The Fugitive

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'.

Known and loved all over the World! Known as a 'Tosta Mista' in my favourite holiday destination.

I'm using Ubuntu at the moment. No issues with repositories and Libre Office is installed and working OK. Everything seems to be there for download https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/ I use torrent when on Windows and it's always very fast. Libre Office should be able to open your document if it's possible and then you can choose to 'save as' Word 2007-365 .docx'

I do very little (hardly anything) with spreadsheets. However, I've never encountered any issues. I don't have an Android tablet and wouldn't use spreadsheets on my Android 'phone. I use the free Google and Microsoft apps too and Libre Office seems compatible with either/both.

100% agree! Great. I use it on Windows and Linux.

Good info and ideas here! Mrs bought a 4 camera home system without any knowledge or comparisons from the installer guy who has a shop across our street. It cost 12,000 including installation. HIKVision with wired connections for video and power supply (night vision cameras with no lights or sound) and hard drive recorder. Didn't take long before only one camera worked and that only intermittently. Apparently rats had chewed through the cables in the loft. Since had another 4 cameras added, this time HiLook with lights and sound. Only one of those has so far failed, I suspect for same reason. She then had another two cameras (WiFi this time although the power supplies are wired) installed at her shop. All 10 cameras are linked to the same HiLook account for remote viewing.

My water supply pipe runs ontop of the ground. Family complain that showers are too hot. Never experienced any problem nor heard any complaint that our bog standard ass pistols are scalding though?

A guy I worked with told me that during WW2 he was limited to three sheets of toilet paper. I wonder if that's where this expression came from?

Definitely agree with antibiotics. They made surgery much safer. Prior to them, doctors were reluctant to operate in case of post-operative infections resulting in young people dying from tonsilitis (for example).

In the sense that she could have moved from the left hand lane onto the shoulder well before her left turn. She was turning left into a car sales premises i.e. NOT at a road junction. She continued in the left hand lane indicating and slowing. The road was a fast and straight dual carriageway. A truck behind her plus other traffic behind it 'concertinaed' obstructing rearwards vision. Collision speed was low (fortunately). I suspect the girl on the moto didn't connect traffic ahead slowing down with a vehicle turning left. Moto rider wouldn't have been able to see any left turn indicator.

Reminded me of an incident in Argentina. Guy was from Cuba but had emigrated to Florida hence had USA passport. A female traffic cop stopped him and offered him a deal. Speaking in English she said she would accept 50% of the fine if he paid it to her now. Otherwise, he would have to pay the full amount which could only be paid in one town that was 200 km back in the direction from which he had come. The guy switched from American English to perfect Spanish and called her bluff saying he had to go back there anyway. She backed down and waved him on his way.

Where my niece was turning it was a newly laid and painted dual carriageway plus wide breakdown/shoulder 'lane'. I suggested in future she should move from the left hand lane and drive within the breakdown lane for some distance to minimise the risk of being undertaken by moto's whilst making a left hand turn. Not sure of the legality of doing this but it does seem sensible.

You were very fair and so were the police. Good on you and your Mrs for taking the girl to hospital and for giving her some cash too.