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  1. That's a point but I sympathise, my bedroom (second floor) is by far the hottest room in the house. The other second floor rooms much lower in temp. Ground floor not too bad. Roof tiles on all the second floor rooms get full sun, but one exposed wall (with double glass sliding doors, double glass) get full on sun from about 09.00 am. The other exposed wall with 2 double glazed large windows from 10.00 am. These 2 exposed walls were quite hot to touch but we painted them with heat reducing paint (Home Pro) and that did reduce the temp. Had 2 contractors look at installing insulation (roll type), both declined because the roof cavity is too narrow and so much other stuff (drop down supports for the ceiling, wiring). Both also indicated they would not ask their staff to work in the ceiling cavity because of the extreme heat, any month in the year. But they did both offer to remove the gyprock ceiling, add the insulation and fix a wobbly ceiling fan from within the bed room then reinstall a new gyprock ceiling. It's a quite large room, less than 2 days to complete the work. Both quotes 4,000Baht. Late this year in cool months we will go ahead with the plan in the paragraph above. Already have air-con, took the room measurements to an air-con shop and they calculated how many BTU size air-con needed. LG.
  2. This subject has made the headlines again and again over many years. Is there any actual progress at all?
  3. Don't agree, should be a total ban on conscripts or any soldiers working at the residence of an officer.
  4. And did the ceremony / event just continue? Or did it end when the punch up happened?
  5. Thanks again. I got an English speaker on the 1506 Chat Box column, she understood immediately, polite, and gave very clearcomment: - Cannot fix this online - Go to any 7 /11, take a document which shows the words Social Security in Thai, member name and ID number. - Say that you want to pay 432Baht. Did that. - 7/11 lady quickly found the SS on her screen and entered my ID number etc., then said 'pay 1 month or 2 <in Thai>, I responded 1 month. - She took the money and then entered the payment on her screen. - Gave me receipt. All done in 1 minute. Since called 1506, luckily got an English speaker, lady confirmed the normal system for SS to deduct payment from my K bank a/c will restart immediately (on 15 April). Wasn't painful at all. Thanks again for all the advice.
  6. Thank you Sheryl. I plan to go to my bank tomorrow morning and see if they can help, and i'll call the 1506 Hotline, they will have an answer. I have many savings account and I've messed up doing the top up ready for the SSO auto deduction process. I already found there is a long grace period to get it all corrected. All my own fault and I'll learn from my error. Thanks again.
  7. NEW QUESTION ABOUT AUTOMATIC PERSONAL PAYMENT OF MONTHLY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTINUED THEIR INJURY AND SICKNESS BENEFITS. My member contribution payment was due on 15 March using the auto system where the SSO automatically removes the payment from the members bank account. I have just realized that my member payment didn't happen. Why? Because I have several savings accounts (me alone and me and my son) and I topped up the wrong bank account - therefore not enough funds in the designated bank account. Totally my fault. I've called the SSO 1506 Hotline several times today but there's no english speaking officers answering the phone. What can I do to correct the situation? Any advice much appreciated.
  8. When I started the process of continuing my Article 39 Injury and Sickness cover the SS office here in Chiang Mai insisted that I must show a yellow Tabien Baan book and my pink card. I explained that my name is in the standard dark blue Tabien baan book because I am a Permanent Resident PR. SSO CM leader responded: - What visa is PR? And what is the expiry date, and 'you need to go to immigration and insist that they organize a yellow Tabien Baan book for you'. - I explained (through a Thai lady who is a company admin. manager here in CM, speaks perfect English and Thai) that PR is for life , it has no expiry date and it's automatic when PR is issued the foreigners' name goes in a dark blue Tabien baan book. - SS leader here in CM insisted there is no such thing as PR, and was adamant that I must be mistaken and in reality have a one year renewable visa. - I Called the SSO Hotline 1506. Luckily on that day there was a snr. lawyer available to take calls in English. - When I shared all of the details in the points above she said 'I'm not surprised, SSO staff have zero training or knowledge about visas and the regulations do state 'foreigner must have yellow tabien baan book' and pink D card. She took all the details and said she would personally visit CM office and conduct a training session about numerous items. - Soon after that the SSO CM leader shared that he had learned that they can accept the dark blue covered tabien baan book. From there the process went fairly smoothly and my section 39 Injury and Sickness benefits were restarted.
  9. Or more. But let's keep in mind on the other side of the coin we have an ex PM, convicted for serious / proven offences and a Thai man jailed in australia for serious / proven drug offences. Both have miracouolusly ended up free.
  10. True, and for most it's just recognize that you are not in your citizenship country therefore you must obey the local laws re land / property ownership, regardless of your desires. Is it really that difficult to understand and respect that all countries have their own laws based on local history / customs and respect for the local citizens, etc.
  11. Well I guess the video etc., shows they are just 2 nice guys.
  12. Ohh, I guess that's a comparison with the tough treatment thaksin has received.
  13. Nice points, and it's been said before that clever Thai business folks get on with business regardless of the crap / invalid / unethical government.
  14. No I didn't miss the 'subtle innuendo'. The poster can joke, his call. I don't see this as a joke, when 99% of the Thai population who front to a court are sentenced to jail and serve jail, for minor infractions.
  15. Good point of curse which highlights that ultimately the judicial process is not genuine at all.
  16. In other words you write total crap.
  17. Not true at all, Australia doesn't operate like that, not every country is like the LOS courts.
  18. ...the relocation of HTMS Chonburi is a preventive measure, to avoid a repeat of the accident, adding “The ship will be thoroughly checked for any more jammed artillery shells or other faults.” Very unprofessional and way less than what should be expected of a military / navy vessel / team. Surely they have already days ago thoroughly checked their guns to ensure they are not loaded? I would expect confirmation that all guns are not loaded as a serious check, performed by mid level officers and reported to senior officers well before they are near a built up area or other navy vessels.
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