Oztruckie

I reckon the Johnny Burnette song "Dreamin" might apply to this bloke.

20 hours ago, Taxi said:

My Australian bank sends the via normal post to my condo. My card expired mid last year, they sent me a replacement and it didn't turn up, I requested another card and the sent that and it hasn't turned up either.  I do get other mail from Australia, so it's hard to explain whats going on right now. My bank in this case is Westpac.

Had the same problem with NAB,my debit card expired last October,they sent me a replacement last year and it still hasn't arrived,i'd say there's some thieving lowlifes somewhere along the way making a few bob selling stolen cards.

Well with nothing between the ears,can't wear a helmet cause i'll mess up my new 500 thb hairdo, and the attitude i'm invincible,the toll wont be receding very much in the near future unless the bib get off their ass and start patrolling the roads and issuing significant monetary fines.

a good piece of snapper or barramundi from the local fish n chip shop,great piece of BBQ t bone or porterhouse steak,good pies from the little pie shop from the smallest country towns,decent pizzas that actually have some topping on them unlike the rubbish they serve up here,the pizzas here remind me of a well known chain brand in Oz where there's a saying,throw the box contents in the garbage and eat the box.

 But i reckon i can easily get by without that food as the life living here far outweigh missing said food items.

22 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

Cakes with fresh cream. Cakes with berries and autumn fruits. Gooseberries, rhubarb, sherry trifle, clotted cream, jam Rolly Polly and spotted dick, crumbles and blackcurrents....and most of all....

 

Huge custard vanilla slices where the custard oozes out the other side  when you try to eat then. ????

Pie shop in jomtien makes really nice and big vanilla slices and the best pies in pattaya

These clowns are sounding more and more like the idiot they call turbo on the tv series called outback truckies,he was stating he's going to become the largest transport country in Australia,out growing Toll and Linfox 5555

Got my yellow book and pink ID card couple of years ago now,biggest pain was to go BKK,OZ embassy,get ceritified copy of passport then up to MFA have certified copy translated,plenty of translation services in MFA building,then lodge all paperwork with MFA,pay the fee,you can either wait or pay 60thb and they mail all the required docs to yr address,i didnt wait,received docs in the mail 2 days later.

Changed over to True Move about 12 months ago cause i'm living in a black spot,contacted Dtac about my extreme low or sometimes non existant data speeds,they advised me is was a black spot and they couldn't tell me if they were going to do anything about it.I googled the coverage area for the 3 providers and True Move had a far superior coverage area,with AIS coming 2nd and Dtac terrible coverage compared to True Move.Hope this helps.

Probably waiting to see how thick the brown paper bag is also.

where do you live,have you ever checked the coverage area prior to choosing a isp,Dtac here in pattaya and surrounds probably have the worst coverage,the best by far is TrueMove H followed by AIS.

Prior to purchasing a condo check the floor and wall tiles to see how the tiles have been laid,important for them to have a gap,i know of 2 condo buildings here in pattaya where the tiles have lifted,due to no gap for expansion,one particular building they had to retile complete floors,i knew the guy who lived in this particular condo, he owned 3 units,both these buildings were around about 10 years old.

go for a stiebel eltron unit,german design,made here in thailand,pay a little more for decent quality,thats always been my motto.

22 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

Perhaps I should consider renting a container on a freighter to visit my family back in the "old country to arrive right in time for Christmas.

Why would you do that lol,when u can purchase a berth on sea going freighters.

First thing you need to do before buying a mobile data sim card is check the coverage area of the provider,if your in the pattaya area,the best coverage is provided by True 4G,then AIS then DTAC,not to difficult to check coverage area of each provider. 

On 6/15/2020 at 8:38 AM, ubonjoe said:

Ninety day reports are not extensions. They are a report of staying longer than 90 consecutive days in the country.

If you recently applied for a one year extension your first 90 day report would be due 90 days from the  day you applied. You would need to do the first report at the immigration office since they would have no record of you doing one before.

Ninety day reports are not required until after July 31st. The will probably be due 90 days from the date you last report was due.

Jomtien is currently processing 90 day reports,went there yesterday afternoon and there was quite a few doing their reporting,ole mate at counter 4 wasn't too happy with his workload i think,he was virtually grabing passports out of everyone as they handed him their passport.lol

I had the colonoscopy several years ago in Perth,doctor advised mix laxative in a glass of water,take every 2 hours,had 3 doses that afternoon with examination next morning,was ok to drink water and any clear liquids like lemonade to quench hunger pains,doctor who performed the colonoscopy was very impressed with my effort in emptying the system,hope this helps,my doctor prescribed Ducolax which is available over here.

On 6/9/2020 at 7:48 PM, northsouthdevide said:

I think they're all still closed. 

If you've got one in mind, just put it in Google maps search engine, and should say if open or closed. 

I just did it with Retox game on bar, and it's still closed, so I imagine they all are. 

Retox soi honey is open and has been for sometime now.

Walked along a fairly popular Pattaya soi the other day on my way to central,noticed a few bars with heaps of beer in their fridges,fridge turned off,i reckon i'll be giving these bars a wide berth once restrictions are lifted.

Been considering buying one myself,does anyone have numbers on the power consumption of these units,obviously there's different models with different power outputs,like one of the posters i'd look at the phillips brand.

Is there a Fascino brand pharmacy down your way,they sell that stuff here in pattaya 20 tabs 1000thb,supposedly manufactured in BKK,try searching for Fascino Pharmacy.

Sounds and looks like everyone in the NACC are the proud owner a luxury watch lol.

the guy at Thai888 law in Jomtien is from Melbourne,maybe he can assist you.

1 hour ago, AAArdvark said:

I don't believe the ELB is a button at all.  It illuminates when hot water is flowing. Make sure that the circuit breaker on the lower left is pushed up.  For the reset, on top of the copper canister there are two small black buttons with a white dot on top.  After turning off the power, press the two buttons down with something non-conductive (high voltage).  It is hard to tell that anything has actually been depressed.  If you have exception hearing you may here it click. After that set the temperature to low and try again. If it works for a few days, try setting it to medium and see if that works. If you can off the water, unscrew the inlet water connection on the bottom right of the unit and check or clean the little filter.

In my case, the filter was clean and the unit had to be replaced.  My new one, same model, has a 5 year warranty.

If he has access to a multimeter or know of someone  who does possess one,its quiet easy to test the the electronic pressure switch,turn on water then check for power reaching the heating elelments,if there's no power reaching the heat elements,probably indicating the electronic pressure switch is not working,which was the case with my 4 yo Mazumo unit just recently,techie fitted new pressure switch 800 thb now all good,probably better than when it was a new unit.

I carted a few of those Captiva suv out to the holden dealer in Kalgoorlie,the manager out there would refer to them as craptivas,<deleted> being the operative word.