Andrew Dwyer
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From my observation, the Click is, by a good margin, the most popular scooter on Thailand's roads.
They must be doing something right.
In my neck of the woods it goes something like this:
Click 50%
Wave 30%
PCX. 10%
The remaining 10% made up of Scoopi, Fino, Cub and the rest minus Aerox !!
For the last 2 days ( when I started paying attention ) have not seen 1 Aerox !!
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Of course i meant the old style pound coins that went out of circulation recently.
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Sorry to jump on the bandwagon here :
But, can you cash £1 coins in as well ?, my father has a stash in his house !! -
You know you’re living with a Thai when................ you are wishing her period would come soon so you can catch up on some sleep !!
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Trying to help people who are unsuccessful at Transport office with Thai licences.
The IDP is a great option.
Would be interesting to know how people are unsuccessful at obtaining Thai license.
I came to Thailand with a UK driving license and an IDP, was stopped and asked to produce my DL several times but never asked for the IDP.
I was under the impression that my IDP was valid for 12 months but a few threads on here mentioned 90 days only so I got a Thai license.
I produced my valid Uk DL and IDP on obtaining Thai license, the IDP was ignored and stated not necessary as my DL was in English language. -
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Here’s something you don’t see everyday !!
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Even cheaper a mechanics wheeled floor jack under the diff, turn sideways and drop ..... now its someone elses problem.....
Buy a jack , pull it out into the middle of the road and drop !
Let the angry mob do the dirty work !!-
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I wonder how she "thanked" him, later that night !?
Due to the big age gap she probably thanked him by giving him the night off !! [emoji51]-
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Good man John !!
Not sure if I would have a go myself but the loss of a $1000. ( £1000 ) iPhone is enough to get the blood boiling !
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The street market near my house is a nightmare in early evening both sides of the road due to parked cars !!
The police had a crackdown, pushed the stalls that had been steadily encroaching into the road back and set up parking cones .
The cones disappeared gradually in about 2 weeks !
Ironically there is a car park at the back specifically for the market but it remains empty as they charge 10 baht !! ?
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32w is the power rating of the lamp your ballast (what it can provide) can drive, what power it uses in the process is around 12w.
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Compared to the places I've lived top ten.
1. Visas;
Brazil-very difficult
Costa Rica- difficult
US- EZ unless you weren't born there
Thailand-Retirement EZ
2.Corruption;
Brazil ***********
CR**************
US*****
TH*********
3.Paperwork;
BR******************************************************************
CR*******************************************
US********
TH**********************
4.Business;
BR****************************************************************
CR************************************************
US**********************************
TH*************
5.Two-tier pricing
BR***
CR*****************
US***
TH*******************************
6.Bar Girls don't love you
BR-Money aint for nothing, chicks for free
CR-Don't love you and cost 3X as much
US-Wives and GFs cost 10X as much
TH-don't love you but they smile and get drunk
7.Not the way I did it last time;
BR****************************************
CR****************************************
US***********
TH****************************************
8.Don't lose your cool
BR_Wake up dead/dismembered
CR- Duck/Machete
US- S&W 45
TH- 15 Stomps to the head
9. Deadly roads
BR- TH on meth
CR- Macho Latino on Guaro 151
US- Life in the fast lane
TH- No education, no situational awareness, tourist van drivers
10.Queues
BR- average 4 hours
CR- average 5 hours
US- average 10 minutes
TH- Still waiting
All in all Thailand isn't that bad if one just plans ahead and you come off your wallet to have an official get your docs from the bottom to the top of the stack.
Gotta agree with you about Brazil, waited a year and 3 months for my ID card to be ready ( used a protocol in the meantime). Then another 10 months on the 10 year renewal !!
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My fluorescents are really annoying and I would like to change them out , especially in the 3rd bedroom that has my tools etc, I can be almost in and out before it stops flickering !
Is Home Mall a chain or just in Chiang Mai ?
Plus, just checked my spare unit ( put ceiling fan in its place) and it’s a 32W lamp with a 32W Ballast, why would this be so different to your 12W ballast ?
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Yes, it’s the same story just repeated.
But that’s okay with me , a heartwarming story that is worthy of a second look IMO .-
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Thanks for that info, Andrew. Save me even thinking about trying. As for postal application...well, my nearest PO is still just a 2 minute walk from Immigration, so not worth the effort.
I considered postal application briefly but like you said, not worth the effort , Ayutthaya is rarely busy, except when a boatload of Chinese monks turn up ! ( happened to me )
At my previous IO ( Pathum Thani ) all that was required for 90 day report was your pp and TM 47. Tried this at Ayutthaya, a young girl sitting next to the old battle axe at front desk whisked my pp away, made 4 copies and charged me 20 baht .
When I got my number I was 12 and they were attending number 10 , so all over in a flash.
She printed out a new TM47 , stapled the receipt in my pp, stapled the rest onto my pile of copies ( that she never even looked at ) and pushed it to one side ready for the landfill [emoji51].
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One man tending to his field, or is it just a cheap Thai funeral ?
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See how easy it is to convert a topic about peoples posting habits to one about meat pies !!
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5 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:
No.
I am just teasing him.
Andrew knows me quite well from another topic which has come and gone.
I will admit that sometimes it is hard to get the banter right but just mention meat pies and Queensland and he will understand.
Don't keep mentioning Yatala Pie shop ! you know i would kill for one !!
Mogandave: he wants me !! after all i am a hansum man !
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I feel like starting a new thread about tire pressure, motor oil or the fine points of air conditioner service...
Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect
There was a thread recently that developed into an argument about checking tire pressures when hot as opposed to checking when cold!!
After about 2 pages of bickering I unfollowed it.
Can’t remember what the thread was about originally but it certainly wasn’t tire pressures [emoji23]-
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I’m another who gave up on Altered Carbon. !!
As many posters had abandoned it I decided to make an effort to see if I could stick with it and maybe it would come good after a while ?
Nope [emoji107], made it to episode 6 or 7 but too many flashbacks and twists and turns made it so I didn’t know who was who anymore.
Plus the main characters ridiculous “ movie voice “ started to annoy me.
Sometimes IMDB don’t always get it right !-
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The problem being that the Thai celery market has been under the control of high ranking officers for some time.
I should know as I have lived here for 30 years,know Thai,Khmer,Swahili and Lilliputian and live in a 'uge mansion with a gorgeous hiso wife who loves me to death...
Is that the sort of digression that you may be referring to,Andrew?
Exactly Ody !!
Sometimes the posters desires to make others aware that they have been here a long long time, speak Thai better than most Thai’s and are experts on every subject under the sun makes them unaware that the thread they are posting in is about the price of fish or some other mundane subject !!
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Tourists run for their lives as fire sweeps through Indian restaurant kitchen in Pattaya
in Pattaya News
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Wonder if it was a Beagle [emoji51]
Sorry [emoji20]