SportRider

12 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Beach chair operator , how can a speedboat operator be stealing his customers 

2 different services , Thai logic at play here I think, 

 

regards worgeordie 

Presumably it's one of the speedboats taking customers to Koh Larn .. beaches used to be quite busy there but I haven't been recently.

I got a small ceramic knife sharpener in Villa market at Pattaya Avenue.  Absolutely brilliant and much better than the old style metal disk type.  Easy to use and great results.

Problem: you can't put paperless cash in a brown paper bag.

My iPad is loaded with e-books and I download new ones all the time.  Use Google Play Books.  Super convenient.

Prefer hard copy books of course. But haven't bought one for years.

The choice to read books is personal.  You just need to make it a priority use of your time.  Same as the choice to go for a walk, the gym, to socialise, or whatever.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

People use the analogy that profits will increase with the increase of opening hours.. that's been proven time and time again to be false..

People can only drink so much and have a limited budget.

Open until 4am people just start later than usual, close at a respectable 2am people will start earlier.

 

Could you point us to the evidence on this? It seems counterintuitive that longer opening doesn't increase profits.. ????

14 hours ago, parafareno said:

i mean unlimited internet, not free, unlimited downloads, not capped

I pay 300bht pm for unlimited internet at 20mb/s.  AIS package.

"Dealing with high inflation and rising costs of raw materials, wages, energy, and fuel prices"

It's the same for everyone mate, not just Thailand.  You increase prices here, and tourists will just go elsewhere.

On 11/5/2022 at 12:53 AM, DrJack54 said:

You can obtain a 30 extension to your 45 day visa exempt extension at immigration office where you are located.

You can exit Thailand and reenter via land (border bounce) or via air and receive another 45 plus that can be extended by 30. 

So just there we have 150days. 

 

Regarding on what is required for extensions.......

TM7 form (with photo) 

Some basic copies of passport pages 

TM30 which is address notification (hotel can provide that)

1900baht. 

 

Entering visa exempt via air, the airline at departure may want to see onward flight.

This is discussed in many threads with various options outlined. Not difficult. 

Very helpful and concise, thankyou DrJack 

If I am staying in my own condo, not a hotel or rented accomodation, what to do about TM30?

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Wolf Blass and Jacob's Creek are within the OP's budget. IIRC 500 - 700 baht.

 

Unless I go to a premium wine - say 4000 baht/bottle, the difference between a 700 baht bottle and a 2000 bottle is indistinguishable to me.

I second both these brands.  Been my go-to's for a long time.

On 9/30/2022 at 5:57 AM, a3tsw said:

would it not be more economical to take a flight down to Singapore and hand it in to the service centre there and then go back when the watch has received the work required..just a suggestion. 

 

I was going to suggest the same.  

9 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

You don't have to tell me I got Dengue in Sukhothai where I live and almost died.

 

The doctor said I was lucky because I had contracted Dengue2 the worse strain apparently but he said one good thing is you have immunity because you survived. ????

 

I would say it was the most nastiest virus experienced I have ever had in my life. 

 

The bad news is your immunity is only to the one type of Dengue you had; you can still get the other three!

By the way, regards the earlier posts re Bangkok.. I got Dengue in KL a few years ago..  and I hadn't left the city centre for a long while.  They also have dengue outbreaks in other conurbations eg Singapore.  I can't see Bangkok being any different.

8 hours ago, JayClay said:

Which phone are you using?

 

If it's an Android phone you can link up multiple gmail accounts in multiple countries.

Yes this is the way .. I have Gmail accounts for UK, UAE, Thailand, and Singapore..  Just select the country I want in Play Store.

Use an app like Waze for detailed directions and timings.

If you need to view a navigation or other app from a location different to where you are right now, use a GPS spoofer or emulator to trick your phone.

I'll pay for quality, not for brand.  Marks and Spencer's shirts, Next jeans, Skechers shoes.  Nonexistent/below the radar branding but quality and built to last. 

Pain is a message, listen to it.

I had a knee injury many years ago that prevents me running, and for me too cycling gets painful.

Walking suits me perfectly - my machine has adjustable incline.  Set it to 15% uphill and as brisk walking speed as you can manage.  As well as your heart, your leg muscle groups will really tell you about it..  (Lifts a saggy as.s too!)

5 jabs... 2x Sinopharm plus three Pfizer.  Covid twice.. Delta last year, and a different variant recently.  Still have a cough but testing negative now.

3 hours ago, peterfranks said:

????????????I really want to see the first tourist, or expat, who goes to check the exits when he enters a club.

I check where the exits are routinely, and would think others do too.

I also check where the fire exit is when I check into a new hotel room, and count the doors down the corridor so I can feel my way to the exit in the dark if ever needs be.

Not joking.

Could be many good reasons, eg.

Price, especially for groups.

Own cooking - especially for those with special dietary needs not easily accommodated in restaurants.

(And, no 'joiners' fee, perhaps? Ahem.)

10 hours ago, itsari said:

Seems a lot of damage to the front of the truck . If the driver was breaking then there would be less damage than is showing .

Depends how fast the girl was driving (and also weight of the bike, to be technically correct)

Violence is everywhere and always has been.  Just luck and circumstance on how close it comes to us.

It's possible to get oversensitised or undersensitised to reports. Eg when you buy a new car, suddenly you notice the same model more often on the roads.

Many years ago, a Thai lady stabbed her husband to death in the street right outside my house. Literally.

In Woking, UK.

http://www.blackkalendar.nl/c/14126/Porn Enticknap 

8 hours ago, runamok27 said:

The problem isn't climate change, the problem is all of these supposedly advanced countries not transitioning to clean energy in a smart and efficient way. They all are trying to kill anything driven by fossil fuels way, way before the clean energy replacement is viable. This lack of an intelligent transition plan is causing problems world wide, one of which is inflation but it is and will continue to cause more short term and long term problem because these supposedly intelligent people, not, are going to continue with there slash and burn policies with regards to fossil fuels without any intelligent transition plans to renewable energy. 

 

This incredible stupidity is going to cause a lot of unnecessary pain and suffering worldwide but the advanced economies don't really care because most of the deadly pain suffering will happen in the less developed world. 

I think it's slightly misleading to say the advanced economies don't care about the developing world.  Most intelligent people do care. It's the idiot do-gooders who bully policymakers into rushed decisions.  I'm talking about the demonstrators who hold society to ransom with their stupid protests that affect ordinary people (UK is a big victim of this). And people like you-know-who teenager who has the world stage but she wants immediate action!

There are huge huge resources both financial and intellectual being applied to the transition.

I think the initial proposition needs some clarification about scale of inflation.  Economists actually like modest inflation and central banks plan for it, eg around 2pc pa.  So inflation will 'persist' indefinitely in this environment, regardless of whether we agree or not with the points raised.

If we're talking about the decades-high inflation currently, it will come down again but will take a serious programme of rate rises to get there (tinkering with the demand side).   The only uncertainty is how long and how deep the created recession will be.

I have a long history of sleeping problems.  Melatonin 10mg works well most of the time for me but is unreliable.  On nights when I *really* need to sleep it doesn't do anything.  Makes me think there's a placebo effect at least in part.

If I've nothing to do the next day, Atarax knocks me out and get a good night's sleep but I'll likely feel drowsy the next or at least take longer than usual to be fully alert in the morning.  Atarax is an antihistamine and I think is prescription only, but I've never had much problem buying in Thailand.

In the past I have been prescribed Stilnox and it is brilliant. 10mg tablet gives solid 8 hrs.  And for me it's 'clean' ie no side effects and feel great in the morning.  But but but don't drink alcohol if you're taking Stilnox.  It can interact and make you do crazy things you have no memory of.  (Google re 'Ambien' in USA for properly crazy stories what people do.)

Stilnox is also prescription only.  But I think you can also find it 'over the counter' (ahem) in Thailand.

OP you know where the money went because the recipient account number will be on your statement.  This should make it easy for the police to track and maybe even recover.  This seems like the obvious first step. 

Thinking about insurance would be a last resort - even if there is insurance in place, they'll want to know that every possible attempt at recovery has been taken.

35 minutes ago, DezLez said:

Not if they are using cash!

Self evidently...  My context was obvious.

I used to take crisp £50 notes to Jakarta... In the early 90’s the only way to purchase local currency.