blood', and this episode was about lizards. Last week it was about frogs.
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Well I have just watched this video and I do seem to remember my parents having this composition in their grammar phone collection.
Er, what sort of phone collection is that?
I liked jelly and still do, but was not keen on blancmange, even if my mum made it. Some flavoured ones were ok. I must try to make some myself.
If talking about a group, I've never heard of them. Have i been deprived?
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I tried to edit the title to 'Deborah Kerr dies', in case readers of item did not yet know. It was only reported 4 hours ago. But editing titles appears not to be possible.
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News items in UK are featuring excerpts from King & I, such as the track on teachers learning from students. Does this create problems in Thailand when transmitted on BBC World, CNN, etc? Especially when the King is sadly ill at present.
My understanding is viewing is only allowed to bona fide film students. Or do they let it be in the circumstances, even perhaps with discussions on Thai TV bulletins about it?
I'm curious. Or am I being cynical?
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A thought. I'm assuming I'm thinking of the same place. That's by Regency Hotel and Honey Plaza in Soi 22. Right? I'll mention it to my contacts in that neck of the woods, and see what they say.
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This all reminds me of the scandals a few years back of holiday bookings on costa brava etc of hotels not yet built.
I may be in the market for a condo or other property (house?) next year. It seems I should do what I was thinking of anyway and go for a completed property. I saw one advertised by Robinson mall.
But truth to say I'd prefer a place not so near to the wild night life (I like it, some of it anyway, but not all the time) and expensive shops and I don't fancy high rise anyway. A Thai friend has a condo on SW outskirts which is rather nice (top - 8th floor), in Bangkron Thich. It's 20-30 mins out near a nice pleasure park on the N side of the main road.
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What a hassle,if your not so bothered about the number,....l...
but I am, and more so the convenience of a simcard before immigration. I've had a reply now from DTAC which is clear enough this time. I only need now to arrange a small top up. So i think it's solved.
I also wanted to highlight the strange lingo of the advisor.
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I've had this correspondence with DTAC, which I think and hope explains itself, apart from the DTAC official's weird English! I think I've understood the new lingo, but am not sure. Is anyone on TV familiar with this scheme (please see extract in bold) that requests a 50B fee? If so what do I need to do now, if anything? I think the most might be a further small top-up, as I've suggested. I'm not hopeful of a fully understandable response from the DTAC enquiry service. I think my query could have also been expressed a little more clearly.
Are details of this scheme available in English on any site, as I saw nothing on DTAC's site? I think their site is strangely designed. (Actually so is 02's in UK, which I think is not at all well designed.)
Many thanks for anyone with some advice in normal English. I've not yet replied to the last message from DTAC.
Extracts from emails with DTAC:
I do not recall the time limit of my last top up,
> and am currently outside Thailand. Please advise, so I know if I need
> to get a new top up card when I arrive back.
Dear Sir,
> We would
> like to inform you that as we checked to your mobile phone number 085
> xxxxx25 will be cancelled on 07/06/2007. You can refill balance via
> internet banking if you are member of Thailand bank or assign someone
> in Thailand refill balance to you when stayed in oversea.
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> Best Regards
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> E - Service Division
This was done and a request for confirmation elicited the following response
Dear Sir,
We appreciate to inform you that as we checked to your mobile phone number 085 xxxxx25 have the remaining balance about 315.06 Baht and will be expired on 05/07/2007.
Best Regards ,
E - Service Unit
I did not realise that it would expire again so soon. Is that the credit only that will expire? Do I need to put more in to keep it alive for longer, and how much is needed to extend to 3 months?
Will the number also be cancelled on 5/7/07, or will that now be ok again for longer, even if the credit has expired? The previous expiry of 6/6/07 was longer than the credit, which must have expired some months ago, and was very little anyway.
All this is probably on the DTAC website but I did not see it.
Maybe I should have let it expire and buy another card when I come next, now probably in August!
Dear Sir,
Your number will be expired on 05/07/2007 and this period you can still keep number and remaining balance but will be cancelled again on 19/08/2007 if you did not refill for a long time and this time, your remaining balance and number wil be also deleted.
Please kindly be adviced you that we provide Simple package which suitable for someone who use for more recieving call and the rate will be charged you 2 baht/minute and user will recieve day to 365 days after applied and refilled balance.For example; if you applied on 09/06/2007 and refill balance about 20 baht after applied, your number will be expired on 09/06/2008. Application ways, you can contact 1678 DTAC call center or reconfirm to us via [email protected] for apply with 50 baht for enrollment fee.
Best Regards ,
E - Service Unit
Your offer seems ok. I'll still have to get a friend to pay in the 50 baht, but I may not be able to arrange that before the 5 July. How can this amount be paid? The same way as the 300 baht was paid? Will I also need to arrange another top up?
Apart from some sms and some local calls I tend to use a Hatari Phonenet card for overseas calls to UK and South Africa, which cost 5 or 6 baht per min, but 11 baht to mobiles in South Africa. What would be any extra charge by DTAC after paying for the new package?
Will you also please send details in Thai of your last reply and to this email to:
Dear Sir,
For Simple package changing, you can confirm your changing purpose to us again and 50 baht for enrollment fee will be deducted from the remaining balance in your number. After we applied to you, we will inform you for refilling which you maybe refill as the same way before. For oversea calling, please kindly be adviced you that if you use Hatari card for call to over, you should to use with landline phone better due to mobile phone using is charged higher rate . Anyway, we have also sent email in Thai about promotion changing and refilling as your request with in below.
Best Regards ,
E - Service Unit
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I'm using the latest version of firefox I've been able to download, I had to abandon Safari some time ago as it was no longer working, and could not download latest version.
I could also try IE again, but I eventually settled on Firefox as it behaved the best generally.I'm reading this in the libray so will have to come back on the version no.
I still need a new machine!