The Fugitive

Interesting thanks. Presumably this is because your replacement plastic card licences are based on the reissue of your old style paper with glued photo laminated licence? Or, does your present age have something to do with it? (thinking pink ID cards for those aged 60 or over).

Yes, I have read comments on Facebook that money has been sent, then demands for more and more money for additional 'fees' are received. The photos are of a genuine Thai driving school with smiling satisfied customers holding up their new licences. The bogus Facebook page owners are from Thailand, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

The other week my Thai Mrs bought some items for her Buddhist goods shop from a Facebook advertisement. They never arrived. The scammer had copied photos from a legitimate retailers website and changed the bank details. She reported the scammer's bank account number to her bank. Fortunately, she only lost a little over 7,000 baht.

Same here. Injections were available and I asked about them but my consultant said he didn't do them because they don't work/last very well. Had traditional strip and ligate. In hospital the surgeon asked; 'Are you telling me the Royal Navy will accept you after we've stripped your veins?'. He shook his head in disbelief.

Same here. My optometrist wasn't that surprised. I hadn't been tested for seven years (because I was in Thailand). Had reading glasses too that weren't all that necessary so I no longer use those either. Consider myself very fortunate!

Wow! Great that it was diagnosed as such and treated promptly. A young guy (aged 16) that I worked with returned to work after suffering pneumonia. He looked something like a cross between a ghost and a skeleton. However, he went on to become an enthusiastic squash player and competed in local tournaments.

I have done that now and thank you for the additional information. Your link was apparently posted two hours after my comment so I don't believe the 'heaven's sake' should apply?

Good point! Could be he quickly skipped Thailand whilst on police bail and re-entered before the police processed his arrest warrant and input it into the immigration system?

Surprised 20 iPhones didn't ring alarm bells at the boarding stage. Both hand and hold luggage is X-rayed. However, if they'd been in his hold luggage they probably wouldn't have arrived.

Some situations are just too emotional to refuse. Prior to moving to Thailand my then GF asked if I would pay for an operation for her friends mother who had cancer. The government hospital were to operate next day. Unfortunately, the latest test results revealed the operation would be ineffective hence they cancelled. Neither Mum nor daughter were prepared to give up, having believed only 24 hours previously that there was a chance. Having been in exactly that same situation with my own Mum I couldn't and didn't refuse.

Thank you for explaining location of temple. His fragments were complete because no one else was involved hence cremation urn(s) not required. Cremation and 'burial/scattering/floating' were performed consecutively.

Don't know how you did it for that! Just curious, if you 'buried' his bone fragments at sea, (presumably one cremation urn full), where is the remainder of him? My Thai family were previously split three ways, now only two, with the remainder going into earthernware pots buried at strategic measured distance from our family column at our local temple.

We have a 2012 V6 3 litre petrol Mitsubishi Pajero. Bought in 2020 from a friend of the Mrs. We paid 400,000 baht. Apart from tyres and batteries the only expense has been steering rack/power pump replacement costing 14,900 baht only last month. Comfortable enough for 5 or even 7 if you fold down the rearmost seats.

My Thai Mrs 'loaned' 150,000 baht to a Thai female friend who wasn't able to pay for her falang husbands funeral. He had drunk his savings and was living (or rather drinking) from day to day on his pension. His stomach and liver were destroyed. I don't know if the lady repaid her or not but the reason was genuine so I have sympathy.

Santander UK suspended my online access. I telephoned to ask why? Customer services told me they had written to me, but because no reply was received, they suspended my internet banking. I told them I was out of the country 'until further notice' hence had not received their letter. They told me I could answer their questions now over the 'phone. They wanted to know my future intended use of my savings and current account? I told them I was now using Chase UK as my main bank because of the interest and cash back. They told me this was satisfactory and reinstated my on-line access.

Google Drive is great for the portability it gives to Word/Docs and Excel/Sheets alone. I use Mega (free) for my photos. When I signed up I got 50GB for free which continues to apply. I understand it's only 20GB now. However, well worth having for nothing. I see they have just launched their own VPN for 0.99 Euros per month or included if you have a paid for Mega subscription.

Are you backing up/saving your photographs to a cloud service? If so, you don't need to transfer them. If not, recommended to do so immediately.

Bought this from my local Advice computer shop a couple of months ago. I don't play computer games either so it's for browsing internet, emails, basic office functions and audio/visual. No optical disk drive. No built in card reader. Seems to do what I want fast enough. My Thai neice was impressed with it and bought the same model for herself also from the same shop. https://www.advice.co.th/product/notebook/notebook-asus/notebook-asus-vivobook-15-x1502za-ej577wf-quiett-blue-

Excellent! Yamaha Fino just keeps on going. We have one of same era for family use.

100% in agreement. Excellent reasoning.

Thai friends keep dogs and appear to treat them very well. However, they won't have them spayed. I would happily give them the money. Recently, one gave birth to six puppies. Next time we visited I asked where they were? My Mrs explained that 'some big bird must have carried them away'. I suppose that translates as husband took his spade to them?

Safety of the animals isn't my prime concern. I believe the public has the right not to endure excrement everywhere and dogs chasing them.

In my home area (UK) a teenage girl shot a cat in her garden. The crossbow bolt went completely through the animal. The girl was sentenced to three months imprisonment.

I suspect you replied to a troll post. Having said that, there are people who genuinely believe that 10 deaths per annum out of a population of 66 million represents such an infinitesimal risk that rabies vaccination is preposterous.

Far too many cats and dogs everywhere unfortunately. At one time we used to bury the corpses we found poisoned in our garden with foam at their mouths. It became so frequent, and too much effort, especially when the earth was hard. We now use a suitable shovel and catapult them over walls etc.