Grumpy John

3 hours ago, madmitch said:

They look like a 1980s pop duo!

It's just unfortunate they took after their mother in the looks department and not their strikingly handsome dad. ????

Tough times for a lot of people but this is not the answer.   

1 hour ago, Xonax said:

As everyone knows, the first 35% of a budget are always used to line the pockets of the wealthy.

That seems like a high percentage. Hard to cover it up....slap me,  I am hallucinating again!  HaHaHa! 

Hi Lopburi3,  there are a few computer shops in PhiChit.  If my son in Oz cannot do it I will give it a go.

And I am sure he will do a good job....gangster style!  ????

3 minutes ago, chilli42 said:

Have you considered what this says about the state of the Thai economy and banks?  Well you can be certain that things are far worse than have been let on.  One can only imagine what the PM promised him just to take the job.  Even a capable respected man like this refuses to go down with the ship.  Much effort is being made to keep up appearances after Autun screwed things up.  It may be too little too late ... as indicated by this resignation.  The bad news is going to bubble up when it can no longer be contained.  Stay tuned.

I know things are bad when the Bangkok bank dropped my 12 month investment account from 1.5 to 0.5% interest.  If I wasn't in the middle of visa extension I'd park it in another bank...with better rate.  My 6 month investment will probably go from 1% to 0!

On 8/31/2020 at 1:15 PM, Peterw42 said:

There are lots of online fax services, google it. myfax.com, hellofax.com

Go to the fax service website, upload or email your document and it gets sent as a fax.

Also apps for your phone that do the same thing.

 

Hi Peter, the problem is I no longer have a credit or debit card...or Paypal so despite the free trials or 3 free faxs I cannot sign up!   

On 8/31/2020 at 5:31 PM, GreasyFingers said:

If you have contacts in Australia email it to them and then they can fax it to the government.

 

Have run into this problem before,

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Probably the only option!  My son is in Melbourne...hopefully he can go to a post office or internet shop.

13 hours ago, Scott Tracy said:

India. River Engineering appears to be Indian, while Sanfoco is Thai and seems to deal in wood. Pun intended.

The Indians use a lot of Chinese components in a lot of products, so even if made in India......

What you can buy new at the dealership is basically the same tractor the Europeans where buying in the 1980's.  Not saying the new you beaut tractors from the big players are inferior, just older technology.  There are plenty of Kubotas, Yanmars and Isekis around here with the Iseki brand being the minor player.  Plus a lonesome Flord...I mean New Holland and a 6600 the earthmoving guy owns.

Got 25 rai of rice...don't even consider a tractor S/H or new.  It will never pay for itself.

"chain tightening"  Is this one of those Gotya threads where we all fall for it despite the fact most if not all Beemers are shaft drive???  Well...the sexy boyracer model has a chain...so maybe you have one of those!  ???? 

If you have I am jealous already! ????

While sarcasm and humour warm my soul they could be on to something here!  I wouldn't be surprised if the announcement tomorrow reads "An increase of 100% in the number of Thai tourists is expected soon."  

3 hours ago, shaemus said:

What happened to the tractor subsidy of 90% off to compensate the affected farmers? 

The money is in the bank.....Prayuts bank that is! ????

3 hours ago, Falcon said:

What a racist <deleted> you are Richard, and you are from...? Wherever your from, we should probably ask the question “are there any honest (insert your country here) And should all (insert your country here) be deported because Richard is a complete racist A$$?

there are plenty of honest Africans living in Thailand, just that as they are law abiding, you don’t hear anything about them. Just as anyone and people from any country, the bad ones cause the good ones to be all tarred with the same brush.

As a kid my older brother used to say the only good...African....is a dead one.  To which I replied "pull the other one"  which in Aus slang means: your having me on with your broad assumptions.  But over the years and seeing how white farmers are being treated in South Africa my view has changed a lot!  

3 hours ago, ginjag said:

The Mark 6  would make a great dive boat....without the guns...or maybe just the one on the foredeck and a large sun awning.

4 hours ago, Dustdevil said:

I imagine the operating manuals are either in Chinese or bad English, with three assembly diagrams that don't make any sense.

Mate, their not buying them from Ikea!  

Dope and dopes.  Makes for a good thread even if dopes don't always do dope.  Hopefully many more pages of enjoyable/entertaining reading to come.

6 minutes ago, RichCor said:

...was just about to say, is there a reason the recipient won't accept the document as a emailed pdf?

Australian government rules.  They wouldn't do it on the phone because I  have to show a bank stamp and bank manager signature on the form. Peer gave me a link to some free sites...I might get lucky! 

5 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

There used to be free ones floating around, probably stlll some out there if you search enough. https://www.lifewire.com/free-fax-services-2378048

Why cant the people in Australia accept the document as an email attachment ?

You would have to ask the government why in 2020 they cannot accept emails. 

Thanks guys,  but they want my Visa card number even for a free trial...and I no longer have a Visa card!  Bangkok bank have a new phone app linked to Union Pay but I  am not sure if I can get it, or use it if I  can GEt it.