SimpleChap

1 hour ago, NanLaew said:

...and had a bike driving license.

And now a lonely cop at the entrance of makro stops every bike to check if they have a driver license?

You always need to have the last word don't you?

In other news today:

The majority of citizens of any country on this planet has never read their constitution.

3 minutes ago, Aachen said:

What is a VPN App for Android? VPN is already built in on Android. And: VPN has no influence on orientation of pictures, it is just a tunnel for IP connections.

 

Are we talking about the same? What do you mean by VPN App???

A VPN already built in on Android?

You learn something new every day on this forum.

17 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

Give it time. The Chinese are setting up in the US now with pay rates of $15 an hour. I was making that almost 23 years ago when I retired. Its all part of the Make America Great Again program. 

Did you never realise that the constant union fights to get higher wages and working less hours makes the end product more expensive, hence the need for a further pay increase because you can't afford to buy those now expensive items any more, which will get again more expensive after the next pay rise,.................

But at the end of the day it also kills your exports because it forces you out of the market since your exports are too expensive, and you will start importing from cheaper producing countries, which in return will force the local producers to close down and fire the employees. Then, no wages any more.

So yes the only way to make America, or any other western country for that matter, great again is by lowering the pay rates.

2 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

No need to hide your light under a bushel, name this dastardly foreign law breaker immediately!

 

BTW, how do you know what they were being ticketed for?

No hiding at all, but I don't need to do your homework, isn't it?

Hint, he just confessed. :-)

How do I know what they were ticketed for? Becazuse I came from the south side, saw them crossing way ahead of me, and get stopped by the policeman at the entrance with ticket book in hand.

They both wore a helmet.

Ikea might have them. :Last time I was there they had a whole assortment of items in cork.

On 12/6/2016 at 11:53 PM, chickenslegs said:

I never imagined that vehicles would overtake on a solid white line near the brow of a hill or a blind bend whilst flashing their headlights for oncoming traffic to move over.

 

Then I came to live in Thailand.

And then seeing a presumably foreign member on this forum posting that he breaks the traffic law on intention just  makes you wonder why they are here in the first place.

Anyway, I passed there this afternoon, and at the entrance of makro was a policeman writing a ticket for 2 foreigners who had crossed that white line on their bikes.

14 hours ago, seancbk said:

If 15 minutes is your benchmark, I feel sorry for the women you've slept with.

You should spend at least twice that long just making sure they are ready for sex. 

 

I don't have a wife or GF, so how the paid for other party felt is the least of my worries.

2 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

 Unfortunately, many TVF males  cannot last  more than 2 minutes.

Isn't that enough? Why would you wanna sweat 15 minutes if you can reach satisfaction in just 2?

7 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

What Pattaya really needs is a highway construction project aimed at making the transition from Pattaya City over to The Dark Side possible WITHOUT having to travel on this heavily trafficked and dangerous stretch of Sukhumvit Road. Wishful thinking perhaps, ho hum !

7 hours ago, Dexlowe said:

 

Amen, brother. Let's all sing Hallelujah and praise the overpass, or pass the overpraise. The first one should be at that utter shambles at Thepprasit-Sukhumvit-Khao Talo. 

As far as I'm aware there will be 2 more tunnels, the first one at Pattaya Tai section and the second one at Thepprasit section.

What I can see so far looks as if there will be roundabouts at the Pattaya Klang section and SSCC section, which should make crossing from Klang to the dark side a non-issue.

If the other 2 tunnels are constructed I assume they will have similar round about on the top.

3 hours ago, seancbk said:

 

You obviously don't understand the power of social media.

150,000 instagram followers is impressive.  

Make that 159,000   She's obviously gaining followers from this little bit of publicity (I followed her from both of my accounts).

She has some great pics.

 

 

5 minutes ago, giddyup said:

I used the U turn for the first time to cross into Makro. You do need to be very careful, but as long as you're not playing Russian roulette, it's safe.

You play Russian roulette every time you use the u turn

22 hours ago, Pib said:

Yea, an ATM card can't be used to buy something; only withdraw from an ATM.  Need  a debit card to withdraw from an ATM "and" buy stuff.  And of course if a card is expired it won't work.

I guess that was sarcasm,if not, I had an ATM card which was not a debit card for which they want 350 Baht a year. I asked big c about this a few years before the expiry date.Hence the fact that now it is expired I'm looking for a cheaper option since I don't need the debit function and I use the card probably 5 time a year all together to withdraw money.

3 hours ago, Pib said:

At the bottom of the pages it shows the annual prices....view on a computer when you get the chance.

 

To be honest with you kinda hard to believe Big C said no to your debit card....they accept debit cards....I've used my Bangkok Bank debit card there before.  And the K-bank webstates for your debit card:

 

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• Now there are online stores and some brick-and-mortar places that will not accept a debit card, but that applies to a debit card issued by any bank.  For example just yesterday the wife and I ate at a Santa Fe restaurant here in Bangkok....handed her my farang/US credit card to pay like I done before and she asked if a "credit" card...I said yes....she processed it no problem.   While she was processing the transaction I thought to myself she probably wanted to make sure it was not a "debit" card and at the same time I saw their payment sign that said Cash And Credit Cards Only; Debit Cards Not Accepted.    Just something about debit cards that cause "some" merchants like "some" airlines and rent -a-card companies and a good amount of online stores not to accept them from "any bank."
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I think the thing is that my card which was issued 5 year ago and expired just recently wasn't a debit card.

4 minutes ago, Pib said:

Their basic debit card is Bt200/year; you got one of their pricier cards.

http://www.kasikornbank.com/EN/Personal/Debit/Pages/KDebit.aspx

 

Sounds like you got their K-My Play Debit card at Bt350/yr

http://www.kasikornbank.com/EN/Personal/Debit/Pages/KMyPlay.aspx

 

Don't know because your links are empty pages on a mobile phone but I once asked if I could pay at big c check out and the answer was negative

2 hours ago, Pib said:

The great, great majority of Thai banks (maybe all) charge around Bt200 per year for their basic debit card...and of course they have a variety of other debit cards that can get much pricier which normally come with insurance and other benefits.    Now I have a Krungsri Mee Tae Dai savings account that comes with a no annual fee debit card, HOWEVER, BUT, you must take their Bt19/mo SMS service to get the card fee of annual charge.  19 x 12 equals Bt228/yr.   Bangkok Bank charges Bt200-300 per year for their basic debit card and KrungThai Bank charges Bt180 for their basic card.  

 

Just some examples of how they tend to get  your one way or another for around Bt200/yr for the privilege of using a basic debit card.   Maybe there are some banks that do provide a basic debit card free of annual fees, but be sure you are not really paying in a different way by having to accept another fee-based service like the Krungsri Bank example I gave....and maybe you might get a no fee card if you have a premium account (i.e., LOTS of money with them) where they they get their fees in an indirect way.

 

I know if you are use to banking like in the U.S., debit cards do not have an annual fee....but that's in Kansas....we are now in Thailand.

 

 

At least they are all cheaper than Kasikorn which charge 350 Baht for a basic ATM. I'm a kasikorn customer for more than 20 years so I thought they could do better. Will have a look at bay where I have an account and tmb

Are there any banks in Thailand that offer ATM cards free of charge?

29 minutes ago, Dtrump said:

The electors have to show up to have their vote counted. 

I hope they don't get included in the death trail that follows the Clintons

9 hours ago, orchidlady said:

Not a republican but have been getting emails from right wing former republican congressmen from my area back home...they are working on getting Pence in by way of impeachment.

And your congressman just mail their future plans against the president of the USA to you ?

I only can say one thing about this.

WOW

1 hour ago, JSixpack said:

 

Overall, better. It's looking good so far. Been seeing a lot more tourists around town. Or for you Tourist Truthers, holograrms projected from hovering drones by "The Authorities" to start the High Season Simulation. Nice thing is so few Chinese tour buses on the road. Still I saw quite a lot of Chinese holograms in Central the past two times I've been in there, one of which was today. In fact, saw a few at the Hilton buffet last week pretending to spend and eat. Stunning Russian lady hologram on the promenade today--among many others, but really noticed that string bikini!

 

I'm not sure whether the TAT: TVF has cancelled the Pattaya high season yet but it might be best just to call this time of year "the cool season" only. That way, with no high season, we can avoid the annual high season ritual doom thread: "Lowest High Season Ever???"

In May this year I spoke with the owner of one of the 2 big disco's in walking street, as I know him for years already, and he told me that they had experienced the worst high season EVER since they opened.

But hey, what would he know.

And before you come back with your Chinese and Russian tourists rhetoric, I doubt that they were the golden goose either, otherwise the government would have come down so hard on the Chinese tours.

16 hours ago, webfact said:

A total of 64,056 trucks and buses were registered, marking a decrease from the same period last year by 8512 or 11.72 percent. 

I think this tells us something about the state of the economy.

Just now, onthesoi said:

 

He did'nt say he would 'think about it' prior to winning the election,  he quite clearly said he would do so....

 

There is a world of difference being 'I will'  & 'I might'.

And there is even a larger world of difference between " I will think about and give a definitive answer next time" and " I will not".

1 minute ago, onthesoi said:

16 minutes ago, SimpleChap said:

 

Are clinton supporters really that desperate that they always have to resort to LIES by twisting Trumps words, even when they are so stupid to post the real text at the same time.

 

Please tell us which part of the highlighted text you have issues with to understand.

 

Trump said that he would think about it. He listed all of the other things he wanted to and said, “I don’t want to hurt them. I don’t want to hurt them. They’re good people, and I’m going to give you a good and definitive answer the next time we do 60 Minutes together.”

 

So I take it you also understand the English you want to understand.

Trump says HE WILL THINK ABOUT and HE WILL GIVE AN ANSWER NEXT TIME.

Is that the same as, I track back on my previous statements?

Desperate democrats, no doubt, but actually you should cherish some hope that there is a possibility that your crooked hero doesn't get locked up where she belongs.

6 hours ago, Skywalker69 said:

Republicans Realize They’ve Been Had As Trump Breaks Promise To Lock Up Hillary Clinton.

 

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/13/republicans-realize-trump-breaks-promise-lock-hillary-clinton.html

Are clinton supporters really that desperate that they always have to resort to LIES by twisting Trumps words, even when they are so stupid to post the real text at the same time.

Please tell us which part of the highlighted text you have issues with to understand.

Trump said that he would think about it. He listed all of the other things he wanted to and said, “I don’t want to hurt them. I don’t want to hurt them. They’re good people, and I’m going to give you a good and definitive answer the next time we do 60 Minutes together.”

20 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

Russia says it was in touch with Trump's campaign during election

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-russia-trump-idUSKBN1351RJ

 

 

So now Russia is considered a credible source?

I never noticed that from your previous posts regarding Russia