-
Posts
35,896 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
1
Content Type
Events
Forums
Downloads
Quizzes
Gallery
Blogs
Everything posted by NanLaew
-
He just wants agent info, a contact number, etc.. That's all. Not seeking opinions on why. Not seeking advice. I would guess Nanya? As in nanya business? But go ahead and give your unwanted and totally irrelevant opinions anyway. Bet you can't even find Nong Khai on a map either. And then start arguing with another forum busybody. Priceless. There you go. The OP is getting assistance from a fellow member.
-
IF Not Thailand: Then Pago Pago?
NanLaew replied to GammaGlobulin's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Yes, I agree, especially because... buh-bye. -
Are you expat from another Asian countries
NanLaew replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Yes, I give this forum another 6 years, 10 tops. -
Spread the word! More Brits in Thailand can now vote in the UK
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
So, after the billions pished away on Covid apps that don't work and "government gateways" that crash, you want to give the nod to a government to squander another half a billion quid of your hard-earned taxes on an online ballot box that half the British diaspora will ignore come election time because they want to make a 'protest vote' about their frozen pension? I see. -
Social Media Uproar Over New Sanam Luang Sign Showing Two Foreign Women
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Xenophobic? Hardly. The netizens are carping on about the city fathers having not asked the foreign ladies permission to use their picture. What's the Thai word for woke? -
13 year old Thai volunteer rescuer dies in drunk driving accident
NanLaew replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
My dad was a village policeman up in Scotland and whenever there was a weekend road traffic accident that he needed to attend in his private car, he allowed me to come along for the ride. I was maybe 11 or 12 years old before the novelty wore off, but I am pretty confident that at the time, he would have enforced the law had a drunk driver ever taken me out. -
Road Surface Upgrades Underway in North Pattaya
NanLaew replied to snoop1130's topic in Pattaya News
You're having a "high season" with a notable increase in vehicular traffic, notably tourist buses? They're doing it now because it's not raining. -
Actress Ava Six Scenes clears up 150 million baht credit card rumour
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Where has she revealed her credit card details? More like she's having a tongue-in-cheek pop at Thai internet citizen's unhealthy infatuation with other people's business, especially how much money they (probably don't really) have. -
A few months back, I listened to an enlightening bit of a BBC Radio 5 show where a security expert was discussing the phone fraudsters in the UK. He said that spoofing caller ID is very common and easy for the fraudsters. He then did a phone call with the radio presenter who, when the expert called the presenter's number, it was the customer service number of a bank that they had picked for this live example. It took the expert about two minutes to set up. The 'police' scam is common enough here. This is the fourth time I have heard of such. In Malaysia, my friends wife has been a victim twice. The first time was via phone and something to do with the police and a court case. The second time, it was via Facebook Messenger where someone saying they were from lazada (apparently had all her lazada account info, order history and the like) managed to bilk her out of a chunk of money for something that either didn't really exist or never happened.
-
Your opinion of eradication of dogs
NanLaew replied to georgegeorgia's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
My neigbor has a pit bull. It eats cats, feral and otherwise. Sorted. -
Thinking of going to Kanchaburi with Thai GF
NanLaew replied to kingstonkid's topic in Thailand Travel Forum
Is your Thai GF not willing to do some guiding? Yes there are tours, but unless you want tp pay premium for the private car, escorted sort of tour, it's usually in a busy minivan. Kanchanaburi is a very easy DIY tourist destination, and much nicer if you have company you know (like a Thai GF). -
Spread the word! More Brits in Thailand can now vote in the UK
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Lack of trust? Maybe you've been here too long? Anyway, I recall there are two sorts of UK voting proxy, one where you vote pick who you want and your proxy can only submit it as-is. It's filed similar to rthe way a 'standing order' is held at a UK bank in that you will vote for the same party every time. The other, easier form is to have your proxy do the vote pick for you. This is handy if you're a wishy-washy, flippy-floppy type that vacilates between Conservative, Lib Dem or fancy a splash of Greenery. I have never had any issues with missing out on UK voting by proxy (both methods) because of things taking too long. Possibly if there was a snap general election (nobody's going to call that for a while, are they Theresa?) or, if there was a sudden resignation of another Tory MP for being a d**k (they honestly can't help themselves) that forces a byelection. -
Spread the word! More Brits in Thailand can now vote in the UK
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Of course it is. It is also equally possible to properly slap your friend. -
Spread the word! More Brits in Thailand can now vote in the UK
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Reform are the mandateless, manifestoless, also-ran spoiler party with no delusions of high office. They should easily suck up around 10% of the slightly less apathetic and indolent Brits vote and, while not securing a single seat in parliament themselves will, 1) Consign the deplorable Conservatives to the political wilderness while, 2) Denying the equally vapid, shifty and odious Labour Party of any sort of meaningful, parliamentary majority. Kills two absolutely s**t birds with one stone. -
Must Read Thailand starts checking foreigners' passports on domestic flights
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Good grief! A reprise of the great AN Thai pink ID card translation debate of 1997, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, (no debate due to Covid in 2020), 2021, 2022, 2023... -
Juvenile violence sparks national police chief’s call for tougher laws
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Most kidz??? Where did you get that fantasy from. It´s same like saying most people are on drugs, or most men hit their wife´s and kill their children. Totally groundless post! Most people posting on AN think they know better than anyone else posting on AN. -
Juvenile violence sparks national police chief’s call for tougher laws
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I guess that won't include the criminal cases involving youngsters over the past five years, when emoluments and gratuities were proffered in order to make the charges vanish. -
Must Read Thailand starts checking foreigners' passports on domestic flights
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Rubbish. You can get it by being married to a Thai. But not exclusively. I got mine all by myself, with no need to even mention her existence. Right proud of myself, I was. Like being allowed to go to the sweet shop by yourself when you're a kid. -
Must Read Thailand starts checking foreigners' passports on domestic flights
NanLaew replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
From the leading article, "The tighter rules are intended to prevent unlawful overstays by foreign nationals." Who knows what sort of paperwork, including fakery from KSR, is being carried around and proffered as legit. So it is aimed at tourist, illegal overstays and the like and not for us resident squatters with a wedge in the bank and all our other home-grown entitlements like a local DL and a pink ID card. At ease. -
So, in the end, even if they screw you on baggage allowance, schedule and any (unlikely) cancellation benefits, you'll still fly with them. At least you'll be prepared if it does go pear-shaped. But, if they deliver a 5-star performance, be sure and post as such on whatever travel advisory website floats your boat (and on here). On another forum, someone was asking about Thai Vietjet Air and a lot of opinions and poor reviews were based on their pre-Covid startup whereas the more recent comments indicated an all-round improvement. I have used flightradar24 to check the on-time performance of individual flights and have changed itineraries when it was important, like missed onward or international connections. The on-time performance of a point-to-point flight is somewhat less critical IMHO.
-
To Kathmandu? No.