hullmonkey1

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Surely you can't be serious in posting this poll. Who's gonna divulge that kind of info on a web forum? I admit people could answer the poll anonymously.

Nice try though.

Your top layer isn't very high though. I mean that's about the price of a semi-detached house in the south of England. I think you could have gone to, say, 140 million Baht.

Well I htink our house in London suburb, inside M25, on Underground line is 4 bed semi and worh currently 25 million baht based on GBP 1.00 = Baht 86

86 baht to the pound Do tell where you exchange your cash mate

Thanks for the info HB

Plastic bags full of flour are now on our munitions acquisition list in place of the backpacks with gallon container's. Just need to find some very thin plastic bags to make flour bombs with

I wouldn't recommend that. Enough people get hurt every year as it is by getting blasted with water cannons and buckets of water/ice being thrown at them (even while riding motorcycles).

I don't think throwing packets of flour would be well received (and we all know what happens to flour when it gets wet. Might as well wrap rocks in baggies and throw those, it would have much the same effect, and probably the same reaction from those that get hit by the projectiles).

Stick to dabbing talc on faces and squirting water everywhere else.

Point taken KD. As I stated before, It will be my first Sonkran. Maybe I was getting a little carried away. I certainly do not want to cause any hassle especially with the kids in tow. Thanks for the advice mate.

My little unit of water trooper's will include 4 kids and 2 adults all armed with super soakers, back packs containing gallon container's and maybe goggles. beach road will be our area of operations which will give us chemical warfare capabilitywhen when we run out of tradition ammo..... We will replenish our supply of ammo from the sea

No need to use that polluted water - many barrels along Beach Road and the sois, just smile and fill up. You'll get soaked each time, of course, but <deleted>.

A plastic bag of flour or talc on the belt makes you even more authentic.

Forget the goggles - unless you also wear swim-fins. Then you can do a Kermit waddle.

Thanks for the info HB

Plastic bags full of flour are now on our munitions acquisition list in place of the backpacks with gallon container's. Just need to find some very thin plastic bags to make flour bombs with

I have never been lucky/unlucky enough to be in thailand at this time of year due to work but I am hoping like hel_l to make it this year (another kid in a grown-ups body) I have however celebrated it in The UK by driving through leeds city centre with my 3 kids in the back of the car, shooting people with their super soaker's Just had to clamp down on the little toads when we were stuck at traffic lights

edit because at first I wrote "a grown-up in a kids body..thought that might have led to PM'S from nonce's

get here lad its sound

most of the complaints come from older farangs not people who still know how to enjoy themselves. not a dig, its the truth.

however my 55 year old brother in law loved it last year. mainly because i showed him what a great day it can be. chill, have a beer and enjoy

Well sonkran here I come. The ex is bringing the 3 kids over then clearing off to samui with her new bloke. I swung coming home 2 weeks early from work so cant wait to get at it . My little unit of water trooper's will include 4 kids and 2 adults all armed with super soakers, back packs containing gallon container's and maybe goggles. beach road will be our area of operations which will give us chemical warfare capabilitywhen when we run out of tradition ammo..... We will replenish our supply of ammo from the sea

If they are going to an authorized school they can obtain ED visa/one year extensions of stay and will not require border runs under section 7.8 with proof as below, they would enter on a single entry visa and then extend there stay at an Immigration office inside Thailand at a cost of 1,900 baht per year.

1. Petition Forms

2. Copy of Passport of the Applicant

3. Copy of the Institute’s educational

license issued from related

government sector.

4. Certify letter requesting for continuous

of study from that education institute

illustrating the course details and its

duration and transcript

5. Must be certified by a related

government sector or by the Provincial

Mayor which is responsible for that

education institute (exempted in the

case of studying in an international

school and undergraduate level)

Thanks for the info Lopburi 3.

So the single entry visa (3 months) is the best option. The border runs could have been a real pain in the arse as I work ouside thailand

I just spoke to the thai consulate in Hull, UK and they couldnt give me an answer.

my 2 sons aged 13 and 14 are going to attend school in thailand for the next few years. The only 2 options are a single or multiple entry visa. Will they have to make border runs.

a brave man .

A brave man !! I don't think so. He wouldn't have come back in a million years if he wasn't sure the deck was already stacked in his favour. To think he'd risk a long term in jail by coming back here is foolish thinking in my view.

Have to agree 100%. All he had to do was make a few calls prior to deciding to return

what about a dick head?

errm..someone who's into richard

The answer for me is NO.

when I first worked abroad I thought that it was of utter importance that I learnt the language (cantonese). I put in a lot of effort in but when I pronounced the number 17 it always brought a wide grin from my chinese staff...it sounded like wank@r to them. . In vietnam I had an interpreter called Hiepe. When I called him people burst out laughing..it sounded like RAPE!! My 7 year old son (half thai) often repeats my monotone version of the thai language with a big daft grin on his face.

In my opinion all you need to know, is enough to show that you have made some effort, and to be able to show the basics of politeness. I have read countless replies about peoples problems on TV ,asking them how well do they speak thai. WHAT A LOAD OF <deleted>. I have worked with many japanese, vietnamese,french,chinese,kosovan, etc who could speak fluent english but were lost when a couple of UK expats turned on a regional accent to make sure they couldnt understand a word they were saying.

reckon I will have to push for pattays MA

Thanks for the swift replies. I reckon U TAPAO is a winner from my pont of view

My ex is bringing the kids over to see me but doesnt want to spend time in Pattaya. She wants to drop them off and then go to samui

Can she fly from bkk to koh samui direct and if so which airlines

very very funny but no I would not wear it

the housing benefit probably only paid for a rented house that was his home and he wanted to keep it on in case things went tits up in Thailand. The pension should be payable anywere in the world. This guy isnt a criminal IMO....fitted a carpet <deleted> I know guys that have not had a real job and claimed over £150 a week for years and they were too busy with other work to come and fix my roof

thanks for the info murg.

Does anyone know if a similar rule is aplicable to a 1 year educutional visa. My 2 sons aged 12 and 14 are coming out in april and they have heaps of teanage <deleted> that they want to bring with them

Do Hull Monkeys ever go to Hartlepool?

Cheers

They do but they always leave theie beret's at home and avoid eating garlic.

thanks for the info murg.

Does anyone know if a similar rule is aplicable to a 1 year educutional visa. My 2 sons aged 12 and 14 are coming out in april and they have heaps of teanage <deleted> that they want to bring with them

No allowances at all.

well I suppose most of the teenage <deleted> will have to stay in the UK then..or sold on ebay. Thanks for the info PP

thanks for the info murg.

Does anyone know if a similar rule is aplicable to a 1 year educutional visa. My 2 sons aged 12 and 14 are coming out in april and they have heaps of teanage <deleted> that they want to bring with them

what is this 6 month rule and how does it work

I have never been lucky/unlucky enough to be in thailand at this time of year due to work but I am hoping like hel_l to make it this year (another kid in a grown-ups body) I have however celebrated it in The UK by driving through leeds city centre with my 3 kids in the back of the car, shooting people with their super soaker's Just had to clamp down on the little toads when we were stuck at traffic lights

edit because at first I wrote "a grown-up in a kids body..thought that might have led to PM'S from nonce's

never said any one was a sexist pig mobi but it is so funny when as soon as someone claims that the poster is a women she must be bitter & then the old, "yes my ex was like that" posts start. Like you say, mancester is just a nasty person if the posts on here & the pm I have seen are anything to go by, the gender really should not be an issue but sadly it becomes apparent that the mention of them being a western women somehow makes it obvious to "some" that that is what is to be expected. That's what is tragic to me.

Boo

I don’t want to go any further OT than is already happening but feel obliged to comment on your mention of ex’s as I am the only person on this thread to mention a bitter ex.

It was a lighthearted comment about a woman that stopped me from seeing my kids after we split up. (Fairly regular bitter ex-wife fair) The only reason that it was light hearted was because the kids have grown up now and resent her for what she did. Nobody is having a go at women in general here..don’t be so touchy!

If your wife is over 25 years old and holds a british passport (not sure about residency) she can sit an entrance exam in english and maths to get into a lot of uni's. She would also be eligable to have her course fees paid by your LEA (Local education authority)

the regents pattaya costs around £7,500/$15000 a year with no discount for a second child.

As another poster has pointed out, the geneva convention is for uniformed troops. As I understand, it was common practice in WW11 to treat any enemy troops captured not wearing uniform to be shot as spies.

I cant believe that anyone could be suggesting that people who detonate bombs on public transport, behead innocent civilians, fly planes into buildings, (the list is endless) should be protected by the laws that apply the rest of us.

Stevemiddle

Why waste the aviation fuel to take them up to 30,000ft . Just hack their heads off with a rusty spoon and send a dvd of the event to their mum.

Sonnyj re the MPS

Quote “They knew the risks involved and were paid for it monthly I presume”

You must be one sick bunny mate.

Tinglish - can be fun and intoxicating. Mind you a bit embarrassing once you get back to the west and you still use it.

I live in Thailand and have worked in asia for a long time now so I try to keep it simple,speak slower and avoid using long words both in my private and professional life. I am not being patronising, a lot of the people I have worked with are very intelligent and highly educated.

The problem is when I get back to the uk I find that my vocabulary is stunted. My kids even ask "why are you talking like that dad"

some of the typicaly hard to drop sayings:

Many many......A large amount

same same....very similar

Ali baba...thieving sod

All of the above are instantly understood in all of the places I have worked, but in the UK they make you sound like a <deleted>

EmCross - Don't worry about Manchester. As another member pointed out to me "SHE is a Northern monkey that is very aggressive and bitter."

After saying that, I am still waiting to hear from the OP regarding what action he is taking, if any. If he is not going to take any action then I have to wonder how serious the incident regarding his son was. I know for certain if it had been my son I would be doing something about it and not just posting on thaivisa!

OY WEZZIE

she/he may be very aggressive and bitter but why does that relate to northern monkey's

Back on thread. My 7 year old son attends BEST. Its his first term and he is loving it. Although that may be due to the fact that we have just moved from Khon Kaen where he was the only half farang in his year and had to put up with a bit of stick because of this.

To put things into perspective my twelve year son who attends a grammar school on the isle of man, UK was head butted in the face and had his nose broken while stood waiting in line for his lunch last month. This is'nt an inner city comp I'm talking about. Its a well-to-do school full of kids from well-to-do-families living on one of the UK's island tax havens, but thats the state of UK schools today

I'm not disagreeing with those of you who say that BEST has its problems. It most certainly has. I can only describe my sons classroom in the old building as a dump and the OP's sons experience must have been terrible but if some of the kids at BEST are anything like the generation of prats thats teacher's have to put up with in the UK today I could quite happily give their necks a little squeeze myself.....maybe thats a bit harsh but I am one of the old school and six of the best (three strokes of the cane on each hand) used to keep me in line

Hi Hullmonkey1

I like your attitude. Every school has its problems and as you say kids today are no angels, so very difficult for teachers when they have approx. 25 in a class. I don't think any parent will be fully satisfied with any school these days, and especially here in Thailand where I have heard horror stories about many other schools besides BEST.

Regarding Northern monkey - I was only quoting what another member told me.

Wessie

wessie

The other member might have a point. Some of the northern lasses can get a bit stroppy and bitter (my ex-wife is a fine example) but most northern blokes are a pretty friendly bunch