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mgjackson69
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I beg to differ...taking care of things is a concept, whether it is a stick you made into a spear or a modern tractor.
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As a data point, this guy says he used a yellow book in Pattaya to renew his drivers license:
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I have used Avis, Hertz, Petchaburu Carrent, and Thai Rent A Car, no complaints with any of them
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I cannot speak to Kasikorn Bank.
I did recently link a PayPal account to my KTB account, and there was no ”joining charge”.
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Thailand Bad.
Stars and Stripes Good.
I said neither of those things. I related two things that I have personally observed.
And yes, many of the hand tools sold here, particularly wrenches, are <deleted>.
I am *not* one of the Thai-bashers that seem to proliferate here, nor am I a Thai apologist.
I am also neither an apologist for nor a basher of my native country.
This particular topic *is* a shortcoming of the native culture here, for the most part. As with most things, there are exceptions.
BTW ... why didn't you simply ask the nephew to return the borrowed tools?
You are making the assumption that I did not ask him for the tools back.
He claims that he lost them. That might be the case, or he might be lying. He has little money, and I am not going to make much fuss about it...it would rather not have anything to do with him anyway.
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Some Amphurs require an official translation of your passport. Others require that you be accompanied and vouched for by the local pooyaban. Others will send you to other offices ( like Immigration ) to get a residency certificate. Further examples can be found here by doing a Search for Yellow Book
In my description of the process I went through, I stated that I obtained a Certificate of Residence, and that the local pooyai and my stepson came to the amphur to vouch for me. I consider neither of those requirements excessive or jumping through hoops.
A translation of my passport was not required. That surely would be a bit more difficult but probably not a showstopper.
What else?
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I am continually amazed by the lack of preventative maintenance that goes on here, or in more general terms, just plain old taking care of things.
Example 1: I brought my wife a decent set of Chicago Cutlery knives and the block to store them in. Within 30 minutes of unboxing the set, she had the tip of the paring knife bent at a 90-degree angle, using it to pry something. She refuses to clean the knives after use, and will not put them back in the block when finished with them.
Example 2: On returning home from a work trip, I discovered two wrenches missing from my toolbox...not the cheap crap sold here, Craftsman tools from USA. In discussion with the wife, I found that she bad let our nephew use my tools. That led to an explanation from me that they are not hers to loan out, and he should be more respectful of the property of others. Her response kept coming back to ”I cannot help?” Knowing that it is a no-win argument, I now keep my tools locked up. She can use something out of the box only if I unlock it for her. This lets her off the hook of having to ”help”, as I am the bad guy who keeps the tools locked up.I also replaced the two missing wrenches with exact replacements, and made a point of showing her the receipt.
For so many people in this country that really do not have much, one would think that they would take better care of things, especially large-ticket items.
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Hopefully you are not in Pattaya, since you will be disappointed to know that the Land Transport Office there will not accept a Yellow Book for proof of address to renew a drivers license or register a motor vehicle. They will only accept the Residency Certificate issued by Jomtien Immigration
I am not in Pattaya, therefore am not disappointed.
So check with your local LTO before you jump through the hoops to get a Yellow book. If it is easy to get and not expensive by all means get one, but don't assume that it is going to be all that easy or inexpensive to get it. Like most things in Thailand local officials make up the rules as they go along and in some locations it can be an expensive time consuming exercise
I already have the Yellow Book. I know locations vary, but I would not call the process here (Chok Chai, Korat) expensive (free) or time consuming (two hours tops) by any stretch of the imagination. Nor would I call any of the requirements "jumping through hoops”...on the contrary, I am now on a friendly basis with a couple people in the amphur, and that is not a bad thing.
I am curious for detail on the ”expensive time consuming exercise”. I figure knowledge is a good thing.
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It is but you need to jump to quite a few hoops where i am located. So i havent gotten one so far.The yellow book at a cost of 20 bht is a good investment......
Please quantify "quite a few hoops”...I am curious
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As much as you huff and puff, amnesty is part of the package -- and the one that is of primary interest to President Obama. From the points in the Gallup poll (the six you mentioned):
This one is the one that specifies Amnesty - but tries to make it seem like you are penalizing them (bad you - there punished, you can stay)
- Allow illegal immigrants living in the US the opportunity to become citizens after a long waiting period if they paid taxes and a penalty, pass a criminal check, and learn English.
This was a Republican priority which President Obama has consistently refused to do and opposed.... but we all know that President Obama, even after it was passed will feel no obligation to actually implement.... he will just say it is too burdensome and cannot be enforced. If children can walk across the border with no problems currently, there is no way that you can seriously argue that they are securing the border....
- Tighten U.S. border security and provide the Border Patrol with increased technology, infrastructure, and personnel.
The following is already done, but usually they are moved from F1 to H1B the following year - and then work in the US while the green card is processed which usually takes six years. I worked with lots of foreigners with US graduate/PHD credentials in this position (at least 50+ at the company I worked for).
- Allow engineers and scientists from other countries who earn graduate degrees in the US to remain in the US to work.
This one is in the border security grouping - a republican priority which President Obama has opposed and will likely waive using executive orders etc.
- Require US business owners to check the immigration status of any employees they hire, with stiff fines and penalties for employers who knowingly hire unauthorized workers.
There is already a process for this - even though it is cumbersome:
- Allow employers to hire immigrants if it can be demonstrated that they were unsuccessful in recruiting an American to fill an open position.
The Democratic Party has constantly been afraid of doing this legally since they have been afraid of angering their Labour support.
- Vary the number of lower-skilled immigrants allowed to enter the country depending on how the US economy is doing.
It is all about playing a shell game and hiding the amnesty by obscuring it with other things to do with immigration (sort of an immigration omnibus bill).
That's not how Gallup presented Prez Obama's comprehensive immigration reform package to his sample national survey of Americans.
I think the post contains the wrong proposal.
Check out the Gallup survey again plse, thx.
And don't forget your meds this time.
This is the link you provided....
So if I got it wrong - it was your sources that I followed... The points were typed as is from your link which was an image file....
These statements you wrote in the above post are your opinion, your bias, your outlander political bent. Your statements were not in the Gallup national survey and for good reason, i.e., they would skew and significantly alter the nature of the survey.
As much as you huff and puff, amnesty is part of the package -- and the one that is of primary interest to President Obama. From the points in the Gallup poll (the six you mentioned):
This one is the one that specifies Amnesty - but tries to make it seem like you are penalizing them (bad you - there punished, you can stay)
This was a Republican priority which President Obama has consistently refused to do and opposed.... but we all know that President Obama, even after it was passed will feel no obligation to actually implement.... he will just say it is too burdensome and cannot be enforced. If children can walk across the border with no problems currently, there is no way that you can seriously argue that they are securing the border...
The following is already done, but usually they are moved from F1 to H1B the following year - and then work in the US while the green card is processed which usually takes six years. I worked with lots of foreigners with US graduate/PHD credentials in this position (at least 50+ at the company I worked for).
This one is in the border security grouping - a republican priority which President Obama has opposed and will likely waive using executive orders etc
There is already a process for this - even though it is cumbersome:
The Democratic Party has constantly been afraid of doing this legally since they have been afraid of angering their Labour support.
You forgot your meds again.
My god.
The comprehensive immigration reform package 75% of Americans across the political spectrum support does not have amnesty in it, not the word, not the reality of amnesty. Anyone posting the word "amnesty" alongside mention of the comprehensive immigration reform package is writing fiction.
Only the politically extreme on the right are trying this completely discredited tactic. People who say things that are discredited do in fact discredit themselves.
Using.the word.”comprehensive” excessively give K Publicus' arguments more validity, at least in his mind.
This is a common tactic of the left...keep saying the same thing over and over until it becomes perceived as ”fact”.
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Nah, most are fully willing to do damage when on their own unlike Thais in a street fight. This incident just took place in a club house and it still sounded as if only one did the hitting, unlike Thais who would have all been kicking and hitting.Bikers enjoy safety in numbers... Their chromosomes work better when collectively in a 'gang'.. It's like a small man syndrome with a Smiths/Lays crisp on him shoulder.. Get one on his own, they turn to a you know what!
Haha, but I am sure you are a big bruiser, special forces type trained in Akido hand to hand combat and could easily handle any of those sissy little Hell's Agenglea in a one on one situation
A Hells Angel might be willing to fight you one on one, but if you start getting the upper hand you will be 'rat packed' with a quickness.
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This kind of crime is happening all to frequently.
And because there is virtually no Police presence anywhere on the streets, it will go on happening again and again and again.
Regarding "police presence;" does anyone who what the excuse is for the lack of police on the streets? This extends to driving also. Why are there not police cars or motorcycles on the streets enforcing laws as they are in other countries?
I know the standard answers to these questions, but what do the police say is the reason?
#sarcasm ON
There is a great idea...let's have Thai police doing car chases
#sarcasm OFF
One of the worst things that happened to 'policing' in USA, was taking cops off the beat and putting them in cars, insulated from the community.
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The most foretelling reference I have seen was in India when recruiting a new housemaid:
Just as disconcerting "This young corporal will continue through life pushing on doors that say pull. "I read a reference once which said 'This person has absolutely no mental health problems'.
"This woman deserves a good birth. The wider the better"
She presented this very proud that she deserved a good birth.
”birth”???
Or was that ”berth?”
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I was not aware that razors could become dull by ”sitting around”..hmmmmLike the OP, I used to buy them at 7/11 but don't trust their new house brand razors.
I am no expert, but my experience has always been bad when buying razors from 7-11. I think it might have a lot to do with turnover. 7-11 razors probably sit around for a long time and become dull. Buy from Boots or Watson and you get fresh razors. Just my opinion.
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What was the Russian boyfriend doing while Khun Manat was attacking his girlfriend?
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It must suck working for that wage
wow 1.2k for a piece of paper with a stamp.. that's 4 days wages.You can get a re-entry permit for the 90 day entry you got from your visa.
The re-entry permit desk is open 24 hours a day at Suv. A single re-entry permit will cost 1200 baht and they will do the from, photo and etc for you.
The desk is located just before the normal (not fast track) departure immigration desks just after you get off the escalator.
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With that said,
Asia-spec dual-band will not work in USA. Asia-spec tri-band might work in USA, depending upon the area you are in.
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I have been thinking on getting the yellow tambien baan for some time. I finally got it done last week.
It was fairly simple. I went back to Immigration for another Certificate of Residence, then the wife and I went to the amphur. We supplied my passport (with copies of the photo page, current entry stamp, TM6, and current extension of stay stamp. We also had (with copies) my wife's ID card, her tambien baan, our marriage certificate, and a fairly recent ”marriage abstract” (I forget the Thaii term for it).
All those docs were good. The nice gentleman proceeded to start writing our story...I am not sure what it was, but he wrote a lot. We sort of got stuck for a bit on my mother's name (she divorced and remarried after I was born), but we eventually got past it. In hindsight I should have just stated her surname as the same as mine.
Then I needed two witnesses, I guess to state that I live at the house. We fetched the poo yai, and my 23 year old stepson. They both came to the amphur and talked to the man, and signed something. That was that.
About five days later, the amphur called and said come get your book.
Cost at the amphur? Zero...but we brought some snacks and coffee for the staff.
Some say the yellow book is only for bragging rights, whatever that means. I see it as another piece of documentation in a place that really likes official paperwork.
Known uses are drivers license renewal and registering a motor vehicle. Both of which I will do in the future. I suspect that other situations will arise where it will be useful as well.
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they sent emails and then the one phone call. I don
t want to click on any link in the email.
Sorry, I was not clear.
Surely do *not* click on the link. But if you mouse over the link, depends on the browser, you should see the URL displayed somewhere on your screen. Google Chrome will be in the lower left of your browser window, for example.
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What a bunch of nerds you all are. What kind of pen should I buy ! pfttttt
Start asking questions like;
What's the best chainsaw for a man?
How do I get 2 beer bottles in my mouth at once?
I want to move the girlfriend in with the wife, how should i go about doing that?
When i cut myself, is it best to rub salt in it?
When I shave, can i use a piece of glass?
These are men questions !
I am waiting for the day when one of you asks, what the best tampon is as the wife wants you to go buy her some.
[/quoteThe current wife does not use tampons, but I have no problem picking up pads if I am running out for something.
When I am in a supermarket in USA, often I will take a pass through the feminine hygiene aisle and toss a box of tampons in my cart. During the rest of my shopping I look for a victim to 'pass' the tampons to...an obviously post-menopausal female is good, or some self-important manly man. If that does not happen, it becomes a surreal moment when I hit the cashier line...”How did *this* get in here?”
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This is what a sensible rider would do...but here we are in Thailand, where the norm is to *never* stay behind a slower-moving vehicle, rather just blindly pull out on either side and go around.
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I agree, something that is part of the physical plant should be on the landlord...appliances, pool pumps, and the like are not consumables.
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I first saw an IBM PC at university in 1983, I did BASIC and Turbo Pascal programming on that platform. Then it was assembly and machine language on a Terak PDP-11 based machine, 8” floppy drives. PL/1, Cobol, and JCL on the IBM 370, and (some forgotten language) running on VMS on a DEC MicroVAX. Somewhere along the way I had some exposure to Commodore 64 and 128, and the Timex Sinclair.
Then it was out into the workforce with shiny new BS degree in Computer Science. I ended up at at a midsize company in Omaha, Nebraska, ACI of Base24 fame. That was doing software development in TACL, TAL, and C on the Tandem NonStop.
The first PC I bought was circa 1991 I think. It was an Acros (Acer) 386 running Windows 3.0 (?). It had a 4800 baud modem; I spent a lot of time on Prodigy and some local BBS..
About 1995 we started carrying laptops for work, at about the same time I officially moved from software development to Implementation and Support. Those were Windows 3.11, and I think I have hit everything along the way, Windows-wise, with the exception of ME.
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I will echo other's comments, no name change form was needed for my wife.
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Pattaya Police Chief begins investigation into Tim 'Sharky' Ward
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Or it is possible this guy is making no money here and is just posting bullshit on the internet