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6 hours ago, OzMan said:

Naked in the kitchen I hope.

Only after I tied he down on the kitchen table so she couldn't run away from the washing up

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

A bit long for self-defense, now the 15" Remington is a whole different ball game. 

Bit OTT , why not just connect his gate to the mains feed with a big puddle all around it. Switch it on at bedtime

Don Muang Flying club,  Detchtungha,  SiKan .  Not sure if it is open to members or just RTAF folk. Held a lot of meets and international flying festivals. Not interested myself but used to live nearby and take my son for a look when he was a youngster. 

7 minutes ago, mogandave said:

I doubt very much butter is actually imported, under license more like

Actually the good brands are an import.

7 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Yeah, know what you mean with the paper.

 

If you don't have blowtorch then a couple of paper towels soaked in used cooking oil work well and don't make loads of flying ash.

 

To be serious, I actually use a gas blowlamp ,  it gets the charcoal hot and burning quickly .  

29 minutes ago, Crossy said:

We use small kindling, which madam splits specially, and a blowtorch. Gets natural charcoal going very quickly, briquets are much more difficult to start.

 

The family use an old flip-flop, you definitely don't want the first burger off the grill 

 

I've seen barbie lighters (and fluid if that floats your boat) in HomePro, with the (expensive) charcoal and barbies.

 

Barbie lighters ?   you talking about Ken ?

Never had any problems over the years with Lazada.  Pay by debit or credit card - why use an ewallet and put money into another  companies account ?

2 minutes ago, johng said:

Not worth bothering with
"Thai butter"
The only one worth buying and readily available is
"Anchor butter" import from New Zealand.

Well Anchor is OK but I prefer Lurpac.   Sold at TOPS and Villa.  Some branches of Tesco Lotus Extra also sell it

2 minutes ago, dbrenn said:

Permanent residency is straightforward provided you meet the eligibility criteria. Should be ok for the OP if he's lived and worked here for many years, so long as he's still in work when he applies and has unbroken visa extensions and tax returns for the past 3 years. 

 

When I got my permanent residency, it was a huge weight off my mind not to have to worry about ever changing visa rules ever again, even though it's not citizenship. Hold permanent residency for 5 years and you can apply for citizenship even if not married. 

 

The OP could also consider marrying and then he might be able to apply for citizenship bypassing permanent residency altogether if he meets the requirements and is still in work. 

I can understand your relief but permanent residency can be , and has been, withdrawn at a whim so it is not as secure as you may think it to be.

Fabulous photography. 

6 hours ago, Brigante7 said:

Your biggest danger is wildlife running out while riding through the country side. 

 

 

 

Brigante7.

Especially those animals behind the wheel of a pick-up

Not to mention that in Pattaya almost all older American retirees or long term visitors claim to be ex US navy seals,  in total far more than has been officially recognized by the US government.  Couple that with the illegal rendition activities led by the new head of the US CIA whilst operational in Thailand, then most probably there is a whole network of secret US operational units still here in Thailand. 

Seems like they have problems again.   Now they have just put a note on their site saying they have had to remove BT and Sky sports temporarily without any explanation.  The only reason I subscribed to HDprime was for Sky sports and in particular F1.   Looks like that has been lost now.  Sky F1 was working this afternoon.  Anybody else had any luck finding out and/or can suggest a reliable service ?

Well with that and may other issues making this site unavailable so often I suspect that the sponsors may well be getting concerned that their audience is diminishing due to the members abandoning TV  perhaps. This can be seen by complaints made on other pages of the web easily googled.  Who knows ? but my biggest gripe is that the administrators see fit not to publish a general apology regarding non availability, its as if they do not care anymore

Fortunately all is now ok

Their Facebook page appears to be down also so do not spend 1 further baht   with this company 

For a while I have been happy with their service.   Now however they appear to be unreliable.   I added a top up via the Paypal site they advised  (  [email protected]  ).

As advised by them selves I sent them a message regarding this payment.   No reply  !!

I sent them a further email asking for a status update -  No reply

So I shall now advise Paypal of this issue.

In the meantime would all members be wary of the fact that payment via paypal may be not trustworthy,  indeed is HDprimetv to be trusted ?

4 minutes ago, patjk said:

The points they want are impractical.  I can contact the manufacturer but it will certainly take weeks from previous experience.  She wants the item returned to sender but they said now that they talked to customs they can't return it.  He she known this she wouldn't have sent to customs.  Any suggestions from here? She's chatted with the DHL agent and the DHL agent isn't of much help.  Anyone ever have a situation like this? Avoid DHL at all costs in the future.

Over the years spent here,  and that is many, the only courier service I have used where there are countless problems or else extraordinary import duties to pay, is when DHL have been the courier.   Makes me wonder sometimes if they are working  as a JV with Thai customs.

I have no such problems with my MSN account, so must be your settings. Last month emailed the British embassy with the relevant documents attached and had the formal letter delivered by EMS 3 days later.  1st time in decades I have had anything so quick and trouble free from any embassy.