Ryder88

thankyou  

KhunBENQ

and

hml367

i'll try that ...my mobile data is on i ll turn that off   to start with and see if it makes a difference ...   technology..sometimes more aggravation than its worth   ..

I recently ,finally bought my first iphone  . Actually a Samsung . Before I was using just a small cell phone. My service is AIS.All I really the phone for is calling. The new one is nice because there is a camera. And  more importantly the voice quality is much clearer and stronger esp. when calling overseas. But here's the problem. Before, on the old small cell, when I bought minutes and would top it off it would only use the minutes for the calling aspect.  Now on the new one it's charging me daily for internet.I don't use it in public places. ,only in my condo where I have internet provided to me, which I pay for. I put 300baht in the phone less than a week ago and it's nearly gone .I tried explaining to AIS I only want the minutes to be used for the phone , I don't want the ''internet package'' . They don't understand. Maybe I have to do something on the phone itself? Can anyone give me some advice ...It's just wasting money for nothing, It's Galaxy J2 Prime.  Thanks

11 minutes ago, maxpower said:

Ask a Thai girl to post it on Facebook. Worked for two cats found near my condo.

Thanks Max..interesting option...will try

Yes thankyou ...I just saw them online...I wrote them and said i would GLADLY  give them a generous donation

 here in Chiang Mai...walking home late last night saw a very small kitten near my home ..1am..alone in the MIDDLE  of the street.wound on neck ,no mother around .about 8 weeks old, she was crying and scared to death, shaking, undernourished . I looked like hell for the mother or where she  could've came from. Not  a clue I couldn't leave her there. So I took her in..gave her some milk . gave her a towel to sleep in...Now i know what you are thinking the mother was out there some where..I dont think so ..my security guard found a similar  very sick undernourished kitten earlier in the evening not more than 30 meters where I found this one later the same night. Now I have her here ...I have to fly to London next week I cant take her NOT A CHANCE  ,,I spoke to  the Thais in my building WOMEN ,GIRLS , MANAGEMENT OLDER THAI MEN..ETC .... their advice.... throw it in the street !  Disgusting she'd be dead in 24 hrs. Shes tiny , fit in the palm of your hand ...driving me crazy FOLLOWS ME EVERYWHERE She's adorable I mean she's a kitten! ..I bought some kitten food, but i got to take her to vet..

Can anyone guide me what I can possibly do. i cant just abandon her ..First Does anyone know a veterinarian in Chiang Mai

Is their a shelter ?  Something ?I can't have her euthanized I wont kill a kitten for crying out loud!  Anyone here in CM that would take her? I'll even buy food , kitty litter and take her to the vet...Really would appreciate any advice....again I've been asking the neighbors about it ..nothing.

In my life I've lived in alot of countries, each ,years at a time;

Honduras, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala. Cambodia, Burma  .I find thais as honest/dishonest as most other places. I walk alot and find them to be very considerate  at least in CM when I'm trying to cross the street. I also find them to more appreciative than I thought when I do a favor for one.Or sometimes thet really can be quite kind and do something nice for you for no reason, which has happened to me.

But that being said. They can be EXTREMELY spiteful and vindictive and phony . So it's a crapshoot..

Overall the worst people I've encountered based on living over a year in each country based on their warmth,kindness, honesty, welcoming strangers etc.. were , in order worst to best IMO

Ecuador,

Guatemala

Honduras

Colombia

Mexico

Cambodia

Thailand

Burma

hi,

I have AIS service for my phone. I call my brother ans sister pretty regularly in the U.S . Initially it was costing 12baht per minute until I checked here on thaivisa and someone told me to dial

00500 first. Which I did and cut the cost in half...Great.Saved me alot of money Been doing that for 2 months 

But suddenly it's not working . I either get dead silence and call ended , or voice saying'' invalid number''. Which they aren't. On the other hand if I call the same area code and a different number it goes thru.

Can anyone give me some advice ..

thanks

8 minutes ago, Stevemercer said:

A Thai woman married to a farang can find herself between a rock and a hard place. Put your self in her shoes. On the one hand she loves you and wants to do the right thing by you. On the other hand, her family is always at her wanting this and wanting that.

 

Some women can manage the pressure. Other women have decent families who don't place her in this dilemma becasue they love and respect her and just want her to be happy. Many women can't take the pressure and end up running away to another part of Thailand or (preferably) another country.

 

At the end of the day, 90% of Thai women will put their family first even if they know it is causing problems for you. If your marriage has got to this stage, where you are in a no win situation, you have three choices.

 

You can stick it out and hope things will get better (they won't).

 

You can take your wife and child and go live somewhere else (preferably another country so you can have a fresh start).

 

Or you can cut your losses, learn from your experiences and move on with your life.

 

I think you need to make the move now while you are still working, can earn money and therefore have options to start again.

oh come on! are you kidding me no thai woman puts her farang husband above or even close to the same level as her family...what planet are you living on.

Why you guys marry thai or for that matter asian women is a combination of a mystery and deserving what you get. for every ''success'' story there are 25 nightmare stories here and on other blogs and sites,,it borderlines the hilarious.

The other night there was a woman begging in the street in CM ,,,shes usually there...I had bought some ready made dinners for myself from the supermarket.they're thai food and pretty good ...the meal was hot, i had just bought a can of coke , unopened .

felt bad for her , so I gave her a hot fresh meal and a cold soda....well if looks could kill! instead of money i gave her food and she hated me for it....that speaks volumes about some of theses''beggars'' real agenda.

i'm in Chiang Mai need to get a document notarized and sent back to the U.S fast...the consulate doesn't have an appointment until next week...anybody have any advice

thankyou

Slimy POS..I've been here for nearly two years and find the Burmese and quite nice . i can always tell when I'm being solicited walking by tailor shops who is from Nepal. India and Burma. the tailors from Burma are much more polite and friendly, down to earth..As are the Burmese women...the''man'' in the vid . is a coward needs to be slapped across his ugly face.

1 hour ago, thhMan said:

Ive always said that the problem with Thailand is the simple fact that it has Thai Males... If you see how some of them are raised as children, you will understand why they are such self entitled w**kers

i agree ,, you can see it in the behavior of the children . the girls are well behaved and MUCH more well mannered than the boys...the thai boys are brats...i lived in Cambodia for a year..all the children were quiet and well mannered both the boys and girls.different here.

want to thank everyone for their advice ad info. really.

i appreciate it..What I'm going to do is go to the CM office this week. I'll find out about the IDL and conversion from 2-5 yr. license..I'll get back and at least post what is going on here..so we have updated info...and as we know information is power!

19 hours ago, James2020 said:

From another forum: "Thai driver's license for drivng in USA?"  4/12/17

 

The problem is that the Thai DL office will not issue an IDP with the 2 yr "Temporary" Thai DL, only with the 5 yr Thai DL.  So the question of whether an IDP is needed becomes important if you only have the Thai 2 yr license, and cannot get an IDP in Thailand.  When I asked National Car Rental customer service about renting a car in the US, I was initially told that I needed a "Thai DL" and an IDP.  But after reading this forum, I asked again about the need for an IDP and sent them a copy of my 2 yr Thai DL.  The response I got this time, from the same person, was that since my Thai DL was written in both Thai and English, I did not need an IDP to accompany it.  Therefore, it seems that I can rent a car in the US with my 2 yr Thai DL from National Car Rental without an IDP.  The question of what each state requires, or the case of an accident with the rental car were not addressed.

 thanks James...interesting..yeah I have the two year license myself..so what they're  saying  is  I'd have to have a 5 yr. to get an international license...if so , then do you know if  can i apply for a 5 yr based on the current 2yr license?

Thanks for feedback thing is the license is'nt in english ..of course..i'll try contacting a rental place ..

4 hours ago, oxo1947 said:

I got an IDP last year because my Oz license was outdated...it was simple, 1 hour (2 photos) where you got your Thai licence from.....

i got it in CM

I 'm here in Thailand have been over a year on ''retirement ''visa. During tht time my U.S license expired. Before it did I secured a Thai license , which is current. I need to get back to the states for an emergency. Two questions,

1.can I rent a car on a Thai license?

2. Or do I need an IDP ?

3. If so, how would I go about getting one?

My Thai license was issued in Chiang Mai, which is where I am at the moment.

Any info. appreciated,

Thanks

I'll never understand why so many people drool over thai street food. deep fried in the worst oil, sodium and sugar count thru the roof, MSG, unsanitary conditions , rats crawling everywhere, cockroaches...etc, etc, I moved here, rented a place with a small kitchen and cook for myself..clean cheaper...and I make things that are ridiculously expensive in the supermarket , like red cabbage ...135baht for a jar in Tesco . make the same amount for 10baht .grilled chicken breast in the street 50baht ...buy the same thing marinate and cook my self-15baht ...anyway i

you live on that s**t in the streets  you wont be around long

On 5/15/2017 at 0:34 AM, cyberfarang said:

So yesterday I took the plunge and decided to open my can of Heinz tomato soup and sample the delights of a soup I have not tasted for many years.

 

My opinion: I was disappointed. Nothing like the original I used to love in England.  This Big Red Australian brand had no consistency even through I used less water than recommended to make the soup thicker. It was weak plus also very sweet. Seems they added a lot of sugar or sweetener to substitute for the lack of ingredients. It had a watery syrupy type of texture, dark red colour, not like the bright orange colour of the original.

 

Was it good value for 135 baht. No. It`s a poor man`s version using the name of Heinz and I will not be buying any more of that weak excuse for a Heinz tomato soup.

Good value!  That's over four dollars USD  in the  the states it costs .50 cents./ 15 baht

2 minutes ago, NancyL said:

It makes sense to ship something like a debit card via DHL.  Someone can wrap it in several sheets of paper and put it in a DHL envelop, declaring it as a document.  There is no duty on documents.  We routinely have new debit and credit cards sent this way, along with magazines and letters in the same DHL package.  No duty and complete trace-ability.  

 

Be sure that the package is wrapped securely.  Once we had a package become damaged in shipment and a letter from the IRS (with some personal info) and a new credit card didn't arrive with the rest of the damaged package of magazines and letters.  Fortunately, they did come a few days latter, with a note from DHL that they'd gotten caught in some of their handling equipment, but by then I'd cancelled the credit card and we had to wait for another one to arrive.

Thankyou Nancy. Appreciate the advice.

Good information.  Have a question tho.. I'm having my new  debit  card in the U.S shipped to me here in CM via DHL. I wouldn't consider using USPS for that..I'm not insuring it. What can I expect with regards to it being delivered to my residence? Duty tax?

thanks

18 hours ago, grollies said:

Drop a huge turd in the pool, that should keep the kids out for a while?

lol....yeah, but the russians wouldn't care,,