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If not for a different car could have been my mrs We had a taxi driver years ago of the type who never shut up and tell you thier life story. Before driving his taxi he said he drove for a company- never had a driving licence in his life.. Said he did not need one and anyway why waste 500 baht on a bit of plastic!

What about privacy and security? I don't want an envelope to my bank containing financial details to have my name and address on it, nor to be crossed referenced to my passport with more details.

It was founded by an American ????

only one station manned out of 5, normally it's packed with people. I wonder what the process is in N Korea? ????

Second rate cover musician. Thai music is one of the most varied in the world and head and shoulders more interesting than western rock. Thai music is not mostly pop, luktung, morlam, phua cheewit, klikay kantrum etc are not pop. When it comes to Thai playing western rock I have seen some kids as good as Lam Morrison. Good luck to him anyway. Goes to our local school

Simple one sheet letter to bank back home, probably a couple of years since I went to local post office, surprisingly empty today. They never wanted ID here for letters just for packets and parcels, don't have passport so mrs gives him her ID. Then he wants me to write my name and address on the back, I refuse. Mrs signs the back after that a green form is produced, assume customs. He tells me have to write down what it is- a letter to my bank, not good enough he wants to know what about, <deleted> none of their business, so mrs scribbles something on it. Then the cost has gone up from 24 baht to 46 these days. Is Bangkok now the hardest place in the world to post a letter from? If you had the stamps you could just chuck it in the postbox! Not surprised it was empty.

Old shrines are also dumped by the roadside of course ????

Everyone in the UK is offered screening for colon cancer when they reach 60. They send a test kit every two years. I think it only tests for blood being present, but it might be more than that these days

Thank goodness for Ricky Gervais, he has not caved into the perpetually offended

Gambling, smoking, won't dress up as a schoolgirl or nurse ????

Took the staff at my branch over 2 hours to get it to work a few weeks ago, so not a lot of faith in it.

Was on a visa run bus once when the cops stopped it and looked for something to fine the driver for. As it was a new bus they could not find anything so in the end told him to sound the horn- fined 500 baht for not being loud enough !

Bkk agents more likely use Khon Kaen and other up country offices, all illegal of course if you do not live there

He was ripped off then!

I would starve to death if not, mrs does not cook!

Thought about insuring a few years ago, saved 250k now by not doing so and now the premiums would be about 100k a year at my age. No brainer, don't give your money to insurance companies, who may go bust by the time you need them anyway.

Makes me a far less of a supporter than the hypocrites who don't care about the suffering the CCP are responsible for, and who will buy anything 100% from CCP land

Never heard of them until Tim Newton said he had bought one. Amazing the amount of CCP supporters there are on here.

Mrs nephew did an electrical course at Mongkut then got a job at Mahidol dentistry centre. Now he's working illegally in Korea, on a farm!

Silly excuse, it's not about avoiding parts but avoiding CCP companies. We should be restricting our support of the Chinese economy as much as possible. Buy Japanese, Korean or American with a few Chinese parts is far more ethical than buying from a red Chinese company.

Not real Thai then, more like wannabe hi so. Got enough for decent Thai and foreign food thank you and fridge full of beer, off to Lamyai concert now to socialise with a couple of thousand Thais, have fun with your table and expensive scoff ????

No never heard of him

I don't like sitting on the floor eating their food and drinking their crappy beer, that does not mean I should be told to leave by know it all farang phobic foreigners. On the other hand I am quite happy to socialise with thousands of them for 25 years at over 1200 Thai concerts, where I have almost always been the only foreigner present, so your impression is wrong. I will enjoy my type of socialising without being lectured to by som tam eaters and Leo drinkers, thanks all the same.

To them not to me, let them get on with it

Nor did i. Left Landmark Hotel at 2.30 for the Brit embassy, when taxi went wrong way thought that's that then. Got there just before closing handed in the freedom to marry docs- told nip down the road for translation will let you back in after 3.30 to hand back ???? Pick up am next day, off to MOFA get there just before 12, go back PM to pick up at 2.30. For once they call us early and think no way we can get to the amphur by 3.30 but mrs found one up the road, we get there at 3.30. Official finds a common problem- bad translation, hallelujah I think, but the bitch lets us off. Just bad luck all round. ????