The Fugitive

The meter reader must know that it isn't necessary to print and leave your bill each month? That's sophisticated!

Providing you are billed by the Provincial Waterworks Authority.

It simply means the experiences of others may be different... Many thanks. I didn't make the connection either.

Very true. My sister-in-law owes (or owed) 3 million baht to her bank. Occasionally representatives visit my wife's shop enquiring as to her whereabouts. Mrs tells them she works on contracts in India (which is true). They then go away. Much the same as in U.K. where a County Court Judgement expires after 6 years. If you don't need credit (or wouldn't get it anyway) you can safely ignore them. I do!

Thanks for the information. Most helpful!

My doctor recommended that when I feel wobbly and nauseous (as I do every morning), to drink a normal sugar content soft drink and/or drink my tea or coffee with a couple of teaspoons of sugar. Can't resist a least a couple of cheese, cheese/ham or sausage toasties whilst I'm in 7/11. Then you need biscuits and a few cakes to round things off. Only following doctor's orders.

Excellent info thanks, will try. As you mentioned your wife's restaurant I couldn't help thinking of when in Portugal I always ask for a jug of white house wine with my meals. Sometimes it's cloudy with objects floating in it but tastes just fine and I'm never ill. I was looking in the window of a small shop in Portugal where they had five litre containers of wine for 3 Euros. I guess that's the sort of stuff they use when you ask a bar/restaurant to make you a jug of Sangria. I paid a dollar for a litre bottle around the same time in Brasil.

Agreed, we used to say that VHS wasn't good compared with broadcast TV but that after watching for a while you didn't notice so much. I'm still impressed by regular DVD's myself. Used to download and watch DVD's that had been ripped and compressed down to CD size and thought they were excellent. Just rescued a 17 inch (albeit a recent LED flat panel) unbranded TV that my mother-in-law bought to watch in her shop. She found it distracting and annoying plus it soon developed a permanent vertical red line fault so she had put it in the stockroom. It's now my back-up computer monitor.

Thanks for locating it for me. Motive for ex-wife's actions? Mischief and proving herself to be next-of-kin and claiming ex-husbands estate?

Usual style Thai refrigeration unit at his home. I avoided getting close to it.

Many thanks. All good advice that avoids potential problems. My Mrs doesn't believe me when I tell her that all she needs to do (if I die at home) is register my death at our local District Office in the same way as a Thai person.

Many thanks! You've confirmed the lines I was thinking along. Either his ex-wife in Norway actually isn't (at least on paper) or she or someone else in Norway is 'putting the boot in' because of sour grapes. I hope it doesn't cost his widow and family too much. However, if it turns out same as your case, she'll save the temple cremation costs!

Friend of the Mrs recently lost her Norwegian husband. Widow and family are at their wits end because he has been in their house for 15 days. Widow says Norwegian Embassy will not allow his cremation. She asked my Mrs for advice as the wife of a falang? All I know is that he was previously married in Norway. I saw a wreath from two children with different Thai surnames referring to him as 'Dad'. Mrs tells me he has no children with his widow. I understand he died inside his house. AFAIK police are not involved, neither has there been a post mortem. Anyone able to shed any light and/or suggest a way forward to help his widow and family?

Many thanks for your clarification. It's helped me a lot and may have helped others I'm sure!

Problems with websites and mobile apps are not confined to Thailand of course. It's a question of priorities. Where I am we get water, electricity and internet 'upon demand' i.e. no waiting for the 'hours of availability' as in some Countries. Interruptions in supply are rare and speedily restored. All roads are either tarmac or concrete. I've never been marooned and/or unable to travel anywhere because it's rained/raining. We enjoy weekly refuse collections at home and daily collections at my wife's shop. Where I previously lived some local Council's didn't provide a refuse collection service.

Thanks for the info. I have a smart TV but have never used it as such. Family tell me it's too slow and, as I do, they stream the (very) occasional programme/free movie via HDMI cable connected to a laptop. The OP mentioned IPTV. Is an Android box vital to subscribe to IPTV? Does it provide functionality over and above what a computer can do?

Cashews are the business. Can't beat 'em!

We managed for many years. 22 inch was a most popular screen size for a fair while. But I was really being nostalgic. As my TV is never in use, I would prefer to look at a small 'heritage' television set.

It's amazing, my Mrs and the rest of the family all watch videos (even complete films) upon their mobiles. We have a 40 inch TV that only gets used for displaying the feeds from our CCTV cameras.

Very true. Thanks. Have to make more effort. Necking a sugary soft drink or coffee with two spoons of sugar is just a lazy fix.

That's what some of us need especially first thing in the morning when we feel wobbly and nauseous. Sets me up a treat for the day!

Anyone else prefer looking at (especially when switched off) a 20 inch 4:3 CRT television set instead of a 75+ inch monster that dominates/overpowers any room?

Money well spent!

Gave up watching TV in 2012 when living and working in U.K. Can't understand any language other than English so foreign TV is useless to me.

Glad you got yourself sorted and thanks for reporting back. Sometimes the solution is very easy when you have the correct software and the confidence to 'have a go'.