CRUNCHER

12 hours ago, johng said:

Latest news is the developers   have suggested  lopping off the top 8 floors as a way of bringing the build ( more) into line with the permit

and enabling the project to finish.

According to a letter I saw, unless anything has changed in the last month or so, it is 5 floors.  Apparently City Hall has accepted this, subject to the developer's plan to remove the 5 floors, but there are some outstanding issues relating to the car park.

8 minutes ago, DanaDeLuxe said:

Thailand has gone black and white for the time of mourning. Thaivisa has too. :)

That was my first thought, but on IE TV is still in colour as is my iPhone.

I usually view Thaivisa on Firefox.  Suddenly all TV pages, including photos, are in black and white only.  Other web pages are in colour as normal.

When I view TV on IE everything is in colour as per normal.

Any suggestions as to what is wrong?

There is always the new marina.   Ooops!  What new marina?

22 hours ago, scotchonrocks said:

So let's get this straight. 

 

1) There will be some obligation on any foreigner entering the country to have a phone,

 

2) To be compulsory to have a local SIM card in said phone (foreign SIMs barred?)

 

3) Have the phone powered up at all times so said foreigner can always be traced. What about when the phone's battery goes down or the phone is u/s? Will they pay us to keep our phones powered up?

 

4) if my "flen" lends me her phone. Can I now be arrested for "carrying an illegal phone?

 

5) Roaming no longer allowed or possible? What if I am roaming on my friend's overseas phone?

 

6) Will it be illegal to switch off your phone in the cinema or meetings. Will you pay a price for being "out of coverage area??

 

<deleted>? Can they not see this is a goddam stupid idea dreamed up by brainless bureaucrats with no understanding of how the world works. Maybe they have been on a fact finding tour of North Korea.

 

Stupid, unworkable and utterly ill conceived.

Indeed.

A real prostitutes pregnancy - conceived in great haste, at much expense and bound to result in an abortion.

This is all to do with business opportunities.

Some expats will object in principle on privacy grounds, as is their right.  Most expats probably could not care less. However, those who do want to hide from the authorities will provide a big market for sim cards registered in a Thai name - at a cost of course.

Fill your boots Thai organized crime!!

12 minutes ago, apex2000 said:

Actually, I don't need a SIM to use my phone. All my contacts are on LINE or Messenger anyway. All I need is WiFi. Bye bye SIM.

I don't understand these things.  If you are on the street and there is no wifi hotspot available can you still use LINE etc?

Wonder how this will affect the motor cycle rental business?

The lack of big buses on the streets of Pattaya has made a big difference to traffic - for the better.

If anyone in City Hall had half a brain they would use the hiatus (I guess it is nothing more) to introduce regulations (and enforce them) to keep big buses permanently off Pattaya streets, especially narrow sois.

In South Pattaya was out for most of last Saturday, but is now OK

The original question was what other offices do not issue residency certificates.  Anyone know what the current situation is at Jomtien?

12 minutes ago, Jiu-Jitsu said:

 

Not the same administration, so not unexpected. But didn't Park Plaza sell their holding to Red Sea Group? Smoke and mirrors.

http://www.iii.co.uk/stockmarketwire/67778/pphe-hotel-group-sells-interest-pattaya-bay-thailand-20m

Don't know if Red Sea has paid yet, but looking at the article the thing is controlled by one man.  I might be wrong.  These shenanigans are above my pay scale.

10 minutes ago, ilostmypassword said:

So what you're saying is that virtually all black Americans are on welfare?  Because according to polls, Trump is getting virtually none of their votes.  Racist much?

I don't know where you got "virtually all" from in my post, but for sure a great many are on welfare.

Whether Trump will stop or reduce handouts I do not know, but by improving American he will do more, in real terms, for blacks and other minorities than Clinton ever will.  The only minority to benefit under Clinton will be Wall Street.

I understand that Tulip Group have been fired and that Park Plaza Hotels have put in their own management.

I have seen a recent letter from the new management saying that they have agreed to demolish the top 5 floors in an effort to compromise.  They have, at the insistence of City Hall, asked all buyers to sign an agreement, which will become part of the sales contract, to say that they agree to the automated car parking.

City Hall are obviously worried that Waterfronts car park will work whilst theirs does not.  Oh the embarrassment!!!

One wonders what somersaults City Hall will turn next to provide further delays.

What have blacks got to lose?  Welfare payments.  It is the only reason democrats get the "black vote" and it is the only reason Clinton is going to win.

Today 4 people died in bomb explosions in Thailand. Tragic. I fell sorry for their relatives as well as their  friends.  Also the 20 or so injured.

Many posters have referred to risks on the road. Depending on the source, if today is an average day, between 65 and 80 people will die on the roads of Thailand (I haven't bothered to go into numbers of injured on the roads).  Yet the roads of Thailand are packed whereas the streets of Hua Hin are deserted.

Of course location is a factor, but we do not need to bring panic to the streets of Pattaya (yet).  A sense of perspective needs to be maintained.

Be alert, but get on with life.

Nowhere in the world is safe from the nut cases who set off bombs.  There is just different degrees of risk.

I recon that Pattaya's risk has just increased, but probably not by very much.  If bombings move to Bangkok or further north then our risk will go up more.

At the end of the day life must go on. You should be more alert, but no need to press the panic button.

What is recorded when you buy is not an issue.

If you understate the amount when you re-sell you will only be able to remit out the amount of your re-sale recorded at the lands office.  Basically you only pay tax etc on the recorded value and you can only remit out what you have paid tax on.

Marvelous! Before the vote the experts of "Project Fear" were telling us there would definitely be a recession after a "No" vote.  Now the vote is in we are down to 50%.  What will it be when we invoke Article 50?  25%? 10%?

All the experts (IMF, World Bank, Bank of England et al) said if we didn't join ERM there would be a disaster.  Well we joined and there was a disaster.  We had a recession  The expert said if we didn't join the Euro there would be a disaster. Well we didn't join and it was the Euro that had the disaster. They said if we didn't join Shengen there would be a disaster. Well we didn't join and look at the recent trouble for those who did join.

What do "experts" know?  Very little it seems.

Don't know about visa runs, but you will have trouble opening a bank account without a visa or work permit.  As I had an HSBC premier account elsewhere I eventually managed to get an account with HSBC MY.

7 minutes ago, Seizetheday said:

Melvin at Pensit and Laws only deals with property transactions.

Magna Carta on Pattaya Tai, you won't go wrong.

Agreed. Magna Carta is as good as it gets in Pattaya.

Check out MAS. They have promotion at the moment. Business 58,000Baht; Economy 21,000 Baht return. One month validity. Used them often (Business) Good seats, good food, good service.

City Hall have sunk to new depths of pettiness and stupidity (if that is possible).

They have asked the developer to contact all buyers and get them to say they agree to an automated car parking system. What is the point? The automated car parking is contained in the contract the buyers signed. How can they do anything other than agree?

Some people in City Hall should be held accountable for this farce. These petty delays are a disgrace.

The majority of Thais are Buddhists. They have a right to trust that the senior leaders of their religion are honest, clean and not corrupt and that those who do not meet that criteria are dealt with severely.

On that basis alone the authorities must act decisively.

The authorities seem to be trying, but are up against centuries of culture - Buddhist monks are untouchable.

I bought a new Mac Book Air (mistake). I installed Office 2016.

Firstly, I found that I could not open all my saved E-mails in Outlook format. I solved this by downloading MSG Viewer, but I should not have needed to. Secondly I cannot save E-mails from Outlook without a lot of hassle. Thirdly, there is no "Outlook Today" which I found useful.

My question is, do these problems exist when Office 2016 is installed on Windows 10?