StevieAus

We have a Thai friend who is a lift mechanic he seems to spend a lot of his time carrying out maintenance on lifts but then again he might be telling us BS.

Thanks much appreciated

I started this thread as we are visiting Sydney for a couple of weeks next month and wanted something to use whilst there. I also have a friend there who I call periodically who only has a mobile and doesn’t use the internet Wi-Fi etc so cannot use Messenger etc. I have been looking for something to use from here instead of phone cards could I use Amaysin?

Only if there is an offence dealing with “ theft by finding”.

Your confusing us with our friends across the Tasman

I wouldn’t hold your breath, I suspect that the only one who will be charged will be the officer who kicked one of them in the head.

Companies don’t worry about who is in control as long as they have the right environment for trade that’s what capitalism is all about. In any event many are already locating to Vietnam as it is a lower cost base.

I think the article states that his girlfriend is in the UK

I have held dual nationality and passports from from the UK and Australia for almost 50 years without being questioned. My wife has Thai/ Australian. My daughter Thai/ Australian/UK

Never experienced Immigration in any country including Thailand asking to see a Visa for the country you are intending to visit. Airlines yes because if you are denied entry they have to fly you back.

They might prevent pregnancy but in my experience prevent anything else happening. Pass

Very interesting,thanks.

So are the football supporters from various teams who over the years have, wrecked trains, shops and had running battles with their opposing side and the police “ far- right” as many seem to be violent thugs.

I speak very little Thai but the issue is I think, that while some foreigners think their Thai is too a high standard it is not spoken the way Thais speak. I suspect that it is for a number of reasons, tonal, the fact that in the North for example Lana is used more than National Thai and people in different areas have there own accent and slang similar perhaps to what occurs in the UK. We have a friend who claims to speak Thai well but my wife and one our friends cannot understand him and tell him to speak English to them as both speak fluent English.

If the electricity system in house is properly installed with breakers, safety switch etc as is my house the chance of a fire is negligible. If it does occur and the house is concrete the roof beams steel and the floors tiled, what is going to burn ?

You are so right missed that must learn to read to the end despite the small print.

That might be ok if you have been visiting the UK not every passenger arrives from that country. Compare it with the price in Thailand for relevance.

Well here is is your answer and it’s not smart arse. The first line should should give you the clue if the article was written here they wouldn’t say “British tourists heading abroad” this site takes articles from elsewhere and this article was most likely from a publication in the UK.

I contracted pneumonia a few years ago after Influenza A, was promptly treated and recovered. My wife had a rota cuff tear repaired six months ago, again fully recovered. The medical treatment here in Thailand is excellent cannot imagine why it would be better in the UAE. I will send him the names of our doctors at Chiang Mai Ram hospital.

Thai post do a pretty good EMS one day delivery service and some post offices open on Sunday. A few years ago I sent a package EMS on a Saturday morning and it was delivered 150kms away on a Sunday.

That might be okay with Amazon where the goods come from a central location and they have a pretty sophisticated system. However in Thailand many of the items advertised on sites such as Lazada come from individual and often small companies not Lazada itself. Ii can imagine someone living in Chiang Rai ordering an item located in Phuket and the cost of getting it delivered in one day. Also in the example I have quoted the distance is approximately double the length of France

So what culture is it that allows it to happen elsewhere around the world and far from isolated cases

Re the your last sentence that can happen in any country or with any woman and of course we all change over time “ familiarity breeds contempt”

I think you are pretty spot on with the online shopping it is certainly convenient and you can locate what you want without searching through the shops and the delivery fee here is very small. I will not buy clothes online but my wife does for herself and our daughter.

There has been a similar problem in Australia where cane toads we’re introduced in Queensland to control beetles in the cane fields. They are out of control and spreading south. Similarly, early English settlers introduced rabbits and foxes with devastating consequences.