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We have had two cars insured with them for a number if years. I am 72 and I am sure last year they said they don't insure anyone over 71 they suggested we insured the car in my wife's name and me as a nominated driver I had a small claim recently as I clipped a car at the school in torrential rain It was all resolved and the claim was approved in a couple of hours I only had a scrape on a mag wheel which they wanted me to claim.

Re the frangipani as the original poster said notorious for this type of infection I have given up trying to treat they will keep growing and flowering burn the leaves.

I suspect the answer to your final question is that for reasons we westerners don't understand, Government Departments and even individual offices are allowed to apply their own rules. This then allows corruption to take place. The only place I have found over the years where it doesn't seem to exist is the Department of Foreign Affairs who issue Thai passports. They are very helpful and efficient,scan the documents they require and the passport is delivered to your home in two or three days at a fraction of the cost you pay in Australia or the UK.

Plenty of failed men around the world who do terrible things to women, have a look at India and some of the Muslim countries.

I think you are correct, there seems to be a belief including by posters on this site that the proposed 300 baht fee is to provide free medical/ hospital treatment for visitors, that’s not my reading of the proposal.

Obviously didn't read my post wheel chair services, aero bridge and security not handled by the airline but the airport and their staff.

To give a couple of examples of what I experienced in June, On arrival no wheel chair assistance for arriving passengers The usual chaos at Immigration and baggage retrieval including long waiting times. On departure A fellow traveler requiring wheel chair assistance waited over two hours for wheel chair assistance while staff sat around playing on their phones. The security staff were their usual rude and officious selves The aerobridge wouldn’t work resulting in passengers being held on the arriving aircraft for more than one hour. I observed three different sets of steps being brought before one set worked Qatar staff advised me that they requested that the aircraft be pushed back to one of the other gates which were and remained vacant but the airport authorities refused. I have experienced other issues in the past but unfortunately there is no easy alternative if visiting the North.

After your derogatory reference last week to those who live outside Bangkok as “ Country Bumpkins” I am sure you may be please to know that a couple of those people I have spoken to are also mourning the loss of the late Queen Elizabeth, including this one as well, for in case you didn’t know, she was our Queen as well.

Have flown Business class Thailand - UK several times and as recent as June always excellent service and reliability. As long as you can avoid Manchester Airport life should be good.

We have bought a few items through Shopee but not clothing or footwear and had no problems. I suspect it depends as it does with Lazada on the dealer you end up with.

I would never buy clothes or footwear online because sizes vary and I am a standard size. Go and buy from a store where you can try them on, that’s what we had to do before Shopee, Lazada, etc came into existence.

Very simple we provided Death TPD and Income Protection for our members. Provided by Insurance Companies. I learned a lot about Insurance Companies in nineteen years and had a Statutory responsibility to ensure that the Insurers met their obligations, which they did.

It must be peculiar to this Province as the DLT Head Office in CM accept the Pink ID as prove of address for licence renewal but the local office will not. Yet they automatically renew the licence for six years not five.

I don’t see how increasing fines is going to be a punishment as I understand many are not paid or pursued for payment.

I live in Fang Chiang Mai Province and in June made an overseas trip. On my return I called in at the local Immigration Office which I pass daily and asked if they wanted a TM 30 report. They asked for my passport printed a TM30 receipt plus a 90 day report receipt. Bizzare yes, but I just go with the flow only takes a couple of minutes.

I have lived in the North of Chiang Mai Province for about eleven years and in the last couple of weeks saw flooding never experienced before. It seems the water is now heading South a present from all of us country bumpkins.

Obviously they missed the high rise in London with flammable cladding or was someone else’s fault?

No, better to avoid such places in the first places, but again each to their own.

That is not strictly true as some banks such as the Bangkok Bank will not allow an expat who is not working , to have a credit card unless the amount of the credit limit is maintained in a separate bank account. No deductions are made from that account so it is not a debit card.

I think a lot of expats base the view on lack of action on what is observed regarding motoring offenses. The jails seem to be full so they must be arresting some people. A few years ago my wife got conned re some furniture bought online. I told her to forget about it but she persisted and the police were pretty good tracking down the culprit which surprised me. We also have a very good Thai friend who is a detective and seems pretty active. In Sydney the police are not interested in pursuing minor crimes and stopped attending home break ins more years ago than I can remember now you get a report number over the phone to lodge with your Insurer. I believe in the UK shop lifters are not charged if the amount is under something like 200 pounds, so maybe it’s a world wide problem.

If you read the article a person from the “ rescue “ service not “recovery” service dived in to bring him out. The journalist who wrote the article is probably not as precise as you and if it was originally written in Thai you may find that there is only one word or sentence that describes the procedure. Although it doesn’t help the victim hope it assists your understanding.

I make no comment as to how she died tragic as it is, because I don’t know, but it’s no fallacy that a child couldn’t die locked in a van, through heat exhaustion.

Probably something to do with the draconian defamation laws in Thailand. Even if what you publish is correct it seems you can still be convicted if the other party shows they have suffered “damage”.

I often wonder why some foreigners here want to get involved in the politics of another country outside of Thailand. I know one who seems to have an obsession about US or a particular US politician. This person is not a US citizen, has never lived there or has any connection with the US. Beggars belief !

Thats been my experience over the years sought three refunds using the online system on two occasions payment re credited within 24 hours