Golden Triangle

Let me at that trough !!

19 hours ago, webfact said:

He probably sees how our country can become competitive in proposing 4am closings for just international tourist destinations, not the whole country,” Preechawut said, noting that supporting businesses such as taxi drivers would also benefit.

Maybe while they are looking at it they may want to consider scrapping the big Buddha days in tourist destinations where bars have to close for anything from 24 to 48 hrs, totally screwed up idea that is. Just my humble opinion.

Hopefully it will work a little better than the 90 day reporting and TM30 app, but then again who cares...........

So how's the bad back from a few months back ? you seem to have gotten over that hurdle and banging away as usual, good man.

I am also living the dream, I have a lovely woman, she looks after me 24/7 and has done for the last 8 years, so we're both lucky buggers eh ???? 

Again, I shake my head in disbelief of this backward religion, ok, not the religion, in this case the morally corrupt participants. 

Stupid boy Pike, get to a Dr you Muppet, do you have a rash on your body ?

More like a cabbage if you ask me................

Mr. Papung

297 Moo 4, Sasalin

Wiang Papao

Chiang Rai, Thailand

57170

I would write it like this, very simple & easy.

1 hour ago, Vacuum said:

Most, if not all browsers has an option to block pop ups. This sounds to be an ad though.

It is, it's a video ad, it opens a small window bottom right of the screen, only happens on Thai Visa Forum, the only way to get rid of it is to open another page on TVF.

I have Pop Up blocker active on Windows 10 & I think I have it on Malwarebites as well. I think it has been added by the owners of TVF.

I'm getting them on my Samsung Laptop, most annoying as sometimes there is no X to click on and close ????

At least my ex (1st one) only ever brought my dinner to the pub, and very nice it was too...................

On 8/18/2019 at 12:54 AM, Crossy said:

This is our main water filter, all our water goes through this on the way to our 2,500L tank.

 

 

Inside is a simple poly filter that takes out the crunchy bits. Filter elements are about 300 Baht 

https://www.homepro.co.th/homePro/th/Plumbing-Equipment-Year-End-Sales-Water-Purifiers-Filter/PURE-PP-91010-FILTER/p/217598

I admit I only actually change the element when the flow becomes too low to re-fill the tank in a sensible time.

 

We use the water for everything except drinking and cooking.

 

We also have a Filtex RO unit for drinking water. 

We have a similar setup at the house I am renting, I took the filter out and found this, the landlord has since installed another filter that can be back flushed every couple of months with a saline solution and clean water.

1 hour ago, brokenbone said:

no, the fun ended many years ago,

the constant thai sniping is a mania,

a mental illness, and the vast majority

of the coffin dodgers on tvf suffers from it

And if I'm not mistaken from your previous posts you are one of us lol ????

I wonder which one of their kids made the model ? ????

20 hours ago, GalaxyMan said:

It was in my house! Most likely my great hunter cat bringing me another trophy to approve. Is it at all poisonous? I worry about my cat 'cooking' it if/when she catches it again.

I don't know where you are located but there is a Facebook group here called snakes of Pattaya, if you take a pic and post it on there they will usually identify it in a few minutes, one or two of the members will also come and relocate any dangerous ones for free of charge, I believe they have groups located in other parts of Thailand, I recommend that you or anyone else check them out for future reference. ????

I'm glad I took the time to watch the video, a lot of salient points were made by those members and guests of the FCCT, the 4 representatives of the Immigration Police were not all that well prepared and the usual mantra of we want to keep you safe & other BS were dragged up time and time again, they have no excuse for the overlap of TM6, 90 Day reporting and now the TM30 !! All in the name of National security.

Whether they take the concerns back to the higher ups remains to be seen but the idea from the Australian Chamber of Commerce about a Pink ID card for long time stayers was a good idea, if you haven't watched the video yet have a look from minute 33 onwards, the immigration people were (I think) out of their depth.

3 hours ago, Artisi said:

if all those long term expats who do or should do TM30 and are complaining,  packed their bags tomorrow and left Thailand - the amount of "money drying up" would account for <deleted!> in the overall scheme of things, plus a lot less work for immigration.

 

Immigration make the hard work for themselves by requiring a stupid amount of photocopies all duly signed by the applicant and then filed away in file B1N, I have zero sympathy for them, this is the 21st century, computers do all that now and keep zillions of records on something the size of a thumbnail.

Immigration made their own bed, up to them if they continue to lie in it, I remember when microfiche came out, what a game changer that was, the Thais haven't even caught onto that yet, there's a money making idea for some up & coming sales person ????

He was probably busy organising the next coup, these things don't organise themselves you know ????

1 minute ago, brain150 said:

In a GLOBAL recession all currencies fall ... and the US Dollar, Pound and Euro are heading for a big cliff !!!

Winter is coming - and it's going to be a very cold one !!!

Fair point ???? My £ has already collapsed compared to 8 years ago, I reckon I am down about 20 k Baht a month at the moment and probably about to get worse due to the kerfuffle over BREXIT.

If (and that's a big IF) we get away with a relatively clean break from the EU it may recover slightly and if we avoid a recession it could claw back a few more % points. Not holding my breath though, Blue doesn't suit me ????  

2 hours ago, MartiniMan said:

Told you so!! Check my post history!

The writing is on the wall and after reading the economic stimulus plan today - after I caught my breath from laughing so hard and making sure I hadn't missed something I can tell you all to short it to zero!!!!

Within the next year Thailand will erase a decade of economic development and reset its country.

There is no stimulus plan. It's like scribbles from a remedial student. 

The country is wealthy in natural abundance but amazingly its been ruined in just a short decade. Tourism is the heart of the GDP and without it there really isnt any industry to be excited about.

Tourism is down - way down. It wont come back

We take the stairs up and elevator down. There is biased blindness by nationals throwing their money in the fire right now but foreign investors know its over

Future puts traded yesterday record volume 5 billion contracts and moved over 50% in a day. In laymen terms bets on the stock market going down are at a all time high

Its over. There is no recovery. Stimulus doesn't exist. EEC is a fable. There will be no train line until 2030 when this mess has finally basined out and the public demand a capitalist takes control.

So, in plain English for us that don't understand, is this good or bad for expats and our exchange rates ? TIA.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

The man has been charged with illegal entry into Thailand and having no passport and is now in immigration detention. 

What the brand spanking new bio-metrics machines never twigged him ?? Unforgivable, send the useless junk back to whoever sold it to you........ It wasn't China was it ?

Just having a giggle guys, don't get serious about where it came from ????

19 hours ago, webfact said:

The premier commented further, that parliamentary affairs are another issue and that all parties should join hands and perform for the benefit of national and public interests.

Maybe they can all sit in a circle holding hands and singing Kumbaya while the country goes to wrack & ruin 

15, I joined the army, parents were against it but duly signed the release believing I would be back in a couple weeks, I finally decided that I had had enough of being ordered about at age of 27 or 28, but........... I had a wonderful career did some great stuff and visited some interesting places and tried to kill people before they killed me ???? 

When on leave I would go and stay at home, treat mum & dad to a meal out and pay generously for my keep, they are both dead now, dad at 59, mum at 77, miss em both and I have a photo on my desk with me and my siblings with me parents in front of me now - Happy days.