DaRoadrunner

7 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

Happened to me twice.....I lived about 30k out of CM....Was in CM and chatted with a lady - -  about what - I forget, maybe directions or a store; normal area....

Drove the 30k home without a 2nd thought about it....

Yep - when I got home, there was my GF waiting with a pic on her phone with me talking to the lady....

They have eyes, ears, phones, networks everywhere & their antennae is fine tuned and working.....

The Thai jungle telegraph is incredible. Had one track me down clean across Bangkok.

12 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Tracing app surely covers those !!

Don't give them ideas. Do you want them to know where you are all the time? Invasion of privacy. Given the Thai xenophobia towards us I would not be surprised if they wanted to implant a chip in us.

I want less restrictions and less stupid paperwork.

8 hours ago, eeworldwide said:

This is the perfect time and "excuse" to really review their archaic immigration legislation and make it far less offensive to the foreign community.

So what are the odds of the dreaded TM30 and total waste of time 90 day report returning? Gentlemen, place your bets.

1 hour ago, hotandsticky said:

More power to you Sir, ............................. I could last 2 hours with an oil massage.

 

I might pay for 2 hours but would be out the door within an hour.

Some men be longer than others

9 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

Bargirls all have mopeds so they are now working for Food Panda.

It is amazing what extras you can get with your food order. Anyone tried Pizza with Happy End topping yet?

I once had a problem with the owner of a house I rented, he cut my water off and removed the meter. A visit to the water office and they gave me a new meter and billed me direct. Anything is possible in Thailand and of course it may vary from one water office to another.

It is interesting to note that in my case the house owner was a policeman. He got angry with the water office and they told him he had no authority over them.

Once in a while farang wins one!

In our throw away society man has developed some bad habits. I am not sure who is more irresponsible, Thais or tourists?

Why stop with the beach? Spread the word. Take your garbage home, bag it, bin it. Lets clean up Thailand.

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14 hours ago, Kerryd said:

 

It was just a line in one of the articles.
"Meanwhile, the import of used vehicles for uses other than personal, such as diplomatic vehicles, prototype vehicles for research and testing, vehicles to be modified for export, vehicles for museum display, and military vehicles will be under supervision of related agencies and not affected by the ban imposed by the Foreign Trade Department."
https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30378880

I guess it would depend on the interpretation of "museum display" (and I suspect if they think you are going to ride it everyday then it wouldn't qualify). 

Also, in the thread from 2016 I linked in my previous post is one post by Richard-BKK where he notes:
 

If you want to try to import a "classic" bike, you might want to check with a certified Customs Broker, especially as you need to have all your ducks in a row before you try to ship the bike here.

Keep in mind, if you ship something here and it gets stuck in customs, you'll be charged a daily storage fee and it won't be cheap. DHL screwed up a shipment to me one time and 1 of the 2 boxes ended up stuck in Customs at the airport. I had to use a Broker to get the paperwork done and paid over 10,000 baht to get a box of "personal effects" (used clothes, linen, work boots and so on) that I'd shipped when my last job ended. (The *iss-off was, if I'd carried the exact same stuff with me when I flew in, Customs would have waved me through without any hassles even if they did look inside the boxes. The only reason I shipped them was because the company was paying the costs and I didn't have to deal with extra baggage fees at the airport which, as it turns out, would have been the cheaper and quicker way to do it.)

I was charged 200 baht/day in storage fees for the 4 days my box was held (DHL actually paid the fee as it was their screw up that resulted in the box being held). I don't know if the fee is based on size/quantity or is a "one fee fits all" type (where it could be a suitcase or a car and still gets charged the same amount for storage fees).

 

In my experience couriers are the worst way to get anything in. Post Office often gets through without problem, though this appears to vary depending on your local office (TiT).

If you want to get anything through customs at the port, then you are best to find a Thai broker who knows them (which usually means Somchai has a friend or relative in the customs dept). Brown envelopes are much loved by these people.

As for the OP and his motorcycle. Not worth the hassle.

2 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

But with that we would have the issues of government tracking or mind control which we hear even with this system.  

 

I can see this leading to a chip being implanted in all of us. As if it is not enough that the Govt would know where I am, it's more the problem of Lady Roadrunner being able to track me with an App!

Meanwhile they are talking about inviting Chinese tourists back. Will they get 14 days quarantine?

Make your mind up Thailand, what the F do you want? Can't have it both ways.

Would the TAT care to show us the real Thailand?

1 hour ago, ronaldo0 said:

So how much was her fine?

Here lies the problem, the fines are too low to be effective. Probably 500 B and a wai.

Should anyone need, here is the PAWS Rescue website....

https://rescuepawsthailand.org/

4 hours ago, Helmet Grunter said:

Move to one of these countries, if you are not happy with your pension not increasing. As far as the amount you get, you pay to play. In Germany, they contribute about 20 percent of their pay towards their pension. In the UK, you do not ????????????

Countries the UK has a social security agreement with

The UK has agreements with some other countries to protect the social security rights of workers moving between the 2 countries.

These are sometimes known as ‘bilateral agreements’ or ‘reciprocal agreements’.

If you live in one of the following countries and receive a UK State Pension, you will usually get an increase in your pension every year:

• Barbados
• Bermuda
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Gibraltar
• Guernsey
• the Isle of Man
• Israel
• Jamaica
• Jersey
• Kosovo
• Mauritius
• Montenegro
• North Macedonia
• the Philippines
• Serbia
• Turkey
• USA

Could you post a link to where you got that list from? Thanks.

You do not appear to have solid proof. Which leaves you with the Thai solution. Either a debt collection agency might take it on for a percentage. Or Thai gangsters would be used to persuade him it was in the interests of his health, again for a percentage.

1 hour ago, alien365 said:

So does anyone use the premium fuels? 

I use Benzine 95 exclusively as my car does not run well on Gasohol. Had the expensive experience of Gasohol corroding the fuel system. Does anyone know if Benzine 95 will continue to be available? It is getting hard to find.

15 hours ago, Kerryd said:

It seems that "collectible" vehicles may still be allowed

Where did you see this? Anyone got more info?

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

are you Caucasian?

you will be shot on sight by the Chinese soldiers.

Idaho, Montana.

I had to think long and hard before selling all my survival property and supplies in Montana.

I had that place while I was living in Los Angeles.

but in the end Thailand won out. I still have enough cash to get back to the USA and buy a small cabin. on maybe 10 acres.

assuming there will be enough warning and flights before the war begins. 

actually the pandemic has me thinking about something i swore i would never do and that is go back to the USA and buy a house.  

 

Sounds like you are panicking. Cabin fever, or is the toilet paper about to run out?

If the Monkeys survive we will try it out on Farangs, make it a condition of their visa. If they survive we may use it on Thais.

Feel sorry for the Monkeys.

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Then finish off with ordinary polish alone.

Can be bought in shops that sell automotive paint.

9 minutes ago, 0xslyx0 said:

I assume my moving company is alright.

Tomorrows News:- Former delivery driver, Somchai, last seen on a motorcycle.......

On 4/23/2020 at 10:32 AM, cranki said:

From the iPhone 7 onwards I think they were made water resistant...iPhone 7 could be submerged in up to a meter of water for up to 30 minutes

How long can you submerge a wife under water?

On 5/18/2020 at 3:48 PM, Vigilante said:

They can't wrap their minds around the fact that other races/nationalities exist

You might as well be an alien

Thais have never been colonised. You are dealing with the frog that lives in a well, they have no concept of foreigners or the world outside. As for the inlaws, best to live as far away as possible. You are never going to be accepted as a member of the tribe. I would not want to live like a Thai anyway.

On 5/18/2020 at 4:34 PM, darrendsd said:

So you have pretty much paid for it all your life?

As they are parasites, a woman will always cost you money. Often, slapping the money down on the bar works out far cheaper than marrying one of em and is a lot less hassle.