Jimjim1

29 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I think they misunderstood their job description. They are supposed to prevent crime, not take part in it.

It’s all a bit like I Os. Personal interpretation and not actual interpretation of job description and rules is the order of the day.

TIT

20 minutes ago, QuantumQuandry said:

Negotiation might work.  Also might not.  That's all I am saying.  Imo, there is absolutely no guarantee that insurance will be there for you.  There are probabilities.  Maybe a high probability.  But people who think it's a guarantee are in denial, imo.

Ok well you reckon you know better that anybody so suffice it to say that I personally spoke at great length with my insurers and got a letter from them confirming all risks at 100% I also extended my travel period, so I currently have an annual policy with a 90 day cover for ANY trip I make in the year, so I can go out for 90 days come back for one day and go straight back out again with the same cover and all I do is tell them.

I have not said that it was easy to do BUT if you know what you are talking about and want they the insurers have a clear idea of what is being requested of them and can say yes or no,and in my case it was a signed and confirmed yes.

1 hour ago, QuantumQuandry said:

Not saying every insurance company will be that strict.  But the potential is there.

So the poster should be more than 100%honest with the insurance company and talk to a manager to negotiate a favourable outcome.

There are many companies and agents on the British market who are happy to cover pre-existing so if he is in the UK he should talk with them about annual cover with £10,000,000 being a minimum.

If it costs £300 to £500 per annum it is still very good and cheap for £10,000,000, personally I would be happy to pay £1,000 for that level of cover, but then that’s just me.

Now it’s time for the cheap Charlie idiots to put the befuddled  emoticon on here.

2 hours ago, redwood1 said:

Then you must go down to the post office and stand in line to pay your 7 baht tax to get your package.

Obviously you think 7 baht is to little and not worth your time To go and pay it, well the good news (not ) is in double QuickTime they will discover just how lucrative VAT is and treble it, currently 30million parcels at 7 baht  = 210 million baht for free so imagine when the greedy side kicks in AGAIN.

5 hours ago, malct said:

Thank you for your replies, I had not thought about the post office , Its certainly a good idea , I will mention it to the wife, Regards the taxi, I thought about about 7000 baht, i remember last year in Pattaya getting a bolt taxi to the bus station and the driver asking me where i was going and he offered to drive me to yasothon and he only asked for 5000 baht, Going by bus can be a nightmare from patts and can take up to 13 hours   

Please just remember that where ever you get your taxi there will be a 99% chance that the driver will be tired before he starts and will head for the nearest 7/11 to get several bolt upright kick up the a- - bottles of caffeine so that he can drive with his eyes firmly fastened to his chin rather than do it in stages and frequently rest up, so be sensible and don’t put yourself and your family into an extremely dangerous position, the driver will not tell you he is tired but he is guaranteed to fall asleep at sometime during the 15 hour journey usually on a bend in the road that they really do not have the experience to negotiate correctly even when they are fresh.

we have all seen Thai drivers hurtle into a bend and hit the brakes last second because they do not know how to drive properly and use the road.

Having had one experience of one of these fabled clowns on a trip from Suvarnabhumi to Pattaya where I had to slap his head to wake him up I would never ever consider a journey such as yours in a taxi or mini bus.

so be sensible and good luck and before the idiot brigade in here who consummately pooh pooh suggestions of common sense, I have experienced these idiot drivers.

22 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

You may require a TM30 and prior to checking in you should establish if the hotel can give you screenshot of the TM30 

I wrote about exactly what I do every time I come to Thailand and I have never had a problem, I simply tell the io where I am staying and they stamp my PP for an additional 30 days and give me a receipt for 1900baht clipped into my PP.

I never use the full 30 days leaving after 45 to 50 well within the 60 day period and airport io’s always smile and are very friendly.

As for a TM30 I have never been asked for one but I did once ask the hotel for a letter confirming my residence however the io did not even look at it so I have not bothered since, I just carry a hotel card should anything arise.

3 hours ago, bob smith said:

have been told today that I can’t do it without a work permit.

Ask her to put it in writing and then post it here so we know it is not bs

5 minutes ago, Jimjim1 said:

after you arrive go to an io anywhere in Thailand

Quick update you can go to any io in Thailand but you must check in to a hotel in the city you are in and take a hotel card with you so they will know where you are staying and can check if they want to.

I have gone to an io within an hour of checking in and had no problem getting the extension 

7 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

will wait until I arrive in Thailand with my 30 days then apply for extra 15 days when I'm there and I change my departure flights ,( unfortunately with a fee)

Thankyou anyway 

If you know you are going to stay 40 or 45 days why not simply buy your expected departure date flight and a few days after you arrive go to an io anywhere in Thailand and buy a 30day extension it is easy and should take no more than 1 hour, just go in and ask for an extension, they are fully prepared for it and know what to do, I do this every time paying an agent for something as simple as that is a complete waste of money as is paying a fee to change your flight.

One word of caution, tea money is still very much a thing with io’s so hand over 2,000baht and do not expect or ask for any change, if the io offers change (unlikely) don’t accept it just quietly tip it back over the counter they will remember you next time

just go for it you will be surprised at how easy it is.

1 hour ago, Paris333 said:

The ancient Greek festival of Aloa

Shoot I thought Aloa was a place in Scotland

On 4/9/2024 at 9:02 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

I agree, my girlfriend is non stop, she's onto me several times a day for boom boom. 

Try giving it to her once and she might stop……….

17 hours ago, bbi1 said:

Looks like a grey nomad from the blurred picture. Charge & deport the drunk old fool, ban him for 5 years and cancel his retirement visa. Seems every day it's the grey old nomads making the news for the wrong reason.

One day you may be old and lucky enough to be a “grey nomad” yourself so I hope you will remember your disgraceful ageist remarks.

As for the person concerned here IF he is entirely to blame in this and was indeed intoxicated he deserves what he gets, but looking at the wider picture turning left at a junction without stopping is probably the most stupid action on Thai roads but to do it without looking and driving straight out is beyond belief.

42 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

There are a lot of these places for cheap Charlies. 

Correct me if I have mixed you up with another but did’nt you complain about the 25Baht price of a cup of Tea a few years ago.

13 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

True, but they can speak both, or many can, due to a large Russian speaking population. 

Again true but this is because the Ukrainians were forced to learn Russian by the soviets but they kept their own language and culture, Singaporn was wrong to state “same language same culture because it was an independent country before the red revolution and therefore had its own language and culture, it was also the bread basket of the Soviet Union because of the quality of the wheat and other food products it can grow, and now much of the world is / was reliant on that wheat.

6 minutes ago, SingAPorn said:

Russians or Ukrainians ? Same culture and language.

No it is’nt Ukraine has always had it’s own language even when the soviets insisted on the Russian language they still used there own amongst themselves.

On 4/1/2024 at 2:37 PM, rexpotter said:

This was normal behaviour in Bali where I just left, due to them.They stole from the small mom and pop grocery shops, and they were well known for running off without paying for their bills at restaurants. In fact they had to start making people pay in advance because of them.

The same thing was happening a lot in Jomtien a few years ago, but the sad thing was that the restaurantuers logged us all in with the Russians and places I had gone many times and who Inew me very well suddenly demanded payment before placing my order, I was in one when about 20 people came in ordered and ate the food and then slowly left until only one remained who then denied any knowledge of the others only paying for his own food order.

They were able to leave because it was a very busy restaurant and the toilet was in back and led directly to the car park, freeking cheap Charlie’s screwed it for everyone.

7 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Can anyone see Jesus in there though?

Nah but you got the rock he lives under just to the right of the tail feathers

5 hours ago, JayClay said:

Who would have thought that if you spend less money, you'd have more left over?..

Don’t get too upset it is just another youngster  discovering the wheel again, they do this every day and INFLUENCE the rest of the brain dead bunch to do the same.

3 hours ago, NONG CHOK said:

Every time I walk to my local super market I get attacked by dogs. What devices are recommended to get these walking flea bags to back off. The problem is the tour buses are parked there and the drivers give the dogs their left overs. If this were to cease the dogs would move on.

An earlier answer to mine was to put stones in a tin and rattle it when they approach you and this is good advice, however if you do the same in a large plastic water bottle and do the same it will make a louder noise because of the size of the bottle and that is enough to send them away.

You do not need a lot of stones maybe 6 to 9 or twelve at most the rounder the better and of a size just small enough to go through the neck of the bottle, any smaller and they will not rattle properly.

On 3/13/2024 at 2:02 PM, Modern Coding said:

Curious to read how you define a "real buddhist monk".

Until now, either in Cambodia or in Thailand, all monks I have met had one thing in common: their uncommon stupidity!

Like those highlighted in this article, or like the one I recently met in the MR

Stupid is as stupid gets that’s why the Thais are kept down, the information and advice given by monks is incredibly childish 

Take a look at your posture, ask your wife to watch you when you are walking, if you are leaning forward and dropping your head towards your chest it will sub consciously stay with you when you go to bed so straighten your back and raise your head on the pillow, you could even use a neck brace like the one used by people with spondylitis but only briefly no more than a week or two and only when you sleep.

Probably the best way to find out if you are doing this to any degree is to lie down flat on the floor and if it hurts to put your head down so much that you have to raise your legs to do it, there is your problem SO stay on the floor and relax your neck and when you feel comfortable slowly lower your legs until you are lying flat with your entire body in contact with the floor, then slowly move your head left to right shoulder to shoulder, if it hurts stop the movement at that point, but each time you do it try to move it a little further the idea of the exercise is to regain full movement in the neck do not raise your head off the floor to do this.

Do all of this as often as you like in a day and certainly every day and do not at any time force any part of the head movement further than is comfortable.

When getting back up again roll over onto your knees and get up.

It worked for me so Good luck.

PS

leaning forward and dropping the head towards the chest is an age thing so don’t be shy most of us do it but are not aware of it until someone tells us we are doing it.

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5 hours ago, Andyfez said:

Yes, definitely unstable.

Full name is’nt Stephen GOTTFRID is it?

19 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

link to vid  ?

SICK