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This was the news a few months ago, I am sure there must be more current problems to report.
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Brake failure........ Thailand must be the only country in the world that has this printed on Police reports, simply tick the box and report completed. Don’t bother about checking vehicles, check the Drivers, they are the sole cause of the deaths which we see reported every day.
I look at the news and every day it is the same, nothing is likely to change so to those of you who care, drive safely .
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I can’t say that I am surprised, avoidance of conflict is an ingrained trait that all Thais seem to inherit. This is admirable in some instances but it very quickly turns into an inability to acknowledge responsibility for their actions leading to instances like this.
As an outsider I can only comment, my criticisms fall on deaf ears so all I can do is accept that “ this is Thailand “
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They are playing this down as a mild disease, I have had it and I assure you it is not.
It started in the beginning of July and for a couple of days was the most painful thing I have ever experienced, from my eyelids to my toes every time I moved it hurt. Sweat poured out of me even running down my shins when I stood, three kg weight loss over two days despite a large intake of fluids. My Doctor took one look and gave me one injection and a course of tablets for a few days and just said it will be OK.
Over the next month it did improve but I still feel tired easily and nearly three months later I would only rate myself as 80% of my previous fitness.
Age plays a large part in recovery but even so it is not an insignificant illness so use the bug spray and clean up your garden.
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44 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:
Guaranteed - in every single thread about high speed trains someone brings up the "Thais at crossings" thing. High speed rail has no level crossings anywhere in the world. It is either elevated or ground level and completely fenced off - no crossings. It also prevents livestock wandering on to the track.
Do people really not understand this?
You do realise that you are in amazing Thailand where they even steal the pins that secure the rails to the sleepers, they will probably steal the fence.
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A train driver of a high speed train has hundreds of lives in his hands and deserves a decent pay. My biggest worry when these trains finally arrive is the quality of the track and the habit of pickup drivers trying to beat the train at crossings, 200 plus kph will make an awful mess.
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I see what you mean, I just checked the prices and compared them to Macro or Tesco Lotus. I bought two kilos of belly pork to make respectable bacon for 134b a kilo. Pangasius/Dory 96b best cut, 79b with belly flap left on.
1 hour ago, SteveK said:You must be joking! 474 baht for ONE FILLET!
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That car would be an insurance write off in Australia, salt water and the electrical system do not mix very well. Living in the Wide Bay Area with the famous beaches and Fraser Island this is a common occurrence and I have seen the results of salt water corrosion happening within a week.
Alternator, air conditioning compressor, power steering pump all live low down in the engine bay and a good soaking in salt water ruins them, advice is sell it quickly.
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Pangasius is known as Basa in Australia and despite numerous sensational exposes sells very well for about A$10 / 200baht per kilo in the Supermarkets, it is catfish by any other name and is raised in pretty murky waters. Having said that I buy a packet of four fillets every week for about 90 baht at Macro, dusted with tempura flour, dipped in beaten egg then coated with small seasoned breadcrumbs and fried in good oil and butter until golden colour. My other half always calls it Dory and demands that I do it at least once a week, served with steamed mixed vegetables and a fresh sliced tomato from our garden it passes as a pretty good meal.
I have tried battering the fillets but they do not firm up like Cod or Shark, maybe cutting them into smaller portions would help.
I have a local cafe doing fish and chips every Friday for 300baht, that is currently A$15 roughly three times the price I pay in Queensland where the waiter earns 400baht per hour not per day and the fish was swimming in the Ocean the day before.
Eating Thai food is perfectly satisfactory and economical but I still get the cravings for home food, silly isn't it.
P S Heinz salad vinegar and black pepper on the vegetables is a great addition.
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I was on HMS Tiger when Smith and the UK Gov held talks for a peaceful solution to the gradual handing over of power to Africans.
These of course were a failure and Mugabe and Nkomo gained power, interesting to note that Nkomo fled the country soon after and moved into the Savoy or Dorchester in London never daring to return.
Mugabe surrounded himself with his tribal cronies and destroyed all opposition and through so called land distribution destroyed the country’s ability to feed itself, the rest of Africa and the UK did nothing at all to stop him.
Politics in Africa are very strange to Westerners, tribal loyalties are very much the main focus and regardless of the actions will always prevail.
His overthrow was just a changing of the Jockey, the Horse will continue on the same path of corruption and destruction, just keep sending your aid monies, Mercedes need replacing often.
PS if you wish to be PC , he was a heroic native leader who wrested power from the evil white colonial masters and returned the country to the people, .....allowing them to starve.
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Read the whole article, it has not been passed and will, if passed only affect a very few people.
pro is that it will enable people to get rehab easier. Con is that it might increase crime by the desperate addicts
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If you consider yourself a friend have a large drink ready for him when he gets back, visa run in a van = Russian roulette by road.
bangkok to Kuala Lumpur by air is very frequent and if you pick the times very cheap and SAFE
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I got one in Kohn Kaen last year for turning through a red light. Read the ticket and it tells you that you can pay at K bank and they stamp and give you a receipt, I don’t remember having to do anything else.
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An unsafe bus driven at an unsafe speed by a unsafe driver, who will be held responsible for the inevitable crash, probably the wet road. T I T
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For heavens sake get to a Doctor, I am still getting over what I thought was Dengue but turned out to be chikagunya, equally as painful.
No real treatment for it apart from treating the symptoms, muscular and joint pain from My eyelids to my toes.
The Doctor gave me one injection and two types of tablets for pain which helped greatly and now two months later I only have tablets for fluid retention.
I am still not 100% and feel fatigued very easily , also swollen feet and lack of grip especially opening screw top bottles.
My local pharmacist is a very knowledgeable young lady and she tells me that the symptoms can last for six months or more, age is a factor in recovery and seeing that I have exceeded the three score and ten I can’t complain.
The cost of two visits to the Doctor, injection and initial tablets was 800 baht, further tablets from pharmacy another 120 baht.
Get to a Doctor....Now....please.
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Every time I read of someone being executed in the United States I am amazed at the date of the crime, often over half a lifetime ago.
After all that time it makes me wonder if the death sentence is a deterrent or continued imprisonment is a greater punishment.
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Don’t try leaving from Krabi, one minute overstay is 500baht.
Airport and Town Office are only a few kilometres apart but attitudes are totally different.
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This chap will not last very long, he actually told the TRUTH ! that will never do.
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2 minutes ago, Kadilo said:
Many thanks. I shall use this too and pop into Kasikorn to confirm.
Note that the very helpful teller in SCB had no idea what this code meant,
maybe take a copy of this conversation and make them aware, also if possible get them to put this explanation in writing on a bank letterhead.
Good luck...PJ
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I think it was in this forum before 5 July.
The MCL0001 only appears on my SCB bank statement that I obtained for Immigration, with the information that I copied my I O was happy and passed everything. The below image is as I copied it, prior to 5 July would be your start point for further info.
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Good grief ! , Joe being given the run around, you would think Immigration would give him a free pass as the info he gives on here would save them years of frustration, however, TIT
This report makes me value my local office all the more.
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38 minutes ago, steve73 said:
Failed... It was coded as Dummy Branch - MCL0001.. i.e. Domestic transfer...
edit.. perhaps should have added.. that was to Kasikorn.
Check what MCL0001 means, I found the meaning on here posted by another and according to Kasikorn it means “ international fund transfer from other bank with API system “
This was acceptable to my IO last month.
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Lets keep this light hearted, no need to attack the frog eaters or the rost bif. At school I was forced to learn French, German and Latin, French seemed terribly hard and surprisingly German was the easiest, I’ll save my comments about Latin for another day.
France is a beautiful country, it’s architecture regarding soaring Cathederals and it’s Chateaus is really unsurpassed.
It’s countryside with the neatly tended hedgerows and tree lined roads, supposedly planted on Napoleons orders to give shade to his marching armies.
The food and it’s varieties is world famous, well worth trying.
To sum all this up France is a fabulous country, but unfortunately ruined by being full of Frenchmen who speak an unintelligible language.
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One has to admire the French for their unshakable belief in their superiority, of course they are wrong, God is an Englishman.
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Three young female students injured in motorbike fall
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This is not news, it is the norm, three on a scooter with no helmets leaving school absolutely standard. Look at any school at drop off or pickup time and despair at the kids chances of survival, also the Mums with two on the seat and toddler stood In footwell and I might add not only the Thais.
Confiscating bikes and fining parents is not going to work, getting Teachers to educate the kids is a waste of time as they are no more responsible than the kids.
I have no answers and the ideas put forward on this forum, even if they are sensible, have absolutely no chance of being heeded, once again T I T.