MadMuhammad

20 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Would be more of an eye opener if they talked about their use of cocaine.

A couple beers and a bump

go hand in hand 

54 minutes ago, Dazinoz said:

Not necessarily if you need to work on a circuit. I have seen one phase of a 3 phase breaker arc weld shut so one phase was alive when breaker open. Could happen on single phase breaker. Luckily electrician working on the device checked all phases before working on it.

 

Circuit breaker to protect circuit, knife switch great to see fully isolated.

The breaker must have mis-sized for the potential trip current. The kA rating determines how much current the breaker will carry under fault conditions 

You do understand the fuses and breakers protect the cable and nothing else right? ‘Upgrading’ fuses without knowing your cable ratings is asking for trouble 

please be sure to check 

On 12/28/2019 at 12:00 PM, DannyCarlton said:

Won't be banned unfortunately. Just pay the fine. Next time try roadside negotiations. 20k baht max, 10k baht for a good negotiator.

5K the last 2 times I’ve been harassed. They started @ 20K both times. 
No breath test but I had had 1 beer and they smelt it on my breath. I paid the cash because I couldn’t be arsed going to the police station 

22 minutes ago, racket said:

What a f*king disgusting world we are living in, sometimes..

What’s disgusting about it!?

35 minutes ago, NewlyMintedThai said:

Caveat emptor.  Takes two to tango.

I’ve seen 2 positive tests 10 days apart from girls that work in bars here in Pattaya. It’s out there and it’s not controlled by ‘we test our girls’ 

4 minutes ago, Momofarang said:

Are they HIV testing this kind of places?

HIV testing any bar/gogo/massage is hot and miss ???? 

What a complete tool. They walk among us 

47 minutes ago, balo said:

I hope robblok and his mates reads this before it's too late. 

I used HGH at low dosage after a pretty horrific motorcycle accident, it worked wonders for me.

If you have something like cancer it can accelerate it growth along with what Rich died of. 

Robblok saying it does no damage is a bit of a stretch I get where he is coming from. While a ‘therapeutic’ dose can be beneficial anything abused can and does have massive negative side effects 

16 hours ago, The Theory said:

”Just change Thai baht to your currency notes in SuperRich and bring the money with you in the plane. The cheaper way for change and fees.” 
 

As far as I know $15000 cash without report is allowed. 800,000 will be more than $26000. 

 

You can just declare it with no issues. It’s to stop money laundering not Personal cash transport 

10 hours ago, Ventenio said:

sometimes I wonder what kind of person I would be if I was born in Thailand.  I don't know if my personality is hardwired, probably not.  If it is, I would have gone to America at the age of 18 and came back to Thailand at 50.  But then what if then came back and everyone I knew here was poor?  

 

yea, i see people constantly stressing over 20 baht and i'm sure they have no idea to get out of this poverty well.  education is the absolute basic necessity...  you need the will.  that means going to where the money is.  that's Bangkok.  

I think the same. I was born into a struggling ‘low class’ family back home. Manual labourers and non-skilled workers in a regional town. 
I spent most of my life from 14 up until my mid 20’s working dead end jobs, working night club doors and partying with no plans for the future. If I had $100 in the bank at anytime it was a surprise. 
 

I vividly remember the night I looked at a 60 year old crowd controller still working 2 jobs to make ends meet and him thinking he was winning and decided I didn’t wanna be like that. 
I quit my day job and went back to school to upskill. I got a mature age apprenticeship after 6 months of working for nothing to get my foot in the door. I then worked for less then $5 an hour while still working nights just to get qualified and the chance to make some money. 
 

I finished my apprenticeship early and moved to metropolitan Melbourne for diversity of work and the chance to move forward in the trade. 
within 6 years I owned my own car & bike, had cash I’m the bank and had just built a million dollar home. 
 

I realise those kind of money opportunities aren’t readily available So much in Thailand but I’d like to think in any situation I would find a path to success no matter the obstacle. I have the track record to prove it 

On 12/19/2019 at 8:15 PM, tom in bangkok said:

Pepsi max -- no question. I've had people mix equal parts soda water and coke (full sugar) with tons of ice for me and I enjoyed it, but I think pepsi max is the way to go.

 

Have you tried with ginger?

Pepsi Max, Jameson & fresh lime. Oh my what a taste sensation! 

4 hours ago, Headgame said:

I guess it's me but I don't understand why every one wants to get married, quickly or not. It's 2019 guys.
 

Lucky me - neither my lady or myself have any interest in getting married.
We're both divorced and don't want to ruin a perfectly good relationship.

 

I have made provision for her in my will and that covers off the only concern both of us have. She is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

 

 

 

um, visa....... 

14 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I was bored one Sunday in 2015 afternoon in the UK, and went on Thai friendly. Met many gold diggers (as expected) and one that caught my eye, not a great deal younger than me , 14 years, school teacher, divorced (abusive Thai hi-so husband) , not a great looker, but ok to me (same me I may add). Met her for a month. Got on well, married after 3 weeks in that month. Now live in Thailand together for 4 years and have one daughter. She's a great cook, cleans the house twice a day. Works if we are ever short of cash. She likes same stuff as me, silly stuff like collecting toys and tv like stranger things and LOTR/hobbit (yeah, daft of thai soap also, but give her a little leeway !!). Some will say mad to marry after 3 weeks, but this lady is the most suitable lady I have ever met in my life.

 

So yes, it does happen sometimes. If you are lucky.

 

How for the tricky part in years ahead of actually getting her past uk immigration !

 

 

 

My gf and I found each other on ThaiCupid, and we have a similar experience to you. 

When we met she was working at a law firn in BKK and I was in Pattaya. So we met a few times for dinners etc and communicated on Line, messenger etc for a few months. I was to fly back to Oz for 6 weeks to finalise the sale of my property and and move my furniture. After 3 days back in home I signed my house over via power of attorney to a friend and flew back to Thailand. 

She comes from a middle class family but like your wife her everyday life is about saving money and not wasting needlessly. She works and gives me money towards rent/utilities/food and pulls her weight. She's funny, has the same personality as I do (which is rare cos I'm a lunatic) and my family love her. We've been together over a year now and will be getting married in the new year.

20 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

Which scam?? It's just a checkpoint! If you have the required documents, it's just a 1 minute stop, then you get a "thank you" and you are back on your way.

 

I bet there is more in the story that was is posted in the OP. And don't tell me that he found nobody to translate his ticket at the Pattaya Police Station ! 

I get an apology as well every now and then 

You admit that you did wrong but because ‘you don’t feel guilty’ you should be let off. 
you messed, got busted and wanted to make things difficult for yourself. Go pay the fine and learn a lesson or don’t, up yo you 

1 hour ago, steve187 said:

m/cycles are 100 baht a year + one years insurance at 300 odd baht, 

I just paid tax on my Aerox and Ducati. Aerox 850ish, Ducati 950ish. 

1 hour ago, steve187 said:

m/cycles are 100 baht a year + one years insurance at 300 odd baht, 

I just paid tax on my Aerox and Ducati. Aerox 850ish, Ducati 950ish. 

9 hours ago, Denim said:

Better yet either ban or put tighter controls on these addictive games.

How’s that working out for illicit drugs so far? 

4 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Do a bit more reading on this strategy in other threads on the forum. Sure you might make a few bucks on the money back in Oz, but you have peace of mind letting the money sit in a Thai bank. You only have to have one cock up transferring funds in one month and they can deny your extension of stay. That could be as simple as a wrongly coded transfer. Interest rates are that low in Oz you won't be getting much from any bank. No doubt the share market can give a better return and other schemes even more'. When I think about this I ask myself that as I get older do I want more hassles or less? More risk or less? 

If you managed to get 10% return on the 40k dollars that's 4k a year or about 80 bucks a week or roughly 1600 baht. Take of any fees and/ or taxes and it might be say 1200 baht a week. Don't forget to subtract the small interest the Thai deposit is paying you and you might end up 1000 baht a week in front. That's IF you can get 10%. Do the numbers at a more realistic 5% (which is a more realistic number but still non bank with risk).

Is it really worth the hassle for a carton of grog and a couple of packets of smoke a week?

Good luck whichever way you decide to go.

The best I’ve found for transfers is TransferWise and the charge $25 per xfer for equivalent 70000 baht. So there’s another 500thb a month 
By your rough calcs that’s back to under 1000 a week 

Plus the added risk of a cock up over the 800K in the bank method